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From Austin City Limits to Freddy’s Revenge · Brainwaves

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Two Shot
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Tuesday. It's Barry Nixon along with
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Jason Riley, the one and only as we bring you another week of fun
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conversation. And remember, we are the podcast
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you can listen to on your break at work and we encourage you to
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do so. Jay, It's great to see you,
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brother. It's so.
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Great to see you as well, Barry. We got an action-packed show,
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lots of updates, things we're going to get to.
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I think our listeners and our viewers are really going to like
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this one. You know how we started off?
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We always start off. We started.
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Off with a shot and Barry, if you'll indulge me for this one.
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Sure, I'm going non alcoholic this time Jay, because I'm
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getting a workout in immediately following this recording
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session. So I'm having a little pre
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workout from our good friends at Ghosts.
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Yeah, absolutely. And I am alongside with you,
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supporting you with what was a Summerhill Easy Green, but has
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now been filled up with an orange squeezy from Kool-aid.
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Before we take our shot, let me just send this cheers about not
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quite two weeks ago, we said goodbye at the Mini Mansion to
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the true owner of the Mini Mansion, our dog London.
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London was particularly fond of you.
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I vividly remember one time you came to visit.
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You're wearing sweatpants, like attire, sweatpants that you
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would go out in and be proud to go out in.
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And London, who just came in from a fresh walk in the rain
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with executive producer Aldo Roma, ran up to you and put
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those paws right on those sweatpants.
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And what did we learn? We learned that if you pay up
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for quality, those paw prints come right off with a wet cloth,
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and that's exactly what they did.
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No harm, no foul. Rest in peace.
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And he was your smoking buddy. You'd occasionally take him out
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and he enjoyed a little doob with Uncle Barry.
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He sure did, and I hope wherever he is, he's enjoying many a
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super from someone who's not me. But one day we will meet again.
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Absolutely, and he didn't drink either.
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So nice to have a non alcoholic beverage.
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Cheers to London. To London, Cheers.
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All right. Delicious.
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Berry, why don't you take our viewers and our listeners on
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this exciting trip that you just came back from?
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What happened? OK.
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Thank you, Jay. Great setup.
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Great setup. My missus and I, executive
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producer Linda Lebrun, we were fortunate enough to go to ACL,
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which is the Austin City Limits Music Festival weekend #1 the
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time of this recording. It was wrapped up yesterday or a
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day before yesterday, and it was an absolutely frictionless
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experience. Why do I say frictionless?
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From the picking up of the wristband to the getting into
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the park to the access to the VIP, to not having to wait in
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line virtually at all. And if we did, it was like count
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to 10 and it's over. Nice it was.
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Incredible. The entire it.
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It felt, Linda said, that this was a very adult run experience.
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Versus Governor's Bowl felt a little more chaotic, although it
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was still great. Yeah, envious 1.
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And VIP. Both VIP.
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OK, Yeah. Very different VI PS though.
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Whereas Governor's Ball had part of the stage like sectioned off,
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we didn't have that at ACL. We were on these giant like
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grandstands. They were completely shaded, had
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seats, there was benches and like sort of like half bars you
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could rest your drink on. It was unbelievable.
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You like to be able to rest a drink while you're enjoying your
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show. I know that you brought that up
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with the with raw pizza a few times.
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You could set things down. You like a place to set things
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down? I do because, you know, we're
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civilized men, you and IJ. And I think, yeah, you also
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appreciate this. I do.
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I don't. Like my wife, a drink just
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sweating in your hand and yeah, I don't enjoy that.
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I like to be able to set it down and know that it's got a sturdy
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place to rest close by. Exactly.
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Anyway, right behind the grandstands was all the VIP
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amenities. Your food, your restroom, your
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bar, your shaded loungers. Really.
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Comfortable seating, couches. They even had an outdoor TV that
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was showing the games on NFL Sunday and college football on
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Saturday. Like this is Texas, right?
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So this is all part of their lifeblood is certainly football.
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Yeah, the whole experience was incredible.
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And I haven't even got to the part about the performances like
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strokes. That was the main, really the
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main reason for the trip. They absolutely killed it
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despite with you know, I understand there's been some not
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so flattering remarks online about their performance.
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I was there. Take it for me.
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I don't know. These are haters and it's
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probably bots from overseas. Who knows if they're even real.
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And I can tell you as a real person, it could be that's a
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thing. Is that?
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Yeah. But you can take it from me,
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Jay. I was there in person.
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I witnessed it. There was 1 moment though, that
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I thought was funny. Julian Casablancas, the lead
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singer, is known to be a little cantankerous at times, and at
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one point during the show he did yell at the drones that were
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circling overhead to give people the sort of overhead crowd
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experience. It would be shot up on the
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screens beside him. He did yell at the drones.
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He did. Apparently they were bugging his
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eyes. He was also wearing sunglasses
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that it was the dead of night. So who knows, maybe that's what
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people were picking up on that he seemed like he wasn't happy
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to be there. That's not the vibe I got.
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He was just calling out some drones.
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And here's the thing. So that explains the anti
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strokes bots because you know, you start yelling at the drones,
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they're connected to the bots and they start putting the hate
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online. So I see it all.
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It's all cause and effect. I'm glad to hear the strokes was
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amazing for you and you enjoyed it.
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And I would always take your opinion over virtually anyone
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else on the planet earth. So wow, it's gold.
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It's gold when you say it. I do want to pause a moment and
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let's go back to something you mentioned the VIP section food.
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Can you please let our viewers and listeners and myself know
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what's on offer? Oh man, there was all kinds of
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stuff that you would approve of. Chief among them would be your
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slices of pizza. They had mozzarella sticks that
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were gorgeous, like one bite and the string cheese, you know, it
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was just perfectly done. The pizza was great.
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We also had hot dogs. We had burgers like we just kept
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it simple and we also had some chicken tenders, which I also
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know you're a fan of. Jay, This had everything you
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want and nothing you don't. Nice.
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Were there giant pretzels I could feel there would be at
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this place? There may have been, I didn't
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jump out at me, but they did have giant cans of Miller Lite,
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the 24 oz cans. You like that?
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It was incredible. And of course, we had to get a
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couple of commemorative koozies because like you said, civilized
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people don't want your cans sweating.
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By the way, it was like 90°. Every day of the festival was
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hot as hell and there was barely any wind.
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So it's just like that heat. You just have to live inside.
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So anyway, the koozies came in handy.
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Otherwise we would have been dropping our 24 inch cans all
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over the place. And and that's just not a good
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look for anybody. Yeah.
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So, all right, So what was other than the strokes, who else or
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what else was a stand out at the?
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Festival man. There's a band called Wet Leg
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and they are from England and I'd heard about these guys from
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friend of ours, friend of the show, DJ Teenage Werewolf.
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Apparently they were at the Phoenix a couple years ago,
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didn't see them then but they were on one of the main stages
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around 4:30. So kind of like the third band
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before the the big act. They were great.
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We also saw T Pain. T Pain.
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T Pain was amazing. He'd like played an entire like
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probably hour 15. It was great.
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And he was zipping through the songs.
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He had the crowd going insane. I've never seen so many people
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dancing and moving. Like I showed you that short
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video just to kind of capture the scale of this festival.
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Incredible. So imagine all those people all
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kind of swaying together. That's what was happening when T
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Pain took the the stage. He was great.
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And then of course, the killers. I mean, I I'm still thinking
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about it. Their set was lights Out.
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It was they were the perfect closers for the festival.
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They were the Sunday night, you know, sending everyone home
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happy. And they did.
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There were parts where it was just one gigantic sing along
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everyone knows the words to like their most famous songs.
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I know you know them as well. And they played all the hits.
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There was not one that I was like, hmm, I don't think I've
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heard this one before. Did they close or open with Mr.
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Brightside? That was like towards the end.
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Not even an end it was. Like, yeah.
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Maybe because that was probably too much of A sing along to end
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on, because I would imagine everybody would be singing to
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that one because everyone was. Yeah.
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Oh, yeah. It's it's a classic.
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Yeah. And they also play the song, a
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relatively new single maybe from like the last year.
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The song I really like. And I was singing to Lindo.
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I hope they play. It's called Caution.
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And that was like the third song they they came out with.
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And I was like, oh man, they're hating.
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Basically all the boxes were ticked for me.
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I was thrilled. And so was Linda.
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Really, really fantastic. We'll do another festival in the
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USI don't know we'd redo ACL. We will go back to Austin though
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and do a comedy trip and see go to Joe Rogan's comedy Mothership
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and see some stand up. 100%. Austin itself is beautiful.
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You have been there now I've seen a little bit of what you
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saw. We took a walk around the
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downtown before we went to day two, kind of familiarize
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ourselves with the place. And I got to tell you, I don't
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know whether this was your experience as well, but every
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person that we came in contact with was beyond nice and
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welcoming. Even when we were leaving, when
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we were flying home, the airport security actually said good
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morning. How you doing?
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Not just passport, like the kind of bullshit you get at Pearson.
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We didn't get any of that, any of it.
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It was like, and Linda and I were both like even the the
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border guards here in Texas were friendly as heck.
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It was just wonderful. Yeah.
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Really nice. You can get BBQ at the airport
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which is so nice because it's it's everywhere in Austin, TX.
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Yes it is and we did try some BBQ.
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I had a brisket and some potato salad on our way to the final
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day of the concert and it was good, I enjoyed it.
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Could I tell it was Texas? I don't know, it was my first
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experience. Like other than it being cooked
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in the state, I don't know what made it Texas to be quite
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honest. OK, well maybe you'll find that
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out in a future trip. Yeah, whatever.
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All right. Yeah, that's a quick Google
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search. That's no big deal.
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That's incredible, Barry. I'm so glad to hear it and I'm
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glad to hear that your music festival days will continue
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because that's how exciting to me and to all of our audience,
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who I'm sure is going to want to.
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Maybe one day you'll organize A2 Shot tour and you'll head down
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to a music festival. So let some of the audience come
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and it'll be great. Sure.
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All right, we got to sounds. Totally manageable.
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Yeah, we got to fit this in on people's breaks.
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So that means we got to go to shot #2 and I'm going to keep it
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non alcoholic again with my orange.
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This is orange kool-aid to be specific.
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If you've got a little bottle at home empty, you fill it up with
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some squeezy, you put some water, you shake it and it's
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ready to go. What have you got, Barry?
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There you go. I'm sticking with the pre
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workout, Jay, because I got a big lift as sorely needed one
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after three days of debauchery under the Texas sun.
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So here's to you. Cheers and you.
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All right, so catch me up on what you've been doing.
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Well, let me tell you about something that arrived at the
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mini mansion not too long ago. I'm going to hold it up, you
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know about it, and I'm going to let our audience know it is the
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Nightmare on Elm Street Seven Film 4K set.
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Now I got the first movie on your recommendation when I came
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down to a really cheap price and we knew that Part 2 was coming
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out in time for Halloween. I don't think anybody suspected
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was that you were going to get all 7 films in a set.
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Then there's also a steelbook version.
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That's a lot of money that I wasn't interested in paying that
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much money for. But I am happy to say that in
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this set, you also get the commemorative 3D glasses that
12:14
were available at the theater for Freddy's Dead because there
12:18
was a portion of the Freddy's Dead final nightmare where it
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was actually in 3D. And if you can believe it, I
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actually have my original 3D glasses from the movie that I
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keep in a comic books. I have a 3D comic book.
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I have my Freddy's Dead glasses that I had at the theater there
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because at that time, the 3D that was available was the blue
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and blue and red, kind of the cheap 3D that they did.
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Anyway, I have watched most of Nightmare on Elm Street 2,
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Freddy's Revenge. I put that in last night.
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I'll put the rest in tonight when we're done with the show.
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And I have to tell you, I was expecting it to be good quality,
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but I thought they were going to pour all of the energy of their
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4K into the first one and then kind of, you know, Halo it
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through and go. The other ones were also pretty
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good. No, no, no.
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This is the best you have ever seen.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2.
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Super crisp the sounds are coming from all around ya it's
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not an atmos track, but it's a 5.1 enhanced track and it looks
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incredible. It's just crystal clear.
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You can't believe this thing was shot in 1980.
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I'm forgetting the exact year now or I've I'm not it sounds.
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Writer, maybe even 2. Yeah, it might have been earlier
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than that. Yeah, it's but it was was really
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good. And from being about halfway
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through the movie, I can tell you that, you know, they they
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made the comment that this was the most homoerotic of all the
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1980s horror films, and it's living of all.
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Time. Of all time and it's living up
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to a type because there there's a lot of that going on.
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So within the confines of it's interesting because you would
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still get, you know, non gay people that would go see this
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because it was the sequel to this hugely popular movie that
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took off. And you want them to be able to
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come in and go out and go, what did I just watch?
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And they would be kind of, they'd probably go, yeah, there
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was a lot of dudes asses in this movie.
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And they would be right. And it was interesting that I
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was telling you I hadn't seen this thing in years and years.
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And it resonated with me when I was young going.
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I really like this installment. And now, yeah, now, Barry, I can
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tell you I understand. Yes.
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Do you? Do you make it all the way to
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the shower sequence? Because that's where you get to
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see all those butts. I did, yes.
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Yeah, that's a bit of AS and M kind of shower thing where the
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the coaches first he runs into the the lead actor.
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The lead actor kind of stumbles out of his house and ends up in
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AS and M club where the gym teacher is frequenting in his
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S&M outfit. And then the gym teacher makes
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him run laps at the at the high school and then makes him at the
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shower. And then the gym teacher is
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dragged into the shower by Freddie with his with his with
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skipping rope and he's all tied up in the shower.
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So yeah, so there's a whole subtext going on there.
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I didn't remember that last part.
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I didn't remember that the the whole getting tied up thing, but
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it's all there. It's all there for you.
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It's yeah. Yeah, I'm looking forward to
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seeing it. Is there any grain or is that
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has that been scrubbed or is it you still get enough grain?
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Just enough film, just enough, Yeah.
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And what I find where it works the best is when the grain is
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on, like the skin tone. So you know, it's, it's a movie,
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but then like Freddie's sweater just pops.
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There's like no grain there. There's no, yes, you get like a
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bit of that grain where you need it, but it is really cleared up
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and it's really quite an impressive, quite an impressive
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movie just to visually to look at.
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And I can't wait to now get to the Dream Warriors.
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And what I was thinking when you do come over, I may add, because
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you can buy plastic versions of those 3D glasses.
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If I get like some nice comfortable plastic versions,
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maybe we do a Freddy's Dead as one of your ones you watch and
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we'll pop on those glasses at the same time.
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Yeah, I'd be up for that. Dude, I do remember that.
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That's so funny. And when you said Can you
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believe I have the original? Yes, of course I can believe
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that you would hold on to something like that.
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Of course. Now, is Tom Arnold in that?
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Am I misremembering? Is he?
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Does he pop up in this thing? Not in that one, Freddie's.
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Dead. No.
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OK, maybe. Freddie's dead.
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I'm not sure, I'm only on Part 2 and I really can't remember.
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I'm not surprised if he does. I think he is in one of them as
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a cameo appearance. Yeah, and Johnny Depp also, I
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think pops up in Freddie's Dead because he was in the first
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movie, right? He was, yeah.
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I can't remember. I can't remember any of these
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movies, really. I vaguely remember Dream
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Warriors because I saw it so many times and it was just so
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cool. It was very comic bookie where
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they all have certain powers when they're dreaming, which
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was. A That's right.
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That was what kind of launched the launched the franchise into
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the stratosphere, because this feels very much Friday the 13th
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Nightmare LL shoot Part 2 feels very much like a sequel to the
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first made for less money. You can just tell there's less
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money involved and it was in three that they really ramped it
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back up. And also three, I think also
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brought us, brought the world Patricia Arquette to think that
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was maybe her first film. Yeah.
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That's right. So.
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I think it was, yeah. She definitely had a career
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after that. That's very cool, man.
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I'm very excited. And yeah, 100% if you want to
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set up a time, you know, it's spooky October.
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We should definitely get a screening of one of those seven
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because I know you know you're working on 2/3 is going to be a
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while. It will be for you to get.
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It will be. Yeah, that's right.
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But I'll get there. I'll get there, Barry.
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OK. Well, that's amazing.
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Great update. Do you have anything else you
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want to share with our listeners, Jay?
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I think, you know, I'm just looking at the clock on the wall
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and I think that's kind of our time.
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I did have one of the things I'm going to save it for next time.
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We are actually coming up rapidly on our final episode of
17:46
the season and that is going to be the our debrief of the
17:49
whiskey. Global.
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Event that we talked about a couple.
17:52
Episodes ago that's. Exciting.
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And then Season 6 doesn't end after Season 5, folks, We've
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been renewed. We're heading into Season 6.
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It's so great when we're in charge of it.
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We can just keep renewing forever.
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And we will. Yeah.
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Well, that's amazing. Jay, thank you very much for all
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your thoughts on Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2.
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I'm excited to, you know, for you to get to the end and then
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tell me how it sits as a complete film because right now
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you've already gotten up to the shower scene.
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Yeah, we know there's more. Yeah, I'll let you know.
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I'll let you know anyway. That sounds always good to chat
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with you. Listeners, viewers, thank you so
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much for tuning in as you do each and every week.
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Next week, we already teased it. We've got the movie guy, Rob
18:36
Pizzas back. You guys are going to check out
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Tron Aries, so he'll be on the show to talk about that.
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And yeah, have a great week. So we'll look forward to seeing
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you then, Barry. Awesome.
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Have a great night, have a great workout.
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Thanks, Jay. See you next week.
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