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Geek News From September 22nd, 2025 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: All right, well we got some late breaking just dropped
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  Speaker 1: this morning peek news for you, a trailer for you
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  Speaker 1: to watch. It's felt like years of waiting, but Lucasfilm
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  Speaker 1: has released their first official trailer for the next Star.
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  Speaker 2: Wars movie, Gosling.
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  Speaker 1: No, they're filming that one. This is The Mandalorian and Grogu.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's a movie though not TV.
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  Speaker 3: It's not a TV so it's interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Now. This trailer has not got a lot of dialogue,
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  Speaker 1: it's all pretty visual. But here's the official log line.
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  Speaker 1: The evil Empire has fallen and imperial warlords remains scattered
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  Speaker 1: throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to
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  Speaker 1: protect everything the Rebellion thought for.
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  Speaker 3: They've enlisted the help of.
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  Speaker 1: The legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Jaron Pedro Pascal and
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  Speaker 1: his young apprentice Grogu. And from what I can tell,
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  Speaker 1: the Grogu effects are all puppets, at.
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  Speaker 3: Least that's what I see in the trailer.
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  Speaker 1: Well, what happened was Werner Hertzog was on the first
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  Speaker 1: season of The Mandalorian, right, and they were playing with
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  Speaker 1: all these different you know, special effects and everything, and
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  Speaker 1: and so Berner asked him, how are you going to
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  Speaker 1: do this, and he said, well, it'll be a puppet here,
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  Speaker 1: but it will mostly be cg at which point Berner
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  Speaker 1: Hertzog looked at Jon Favreau and said, don't be a coward.
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  Speaker 3: Embraced the puppet.
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  Speaker 2: Embrace the So he did.
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  Speaker 3: And so that's what they that's what they do, that's
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  Speaker 3: what they've been doing. That's great. So go ahead and
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  Speaker 3: take a look.
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  Speaker 2: Good shot.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's well, he's the voice. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they have a stunt guy wearing the costume most of
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  Speaker 1: the time because see that the gag is is that
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  Speaker 1: the Mandalorians never removed their helmet, so you can have
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  Speaker 1: the voice of Pedro Pascal.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, I don't.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think he even showed up for the most
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  Speaker 1: recent season.
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  Speaker 2: He was in a booth.
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  Speaker 3: I think he was. I think he was in a booth.
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  Speaker 1: The other trailer that we got, well, now, I told
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  Speaker 1: you about the story some time ago where Jack Black
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  Speaker 1: and Paul Rudd are going to they they've achieved the
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  Speaker 1: rights to Anaconda, the movie Ana Conda from nineteen ninety seven, right,
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  Speaker 1: and we're like, you're going to remake Anaconda with two
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  Speaker 1: people who are known mostly for comedy acting.
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  Speaker 3: Well, this is the.
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  Speaker 1: Take that they've got on it. It's very meta. So
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  Speaker 1: we got the trailer for Anacon.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to wait, man, Doug, what are you
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  Speaker 3: talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Let's do it.
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  Speaker 3: Let's reboot Anaconda? Yes? Wait, what we there? Jack Black
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  Speaker 3: and Paul right, Well.
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  Speaker 2: This is gonna be the adventure of a lifetime. We've
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  Speaker 2: dreamt of making this movie ever since we were kids.
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  Speaker 3: What does a cost heet This thing made two and
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  Speaker 3: a half million dollars.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've approved a loan for up to.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we're gonna shoot it inbi style, run and gun.
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  Speaker 1: We need a riverboat, a script, a snake handler, and
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  Speaker 1: a real snake.
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  Speaker 3: Claire, you and I will starn it.
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  Speaker 2: I love you, Derek Kenny, you shoot it.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go, Doug, you direct action.
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  Speaker 2: Put your face right up next to the snake.
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  Speaker 3: So it's very it's very meta. Okay, yeah, this.
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  Speaker 1: Is Anaconda and we no longer have a snake for
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  Speaker 1: our snake movie.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I like it to go out in the jungle and
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  Speaker 2: find another line.
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  Speaker 3: And that's where the problems begin.
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  Speaker 2: But is it Jack Black and Paul Rutter or are
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  Speaker 2: they just guys, the two guys you know who have
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  Speaker 2: just loved the song or not the song, love the movie.
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  Speaker 3: They use the jungle and we are being haunted.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they just loved the movie so much they wanted
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  Speaker 1: to reboot it.
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  Speaker 2: I applaud this idea.
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  Speaker 3: It could work, It could work. The trailer looks fun,
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  Speaker 3: it looks cheesy and glad.
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  Speaker 2: They're having some fun.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, having some fun.
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  Speaker 1: People who were not having as much fun were people
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  Speaker 1: who were watching season three of Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
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  Speaker 1: But don't worry, the producers say, we we promised season
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  Speaker 1: four will be better.
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  Speaker 2: Oh geez, that bad that they have to Well.
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  Speaker 1: It's just they were taking some chances on season three
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  Speaker 1: and not all of their chances landed. I didn't mind.
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  Speaker 1: I like things to, you know, switch up, But he said,
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  Speaker 1: we just we had more time for season four. We
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  Speaker 1: didn't have COVID, we didn't have the strikes, we didn't
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  Speaker 1: have all of these other things. We promise that season
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  Speaker 1: four is going to be better. So we got season four.
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  Speaker 1: Sometime next year. The fifth and final season will enter
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  Speaker 1: in production.
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  Speaker 3: This week.
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  Speaker 1: We also got news that Daredevil Born Again is getting
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  Speaker 1: a season three.
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  Speaker 3: And we haven't even seen season two.
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  Speaker 1: Yet, so I'm happy Daredevil is my favorite.
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  Speaker 3: Gina love you love the Muppets.
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 1: Muppet Show is getting a fiftieth anniversary Disney plus special Disney.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know why they don't know what to do
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  Speaker 3: with the Muppets now.
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  Speaker 2: Which I don't get because they are below yes.
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  Speaker 1: And they're pretty straightforward they are, but they keep thinking
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  Speaker 1: kids don't like the Muppets.
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  Speaker 3: But well, here's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: Frank Oz spilt the beans on the secret of the Muppets.
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  Speaker 1: He said, we made this for adults.
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  Speaker 2: And if you go back and watch it, yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: grown up.
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  Speaker 3: It's grown up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but their puppets, so kids watch.
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  Speaker 1: But so the kids could watch it with their parents.
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  Speaker 1: But they made it for the parents. And that's the
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  Speaker 1: approach you need to take. Well, you know who's figured
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  Speaker 1: that out, huh, Seth Rogan.
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  Speaker 2: I trust Seth Rogan?
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  Speaker 1: Who is he's so hot right now because of the
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  Speaker 1: studio this TV show. You know that when you get
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  Speaker 1: those accolades, studios come to you and say what would
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  Speaker 1: you like to do?
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  Speaker 3: And he said, I want to bring back the Muppets.
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  Speaker 2: I trust Seth to do this.
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  Speaker 1: So this will be a fiftieth anniversary special. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be the traditional variety.
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  Speaker 3: Show format and there you go. So it'll be a
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  Speaker 3: one shot. Hopefully people will.
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  Speaker 2: Like it and they'll have lots of guests.
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  Speaker 1: That show they did recently wasn't bad where it was
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  Speaker 1: more adults like it.
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  Speaker 3: Was like The Office Gena and I like, yeah, it
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  Speaker 3: was funny. We really liked that show and we were
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  Speaker 3: the only ones who did.
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  Speaker 1: In the movie with Jason Siegel that came out like
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  Speaker 1: ten years ago, it's.
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  Speaker 3: One of my favorite movies.
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  Speaker 1: Actually so well, I mean, Jason Siegel seth Rogen both
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  Speaker 1: freaks and geeks.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe they could team up on this.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that'd be great. And finally, this an Abomination an
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  Speaker 1: Ai stan Lee hologram is going to speak with fans
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  Speaker 1: at La Comic Con thisck.
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  Speaker 3: Why because there's still money to be made.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, Harold Ramis's ghost is somewhere screaming, don't let
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  Speaker 1: it happen, don't let it happend.
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  Speaker 3: But apparently you can speak, he says.
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  Speaker 1: We wouldn't put words in his mouth that aren't in
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  Speaker 1: line with the things that he spoke about. And we've
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  Speaker 1: got enough interviews and voice and everything that it's but
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  Speaker 1: you can ask him three questions.
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  Speaker 3: It'll only cost you twenty dollars.
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  Speaker 2: You have to pay.
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  Speaker 3: Do we have to pay to do this? Isn't a panel?
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  Speaker 3: This is like an experience.
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  Speaker 1: This is thing. Yeah, you go in the tent and
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  Speaker 1: pay twenty dollars in the tent, talk to stan Lee.
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  Speaker 3: Wizard Wizard of Oz style exactly. Wow, that's crazy. Ye,
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  Speaker 3: there you go,