John Lanza

Events

In 1968, Born in NYC. Lived in Rego Park and Stuyvesant Town before heading to Jersey.
In 1969, My dad made sure I watched the moon landing on TV.
In 1973, We moved to Livingston, NJ.
In 1977, We moved to Caldwell, NJ, and I began making some of my best friends for life.
In 1980, Bought a Timex Sinclair and learned BASIC.
In 1983, My friend Adam and I started Nukleus Software. We sold one tape copy of our games, which included Project Pluto, Motorcycle Madness and B-Bert.
In 1986, Founded The Dirty Dogs rock band with my friends Brett, Tim and Todd.
In 1991, Started at Hyperion Studio as a Production Assistant on Bebe's Kids.
In 1991, Graduated Bates College with a BS in Biology (High Honors) and a "concentration" (Bates didn't have minors) in art.
In 1993, Ran the LA Marathon. During the last six miles, you would be forgiven if you identified my "running" as walking.
In 1994, Produced the first season of Life with Louie.
In 1996, Produced Tom Thumb & Thumbelina for Miramax.
In 1998, Produced 1001 Nights, the second "Filmharmonic" project with LA Phil.
In 2000, Married Eileen. Talk about a lucky guy.
In 2000, Ran Disc Marketing New Media Department, producing "Enhanced CDs" with an incredible team for the likes of Target, Toyota and General Mills.
In 2003, Became a dad for the first time.
In 2005, Added another child to my "Dad" status.
In 2005, Created The Money Mammals with my wife, brother and a whole bunch of uber-talented artists.
In 2007, Began coaching my girls in soccer.
In 2008, Launched The Money Mammals Saving Money Is Fun Kids Club for credit unions nationwide.
In 2010, Realized a lifelong dream, and published my first childen's book, Joe the Monkey Saves for a Goal.
In 2012, Published my second book, Joe the Monkey Learns to Share.
In 2015, Published the third and final installment in the "Share & Save & Spend Smart" book series, Joe the Monkey and Friends Learn about Spending Smart.
In 2017, Published my first book for adults, The Art of Allowance: A Short, Practical Guide to Raising Money-Smart, Money-Empowered Kids.
In 2017, Retired from Larchmont United Soccer, and ran the LA Marathon. Much faster this time. (3:39)
In 2018, Launched The Art of Allowance Podcast.
In 2021, We re-envisioned our program, and launched The Art of Allowance Project featuring The Money Mammals and Adoescent$ for tweens and teens.
In 2022, Co-founded a local Podcast Club to have more meaningful discussions and to spend time with friends I enjoy.
In 2023, Ran the Ventura Marathon, (3:24) and qualified for Boston.
In 2024, Ran my first Boston Marathon. (4:01) - The race won round one. I hope to be back.
In 2025, Training for Chicago Marathon in October.
In 2047, If this is correct, I've got a few more years of work to do.