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<v Speaker 1>Weird, Weird.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back Midnight viewers, and welcome back Ripley Gene, and

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<v Speaker 2>welcome back me. The m was on a hiatus last

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<v Speaker 2>week you were there. I was sick, sick as a dog.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know dogs are sick?

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<v Speaker 3>YO.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Happy New Year? Do we continue to say that now?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it too late? Ask Larry David. Welcome back to

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<v Speaker 2>Father Malone's weekly roundup. I'm Father Malone and with me

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<v Speaker 2>as always is the dog obsessed with Colin Jos. Don't lie.

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<v Speaker 2>You sit still for exactly one television show, Pop Culture Jeopardy,

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<v Speaker 2>and only half the time before we start. I have

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<v Speaker 2>a quick question for Star Wars fans, What the fuck

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<v Speaker 2>A said? What the fuck is wrong with you and

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<v Speaker 2>not watching and embracing and crowing about Skeleton Crew. It

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<v Speaker 2>also means what the fuck is wrong with you and

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<v Speaker 2>the attitude we used to be the red headed step

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<v Speaker 2>children of fandom to fantasy for science fiction, to science

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<v Speaker 2>fiction for fantasy. Here are my Star Wars bona fides.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw it before the addition of episode four to

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<v Speaker 2>the opening crawl. I'm a little bit older than the

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<v Speaker 2>series itself, but it may as well be my foundation

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<v Speaker 2>for space opera and eventually sci fi, as it was

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<v Speaker 2>seemingly for everyone in my generation, well not everyone. The

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<v Speaker 2>main cross section of gen X that sided with the

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<v Speaker 2>Boomers and their hatred of Star Wars were Star Trek fans.

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<v Speaker 3>Trekkies. Oh don't call us trekkies. That's the name applied

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<v Speaker 3>to us. We prefer trekkers. Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>I had friends who had an organized starship club that

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<v Speaker 2>was connected to some greater star Trek fan run starfleet.

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<v Speaker 2>This is pre internet, all communication by phone and really

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<v Speaker 2>by mail, and they had ranks and duties. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the nerdiest of the nerd shit, and I loved them.

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<v Speaker 3>But there are others.

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<v Speaker 2>I had hardcourt doctor who folk who wore the scarf

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<v Speaker 2>and blistering heat and had quotes at the ready. Loved them,

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<v Speaker 2>and Gundam fans loved them. Doune fans, well we all

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<v Speaker 2>felt pretty bad for done fans. Star Wars kind of

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<v Speaker 2>robbed it and then the movie, which I loved. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>get me wrong, but Doune fans seemed a little sad

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<v Speaker 2>in their Harconin finery at conventions. Harconin say what you

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<v Speaker 2>want about the Lynch film. They at least said the

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<v Speaker 2>villain's name correctly, but Star Wars fans were the underdog.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the biggest and most popular science fiction phenomenon

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<v Speaker 2>the world had ever seen, but fans were basically tolerated

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<v Speaker 2>at conventions unless it was a Star Wars convention. Then

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<v Speaker 2>all the Star Trek pricks could piss up a rope.

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<v Speaker 2>And to be honest, I know Star Trek people who

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<v Speaker 2>now sneer if I bring up Star Wars. So how

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<v Speaker 2>did this fandom slide so effortlessly into the worst thing

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<v Speaker 2>this side of Snyder's Minions. Star Wars was the spiritual

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<v Speaker 2>one Jedi and shit Yoda yo. Suddenly people are calling

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<v Speaker 2>for the heads of the heads of lucasfilm.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, on some level, I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>We all got older, and when Lucas brought it back,

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<v Speaker 2>he kept it pitched at kids. So all that fan

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<v Speaker 2>fictioning we'd been doing in our heads for a decade

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<v Speaker 2>and a half as we matured into adults became a

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<v Speaker 2>null and void. We were counting on Star Wars aging

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<v Speaker 2>with us, Nope, denied. Even with some of the darker

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<v Speaker 2>shit in the later prequels. It's not meant for older

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<v Speaker 2>fans who should be savvier and watching proper sci fi anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>And even by the time of the prequels, the market

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<v Speaker 2>was already flooded with novels and comics and video games,

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<v Speaker 2>stabulishing other tributaries from the main theatrical river. That's putting

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<v Speaker 2>aside what we all managed to put aside when we

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<v Speaker 2>were bitching about the prequels, the fucking Holiday special. I

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<v Speaker 2>know it can't be fun, but I'm really with Lucas

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<v Speaker 2>about purchasing them all and burning them. And then after that,

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<v Speaker 2>the original trilogy was followed by two fucking horrendous TV

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<v Speaker 2>movies about the Ewoks, one featuring Wilford Brimley as a badass.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a sequence of fetish shots of him gearing up

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<v Speaker 2>for battle. It's Wilford Brimley. I am now not going

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<v Speaker 2>to do the diabetes joke. It's a terrible affliction. Along

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<v Speaker 2>with those misbegotten horrors, we had a animated show about

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<v Speaker 2>droids and a fucking another one about the fucking Ewoks. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how many of my fellow Star Wars

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<v Speaker 2>fans are also students of semionics, but I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>you need to know too much about it to figure

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<v Speaker 2>out what these signs and signifiers might have held for

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<v Speaker 2>the future of the franchise might not be pitched at

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<v Speaker 2>the age we'd hoped. And then we got the prequels.

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<v Speaker 2>Your mileage may vary, but at least their original and

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<v Speaker 2>not nostalgic carbon copies. And with those, Lucas eliminated any

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<v Speaker 2>other Star Wars media. No more canon, he said. And

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<v Speaker 2>after that we get the fucking felony verse. Is that

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<v Speaker 2>the name for it? I don't care. I'm not a fan.

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<v Speaker 2>His stuff has always been circling the original trilogy drain,

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<v Speaker 2>all the same missions in different low coals, all the

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<v Speaker 2>same goals, same quests. I know he created a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of characters you're all in love with, and I like

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<v Speaker 2>some of them too, but it just seems like he

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<v Speaker 2>was the guy who stuck around the office long enough

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<v Speaker 2>and was obsessed enough that somebody eventually just said, here, man,

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<v Speaker 2>i'm tired.

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<v Speaker 3>You take it from here.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we had the fuckeroo of the new sequels,

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<v Speaker 2>and then more TV series, and then more prequel movies

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<v Speaker 2>and new terrible series. I get it. It's frustrating how

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<v Speaker 2>much mediocrity got thrown at us in the pursuit of

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<v Speaker 2>paying off the bill Disney had spent for lucasfilm, but

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<v Speaker 2>as fans, you've certainly lived up to.

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<v Speaker 3>The fanatic part of the word.

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<v Speaker 2>So either shut up and leave or give everything it's due,

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<v Speaker 2>because right now there are two Star Wars properties that

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<v Speaker 2>are as good as anything we've gotten since nineteen eighty three,

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<v Speaker 2>and if I'm being really honest, since nineteen eighty and

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<v Speaker 2>neither one has the nostalgia bait of a baby Yoda.

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<v Speaker 2>Two properties that could not be more dissimilar in plant,

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<v Speaker 2>in theme, in execution, and or is obviously one and

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<v Speaker 2>guess what, it absolutely slakes the adult thirst for Star Wars.

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<v Speaker 2>Complex characters navigating hostile situations, sharp dialogue, motivations are clear

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<v Speaker 2>and concise, and the storytelling is fucking awesome. On the

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<v Speaker 2>other end of the spectrum or galaxy, we spend a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of time on the outer rim, don't we. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's not where this week's selection lies. Quite frankly, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure where this series takes place, and that's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of the point. That's right doing what even the Lucas

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't ever really capable of. John Watt and Christopher Ford

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<v Speaker 2>have given us a kid Star Wars that's just a god,

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<v Speaker 2>damned light God. It took us a while to get here.

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<v Speaker 2>But put down your sabers and just relax. Star Wars fans,

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<v Speaker 2>we're talking about Skeleton crew.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you in for?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you in for?

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<v Speaker 3>I found something buried in the woods. This is unacceptable.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you understand?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think it is?

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<v Speaker 2>Don't touch anything?

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<v Speaker 1>What did you do?

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<v Speaker 3>We're lost, really lost. Stay together, we just need some directions.

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<v Speaker 1>Home alone kid, Hey wall, where'd you two find an

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<v Speaker 1>old Republic credit?

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<v Speaker 2>Over here? Quick?

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<v Speaker 3>I'll get you home. We'll make a partnership, but we

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<v Speaker 3>have to move faster. I need you to take the controls. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>leil lel. A crew of murderous pirates is coming from.

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<v Speaker 1>Something's wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>They're not going to just turn up. We need to

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<v Speaker 3>find them. We're not alone on there, be warned. Every

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<v Speaker 3>booby traps.

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<v Speaker 2>Russ when none day ago. If you hear this, don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Give up no matter what.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what you probably keep hearing goonies, and it is

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<v Speaker 2>that it has that flavor. It is, after all, about

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<v Speaker 2>four tweens engaged in a story that sets them on

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<v Speaker 2>a quest for hidden treasure, just like our one eyed

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<v Speaker 2>Willie Chasing Gang in a movie that's not as great

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<v Speaker 2>as you remember. But really, this is Treasure Island, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's the fucking best adaptation of that book since Wallace

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<v Speaker 2>Beery stomped his peg leg through the nineteen thirty four edition.

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<v Speaker 2>I know Tim Curry is in that Muppet flick, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's not great. Tim Curry is great. That's a common

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<v Speaker 2>mistake people make. They remember a movie that Tim Curry

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<v Speaker 2>is in and then remember it as a good movie.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Curry is just awesome. Filling in the traitorous adult role.

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<v Speaker 2>Here is Jude Law as a pirate with dozens of

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<v Speaker 2>aliuses and a connection to the force. Also aiding them

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<v Speaker 2>is a droid, a fucking pirate robot with a creature

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<v Speaker 2>living in its skull, and it is voiced by Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Frost from Sean of the Dead and other Edgar Wright properties.

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<v Speaker 2>He's pretty much the best first mate you could ever

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<v Speaker 2>hope for. If AI is going to speak like a

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<v Speaker 2>pirate and give us this kind of automaton, then take

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<v Speaker 2>over already.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>I say automaton just like I say automobile. We get

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<v Speaker 2>locales we've never seen before in this universe, including Suburbia,

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<v Speaker 2>which I thought we'd never see, and quite frankly, I

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<v Speaker 2>hoped we never would. So I was pleasantly surprised by

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<v Speaker 2>how comfortable it all was, and a nice reminder that

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<v Speaker 2>not every story in the Star Wars universe involves grand

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<v Speaker 2>prophecies and mystical objects. That's why and Or works so well.

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<v Speaker 2>It stripped the storytelling away from the Jedi and all

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<v Speaker 2>the controlling forces and turned it over to ordinary folk

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<v Speaker 2>in this universe. Yes, all have their part to play

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<v Speaker 2>in the grand scheme, but the stakes in the situations

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<v Speaker 2>can be just as great if they're personal. Adding to

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<v Speaker 2>that personal touch are the adults on this suburban world

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<v Speaker 2>of at at in real characters, not just scolds or

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<v Speaker 2>obstacles or bumblers. Tell me, every adult besides the Fortellis

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<v Speaker 2>were not total fucking idiots in the goonies. One of

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<v Speaker 2>the parents here is a straight up practical alien, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, as is one of our child leads, and

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<v Speaker 2>it always works. Who knew you could have an alien

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<v Speaker 2>character filmed beside the other actors and not laid in

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<v Speaker 2>by some bleary eyed keyboard monkey months later. It must

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<v Speaker 2>have been so distracting for the other actors to have

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<v Speaker 2>an actor present in the scene with them, and not

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<v Speaker 2>a fucking tennis ball. Speaking of practical Phil Tippett's shop

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<v Speaker 2>did a stop motion character in one of the later episodes,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it's the biggest creature they've done. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>that space Slug was bigger.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. Maybe that was a puppet, not slow motion.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>There are more obsessive nerds out there with the answers. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>all the kids here are great, the characters and the actors.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a whiff of precocious to be found. And along

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<v Speaker 2>the way they managed to encounter a whole host of

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<v Speaker 2>new and interesting characters, including that werewolf from the original

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<v Speaker 2>New Hope Cantina, and he's awesome as an antagonist. Interesting characters,

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<v Speaker 2>interesting choices. I never thought in my life i'd see

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<v Speaker 2>a scene where Jaliel white Erkele shares the frame with

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<v Speaker 2>Jude Law, but this series does that, and it gives

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<v Speaker 2>us my absolute new favorite character in the whole goddamn shebang,

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<v Speaker 2>a bounty hunter named Pocket played by Kelly McDonald from

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<v Speaker 2>Trainspotting and Brave and Boardwalk Empire. Goddamn she is awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>I keep saying awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot.

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<v Speaker 2>that includes some truly harrowing stuff. And every episode since

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<v Speaker 2>before the season finale. So I'm recommending the show at

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<v Speaker 2>a bit of a disadvantage. But unless the ending turns

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<v Speaker 2>And or watch the first season, Skeleton Crew. Watch the

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<v Speaker 2>first season and can we please get a musical biopic

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<v Speaker 2>of figuring Dan and the Modal Nodes. They'd finally have

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<v Speaker 2>It's Jude Law's best performance. I'm speaking specifically as the

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<v Speaker 3>So it's time for you to choose young or Ripley.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I told you that pop culture Jeopardy is not

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<v Speaker 3>For two hundred? Who is Colin Jost? Take it away,

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<v Speaker 2>what you're doing. You're going Colin Jost adjacent. You're going

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<v Speaker 3>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's a quick SNL fact the board that indicates what

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<v Speaker 2>first season fifty years ago. Cold Open, Monologue, Music Break,

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<v Speaker 2>Lonely Island were on SNL appear now to be one

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<v Speaker 2>of the show's patented golden ages. The writing and performing

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<v Speaker 2>into the twenty first century. All the shouts of diy

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<v Speaker 2>down and film it with some home video equipment. Bam,

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<v Speaker 2>two minutes of comedy to plug in wherever you need

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<v Speaker 2>it now. It may be said that the current iteration

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<v Speaker 2>of SNL maybe leans a little too heavily in the

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<v Speaker 2>pre tape arena, but pretapes were still pretty sparse at

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<v Speaker 2>even as the shorts became more elaborate, they seemed to

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<v Speaker 2>staff and performers, and frequently directed by Shaffer, whose progress

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<v Speaker 2>as a filmmaker you can just watch season season. It's

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<v Speaker 2>like film school and action. The shorts with spotlight hosts

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<v Speaker 2>in truly unexpected in thrilling ways and meander down every

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<v Speaker 2>thing something the show barely understood. Apparently they were pretty

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<v Speaker 2>quickly giving out one of those Lorne Michael's Bobbles, a

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<v Speaker 2>mid budget paramount Starr, but they at least got to

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<v Speaker 2>there's some very funny stuff, but you can tell it

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<v Speaker 2>to rewrite of a plot in characters they'd never have

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<v Speaker 2>come up with, kind just kind of a tail ender

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<v Speaker 2>of that whole Aren't White trash? Hilarious cycle of films

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<v Speaker 2>like Talladega Nights and Joe Dirt? How is the Lonely

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<v Speaker 2>Island's first film not going to be music driven? And

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<v Speaker 2>evidently they basically had to finish the season, go make

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<v Speaker 2>show and then do post every other week or something.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds hillatious That pressure Cooker seems to work well

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<v Speaker 2>but that's about all. It wasn't until after they'd left

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<v Speaker 2>into their idea of a music mock documentary. I Los

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<v Speaker 2>Spinal Tap but plugged into the proliferation of self funded

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<v Speaker 2>tour in depth look into the private lives of pop

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<v Speaker 2>stars that seem to be everywhere one direction. Katy Perry

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, where to start? Ever since I was born, I

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<v Speaker 3>loved music as soon as I could. I started a

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<v Speaker 1>We knew he was something special. Immediately, I said, Man,

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<v Speaker 1>this guy right here, he's gonna make it big.

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<v Speaker 3>Call it for real. I should be saving the record industry.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody's waiting to see, like what he does next.

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<v Speaker 1>Connor's hot.

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<v Speaker 2>You tell me you didn't see him and say, yo,

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<v Speaker 2>he's the stars.

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<v Speaker 1>All so expressive. Connor currently is thirty two people on

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<v Speaker 3>Like Cartney and Kanye and Yeah, I was all my woodwork.

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<v Speaker 3>It's kind of my passion because it was a mask.

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<v Speaker 1>Still me, I'd love to get Connor to the point

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<v Speaker 1>where he's just kind of everywhere, like oxygen or gravity

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<v Speaker 1>or clinical depression. He's just everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>I make sure all the instruments are tiptop. No one

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<v Speaker 2>he wants one.

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<v Speaker 1>A genius. It's pronounced to bora.

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<v Speaker 3>What's the origin of that. I believe it's not a competition, not.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I'm so in a way, being righteous is my weakness.

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<v Speaker 3>People say I'm so well pretentious for the gene years,

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<v Speaker 2>Originally titled Connor for Real, the idea was more focused

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<v Speaker 2>on the one character. It was Appata who suggested that

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<v Speaker 2>what makes the lonely Island so damn good is there

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<v Speaker 2>are three of them and their friendship, and perhaps they

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<v Speaker 2>ought to focus on that, and thank god they did,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's what forms the beating heart of this film

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<v Speaker 2>and ends up elevating it above the dozens of musical

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<v Speaker 2>misfires we've had between Spinal Tap and Now. Samberg plays

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<v Speaker 2>Connor Friel and Now Connor for Real, who was once

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<v Speaker 2>Kid Connor, part of a pop rap boy band known

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<v Speaker 2>as The Style Boys. Tacone plays Lauren Boschard, kid Contact

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<v Speaker 2>of the Style Boys and now Connor's DJ, and Schaffer

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<v Speaker 2>stars as Lawrence Done kid Brain who quit the business

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<v Speaker 2>and became a farmer. It's weed, I'm spoiling that joke

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<v Speaker 2>as a fellow cannabis cultivator Kid Brain forever fuck Connor

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<v Speaker 2>in Contact so kind of like Destiny's Child are the

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<v Speaker 2>supremes The Style Boys. Standout was Connor and he blew

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<v Speaker 2>up huge. He's an amalgam of every self obsessed entertainment

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<v Speaker 2>type of the last of like a hundred years, and

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<v Speaker 2>as he's about to release his sophomore album, that's when

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<v Speaker 2>the film begins. Predictably, things go south, very quickly and

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<v Speaker 2>very hilariously. They're aided ably by a heavy hitting supporting cast,

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<v Speaker 2>in addition to the seemingly endless array of music industry

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<v Speaker 2>icons playing themselves. Fellow SNL veteran Tim Meadows. Is there

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<v Speaker 2>anyone better than Tim Meadows? Anyone who immediately sends you

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<v Speaker 2>it ease when he shows up in something he plays?

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<v Speaker 2>He plays Connor's manager and once the fourth member of

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Tony Tony, Tony Tony Tony Tony also appearing are

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<v Speaker 2>other SNL players like Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, she was

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<v Speaker 2>on SNL for one season.

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<v Speaker 3>Am I the only one who remembers that?

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Hayter, Kevin Neeland, Jimmy Fallon, and Chris red as

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<v Speaker 2>A Kanye Tyler, the creator mashup Hunter, the Hungary who

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<v Speaker 2>proves to be Connor's salvation and destruction. The documentary style,

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<v Speaker 2>while drawing unnecessary comparisons to spinal Tap, allows this seasoned

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<v Speaker 2>group of sketchwriters to effectively give us a dozen cent

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<v Speaker 2>pieces that operate remarkably well as a whole. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is in no small part to the central performance by

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<v Speaker 2>Andy Samberg. As much as he's been the face of

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<v Speaker 2>Lonely Island and gotten a lion's share of the attention

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<v Speaker 2>over the years, I think Samberg is wildly underrated as

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<v Speaker 2>a performer. Like the best of SNL players, he can

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<v Speaker 2>navigate not only the different layers and styles of comedy

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<v Speaker 2>whatever the given setup, but he's also pretty dynamic as

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<v Speaker 2>a dramatic actor. Check out Palm Springs, the comedy from

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nineteen that The Lonely Island produced and Samberg co

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<v Speaker 2>That is a very funny but very serious film about Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't get into that. There's too much plot in

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<v Speaker 2>that one. We just don't have time. Just watch it,

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<v Speaker 2>Palm Springs. It's amazing and more to the point, Samberg

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<v Speaker 2>is great there, and he manages one of my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>sleights of hand here. He takes an arrogant prick of

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<v Speaker 2>a character and slowly makes us care for him and deeply.

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<v Speaker 2>Apataw was definitely onto something. I think this is their

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<v Speaker 2>most successful work to date, and it's undeniably because of

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<v Speaker 2>the dynamic amongst the Lonely Island themselves. Even though Shaffer

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<v Speaker 2>where all three or together feel natural and joyous, even

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<v Speaker 2>when it's a scene based entirely in conflict. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to get back to Shaff in a second, but one

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<v Speaker 2>of the central sources of the Style Boys fracturing in

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<v Speaker 2>the film is Connor's theft of a Verse, written by

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<v Speaker 2>Lawrence's kid Brain. It's the catchphrase verse, and it's what

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<v Speaker 2>propelled Connor to superstart him ahead of his first solo

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<v Speaker 2>album and you can hear why.

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<v Speaker 1>He's kinda bitch. Say word word dok D Sorry yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>squirrel j ballance.

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<v Speaker 3>In my check.

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<v Speaker 1>On Honey Baskins door, now broaking with the boy.

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<v Speaker 3>Watch me.

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<v Speaker 1>Swinky put my mamma pet music concis like a mother

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<v Speaker 1>creak up.

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<v Speaker 3>Patrick Stewart money. You don't conn.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Shaffer that came up with Patrick Stewart money.

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<v Speaker 2>I said he wasn't in the film much, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>to be forgiven, even though he shares directing credit. You

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<v Speaker 2>get the idea Shaffer is the one dealing with the

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<v Speaker 2>annoying on st a while, you know, actually directing the movie.

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<v Speaker 2>Do I have a favorite Lonely Island guy? Obviously Shaffer.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know if I'm being subjective or not,

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<v Speaker 2>but I've seen mcgruber. I'm gonna go with all of

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<v Speaker 2>Shaffer's SNL digital shorts as precedent and the work done

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<v Speaker 2>here and say it's him doing the directing. Oh and

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<v Speaker 2>he did that Chippendale Rescue Rangers movie, which I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how it isn't spoken of as fondly as Roger

431
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<v Speaker 2>Rabbit was in its day. Are we just living in

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<v Speaker 2>a post mash up culture? The idea of crossovers is

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<v Speaker 2>so pedestrian.

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<v Speaker 3>Now are we that jaded?

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of jaded, I was feeling pretty defiant about the

436
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<v Speaker 2>prospect of a Naked Gun remake till I heard Shaffer

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<v Speaker 2>was directing with Liam Neeson as Frank Drevin. That's coming

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<v Speaker 2>out later this year, and we're definitely going to be

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<v Speaker 2>covering it. I haven't even mentioned the fucking music, Make

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<v Speaker 2>no mistake. Even if the music had been straight pop

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<v Speaker 2>numbers with no irony in it, it would still work

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<v Speaker 2>as a movie. It would stand as a comedy without

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<v Speaker 2>any music. But then less we forget it's the Lonely Island,

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<v Speaker 2>And really they're one of the best musical acts of

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<v Speaker 2>the past twenty years.

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<v Speaker 3>Think about it.

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<v Speaker 2>How many times have you listened to I'm on a

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<v Speaker 2>Boat or Lazy Sunday or G'Z in My Pants or

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<v Speaker 2>through It on the Ground. I bet it was a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more and a lot sooner than the last time

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<v Speaker 2>you put on LMFAO's Party Rock. Because musically they're just

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<v Speaker 2>as earwormy as the best of whatever genre they're locked onto.

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<v Speaker 2>But they're incredibly clever lyrically, even when it's nonsense and

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<v Speaker 2>the songs in this film do not disappoint. From the

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<v Speaker 2>opening banger, the unironic irony fest, I'm so humble with

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<v Speaker 2>frequent collaborator Adam Levine, I'm allowed to say banger.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just under the age cut off limits.

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<v Speaker 1>About that so oppressive mishalf Frequently I mentioned all of

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<v Speaker 1>my success is way. Girls say that I should model

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<v Speaker 1>my Familey's fool from all the rock swallow, I'm the

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<v Speaker 1>most bit of will, has a bit of bull reel

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<v Speaker 1>normal Larry Arnold's watch norma ary.

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<v Speaker 3>I hate compliments. Put them in the mortuary.

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<v Speaker 1>I'ms ordinary that it's truly quite extraordinary, not adition. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm winning.

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<v Speaker 3>You will give me a needing because I'm sulting.

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<v Speaker 1>People have them done.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not you too, the virtue signaling panic fest equal

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<v Speaker 2>rights this way straight we k straight and gayskay sure

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<v Speaker 2>and change suth up beauty my gay.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't live this weight gay.

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<v Speaker 3>We can't turn away the gate.

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<v Speaker 1>And so wan make the South the time of changes

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<v Speaker 1>now sports Lying in bed next to ten beautiful girls,

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<v Speaker 1>all straight, and while the made left everyone at them,

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<v Speaker 1>I was thinking about the world high wings. How is

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<v Speaker 1>it that I can't have so much straight sex, while

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<v Speaker 1>some door repressed, not gay, happen sex not gay, putting

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<v Speaker 1>on a wedding dress. I assume I don't really know

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<v Speaker 1>that much about it. Beef jerkey tastes good, politics are

481
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<v Speaker 1>reported and if girls want to have sense with me,

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<v Speaker 1>because it says this so Bet and.

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<v Speaker 2>Gage, I'm not Connor would like you to know he's

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<v Speaker 2>not gay. To a duet with Hunter two bandidos that

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<v Speaker 2>has a bit about a digeridoo that made my late

486
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<v Speaker 2>wife laugh so hard I thought she was going to

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<v Speaker 2>pass out in the theater. Sincerely, when's your first cousin

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<v Speaker 2>with the digii do?

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<v Speaker 3>And when you came, you know what sounded like? Wow

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<v Speaker 3>wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what?

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<v Speaker 1>You know what?

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<v Speaker 2>All of the music here is not only as good

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<v Speaker 2>as anything we've gotten from Lonely Island's solo work, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's much more pointed, filling out this universe rather than

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<v Speaker 2>just devolving into joke machines. For those of you who

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<v Speaker 2>haven't seen it, there is a scene between Connor and

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<v Speaker 2>his manager and a swarm of angry bees that is

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<v Speaker 2>just incredible. I envy you your first watch Future running

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<v Speaker 2>Man director Edgar Wright had this to say about the

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<v Speaker 2>scene quote, there has to be a special Academy Award

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<v Speaker 2>for the bees scene in pop Star Never Stop, Never

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<v Speaker 2>Stopping as usual, his instincts are correct. I'm gonna play

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<v Speaker 2>just a piece of it, but just having the audio

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<v Speaker 2>won't do it justice.

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<v Speaker 3>I think, like, are you wearing sunscreen? It's overcat, it

507
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<v Speaker 3>can still burn you through the cos.

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<v Speaker 1>Am.

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<v Speaker 2>I just gonna keep heaping praise on this movie. You're

510
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<v Speaker 2>fucking right, I am. The Christmas season was filled with

511
00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:38.920
<v Speaker 2>duds and the horizon looks so murky. So I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go on and on about something that's legitimately worth not

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<v Speaker 2>only a watch, but a rewatch and then a listen

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<v Speaker 2>to the soundtrack and any further exploration of the Lonely

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<v Speaker 2>Island catalog. And you should definitely be listening to the

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<v Speaker 2>Lonely Island Seth Myers podcast, where all three members and

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<v Speaker 2>Seth Myers are doing an episode by episode analysis of

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<v Speaker 2>all their digital shorts. People use the word obsessed a

519
00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:07.759
<v Speaker 2>little too casually these days, cheapening the word I am

520
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<v Speaker 2>obsessed with that show, you will be too. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if this movie will be as formative for the

522
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<v Speaker 2>current generation as Spinal Tap was for mine. But it

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<v Speaker 2>deserves to be just that, a music and comedy foundation

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<v Speaker 2>that others can build on.

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<v Speaker 3>And that is it. That's right. Only two choices this week.

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<v Speaker 3>I did mention I've been ill. Lady.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you once again for joining us here at Father

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<v Speaker 2>Malone's weekly roundup, and thanks for sticking with us here

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<v Speaker 2>at Midnight Viewing Tune back in this Friday, We've got

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<v Speaker 2>a brand new anthologies attack with Antonio Lapour. We're talking

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<v Speaker 2>the Coen Brothers Western anthology, The Ballad of Buster Scrugs.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to hear it right now, go over

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<v Speaker 2>early and commercial, and it gives you access to subscriber

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<v Speaker 2>only series like Cable Box Theater where noise Junkies host

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<v Speaker 2>and Midnight Viewing composer HP and I take a look

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<v Speaker 2>at early cable television theatrical presentations. We just dropped a

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<v Speaker 2>new episode where we tried to drive each other insane

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<v Speaker 2>by selecting the worst made for TV, fair imaginable for

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<v Speaker 2>each other. I chose the Day my Kid went punk.

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<v Speaker 2>He chose Rich Little's a Christmas Carol tune in to

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<v Speaker 2>see who won. Spoiler we both lost. If you want

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<v Speaker 2>to support us here in less financially dependent ways, you

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<v Speaker 2>can always give this show a five star review on

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<v Speaker 2>your listening deviceive choice, or write a few nice words,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe share it on your social media, log into your

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<v Speaker 2>spouse's account and make them a subscriber, whatever you can do. Hell,

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<v Speaker 2>just listening is enough. I'm truly thankful until next time. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna leave you with the lonely eyelands l.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank them losing the mind. Drop in today to treat

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<v Speaker 3>a car or a bottle of pills. And after that,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm on a fishing quest.

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<v Speaker 1>Put my mind, body canceled to the test, and after that,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean my total spirit. It's a rattlesnake, so I

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<v Speaker 1>have to give it then a drinkle his blood and

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<v Speaker 1>steal his powers and slither around in the dirt for hours.

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<v Speaker 3>And after that I start jerking off.

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<v Speaker 1>Up on a mountain, jerking off down by.

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<v Speaker 3>The lip, jerking off.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's when I had my epiphany, if you can't

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<v Speaker 1>spend your whole life jerking off.

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<v Speaker 3>And after that, I'm going back to the city.