Ambush Inteview #77 WEG Cory

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15. Was it hard having everyone laugh at you when you were a comedian when they weren't laughing at your jokes?

When I was 20, I auditioned for a comedy troupe in downtown Kansas City. It was a live improv group that performed every Friday and Saturday night. The group study under the idealogy of Del Close? Truth in Comedy.

The show was live and the audience was paying. It was down the street from a Stanford and Sons stand up comedy club. I recall Dave Chapelle there before he was famous. We got a lot of that crowd.

If you do not know what Improv is, think Saturday Night Live without a script, and there you have it. Most of SNL is recruited from Second City in either Chicago or Toronto. I saw Sheri Oteri when she was a nobody as well.

Our club was in the same family as the Chicago network. However, I wanted to do standup, Improv was not really what I enjoyed.

I was recommended for the club, I auditioned and was put on the main stage immediately. This is rare, most of the time you are put on the slow stage (basically, you perform on slower nights). In Chicago, Second City has multiple stages and shows, rarely does anyone start main stage.

The job was tough. One night, you had people wanting your autograph, the next people laughed AT you or booed. You have to have very thick skin.

Basically, the audience gives you a subject and you have to fly with it. For example, they would line me up with 2 others and then I would ask the audience for some type of plot.

The hard part for me was when they named shows like Friends. I didn't watch that much TV back then, so playing Joey was really tough. That is just one example though.

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OMG! dude thats some rockstar shit! two beans in a crowded airplane with strangers. can you please write part two "how the flight actually went"

this is one of the best E-ball stories i've ever heard from this biz.

DUDE! YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR!

You're doing a great job Cory if they were not long it wouldn't be you

Cory
#10=hilarious
you have a way with words!

We needed more pics of Cory w/ women in this Ambush. Remember, he is not gay

16. Just what the fuck is WEG cash? Where did the name come from?


Wegcash.com is an affiliate program that offers over 60 paysites. The paysites are set on paid trials, as well as our wildly popular Free Trials.

We are also very well known for Join4Free. People submit emails, we pay you out, pretty simple. We are among the last around with Free Trials. Weg innovated an industry program when it launched Join4Free.

Our payouts are as such:

4Free Classic (Deductions) pays between $1.15 and $1.50 per direct signup, and $0.90 to $1.30 per direct signup for console free tours.

4Free v.2 (No Deductions) pays $1.10 per direct signup and $0.80 per direct signup without consoles.

EZ Pass Free Trials pays $25 per free trial signup for console & console free tours.

EZ Pass Dollar Trials pays $30 to $35 per dollar trial signup, and $26 to $28 per dollar trial signup without consoles

EZ Pass Paid Trials with consoles pays $36 to $40 per paid trial signup, and $28 to $32 per paid trial signup without consoles.

EZ Products pays $40.00 per initial Magna RX sale.

EZ Cams pays $20 to $25 per free lifetime signup.


The name is short for Web Entertainment Group.

In my opinion, we have the best team in the Industry. Many of you know John, Ruth and Gabe, just to name a few. Our designers and programmers are levels beyond many teams out there. I am extremely fortunate to work for such a talented team. I am certainly privileged, as I am by far not the smartest person in our office. I get credit in many cases where credit is not due; I am just the fortunate one that gets to relay the message to you guys.

The real credit goes to Vu (our designer), Phil (our head of programming), John (Vice President), Gabe (sales), Ruth (marketing director), Juan (designer), Jeff (accounting), Lee and Adam (programming), Derek, Kym and the owners, Jason Zimmerman and Jordan Levinson just to name a few.

And of course, our webmasters: Nothing is possible without them.

In the next month, our updates to the program are going to be coming in groves. We are working on exclusive paysite deals (gay and straight), new J4F tours, and tightly integrating everything with new and exciting ways to promote the program.

This ambush has been a really great thing, I am very humbled that people are reading it.

Edit to add Margaret in Fraud. I knew I would leave someone out while making a list

17. What is a 'columnist war'? discuss


I attended the University of Kansas. I briefly had a column in The Daily Kansan. I was hired to write about whatever came to mind.

KU is a liberal school, somewhat like Berkeley from what I understand.

After a few columns went up, one of the other columnist decided to use his spot to take shots at my columns. He felt they lacked substance. So I began to write columns that were intentionally lacking a point. Now, you may think that this is simple; it is quite complex to be honest.

I would find ways to make hardly any sense, while at the same time sliding the article by the editor in hopes that she would think, ?maybe this is above me and I would look stupid asking him what it means.?

I was eventually asked to stop writing the column. I walked in one day to download my weekly column and they told me they had no more use for me.

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Awesome Ambush!

Cory is the best story teller I've ever known. I am lovin' the answers!
Way to go, Cory!

I love this interview!!!

Cory, your scribe skills are inspiring and VERY entertaining!!!

Congratulations! Great choice Scott!

great interview Cory!! lmao bubble gum std!!

Great Read Cory. I must say, you are also one of the Best Writers I have ever known. Great Stories. Keep them Coming.

Thank you all very much, I am glad to know people are actually reading it!

love this guy...

Cory Rocks ! . . i could post some nasty chops but i won't ;)

He is good, isnt he

The big one is coming. JFK, Raven, Sweetums, Meloman, Rrred....man, this one took a while.

This will be very long, but very interesting to those that do not know this story.

Those stories are classic. Great job Cory. Hey, you're right down the street from me.

looking forward to it

Are there still people who haven't heard it?

Sleazy, there needs to be a time limit on these things, lol!

I don't think anyone knows the full story. It is pretty disjointed.

I really think most people hardly know any of it. I just icq'd Mark at CCBill and told him it was going up shortly, he seemed to not exactly know.

It is very long, and you know when I say that I mean it! I had to icq a few people just to sort out details on it.

I heard it first hand...............

I just know whatever people watching saw and then what you told me. One of the few times I wish I'd been somewhere for drama

18. What happened at phoenix forum with you and the police one year? Why were you arrested?
6. Have you and JFK always gotton along?


OK, now for the big question. A few people know this story and the way it ends in somewhat a happy, ironic manner. Some of you may read this and say, ?I know him! I remember that!?

The important thing in this story to know is that I was wrong. I admitted such from the beginning. Any elements presented in the story are not excuses, they are factual. There is no excuse for what happened. However, two lessons could be learned: 1) Know your limits with alcohol. 2) Understand that when you do something wrong, apologize for it. Sometimes things can work out to your benefit; a sign of great character is taking ownership over your mistakes in life, not making excuses.

This story easily could have been all over the boards, however, people did not do that. I always appreciated it. Now that things are different and I am putting it out there, any of you that recall this feel free to jump in, or just post where I may be inaccurate, I do not remember everything clearly. Also, I anticipated this question being asked, I would not have agreed to Sleazy?s interview with the intention of dodging it.


Here we go, it is long. If you don't like long, I would exit this thread now:





About 2 weeks prior to The Phoenix Forum, I was wrongly diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. It was actually Asthma, something I assumed it was from the beginning, however in this day and age, doctors are looking to pass you off to pills as quickly as possible.

I was prescribed Paxil. Paxil is for anti-anxiety. I was very anti these types of medications, however, I wanted to breathe normal again. This is a medication that I have a very disturbing background with, I warn anyone who decides to go the route of these type of medications to carefully research the Internet. I wish I had done the same.


I landed in Phoenix with AVN Edison at 11am. We both formerly worked for Adult Check and were at the forum on behalf of them. Adult Check had started up a processing company called ACPay. They were too compete with CCBill and Paycom. The processing business is tough, most of our clients at the time were Adult Check webmasters that wanted to start up paysites. We were trying to nab larger clients. I didn?t have a clue how to go after larger paysite clients, to be honest, I just wasn?t industry experienced enough at the time. Brad Estes was the one that fueled the product?s development; he had just left his position for a position at Video Secrets.

When we went to shows as ?Adult Check personnel,? we did so in our own AVS world. I knew who our webmasters were, we went out with our webmasters, I knew CA Dave and many others; however, I was not exposed to this side of the industry. I didn?t know who Sleazy Dream was, I didn?t hardly ever read GFY. My posts on GFY were few and far between.


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Edison and I immediately went to the pool. This would be the start of a things that would haunt me for a very long time, but end very happily.

Around 1pm, we sat down at the pool with Brad and some of the other Video Secret?s guys. It was my first time to meet them. Shots began being distributed about like candy on Halloween. I immediately began partaking in festivities.

Somewhere around 3pm, I take a seat at a stool with Raven and a debate begins. I am sure at this point, it is fairly obvious that I am intoxicated.

The part that caught me off guard is that I had no idea that drinking on that medication was known to floor you. This is not an excuse, this is just a fact. I didn?t read on the medication. If you do some searches on the Internet regarding Paxil and drinking, two things will be noted:

1) You get intoxicated and you get intoxicated fast. It soaks in fast and you tend to walk around in a state of total obnoxiousness and in a state of total black out. You speak in fragmented, discontinous and absurd rhetoric. Most people will think you are out of your mind.

2) It increases the urge to drink. It propels it. You drink like a fish. When the normal person stops drinking due to the intoxication effect, you speed up.

Raven and I debate for roughly 30 minutes. I note this is likely the first point when I became somewhat discontinuous with my thoughts.

Around 7pm, Edison and I walk to the CC Bill opening party in the lobby of the La Posada. I vaguely recall a few people telling me I was too drunk. At this point, I am a total wreck.

At some point during the event, we run into Meloman. He is an AC webmaster at the time. He immediately notices how wrecked I am and grows very frustrated. At this point, he no longer likes me.

I am not sure how time relates any further than this.

I call Brad from the gathering. To this day, I remember making the call, but while on the phone, something happens and I never will remember it again. However, it will come back full circle a few years later. Brad asked me where I was. He told me later I was talking very strangely and making 0 sense. I was telling him that I was being chased around the party.

Now, Brad and I have had more than a few occasions drinking together, so him noting that I seemed different would prove important for me later.

What apparently occurred, and please keep in mind I am using other people?s information to piece this together, goes as follows:

While on the phone, I upset someone in the industry for being loud. He ask me to calm down, I get sarcastic with him. He reaquest that CC Bill ask me to leave the party, I run around a couch and do not want to leave. I eventually leave on my own accord.

Standing out front of the La Posada, a police officer happens to be in the neighborhood. He ask me to go back to my room, I start making my way. He notes that I seem to be on drugs and very unaware of my surroundings. He follows me.

He notes that I am not heading back to my room. He ask me if I would like to be arrested, I respond with ?yes.? He notes that I am singing Public Enemy?s ?By the time I get to Arizona? in the patrol car.

I am later told that JFK took pictures of this portion, hence, question 6 is moved here. (I am basing Sleazy?s 6th question on my own assumption that this is how it relates).

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I am taken to the Scottsdale Police Department and booked on drunk and disorderly. I have 0 recollection of this. However, something that will save me later does happen. The officer will note that I am very nice to him and that I am very non-aggressive, he also will note that I seem off, but he drops suspicion of drugs.

I wake up in a holding cell. I am in only my shorts. I am freezing and my right hand has a number of abrasions, it is also soar. The room is made of metal; it houses a metal bed and a toilette that sits in the middle.

The officer tells me the next morning that I punched the cell wall several times. I ask him what happened. He told me I was very intoxicated and was book on disorderly conduct. I ask him if I hurt anyone, he told me that I didn?t and in fact, I was very cordial to him.

He asked me if this had ever happened before. He tells me he suspects this was more than just alcohol, as he felt something did not seem right.

I have no ride back to the hotel. I receive my shirt and shoes back, I also get my cell phone back, the battery is dead.

It is 6am.

I walk outside, it is sunny, it is beautiful. I vomit profusely for the first time. My head begins to hurt. I will vomit several times on the way home.

I have no ride home. I walk to the La Posada.

I suspect around 7am I enter the complex. I walk through it. At this point, I get afraid of what happened, I have no idea. I had never felt this way in my life. I am still pretty disoriented at why I woke up in jail. I have never been to jail before.

The La Posada is tranquil at this early morning hour. The pool glimmers like a gorgeous resort pool should The water is still, it poses for a vacation brochure. I vomit on the gate.

I gaze into the pool area, memories of my walk to the warm up party lash out at me.

?Dude, you are too drunk?

?Go away?

?What are you talking about??

I get back to the room. Edison opens the door. He tells me that Brad and him attempted to bail me out, however, the officer said it would be best I stay, my condition was not good by his assessment.

I vomit again, this time several times over. I vomit with shear agony. It is the worst I have ever felt after drinking. I am in total dismay.

1pm. The first indications come in that something really bad happened. Our program assistant at the time tells Edison and I that Chris Mallick made remarks about my being unprofessional.


We go to the pool around 3pm, I am now able to move about. I meet Sweetums for the first time. I tell her what happened, I tell her I am pretty sure bad things happened and that I am ousted from the industry. She responds in a very consoling manner, something many people would not have done. This calms me.

Around 2pm, I am told that JFK has pictures. I knew JFK at the time pretty well, I put out feelers that I want to talk to him. I ask that if Edison sees him to tell him if this is true, to please take down the pictures.

I am now pretty damn aware that I made a very large mistake, however, I am still years away from knowing the ironic truth to it all.

Around 4pm, I am approached at the pool by several people that I have never met in my life. They indicate to me that they recognize me as getting arrested last night.

My concern increases. I begin to grow somewhat angry. I recall laughing about what happened to these guys. I would do this several times afterwards. I think I just didn?t know what to do or how to handle things. I didn?t even know who to apologize to?

Around 4:30pm, Carmelo approaches me. We walk to the side. He tells me he is very upset with me and that I was slapping him in the head in a joking, yet annoying manner. He informs me that the guy who had me thrown out of the CCBill event had something to do with Hustler. He tells me this person wanted me thown out of the show.

I apologize. I ask to be put in contact with this individual, I wanted to apologize. Carmelo walks away assuring me that he will let this person know. I will not be put into contact with this person until 2 years later.


Around 5pm I start assuming that my days in the industry are finished. I start to think it is a good thing. I make an average salary and sell pornography: These are not two things I ever wanted in life, I start to settle on this and begin thinking about how to exit the industry and never return.

I have a partner at the time in some personal business dealings. We basically run a tgp site and some other free sites. We do decent, I knew I could get by without working at Adult Check. I knew that I would have enough money to get back.

5:30pm. I call American Airlines. I ask them how many miles I have.

7pm. We go to a pool party. There is a dj. A representative of AVN informs me that I said some belligerent things to someone I was very good friends with. I find her and apologize, however it is obvious she does not want to talk to me, although she accepts the apology and smiles.

I go home early and go to bed. I am depressed as things begin to set in.

8am the next morning. I go to get breakfast. I am by myself. The breakfast establishment at the Phoenix Forum is packed. I ask to be seated at a corner table, I try to avoid being seen.

JFK walks in. He sits down and we have breakfast together. I tell him that I hear he was planning to post the pictures of my arrest. Fubarwebmasters was new at the time, I am guessing that havng pictures removed was not as prevelant as it is now. He agrees to remove them, however he tells me I shouldn?t do things at shows I don?t want posted.

I was a bit put off by this; I assume this is why question 6 was asked. However, it should be known, this was no drama and hardly worth being put as a dedicated question. I love JFK. I was just in a bad spot.


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The Forum ends. I go home and I call my friend in Kansas City. He is an attorney; his dad a prominent Kansas judge. They put me in contact with a Phoenix Arizona attorney. He will do this for free as a favor for my friends.

The guy explains to me that they will want me to appear in court in one month. I never wanted to go back to Phoenix again. He works to have my appearance removed.


The Phoenix Attorney shows up to court for me. Based on the officer?s account of my being cordial, the judge agrees to not have me appear in court. Instead, he allows me to plea no contest. I am charged. I pay about $500.

In the coming months, I resign from Adult Check. I never fully recover from this PR nightmare. I was saddened to be honest; I always felt I could provide the best PR for a company, yet my name was so tarnished. I was afraid to go to shows; I always feared I would be asked to leave a party.

I call American Airlines. I cash in miles. I board a plan in October for South America. I totally disappear, I have no intention of returning to the industry; I ponder not returning to the US.

While hiking in the Andes Mountains in South America, something happens that will change my thoughts a bit on the past.

It was day 3, I am without any friends, just a group of Europeans. I develop some sort of terrible virus. I lose control of my bowels. I can?t keep anything down. A "shaman" is sent to my tent. I am flushed, I am weak, I am disoriented. He tells me I have some type of virus. He tells me there is only one way out, that is by being strapped to the back of a mule. It is a 3 day walk at the mercy of a mule. I tell him I refuse to go.

He administers me a shot.

The night continues, I am heard talking to myself. I am delirious, my fever rises. A Spanish traveler comes over and realizes my fever is way to high. I have peed and crapped all over myself. They lift me up, I go in a bush with a bucket of water, I clean off.

She asks me to remove my clothes. She takes ice water and dumps it on me. It felt terrible. I shivered and yelled with each douse of water. My tent is then labeled as quarantined, however she is a nurse and claims she is obligated to assist.

The fever breaks around 3am. I will hike the next morning to Machu Pichu. Because I was quarantined and because the water supply had vanished because of the amount I consumed the next morning, I am without fluids.

When I reach Machu Pichu, I purchase a red Gatorade. It is the best Gatorade I have ever had. I challenge myself to climb to the highest point, I reach it.

What I do not know is that while I was sick, I vomited up my dose of Paxil. What I also do not know, but will learn when I arrive back in Lima is that I lost my Paxil that same night (many items I took were thrown away for obvious reasons).

When I arrive back to Lima, strangeness sets in. I begin hearing voices at night. I begin getting sick again. I fall down without reason. Something is wrong, but I have no idea what it is.

I go downstairs of the hotel and log onto the Internet. I search for hours, I finally come across what is ailing me. I am in Paxil withdrawal. I will not go into details on that, if you search PAXIL WITHDRAWALS, you will find more than enough information on it. I become intrigued, it is then I am made aware of the alcohol and Paxil recipe. I grow much sicker, yet for some reason, everything in my life begins to clear up.

I am scheduled to fly out of Lima for Rio de Janeiro in 2 days. I cancel the flight for the time being. I pay off the hotel attendant guy downstairs to keep bottled waters coming to the room, as well as food. I will leave out the details, however the withdrawals were awful. Downright scarey. I wanted the Paxil out of me. I wanted to make a real change in my life; something for the better.

I return to Los Angeles a month later, I move to Orange County. I begin searching for new jobs in the mainstream. I get some interviews. Nothing works out, yet I am confident I will find something.

And I do. I find out that a company named Wegcash is hiring someone for PR and to head up Webmaster Support. I think I would be perfect for the job, however, I am very haunted by my past.

I get an Interview. I sit in the Wegcash Orange County office waiting for someone to come out. I grow hesitant.

?What if someone knows me as the guy that got arrested in Phoenix??

?Do I really want to work in Porn??

And then most importantly:

?Should I immediately come clean in the Interview and tell them about my tarnished past??

I will choose to not bring it up. Jason Zimmerman, owner of Wegcash.com, interviews me. I am hired on the spot.

I start work 2 weeks later. Tonda and Gabe are there. I can?t help but wonder if they know. KK visits the office on day one, I can?t help but wonder if she told them.

I have no idea how close the Phoenix arrest / debacle is to me.

I begin trying to reestablish my self as everything I wanted to be: Professional, likeable, has fun but is intelligent. However, with every post I make, I get nervous that I will get called out. The first show hat I attend for Wegash: The Phoenix Forum.

I do well at the show. I hear people discuss the issue, however, they do not realize that I am the guy they are discussing.

I try to make my rounds to those that I know as Wegcash webmasters, however, I really only know usernames at this point. I am then introduced to one of those usernames. He is one of our more successful webmasters. ?

His name is Meloman. We talk. He is extremely nice to me. He tells me that the incident is in the past and that he feels like I am the right person for the job.

At the end of the show, I see Chris Mallick. Before I left Adult Check, I had apologized to him about my Phoenix behavior but this was the first time I had seen him since. I approach him while he is sitting at a table. He opens his arms for me. He then tells me to cancel my flight for that afternoon. I go to dinner with him and a few others and he flies me back on the Paycom jet. He is a total class act.

I felt little worries about the incident anymore. But one stone had been left unturned. Who was the guy that had me thrown out of the party?

Miami Internext, 2005. It was the year of the infamous Belly Flop contest. Jason flies into town for one day. He plans a dinner with a Carmelo and a few others. Someone else comes to dinner. The guest tells Jason that he likes his new hire (me). Carmelo turns to everyone and says, ?you do realize he is the one you had thrown out of the party at the Phoenix Forum??

He responds saying he never had any idea who the guy was?

Well, the guy is Ken Lawson. Him and Jason are very good friends, our gateway processor is Jettis. On a professional level, Ken could be considered my boss (his influence with Weg is great).

I am told of the incident shortly thereafter by Gabe. At this point, I now realize who and how everything relates. I am told Ken is laying out at the top pool. I walk up the steps. I shake his hand. He ask me how I am doing.

?A lot better now. A lot better.?

He smiled.

And that was enough, some things are better left unsaid.

The circle was complete. I saw Ken recently in Vegas, we laughed about the fact that we wear the same shoes.

This year, Weg is a big Phoenix Forum sponsor. Next Wed, I fly out to meet about an event we are doing with Paycom. I will visit the CCBill offices for a meeting.

Things have changed. I am twice as succesful now as I was then.

You never know how anything will work out. I regret what happened to me in Phoenix, but I feel I learned a lot from it. My goal (externally) is to make Wegcash the most upstanding company around. My goal (internally) is to help grow the product.

Without Phoenix, I don?t think I would be where I am. I don?t think I would be this driven.

Advice: Never underestimate this industry. If you make a mistake, just apologize, most things can be worked out.

At our event in Phoenix this year, Ken?s name will be the first on the list.

And with this post, the circle is complete : )

I do appreciate those of you that knew about it, yet had the professionalism to not make it a PR nightmare. I have told many of you this in person, however, I now want to make it Public.

Meloman, Raven, Sweetums, JFK: thanks for everything you did.

When I have problems now, I work them out with myself. Sometimes, my gut instincts are better than any doctor's diagnosis.

very interesting, glad things worked out.....

Hey Cory...........the circle is complete

I just broke the record for the longest reply in an Ambush Interview. I bet this record stands for some time.

I am going home now

It was a very easy read!

Seriously folks, the story takes 3 times as long for him to tell it in person

(we DO need to find you an editor though..... )

Wow...that is one hell of a story. I'm glad things worked out in the end for you. You definitely do a terrifc job for WEGCash

I got nothing but luv for ya my brotha

Thanks, to be honest, I had to sacrifice the editing part. I was taking a long time.

The fragmented sentences are intentional. The rest is just me being a poor speller among other things. haha

Cory...no thanks necessary. Meeting you the 'day after' - beligirent and obnoxious just really didn't seem to be part of you. I didn't know the full extent of what happened in Peru though...it's no wonder that you speak about that place the way you have

Great interview answers, Cory

Holy double post...

Wow, I just read that huge post, that's quite a background. Especially your trips down to South America and Lima. Nevertheless, this industry is quite forgiving and I'm sure you won't be mixing Paxil with any more liquours ;)
WG

Great read and happy ending my friend. No, I'm not giving YOU a happy ending.

Well that answers a few questions for me. I noticed that there was a change in you after leaving AC but not being one to go to these shows I had no idea what happened. Mate you should write your own novels and you will be famous You have a way with words for sure!

I definitely plan to write a novel someday. I have started about 8, I keep trashing them though

I wasn't sure if you already knew.

I am also not sure how Sleazy missed questioning me about my hands in your lap at stripclubs.

Tahoe baby.

Awesome read, I would be happy to read anything Cory writes.
I didn't get bored for 1 second.

Glad everything worked out for you. You do have a way with words.

Awesome Ambush!

That or the debate on which shaver to use in your bathroom. LOL
WG

Thank You, appreciated.

I notice you have Kansas in your location

We have had a few questionable moments together.