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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on Demand from KFI,

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<v Speaker 1>a M six.

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<v Speaker 2>Forty Nature, Mark talks about pontificates the pop Culture Ronner

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<v Speaker 2>Report with Mark Ronner.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Later with Mo Kelly on KF I am six

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<v Speaker 3>forty live everywhere on the iHeart app. I'm Mark Ronner

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<v Speaker 3>and it's the Runner Report. If you only see one

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<v Speaker 3>horror comedy about a cursed killer toy monkey, the Monkey

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<v Speaker 3>might be for you.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's a little bit of the trailer.

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<v Speaker 5>For the longest time, there was nothing. Then it appeared,

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<v Speaker 5>a beast not from this earth, smiting the ones who

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<v Speaker 5>deserved it, the ones who didn't, and everyone in between.

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<v Speaker 5>Whoever controls it controls life and death, and those deaths

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<v Speaker 5>are really stop.

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<v Speaker 3>Holy Everybody dies.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's life.

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<v Speaker 5>Im messing there. Have you been up there?

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<v Speaker 1>It's like that restaurant Spaghetti City.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything okay there, Yeah, everything's fine, or as Inspector Clouseau

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<v Speaker 3>would have called it, to the Minky. It's from Stephen

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<v Speaker 3>King short story, which isn't automatically the mark of quality,

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<v Speaker 3>even if you love King like I do. And to

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<v Speaker 3>answer your first question, it's called the Monkey. But no,

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<v Speaker 3>there's no feces flinging. Well, what's left you asked in

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<v Speaker 3>your second question. King published this story in a porn

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<v Speaker 3>magazine called Gallery way back in nineteen eighty. Seriously, those

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<v Speaker 3>were venues for working short story writers to get published

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<v Speaker 3>and paid. That market doesn't really exist anymore, and the

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<v Speaker 3>number of people who make a living writing short stories

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<v Speaker 3>probably qualifies them as being extinct now. Harlan Ellison did

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<v Speaker 3>the same thing in magazines with titles like Jent for

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<v Speaker 3>Real and Playboy. Of course, I think one of my

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<v Speaker 3>first rejection letters for a short story was from Playboy

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<v Speaker 3>when I was a teenager, and they didn't even send

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<v Speaker 3>a real go to hell letter from an actual editor.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a generic statement printed on a slip of paper,

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<v Speaker 3>not even a whole sheet of paper. And God, my

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<v Speaker 3>self esteem was so healthy. This movie of Kings the

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<v Speaker 3>Monkey is by Osgood Perkins, who perpetrated Long Legs last year,

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<v Speaker 3>which was strange in which I liked, and which you

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<v Speaker 3>can find streaming now. It starts Theo James, who was

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<v Speaker 3>recently in Guy Ritchie's The Gentleman miniseries and who's been

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<v Speaker 3>rumored to be a contender for Bond. He plays twin

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<v Speaker 3>brothers who hate each other and who find this obnoxious,

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<v Speaker 3>noise making toy monkey. When they turn the crank in

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<v Speaker 3>its back and it hits its little drum, someone dies

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<v Speaker 3>in a freakish, gruesome, final destination sort of way. Because

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<v Speaker 3>noisy children's toys aren't annoying enough on their own as

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<v Speaker 3>a toy, this cursed monkey's even better than jarts. You

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<v Speaker 3>remember those, mo and pale your friends with these.

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<v Speaker 6>I can't believe they never sold those are allowed to

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<v Speaker 6>sell them?

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<v Speaker 3>Their weapons, sharp tip throwing missiles, lawn darts, eyeball spears,

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<v Speaker 3>tomato tomato anyway. Twin brothers THEO throw the monkey in

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<v Speaker 3>a well after they see it's evil and causes people

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<v Speaker 3>to go splat, but it resurfaces when they're adults. They

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<v Speaker 3>become estranged, and the more normal twin named Hal becomes

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<v Speaker 3>an adult with no friends and an estranged young son

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<v Speaker 3>because he doesn't want to put anybody at risk being

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<v Speaker 3>around him. So Hal and his son have to return

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<v Speaker 3>to their family home to stop the monkeys killing somehow

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<v Speaker 3>and deal with the crazy brother. It's all pretty entertaining

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<v Speaker 3>as horror comedies go. If you'd rather see one of

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<v Speaker 3>those than a horror movie or a comedy movie. It's

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<v Speaker 3>hard to blend those, and if you heard my review

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<v Speaker 3>of Heart Eyes recently, you know they can easily turn

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<v Speaker 3>out to be a Code Brown as Stephen King movie

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<v Speaker 3>adaptations go. The Monkey is no Shawshank or The Mist,

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<v Speaker 3>but doesn't even come close to being the kind of

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<v Speaker 3>diaper gravy the Dark Tower and lawnmower Man were. There's

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<v Speaker 3>your Rotten Tomatoes quote right there. I like lawnmowre Man.

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<v Speaker 3>We could go there's a sequel to it as well,

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<v Speaker 3>but I can't get sidetracked here. Also, The Gorge is

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<v Speaker 3>streaming on Apple TV Plus. This story got my attention yesterday.

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<v Speaker 3>It said Apple Original Films The Gorge is the biggest

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<v Speaker 3>film launch and the streamer's short history. It crushed the

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<v Speaker 3>numbers from last falls film Wolf's starring George Clooney and

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<v Speaker 3>Brad Pitt, and to be honest, I didn't even make

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<v Speaker 3>it to the end of that stinker. While Apple doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>reveal specific numbers, it did confirm the straight to streaming

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<v Speaker 3>release was the biggest premiere in Apple TV plus history

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<v Speaker 3>after its Valentine's Day debut. Here's a little bit of

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<v Speaker 3>that trailer.

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<v Speaker 4>I have new orders that require me to go dark

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<v Speaker 4>for at least a year.

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<v Speaker 6>Maybe Moore.

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<v Speaker 3>A special assignment in an undisclosed location.

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<v Speaker 4>As an elite sniper. Are you presently under any private

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<v Speaker 4>or military contract. No, there's not a lot of reasons

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<v Speaker 4>for me. Right now, what.

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<v Speaker 5>If I gave you a reason?

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<v Speaker 2>There she is West Tower observation post your home for

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<v Speaker 2>the next.

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<v Speaker 4>Three hundred and sixty five days. There is no outside

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<v Speaker 4>communication here. What's that on the other side? That is

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<v Speaker 4>East Tower.

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<v Speaker 1>Contact with the other side is strictly forbidden.

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<v Speaker 4>So what's the mission? You keep people from going in

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<v Speaker 4>the gorge? No, you need to stop with in the

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<v Speaker 4>gorge from coming out.

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<v Speaker 5>What the hell is that?

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<v Speaker 4>The gorge is the door to Hell and we're standing

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<v Speaker 4>got to the gate.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't really believe in guilty pleasures, but this one

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<v Speaker 3>comes close. The whole movie plays out like cut scenes

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<v Speaker 3>in a video game that's been plotted by committee. But

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<v Speaker 3>it's got some creepy production design, some fun tense set pieces,

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<v Speaker 3>and look, it's not trying to take away your social security. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a fun watch, Miles Teller. As you heard an

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<v Speaker 3>Annya Taylor Joy play American and Russian or maybe she's

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<v Speaker 3>Lithuanian expert snipers who get hired for a one year

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<v Speaker 3>gig to stand guard and towers on opposite sides of

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<v Speaker 3>a fog shrouded gorge with lots and lots of guns,

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<v Speaker 3>and those guns are for the things that climb out

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<v Speaker 3>of the gorge. You also heard Sigourney Weaver in the

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<v Speaker 3>trailer as the boss who sends teller. The two snipers

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<v Speaker 3>aren't supposed to talk, let alone hook up, and they're

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<v Speaker 3>not supposed to go down into the monster filled gorge

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<v Speaker 3>under any circumstances, which instantly guarantees they're going to do

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<v Speaker 3>all of those things. It's fun, but it's kind of dumb.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I say it plays out like a video game,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I could see it as a by the

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<v Speaker 3>Numbers Resident Evil installment or something like that. I just

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<v Speaker 3>had to look up did the Gorge come from a

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<v Speaker 3>video game? And no, the answer is no. The director

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<v Speaker 3>Scott Dereckson, who did a Doctor Strange movie. He did

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<v Speaker 3>The Black Phone and some other respectable horror stuff. I

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<v Speaker 3>kept imagining this story filtered through other filmmakers who are

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<v Speaker 3>more raw and stylized in how they approach things, so

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<v Speaker 3>that it would have been really unsettling instead of kind

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<v Speaker 3>of a fun action horror thing. I'm a jig. You're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna think I'm nuts. But Christoph Ganza's Silent Hill was

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<v Speaker 3>a little closer to the mark. It's worth noting that

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<v Speaker 3>Telor and Taylor Joy were in two of the most

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<v Speaker 3>flaming piles of garbage of Marvel movies, the horrendous Fantastic

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<v Speaker 3>four movie from twenty fifteen that nobody talks about anymore

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<v Speaker 3>and the Powerful sleep Aid New Mutants. So there's that

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<v Speaker 3>to think of while they're hooking up. And noted that

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<v Speaker 3>other question and you're thinking, there's no nudity. Bo I

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<v Speaker 3>see you watching this movie, because this is one of

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<v Speaker 3>those kind of just be entertained and don't be critical

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<v Speaker 3>of it movies. Can I stream it at home now?

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<v Speaker 3>It's on Apple TV Plus. Okay, Yes, that's good enough. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>so I don't have to like leave my house, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>do it.

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<v Speaker 4>You won't want to leave your house. You want to

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<v Speaker 4>stay home.

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<v Speaker 3>That's there's your other Rotten Tomatoes quote. It's just I

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<v Speaker 3>think that the director Derekson was inspired by video games.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not much of a gamer, but no, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>a little more than two hours. It's better than a

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<v Speaker 3>video game, because your girlfriend isn't going to wake up

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<v Speaker 3>to find out that you've been up playing it all

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<v Speaker 3>night when you should have been sleeping so you can

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<v Speaker 3>look for a job during the day. She's going to

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<v Speaker 3>throw you out. It's not going to be because of because

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<v Speaker 3>of a video game. And this has nothing to do

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<v Speaker 3>with me or my look. I was getting ready to

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<v Speaker 3>ask you. Bo's going to ask you theoretically because I'm

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<v Speaker 3>sure we have listeners in that position, and I would

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<v Speaker 3>never do such a thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Pea the time I'm responsible at don't right at.

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<v Speaker 6>What people don't know is Mark will come into the

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<v Speaker 6>office every day, I don't know, maybe five forty five

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<v Speaker 6>or say five forty five or so and say good morning,

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<v Speaker 6>so I know he's just waking up at the crack

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<v Speaker 6>of noon.

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<v Speaker 3>Well you should know, though, that I have never once

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<v Speaker 3>played Resident Evil all night. Never, well never once, I

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<v Speaker 3>mean several dozen times, perhaps.

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<v Speaker 4>In my in my ute ute, yeah, two utes.

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