PBS Hawaiʻi Presents
Ottomaticake
Special | 58m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Like his cheesecakes, Scott “Otto” McDonough is a blend of unexpected flavors and multi-layered.
Like the cheesecakes he sells out of his Kaimukī shop in East Honolulu, Otto Cake, Scott “Otto” McDonough, is a blend of unexpected flavors and multi-layered. The independent businessman and subject of the documentary Ottomaticake has been making desserts by hand, without the use of any machinery, for the past 25 years.
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PBS Hawaiʻi Presents
Ottomaticake
Special | 58m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Like the cheesecakes he sells out of his Kaimukī shop in East Honolulu, Otto Cake, Scott “Otto” McDonough, is a blend of unexpected flavors and multi-layered. The independent businessman and subject of the documentary Ottomaticake has been making desserts by hand, without the use of any machinery, for the past 25 years.
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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MUSIC --SONG - TOO FREE FOR ME -TOO FREE FOR ME.
WHOOOAA.
TOO FREE FOR ME.
WHOOAAA.
♪ ♪ ♪ OTTO: SOMEBODY WHO BUILT THIS, I WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET A HOLD OF THEM TO BUILD A LONGER ONE.
TOMORROW AND ON THIS 4TH OF JULY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR GRAND OPENING.
ACTUALLY, IT'S A SECRET.
THE CAKE IS NOT FOR SALE TOMORROW.
I'M GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE.
I MOVED HERE TO HAWAII, IT WAS 4TH OF JULY.
AND WHEN I MOVED INTO MY HOUSE IN MANOA..
THE 4TH OF JULY.
AND WHEN I OPENED THE OTHER BAKERY CHINATOWN, THAT WAS 4TH OF JULY AND NOW KAIMUKI IS 4TH OF JULY.
SO, I GUESS IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DATE THAT WAY.
PLUS IT IS A HOLIDAY, EVERYBODY HAS IT.. MUSIC: SONG - TOMI TOMI (SINGING IN BACKGROUND) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ CHEESECAKE STARTED BECAUSE I LOVE CHEESECAKE AND WE USED TO GET IT FROM A PLACE, I THINK IN COLORADO.
THEY USED TO SHIP IT IN HERE AND WE USED TO BUY IN HAWAII, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, NO MORE.
SO, SCOTT DECIDED THAT HE WOULD MAKE CHEESECAKE AND HE TRIED MANY RECIPES, I THINK, AND GOT HIS OWN RECIPE AND MADE ME A CHEESECAKE.
AND I THINK IT WAS FOR MOTHER'S DAY AND OH, IT WAS JUST FABULOUS.
AND FROM THEN ON, HE IS BEEN THE CHEESECAKE MAN.
MUSIC: SONG - TOMI TOMI (SINGING IN BACKGROUND) ♪ ♪ CUSTOMER: I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET FIVE TO GO... JIM: OTTO'S DA.. OF COURSE, I LIKE CHOCOL..
SO HE MADE A CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY WITH A WITH A CHOCOLATE CRUST AND THAT'S, I KIND OF LIKE THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT, BUT I LIKE HIS REGULAR CHEESECAKE.
..
CHEESECAKE IS, IS THE BEST.
I AM PREJUDICE, BUT ...
CUSTOMER: HIS CRUST IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
JIM: OTTO'S DAD: THERE IS ONLY KIND LEFT.
CUSTOMER: .. WE'RE CHEESECAKE LOVERS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT.
JIM: OTTO'S DAD: YOU HAD IT BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?
CUSTOMER: OF COURSE.
UM, THANK YOU.
WE'RE SO EXCITED HE'S IN KAIMUKI BECAUSE WE LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
CUSTOMER: YAY.
JIM: OTTO'S DAD: THAT'S IT.
LINDA: OTTO'S MOM: A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO BE REALLY GLAD THAT HE ..
HERE.
I'M GLAD.
THIS WOULD BE SAFER.
CUSTOMER: IT'S REALLY GOOD.
WE'RE BIG FANS.
WE LIVE JUST NORTH OF CHINATOWN, SO WE'RE GOING TO MISS, MISS HIM.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL COME, COME OUT HERE.
OTTO: I DID THAT ONE.
OTTO: ANY REASON THAT I CAN THINK OF TO GIVE CAKE AWAY FOR FREE?
I DO, BUT OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO PAY RENT AND STUFF SO YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME.
SO IT WAS A GOOD EXCUSE TO DO IT.
IT'S HARD TO FIND AN EXCUSE TO GIVE AWAY FREE CAKE, SO I WAS LUCKY.
THAT'S THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT A MOVE.
CAMERA PERSON: CONGRATULATIONS.
OTTO: THANK YOU.
MUSIC - SONG -DEMOLITIO ♪ ♪ STATE FAIR, THE DEMOLITION DERBY.
THE GIRLS WERE HAPPY, AND OOH THEY WAS CURVY.
WEN ♪ ♪ ♪ TO THE JUNKYARD AND BOUGHT ME A BEATER.
PUT IN SOME ROLL BARS AND TOOK OUT .. ALRIGHT, COME ON.
AHA.
B.. UP, CRACKED UP, AND READY TO GO.
BACKED UP, CRACKED UP, AND READY TO GO.
BACKED UP, CRACKED UP, AND RE..
PUMPED UP, FIRED UP,.. GO.
AND GO.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TV NEWS ANCHOR MALE: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT THE OWNER OF A CHINATOWN BUSINESS IS SAYING.
TV NEWS AN.. AGO HE WAS FIGHTING BACK, BUT NOW HE'S FOLDING AND S.. OTHERS WILL FOLLOW.
MANOLO MORALES ASKED THE CITY WHAT IT PLANS TO DO ABOUT CRIME IN.. AREA, AND HE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE MANOLO.
TV NEWS REPORTER MANOLO MORALES: KATHY AND JUSTIN, THE OWNER OF OTTO CAKE SAYS HE FEELS BAD ABOUT LEAV.. AREA, BUT HE SAYS HE'S DOING IT FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF HIS WORKERS AND HIS CUSTOMERS.
OTTO CAKE MOVED INTO SMITH STREET AND QUICKLY BECAME POPULAR FOR ITS HOMEMADE CHEESECAKES WITH EXOTIC FLAVORS.
BUT OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN PLAGUED BY PROBLEMS OF CRIME AROUND THE BUSINESS.
(STREET NOISE) OTTO: ALL MY PRICES INCLUDE TAX.
CUSTOMER: CAN I GET THE CHEESECAKE?
OTTO: SURE.
CUSTOMER: TO GO.
OTTO: TO GO.
GROUP: ALOHA, ALOHA LEINATI- CUSTOMER: OH MY.
AND I DON'T LIKE CHEESECAKE.
LEINATI- CUSTOMER: OH MY.
AND I DON'T LIKE CHEESECAKE.
(LAUGHS) I KEEP SAYING THAT, BUT I JUST LIKE MY THIRD CHEESECAKE HERE.
MUSIC: INSTRUMENTAL - NAUGHTY HULA EYES ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LEINAT.. MUCH LIVED ON THESE STREETS ALL MY LIFE SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
I STARTED DRINKING AT 12, GOING TO CLUBS AT 12.
I WAS INTRODUCED TO VARIOUS DRUGS WHEN I WAS 12.
THE ATTRACTION WAS ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND THOSE TWO TOGETHER ATTRACTS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND EVERYTHING LIK..
PRETTY MUCH ALL I LEARNED OUT HERE WAS HOW TO SURVIVE, WHETHER IT MEANT H.. PEOPLE OR NOT.
AS I WAS WALKING THEN WHEN I KEPT READING EACH ONE AND TAKING A PHOTO OF EACH ONE, ONE CAUGHT ME.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HPD WOULD TELL SOMEONE, ANYONE THAT THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO DO A BUSINESS.
SO THAT PISSED ME OFF.
SO I CAME IN AND I SHOOK OTTO'S HAND AND I SAID, MY NAME IS LEE AND I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT, AND I R..
YOUR SIGNS AND I'D LIKE TO BE YOUR FRIEND.
WOMAN WALKING ON THE STREET: I HOPE NOT TAKING MY PICTU..
IT'S ILLEGAL.
OTTO: NO.. WOMAN WALKING ON THE STREET: YOU HAVE A WAIVER FOR ME TO SIGN?
OTTO: NO..
BUT YOU'RE ON THE STREET, PUBLIC PROPERTY.
WOMAN WALKING ON THE STREET: YEAH.
OTTO : IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHY THEY DON'T WANT THEIR PICTURE TAKEN.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR PICTURE TAKEN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHY YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING BAD.
WOMAN WALKING ON THE STREET: NO, I'M NOT OTTO :.. SELL.
YEAH.
WOMAN WALKING ON THE STREET: I DON'T STAND SELL DRUGS.
OH MA'AM.
OH, DON'T LIE.
WE SEE.
I'VE SEEN IT.
I HAVE IT ON VIDEO.
AND YOUR FRIEND THERE TOO.
LEINATI- CUSTOMER: I WAS STOPPED ON MY WAY HERE.. BY A PERSON WHO'S OUT HERE.
OH MAMA, YOU?RE BACK?
AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE.
YOU GOT ANYTHING?
I WAS LIKE, NO, BRAH, I'M HEADING TO OTTO CAKES.
IT'S MY FRIEND'S PLACE.
HE'S LIKE, OH YEAH, YEAH, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE HAOLE GUY THAT OWN THE CHEESECAKE PLACE?
AND I GO, YEAH, WHY YOU GET PROBLEMS WITH HIM OR SOMETHING?
AND HE'S LIKE, OH NO, AND HE'S A TROUBLEMAKER YEAH.
AND I GO, NO, HE'S NOT A TROUBLEMAKER.
HE'S A MAN TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY FROM WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
I'VE EARNED MY RESPECT OUT HERE FROM EVEN THOSE WHO ARE STILL IN THE DISEASE.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ONE WAY I COULD HELP HIM.
I CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS MY NEW HANGOUT AND IF I FEEL LIKE COMING OVER HERE TO HAVE AN ESPRESSO OR SOMETHING, I DON'T WANT NOTHING HAPPENING BEFORE OR AFTER I'M HERE.
MUSIC: INSTRUMENTAL - OVERPOPULATION ♪ ♪ ♪ JOANNE, OTTO'S FRIEND SPEAKING WITH CUSTOMER: OKAY.
THERE WE GO.
JOANNE: THERE IS NO CHEESECAKE LIKE OTTO'S CAKE.
MOST CHEESECAKE IS SO DENSE AND THICK THAT YOU CAN BARELY OPEN YOUR MOUTH AFTER YOU TAKE A BITE.
AND OTTO'S CAKE IS NOT LIKE THAT.
YOU STILL GET THE FLAVOR OF CHEESECAKE, BUT IT'S ALMOST IN BETWEEN LIKE A MOUSSE AND A CHEESECAKE.
AND THE FLAVOR IS AMAZING.
HIS CRUST, WHICH IS I THINK HIS SECRET IS REALLY WHAT MAKES OTTO'S CAKE UNIQUE.
OTTO: THE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP OR THE BLACK FOREST?
CUSTOMER: OH NO.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
WHAT'S WORD CHOCOLATE?
OTTO: WELL, THE OTHER ONE, THE BLACK FOREST IS CHOCOL..
ICING AND CHOCOLATE CRUST WITH CHERRY CHEESECAKE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THIS ONE IS CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE.
CUSTOMER: CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE.
OTTO: GOOD IDEA.
WILL-CUSTOMER: DELICIOUS.
CANNOT GO WRONG WITH THIS.
CHOCOLATE HAUPIA CHEESECAKE.
HOW'S THAT COMBINATION?
CHOCOLATE HAUPIA CHEESECAKE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ONE, LEMME TELL YOU, YOU GOT COME DOWN, IT'S GONNA.
WHAT WE SAY IN HAWAII, BROKE DA MOUTH.
IT IS DEFINITELY GONNA BROKE DA MOUTH AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND WANT MORE.
IT IS DELICIOUS.
OTTO: I'LL HAVE SOME SLICES, BUT FOR WHOLE CAKES ON THAT DAY, I'M SUPER BOOKED ALREADY.
I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE.
THE SOONER THE BETTER.
THE SOONER THE BETTER CUZ I ALREADY GOT CHRISTMAS ONES.
OKAY.
77 EMAILS NOW.
AND THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE I'VE ALREADY CLEARED 'EM ONCE.
MY ORGANIZATION, OF ALL THE ORDERS THAT I DO, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE COULD EVER UNDERSTAND IT.
ONLY ME, BUT IT IS IN AN ORDER THAT I CAN GET IT AND GET IT DONE SO I DON'T OVERBOOK MYSELF.
THIS BOTTLE IS SO BIG.
AND ALL NEED IS A HAPPY TEASPOON.
JIM - OTTO'S DAD: I USED TO BAKE, I USED TO LIKE.. YOU KNOW, SO I MADE COOK.. AND HE WAS REALLY ONE DAY HE WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN IT AND HE ACTED LIKE HE WANTE.. HELP.
YOU KNOW.
HE WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THAT.
SO I LET HIM, LET HIM DO IT.
HE STIRRED THE THING AND HE PUT IT ON THE COOKIE PAN AND HE PUT IT IN THE OVEN.
I WAS WATCHING HIM, OF COURSE THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.
JIM - OTTO'S DAD: CONCERNING THE DRUG PROBLEM.
HE NEVER CAME TO US BECAUSE H.. WANT TO BOTHER US WITH THAT.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING KIN.. YOU KNOW OUT OF HAND AND HE DIDN'T HE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE US WORRY, BUT IT KEPT GE..
WORSE AND WORSE.
I DO WORRY, I DO WORRY BECAUSE THEY THREATENED HIS LIFE QUITE A FEW TIMES AND THEY PASSED IT ON THE POLICE.
BUT THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL DON..
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
OTTO: WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE MEETING.
ALOHA.
JIM - OTTO'S DAD: IT.. REALLY IS.
PEOPLE TALKING AT TOWN HALL MEETING: POLICE OFF.. UNITS?
MEETING CHAIR: ANY OTHER REPORTS FROM THE.. MEMBERS.
NONE BUT THE PUBLIC.
OTTO: I'VE HAD OVER STOPPED COUNTING AT 50 PEOPL.. OTHER MERCHANTS THAT.. AND TOLD ME THE HORROR STORIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM AT THEIR BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ME THAT'S HAVING THIS PROBLEM.
I'VE HAD ONE EMPLOYEE ATTACK, WHICH I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU I'VE BEEN ATTACKED.
THAT SAME GUY THAT ATTACKE.. ALSO HIT A CUSTOMER IN FRONT OF MY BAKERY ALSO.
A..
STILL AROUND AND STILL TAUNTING ME.
BOARD MEMBER OFF CAMERA: HOW DO YOU SELL CHEESECAKE WITH ALL THESE ADVERSE PEOPLE STANDING AROUND?
OTTO: WELL, NO, THAT CHEESECAKE SELLS, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
IT'S ONLY SAFETY.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY SALES, NOTHING.
POLICE OFFICER AT MEETING: WHEN DEALING WITH THESE KINDS OF INCIDENTS, WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE DIFFERENT AVENUES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
THERE'S DIFFERENT UNITS TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS.
WE GOT OUR CRIME REDUCTION UNIT, WE GOT NARCO VICE AND WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEREFORE IT'S HARD FOR UNIFORM, THE UNIFORM PATROL OFFICERS TO GET INVOLVED IN THOSE KIND OF INVESTIGATIONS BECAUSE IF WE JUST GO OUT AND WE ARREST ONE PERSON AT A TIME, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE GOING TO ARREST THE PERSON AND THE PERSON'S GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK ON THE STREET BEFORE WE EVEN FINISH THE REPORT.
AND THAT'S NOT OUR FAULT.
AND WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST.
WE DO MAKE A LOT OF DRUG ARRESTS.
OKAY, GOOD.
THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBER OFF CAMERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THE BOARD?
OTTO: I GOTTA GET HOME.
I .. CAN'T STAND ANYMORE.
CAMERA PERSON: GOODNIGHT.
CAMERA PERSON: GOOD NIGHT.
MUSIC: SONG - CHINATOWN: GOING BACK TO CHINATOWN.
GOING BACK, UNDER, UNDERGROUND.
UNDERGROUND.
TO CHINATOWN.
♪ ♪ DAVE- THE STICKLERS: MY NAME'S DAVE HEWLETT OR DAVE NOODLE.
THAT WAS MY PUNK ROC.. AND THEN, UH, SORRY, S.. PEOPLE CALL ME ADDISON.
OTTO ESPECIALLY, THAT WAS MY RADIO NAME.
I MET OTTO WHEN I WAS WORKING AT RADIO FREE HAWAII IN 1995.
OTTO: RADIO FREE WAS A RADIO STATION THAT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PLAYLIST RADIO FREE HAWAII ANCHOR: AND YOU HAVE THE DECIDING VOTE ON WHAT HAPPENS ON YOUR R.. REVOLUTION.
AND WE BACK TO.. COUNTDOWN, THE MOST WANTED TO BE HEARD SONGS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII, A PREVIOUS SONG DISCOVERY BY FATIMA, FATIMA HWANG, UNTITLED AND UN.. OTTO: AND IT WAS KIND OF DECIDED BY THE PEOPLE WHO LISTENED TO THE STATION.
THEY VOTED EVERY WEEK AND THOSE WERE TALLIED AND THAT SOMETIMES GOT INTO A ROTATION.
DAVE - THE STICKLERS: AND ONE OF THE INTERNS SAID, HEY..
CAME IN FOR MY SHOW... HEY, THERE'S SOME OTTO CHEESECAKE IN .. LIKE, OH, I HEARD THE COMMERCIALS FO.. NEVER, THEY HAD THIS AWESOME COMMERCIAL WHERE THIS GIRL WAS JUST LIKE OOH OTTO CAKE .. KNOW?
OTTO: THEY LIKED THE CAKE...
SO THEY ASKED ME IF I WOULD BRING IT TO THEIR MEETINGS AND THEY WANTED TO, THEY WERE YOU KNOW TALKING TO ME UP HOW MANY FLAVORS I HAD.
AND WELL, YOU HAVE TO BRING IN A DIFFERENT FLAVOR TO EVERY MEETING.
AND SO YEAH, I JUST SAID, OKAY.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'LL TRADE.
AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME SOME COMMERCIAL TIME.
DAVE - THE STICKLERS: I WAS LIKE, OH, LEMME GO TRY IT.
AND I GRABBED A PIECE AND I'M LIKE, I ACTUALLY WENT ON MY RADIO SHOW AND I WAS USED NICE LANGUAGE, BUT I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS EFFING AMAGING CHEESECAKE.
AND AT THE TIME OTTO WAS ONLY COOKING OUT OF HIS APARTMENT, WHICH.. TO THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER, SO IT WAS A VERY, VERY LIKE UNDERGROUND CHEESECAKE.
DOUG - OTTO'S FRIEND: I THINK I MET AND LEARNED OF OTTO, KNEW OF HIM MAYBE IN THE MID-NINETIES.
MUSIC: SONG - BUTT ROCKER - BACKGROUND VOCALS -- I WANNA BE A BUTT ROCKER.
(BACKGROUND) ♪ ♪ ♪ REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT HIS CHEESECAKE AND YOU.. EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT.
THEN YOU GO TO PUNK ROCK S.. AND YOU SEE LITTLE KIDS EATING IT AND HE IS SELLING IT OUT OF YOU KNOW WHATEVER, A COOLE.. A PUNK SHOW AT A HIGH SCHOOL ♪ ♪ OFF AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS PREPARED FOR IT BECAUS..
HE WAS SLEEPING IN HIS CAR AND I JUST WOULD HEAR FRACTIONS AND FRAGMENTS OF HIS STORY, OF JUST HIS STRUGGLE.
AND THEN I REMEMBER THERE WAS A SPOT BY THE AIRPORT THAT WASN'T EASY.
HE HAD A VAN FOR A WHILE.
OTTO: SOMEBODY STOLE THE SAFE.
SO WE ACTUALLY DON'T PUT ANYTHING IN THE SAFE ANYMORE.
LOCK IT THOUGH, BUT THE SAFE IS STILL LOCKED, SO THEY JUST STEAL THAT NOTHING, THE MONEY.
JOANNE: IN 2005 I THINK IS WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO BE OPENING A SPOT.. AND I WAS SO EXCITED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE SO DESERVED THIS.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED BECAUSE THERE'S AN INNOCENCE ABOUT OTTO.
IT'S NOT NAIVE IN THE SENSE OF HE'S NOT INTELLIGENT, HE'S JUST TRUSTING.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO AND THAT HE HAD HAD SOMEONE TO ADVISE HIM LIKE LEGALLY ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE AND ABOUT WHAT OPENING A BUSINESS MEANS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LOCATION WHER.. PEOPLE ON STREET: OH, NICE CAKE.
HOW ARE YOU DO.. OTTO: ALOHA PEOPLE ON STREET: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
OTTO: I'M DROPPING OFF CAKE.
LINDA: OTTO'S MOM: WE WERE REALLY EXCITED BUT COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW HE CAN DO IT.
SEEMS SO HARD TO ME TO OPEN A BUSINESS, BUT IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE VERY PROUD.
LINDA: OTTO'S MOM: SCOTT GOT THE NAME OTTO FROM HIS GRANDFATHER.
MY DAD WHO USED TO CALL HIM SCOTTO WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE KID, I THINK BECAUSE HE MOVED SO FAST.
HE WAS BORN IN AMARILLO, TEXAS AND THEN WE LIVED IN NEW YORK FOR A WHILE.
HIS DAD WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, SO WE MOVED A LOT.
WELL SCOTT STARTED SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THEN WE WENT TO ARIZONA AND HE WENT TO SCHOOL THERE AND THEN HE FINISHED SCHOOL HERE IN HAWAII.
GRADUATED.
WHEN SCOTT WAS IN SCHOOL.
HE WAS NOT A GOOD READER.
I THINK HE DIDN'T GET HIS SOUNDS, PRONUNCIATION, ENUNCIATION.
FOR THAT REASON HE WAS PUT IN A SPECIAL ED CLASS.
I THINK HIS MATH ISN'T VERY GOOD EITHER, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALL.
JOANNE: I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT I THINK HE'S DYSLEXIC.
HE WOULD OFTEN ASK ME TO READ SOMETHING TO HIM BECAUSE HE COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT YET HE CAN MAKE THESE AMAZING CHEESECAKES.BUT CERTAIN THINGS HE CAN'T READ OR YOU KNOW HE NEEDS HELP SPELLING OR HE'LL WRITE IT BACKWARDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DOUG: I LIKE TO WRITE.
AND SO FOR ME THAT WAS SOMETHIN.. WAS PRETTY WILD.
AND, BUT HE JUST WENT AND HE TOOK CARE OF THAT BY GOING TO SCHOOL AND HIS FORTIES OR SOMETHING, HOWEVER OLD HE WAS, NOBODY KNOWS HOW OLD HE IS.
OTTO: OH, AWESOME.
DOUG: HE'S NOT AFRAID TO TACKLE PUTTING PEN AND PAPER NOW JUST WITH HIS CHALLENGES WITH READING AND COMPREHENSION AND SPELLING AND ALL THAT.
IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THE ODDS ARE AGAINST HIM, BUT WHATEVER.
HE JUST DOESN'T GIVE A (EXPLETIVE) AN..
DOING IT.
BAND MEMBERS ON VIDEO CLIP: AND HI.
SMOKE A BOWL.
ALOHA.
MUSIC: SONG - DEMOLITION DERB ♪ ♪ -WENT TO THE STATE FAIR, THE DEMOLITION DERBY.
THE GIRLS WERE HAPPY, AND OOH THEY WAS CURVV.
WENT TO THE JUNKYARD AND BOUGHT ME A BEATER..
SOME ROLL BARS AND TOO..
THE HEATER.
♪ ♪ STICKLERS WERE THE FIRST B.. OTTO JOINED.
I DON'T KNO..
HE EVER THOUGHT OF BEING IN A BAND BEFORE, BUT WE KIND OF JUST LIKE CORNERED H.. DRUMMER DID ACTUALLY.. AND HE SAID, HEY, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAY BASS?
OTTO SAID, NO.
HE GOES, OH, WELL YOU'D BE PERFECT FOR OUR BAND.
WHY DON'T YOU JOIN OUR BAND?
MUSIC: INSTRUMENTAL ♪ ♪ DAVE - THE STI..
FIGURED SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A BAND THAT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY.
SO THAT'S HOW WE STARTED.
MUSIC: INSTRUMENTAL IN BACKGROUND ♪ ♪ AND BEFORE EVERY SONG DAVE NOODLE WOULD HAVE TO.. OTTO AND SHOW HIM HOW TO PLAY EVERY SONG.
BUT THAT WAS COOL.
THAT WAS YOU KNOW PUNK ROCK.
THAT WAS LIKE SOMEON.. CAN'T DO SOMETHING BUT STILL DOING SOMETHING.
DAVE- THE STICKLERS: I TELL THIS TO MY DAUGHTER TOO.
WE WERE REALLY POPULAR.
WE PLAYED ALL THESE BIG SHOWS AND .. WOULD COME OUT AND THEY'D SING ALONG WITH US.
THAT WAS BECAUSE OF OTTO, YOU KNOW?
OTTO WAS THAT FORCE BEHIND US THAT SAID, WE NEED TO GO DO THIS, WE NEED TO DO THIS.
DAVE- THE STICKLERS: WE'RE ALWAYS LIKE, LET'S H..
BUT LET'S KEEP GOING.
JOANNE: HE LIKE ♪ ♪ ♪ ROLLERCOASTERS AND H.. SKATING.
AND WHEN HE..
WORKING FOR ME AT JAVA, JAVA AND KAPAHULU, HE CAM.. ONE DAY AND HE SAID, J..
IT WAS A SMALL SPACE, MAYBE 800 SQUARE FEET, OUR LITTLE DINING ROOM.
AND HE SAID, JO, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY IF I WORE SKATES TO WORK LIKE IF I SKATED?
AND I WAS LIKE, HMM, OKAY, AS LONG AS YOU'RE SAFE.
BUT HE'S AN EXPERT SKATER.
SO I LET HIM SKATE.
HE WOULD SKATE BEHIND THE COUNTER, SKATE OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
IT WAS REALLY FUNNY.
JOSH - THE 86 LIST: I WAS LIKE, WHAT?
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
YOU'RE A STATE CHAMPION ROLLER SKATER, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
LIKE, BUT NO WAY.
AND LIKE ME AND A COUPLE OTHER GUYS HAD SKATEBOARDS AND OTTO HAD ROLLER SKATES AND I WAS LIKE, HOLY (EXPLETIVE), THIS IS OTTO ON ROLLER SKATES AND HE CAN REALLY SKAT.. REALLY GOOD BECAUSE HE IS DOING THESE BACKWARDS MOONWALKS AND 360S AND TOTALLY CONFIDENTLY DOING IT.
OH MY GOD, THIS IS SERIOUS, LIKE HE'S A SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL ROLLER KATER.
ROLLER SKATER.
♪ ♪ MUSIC: BACKGROUN.. PEOPLE ON ROLLERCO..
SCREAMING MUSIC - SONG -DISARMING RIOT - DISARMING RIOT, DISARMING RIOT, DISARMING RIOT ♪ ♪ ♪ DAVE- THE STICKLERS: OTTO'S THE HUGEST ROLLERCOASTING PERSON IN THE ENTIRE.. KNOW.
HE MADE IT A POINT IN 1999 HE GOES, WE HAVE TO GO TO MAGIC MOUNTAIN.
AND HE SAID, WE HAVE TO TAKE A DAY OFF AND WE HAVE TO DO MAGIC MOUNTAIN.
OKAY, I LOVE ROLLERCOASTERS.
SO WE TOOK A WHOLE DAY OFF, DIDN'T PLAY ANY SHOWS, PARKED OUR VAN IN THE PARKING LOT OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN AND WE ROLLED ROLLERCOASTERS FOR LIKE 12 HOURS.
I WOULD ALMOST CALL IT THE ROLLERCOASTER TOURS BECAUSE WE MADE SURE IF WE SAW A ROLLERCOASTER, WE RODE IT WHEN WE WERE ON TOUR.
♪ ♪ WAS FOUR.
YEAH, HE WAS VERY YOUNG.
YEAH, HE WASN'T AFRAID TOO EITHER.
HE ENJOYED IT... WASN'T SCARED TO GO ON.
HIS BROTHER WAS A LITTLE SCARED TODD, BUT HE HE GOT RIGHT ON IT AND HE LOVED IT EVER SINCE.
LINDA: OTTO'S MOM: BUT..
HE GOT THAT FROM MY PARENTS BECAUSE THEY LIVED IN .. AND THEY USED TO GO TO CONEY ISLAND IN THEIR DAY.
THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY A TREMENDOUS PLACE TO GO AND ALSO IN THOSE DAYS THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAFETY FEATURES THAT THEY DO NOW.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, A MAN WAS KILLED ON ONE OF THE ROLLERCOASTERS THERE AND THEY WENT ON THE NEXT RIDE, SO HE MUST TAKE AFTER THEM.
♪ ♪ OTTO: GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY.
WE'RE THE 86 LIST.
WITH A LOT OF GREAT STUFF TONIGHT.
STICK AROUND.
MUSIC: SONG - TOO .. - TOO FREE FOR ME.
WHOOAA... FREE FOR ME.
WHOOAAA.
♪ ♪ DEREK & JOSH THE 86 LIST: OTTO WAS A PROMOTER AT LIKE.. OF THE SHOWS THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN HONOLULU, I THINK IN ..
EARLY NINETIES AND THROUGH THE NINETIES AND EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AS WELL.
WHEN I SAW HIM AT THE COFFEE GALLERY IN HALEIWA, WHEN HE WOULD DO HIS FLYER DROPS AND HIS POSTER DROPS FOR HIS EVENTS, HE CAME BY AND ASKED ME IF OUR BAND COULD PLAY A SHOW AND I WAS TOLD WE DIDN'T HAVE ..
PLAYER ANYMORE AND THE BAND WAS KIND OF BROKEN UP.
OTTO AGREED TO PRACTICE WITH US.
SO I REMEMBER TALKING TO DEREK ABOUT IT AND LIKE TELLING HIM LIKE, YEAH, THERE'S THIS GUY, OTTO WHO HE'S IN BANDS AND STUFF, BUT HE'S NOT THAT GOOD IN THE BASE, BUT HE'S VERY CONNECTED.
HE CAN GET US SHOWS BECAUSE HE'S A PROMOTER.
I THINK WE HAD TO JUST KIND OF SETTLE WHEN WE MET OTTO BECAUSE HE ENDED U.. REALLY GOOD FIT IN THE BAND REGARDLESS OF HOW PERFECT HE PLAYED OR NOT.
MUSIC: SONG - BOOTS AND A BAG OF BONES, HERE HE COMES CAN YOU HEAR HIS CALL?
IF .. JUST ONE THEN YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL.
BIG AND FAT, A MUSCLE HEAD.
SCREAMING AND A STOMPING AND HIS FACE IS TURNING RED.
WHOOOAAA.
HEY, HEY BOOTS AND A BAG OF BONES.
WHOOOAAA.
HEY, HEY BOOTS AND A BAG OF BONES.
TO ME ALL I SEE IS A CAS.. MISERY.
HE'S MAD AT HIMSELF AND NOT MAD AT YOU AND ME.
MADE THE WRONG CHOICE AND NOW HE'S GOTTA PAY.
BE ALL YOU CAN BE, THAT'S THE TOUGH GUY WAY.
WHOOOAAA.
HEY, HEY BOOTS AND A BAG OF BONES.
WHOOOAAA.
HEY, HEY BOOTS AND A BAG OF BONES.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ CHINATOWN NEIGHBOR: AT SEVEN O'CLO.. SIX O'CLOCK THERE BI.. THAT I LOCK MY DOOR.
SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT TOO.
SO I TRIED TO STAND UP AND UH, FIVE, FIVE TO SIX KID COME IN AND YOU KNOW THEY SAY, OH, WHAT GONNA HANG OUT AND YOU KNOW I RELAX AND ONE SIT RIGHT THERE AND ONE SIT RIGHT THERE AND THEY ALL GONE AND I LOOK AROUND AND OPEN AND I SAY, HEY, YOUR ROBBING ME, YOU KNOW YOU TAKE MY MONEY.
AND I TRIED TO HOLD AND SOOT RUN, THREE OVER THERE AND TWO OVER THERE.
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH CHINATOWN.
CLEAN UP.
HAIRDRESSER CUSTOMER: YEAH, POLICE DOUBLE UP FOR A.. LINDA THE HAIRDRESSER: YEAH, THEY SAY THEY HAD THE WHAT CAMERA?
WHAT FOR?
I DON'T SEE NOTHING.
OTTO: I THOUGHT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAY WAS BAD.
NOW I .. WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT.
IT'S EVEN WORSE.
I MEAN THEY'RE JUST STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SELLING, CARS, WALKING UP AND JUST SELLING.
IT'S LIKE A DRIVE THROUGH THE STREET AND EVEN THE COPS CAME BY AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE, BUT THEY ABSOLUTELY DID NOTHING.
THEY JUST GOT BACK IN THEIR CARS AND THEY KIND OF TALKED AND IT WAS FOUR CARS I THINK ALL TOTAL THIS ONE ACTIVITY AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A BIG PARTY LIKE, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT, YOU KNOW AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE SELLING, BUT OH, IT'S FRUSTRATING.
CLOTHING STORE CUSTOMER AND ONWER: UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH BIG FOR US.
WHAT ABOUT THIS .. WAS CHECKING THAT OUT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE FUN AND LIGH.. YOU.
NICOLE - CLOTHING STORE OWNER AND OTTO'S NEIGHBOR: I WORKED LATE HOURS TRYING TO GET THE STORE SET UP AND IT WAS SCARY, BUT YOU KNOW I TOUGHED I.. AND I STAYED AROUND AND I'D GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DEALING DRUGS RIGHT OUTSIDE AND I'D GIVE THEM A MOTHERLY LOOK AND SAY, HEY, MOVE ALONG.
MY BUSINESS IS RIGHT HERE.
I MEAN, I AM NOT GOING TO CALL THE COPS ON YOU, BUT JUST KEEP ON MOVING.
AND SO YEAH, I MEAN OTTO AND I HAVE SHARED MANY STORIES ABOUT IT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF AND I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE TRIED TO FIGHT IT TOGETHER AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE LOST, BUT IT CONTINUES TO GO ON.
DAVE - THE STICKLERS: THIS IS THE KIND OF SITUATION WE LIVE IN IN HAWAII, WHERE DO THE COPS CARE OR DO THE ..
DEALERS RULE?
SO I KNOW THAT THE WAY OTTO IS IS HE'S GOING TO KEEP SPEAKING UP UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE.
JOANNE: ALL OF DOWNTOWN IS EXPERIENCING THIS EXPLOSIO.. ART AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN HAPPENING I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST MAYBE 10 YEARS AND IT STARTED CHANGING AND OTTO BECAME PART OF THAT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH YOU KNOW THE HOMELESS AND DRUGS AND I MEAN NOT THAT IT'S EVERYWHERE, IN EVERY COUNTRY, IN EVERY CITY, AND HAWAII IS NO EXCEPTION AND IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF POVERTY AND PAIN.
AND WHAT HE'S TRYING TO BRING TO THAT AREA OF DOWNTOWN WITH WHAT HE DOES IS HE'S TRYING TO LIGHTEN THAT YOU KNOW?
AND ALSO CREATE AN AWARENESS FOR THE REST OF US ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE AND HOW WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF US GO THROUGH OUR DAY AND WE HAVE OUR BLINDERS ON AND WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOMELESS AND WE DON'T WANT.. KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE DOING DRUGS, BUT HE'S TRYING TO CREATE THIS AWARENESS THAT THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS OUR ART COMMUNITY DOWN THERE.
THIS IS WHERE SOME GREAT RESTAURANTS ARE OPENING UP AND WE .. BE MINDFUL OF WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
JOSH - DOWNBEAT DINER: WE HAD SOMEONE COME IN THROUGH OUR EXHAUST CHIMNEY AND OUR KITCHEN BREAK-IN.
.. OFF THE POWER OUTSIDE ON THE OUTSIDE BREAKER, SO NONE OF OUR CAMERAS SURVEILLANCE PICKED UP ANYTHING AND THEY MADE OFF WITH OUR SAFE.
IT'S A SETBACK AND IT WAS DEFINITELY FINANCIALLY HURT US A BIT.
I TRY NOT TO PINPOINT IT TOO MUCH ON ANYTHING THAT HAS SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH ELEMENTS OF CHINATOWN.
I KNOW THERE'S ROBBERIES ANYWHERE.
IT'S NOT A PERFECT CITY AND IT'S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM.
I HOPE THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH OTTO THAT MAYBE HE'S COME TO A SIMILAR CONCLUSION ON SOME LEVEL THAT IT'S SAD BUT TRUE, BUT T.. ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO.
TV NEWS REPORTER: OWNER OTTO SAYS HE WAS ASSAULTED THREE TIMES.
OTTO ON TV NEWS STORY: THE LATEST INCIDENT, WHICH REALLY WAS A NAIL IN THE COFFIN WAS ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES WAS THREATENED WITH A GUN.
NOT ACTUALLY POINTED AT ..
HE HAD IT IN HIS WAISTBAND AND HE LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT AND WAS STARING HIM DOWN.
TV NEWS REPORTER: THEN THERE WAS A BURGLARY ATTEM..
THIS YEAR.
OTTO ON TV NEWS STORY: ON MARCH 1ST, I THINK IT WAS MARCH 1ST.
THE TWO PEOPLE TRIED TO BREAK IN BO..
I HAD A BACK DOOR AND THE FRONT DOOR AND THEY WERE TRYING TO BREAK IN.. AT THE SAME TIME.
TV NEWS STORY: OTTO SAYS HE FEELS BAD ABOUT LEAV.. BECAUSE HE FEELS H..
FINISH WHAT HE STARTED, BUT IN THE END IT JUST GOT TO BE WAY TOO MUCH.
MUSIC: SONG - PRAY FOR THUNDER (UNINTELLIGIBLE) - JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO EAT, THERE WAS SOMETHING CRAWLING ON THE MEAT.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ DAVE - THE STICKLERS..
FUNNIEST THING I KNO.. HIS ARTIST SIDE WAS WE W..
PLAYING A SHOW AND I.. KIND OF SHOW THAT HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON AND HE DID A PERFORMANCE DANCE PIECE WITH SOME GIRLS AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, I HAD NO IDEA, LIKE WHEN DO YOU HAVE THE TIME TO LIKE CHOREOGRAPH THIS WHOLE MODERN DANCE THING?
♪ ♪ ♪ YOU DO DAVE - THE STICKLERS: OTTO JUST LIKES TO EXPRES..
HOWEVER HE FEELS THAT DAY.
HE'S LIKE, YOU KNO.. TODAY I'M GOING TO D..
TOMORROW I'M GOING TO INVENT A NEW CHEESECAKE FLAVOR .. NEXT DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO DESIGN AN 86 LIST CD COVER.
HE'S LIKE THE MICHELANGELO OF HAWAII ALMOST, SO.
PHOTOGRAPHER: THAT TO ME, OF ALL OF THESE PICTURES, IF I HAD, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE KEEPER.
OTTO:IF MY ARMS WEREN'T TANNED, IT WOULD'VE BEEN PERFECT.
PHOTOGRAPHER: OR IF YOU'RE A WHOLE TORSO .. OTTO: WELL THAT I'M NOT GOING TO DO PHOTOGRAPHER: YOU HAVE THE CLASSIC FARMER'S TAN.
OTTO: YEAH...
PHOTOGRAPHER: EXCEPT YOU'RE A BAKER.
OTTO: WELL, I BAKE THE WHOLE TIME THE SUN IS UP.
I DON'T HAVE, IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN ONLY GO TO THE BEACH AT NIGHT.
JOANNE: HE'S A BUSINESSMAN WHO'S VERY SERIOUS ABOUT HIS CAKES, BUT HE'S ALSO A ROCK STAR AND HE'S ALSO AN ACTOR AND HE ALSO LOVES TO MAKE ALL HIS OWN SIGNAGE.
WHEREVER WE WENT, NOTHING WAS WENT TO KINKO'S.
OTTO DID EVERYTHING BY HAND.
♪ ♪ JOSH - THE 86 LIST: OTTO RALLIED ONE NIGHT TO GET A BUNCH OF OUR FRIENDS.. SEE A MOVIE AND WE WERE LIKE, WHAT IS IT CALLED?
AND HE IS LIKE, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, AND SHE'S LIKE, OH, THAT SOUNDS REALLY WEIRD.
OKAY.
AND HE'S LIKE, NO, YOU HAVE A SEAT.
IT'S AMAZING.
I WAS A DRAG QUEEN CHICK AND SHE'S LIKE GOT HER PENIS CUT OFF AND SHE'S A PUNK ROCK BAND AND IT'S LIKE PUNK ROCK, PUNK ROCK, PUNK ROCK.
SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT'S PUNK ROCK.
LET'S GO.
LET'S DO IT THEN.
LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT.
OTTO: WE BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AGAIN AND IT CAME UP AFTER THE MOVIE.
IT'S LIKE, WOW, WE SHOULD PUT THIS ON STAGE.
AND I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE IT WAS ON STAGE AND IT BECAME A MOVIE FROM ON STAGE.
I WAS REALLY NOT INFORMED ABOUT THAT WHAT HEDWIG WAS.
LET'S DO THE TEST.
♪ ♪ CAME.. OTTO: AND IT WORKS.
THANK HEAVENS FOR BOBBY PINS.
MUSIC: BACKGROUND MUSIC FROM THE MUSICAL HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HAWAII.
EVEN THE PART WHERE HER CAPE SAYS, YANKEE, GO HOME, WHATEVER.
HE SAID, HAOLE GO HOME.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SO LIKE RICH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW BECAUSE THAT PLAY ITSELF HAS A LOT OF RACIAL ISSUES AND CONNOTATIONS AND IT IS JUST SO INTERSECTIONAL AND MULTILAYERED, VOICE OF ANNOUNCEMENT HEDWIG PLAY STARTS: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHETHER.. OR NOT HEDWIG!
♪ ♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
SCENE FROM PLAY: I HOPE YOU KNOW ME HONOLULU, I'M .. (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
I WAS BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE, OF A TOWN RIPPED IN TWO.
♪ ♪ BEING QUEER, I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY WAS THE MOTIVA.. THING.
IT WAS MORE LIKE SOMEONE WHO HAS ALL THESE ADVERSARIES AND ADVE.. KNOW JUST KIND OF DEALING WITH IT AND BEING A SENSITIVE PERSON OR A HUMAN AND OVERCOMING ALL THOSE STRUGGLES BUT STILL BEING YOU KNOW SORT OF AFFECTED BY THEM AND I THINK OTTO COULD RELATE TO THAT.
EVERYBODY TRYING TO YOU KNOW GET BY WITH WHAT THEY GOT.
♪ ♪ IS YOU'VE GOT SOME SUGAR FOR ME, SUGAR DADDY BRING IT HOME.
JOANNE: I WAS BLOWN .. WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
I MEAN, HE WORE THESE CLOGS THAT WERE LIKE SIX INCHES HIGH.
I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY WHERE HE TAKES HIMSELF LIKE TO THE NEXT LEVEL, UM, AND THE MANY THINGS THAT HE CAN JUGGLE ALL AT ONE TIME.
SINGING FROM HEDWIG PLAY: LIFT UP YOUR HANDS, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS.
♪ ♪ ♪ JOSH - THE 86 LIST: OTTO KILLED IT.
I REMEM.. OTTO REALLY PULLING OUT SOME HEAVY EMOTIONS AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER PLAYING THE LAST SONG, WHICH IS LIKE LIFT UP YOUR HANDS.
IT WAS SOMETHING DEFINITELY SPECIAL.
I'M PRETTY PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
MUSIC FROM HEDWIG AS PLAY ENDS ♪ ♪ (CHEER.. DEREK - THE 86 LIST: WHAT WAS THE DRAG SHOW THAT WE PL.. AT THE COLLEGE?
JOSH - THE 86 LIST: OH YEAH, WE PLAYED THIS LIKE WITH COCO, THIS DRAG SHOW WITH COCO CHANDELIER AT LIKE LCC, THAT WAS... DEREK - THE 86 LIST: LIKE A HUGE THING MEAN THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO.
WE COULDN.. INVOLVED.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THOSE THINGS EXISTED THAT THEY DID THOSE KIND OF THINGS BUT WE GOT TO DO IT AT ONE HEDWIG PERFORMANCE WITH THAT.
THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE ALL THOSE PEOPLE STUFFED IN DRAG AND THAT WHOLE LIFESTYLE AND THAT WHOLE PART THAT OTTO EMBRACES AS WELL.
HE ALREADY KNEW ALL THOSE PEOPLE THERE.
JOSH - THE 86 LIST: WE PLAYED A LOT OF SHOWS FOR LIKE LGBT COMMUNITY AND WE WERE PLAYING FULL ON QUEER EVENTS IN HONOLULU.
(EXPLETIVE) EVERYONE WAS DOWN AND WE WERE DOWN TOO.
BUT LIKE YEAH, WE ARE DOWN..
THIS.
WE ARE DOWN FOR LIKE PEOPLE HAVING RIGHTS.
OTTO: ALOHA, THANK YOU.
♪ ♪ ♪ OTTO: ALOHA, THANK YOU.
AMELIA - OTTO'S FRIEND: OTTO IS BORN ON OCTOBER 31ST.
TODAY'S HIS BIRTHDAY.
HALLOWEEN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S REALLY NOT, AND THAT'S OTTO, YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW.
HE'S A TRICKSTER THAT OTTO.
♪ ♪ OF MY COSTUME, HALLOWEEN COSTUME AND THIS IS UM FOREST GUMP RUNNING WHEN HE GETS OLD.
THIS IS THE BEARD AND THE JACKET.
YOU SEE THE FILM IT'S ALMOST THE EXACT SAME JACKET.
DERECK - THE 86 LIST: I USUALLY DESCRIBE OTT..
THE YOUNGEST, OLDEST MAN YOU'LL EVER MEET.
IT'S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP WHEN YOU GET OLDER AND YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THE GRIND AND LIKE, OH, YOU GOT TO BE THIS CERTAIN WAY WHEN YOU REACH A CERTAIN AGE, YOU CAN'T ACT LIKE THIS.
KIND OF LIKE THAT.
OTTO TOTALLY BLOWS THAT OUT OF THE WATER AND SAYS, NOPE, I WANT TO STAY THIS YOUNG.
I'M FOREVER GOING TO BE 21 OR 16 OR HOWEVER OLD YOU WANT TO FEEL AND I'M GOING TO ACT THAT WAY.
I MEAN, HE DOESN'T LOOK THAT OLD REALLY FOR HIS AGE.
IF YOU REALLY KNEW HIS AGE, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT: WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE.. OF THE STICKLERS HERE TONIGHT.
WELCOME TO US.
HEY GUYS.
HI, ALOHA.
SORRY.
NO, IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
HOW YOU GUYS DOING?
EXCELLENT.
GREAT.
DAVE — THE STICKLERS: WE BROKE UP IN 2002, DID A COUPLE SMALL SHOWS AND THEN WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY PLAYED TOGETHER SINCE 2005 I BELIEVE SO.
RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT: OH WOW.
DAVE — THE STICKLERS: THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PROMOTE OUR SHOW, WHICH IS ON FRIDAY AT DOWNBEAT DINER.
RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT: IT IS SIX 17 RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT THE BOOGIEMAN BY THE STICKLERS COMING UP HERE NEXT.
IS THERE ANY INTERESTING TIDBITS BEHIND THIS SONG?
OTTO: YES, IT'S BASED ON THE MOVIE HALLOWEEN.
BASS INSTRUCTIONS FOR OTTO: UP, DOWN, DOWN.... (CROWD NOISE) MUSIC: SONG - BOOGIE MA ♪ ♪ (SINGING--CHEERING - INSTRUMENTAL) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ SINGING: RUN!
HIDE!
RUN!
RUN!
HIDE!
RUN!
JAMIE CURTIS SINGING: RUN!
HIDE!
RU ♪ ♪ DON'T YOU KNOW THAT MICHAEL MYERS WILL CUT YOUR THROAT.
YOU BETTER LISTEN I SAID OR YOU'RE GONNA WIND UP DEAD.
JAMIE CURTIS DON'T YOU KNOW THAT MICHAEL MYERS WILL CUT YOUR THROAT.
YOU BETTER LISTEN I SAID OR YOU'RE GONNA WIND UP DEAD.
RUN!
HIDE!
RUN O ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THANK YOU!
CROWD: ENCORE.
ENCORE.
ENCORE.
DOUG: UH TEXTING IS EASIER.
HE IS ALWAYS BAKING, SO H..
PICK UP THE PHONE, BUT HE CAN LOOK AT HIS WATCH AND SEE YOUR TEXT.
COOL.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
RIGHT ON, MAN.
OH, IT'S INSIDE.
RIGHT ON.
COOL.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
YOU TOO.
THANKS.
OTTO: A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT UM, USED TO GO TO THE CHINATOWN ONE CAME FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SO I KEPT GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND SAYING, OH, OTTO, PLEASE COME BACK TO THE DOWN, YOU KNOW COME BACK DOWN THERE.
AND I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GO BACK DOWN TO CHINATOWN, SO I PICKED A PLACE SOME NEAR IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH I..
LOT NICER AREA, AND WE OPENED THAT IN LATE MARCH OF 2015.
DOUG: ONE MORNING I SHOWED UP HERE AND THERE WAS ALL THIS KIND OF POLICE LOOKING TAPE AROUND APPARENTLY TWO DOORS DOWN.
THERE WAS A FLOOD.
ONE OF THEIR SPRINKLERS HAD A SITUATION AND ALL THE WATER IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING WENT INTO THAT SPACE AND IT SEEPED INTO OUR WALLS AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT MOLD, THEY JUST FILLED THIS PLACE WITH ALL THESE HUGE INDUSTRIAL FANS TO TRY AND YOU KNOW DRY IT OUT.
THEY BORED HOLES IN THE WALLS TO GET THROUGH THERE, BUT WE COULDN'T OPEN FOR LIKE A MONTH AND APPARENTLY THAT'S HIS BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR, AND.. OTTO: AND SO WE SHUT DOWN RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
THAT WAS REALLY HARD TO YOU KNOW TO CALL ALL THE PEOPLE BACK FROM YOU KNOW NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ALL THE ORDERS.
AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE SO SAD.
THEY TALKED TO YOU FOR A HALF HOUR TELLING 'EM YOU BADLY THEY NEEDED THE CAKE AND IT'S NINE DAYS OUT AND IT IS HARD.
AND THEN AFTER THAT I GOT A BILL FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND I WAS LIKE, OH, IT MUST BE A MISTAKE YOU KNOW.
ANY OF THE PAPERS THAT THEY'VE SENT STACKS AND STACKS OF PAPER, I DON'T KNOW .. READ THEM.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I KNOW HOW TO DO.
SO WHEN YOU DON'T DO, I JUST KEEP DOING WHAT I KNOW HOW TO DO AND I JUST KEEP BAKING AND IT'S JUST GOING TO, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A MIRACLE AND I'LL JUST KEEP BAKING.
OTTO ARRIVING AT TV STATION: CAN I HELP YOU?
OTTO: OTTO CAKE HERE.
OTTO ARRIVING AT TV STATION: PARDON ME?
OTTO: OTTO CAKE.
OTTO ARRIVING AT TV STATION: OKAY.
OTTO: IT'S SOME IWATCH.
IT'S ACTUALLY SAVED ME A LOT.
I CAN TAKE PHONE CALLS AND THEN ACTUALLY NOT STOP MI..
STILL KEEP GOING IN THE KITCHEN.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE HANDS FREE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY.
AND YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AND THEN IT TEXTS WHAT YOU SAY, WHICH IS HELPFUL FOR ME WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL, NOT THAT IT ALWAYS GETS EVERYTHING CORRECT.
MY MOM GOES, THAT WAS KIND OF A LITTLE INAPPROPRIATE TO SEND TO YOUR MOTHER, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.
TV ANCHOR: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LARA.
WELL, THEIR DESSERTS HAD CUSTOMERS..
THROUGH THEIR DOORS, BUT A FREAK ACCIDENT HAS KEPT OTTO CAKE'S DOORS WELL CLOSED FOR A BIT AND NOW THEY'RE HERE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP TO SAVE THE STORE AND WE'LL BRING IN OWNER OTTO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
OTTO: ALOHA.
GOOD MORNING.
TV ANCHOR: APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, OTTO CAKE, GREAT CHEESECAKES AND YOU BROUGHT ONE TODAY, BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN, A FREAK ACCIDENT KIND OF SLOWED THINGS DOWN IN A MAJOR WAY.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
OTTO: YEAH, THERE WAS A WATER LEAK AND I GUESS I ACTUALLY SAY A FLOOD AND IT SHUT ME DOWN FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO PAY THE RENT FOR THE TIME THAT I COULDN'T OPEN.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR SOMETHING BUT NOT GETT..
ANYTHING FOR IT.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO RECOVER FROM THAT.
AND THE HARDEST PART IS IT WAS NINE DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WHICH IS HOW MY BAKERY PRETTY MUCH SURVIVES IS THAT ONE DAY AND I WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN.
IT WAS PRETTY HARD.
TV ANCHOR: NOW IN AN EFFORT TO YOU KNOW KIND OF MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
YOU GUYS HAVE A KICKSTARTER PROGRAM COMING UP?
OTTO: YEAH, WE HAVE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN LAUNCHED AND WE HAVE SEVEN MORE DAYS FOR THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE A SHOW ON THE 11TH OF THIS MONTH, WHICH WOULD BE ON THURSDAY AT THE DOWNBEAT DINER.
REALLY THE WHOLE KICKSTARTER IS NOT FOR ME, IT'S FOR THAT BUILDING TRUTHFULLY.
I MEAN THEY WANT THAT MONEY SO BAD THAT THEY EVEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE KICKSTARTER AND TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO STOP LEGAL ACTION UNTIL TO SEE IF THE KICKSTARTER GETS 'EM ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY WANT.
♪ ♪ MUSIC: SONG - DISASTER - HE WAS A YOUNG KID AND HIS FATHER WAS A (EXPLETIVE).
HE WAS ♪ ♪ DISASTER.
OY, OY, OY.
KAITLIN: YEAH, THE GOA.. $7,000 AND THEN IT KIN..
RAPID FIRE KICKED OFF AND TODAY WE RAISED AROUND $1,500 AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE STOKED.
SINGING: HE WAS A YOUNG KID AND HIS LIFE WAS A D..
THIS GENERATION GONNA HAVE TO SEE THAT IT'S NOT THE END OF REALITY.
WHOOAAA, OY, OY, .. WHOOAAA, OY, OY, OY, W.. OY, OY, OY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND HIS LIFE WAS A DISASTER.
OTTO: I JUST THOUGHT I.. GONE.
I JUST THOUGHT T..
THE END OF OTTO CAKE AND TRUTHFULLY, I REALLY HAVE STARTED PACKING UP MY HOUSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN'T PAY FOR THE HOUSE OR MY APARTMENT, I CAN'T PAY FOR THAT.
I WAS HOMELESS WHEN I STARTED THIS BUSINESS AND I VERY WELL KNOW HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW, HOW I PULLED OUT OF IT BECAUSE OF THIS CAKE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW AND I DON'T MIND GOING RIGHT BACK THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD.
YOU KNOW?
OTTO: I HAD A CAR, BUT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SLEEP IN THE CAR AND I NEVER DID BECAUSE IT'S ILL..
I'VE TRIED TO NOTE ALL THE RULES.
I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT UM YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME LIVING ON A SIDEWALK,YOU KNOW LIKE A LOT OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, I THINK THAT'S A MISCONCEPTION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T SEE ME SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK.
I HID..
SAW ME.
OR ONCE IN A WHILE, IF IT WAS RAINING, PEOPLE WOULD LET ME STAY AT THEIR HOUSE AND THEN BECAUSE I WAS A NICE HOUSE GUEST, THEN I GET TO STAY THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN IT WASN'T RAINING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT THERE TO BE COUNTED.
OTTO: WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL A LONG TIME AGO AND THE TEACHER WAS REALLY NICE AND WE GOT ALONG REALLY WELL AND SHE SAT ME DOWN AND SHE SAID, WE'RE THE ONE, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE IN.
YOU'RE MORE VULNERABLE THAN A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO MATH.
YOU CAN BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE.
YOU JUST TRY TO BE CAREFUL AND TRY TO BE AWARE.
AND I TRIED AND I THINK THAT THIS SITUATION IS POSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING.
OTTO: THEY WANTED ME TO PAY THE RENT WHEN THEY SHUT ME DOWN FOR ABOUT A MONTH A.. HALF, AND THEY ALSO WANT ME NOW TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES.
SO IT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND OF COURSE I DON'T MAKE THAT MUCH CAKE AND ENOUGH FOR THEM TO PAY THEM BACK.
I DON'T NEED ANYTIME SOO..
TAKING ME TO COURT.
CHIP - OTTO'S FRIEND/ BROKER: I THINK THE LANDLORD'S.. TO TRY TO WORK WITH US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET US OUT THE SPACE AND WORK WITH US ON THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
OTTO: SO IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE SPACE DOWNTOWN AND THEY'RE GOING TO SET SOME KIND OF PAYMENT THING AND HOPEFULLY THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE TURNING OUT TO BE OKAY.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU DON'T MAKE SOMEONE PAY FOR SOMETHING AND NOT GET IT.
I THINK THEY FINALLY GOT THAT.
IT TOOK THEM A LITTLE WHILE.
THAT'S WHAT IT CAME AROUND.
SO I ALWAYS HOPE ALOHA WOULD PREVAIL AND IT DID.
OTTO: (PHONE RINGS) ALOHA.
THIS IS OTTO.
MAY I ..
CUSTOMER VOICE ON THE PHONE: WHAT FLAVORS DO YOU HA.. OTTO: WE HAVE MOCHA, LILIKOI AND PLAIN LEFT.
AND THE SOONER YOU GET HERE PROBABLY BE THE BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE IT'S KIND OF BUSY TODAY BEING VALENTINE'S DAY AND ALL.
CUSTOMER VOICE ON THE PHONE: OH, OKAY.
THANK YOU.
OTTO: YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
ALOHA.
CUSTOMER: BYE.
OTTO: PEOPLE PROBABLY ARE ON THE FACEBOOK AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
I KN.. TO USE THE INSTAGRAM AND THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE INSTAGRAM WHEN YOU SEND A PICTURE THAT CAN GO TO THE FACEBOOK AND SOMEONE SET THAT UP.
I DIDN'T, SO I DIDN'T EVEN, I JUST DO IT JUST SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT I HAVE..
ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE HOW TO DO FACEBOOK.
IS MYSPACE STILL AROUND?
OTTO: LET'S SEE HOW MANY LIKES WE HAVE FOR THE PICTURE TO.. THAT'S 78 LIKES IN TWO HOURS.
THAT'S KIND OF NICE.
YEAH, EVERYBODY WANTS LIKE..
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LIKES.
ALL ABOUT THE LIKES.
OTTO: WELL, TRUTHFULLY, VALENTINE'S DAY'S IT'S KIN..
SCARY.
CAUSE UM, THERE WAS THIS GIRL I LIKED AN.. TO HER HOUSE AND I BRO..
FLOWERS AND A HEART ..
CHEESECAKE, AND THEN SHE BROKE UP WITH ME RIGHT AFTER I GAVE HER THE CAKE AND THE THING.
SO I KINDA, KINDA JUST STAY.. FROM THAT HOLIDAY.
SHE KEPT THE CAKE THOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS NOW.
I ALWAYS WONDER IF I'LL RUN INTO HER.
I JUST DON'T GIVE THEM TO ANYBODY ANYMORE CAUSE THEN I'M GOING TO GET MY HEART BROKEN AGAIN.
THAT WAS KIND OF DEVASTATING.
BUT I WAS YOUNGER.
I RECOVERED.
SUSAN, CUSTOMER: OVER THE YEARS.
I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME CUSTOMER AND I'VE EATEN, I THINK AT LEAST 50 FLAVORS I'M SURE IN ALL THE YEARS.
COTTON CANDY IS STILL AWESOME.
WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU, OTTO THIS IS GREAT.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
THANK YOU.
NO, THANK YOU.
OTTO: OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.
SUSAN, CUSTOMER: I KNOW THIS IS AWESOME.
OTTO: IT'S NICE TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
OTTO: I WAS JUST WRITING MY INSTAGRAM THIS MORNING LIKE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IS BECAUSE OF THE CAKE IN MY LIFE.
THE CAKE.
JOANNE: YES, THE CAKE.
YOU'RE SO DEDICATED.
IT'S REALLY JOANNE: YES, THE CAKE.
YOU'RE SO DEDICATED.
IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
WHO DOES ..
RIGHT?
BAKES FOR 25 YEARS.
CAMERA PERSON?S VOICE: OTTO!
OTTO:I CAN'T BELIEVE.. PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET LIKE YOURSELF.
I NEVER WOULD'VE MET YOU.
I NEVER WOULD'VE BEEN IN ALL THESE BANDS THAT I'M IN.
I WAS REALLY REMINISCING EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE.
JOANNE: I KNOW HONEY BUT IT WAS ALL MEANT TO BE.
OTTO: THE CAKE DID IT.
THAT'S WHY I KEEP THINKING.
JOANNE: THE MAGIC CAKE.
YES.
MUSIC: SONG - HONOLULU HOW DO YOU DO (SINGING IN BACKGROUND) ♪ ♪ AFTER THIS BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE..
RIGHT NOW.
LINDA: OTTO'S MOM: AND I AM HAPPY BECAUSE I THINK ..
HAPPY AND THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT MOST FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE, DON'T YOU?
TO BE HAPPY.
YES.
JIM: OTTO'S DAD: SCOTT'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, AND I ENCOURAGE IT YOU KNOW.
THIS GUY'S THE LIMIT FOR ME.
HE CAN DO ANYTHING.
SO AND WE'LL SUPPORT HIM NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
♪ ♪ TO A FAULT, HE'S LIKE A CHILD BECAUSE HE BELIEVES SO..
THE HUMAN SPIRIT MAYBE T..
THERE'S ALWAYS A GOODNESS IN EVERYTHING.
HE JUST AN AMAZING PERSON.
OTTO: I GUESS YOU KNOW IN THAT GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE.
REALLY.
IT'S COMPLETELY EMPTY.
IT'S JUST THAT AT LEAST THERE'S SOME WATER LEFT OR MILK OR ORANGE JUICE OR BEER.
I'M NOT THE MOST INTELLIGENT PERSON, I'LL ADMIT THAT.
AND I AM HAPPY, I'LL ADMIT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT INTELLIGENT, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW TO HAVE NOT BE UNHAPPY AND THAT'S HOW YOU ARE.
SO YEAH, MAYBE I AM WIRED THAT WAY.
OTTO: I ALWAYS THINK OF LIFE AS FUN.
I GUESS WHEN DID SOMETHING SURVIVE FOR 25 YEARS?
I GUESS IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD IN SOME WAY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ SONG - TOO FREE FOR ME ♪ ♪ ♪ TOO FREE FOR ME, NO OH, TOO FREE FOR ME.
NO OH, TOO FREE FOR ME, NO OH, TOO FREE FOR ME.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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