LTO 30 Rock - The Fruitcake of Sitcoms

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Hello and welcome to last time on.

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This is the podcast where we pick a show.

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None of us have ever watched,

skip some episodes, figure out

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what happened last time on.

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We're not doing that today.

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Victor is still moving.

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So it's Ben and I once again.

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, But we did find a thing to watch

that we were able to make happen.

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, We found an episode of 30

Rock with Paul Giamatti.

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He's in it for about five

minutes, but, but that's 30 Rock.

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, And thought it'd be fun

to just do this instead.

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, I did check a little bit.

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I didn't dig deep because I didn't want

to see numbers of episodes and stuff,

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but I did try to see if any of the,

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. Cast of billions were an entourage

and I couldn't, couldn't see that.

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We should be back to regularly scheduled

programming for the foreseeable future.

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Victor is moved in as of today

and is currently unpacking, so

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shouldn't be a problem going forward.

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Hopefully is unpacking to your

God when you're listening to this.

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On Tuesday.

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Victor, please be unpacking.

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But yeah, so we're watching 30

Rock Season five, episode two.

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When it rains, it pours today.

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Did you, have you seen 30 Rock Ben?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I have seen 30 Rock.

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I absolutely love 30 Rock.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

30 Rock is so good.

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There's like.

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In that timeframe.

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That was like the golden age of the

modern golden age of sitcoms, I guess.

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'cause there was a previous golden age

of sitcoms and then there was like the

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nineties where, you know, you had Seinfeld

and friends and stuff, but there was a

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generation of sitcoms where we had like

this, , scrubs was around the same time.

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How I met your mother

was around the same time.

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New Girl was around the same time.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

And of those shows.

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I know how I met Your

mother has not aged well.

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I think you've gone back and

tried to watch Scrubs and believe

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has said it did not age well.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Some bits didn't age well.

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But

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Scrubs is the show that,

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I have seen the most,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

uh.

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Back in college, I had the first

five seasons and myself and all of my

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roommates were watching through them.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

so if, you know, I was in the middle

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of season four, but my roommate was

in the middle of season two and he put

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it on, I just sat down and watched it.

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, So I've seen scrubs all the way

through s several, several times.

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, But there's a few bits

that don't age super well.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

it's not too bad.

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How met your mother's rough

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

by today's standards.

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, This show I have not gone

back and watched in about.

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Probably seven or eight years.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

well I did note in my, in my notes, oh,

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this is the first Alec Baldwin thing

I've seen since he killed somebody.

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Uh,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Oh yeah, that happened.

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, I will say New girl has held up excellent.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

good.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

I, I've been casually enjoying a

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rewatch as Beth is rewatching it

right now as her current, uh, show.

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And I haven't seen anything

that's made me go, oh God, yet.

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So very, very happy with new girls.

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Still very funny, but

this show is hilarious.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes, I have always

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loved Tina Faye's shtick

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I, the only thing that like

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is cons, like concerning is

just like, is Tracy too dumb?

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Um.

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I don't know Tracy Morgan to

know if Tracy Jordan is too dumb.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah.

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It it, in this episode we'll get to it,

but it's like he's, he's sub toddler.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

There's a minute there.

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Yeah.

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, Man, I think one of the funniest jokes

in TV history comes from 30 Rock.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

It is entirely possible

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, xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

It's, . Liz and Jenna, it's a

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flashback of Liz and Jenna at a like

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

corporate improv retreat back

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when they worked at whatever

the second City analog is.

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I don't remember the name of it.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

mm-hmm.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

And, uh, they're like pulling suggestions

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out of a hat, and it's like a first

date between Sling Blade and Oprah.

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And, and, and Tina go, or Liz

goes, I sure do love these fried

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potatoes in her best sling blade.

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And Jenna, deadpan.

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No accent, no anything

Says, no, you don't.

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Oprah.

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It's so good.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Glow and I still occasionally

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will just out of nowhere,

just go working on my night

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Geez.

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Yeah.

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It's such a good,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Such a

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

so quotable.

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Yeah.

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I was very happy to go back

and watch a little bit of it.

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It makes me want to go back

and watch a lot more For sure.

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, Just 'cause it's so quick.

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I feel like I was like, oh, we'll

watch a little 22 minute show because

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time is kind of tight right now,

and it'll be a great little thing.

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You know, it'll be like, oh, I'll just,

I'll do notes for like 45 minutes.

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How grand is that gonna fucking be

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Mm-hmm.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: in

the time it would normally take to watch

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in episode with, without notes of tv?

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I will get my notes done,

please, and it's so dense.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

the fruitcake of, of sitcoms.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

A hundred percent.

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Yeah, it is just, you're just chewing.

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You just never stop chewing on this show.

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I feel like I missed two thirds of

the jokes in my notes and I still

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have like four pages of notes.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I, I like, I, I sometimes I'm able to

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like, kinda like see the matrix code

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

like when it comes to the, the c plot

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of this episode, which we'll get to.

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It very clearly was just like pitched

that in the room and then every,

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like for the next 20 minutes, it was

people just like telling writer jokes

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to each other and it's just like

we're just shooting all of those.

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We're just using every single bit of it.

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, xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Is Alec Baldwin the C plot?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Okay.

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It's hard to say because

there's like a D plot and e plot

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running around this episode.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

That's true.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

There's a lot going on.

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, We should get into it though.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah.

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We start off on the street, uh,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Mm-hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

a, uh, construction worker

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cat calling the ladies

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, very convenient.

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Jackhammer blurring out most of

what he says, but he makes some

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rather obscene ish gestures.

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It's like not directly obscene, but in

a way where you know it's obscene and

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you have no idea what it is Exactly.

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It's perfect.

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Leaves it all to your imagination.

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Very funny.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

But it is also one of those

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things where I'm just like,

is this just a New York thing?

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, I've just, I've never been in

the vicinity of a cat call.

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But I'm also just like, okay, it's

typically construction workers in film

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and stuff, and it's like if I see a

construction worker, they're a hundred

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yards away from me working somewhere.

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Like we're not all up in

each other's business.

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Like you would be in a, you

know, compact city like New York.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: This.

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This had to have been

a thing at some point.

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'cause it is in the cultural zeitgeist.

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I also admittedly not exactly the

target audience for cat calling.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

No, I, but like, I haven't even

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like been there while somebody

cat called somebody else.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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How much time have you

spent at construction sites?

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

but

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Like That's the thing is

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like, it's specifically the

construction worker cat call

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

yeah.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

it's, this is a trope a hundred percent.

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Um.

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I dunno where it comes from.

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It probably originates in media somewhere.

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There's probably a show

or movie that has it.

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It's like in Taxi Driver or something, and

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah.

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This isn't

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

we're just unaware.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

women never get like confronted or

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Ben, you total misogynist.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

it is just like I've, I've never seen

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this thing happen and I don't know,

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, xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

God, that should be the episode title,

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just to fuck with search results

for your job searches in the future.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

know.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

I won't because I'm a friend also,

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I think you're editing this one.

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Uh, the cat call is, . Liz comes to

Jenna's defense here just because she's

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blonde and never closes her mouth.

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And if you look behind, her

mouth is like half open with her

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tongue kind of like stuck out.

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It's so funny.

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And he is like, no, I was

cat calling you Liz Lemon.

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And she gets very confused to someone

who has never been Cat called.

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, But she.

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Shoots back at him, and the only

words we get are like infected penis

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

the jackhammer continues to go.

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Doing the same trope, but turned around.

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, benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

And Jenna reveals our

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theme for the episode.

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Oh, hey, you're getting cat called

because you are in a relationship,

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you feel more confident.

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And therefore people are noticing

and reciprocating that confidence

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because when it rains, it pours.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, yeah.

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She's currently dating Carol,

who is played by Matt Damon.

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If you had forgotten that.

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He's not in this episode.

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, We go over to, uh, Jack and Avery Jessup

played by Alec Baldwin and Elizabeth

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Banks respectively, who announced

that they're having a baby boy.

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, Liz comments on how Jack's going to

be in Old Dad and how that was cool.

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We get a flashback to her, raid

her dad's liquor cabinet taking a

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bottle out and be like, this bottle's

perfect for my rock collection.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah, that is very much the

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like, level of rebellion.

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I,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

just like, yeah, I'm not going

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out and getting into trouble.

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We might, you know.

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Rec a four wheeler, but that's it.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Mm-hmm.

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, benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

But

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: oh.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

but we get, , Alec Baldwin

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trying to be like, what?

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No, 50 is the new 40.

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, xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I'm not gonna be old.

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Like, this is ridiculous.

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Stop saying that.

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. Then we also get our bit here where, , we

have the Phantom of 30 Rock running

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around doing stuff behind everybody

because Kenneth, our Kenneth, the page is

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temporarily not with the company anymore.

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I,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: I

think he quit at the end of season four.

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I don't remember exactly.

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That was a story for a minute where

he was gonna go do something else.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

But that doesn't stay away, and it's

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just doing everything in the background.

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We cut down to the Tracy here who is

waiting for the birth of his daughter,

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but he is at work, but he is not

leaving his dressing room so that

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he can be there instead of like just

staying with his wife the entire time.

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Yep.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

don't be ridiculous.

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You're fair.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Over in the writer's room, Pete is

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having a problem with an editor.

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This is Paul Giamatti.

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, We see him throw some Chinese food at him.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah, , Scott, at it's Pete

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character, he gets a lot of

food thrown on him this episode.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

He does.

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I think that's in general that

happens to his character in this show.

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I.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

that , Paul Giamatti is

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rocking his ponytail.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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, He has the Liz to go down there and

handle it, but before she can, Jack

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is in Liz's office laying on the

sofa, lamenting that he'll be 70

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when his son graduates prep school.

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He will never experience the

father-son bonding of realizing they

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were at the same orgy at a castle.

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, There's a fire drill.

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Immediately after where Tracy, , mumbles

and gets separated from Grizz ending up

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on a bus, as we see Chris Parnell's, Dr.

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Ce, , is Tracy's wife's doctor

as she is about to go into labor.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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Now this is, this is one of

those things I love griz.com.

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They are.

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Uh,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, they're great.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

of my favorite characters from 30

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Rock, just they are Tracy's Entourage

and Posse, and they are both just

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infinitely more capable than he is.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, like how dead is Tracy

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Jordan without griz.com

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before he even gets to the show Many

times and then many times during the show.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

oh, for sure.

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, But this is, this did remind me of just.

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, Sometimes just following the flow

of people out of a place, like, oh

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man, I was supposed to go the other

way to get to the parking garage.

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sometimes just moving with the flow.

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Uh, you think, oh man,

well it'll be easier.

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I'll just, everybody must

know where they're going.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Mm-hmm.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

hard way.

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. xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

We begin our C plot here.

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Jack realizing his age and he will

not be around to pass on all of the

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wisdom that he feels he must to.

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His son begins recording DVDs so he

can help his son after his death or

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an inevitable dissent into insanity.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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, xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Jack details his life.

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, You know, they come from a family

of pro professional, what was it?

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Professional whiskey, tasters and goblins.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Uh, he got a,

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

uh, county Steve in Ireland,

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

yeah, , he got the handsome

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scholarship to Princeton.

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Princeton, and went to Harvard

where he was voted most.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

which with, with Jack Donnay.

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Yes.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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Your so vain was written by me.

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It's like so good.

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Uh, Liz goes down.

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Uh, go ahead.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

like, the easy joke is your

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so vain was written about me.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Like, that is, that is the like,

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you know, single level of the joke.

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And they, I love that they,

they knocked it into like a.

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Standup double with was written by

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: me.

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The timing on it is so good.

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Liz goes down to the editing bay and

we finally get some time with Giamatti.

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His name is Richie.

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He's where he's a Big Islanders fan and

a Civil War Reenactor, who was a, he's

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just a real big fan of state's rights, Ben

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Y.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Ye indeed.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah,

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: 00:14:57

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Uh.

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: 00:14:58

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

a, a civil war reenactor for the South.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

which I mean, if you're gonna do a

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reenactment, somebody has to be them.

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: 00:15:06

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

but it is also the sort of

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thing where it's just like, I

don't know, man, you're cool.

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Like.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

I would be like a little

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apprehensive about it initially.

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And we've done some reenactment stuff.

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You know, we, we, we, we,

there's some similar circles.

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: 00:15:27

There's some overlap

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Oh

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: 00:15:28

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

some of our hobbies there.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

with some Viking tattoos, you're like,

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you just think vikings are interesting.

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: 00:15:35

Oh.

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: 00:15:36

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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: 00:15:37

Like, is that actually your heritage Pro?

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: 00:15:40

Just, just asking.

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: 00:15:42

Uh, you know, just, just curious.

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: 00:15:45

Uh.

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: 00:15:45

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

just think Medieval knights look cool

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: 00:15:48

or, or do you have a Diaz Volt tattoo?

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. xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Right?

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: 00:15:52

Yeah.

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: 00:15:53

Are you a windmill tattoo

enthusiast over here?

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: 00:15:56

Because I'm gonna need to know that.

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: 00:16:00

Anyways, , she, , gets him

working on the TGS stuff.

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: 00:16:03

, Tracy ends up on cash capital

trying to get to the hospital.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Man, I loved Cash Cab.

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: 00:16:09

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Me too.

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: 00:16:11

What a fun show.

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: 00:16:12

Did that guy end up being a piece of shit?

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I have no idea what happened to him.

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: 00:16:16

I feel like he vanished, but that

could be because his gimmicky game

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: 00:16:19

show ended, or because he was a piece

of shit and I don't know, which I.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

It's.

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hit or miss with game show hosts.

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xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Hey, if, you know, get in

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: 00:16:34

the Discord and let me know.

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: 00:16:36

I'd say send me an email,

but I'm not gonna read it.

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, Richie , brings up the TGS edits

to Liz here, along with a mix tape

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of authentic Civil War era music.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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Do, do not listen.

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Listen to it in, in, , around

your Black friends.

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: 00:16:52

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yikes.

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benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

This just reminded me of the, uh.

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The key and peel sketch where the

guy is realizing all the country

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: 00:17:00

songs he knows are super racist.

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: 00:17:02

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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: 00:17:05

Uh,

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: 00:17:05

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

actually did have this problem once where,

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: 00:17:08

, there are two versions of the song Dixie.

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: 00:17:11

There's Southern Dixie and Northern Dixie,

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: 00:17:14

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: okay.

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: 00:17:15

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

uh, and Northern Dixie is way down

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: 00:17:17

south and the land of traders,

rattlesnakes and alligators walk away.

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: 00:17:21

Like it's about how hey,

we're like coming down to.

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Kick your guys's butt.

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: 00:17:27

but if you are just like humming

it to yourself, nobody knows.

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: 00:17:31

You're not singing the bad one.

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: 00:17:33

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yikes, Ben.

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: 00:17:35

Just gonna say that collectively.

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: 00:17:37

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah.

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: 00:17:37

It's, it's something I just, I

was thinking about like while I

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: 00:17:41

had, you know, Northern Dixie in

my head because it's about, Hey,

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: 00:17:46

let's and get Confederate butt.

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: 00:17:49

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, no, you've made your

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: 00:17:50

feelings on Sherman quite clear

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: 00:17:53

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Uh, really cool for about four years.

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: 00:17:55

We don't talk about before or after.

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: 00:17:59

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

anyways.

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: 00:18:00

. Liz, , learns that Richie has been

telling people that they are sleeping

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: 00:18:03

together, , from Pete, Pete Refutes Liz.

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: 00:18:06

When she goes to give him hell

though, saying he'll have to work

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: 00:18:09

until 3:00 AM when he should be home,

which is a bar that's by his house.

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: 00:18:14

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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: 00:18:16

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

That is the best name for a bar.

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: 00:18:19

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Where you going?

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: 00:18:19

I'm going home man.

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: 00:18:21

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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: 00:18:23

Well, you'd say going to

home because it's a name.

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: 00:18:26

So you, you could name

the bar to home, right?

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: 00:18:30

So you're going to home.

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: 00:18:32

Uh, and also you could play

a lot of baseball there, you

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: 00:18:35

know, on the TVs or you know, if

you've got enough yard, I guess.

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: 00:18:38

And anyways, and the cash cab,

Tracy Logic's his way to answers

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: 00:18:42

in the worst possible way.

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: 00:18:45

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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: 00:18:45

Just like really convoluted.

428

: 00:18:48

Um,

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: 00:18:48

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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: 00:18:49

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

real well.

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: 00:18:51

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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: 00:18:52

, Jack gives a lot more advice.

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: 00:18:54

And Ben, as our internet Dad,

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: 00:18:57

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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: 00:18:58

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

I thought this might be a good

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: 00:18:59

opportunity for you to leave some

advice for all of us in the future.

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: 00:19:05

So we're recording right now, so

I'm gonna put you on the spot.

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: 00:19:08

I, I wish I had a drop or a bit for

this, but I would love for our internet

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: 00:19:13

dad to leave us some advice right now.

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: 00:19:16

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

All right.

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: 00:19:19

Best just general piece of advice I

can give you as you're going life.

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: 00:19:29

It is really, really important.

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: 00:19:32

You remember, one,

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: 00:19:36

you have to find the line between asking

people about themselves and prying because

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: 00:19:44

if you're able to just meet people.

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: 00:19:46

F appear genuinely interested

and not like, Hey, I'm trying

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: 00:19:53

to get something out of you.

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: 00:19:55

People enjoy talking about themselves.

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: 00:19:58

They don't enjoy being interrogated

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: 00:20:01

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Mm-hmm.

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: 00:20:02

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

ma.

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: 00:20:02

So make sure you are showing

interest in other people.

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: 00:20:05

Make sure you follow a thread

to a natural easy conclusion.

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: 00:20:11

Ask, you know, two follow up questions.

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: 00:20:14

You don't say like, oh, okay,

what is your favorite movie?

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: 00:20:17

Oh, what else have you

seen by, by that director?

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: 00:20:20

Oh, once you start drilling any further

than that, it starts to feel like, Hey,

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: 00:20:24

am I doing a self-defense thing here?

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Like, am I defending my point

of view, defending my thesis?

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: 00:20:32

You just give two follow up questions.

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: 00:20:35

People will be happy.

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: 00:20:37

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, solid advice, Ben.

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: 00:20:42

, My dad had one always that he said

a ton when I was growing up, and

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that was the trick to carrying

on is not to get carried away.

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: 00:20:51

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I I, that reminds me of, , don't be so

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open-minded that your brain falls out.

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: 00:20:56

That's what it is,

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: 00:20:57

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Hmm.

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: 00:20:57

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

just like, hey, like still gotta

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: 00:20:59

think critically sometimes.

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: 00:21:00

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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: 00:21:01

Don't Joe Rogan yourself.

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: 00:21:03

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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: 00:21:04

, xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

All right.

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: 00:21:06

, Kenneth, , gets sent away

as Liz gets slut shamed.

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: 00:21:10

, I don't know if everyone

knows she's had a boyfriend.

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: 00:21:12

This felt weird.

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: 00:21:13

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah.

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: 00:21:14

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: this

did feel a little outta place, which is

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: 00:21:17

why I brought stuff up earlier in the

show to talk about sitcoms not aging well.

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: 00:21:21

, But I will say they've got

Brian and Andrea from NBC News.

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: 00:21:26

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

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: 00:21:27

That was so

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: 00:21:28

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

This was hilarious.

485

: 00:21:30

Witnesses report seeing K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

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: 00:21:35

This is so good.

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: 00:21:37

Uh.

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: 00:21:37

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

But it's also just I've, I've also

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: 00:21:40

never been in a, a situation where

a rumor has flown that fast while

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: 00:21:48

also being interrogated by nobody.

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: 00:21:53

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

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: 00:21:54

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Where like do fly fast, know,

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: 00:21:58

in schools and workplaces,

but nobody's just like, sure.

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: 00:22:04

Are we sure Richie.

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: 00:22:05

Richie is hooking up with Liz Lemon, like

496

: 00:22:08

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Are we sure about that?

497

: 00:22:10

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Liz Lemon, famously awkward person.

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: 00:22:12

Um.

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: 00:22:13

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Mm-hmm.

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: 00:22:15

I mean, I have had, I've had some rumors

about me, especially in the LRP circles

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: 00:22:20

when everyone's at the big event,

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: 00:22:22

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Oh yeah.

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: 00:22:23

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

uh, go crazy.

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: 00:22:24

Before, um, I was once paid very high

compliment by our friend, uh, Mr.

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: 00:22:32

Eric Scott Baker.

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: 00:22:34

And was recounting that to someone in camp

and I was a bit drunk and I described the

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: 00:22:41

compliment as verbally affiliating me.

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: 00:22:45

And about seven people over the next

four days came up to me to ask about

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: 00:22:52

the blowjob I had gotten from him.

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: 00:22:54

Like they had missed the actual

point of it entirely and it

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: 00:22:59

had just spread like wildfire.

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: 00:23:02

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

And, and nobody was just like, I don't

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: 00:23:04

know that Jair would've been into that.

514

: 00:23:07

Uh.

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: 00:23:07

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

No, no one questioned it happening.

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: 00:23:10

They were just all like, I didn't, well,

I was surprised, but I mean, a go, you go.

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: 00:23:16

It's like, whoa, wait a minute.

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: 00:23:17

We need to really roll back here.

519

: 00:23:22

Uh, that was a weird week.

520

: 00:23:25

, Anyways, Liz is, uh, done

with this bullshit and she

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: 00:23:30

goes down and yells at Richie.

522

: 00:23:32

Uh, he reveals that this wasn't an attempt

to try and hurt Liz or to try and involve

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: 00:23:37

her at all, but rather he asked if he's

familiar with when it rains at pours.

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: 00:23:42

He's trying to make himself more

attractive, , by being taken since he

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: 00:23:47

hasn't met any girls at those islanders.

526

: 00:23:49

, Fan camps or civil war reenactments.

527

: 00:23:52

My notes all caps wrong.

528

: 00:23:55

Larp, bro.

529

: 00:23:56

Trust me.

530

: 00:23:57

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah.

531

: 00:23:58

Uh, glow at this point was watching

this with us and just goes, this guy

532

: 00:24:03

has Big Ben Energy, and I'm like.

533

: 00:24:05

What, I've never gone to

like a reenactment or an

534

: 00:24:11

event to try and meet people.

535

: 00:24:13

I, I don't like meeting people.

536

: 00:24:17

I.

537

: 00:24:17

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Can confirm.

538

: 00:24:19

Uh, anyways, , he reveals that he has a

crush on Donna and screams out her name

539

: 00:24:26

from the other room a number of times.

540

: 00:24:29

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

541

: 00:24:30

While she's in the background eating

a sub sandwich from the middle.

542

: 00:24:35

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Right.

543

: 00:24:36

Oh my God, I caught that.

544

: 00:24:38

What the hell?

545

: 00:24:40

She's eating it the short way.

546

: 00:24:42

Right?

547

: 00:24:43

That would be if, if eating it the

long way is how if, because eating

548

: 00:24:47

corn the long way is the joke.

549

: 00:24:49

Right?

550

: 00:24:50

So I guess that would be

eating the sub the short way.

551

: 00:24:52

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

552

: 00:24:54

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

And I wonder how many times that's

553

: 00:24:55

happened in the background of

that show that I've never noticed.

554

: 00:24:58

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

it is one of those things where

555

: 00:24:59

just like, oh man, this is like

an almost zucker brother level of

556

: 00:25:04

just jokes, hidden behind jokes.

557

: 00:25:08

'cause like you've got Paul Giamatti

overacting the hell out of this scene.

558

: 00:25:14

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Mm-hmm.

559

: 00:25:14

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

You didn't need to have background jokes.

560

: 00:25:18

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

But they did.

561

: 00:25:19

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah, but they did,

562

: 00:25:21

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Ugh.

563

: 00:25:21

Uh, Tracy's wife manages to get

ahold of Kenneth while Tracy keeps

564

: 00:25:26

getting questions right on Cash Cab.

565

: 00:25:29

Jack keeps giving weird pieces of

advice, general knowledge or opinions.

566

: 00:25:34

, We cut over

567

: 00:25:35

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

punching one of the writers.

568

: 00:25:37

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

punching one of the right.

569

: 00:25:38

Yeah.

570

: 00:25:39

, Kenneth is next seen at Tracy's wife's

side wearing a Tracy mask and a jacket

571

: 00:25:45

the same color as Tracy's shirt.

572

: 00:25:47

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes,

573

: 00:25:49

, xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Trying to save his marriage while

574

: 00:25:51

Liz dramatically gets broken up

with by Richie in front of Donna.

575

: 00:25:56

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

and I loved the subtlety

576

: 00:25:58

of Paul Giamatti mouthing.

577

: 00:26:03

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Oh yeah.

578

: 00:26:03

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Liz's lines back to her where it's

579

: 00:26:06

just like, it is, it is great watching

these like two very good professional,

580

: 00:26:12

you know, actors to be terrible actors

581

: 00:26:16

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah,

582

: 00:26:18

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

where it,

583

: 00:26:19

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

someone else who loves unicorns

584

: 00:26:22

and has a pinball machine.

585

: 00:26:26

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

uh, what is it?

586

: 00:26:27

, I am sad.

587

: 00:26:28

I'm going to miss out on that waterbed.

588

: 00:26:30

That you are saving up for, where he's

like, this guy's an editor for NBC.

589

: 00:26:38

Like he should be making enough

money to buy a water bed.

590

: 00:26:43

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

There's a lot of jokes that everyone

591

: 00:26:46

who isn't Tracy or Jenna makes

peanuts in this show, and I'm

592

: 00:26:53

sure that is very much on purpose.

593

: 00:26:57

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I, I know.

594

: 00:26:58

So parts of this are inspired by, , SNL,

like their actual experiences, and

595

: 00:27:04

that is one thing I've heard where

it's like people have been hired

596

: 00:27:08

because they were a writing team, which

597

: 00:27:10

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Mm-hmm.

598

: 00:27:11

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

get paid like one writer's worth

599

: 00:27:13

of salary for the two of them.

600

: 00:27:16

And so it's their way of like

getting two for the price of one.

601

: 00:27:22

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Uh,

602

: 00:27:23

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah.

603

: 00:27:47

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

604

: 00:27:48

. Tracy arrives and kind of

like pushes Kenneth away and

605

: 00:27:53

is there and just takes over.

606

: 00:27:55

It's a really great moment as Kenneth like

slides away on the floor to be unnoticed.

607

: 00:28:02

, Jack's last piece of advice is if

he, something is in a situation

608

: 00:28:07

that is not described and he needs

advice to find Liz Lemon and whatever

609

: 00:28:10

she suggests, do the opposite.

610

: 00:28:13

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yes.

611

: 00:28:16

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Kenneth Rejoins, the page program and

612

: 00:28:20

Jack visits Tracy, , where he learns he's

actually having a baby girl to credits.

613

: 00:28:27

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Did you see the not see

614

: 00:28:28

the post credit scene?

615

: 00:28:30

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: No.

616

: 00:28:32

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Oh yeah.

617

: 00:28:32

, Right shortly after the credit

start, , it cuts back to Jack doing

618

: 00:28:37

another video and it's , alright.

619

: 00:28:39

. Seeing as you will be a girl, , I

have somebody here to mentor you.

620

: 00:28:43

And , it's Liz.

621

: 00:28:44

And she just gives some of the

worst, like worst advice, , Hey,

622

: 00:28:50

everybody, boy or girl has a certain

amount of face, , hair on their face.

623

: 00:28:54

That's okay.

624

: 00:28:55

so often I like to get a nice straight

razor shave and just , like we went from

625

: 00:28:59

like truth to , you don't need to do that.

626

: 00:29:01

Liz Lemon.

627

: 00:29:04

. xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Will actively make it worse.

628

: 00:29:06

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

If

629

: 00:29:06

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Um.

630

: 00:29:06

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

late on, , doing your laundry,

631

: 00:29:09

, swimsuits can be worn as underwear.

632

: 00:29:11

It's just like,

633

: 00:29:13

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Oh no.

634

: 00:29:15

Does, does 30 Rock Do?

635

: 00:29:17

Is there Always After credit scenes

636

: 00:29:18

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

not always.

637

: 00:29:20

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

is often,

638

: 00:29:21

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I think so.

639

: 00:29:22

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: oh

man, I think I've missed that entirely.

640

: 00:29:27

Oh, okay.

641

: 00:29:27

Well now I really gotta rewatch 30 Rock.

642

: 00:29:30

Okay.

643

: 00:29:32

I learned a thing.

644

: 00:29:34

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I love this show though, man.

645

: 00:29:36

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

It's so funny.

646

: 00:29:38

It's so funny on so many levels and I feel

like most of the time I feel like watching

647

: 00:29:45

something for notes takes away from

the overall experience of watching it.

648

: 00:29:52

I did not feel that watching this show,

649

: 00:29:56

, and the fact that we got through this

in like 20 minutes, . Makes me wonder

650

: 00:30:01

if maybe this is the real podcast.

651

: 00:30:04

Gold here.

652

: 00:30:07

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

It doesn't hurt,

653

: 00:30:09

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

654

: 00:30:09

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

you, it did make me like, man,

655

: 00:30:12

there, I, I haven't watched through a

sitcom in a while and it's making me,

656

: 00:30:18

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Got the itch.

657

: 00:30:19

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

yeah.

658

: 00:30:20

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Yeah.

659

: 00:30:21

Okay, well, uh, we'll be back next

week with billions fucking, hopefully.

660

: 00:30:27

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I need to

661

: 00:30:31

know what the flaw in the death star is.

662

: 00:30:33

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, I haven't watched the episode yet.

663

: 00:30:36

I'm going to be, , on a

work retreat this next week.

664

: 00:30:39

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

I,

665

: 00:30:40

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Uh,

and I think I'm gonna end up watching

666

: 00:30:42

the episode on the work retreat.

667

: 00:30:45

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

do you at least have your own hotel room?

668

: 00:30:47

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: I

do have my, yeah, I've got my own room.

669

: 00:30:49

Yeah.

670

: 00:30:50

They, they rented two hotels for

most of the week, and everyone

671

: 00:30:55

who works for my company in North

America will be in attendance.

672

: 00:30:59

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Oh.

673

: 00:31:00

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: Just

about, I mean, there's a handful of people

674

: 00:31:01

who won't be for a number of reasons.

675

: 00:31:04

Um, you know, it's not like it's,

man, it's not super mandatory.

676

: 00:31:07

Like if you had vacation planned

or you got shit going on, like.

677

: 00:31:10

Whatever, but almost everyone who

works for the company will be there.

678

: 00:31:13

So it'll be nice to meet a handful of

people who work in the other offices.

679

: 00:31:16

Um, it will not be nice to be in Chicago,

680

: 00:31:21

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Mm-hmm.

681

: 00:31:22

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

uh, especially 'cause I'm not

682

: 00:31:23

gonna have time for anything.

683

: 00:31:25

Um, I have approximately like, I think 45

minutes of free time on the day I arrive.

684

: 00:31:32

And that's because I'm

driving and not flying in.

685

: 00:31:35

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Okay.

686

: 00:31:36

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: It's

just like I have no time for anything.

687

: 00:31:38

It's all literally, every, every

moment of every day is scheduled from

688

: 00:31:43

breakfast through 2:11 PM every night.

689

: 00:31:47

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

pH.

690

: 00:31:47

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

And it's, I mean, the late night

691

: 00:31:50

stuff is like, oh, we, we rented

out this bar and all of the drinks

692

: 00:31:54

are on the company kind of stuff,

but still like, that ain't me, man.

693

: 00:32:01

I'll go say hi, have a gin and

tonic, and then I'm gonna leave.

694

: 00:32:05

Uh, so I don't know.

695

: 00:32:09

We'll see.

696

: 00:32:10

I have a couple of people that I'm

mostly friends with that are, happen to

697

: 00:32:14

be coworkers at this point, so I might

end up hanging out with them a bunch.

698

: 00:32:19

I dunno what's gonna happen regardless.

699

: 00:32:23

Uh, you know, I feel like

that's an appropriate venue.

700

: 00:32:27

To, uh, spend that 45 minutes of

free time I have, because Lord

701

: 00:32:31

knows it's gonna take longer than

that to get anywhere in Chicago.

702

: 00:32:35

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yeah,

703

: 00:32:36

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

I'd love to go like Flick the Bean

704

: 00:32:38

or something, but unless it happens

to be very, very close to me, I don't

705

: 00:32:43

think I'm gonna have an opportunity.

706

: 00:32:44

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Fair.

707

: 00:32:46

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: So

708

: 00:32:48

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

All right.

709

: 00:32:49

Well you have fun in Chicago.

710

: 00:32:50

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

I will

711

: 00:32:51

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Hopefully you are done unpacking or

712

: 00:32:53

at least done unpacking enough that

you can record with us next week.

713

: 00:32:57

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Yeah, consider this your countdown timer.

714

: 00:33:00

I, I get back from Chicago on Friday, so

715

: 00:33:04

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

And all that we have left

716

: 00:33:05

now is some thank yous.

717

: 00:33:07

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552: yeah.

718

: 00:33:07

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

So thank you ripe.

719

: 00:33:09

Thank you for the use of, uh, your

song Goon Squad as our theme song

720

: 00:33:13

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Fuck yeah.

721

: 00:33:14

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

uh, just if you get the chance

722

: 00:33:16

they are touring right now,

723

: 00:33:18

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Go see 'em.

724

: 00:33:19

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

'em.

725

: 00:33:20

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

Hell yeah, I go see him.

726

: 00:33:20

It is a great fucking show.

727

: 00:33:22

I can personally attest to that.

728

: 00:33:25

Uh, you wanna jump on the Discord?

729

: 00:33:27

You could jump on The Discord.

730

: 00:33:29

Hang out.

731

: 00:33:29

The Discords a great place to be.

732

: 00:33:32

Uh, there's conversations

going all the time these days.

733

: 00:33:36

It feels like, uh, really enjoy

the discord in our community there.

734

: 00:33:40

Go ahead and join up.

735

: 00:33:42

And we also have a phone number thing

to call, but Vic's the only one with

736

: 00:33:45

the number and I don't fucking remember.

737

: 00:33:46

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

Yep,

738

: 00:33:48

xhafer--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195552:

And, uh, I think that's it.

739

: 00:33:51

benjamin-david-curley--he-him-_1_06-01-2025_195554:

that is it.

740

: 00:33:52

So we will see you next time on.

741

: 00:33:54

Last time on.