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<v Speaker 1>Weary. We welcome back midnight viewers to Father Malone's weekly roundup.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Father Malone with me as always is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the little people of Downenge Miss Ripley Gen say

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<v Speaker 1>hi to everyone. Rip, What's new? What's good? Are you watching? Digman?

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<v Speaker 1>Exclamation Point? It's an animated show if You're Unaware, created

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<v Speaker 1>by Andy Samberg and Neil Campbell about a world where

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<v Speaker 1>archaeologists are basically rock stars. They're called archies. It features

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<v Speaker 1>all of your favorite comedians as voices, including Samberg doing

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<v Speaker 1>his Nicholas Cage impression as the lead Rip Digman. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a joke machine on the level of Season five

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<v Speaker 1>of The Simpsons. I don't know that I can praise

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<v Speaker 1>anything higher than that. Also new is NBC's desperate attempt

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<v Speaker 1>at remplicating The Office with The Paper. I knew you

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<v Speaker 1>all love The Office, and I liked it for a

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<v Speaker 1>few seasons, but I gotta admit I think John Krazinsky

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<v Speaker 1>is really smug. I don't get the appeal. Maybe he's

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<v Speaker 1>a good guy. I don't care. Life short and watching

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<v Speaker 1>a show with someone you detest is not any way

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<v Speaker 1>to live. But The Paper has Donald Gleeson in the

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<v Speaker 1>lead and you've heard me about mister Gleeson in the

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<v Speaker 1>past in our episode about a futile in stupid gesture,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's great here too. The show overall is really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably a little late if they're hoping to slack the

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<v Speaker 1>thirst of the office crowd, because it is a very

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<v Speaker 1>close to it. But now that it's streaming they can say, fuck,

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<v Speaker 1>I watched all of season one. I really liked it.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably not going to follow it to season two, which

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<v Speaker 1>it's already been renewed for. As desperate as the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of capitalizing on the office might be in concept, the

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<v Speaker 1>actual attempt at making another Sophia Vargara character happen is sad.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so fucking sitcom it hurts anytime any real emotion

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<v Speaker 1>starts coming in. Here comes this loud in appearance and

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<v Speaker 1>loud and attitude foreigner from Central Casting to tacky it

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<v Speaker 1>up and introduce some tired trope that felt old back

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<v Speaker 1>on happy days. You guys like werewolf stuff, spooky seasons.

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<v Speaker 1>Here got to start thinking about monsters all the time now.

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<v Speaker 1>So just a reminder that Paul Waller from A Year

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<v Speaker 1>in Horror podcast and I are collaborating on a new

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<v Speaker 1>show all about our lichanthrope friends, our Children of the Moon.

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<v Speaker 1>That's going to be over on his channel. It starts

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<v Speaker 1>up in October. That's called Little Old Lady Got Mutilated

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<v Speaker 1>Late last Night. It is a cinematic odyssey from Larry

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<v Speaker 1>Talbot all the way up to the New Eggers Werewolf

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<v Speaker 1>movie next year. Also new shows also starting in October.

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<v Speaker 1>It's another fest, folks. It's Books of Blood Fest. I

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<v Speaker 1>was so inspired by the recent episode of Tales from

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<v Speaker 1>the Dark Side we looked at that was an adaptation

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<v Speaker 1>of Barker's short story The Yattering and Jack, that I

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<v Speaker 1>went back and dusted off my old volumes of the

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<v Speaker 1>Books of Blood, and I've been delighting and revisiting these

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<v Speaker 1>tales and Barker's work in general. But like Stephen King's

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<v Speaker 1>Night Shift or Skeleton Crew, there have been at least

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<v Speaker 1>a dozen movie and or TV episodes that drew their

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<v Speaker 1>inspiration from the Books of Blood. So we're gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>looking at those films if you want to to jump

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<v Speaker 1>on it. Here are the titles Rawhead, Rex candy Man,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord of Illusions, Quicksilver Highway, The Midnight Meat Train, Dread

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<v Speaker 1>Book of Blood, Books of Blood, and those are just

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<v Speaker 1>the movies to that end. If any of you have

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<v Speaker 1>easy access to the film Dread from two thousand and nine,

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<v Speaker 1>please hit me up. The email address is in the notes.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm having a devil of a time tracking it down. HB,

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<v Speaker 1>who is not really a horror guy. It's his only

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<v Speaker 1>true defect is sitting out the books of Bloodfest instead.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be joined by a different guest for every episode,

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<v Speaker 1>including Paul Waller and appearing separately, though from their same

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<v Speaker 1>show We Belong Dead podcast will have Lono and his

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<v Speaker 1>partner Ian Wednesday. Season two is on Netflix. I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>watched a frame. Turns out whatever number of episodes we

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<v Speaker 1>got last year was the perfect amount of Tim Burton's

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<v Speaker 1>vision of the Adams Family for me, I'd be willing

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<v Speaker 1>to give it a go if I was promised more Fester.

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<v Speaker 1>I really liked Fred Armison's Jackie Coogan throwback to when

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<v Speaker 1>Fester was a dangerous goof my annual rant. Fester is

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<v Speaker 1>Mortish's uncle, not an Atoms at all, not Gomez's long

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<v Speaker 1>lost brother or whatever the fuck. The original series is

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<v Speaker 1>always going to be the superior version of the Atoms Klan.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to know why I'm gonna tell you anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>the budgetary nature of television kept it ninety eight percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the time in and around that house. Am I

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<v Speaker 1>crazy for wanting to spend time with them in their environment?

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<v Speaker 1>The normal world sucks and if it has to intrude,

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<v Speaker 1>let it come to them. There's this perverse, really obvious

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<v Speaker 1>tendency among writers to jump directly to can you picture

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<v Speaker 1>them in the real world? Yes, anyone in the eighties

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<v Speaker 1>wearing a fucking Bad Brain shirt or an Iron Maiden

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<v Speaker 1>shirt for that matter, no doubt. At one point heard

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<v Speaker 1>here comes the Atoms family. I don't want to watch

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<v Speaker 1>more Tisha at the market or Fester interacting with street lights.

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<v Speaker 1>Who cares that? Impulse the let's see them out in

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<v Speaker 1>These outlandish real world scenarios kept me from Wednesday, And

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta say, is a huge stumbling blo with today's

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<v Speaker 1>topic spinal tap too, but we'll get there. Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>Alien Earth. I have a prediction. Fuck I hope I'm right.

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<v Speaker 1>This is speculation, not spoiler. There are five corporations on

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<v Speaker 1>Earth in this series. I believe at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the show, one of those corporations is going to end

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<v Speaker 1>up being run by a tiny invasive species. If that

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<v Speaker 1>eyeball can move past grunting and get into our speech patterns,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, it's so tantalizing. But before that, is

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<v Speaker 1>there any doubt we're getting a xenomorph versus a xenomorph

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<v Speaker 1>fight coming up? I think not. I never want this

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<v Speaker 1>series to end. Sigourney Weaver got interviewed recently and she's

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<v Speaker 1>fully on board with the show, watches it every week.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, she's just about the age Amanda Ripley was

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<v Speaker 1>just before her mom was found floating out there in

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<v Speaker 1>deep space. That's a free idea I'm sending out into

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<v Speaker 1>the alien verse. Let's talk tartans for a moment, shall we.

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<v Speaker 1>It's no secret I'm a fan of the kilt. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>literally wearing one right now now. The kilt, in case

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<v Speaker 1>you're unaware, is the bit of apparel, the pattern on

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<v Speaker 1>the fabric that's the tartan, and each pattern is specific

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<v Speaker 1>to the family that wears it. There's a registry my

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<v Speaker 1>family's tartan. I guarantee every fucking one of you knows.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Scotch Tape decided at some point that the Wallace

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<v Speaker 1>Tartan makes a pretty good brand signifier. And get this,

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<v Speaker 1>Every tartan has variations, So you've got the main design

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<v Speaker 1>everyone knows. In that case it's red with black and

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<v Speaker 1>yellow overlaid. But there's a hunting tartan which swaps the

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<v Speaker 1>redout for forrest Green. Scotch Tape used the fucking hunting

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<v Speaker 1>tartan as well. I'm not mad. I just don't understand

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<v Speaker 1>how a company can grab something so personal and just

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<v Speaker 1>claim it. Also, I think there ought to be compensation.

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up in the seventies and eighties in suburban America.

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<v Speaker 1>To you and me and everyone we knew, a kilt

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<v Speaker 1>was a skirt, and it was heaped with all the

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<v Speaker 1>bullshit gay panic that seemed to dominate in those days

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<v Speaker 1>and still does apparently. And then one day a man

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<v Speaker 1>arrived of villain, a heel, funny and smart and charming

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<v Speaker 1>and fucking capable, mister Roderick George Toombs, a man wearing

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<v Speaker 1>a kilt and who adopted a stage name. My God,

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<v Speaker 1>have I patterned my whole life on rowdy Roddy Piper.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember when he boxed mister t and then he was

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<v Speaker 1>disqualified because in the middle of a boxing match he

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<v Speaker 1>body slammed him. Oh, those were the days. Rowdy roddy

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<v Speaker 1>Piper wearing the kilt and being a villain was so

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<v Speaker 1>much more powerful to me than had he been a hero.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew, knew that those same kids who were slagging

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<v Speaker 1>him off for wearing a dress would have been praising

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<v Speaker 1>him and his unique apparel had he been friends with

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<v Speaker 1>Hulk Hogan instead of his enemy. Who was right in

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<v Speaker 1>that case, motherfuckers, These were fair weather fucks. I knew

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<v Speaker 1>the way they actually felt. So did Piper. And instead

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<v Speaker 1>of cowering or switching to a sash or a beret

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<v Speaker 1>or some other signifier, Piper used his kilt like a

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<v Speaker 1>fucking rallying cry a shield and a cudgel. Even his

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<v Speaker 1>initial action figures had that kilt, and I fucking loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like spotting someone in a Bad Brain shirt

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<v Speaker 1>or that Iron Maiden shirt. That's what it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>seeing someone else in a kilt enjoying the breeze. Piper's

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<v Speaker 1>tartan is now registered, and it's the simple wine red

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<v Speaker 1>with gray lines through it. But he seemed to wear

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<v Speaker 1>whatever was available, whenever it was available. And I would

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<v Speaker 1>like to point out a highlight in my life round

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<v Speaker 1>about two thousand and five or so when Piper started

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<v Speaker 1>wearing the leather jacket over his hot rod shirt. That

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<v Speaker 1>fucking biker leather jacket. The kilt he was wearing more

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<v Speaker 1>often than not is the Wallace Tartan. You can google it?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah baby? Wait? Why am I talking about Kilton Tartans?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, Nigel Tough Noel lead guitar. Hi, I'm Marty

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<v Speaker 1>de Burge. Forty years ago I was honored to direct

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<v Speaker 1>a film called This is Spinal Tap. The numbers or

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<v Speaker 1>go to eleven? One lot? Why don't you just make

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<v Speaker 1>ten louder and make ten be the top number and

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<v Speaker 1>make that all alone? These go to eleven? I like

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<v Speaker 1>to think pink torpedo. That's literature. Yeah, yeah, really, A

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<v Speaker 1>lot has happened since the last time I saw you, Cripto.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you been playing music at all? I playing music

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<v Speaker 1>at a pub. This is the site of Spinal Taps

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<v Speaker 1>reunion concert? Why New Orleans? There was a cancelation. Who

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<v Speaker 1>was supposed to be there? An evening with Stormy Daniels.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously there'll be the regular merch and Hope has had

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<v Speaker 1>a rather brilliant says artisan, we're still shorter drummer? What

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<v Speaker 1>happened to him. He sneezed himself into a Bolivian Is

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<v Speaker 1>thatmatically possible? So you think he might fill the bill.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to die. We've only lost eleven or

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<v Speaker 1>twelve eleven eleven drummers. The thing that you guys had

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<v Speaker 1>as kids is that still there on a band. The

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<v Speaker 1>constantly is breaking apart and coming back together. But the

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<v Speaker 1>more we retreat into the music, the nicer things become,

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<v Speaker 1>not to be profound or anything. And it would be

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<v Speaker 1>a first time for me Stonehead, imagine l Weather Dragon,

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<v Speaker 1>so were quite a tail go back in the time

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<v Speaker 1>to that method. Lad. What we need to do is

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<v Speaker 1>secure your legacy. If during the gig at least one,

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<v Speaker 1>but ideally no more than two of you were to die,

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<v Speaker 1>would you settle for a coma. Oh no, that's interesting. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a great bit of thinking outside well little box,

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose. Yeah. Actually, way back in nineteen eighty four,

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<v Speaker 1>during an interview segment in This is Spinal Tap, Nigel

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<v Speaker 1>is sporting it. It's a Stewart Tartan. That's the Royal

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<v Speaker 1>Family of England's tartan, which technically you're not allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>wear without their permission, which makes it hilarious that it

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<v Speaker 1>has become the generic go to Tartan you're most likely

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<v Speaker 1>to find Nigel wearing it. Is the most subtle rock

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<v Speaker 1>star excess in a film about rock star excess, so

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<v Speaker 1>most folks probably didn't notice. If you ask anyone to

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<v Speaker 1>describe how he dresses, you're probably gonna hear about his

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<v Speaker 1>exact skeleton T shirt. But for me, around nineteen eighty five,

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<v Speaker 1>which is when most of us were turned on to

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<v Speaker 1>spinal Tap as it hit video and HBO, more specifically,

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<v Speaker 1>seeing someone as fucking cool as Nigel in tandem with

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<v Speaker 1>rowdy Ronnie Piper wearing Kilts Hoo boy, my Scottish soul

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<v Speaker 1>was well fed. There are other charms to be had

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<v Speaker 1>from this is spinal Tap, obviously, and if you want

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<v Speaker 1>little doodads. No killed. That was a little disappointing, But anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>Spinal Tap two, the end continues. This is a legacy sequel. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>Sequels as we know them tend to follow in rather

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<v Speaker 1>like Color of Money to the Hustle dropping back in

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<v Speaker 1>of Money. That's the pinnacle, probably way better than the

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't review it here because I'm mad at Paramount,

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<v Speaker 1>but I thoroughly enjoyed that movie. Of the comedy legacy sequels,

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<v Speaker 1>Tap two. I'm sad to say, let me just dispense

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, everything I'm saying is in the trailer.

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<v Speaker 1>The basic setup is taps manager Ian is dead, his

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<v Speaker 1>They play a show, and once again Marty de Berghey

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<v Speaker 1>could very easily just be a real documentary about a

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<v Speaker 1>a tour that keeps falling apart. If anything is happening

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<v Speaker 1>from without, it has to come to them. Spinal Tap, too,

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<v Speaker 1>stories about them in some cases, but just as often

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<v Speaker 1>about newer frankly not as interesting characters, and those moments

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<v Speaker 1>with the band while de Berghey is trying to convince

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<v Speaker 1>them to reunite are painful. Man I believed that Spinal

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<v Speaker 1>Tap would be booked on to an Air Force base

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<v Speaker 1>by an inexperienced manager. I don't believe David Saint Hubbins

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<v Speaker 1>so it all feels like time wasted. That's unfair. These

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<v Speaker 1>now is like reading a New Yorker cartoon as opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to watching an episode of SNL in its heyday. It's funny. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you might even show it to a coworker, but is

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<v Speaker 1>it worth a forty year weight? Was Beetlejuice? It does

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<v Speaker 1>everything we expected to do except make us laugh, although

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<v Speaker 1>I did laugh a lot. Actually, during the end credits,

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<v Speaker 1>they throw out all these seemingly throwaway lines while the

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, that's something that remains consistent from the original

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<v Speaker 1>to sequel. No one can put a button on a

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<v Speaker 1>scene like Christopher Guest. If you enjoy a trans position

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<v Speaker 1>in this movie, it's because he said something genuinely amusing

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<v Speaker 1>notion that the original film exists, it came out, and

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<v Speaker 1>everyone knows them now. They even make reference to and

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<v Speaker 1>include footage from their shows in ninety two when they

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<v Speaker 1>then the aforementioned Glastonbury Festival. It's not crazy to think

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<v Speaker 1>that a few celebrities might have become fans. But Paul

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<v Speaker 1>McCartney and Elton John and Questlove and Lars Ulrich wait

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<v Speaker 1>actually Lars makes sense. Remember that Spinal Tap is a

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<v Speaker 1>metal band, right, I do, some of us do. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think the band does. I don't think they've thought

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<v Speaker 1>in metal terms since nineteen eighty four. Every piece of

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<v Speaker 1>first movie soundtrack is just dancing on the edge of metal,

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<v Speaker 1>at least what metal was at that moment. Now I

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<v Speaker 1>can forgive the band that Christopher Guest came up impersonating

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<v Speaker 1>James Taylor in National Lampoon's Lemmings. The whole of them

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<v Speaker 1>seem way closer to the folksmen. There are other alters

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<v Speaker 1>that were featured in A Mighty Wind in real life

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<v Speaker 1>than they would ever be Spinal Tap. But still, where

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<v Speaker 1>was Bruce Dickinson or Dave Mustaine or Corey Taylor or

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<v Speaker 1>lead A Ford or Alice Cooper. If you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have a gay music icon show up, how about Rob

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<v Speaker 1>Halford instead of Sir Elton. I would kill to see

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<v Speaker 1>a scene where he and Derreck Small's discuss fashion choices.

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<v Speaker 1>Admittedly McCartney comes off the best. His scene is genuinely funny,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's so much stuff, so much outside bullshit that

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<v Speaker 1>these guys and their problems, which is a total drag,

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<v Speaker 1>because that is when the movie works. Whatever slight amusement

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<v Speaker 1>Watching these old men try to get back into some

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<v Speaker 1>in is magic. Their interactions seem genuine and heartfelt and

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<v Speaker 1>achieve that level of slight amusement. The rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>they basically are them now, so their instincts are always

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<v Speaker 1>great with each other, and because they've played them so consistently.

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<v Speaker 1>They never veer into the awful land of Dan Aykroyd

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<v Speaker 1>coming back to Elwood Blues after nearly two decades, and

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly he's the most Chicago guy whoever chicagoed am I right?

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<v Speaker 1>Give me two Italian beefs and a dog that's been

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<v Speaker 1>film are in no way funny. They involved Nigel and

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<v Speaker 1>his wife Moira. Nigel owns a cheese and guitar shop,

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<v Speaker 1>That stuff is all pretty funny. In fact, all of

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<v Speaker 1>Christopher Guest's stuff is really funny, and his wife is

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<v Speaker 1>holding down the fort while he's away. Their FaceTime calls

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<v Speaker 1>to each other are sweet in a way even the

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<v Speaker 1>first film couldn't touch. Let me keep praising Christopher Guest.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember the moment in the first film where Janine is

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<v Speaker 1>complaining about doubly and Nigel jumps on that, and what

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<v Speaker 1>we'd consider to be a total dolt in life shows

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<v Speaker 1>wit and knowledge. That's Nigel through this whole movie, always

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<v Speaker 1>pushing back, always a bit smarter than he lets on. Which,

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<v Speaker 1>don't get me wrong, they're all still monumentally stupid. But

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<v Speaker 1>if there's a reason to watch this movie. It's Nigel Toughnel.

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<v Speaker 1>Returning cameos are mercifully brief, with Artie Fuckin and Bobby

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<v Speaker 1>first film. They missed a chance to have Dana Carvey return.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a mime in that tour launch sequence in the

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<v Speaker 1>Tap into America scene. Come on, mime is money. That's

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Crystal. Where was he? Let's not forget Marty de

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<v Speaker 1>Berghy is close friends with him, having directed his HBO

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<v Speaker 1>special back in the day. De Berghey, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>is a little too present in this film, which leads

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<v Speaker 1>me to the real problem here. In trying to replicate

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<v Speaker 1>cut their legs out from under themselves. The fact is

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<v Speaker 1>the mockumentary format was created by Spinal Tap and then

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<v Speaker 1>for Guffman or Best in Show and Now It's just

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<v Speaker 1>curb is where they should have leaned. Dispense with the

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<v Speaker 1>documentary altogether and just tell us the story of Spinal Tap.

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<v Speaker 1>In their later years, just them and their rehearsal, just

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<v Speaker 1>them working their shit out, but with the new drummer,

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<v Speaker 1>DeeDee Crockett played by Valerie Franco is the only lively

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<v Speaker 1>killing it, but any new fun energy it's coming from

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<v Speaker 1>she should have been in every scene. The movie's worth

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<v Speaker 1>a watch overall. If you're a fan, you're gonna see

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<v Speaker 1>it anyway. If I could recommend anything to you, though,

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<v Speaker 1>if you haven't seen that show from nineteen ninety two,

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<v Speaker 1>The comedy bits sprinkled throughout the concert are funny. The

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<v Speaker 1>get Artie Fufkin again. That's gonna do it this week,

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<v Speaker 1>No rips pick. I'm afraid we were gonna take a

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm so fucking tired of that entire universe. Then

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<v Speaker 1>I treat myself to not seeing it. How about that

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<v Speaker 1>tune in Friday it's the return of Tales from the

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<v Speaker 1>dark Side. The week after is at yahoucha FS where

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<v Speaker 1>we're looking at predators. That's Adrian Brody fighting a predator. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he talks like a badass. Tune in a week from

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<v Speaker 1>Friday to hear that, or head on over to Patreon

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<v Speaker 1>and hear it right now. In fact, you can hear

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<v Speaker 1>Everything's at patreon dot com. Follow them Alone, doc, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>is it fucking worth it? Yes it is. Write to

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<v Speaker 1>me if you recognize that quote. Father them Alone seven

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<v Speaker 1>to one at gmail dot com for Ripley, Gene and myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's some spinal tap I didn't mention eleven one time.

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