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<v Speaker 1>Weary Wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Midnight Viewing, where this season we're taking

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<v Speaker 2>a look at George Romero's nineteen eighties series Tales from

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<v Speaker 2>the Dark Side. I'm Father Malone, and sharing the Midnight

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<v Speaker 2>view with me are The Projection Boots, Mike White Howdy

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<v Speaker 2>and the Culture Cast Chris Statue Double Howdy. Tonight, we

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<v Speaker 2>are taking a look at two episodes from season three.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are The Milkman Cometh and My Ghostwriter The Vampire.

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<v Speaker 2>The Milkman Cometh is season three episode thirteen, originally aired

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<v Speaker 2>on January the twenty fifth, nineteen eighty seven. Written by

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Walner from a story by Charles L. Grant and

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<v Speaker 2>directed by John Stizzick. This one stars Robert Forster, Seymour Cassel,

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<v Speaker 2>Shannon Wilcox, and Chad Allen. It is effectively the cobbler

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<v Speaker 2>in the Elves, but in a suburban environment, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>a milkman. And why is he giving them the Why

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<v Speaker 2>is he giving him these things? And what are they owed?

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<v Speaker 3>What tell us, Mike, your guess is as good as mine,

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<v Speaker 3>because he pays the milk bill on time. I guess

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<v Speaker 3>maybe no, because he's going to implant a baby of himself.

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<v Speaker 3>In the wife.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, that would be a strange twist to make it

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<v Speaker 2>for the last ten seconds of the episode. Don't you think.

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<v Speaker 3>Wouldn't it be weird if that were the case?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, what we have here is a it's a graphic designer,

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<v Speaker 2>our second ad agency guy this season. It's weird how

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<v Speaker 2>they kind of pile on a particular They're.

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<v Speaker 3>Like architects, they're everywhere, or writers, disgruntled writers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and we're gonna get some of those as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Now this he's a graphic designer, but he's also a copywriter. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's not making any money. And then his son

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<v Speaker 2>who has lost his watch but is completely obsessed with

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<v Speaker 2>finding the watch, because what twelve year old is me?

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<v Speaker 2>It was me. I was obsessed with my watch when

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<v Speaker 2>I was twelve years I had a swatch. Oh man,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh jealous.

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<v Speaker 3>I never had a swatch.

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<v Speaker 2>And and we've got to this is the traditional sort

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<v Speaker 2>of tamnispman dark Side said this one. Also, I said

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<v Speaker 2>Cobbler in the Alms. But it also reminds me of

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<v Speaker 2>a word processor of the gods with the creative type

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<v Speaker 2>and the nagging wife. When are you gonna ask for

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<v Speaker 2>that raise? Are you gonna get You're gonna make some

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<v Speaker 2>money around here, honey.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. The conceit of this episode felt a little trite

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<v Speaker 4>out of the gate, like is this he honestly felt

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<v Speaker 4>like Twilight Zone nineteen eighty five, Like that's what it

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<v Speaker 4>felt like. The setup for this episode felt very Twilight

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<v Speaker 4>Zone nineteen eighty five to me at least.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, if it wasn't for Robert Forrester and Seymour Cassell

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<v Speaker 3>hanging around this episode, I might be a little harsher

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<v Speaker 3>on it. But to see those two going at it,

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<v Speaker 3>I was alright with that, especially young Robert Forrester. Oh

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<v Speaker 3>what a man?

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<v Speaker 2>What did you think about Robert Forrester as like this

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<v Speaker 2>beat down romantic lead though he felt so out of place.

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<v Speaker 2>It feels like Robert Forster should only ever be playing

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<v Speaker 2>grizzled old Robert Forster.

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<v Speaker 3>What did I just see him in where he was

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<v Speaker 3>like a young honk and an action hero?

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<v Speaker 2>The black Hole?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh well there's that. But it was called Walking the

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<v Speaker 3>Edge and he was really good in that.

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<v Speaker 2>Wasn't he an alligatory?

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<v Speaker 1>I think he was?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Alligator?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, not gator, that's Sirt Reynolds, a whole different thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, it was also be myself an Irene. That's

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<v Speaker 4>what I know him from. Oh god, that's a random Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>he plays I think Jim Carrey's boss in that movie.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say this episode features the most aggressive

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<v Speaker 2>synth score i've heard that.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, the score was something.

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<v Speaker 4>Take it for a walk. They're taking the synth for

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<v Speaker 4>a walk. They put a collar on it and everything.

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<v Speaker 4>They're just taking it for a walk.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, it did not fit with this.

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<v Speaker 2>They have this like aggressive electronic like Jews, hard buying twang.

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<v Speaker 2>What what is going on? This is supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>a spooky suburban myth.

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<v Speaker 4>Nope, it feels like Stephen King's rejects, like a Stephen

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<v Speaker 4>King's dregs. Right, I don't know. Have you guys seen

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<v Speaker 4>the Monkey. I'm not saying it's like that, but it's

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<v Speaker 4>again like this feels like a Stephen King short story.

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<v Speaker 4>Was what was the baby? The dollar baby that you

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<v Speaker 4>and I were gonna do? Wasn't it about milkmen?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, there is a milkman, like delivering tarantulas and like

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<v Speaker 2>other horrible things.

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<v Speaker 4>It's right, Okay, you put.

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<v Speaker 2>That together with the word processor of the gods, here

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<v Speaker 2>we go.

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<v Speaker 3>That sounded a little bit like the original lawnmower man

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<v Speaker 3>concept before it became VR.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly, just like odd and horrible things going on

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<v Speaker 2>in the recognizable neighborhoods in the early mornings.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, what was the original short story? This was based

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<v Speaker 3>on some of the temperature days on Hawthorn Street.

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<v Speaker 4>What a name?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a much better tiitle. Oh no, I like milkman

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<v Speaker 2>comments as well. I mean that's a little it's not bad.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I love the wife's outfit early on. She's wearing

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<v Speaker 4>just like a pure yellow suit, like like pants and shirt,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's like and it does nothing to help what

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<v Speaker 4>feels like an utterly set bound episode, like one of

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<v Speaker 4>I think the most set bound episodes we've seen in

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<v Speaker 4>a while.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's true. It is not particularly well directed and

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<v Speaker 2>or paste for that matter, because what we have is

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<v Speaker 2>in the opening scene, this child expositionally mentions the Milkman.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't find my watch. That'll lead me to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you guys about the milkman and what he's been doing

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<v Speaker 2>in the neighborhood. And then we go to a commercial

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<v Speaker 2>come back, and it's eight months later, the wife is

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<v Speaker 2>pregnant and no one has mentioned the Milkman since then

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<v Speaker 2>this is a neighborhood where if you just asked this

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<v Speaker 2>guy for anything, you're gonna get it by hook or

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<v Speaker 2>by crook. He'll like arrange the lottery to give you money,

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<v Speaker 2>or like you'll win a car and some some sort

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<v Speaker 2>of promotion or something, and anyone can ask for anything.

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<v Speaker 2>And this hasn't It hasn't spiraled out of control in

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<v Speaker 2>the past eight months. People haven't been asking for like

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<v Speaker 2>fighter jets and insane things.

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<v Speaker 4>So I love how that's the conclusion that you're like,

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<v Speaker 4>no one's asked for an F sixteen yet.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh hey, I had all those pepsi points and they

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<v Speaker 3>still didn't deliver mine.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right, bastard. Well, yeah, here is this fucking set

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<v Speaker 4>in where people are getting milk delivered to their houses.

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<v Speaker 4>What weird? What?

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 4>I father Malone, I'm surprised you didn't mention the weird

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<v Speaker 4>anachronism of people having milk delivered to their houses.

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<v Speaker 2>This is eighty seven. Can I just tell you that?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh no, but you know what I mean? The year

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<v Speaker 4>is that important? Any milk being delivered host nineteen fifty five?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Like, well in nineteen eighty seven, I was still

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<v Speaker 2>having milk delivered to.

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<v Speaker 4>My house in glass bottles.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, No, in cartons, like like a box outside our house,

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<v Speaker 2>and you just mark off what you wanted to leave

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<v Speaker 2>it in there. The fucking dairy guide show up and

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<v Speaker 2>leave off what you wanted, and.

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<v Speaker 4>Then he would leave a fighter jet as well if

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<v Speaker 4>you ask for it.

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<v Speaker 1>No.

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<v Speaker 2>I never thought to ask him for like something, something

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<v Speaker 2>deadly or some money. Yeah, it seems unnatural if you're

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<v Speaker 2>asking people for something, but it was never on a

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<v Speaker 2>checklist that was provided for us of the.

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<v Speaker 3>Butter.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't like fifty thousand dollars yeah on the bottom,

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<v Speaker 2>like as a nuclear winter.

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<v Speaker 3>The while you're sleeping with the wolf logo, I kept

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<v Speaker 3>thinking there was going to be a wolfman involved.

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<v Speaker 4>In the sun is Yeah, what's the wolf gotta do

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<v Speaker 4>with anything?

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<v Speaker 3>I guess it's just that he's howling at the moon

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<v Speaker 3>or something because it only comes by moonlight. But I

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<v Speaker 3>kept thinking this is like a monkey spall waiting to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>So when they're talking about like yo, yeah and all

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<v Speaker 3>this stuff, I'm like, Okay, well where's the price. What's

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<v Speaker 3>the price going to be? Is the milkman going to

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<v Speaker 3>exact the price or is just feet going to exact

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<v Speaker 3>the price on this guy. And I guess maybe because

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<v Speaker 3>Seymour Cassell at some point says, I really want a

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<v Speaker 3>hot young thingus.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's the thing, Like, no one is actually getting

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<v Speaker 2>a come upance here. Seymour Cassell, when he describes the

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<v Speaker 2>death of his wife, he says he very specifically asks

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<v Speaker 2>for a like a young girl to replace her. So

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<v Speaker 2>the language that ended up killing her, it's not like

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<v Speaker 2>there was a come uppance for his what. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem like anyone in the neighborhood is getting anything done

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<v Speaker 2>to them untoward.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just exactly what they're asking for.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and this guy's wife can't, by her own admission,

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<v Speaker 2>can no longer get pregnant. We've been to so many doctors.

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<v Speaker 2>I can no longer conceive. And so this alien thing,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever the fuck it is, who is the milk? He

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<v Speaker 2>he helps him get a He gets them a fucking

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<v Speaker 2>baby the base way he can just impregnanty of herself.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought it was like a moleman thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it a man who knows?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. And it's like scaled, It looks like

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<v Speaker 4>it has like scale. It's like scally like an armadillo,

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<v Speaker 4>So I thought it like lived underground, where do you

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<v Speaker 4>get there? Didn't want to assume the milkman's gender either,

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<v Speaker 4>don't know, Well, just milkman, milkman, Yeah, milk are there

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<v Speaker 4>more than them.

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<v Speaker 3>Milkman's there's probably thirteen milkmen.

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<v Speaker 2>On that round.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what, thank you, Mike. Thirteen milkmen?

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<v Speaker 2>Silly?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? What the fuck good?

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<v Speaker 1>This?

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<v Speaker 4>What's funny?

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<v Speaker 1>Is? I mean?

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<v Speaker 4>Again, Father Malone? I know you mentioned like, well, they

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<v Speaker 4>were delivering milk to my house, like it's a silly

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<v Speaker 4>like the setup in my mind while it was still happening,

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<v Speaker 4>and like, okay, like I'll take a step back on

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<v Speaker 4>that one. This is still a very silly setup, right.

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<v Speaker 4>It's almost like it's almost like a blackout sketch like oh,

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<v Speaker 4>like you said, oh, just because it wasn't on the sheet,

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<v Speaker 4>I couldn't ask the milkman, Like, so you didn't get

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<v Speaker 4>to ask the milkman for what ever? And just because

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<v Speaker 4>you didn't get to ask, he never gave it to you.

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<v Speaker 4>That's I guess the premise of this story, like what

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<v Speaker 4>if you could just ask the milkman for anything? I

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<v Speaker 4>just I guess I don't understand like, what's the gag.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the gag is careful what you wish for, because

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<v Speaker 2>if you wish for a replacement daughter, you might get

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<v Speaker 2>a mole person baby instead.

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<v Speaker 4>And why did they deserve that?

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean that's the only option. He doesn't just

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<v Speaker 4>Actually but that's still but that's still checks the box

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<v Speaker 2>They're asking for a child. They're getting a child. Nobody

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<v Speaker 4>That's true. He did say, like it doesn't he it's

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<v Speaker 2>Do, Yes, he did.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the real issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Healthy is what he said.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, can look as a someone who has

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<v Speaker 2>casual talk to share with your spouse, let me tell you.

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<v Speaker 2>And because it's exposition it's like extra insulting.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we'll get through it, just like we did the

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<v Speaker 4>other thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Like wait what And then they follow that up with

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<v Speaker 2>they're like get a new kid, Like whoa Like, who

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<v Speaker 4>I'm disappointed Seymour Casselle didn't walk in fucking honking a

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<v Speaker 4>horn while talking.

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<v Speaker 2>About the fuck good god man.

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<v Speaker 4>It's this shows like not moral compass, but it's it

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<v Speaker 4>has a weird I don't know tells from the dark

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<v Speaker 4>side sensibility vacillate so much, and this is one of

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<v Speaker 4>these episodes where I just don't feel like this is

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<v Speaker 4>tonally in step and in line with everything else that

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<v Speaker 4>I'm expecting from the show. This really feels like Twilight

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<v Speaker 4>Zone nineteen eighty that's and that in this context is

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<v Speaker 4>I'm onhat of an insult, frankly, because this show is

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<v Speaker 4>so much better than Twilight Zone eighty five. Ever was

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<v Speaker 4>this show? I hold this show to a higher regard

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<v Speaker 4>than this kind of episode one.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm glad that you said that it was eight

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<v Speaker 3>months later when we came back from commercial break, because

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't assume that. I thought that it was like

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<v Speaker 3>the next day, and I was very surprised when she

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<v Speaker 3>And then towards the end when he's like, and she

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<v Speaker 3>just had the baby now, and I'm like, whoa, this

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<v Speaker 3>thing's gonna be way pre mature.

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<v Speaker 2>What the hell are you doing?

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<v Speaker 3>This is gonna be nuts.

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<v Speaker 2>But they not have just had an establishing shot of

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<v Speaker 2>her belly and him like rubbing it, like I can't

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<v Speaker 2>believe we got to Yeah, wait, she's.

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<v Speaker 3>Got a belly later on, but you don't really see it,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm like, oh, okay. And I don't know why

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<v Speaker 3>he's so obsessed with seeing the milkman. Why does that

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<v Speaker 3>become his whole bete noir?

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<v Speaker 2>And also why is he keeping it from the wife

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<v Speaker 2>that he's doing this, that he's making all this money

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<v Speaker 2>this way, Like shouldn't everyone be like he's keeping that

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<v Speaker 2>how much money they have, they could be living at

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<v Speaker 2>a better like standard, Like I don't understand that that

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<v Speaker 2>conceit A.

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<v Speaker 4>Lot of it seems like it doesn't serve anybody, Like

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<v Speaker 4>sometimes things happen in this episode that it feels like

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<v Speaker 4>it doesn't serve the narrative, It doesn't serve anybody, It

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't serve the characters like I don't understand why at

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<v Speaker 4>the end, it's like, well, be careful what you wish for, Like,

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<v Speaker 4>there's no be careful what you wish for with anything else.

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<v Speaker 4>It's literally the verbiage that's being used, Like the episode

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't make it clear that it's actually Robert Forrester's like

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<v Speaker 4>because of the language that he used. That's the only

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<v Speaker 4>reason the Milkman did it, Like because he just if

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<v Speaker 4>Robert Forrester had said I want a human baby that's healthy,

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<v Speaker 4>I think he would have gotten a healthy human baby.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the general sense that I get, because again, everybody else,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean Seymour Cassell talked about the fact that he

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<v Speaker 4>had like twelve cars.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, healthier the baby come from.

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<v Speaker 2>See that's the thing. It's like, yes, maybe they would

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<v Speaker 2>have gotten a healthy human baby because a couple across

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<v Speaker 2>the street had a fucking helicopter fall on them. Hey, right, something,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not getting any of the horrible stuff that's going

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<v Speaker 2>on to make these things happen for them.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, and then the whole thing where he's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you so much for all the ideas for my book,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm like, you're asking the Milkman for ideas for

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<v Speaker 3>your book. You don't even have those. Like, what kind

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<v Speaker 3>of bankrupt, creatively bankrupt person are you with this?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just take your thousand dollars a week from the

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<v Speaker 2>Milkman and don't be creative. Go do something else.

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<v Speaker 3>Robert Forrester and him going, I drink and I write

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<v Speaker 3>and I drink. And he's like, I feel like Earnest Summingway.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, what the hell, No, you don't drink and

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<v Speaker 3>write at the same time. That's a spiral into blackness.

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<v Speaker 4>What are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>Take this? I told them to take their job and

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<v Speaker 2>take a bus.

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<v Speaker 4>What am I confused as to why we have two

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<v Speaker 4>back to back episodes that are both writer based.

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<v Speaker 3>You're right to what you know?

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<v Speaker 2>I guess at a certain point I on anthology shows,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to get a glut of writers as protagonist episodes.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I know, got it Entails from the Crip.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're going to get one right here with my

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<v Speaker 2>ghost writer, the Vampire. This is season three, episode fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>aired originally on February the first, nineteen eighty seven. This

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<v Speaker 2>one is written by Peter o'keef from a short story

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<v Speaker 2>by Scott Adelman, starring Jeff Conaway, Roy Daughtriss, and Jilly Mack.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff Conaway favorite of night, mister Walters. I'm co host

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<v Speaker 2>of the show, The Taxi Podcast. It's a little interesting

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<v Speaker 2>to see him post Taxi here nineteen eighties, Jeff Conaway here. Effectively,

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<v Speaker 2>here we have a charlatan of a horror author who's

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<v Speaker 2>been using other people to get his facts straight on

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<v Speaker 2>his books, and then he engages the services of an

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<v Speaker 2>actual vampire, which I think of this one, Chris.

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<v Speaker 4>Two things. Jilly Mack otherwise known as missus tom Selleck.

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<v Speaker 3>Her name is Chili Mack. Jilly Mack, oh, Jilly Mack okay,

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<v Speaker 3>also great angry.

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<v Speaker 4>She's been married to Tom Selleck since nineteen eighty seven,

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<v Speaker 4>which good, good, yeah, yeah, good man, And.

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<v Speaker 3>Those reverse mortgages really pay off.

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<v Speaker 4>I will say, though. The one thing I couldn't get

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<v Speaker 4>over with this episode is and again to go back

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<v Speaker 4>to the Jilly Mack of it all man, did did

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<v Speaker 4>you know Temple see her and be like, this is

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<v Speaker 4>just what I'm gonna do in ted Lasso because it

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<v Speaker 4>felt like that character Keeley from ted Lasso just.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh what right off?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, oh yah, I can see that, but like not

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<v Speaker 3>not in.

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<v Speaker 4>A good way, like Juno Temple. That is a much

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<v Speaker 4>more thought out role. Like Jilly. Max's character in this

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<v Speaker 4>episode is one note. Jeff Conway's character is one note.

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<v Speaker 4>Raydo Trees is one note. It this is we've had

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<v Speaker 4>We've said this before, We'll say it again. This is

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<v Speaker 4>a blackout sketch blown This is a blackout one panel

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<v Speaker 4>blown up into a twenty five minute sketch. Oh, you

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<v Speaker 4>have a real vampire helping you out, helping you right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know you.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's not. It's not a one panel sketch.

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<v Speaker 4>It's two.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, No, it's three or four. It's like any fucking

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<v Speaker 2>short story. It has the beginning, of the middle and

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<v Speaker 2>end with a bunch of different things happening and a

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<v Speaker 2>one panel sketches. I am at the blood bank. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to take out some blood. I'm a vampire.

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<v Speaker 3>I really had hoped that this would go in a

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<v Speaker 3>different way. I kind of like the idea of it,

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<v Speaker 3>this whole idea of the guy who's like a Garth

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<v Speaker 3>Maumerangie type writing these awful short stories. And oh you

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<v Speaker 3>just had this character stab this guy with a stake

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<v Speaker 3>in this chapter, and why can't you come up with

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<v Speaker 3>something creative and why don't you do this? And it's like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>that's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I like this.

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<v Speaker 3>And then when the vampire himself shows up. I was

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<v Speaker 3>hoping that he would be very hesitant at first to

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<v Speaker 3>do anything and then really start to get into it

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<v Speaker 3>and like just really enter into that literary world where

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<v Speaker 3>he's just like, oh, no, I would change this, or

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<v Speaker 3>have you thought about shifting the tone or how about

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<v Speaker 3>we go third person with this section or something like that,

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<v Speaker 3>like where he's really into it or maybe gets into

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<v Speaker 3>the business of it and he's just like, oh, I

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<v Speaker 3>can't believe we're climbing the charts, and just like get

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<v Speaker 3>really excited that he actually has a book that's out there,

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<v Speaker 3>but then the jealousy of not having his name on

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<v Speaker 3>it starts to wear on him or something. But instead

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<v Speaker 3>it's just it's very simple. I mean, I agree with you,

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<v Speaker 3>it's probably four or five panels, but it's that's it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not a whole comic book.

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<v Speaker 2>And they've already done this one with the Answering Machines

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<v Speaker 2>in the first season. Yeah, that's true, very specifically with

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<v Speaker 2>Harry Anderson and his answering machine who's defiant about wanting

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<v Speaker 2>credit on the next screenplay or teleplay.

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<v Speaker 3>He writes, right, exactly, wasn't.

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<v Speaker 4>There an episode of twid Zone eighty five where it's

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<v Speaker 4>like scientists and ghosts. It's like ghosts and scientists talking

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<v Speaker 4>to each other. The smacks of that similar thing where

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<v Speaker 4>it's like one profession being informed by the supernatural. And

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<v Speaker 4>this again is just like they to Mike's point, they

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<v Speaker 4>don't go anywhere that they they don't go anywhere remotely creative.

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<v Speaker 4>It feels like they just take the most obvious path,

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<v Speaker 4>including introducing a new vampire resurrection caveat that of course,

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<v Speaker 4>has to come to fruition before the end of the episode.

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<v Speaker 4>And apparently Jeff Conway is the biggest moron in the

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<v Speaker 4>episode because he ignores it and just lets a woman

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<v Speaker 4>stand over a coffin with a bleeding hand, not thinking

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<v Speaker 4>anything of it, which again is just lazy writing it's

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<v Speaker 4>it's in my mind. This is just lazy because it

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<v Speaker 4>feels like we've seen this before and it doesn't do anything,

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<v Speaker 4>which is a shame because Jeff Conway is not terrible,

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<v Speaker 4>He's just one note.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I usually like Jeff Conway, especially at this period.

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<v Speaker 3>Of his career, well before he loses a shit. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean I used to watch him on what was that

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<v Speaker 3>Celebrity Drunk Tank or whatever that one was called.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I know the way it was when they

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<v Speaker 2>put it. It was the VH one, especially where they

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<v Speaker 2>put him all in a house together.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh god, man, was that rough. That was so rough

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<v Speaker 3>to see him in that period of his life.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there is one moment from that series where they're

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<v Speaker 2>in canoes together and he has passed down out in

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<v Speaker 2>one of the canoes and they row him ashore and

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<v Speaker 2>they go, Jeff, you got to wake up your asleep,

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<v Speaker 2>and he goes, oh man, I'm just hanging out. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think about, oh man, I'm just hanging out all

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<v Speaker 2>the time.

427
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<v Speaker 4>Ye, Conway was always just hanging out man. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Look, this is a comedy episode. None of the anthology,

429
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<v Speaker 2>particularly horror anthology series, can handle comedy virtually at all.

430
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why they even fucking bother. At one point,

431
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<v Speaker 2>Jeff Conway says, I hired you as an advisor, not

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<v Speaker 2>a gag writer. Dido tales from the dark Side.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, what is she an advisor on? How Like? I'm

434
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<v Speaker 4>waiting to see how she was an advisor. I never

435
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<v Speaker 4>even got the sense of what she brings to the

436
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<v Speaker 4>equation because Jeff seems like blind leading the blind.

437
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<v Speaker 2>He is so clueless about the lore of vampires and

438
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<v Speaker 2>other worldly things because he's not a supernatural author at all,

439
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<v Speaker 2>but that's where he's making his money somehow, And she's

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<v Speaker 2>able to provide the most basic fucking information Every fucking

441
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<v Speaker 2>kid who's ever eating a box of fucking count Chocula

442
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<v Speaker 2>could tell him about the supernatural. So I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>why he's I don't know how he's affording her. I

444
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<v Speaker 2>don't know how he needs her, Like doesn't he own

445
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<v Speaker 2>like the time Life book series fucking supernatural shit, That's.

446
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<v Speaker 4>What I'm saying. It'd be like doing an episode about zombies,

447
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<v Speaker 4>being like, what's the one thing we know about zombies?

448
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<v Speaker 4>That they're the undead? All right?

449
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<v Speaker 2>That's it?

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<v Speaker 4>Like what like there's more to it. I'm just the advisor, though,

451
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<v Speaker 4>Like you have to pay me for more, Like what

452
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<v Speaker 4>do you know about ghost where they wear white sheets?

453
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<v Speaker 1>Like?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, anything else? Now, that's it all you need to know?

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<v Speaker 4>Like if the conceit of this episode is bizarre in

456
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<v Speaker 4>and of itself, and then you have a vampire, which

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<v Speaker 4>I mean again, like that's the most interesting part. It

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<v Speaker 4>just doesn't go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, first of all, it's for some reason, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>traditional Dracula Garb vampire, I don't know, in the twentieth century.

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<v Speaker 2>Free oh my god, free draft cool. And also Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Conway needs an advisor. And yet he's been at it

463
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<v Speaker 2>long enough and successful enough along in at it long

464
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<v Speaker 2>enough that he has a safe room. The trigger to

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<v Speaker 2>open it is a severed head with a fucking accident.

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<v Speaker 2>You pull the axe handle down and it opens the room.

467
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<v Speaker 2>He needs an advisor after having that in his house.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, man, it.

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<v Speaker 3>Keeps all the stocks and stuff in there, is what

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<v Speaker 3>she says.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you have to move all your stocks and bonds.

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<v Speaker 4>Five was it five timed safes?

473
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh god, yeah, this guy's it's such an elaborate thing

475
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<v Speaker 3>for this kind of hack writer to have it.

476
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<v Speaker 4>It's like out of Diehard, like like literally, yeah, yeah,

477
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<v Speaker 4>that's what I was saying, Like five times Sandy got

478
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<v Speaker 4>the guy with the fucking drill and everything. I don't understand.

479
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<v Speaker 4>It's just again like these weird, whacked out conceits. And

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<v Speaker 4>then you'll notice, by the way, it's based on a

481
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<v Speaker 4>story by Scott Edelman that was published in DC Comics,

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<v Speaker 4>And like that makes sense because again, like this is

483
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<v Speaker 4>pulpy in setup, like what happened if a writer and

484
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<v Speaker 4>a vampire got and then we have again I think

485
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<v Speaker 4>also it's an imminently unlikable main character episode two because

486
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<v Speaker 4>Jeff Conaway is meant to just be such a fucking dickhead,

487
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<v Speaker 4>and he is, I mean, plays it perfectly, but you're

488
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<v Speaker 4>not meant to like him at all. You're meant to

489
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<v Speaker 4>want him to get his by the end of the episode.

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<v Speaker 2>At one point, the Dracula character says, will you're made

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<v Speaker 2>be missed? And he says, no, they'll think immigration picked

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<v Speaker 2>her up. Oh yeah, yeah, Jeff. Yeah. If your idea

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<v Speaker 2>of comedy is a coffin lined with old silverware, then

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<v Speaker 2>this is the episode for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh boy, yeah, I guess because it's silver right. I mean,

496
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<v Speaker 3>what's he gonna do like start some running water so

497
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<v Speaker 3>that the vampire can't.

498
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<v Speaker 2>Cross Overrett, He's not going to invite the vampire to

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<v Speaker 2>the book sign.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh there you go.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that would have been.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, can I point something out here? And then again,

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<v Speaker 4>this is just this is just me pointing out a

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<v Speaker 4>relative obvious plot hole in all, if you wear a vampire,

505
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<v Speaker 4>you could live forever. The fuck do you care about

506
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<v Speaker 4>any of this?

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<v Speaker 2>True?

508
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<v Speaker 4>Just like invest ten dollars and then just go sleep

509
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<v Speaker 4>in a coffin and wait one hundred years? You know

510
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<v Speaker 4>what I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Like, it's that kind of negates any vampire dal I yeah, agree.

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<v Speaker 4>I agree with this one more specifically because he's motivated

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<v Speaker 4>by money and fame, and it's like, why would he care,

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<v Speaker 4>especially the fame part. All, all of a sudden, the

515
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<v Speaker 4>vampire's gonna have real vampire hunters chasing after him because

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<v Speaker 4>he has outed himself as a real vampire.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if you live long enough, you want to experience

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<v Speaker 2>every aspect of life, and why not some fame?

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<v Speaker 4>I I mean again, make that statement in the episode.

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<v Speaker 4>If you're gonna go down that route, why I agree

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<v Speaker 4>with you, But say it. Give Raydo Trees something to

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<v Speaker 4>do other than just vamp it up.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know what he really gives it. It's all

524
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<v Speaker 2>when he's dying. I got it. I'll give the episode

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<v Speaker 2>that he goes on and on.

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<v Speaker 4>All full evil dead makeup too. They give him like

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<v Speaker 4>a claymation red like red vein face and everything.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that was nice. I did enjoy that, and I

529
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<v Speaker 3>did like, would you say his name was Rayda Trees?

530
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<v Speaker 3>I did kind of like him. He reminded me though,

531
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<v Speaker 3>and I know I've seen him a lot. While we

532
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<v Speaker 3>were watching it, my wife's like, oh, is that father

533
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<v Speaker 3>from Beauty and the Beast. I'm like, maybe, I don't know,

534
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<v Speaker 3>but yeah he was, but kind of reminded me of

535
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<v Speaker 3>the old guy that sells the Magic ticket and the

536
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<v Speaker 3>Last Action Hero and just like a thinner version of

537
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<v Speaker 3>that dude.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, who was that dude? Wasn't that what's his name?

539
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<v Speaker 2>From fucking from Christine?

540
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the guy who, yeah, you can do some work

541
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<v Speaker 3>around the shop.

542
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, put the toilet rolls back in a little spindles.

543
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<v Speaker 2>That's right.

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<v Speaker 4>That Prosky Rosy? Yeah, yeah, he he was Robert Prosky

545
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<v Speaker 4>and Missus Doubtfire.

546
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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, so I think Robert Prosky and Raydow Trees

547
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<v Speaker 3>should have played long strange brothers.

548
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<v Speaker 4>I agree, dough Tries and Prosky attorneys at law.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, that would be a great use of AI, the.

550
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<v Speaker 4>Film you've all been waiting for since one person.

551
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<v Speaker 3>Oh, it's even better than watching Will Smith eat spaghetti.

552
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<v Speaker 3>AI generation.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, anything goes all right? Oh, go ahead, No, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Was gonna say to that point that you mentioned, I

555
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<v Speaker 4>am waiting for us to see a comedy episode in

556
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<v Speaker 4>any of these anthology shows that is remotely funny. Outside

557
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<v Speaker 4>of those genuine interstitials that we saw what felt like

558
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<v Speaker 4>a lifetime ago. Every single time we've had a full

559
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<v Speaker 4>length comedy episode, they have been a slug and this

560
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<v Speaker 4>is yet again another example of that. So I would

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<v Speaker 4>love to see if they can do it. But I

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<v Speaker 4>don't think that that's realistically a thing that we will

563
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<v Speaker 4>ever see on a anthology TV show, especially a horror one.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. I think if we jumped over to Amazing Stories,

565
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<v Speaker 2>they actually had some pretty funny ones.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, oh yeah, but that's not horror though, right that

567
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<v Speaker 4>that's more of just an anthology broadly.

568
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<v Speaker 2>Right, right, It's more Twilight Zone, which could do any

569
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<v Speaker 2>of the genres within the genre of sort of speculative. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but there are several episodes of Amazing Family Dog the

571
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<v Speaker 2>Timber Dog, and you made an episode the go to

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<v Speaker 2>the Head of a Class, the Samachas one with Christopher

573
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<v Speaker 2>Lloyd is I thought was really really funny.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the only time we've really seen comedy that

575
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<v Speaker 3>works in these things. Is the one I of Newton

576
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<v Speaker 3>or whatever that one was with Ron Harris and or

577
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<v Speaker 3>sorry Ron Glass, sorry calling him Harris, Ron Glass and

578
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<v Speaker 3>Sherman Helmslay like that one was funny and good at

579
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<v Speaker 3>the same time.

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<v Speaker 4>Man's hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, right with then today. Yeah, if they're very quick

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<v Speaker 2>and get in and make the point and get out,

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<v Speaker 2>then they Yeah that they work. Yeah, all right. On

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<v Speaker 2>the next episode of Midnight Viewing, we'll be taking a

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<v Speaker 2>look at the next two episodes of season three. Those

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<v Speaker 2>Where can people find it? Mike White?

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