 Hello, I'm Aideen and I'm Kriva and we're here with DCUTV at the Netflix and Chill Ball and we're joined by the wonderful Mattress Mick and his Mattress buddy. So, Mekki are attending the Netflix and Chill Ball tonight but of course you are an internet sensation so we wanted to know how much has that internet sensation affected business? Well to be very honest, if I wasn't an internet sensation I would not be in business because it has been a tremendous boost to my whole profile. My profile brings people to my shop, a lot of people don't even think I exist, they think it's an actor or is this somebody who is just playing a game. So I get a lot of people who come to the shop out of pure curiosity. And do they end up by Mattress Mick? Absolutely. A little birdie told me that people actually come to your store to get the cutouts of you to bring to parties. That's right. I've been carried away in some funny looking cars but what we have is a cardboard cutout of myself. I'm going to bring one here tonight but I didn't ask for the cutout done. You should have done it on your own. I wouldn't put it in my apartment. But we have them around the shop and yeah, people do invite me or bring me home to 10 parties and weddings. I've actually been at a wedding, I've been at a funeral. I know I've been at 21st's in my cardboard state. And what about your real estate have you been invited to any weddings, parties? I've been at, I do a lot of, we say for example, I'm a judge at the Strictly Come Dancing Competitions which I totally enjoy because it's great. I have 21st's, I've also been at what you call a race meeting, race night, different things. It's great, very fun. And does Mattress' body come everywhere with you? No, no, I couldn't take that, I hate it too much. We work together, we love one another but we need our space. But sometimes you do space. That's right. And you yourself, you are a YouTube sensation. Naomi and Quiba were actually YouTubers as well. So you're wondering if you have any words of advice for us to break out in the YouTube scene? Well what I do, I rehearse nothing. Okay. Absolutely nothing. Just like us. Pretty much. Any of my videos that you're seeing, I stand in front of the camera and I just act what comes into my head. I say what comes into my head. No rehearsals, no notes, no prompts, no nothing. That is why I think because some of them are not terribly professional, because it's mistakes, that's why I think they're working. People like them. Yeah, because they're natural, they're not trained videos and I'm not a trained actor, I'm not trained personality, but that's why I think why it works. And it's more fun when you make mistakes too. Yeah. Well... Something for people to laugh at. Yeah, it's good, I enjoy it and I think people can respond to it because they're dealing with an individual, they're dealing with a person that they can touch and feel. But one of the big things that I do when the customer goes into my shop is I say, give me a hug. Now you get a woman coming in to buy an actress, one person you want, let's give me a hug. And do they give you a hug? Yeah, absolutely. So he can do your hip with the ladies ever since you've come out on the YouTube scene? Yeah, they love me. What do you think? How are you? You're getting lots of fan mail. Absolutely, I get a lot of fan mail, but I get a lot of fun and a lot of recognition. When you recognise and people come up to you, it's a good feeling and it means that something is working. Yeah. And this happens quite a lot and it's happening more and more. So this back with the bang video, which has had a lot of hits, Stephen Fry gave me a tweet a couple of years ago, which was fantastic. And people remember that. But one thing, I've been on the radio a few times on the different stations, but everything, everybody says, I heard you on the Joe Duffy show. I've never been on the Joe Duffy show. I've been on other shows, but people just assume you're on radio, you're on Joe Duffy. Yes. I find all this terribly amusing, that's good fun. It's great. And who first came up with the idea that you should be making videos? Well, I created the idea of matters to make. I needed to do something different because I was always in the furniture business and things were a bit tough. So I looked up my business, I was up in the Northside Shopping Centre for nearly 25 years, and we were selling more mattresses and beds than anything else. So I said, right, things are not going so good up in the Northside, and I had a couple of shops. So I said, we concentrate on mattresses. Now, not having a huge budget like my competitors, I said, right, I have to go up with something different. And taking my appearance and my personality, I decided I'd just do it myself, become creator of Matters Make or a Matter of Mickey or Mickey Matters or whatever. I decided on Matters Make. And it's my idea, the guy who does my stuff, my video is Paul Kelly. We have a studio in Pure Street in our shop behind the shop in Pure Street, full green screen and everything else. And Paul and I work very closely together in putting the videos. And would Paul be an administrator on your Facebook page or is that all for you as well? Yeah, no, Paul does everything. He does all my social media. I'm actually quite hopeless at it. It's kind of, yes, I'm a bit old to be, I didn't grow up with it. But no, Paul looks after all of that. Now you're here at the Netflix and Chill Ball tonight. So we have a few questions regarding Netflix. What is your favorite program on Netflix? Do you even watch Netflix? I don't even watch Netflix. Oh, there you go. Exactly what Netflix is. But you do like to chill with your Matters. I do. So that's the main thing. So what is Netflix? Netflix is a streaming website and there's lots of series on it. So we actually, I'm dressed up as Netflix characters tonight. We opted with the chill, just like you. Yeah. So that's why we're in our pajamas. Okay, I was kind of wondering what the reason for that was. Yeah. So there's going to be a lot of dramas tonight. There's also going to be a lot of people dressed up as Netflix characters. So there's going to be, on Netflix, there's lots of films. There's lots of TV programs. Yeah, I know that. I know that. What would your favorite TV program be then? I like the, and I love these plays, dramas, regarding like, what's the famous one that I like? Unsolved Mysteries. Things like that. I love that type of thing. There's a lot of that on Netflix. You should definitely get on Netflix. Yeah, really. You can have your own Netflix series. I love that. I love those. My own. I like talk programs. I like, I won't say that they're late show, but I like that type of formula. Okay, yeah. I enjoy that. So you can do that as well? Your own talk show? We're going to actually, that's the project we're working on, is to have a talk show, the Mattress McTalk Show, where I'll be talking about mattresses, and about sleep. Well, if you're ever looking for guest speakers, sign us up. Yeah. We want to do that. Sleep is very important. Sleep is your wellness. Your whole health. And a lot of people don't actually realize that. The importance of it. An importance of a good mattress, which you can get in your shop. Absolutely. It's also connected. Yeah, I know. Very clever, very clever. So we decided we'd have a, we're doing a pilot show actually next week, where I will be like and say, Kate Bourne used to be like, he'd be sitting on the chair, and then I'd have guests in from the public, from my manufacturers, my suppliers, asking what they're looking for, how mattresses are made, explains the public, and the importance of sleep. Brilliant. Well, we're going to be definitely looking at that, and hopefully it'll get to Netflix at some stage. You never know. My doubt. It's a different idea anyway. It definitely is. It'll be a bit of fun, but one thing we're going to do, if you notice that all these shows, you always have a guest singer. Yeah. Well, what we're going to do is get a guest buster. We are going to, at least I am going to go down and say, Henry's here at our consulate, and somebody's singing on the stage, and that's when we make a guest appearance on the show. Brilliant idea. I think it's a good idea. Supporting local music as well. But it'll give some poor diva, a girl or whatever, a chance to, you know, get on television or get on the net, on the computers, on YouTube. You never know. Yeah. Good work for them. Well, Mattress Mick, thank you so much for joining us today. Okay, very welcome. Don't forget to tune in to DCUTV to see the rest of our interviews at the Netflix and Chill Ball.