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Speaker 1: Hello, and good morning you too. How are you doing

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today here?

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Speaker 2: Good morning? How you doing?

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Speaker 1: Oh man, I'm so so happy to meet you guys,

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because you have created a binge watch here that is

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just unbelievable in the way of getting us involved in

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it because of the action.

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Speaker 3: Oh thank you, Matte.

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Speaker 2: It's a shit. It was all my idea, I know,

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my execution, and that's why we're a great team.

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Speaker 1: But you know what happens is you make me believe

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that this is very real. In fact, I would probably

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sit down and argue with somebody they say, no, it's

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not real. I'man say, I'm going to tell you right

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now that when it's an all call for all branches

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to come together as one, this has has happened or

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it is happening.

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Speaker 2: That's right, And that's actually I believe.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to tell the story wrong, but I

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believe that that was how Derek got into creating this show.

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You know, he's he's no stranger to these kinds of

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crime shows, and when he was making them, someone was

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speaking about this real life possibility that there are events

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who are a special ask force is required to deal

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with unique threats and missions, and you know, he thought

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would not be an incredible idea for a show, and

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the Countdown was born.

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Speaker 1: Man, And the plot is dark, and so many of

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us love that because that's what pulls us into the

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storyline and into every single character that's you know, that's

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that's playing it out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it is dark and also also not out of

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the realm of possibility, unfortunately, you know these I often

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find a lot of a lot of the shows in

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the movies that I really engaged with as an audience member,

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as a fan. It contains stuff that that are very,

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very possible, you know, from across different genres like horror

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or whatever the case may be, or action in this case,

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if if it's in the realm of possibility, it makes

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it all that much more engaging.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's what viewers are hoping for, and that's what

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we're seeking out, you know. It's there used to be

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a time when I would be you know, it's so

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in love with martial arts movies. But as a martial artists,

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a third degree black belt, I sit there and say, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope,

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that's not true. But with this show, I will sit

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there and have conversations with my wife going, are you

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kidding me? Did you just see that? Did you see that?

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Speaker 4: That's amazing? Yeah, it's I appreciate that. So I'm so

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glad that that's been your experience with it. You know, we,

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more than anything, we want the show to be entertaining

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for people. We want it to be fun, and part

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of that is really investing in the character and the

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world stakes. So more than on a technical level, we

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want to make sure that on a you know, on

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a human level, on a personality level, these characters and

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what is at stake really hits home because that is

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the driving force of you know, what keeps us moving

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and what keeps the personalities of all the characters so

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defined in this and the end sprinkle some of the

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action and potential end of the world energy onto that.

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Speaker 2: It's it's a pretty explosive recipe.

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Speaker 1: Well, one of the things that I like about the

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storylines is that you hit the the hook of the

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song so quickly. In other words, you don't sit there

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and you know and take like fifteen twenty minutes to

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build something up. You guys are like boom boom, boom pow.

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Speaker 2: Well I like that boom boom boom paw I'll take that. Yeah,

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you know, that's and that is.

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Speaker 3: All credit to Derek and the directors. Yeah, we have

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such a great team. You know, we have people who

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really really know what they're doing in this in this space,

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and are also very collaborative when we're working together, and said,

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the open the ideas feel open, and it's a really

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really wonderful working space. So, you know, the creative side,

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along with the personalities that we have on set and

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offset as well, make this show what it is.

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Speaker 1: To be honest, please do not move. There's more with

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Elliott and Uhli coming up next. The name of the

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show is Countdown. It's on Prime. Let's get back to

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Elliott and Uli. One of the things that really stand

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out is the fact that I always sit there and go,

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how could I do this if they if I were

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you know this technical And what I mean by that

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is you talk about teamwork, Well, this team of characters

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on the show, they've got to work together. But the

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problem is they're all coming from different areas and somehow,

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some way, without knowing each other, they've got to work

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together as a team.

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Speaker 4: You hit the knell on the head, That's exactly it's

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it's part of the magic of the task force and

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also as part of the struggle and some of the challenges.

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Speaker 2: I think, just like it would be in real life.

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Speaker 4: Different departments have the different focuses in different ways of

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doing things for sure. On top of that, you have

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personalities within those departments that have their own preferences of

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how they want to get the job done, and that

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is something that really adds to the explosiveness I think

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of this cast of characters is you know, you have

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someone like a mac meacham, who's very rough and ready

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off the rails, ready to go at any moment, and

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he'll just do it whatever way he wants.

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Speaker 2: You have someone else like I suppose.

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Speaker 4: Maybe my characters at Kante Bell vary by the book

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and knows that there is a way to do things

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and he not only wants to do them that way,

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but show that he can.

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Speaker 2: He can fulfill that role.

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Speaker 4: He doesn't need to break any rules, but you know,

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to deal with consequences this dian this extreme. You can't

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always do things by the book, but how do you

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keep that line and that moral code while you do it.

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It's yeah, it makes it all so much more interesting

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to engage with, and it's why there's questions at every

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turn that we don't necessarily know what the answers are

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going to be.

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Speaker 1: The show we're talking about is countdown on Prime. This

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show is based on time. I mean time. To me,

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I don't like to waste it. I don't like to

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abuse it. But I mean it's about time. But what

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is it like for you as actors when you've got

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to put focus on that time?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good questions.

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Speaker 3: It can be a challenge. You know, we're working fourteen

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hour days, sometimes sixteen hour day and so they're long days.

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But you're right, I'm very much the same. I really

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really hate waste time. It's a pet peeve of mine,

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which is challenging when you work in a business like ours,

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because things do take time unfortunately. So but you know,

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in terms of maintaining focus, I think that's very easy

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for us in all honesty, because the material is good,

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the energy is good, and and and it just adds

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to performance it as to the quality of the show

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if we turn up and focus in that manner. Also,

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we haven't. We're actors, you know, there are much more

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difficult occupations out there that are you know, and we

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realize we're in a very privileged position.

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Speaker 1: Don't you see a show like this though, in opening

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the door or influencing people to get into law enforcement,

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because because you see that camaraderie use and people love

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to belong and it's a show like this that gives

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you that opportunity to say I want to be a

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part of a team like that. Norm enough to start small,

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but I want to grow.

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Speaker 2: Oh mate, totally.

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Speaker 4: I mean just the job of an actor to pick

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up from only is you have to be aware that

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there's always potential influence there. And that's why the way

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that we tell stories and the reason we tell them

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and the representation within them across the board is so important.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 4: This is we're definitely focusing on a lot of what

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the fun aspects of this kind of work could look

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like in a fictional sense. But it's not lost on

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any of us that you know, to do this job

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for real and the very brave and dedicated people who

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do this and dedicate their lives to this, it is hard,

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grueling work and that wouldn't necessarily always make the most

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exciting TV show, And I don't know that they would

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get the ratings that they wanted for that it was just,

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you know, completely true to life. So have we sprinkled

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some extra stuff on there to keep you entertained. Absolutely,

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but yes it is inspired from from the real world

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happenings of these kinds of jobs. And yeah, we do

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hope that if that, if that gets somebody interested in

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pursuing the sign of work, definitely explore it. But don't

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assume you're qualified because you think that you can like

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crash the car into another car or jump off of

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a whatever.

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Speaker 2: It's a little bit more complicated than that. Bulliot Olliet,

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I like that. Should we date done?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Thank you good.

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Speaker 1: I would love to see some countdown merch and something

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like a T shirt or a poster that really has

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one of the best quotes. We don't have to do this,

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we get to do it, and I just think that

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is so powerful.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's very very true.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if that was said in the show.

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Speaker 2: Or no, that's Jensen. Yeah, that was Jensen.

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Speaker 3: Actually, we had a pre preshet meeting with the Carts

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and some of the creatives there cast, and and that

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was something that Jensen said from the beginning, and it

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set the tone for all of us, is that we

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are in a very very privileged position to do this job.

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So let's turn up every day and give it our best.

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And that's something that we definitely carried on throughout the shirt.

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Speaker 1: Wow, you guys have got to come back to this

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show anytime in the future. The door is always going

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to be open for you.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you. We'd love to be back here.

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Speaker 1: We'll be brilliant today. Okay, you too, Oh, thank you

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you too.

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Speaker 2: That's great.