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Speaker 1: Ridiculous crime. It's a production of iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 2: Dos Aaron, what's nice to see you?

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Speaker 3: Good to see you. Have a question for you, my friend,

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Speaker 3: I do. I do think back to like I don't

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Speaker 3: know about you, but in my twenties, a lot of

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Speaker 3: the of the time was characterized by like dive bars,

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Speaker 3: vinyl records. Was that whole thing for that?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: This?

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Speaker 3: Okay? Well, this comes to us from ut a rude

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Speaker 3: dude on Instagram, Lindsay Max, and uh, it's okay. So

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Speaker 3: it involves Miller High Life. Okay, the Champagne.

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Speaker 2: Of spears, the Champagne beer.

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Speaker 3: And so they have this thing. I'm not going to

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Speaker 3: beat around the bush. I'm just going to get right

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Speaker 3: to it. They're selling this thing on their website, although

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Speaker 3: it is sold out, called Dive Bar Sounds, and let

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Speaker 3: me read you the description. No, Miller High Life is

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Speaker 3: bottling up the authentic sounds of dive bars. With Dive

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Speaker 3: Bar Sounds, the first ever beer infused vinyl record made

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Speaker 3: with the Champagne of beers inside.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, it's in the record.

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Speaker 3: Oh look, it's like floating around. It's a it's a

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Speaker 3: hollow vinyl with beer floating in it.

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Speaker 2: From what I understand, I've watched like, you know, the

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Speaker 2: Jack White's White Stripe record plant where they make the record,

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Speaker 2: so I've seen recently how they do it, and like

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Speaker 2: they smear the stuff. How are you going to get

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Speaker 2: the beer in there?

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Speaker 3: Still? I don't know if it stays liquid. I haven't

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Speaker 3: seen any video of its spinning.

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Speaker 2: I mean, is its sealed in like a little looseight?

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Speaker 3: That's like that could be either way.

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Speaker 2: It's wild.

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Speaker 3: It continues that it's the only Like I said, it's

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Speaker 3: the first ever beer infused vinyl record made with a

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Speaker 3: champagne of beers inside. It says every dive bar tells

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Speaker 3: its story through sound. I would beg to differ.

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Speaker 2: I have a problem that statement will go.

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Speaker 3: On the welcome creek of the door, the familiar clink

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Speaker 3: of high Life, and the low hum of conversations.

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Speaker 2: Through highlight in there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right now, these iconic sounds are captured in this

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Speaker 3: high Life infused vinyl. No cover charge. Need to just

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Speaker 3: set the record spinning and let high Life bring the

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Speaker 3: soundtrack of your favorite neighborhood.

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Speaker 2: Spot to you. It's a recording of a bar.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So if you're too depressed to leave the house

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Speaker 3: and you want to still drink your miller and you

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Speaker 3: can put that on in.

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Speaker 2: You know your my new writing music. I'm going to

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Speaker 2: get me one of these LPs.

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Speaker 3: Let me tell you the the tracks.

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Speaker 2: Oh there's music.

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Speaker 3: Side A Welcome to the Dive. It's a minute twenty

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Speaker 3: five okay, twenty six Champagne Nights, Happy Hour.

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Speaker 2: Wait, they're moving me through moods too quickly.

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Speaker 3: I know, rack them up. That's a four minute, five

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Speaker 3: second epic. At the end of side A, Side B

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Speaker 3: kicks off Regular's remix Another Round, and the last track

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Speaker 3: is last Call four minutes forty eight second, kicking me

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Speaker 3: out of the bar. Then they should have lights on.

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Speaker 2: It's a quick night. They're just rushing you through this.

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Speaker 3: Help it's so it's so cool but so not cool, so.

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Speaker 2: Just funny but upseting a very interesting area.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, that's what the that's what the vinyl looks like.

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Speaker 3: We'll put it up on Instagram. And I was like,

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Speaker 3: you know what I need one of these? Did you

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Speaker 3: do you get I don't go to dive bars anymore?

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Speaker 3: But it's sold out.

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Speaker 2: Now you're an eBay waiting with an.

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Speaker 3: I guess it doesn't it doesn't ship until July of

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty five. Wow, that's this year. Yeah, but that's

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Speaker 2: It's deep into the summer.

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Speaker 3: So AnyWho, God, like a hot night playing that, sitting

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Speaker 2: Throw on a crackling log and just like one of

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Speaker 2: those videos of on YouTube.

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Speaker 3: Hire someone to go in and pee all over your

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Speaker 3: bathroom so that when you go in there it's an

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Speaker 3: authentic feeling. And there's no toilet paper. Yeah, it sinks

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Speaker 3: backed up. That's ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: That ridiculous. Finally you got me on a mash up

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Speaker 2: I did. Okay, if you know what else is ridiculous,

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Speaker 2: I'll just start up top. Let's say you're wearing a costume.

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Speaker 3: You're wearing a costume.

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Speaker 2: Wow, God, that sounds good right now that we've said that.

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Speaker 2: What did I say? Why did I say that? Why

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Speaker 2: did I get you to say? Great question, Elizabeth. Let's

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Speaker 2: say you're wearing a costume. Don't invitate that a huge

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Speaker 2: furry mascot costume.

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Speaker 3: No no, no, no no no.

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Speaker 2: Ironically, you think you're invisible. You can do anything you

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Speaker 2: and that's how you get arrested. Today, I want to

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Speaker 2: tell you about folks who thought they were above the

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Speaker 2: law because they're wearing a mascot costume, which is ridiculous.

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Speaker 3: That's ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: This is ridiculous crime. A podcast about absurd and outrageous capers,

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Speaker 2: ice and cons. It's always ninety nine percent murder free

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Speaker 2: and one hundred percent of ridiculous ridiculous. Oh, Elizabeth, Today

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Speaker 2: I wanted to talk to you about masks. No, not

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Speaker 2: like the kind we wore in the height of the pandemic.

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Speaker 3: You know, I keep that thing on me.

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Speaker 2: I know you do.

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Speaker 3: I got it in my pocketbook because if I go

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Speaker 3: to the store and it's crowded, people of gross slap,

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm one of those folks who still where

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Speaker 3: Like, someone said, why do you still wear your mask?

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Speaker 3: And I was like, because people are disgusting this full

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Speaker 2: Discuss disease bags.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 2: Well, so I'm talking more about fun masks, like think

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Speaker 2: halloween masks, masks for pranks, silly rituals masks for decadent

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Speaker 2: sinister parties in Venice, Italy.

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Speaker 3: Those are terrifying.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right of fun. So which brings us to William

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Speaker 2: Golding's book Lord of the Flies. Okay, quite the leap,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm going to hold the conk on this one.

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Speaker 2: Elizabeth. You remember this book obviously, so the nuns make

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Speaker 2: you read it at Catholic school. You read it on

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Speaker 3: We actually read it in Catholic school.

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Speaker 2: Well, my man William Golding, friend of the show, was

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Speaker 2: most famous for his first novel, Lord of the Flies. Now,

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Speaker 2: love that William Golding like uses this story about these

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Speaker 2: shipwrecked British schoolboys who are left on their own without adults,

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Speaker 2: and then it shows how they but really, any of

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Speaker 2: us can just pretty much speed run our way right

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Speaker 2: back to like humanity, savage.

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Speaker 3: Passage, yes, exactly, civilization.

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Speaker 2: Is just merely this thin patina we all wear on

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Speaker 3: So in the fourth it's an honor system, yeah, that

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Speaker 2: Unforcible, yes exactly, it's all a promisory note you hope

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Speaker 2: In the fourth chapter of the book, Painted Faces in

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Speaker 2: Long Hair, that's the name of the chapter, Golding, he

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Speaker 2: Right now, Lizabeth, I'm not sure if you remember this chapter,

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Speaker 2: but the key moments come during the early pig hunts. Okay,

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Speaker 2: And so Jack, the bully kid, is like, he's too

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Speaker 2: he smears charcoal on his face and he makes this

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Speaker 2: wild pig, and this time the hunt is successful. He

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Speaker 2: he sees his reflection, when he sees himself in the

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Speaker 2: charcoal mask. Well, I'll just let William Golding tell go

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Speaker 2: back to the book quote. He looked in astonishment, no

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Speaker 2: longer at himself, but had an awesome stranger. He spilt

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Speaker 2: the water and leaped to his feet, laughing excitedly. Beside

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Speaker 2: William Coling just nails exactly what I'm talking about to him, right,

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Speaker 2: It's not just that Jack the wild man has come

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Speaker 2: It does the same for all of us. Right, we

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Speaker 3: Isn't it killed the pig?

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Speaker 2: Drink its blood, killed the pig. So Lizabeth did you

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Speaker 2: ever wear a Halloween costume where you had on a

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Speaker 3: I don't know if I would act out those ones.

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Speaker 3: That clear mask was just like the makeup on They're terrifying.

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Speaker 3: They're terrifying, and so I used to like to wear

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Speaker 2: Should say of the week.

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Speaker 3: You know what's interesting, though, is I recently had to

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Speaker 2: Like I had to retrain.

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Speaker 3: Myself to not have that mask of the invisibility cloak

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Speaker 3: of sunglasses.

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Speaker 2: I know exactly what you mean. You give me a

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Speaker 2: pair of dark enough sunglasses, I will act wild.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, And I were like blacked out, like big

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Speaker 3: stunner shades, like you can't see my face. It's a

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Speaker 3: a mask. I feel like that would also be more

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Speaker 3: appealing to little boys to wear the mask, And.

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Speaker 2: I don't know about that from what we're finding it.

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Speaker 2: So the psychology has a term for this. It's called

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Speaker 2: d individuation. There's a psychologist, Leon Festinger. He coined this

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Speaker 2: Berkeley treats the Stanford Tree just like any other perp there.

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Speaker 3: Oh. I was gonna say, like, what operating a costume?

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Speaker 3: Well, and I think that it's you know, the university

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Speaker 2: They can't want her to drive, right, so they's like,

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Speaker 2: So asked about this incident Aaron, the student inside the tree,

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Speaker 2: She suggested the quote, I don't think that these things lie.

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Speaker 3: She she can easily operate at a point two point

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Speaker 2: I've seen her, and the tree is already technically supposed

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Speaker 3: It shouldn't affect her academic career.

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Speaker 2: No, it really shouldn't well rated. Let's let's keep it

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Speaker 2: he's a mascot, so who dresses up as Robin Hood

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Speaker 2: he was busted outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, because there's

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Speaker 3: Was he dressed as the as the cute animated fox.

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Speaker 2: No, no, Robin hood Yoh yeah, the mascot he was

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Speaker 3: Like Kevin Costner Robin Hood style.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but more like cartoony version, like with pockets on

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Speaker 3: His famous he should have been Robin Hood.

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Speaker 2: What a menace that guy was. I saw a meme

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Speaker 3: Can I make a confession, Oh.

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Speaker 2: My goodness, just when I thought I respected you.

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Speaker 2: I don't even back in my day. Kids, So nine

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Speaker 2: This would have been huge news that Robinhood was busted.

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Speaker 2: He had a bow and arrow, but not the real kind.

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Speaker 2: It was a toy bow and arrow like your five

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Speaker 2: he is with his Robinhood garb, his toy bow and arrow,

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Speaker 2: and he's spotted spray painting graffiti. Don't ask me why,

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Speaker 3: I was so excited.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, I don't even have the I could not

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Speaker 2: because he brought his own plywood board, fixed it to

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Speaker 2: I also, can you imagine the cops and they spot

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Speaker 2: I won't tell you my real name or date of birth,

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Speaker 3: I have so many ideas as to what he was tagging.

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Speaker 2: I know, I think that's more fun, it's way more so.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to do some investigatings.

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Speaker 2: You can find it. So they arrest Robinhood, true outlaw

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Speaker 2: He gets charged with second degree criminal mischief and obstructing

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Speaker 2: of Sherwood, Arkansas. Quote, I found out he was Robert Wallam.

437
00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,199
Speaker 2: I was surprised because Robert would do anything for you.

438
00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,639
Speaker 2: He's always been real nice, helped me out. Like they

439
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,800
Speaker 2: find out he's all of a sudden, he's like he

440
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,080
Speaker 2: must be a villain, you know, which is a bad man.

441
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,920
Speaker 2: I once had him in my home, you know, noting around.

442
00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,719
Speaker 3: It's the most horrific graffiti. We're just chuckling it up

443
00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,119
Speaker 3: and then it's just like killy, Yeah, something that I

444
00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,439
Speaker 3: can't even think or set. Oh boy, howdy, let's let

445
00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:28,800
Speaker 3: you cool your mind.

446
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,120
Speaker 2: Take a break. After the messages, I'll tell you about

447
00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,440
Speaker 2: the hockey mascot Gritty and how we got in trouble

448
00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,400
Speaker 2: for beating up a kid.

449
00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:36,520
Speaker 3: I love.

450
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Speaker 2: Elizabeth. We're back. I promise you story about your favorite

451
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,680
Speaker 2: NHL mascot, Gritty. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the furry, orange haired

452
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 2: monster from the city of brotherly love, the living embodyment

453
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,040
Speaker 2: of Philly sports fans.

454
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,000
Speaker 3: I have a T shirt with Gritty on. Yeah, I know,

455
00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:17,160
Speaker 3: I love that Four Seasons landscaping and it's Gritty on

456
00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,159
Speaker 3: a riding mower.

457
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:24,480
Speaker 2: Brilliant. You get these shirts sources so well, Gritty maybe

458
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,960
Speaker 2: the mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers. He's really the mascot

459
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,720
Speaker 2: for the city of Philadelphia. Yeah, particularly their sports fandom. Yeah,

460
00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,719
Speaker 2: you're familiar with Philly sports fans, Elizabeth and how hectic

461
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:34,000
Speaker 2: they are.

462
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:34,720
Speaker 3: They're amazing.

463
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,200
Speaker 2: Yeah right, Okay, so Philly Flyers. They their website describes

464
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:43,040
Speaker 2: Gritty in these brilliant terms. Quote. Gritty is best known

465
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 2: for his uniquely Philadelphian personality as well as his Flyers fandom.

466
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:52,240
Speaker 2: His uniquely Philadelphian personality is creating. It sounds like somebody

467
00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,360
Speaker 2: talking about a wine. This wine. His nose is earthy

468
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,720
Speaker 2: and grom buzz It's top note has a uniquely Philadelphian.

469
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,000
Speaker 3: Personal, Jilly from Philly, So returning.

470
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,720
Speaker 2: To the Philadelphia Flyers website, they also describe Gritty's unique

471
00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 2: appearance as quoth, standing at seven feet tall with non

472
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,960
Speaker 2: blinking googly eyes, covered head to toe in orange fur,

473
00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:17,000
Speaker 2: and an unkempt beard. Gritty's appearance is inimitable. Gritty's edgy

474
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,399
Speaker 2: personality and temperamental attitude have allowed him to push the

475
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,080
Speaker 2: envelope of what is possible or acceptable for a team.

476
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:31,320
Speaker 3: Mascot Gritty just looks unhanded, totally hospital Yes, and I

477
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,439
Speaker 3: love that the best. I love it.

478
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,880
Speaker 2: So that last statement is where our story begins. One day,

479
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,840
Speaker 2: Gritty decided to really test, to not just push the

480
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:40,159
Speaker 2: envelope to shove it.

481
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:40,879
Speaker 3: I love that.

482
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,800
Speaker 2: So in January twenty twenty, headlines broke across the sports

483
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,040
Speaker 2: world ESPN like they all shouted out Philadelphia Flyers mascot

484
00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 2: Gritty accused of punching child.

485
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,159
Speaker 3: Well, what would the kid do?

486
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,840
Speaker 2: Yes? Right, find out? So boom, there you go, Gritty.

487
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,440
Speaker 2: Let's really test this proposition. Let's find out together how

488
00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,200
Speaker 2: far Gritty's edgy personality and tell him out. A latitude

489
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,040
Speaker 2: have allowed him to push the envelope. So the story goes,

490
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,359
Speaker 2: and I quote Chris Greenwell claims the mercurial, orange haired

491
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,280
Speaker 2: creature took a running start and punched my son as

492
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 2: hard as he could during I'll get to that in

493
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 2: a second, during a meet and greet photo shoot for

494
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 2: season ticket holders in November at the Wells Fargo Center.

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Speaker 2: End quote. Kid was a teenager right now, a young

496
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 2: teenager in my head, just closer to tween.

497
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,439
Speaker 3: Hey, but in my head it was running back and

498
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,480
Speaker 3: forth between like three eight said.

499
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 2: Right, I thought that was more fun to picture. You're like,

500
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,119
Speaker 2: what would be the what were the acceptable age? The

501
00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 2: point you're like, okay, across the line where Griddy can

502
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 2: take that kid out? So now Greedy once he attacked

503
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,120
Speaker 2: the kid and the father was upset. He didn't originally

504
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 2: approach the Philadelphia police with a complaint. Instead, the father

505
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 2: took the Facebook to let the world know what the

506
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 2: furry orange menace had done to his boy and Elizabeth.

507
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 2: He made it seem like a serious altercation, as Daddy

508
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 2: Greenwell wrote on Facebook that his baby boy Brandon, went

509
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 2: to visit a chiropract after after Gritty gave him the

510
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 2: alleged beatdown, and the chiropractor diagnosed a quote contusion to

511
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 2: the lower thoracic spine with subluxation. Now that's a lot

512
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 2: of fancy jargon, which is what you have to expect

513
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 2: from a chiropractice since they're trying to justify their profession.

514
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,919
Speaker 2: But anyway, what all those words really mean is that

515
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 2: baby boy Brandon had a bruise aka a contusion, and

516
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 2: a subluxation means a misaligned or dislocated joint or socket.

517
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 2: So the chiropractor is basically saying the boy has a

518
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 2: bruise on his back and his spine got knocked out

519
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 2: a whack.

520
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,360
Speaker 3: So did the dad just watch Gritty beat his kid

521
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 3: and then not do anything? Is that what we're saying?

522
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 2: Pulled the boy away?

523
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 3: Happened here?

524
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a Philadelphia father. I don't really know which.

525
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,640
Speaker 3: Way of players don't make any sense.

526
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,919
Speaker 2: Washed or if he rooted them all plant. I know

527
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,800
Speaker 2: he didn't throw blows at Gritty because that wasn't in

528
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 2: any of the.

529
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 3: Descriptions, right, But that's what I'm saying, is this guy

530
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 3: like attacks your kid and you just go you know

531
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Speaker 3: what I'm going to write a facebookline group Chiropractor.

532
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 2: So Daddy Greenwell he levels all his serious charges on Facebook.

533
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 3: I mean, come, keep your business off of Facebook. That's

534
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 3: my thing.

535
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:04,679
Speaker 2: Good advice at all times.

536
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:05,639
Speaker 3: Right, just keep yourself.

537
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,879
Speaker 2: He tells the world that he'd taken his son to

538
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 2: an event for a season ticket holders and while they're

539
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 2: there at the Orange and body met a Philly fandom

540
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 2: went haywire attacked his boy and when he contacted the

541
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,919
Speaker 2: Philadelphia Flyers organization, quote, they tried to bribe me not

542
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 2: to speak about it.

543
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 3: They like picture didn't happen.

544
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 2: So Eddie Rainwell goes and gives an interview with the

545
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 2: Philadelphia Inquirer in which he recounted the mascot attack against

546
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,200
Speaker 2: his baby boy. He said, his son Brandon, took a

547
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 2: photo of Gritty. After that he patted the mascot on

548
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,199
Speaker 2: the head and he walked away. But Gritty didn't let

549
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 2: their interaction go there. Instead, he loaded up like a

550
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,639
Speaker 2: bull about to charge, and then he ran at the teenager,

551
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,440
Speaker 2: smashed into his back, knocking the boy off his feet.

552
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 2: Mascot or not, that's assault, Elizabeth, that's his story.

553
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:48,480
Speaker 3: Okay.

554
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,400
Speaker 2: Now, of course the Philadelphia police they've got to get

555
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 2: involved now because this is assault. So the South Detective's

556
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,440
Speaker 2: Division of the Philly p D launch an investigation of

557
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 2: Gritty the Gritty affair, And that's when the story changes course,

558
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 2: because if you're gonna come for Gritty, you best not

559
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 2: miss Philly, right, So the February that same year, this

560
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 2: is the original stories. It took place in December. He

561
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,919
Speaker 2: starts talking about in January, and then by February they

562
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 2: announced the police can be in a press conference to

563
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 2: announce their findings from their investigation into the Gritty affair.

564
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 2: Quote that investigation, which has been completed, is no longer

565
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,159
Speaker 2: active determine what the actions of the individual portraying the

566
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 2: Flyers mascot did not constitute physical assault as alleged gritty innocent. Yes,

567
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,879
Speaker 2: so I'm kind of surprised they didn't name check Gritty

568
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,640
Speaker 2: in the statement. Though. You got a chance to say

569
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,160
Speaker 2: gritty innocent, and you don't take that. Come about Philly PD.

570
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 3: You know that the kid didn't just pat gritty on.

571
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,399
Speaker 2: This thirteen year old boy, didn't just pat him in

572
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 2: and walk.

573
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,360
Speaker 3: Away violent like at Disney characters and stuff.

574
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 2: Oh.

575
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 3: He Sometimes it's like they're kind of deserving you mess

576
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 3: around and you find that this is.

577
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 2: How nature teaches, is what.

578
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,400
Speaker 3: You're saying, saying touch the stuff, dude.

579
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, don't turn your back on the ocean. That's what

580
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 2: you mean. So in response, Daddy Greenwell said to the inquirer,

581
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 2: I respect the police's decision, but I stand by what

582
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 2: my son told me and what I saw, and I

583
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 2: just want to put this behind me. Any parent would

584
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 2: have done the same if they were in the same situation.

585
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,360
Speaker 2: To your point, Elizabeth, done what watch a team mascot

586
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 2: go ham on? Your teenage son? Done what?

587
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 3: And then he loaded him into the.

588
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 2: The ro Maybe try to shake down an NHL team.

589
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 2: Any parent would do that, Buddie, I totally agree. Well

590
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 2: the next douve, Elizabeth, I've got a story for you

591
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 2: about that one time when the University of Miami mascot

592
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 2: Sebastian that Ibbis went toe to toe with the Tallahassee police.

593
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 2: Already cursed Elizabeth, Are you an sec in particular in

594
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 2: acc football? Fair?

595
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 3: I have no idea what that means.

596
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:41,920
Speaker 2: It's college football, different dogs.

597
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,679
Speaker 3: Is it like ac DC kind of kind of like

598
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:45,120
Speaker 3: that your.

599
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 2: Voltage good Southern football? Yeah, so like Miami and.

600
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 3: I didn't go to I didn't go to school in

601
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 3: the South.

602
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 2: Yes, so you don't know.

603
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 3: I don't know anything about it. I only cheer for

604
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 3: schools right when there.

605
00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 2: You go, Well, uh, Miami powerhouse football program. You may

606
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 2: not know that Florida State also in tallahassee another one.

607
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,119
Speaker 3: I believe you.

608
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,120
Speaker 2: So this was especially true back in nineteen eighty nine,

609
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 2: where our story takes place. Oh now, I'm not overselling

610
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 2: it to say that Florida State Miami game used to

611
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 2: be one of the biggest games in college football, which

612
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 2: I don't watch, but plenty of my friends do, so

613
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,160
Speaker 2: I know that it's a big game, and I looked

614
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 2: it up the television ratings back then, like, well, say, well,

615
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 2: I don't have this a tame par with Oh not that,

616
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 2: But the two thousand and six game between Miami and

617
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 2: Florida State was the second most viewed college football game

618
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 2: regular season bowl game in the history of ESPN. They

619
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 2: averaged six point three million households. Right, it trailed only

620
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 2: the nineteen ninety four game between Miami and Florida State,

621
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 2: which also notched a high rating at seven point seven

622
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 2: on the Richter scale.

623
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Speaker 3: You know, yeah, yeah, sure, I'm more of a UC

624
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 3: Davis versus Sacramento State rivalry.

625
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 2: Go there, you go there Causeway Classic.

626
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 3: Which when it airs gets you know, dozens of you hundreds.

627
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 2: Sometimes the Nielsen ratings just had to get a new needle.

628
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 2: But it's on there.

629
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 3: Hello, more sensitive.

630
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 2: No, are you familiar at all? I doubt you are

631
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 2: with the mascots for University of Miami a k a.

632
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 3: The you Sebastian.

633
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 2: Yes, the Ibbys, right is a bird like cream.

634
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 3: Good.

635
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 2: You're smart, you know you know this now. Uh, let's

636
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 2: see the Ibbis. He had his name. Do you remember

637
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 2: that Sebastian? Okay, good, keep that in your mind.

638
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 3: I just in my head you said it. I saw

639
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 3: Sebastian book from Schidrow.

640
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 2: Perfect the great mental association on his bird legs.

641
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 3: That's how this is the cartoon in.

642
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 2: My very genius. So do you know the mascot for

643
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 2: Florida State, Jeff, No, guess though. It's a Seminole warrior

644
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:51,560
Speaker 2: named Oolah. Okay, yeah, the Seminole Leader war Chief. And

645
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 2: they have him on an apple lusa horse that they

646
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 2: named Renegade, not.

647
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 3: A weak legged bird.

648
00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, the flour legs apple like painted horse and they

649
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 2: named him Renegade. Didn't that sound familiar? Renegade? Yes, that

650
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 2: was Barack Obama's code name for the Secret Service's right.

651
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 2: I looked it up and I found the Michelle Obama

652
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 2: also had a code name for the Secret Service. Hers

653
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 2: was Renaissance, which now I want to know, do Beyonce

654
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 2: know that? And that's why she gave the album is

655
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 2: a nod to Michelle Black Queen.

656
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 3: I wonder.

657
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 2: Also Malia and Sasha they were Radiance and Rosebud And

658
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 2: if you've seen Citizen Kane, that's kind of a weird

659
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 2: choice for your daughter, very strange. So anyway, back to Florida.

660
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 3: I love those two crazy kids.

661
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, heck yeah, because.

662
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 3: Right now they're just wild. Now they do their thing

663
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 3: and they're allowed to just be young women going crazy, Yeah,

664
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 3: totally living their lives.

665
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 2: I think that after being the first daughters, like you got.

666
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 3: The scrutiny and the threats.

667
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 2: Totally, and also you had to hold it down as

668
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 2: a teen. I couldn't do that, so so awkward.

669
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 3: I mean, look at poor Chelsea Clinton. Yes, totally, you

670
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 3: know it's it's I hate for.

671
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 2: Jamy Carter, the Roosevelt, Carl Teddy's daughter.

672
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly exactly.

673
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 2: Now Oceola, the Florida State mascot and renegade, all right,

674
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 2: So the thing about him for each before each home game,

675
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 2: after the team is introduced, the mascot comes riding bareback

676
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 2: out hard, charging into the stadium. He carries proudly a

677
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,239
Speaker 2: flaming lance or if you prefer, a burning spear, just

678
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 2: like the reggae band Elizabeth I was.

679
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 3: Just listening to earlier.

680
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 2: Today, tying it all together for you.

681
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 3: It's all coming.

682
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 2: So the mascot Ociola comes out riding his spirited pony

683
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 2: across the football field, and when he gets to the

684
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 2: fifty yard line, he like rears up and then he

685
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 2: like hurls the spirit the earth and he buries the

686
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 2: flaming lance, the burning spear, right in the center of

687
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 2: the field. It's like this consecration that blesses the game.

688
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 3: Sure, and damages the field.

689
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 2: Go on, not really, but if you're wondering, yes, he

690
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 2: is wearing face pain and moccasins and he rides the

691
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 2: horse bear back. So it's a very stylized image of

692
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 2: the native Seminole population. But they signed off on it.

693
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 2: The Oklahoma Seminols are not so keen on it. But

694
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 2: the Florida Seminoles are I think I should make that distinction.

695
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna tell people who like if they should

696
00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 3: be outraged totally.

697
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 2: Well, they have like con tracks and deals and stuff.

698
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 2: The profit go for it now. Before ocial that they

699
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 2: had problems, there was Sammy Seminole.

700
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 3: Okay, that's probably a little bit.

701
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 2: He was a white guy from the gymnastics team who's

702
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 2: painted in red facing. He did like cheerleading style tumbling

703
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 2: that became embarrassing back in nineteen sixty eight. Yeah, So

704
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 2: they replaced Sammy Seminole with Chief full the Bull who. Yeah,

705
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 2: he also wore a Native American costume, war red face

706
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,719
Speaker 2: and did the whole Indian on the warpath thing. He

707
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 2: was equally embarrassing. After students protested him specifically, the university

708
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 2: was like, we hear you, we understand, we're making changes.

709
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 3: Stop.

710
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 2: So they changed the name to Chief Wampum stomp them.

711
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 2: Nothing else changed.

712
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:46,320
Speaker 3: The name.

713
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 2: You want Chief Wampom. How are you so that wasn't

714
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 2: the change the students were After they kept protesting, the

715
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 2: university rolled out a whole new mascot named Yehola, and

716
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 2: he was to be the spirit chief. In the late seventies,

717
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 2: someone else came along, a local Tallahassee businessman. He come

718
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 2: up up with the whole concept for Oceola and Renegade,

719
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 2: which is a bit more dignified replacement. The local seminole

720
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 2: population is signed off on it. So boom. So now

721
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 2: you have this nineteen eighty nine Oceola is burning spear.

722
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 2: Come out, Miami mascot out there, as you said, thin

723
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 2: legged seabird. Then the team is called.

724
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 3: Like how much like if you're trying to be like

725
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 3: intimidating and impressive, bring out ocola, don't have what is.

726
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 2: It renegade Timmy? Oh you know the guy gymnast Sammy

727
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 2: Sammy seminole.

728
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 3: Timmy towflipper. Yeah, don't let that happen.

729
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 2: Well, so the Semastians is a little weak. I got

730
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 2: it a bird, but you just like Miami's team is

731
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 2: called the Miami Hurricanes, like the canes, Like they could

732
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 2: have a hurricane as a mascot. I don't know how

733
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 2: you would represent that though. That's a little bit difficult.

734
00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 2: I guess just like swirling like costume like foam, and.

735
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 3: There's a lot of costume. There's like a delicate bird.

736
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 2: Yes, it's not working like Alabama though they are a

737
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 2: red tide. Rode would just say an algae balloom, like

738
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,359
Speaker 2: a dead algae balloom. Yeah, just says a lot about

739
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 2: Alabama sports. Anyway, back to Florida State Miami game nineteen

740
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 2: eighty nine. Rather than me tell you about this, Elizabeth,

741
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 2: I'd like you to close your eyes, I'd like you

742
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:26,280
Speaker 2: to picture it. It's just before game time. You're standing

743
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 2: waiting to run out onto the field because you are

744
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 2: the assistant to Miami Hurricanes head coach Dennis Ericson. Around

745
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 2: you stand a team of college stars, all waiting to

746
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 2: go to war with their in state rival, Florida State.

747
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 2: The energy is intense. Everyone is fired up. Standing next

748
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,280
Speaker 2: to you is Sebastian the Ibbis, the costumed basscut dressed

749
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 2: as an enormous white bird. The thin legged Ibbis is

750
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 2: all hyped up too, and he's holding a fire extinguisher.

751
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 2: You don't need to be told why he's holding a

752
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 2: fire extinguisher. You know for the last two years the

753
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 2: Ibbis mascot is run out onto the field and pantomimed

754
00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 2: that he would go on into the field and put

755
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 2: out the burning spear of but he never does. This year,

756
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 2: he's planning on doing the same bit, or is he.

757
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 2: The mascot has a devilish look in his eye, shining

758
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 2: out from underneath the giant bird head. Some Florida State

759
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 2: cops are standing close by. They also see the devilish

760
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 2: look in his eye, the same one you do, and

761
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 2: the fire extinguisher in his hands, the same one you see.

762
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 2: They start to approach, but then you hear coach Dennis

763
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 2: Erickson show, let's go. The team charges out onto the field.

764
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 2: They stampede, their cleats clatter against the cement, and then

765
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 2: fall quiet when they hit the grass. But you are

766
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 2: still standing there because the Florida State Cops have pushed

767
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 2: past you and grab Sebastian the Ibbis and won't let

768
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,359
Speaker 2: him go. The cops shout at the bird mascot, give

769
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 2: me the extinguisher, Give it to me. The cops crowd

770
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 2: around the Giant bird, shoving and knocking you about up

771
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 2: against the wall. They wrestle over the fire extinguisher. Sebastian

772
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 2: the Gibbis isn't giving up without a fight, and as

773
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 2: he fights against the Florida State cops, his hands squeeze

774
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 2: the fire extinguisher trigger, white fire retarget phone shoots out.

775
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 2: It hits the cops recoil and shock. The white foam

776
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 2: hits you square in the face. You're pushed out of

777
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 2: the way by another cop as for more Florida State

778
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 2: cops rushed into the scene. There are now five cops

779
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,360
Speaker 2: slamming the white Gibbs up against the stadium fence. You

780
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 2: white fire retarding from your eyes. It turns a little

781
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,919
Speaker 2: and through your splinted keepers, you see Sebastian that ibb

782
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,359
Speaker 2: is still throwing blows with the cops. He is now

783
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 2: has one wing lifted up while the other wing is

784
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 2: being forced behind his back by a burly cop. Another

785
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 2: cop has a firm grip on the bird's beak and

786
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 2: he's busy trying to yank the costume head clean off,

787
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 2: but it won't come off. You see why, because there's

788
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 2: a defiant chin strap holding the bird head on and

789
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 2: it's starting to choke the guy inside the costume. You're

790
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 2: worried about him, Elizabeth, you know he's a good kid.

791
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 2: The crowd spots the bird mascot battling against the cops

792
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 2: and they start to boo. Some college kids Florida College kids,

793
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 2: likely already drunk, start throwing cans and cups at the cops.

794
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 2: You are now ducking phone, beer cans and bottles. As

795
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 2: you hear the officers out at the bird telling him

796
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 2: his Miranda rights into his costumed head. You don't know

797
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 2: what to do, but then you see the Miami cheerleading

798
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 2: coach come run over to stop the fray. You gather

799
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 2: up your nerve and you tell the cops, hey, leave

800
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 2: the bird alone. The cops suddenly realize how silly they look,

801
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 2: five of them beating on a man in a bird

802
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,320
Speaker 2: costume to stop him from pretending to put out a

803
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 2: symbolic fire to consecrate a football game rivalry. They yanke

804
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 2: Sebastian the Ibbis back up onto his feet. He thanks

805
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,720
Speaker 2: you for trying to help save him, while the perky

806
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 2: and pissed off Miami cheerleading coach gives the cops the

807
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 2: what for. So there you go, Elizabeth, you did it,

808
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 2: You defended your bird. Way to go you now. As

809
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,600
Speaker 2: for Sebastian the Ibbis, the fella inside, he was forced

810
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 2: to wait with the police until after Osiola and Renegade

811
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 2: perform their football ritual. Then the head cop in charge

812
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 2: told him if he dared to set foot on that field,

813
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 2: he'd beat his bird brains in and take him to

814
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 2: jail just for kicks.

815
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 3: Wow, that's a threat.

816
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, The guy inside the costume said, quote, I'm not

817
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 2: stupid enough to actually put out the flame. I wouldn't

818
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 2: get out of Tallahassee if I did it. So I

819
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 2: didn't stop him from messing with the Florida State Cops though,

820
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 2: just for a little bit, just for kicks. Being the

821
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 2: frisky bird that I was, every time that Miami would

822
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,360
Speaker 2: do something, I'd look back at the cops and wave.

823
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 2: I was kind of egging them on a little bit

824
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 2: tough in the end, because I know you are curious.

825
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 2: Cane's lost to the seminoles twenty four ten. It is

826
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 2: take a little break, elizab and after these messages, we

827
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 2: can do more mascot crimes. And I saved the best

828
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 2: for last. I'll give you a one word hint, Chewbacca.

829
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 5: Oh yes, Elizabeth, we're back.

830
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 2: This next one doesn't involve any college football or historic

831
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 2: mascots said. It's a battle with Batman and Superman who

832
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 2: team up to beat up wait for it, tourists in

833
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 2: Times Square. Oh no, yes, you've been to Times Square, Yes,

834
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 2: I have. You've seen all the mascots that work there,

835
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 2: hustling the tourists for photos for a donation. Yeah right,

836
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 2: You throw bows, can't catch sharp elbows. Now keep that

837
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 2: energy in mind as they tell you this, Elizabeth. It's

838
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 2: twenty fourteen. It's a Saturday night in Times Square, packed

839
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 2: with tourists, but especially younger ones because it's late night,

840
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 2: about ten o'clock. The mascots are still out entertaining the

841
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 2: crowds though. There's Jose Escalona Martinez, the forty one year old.

842
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 2: He's dressed as Batman. Then there's his mascot buddy, Abdel

843
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 2: el Kahazai, thirty five years old. He's dressed as Spider Man.

844
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 2: They're at forty fourth and Broadway. The crowd is lively.

845
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 2: The mascot's thrown down superhero stances. They're posing with tourists

846
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 2: for photos. Everyone's having fun. Then a couple of twenty

847
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 2: three year olds happened upon the scene. They start to

848
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 2: heckle the billionaire vigilante in his web slinging pal and

849
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 2: at one point one of the twenty three year olds,

850
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 2: the dude named Thomas Rourke, he grabs Batman from behind.

851
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 2: But that's not all, Elizabeth. He also rattles the cave

852
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 2: Crusader and he starts screaming, I'm gonna fuck you Batman.

853
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 2: I'm gonna Batman. Oh no, well, well they may only

854
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 2: be pretend superheroes, they still do have protective instincts when

855
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 2: their friend is being assaulted. So Spidey jumps in to

856
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,879
Speaker 2: save Batman. Yeah, spectacular, spider Man does his spider Man thing.

857
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 2: Thomas Rourke had hands though, for the web Slinger. So

858
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 2: now they are going and throwing blows and but Thomas

859
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 2: Rourke is still in his you know, I don't know

860
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 2: joky mood. He grabs Spidey by his butt cheeks. Now,

861
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 2: there was no reports of him promising to sex up Spidey,

862
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,320
Speaker 2: but that may be due to the web slingers spidy

863
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 2: fast reflexes in Spidey senses, because he spun around real quick,

864
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 2: and he shot webbs at the twenty three year old

865
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 2: right right in his face, the one who could grab

866
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 2: his licra clad cheeks. Yeah. No, well, since he's not

867
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 2: a real spider Man, Elizabeth.

868
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, he doesn't have webs like silly strings.

869
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 2: He didn't exactly shoot webs. Yeah. No, he shot his

870
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 2: reasonable facts simile, which was exactly that silly string.

871
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 3: You know him though, this is especially heinus I'm calling

872
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 3: Detective two tool.

873
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 2: He would tell you silly string is the name of

874
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 2: a drug.

875
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 3: Go oh yeah, completely.

876
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 2: So Rourke got hit with the webs aka at the

877
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,800
Speaker 2: silly string. He goes full Sandman and starts walloping Spider

878
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 2: Man with blows to his last space. In response, spider

879
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 2: Man throws hands back and Batman joins in. When the

880
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 2: cops get there, it looks like Batman and Spider Man

881
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 2: handling a beat down to two tourists. So now the

882
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 2: NYPD jumps in and they try to pull Batman and

883
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,359
Speaker 2: Spider Man off these twenty three year olds spider Man

884
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 2: Dennis spider Man. So they arrest Batman and spider Man

885
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 2: and Batman aka Escalona Martinez and Spider Man akl el

886
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 2: Kahaz were charged with mystery meanor assaults. They spent the

887
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 2: night in Manhattan Criminal Court aka the inspiration for one

888
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 2: of my favorite shows ever, Night Court.

889
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 3: Right.

890
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, so after their night in Manhattan Criminal Court, then

891
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 2: they got sent to lock up. Once they're locked up,

892
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 2: rather ironically, spider Man's able to bail himself out. Batman

893
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 2: doesn't have the funds to post the sub fifty bail. Yeah.

894
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 2: So okay, now I got one more for you. And

895
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 2: this is a two parter that connects to what I

896
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 2: just told you, so keep those names in mind. It

897
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 2: also features a Spider Man who throws hands. As The

898
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 2: New York Post described the scene quote, a panhandler dressed

899
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 2: as the iconic web Slinger repeatedly punched a cop in

900
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 2: the face during a violent Time Square tussle Saturday afternoon.

901
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,320
Speaker 2: Police said, Now that doesn't really seem fair to Spidery,

902
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 2: or even an accurate summation. So the story goes Spider

903
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 2: Man was posing for photos with tourists in Times Square.

904
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 2: He was charging for the pleasure, as they do, and

905
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 2: it's it's his job, it's a fair job, whatever, So

906
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 2: he was asking for ten dollars for a photo. Roughly

907
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,439
Speaker 2: two PM. Some cop ambles by walking the beat. He

908
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 2: hears Spider shaking down the tourists saying fives, tens or

909
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 2: twenties only pisses the cop off. You gotta stop hassling

910
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,840
Speaker 2: these tourists, right. For some reason, the cop goes like

911
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 2: ham on him. He comes over It's like he's gonna

912
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 2: protect the tourists in Times Square, I mean, which is

913
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 2: what they do ever since Disney brought up the real

914
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 2: estate right now, he goes he's gonna be all tough

915
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,359
Speaker 2: guy about it. So he confronts Spider Man. He asked

916
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 2: Spider Man for I D right. So Spider Man must

917
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 2: have been having a bad one because he told the cop, you,

918
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 2: this is none of your business. Oh so now the

919
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,839
Speaker 2: cop makes it his business, and Spider Man whips off

920
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 2: his mask and he begins to insult the cop in

921
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 2: front of the kids in the family, and you know

922
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 2: what comes next. The cop decides he should arrest Spider

923
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 2: Man in front of the kids in the family, of course,

924
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 2: because they had all lost sight of the original intention,

925
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 2: which is amusing the kids in the family. So the

926
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 2: cop demands the lycra clad mascot submit to his will.

927
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 2: Spider Man's not down to do that, so they start

928
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 2: escalating once again. I said, this is all parents, families,

929
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 2: tourists are sitting there watching this. They also start filming

930
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 2: the confrontation, so there's all this footage of Spider Man

931
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 2: in the New York Finest throwing blows. Spider Man eventually

932
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 2: catches the cop with two full roundhouse punches to the

933
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 2: dome cap goes flying. Yeah, it's comical. At this point,

934
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 2: a police woman runs over and jumps into the fray.

935
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 2: Other mascots gather around because they're all really close right there, right,

936
00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 2: And so between families you got like Mickey Mouse, Mini Mouse, Superman, Elmo,

937
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 2: Captain America and these shocked kids and these disappointed parents,

938
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 2: and then these angry cops pushing past them to go

939
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 2: throw blows at Spider Man. Right so, if you can

940
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 2: see on the video, they're shocked, like Minie Mouse holding

941
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 2: her hands up to her enormous mascot head, like what

942
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 2: is going on now? Is more cops rush into the scene.

943
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 2: They're finally able to subdue the web Slinger, but he

944
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 2: won't go quietly. Right, So, now Spider Man is on

945
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 2: the ground resisting arrest, and one of New York's finest

946
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 2: shouts at Spidey stop resisting. O, my god, the kids

947
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 2: so horrible. Had they finally handcuffed Spider Man and take

948
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 2: him into custody. One of the beat cops stries to

949
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 2: calm the crying children and the shocked families by telling

950
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 2: them the real Spider Man would have never done something

951
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,359
Speaker 2: like this. Look that's gonna go far for a five

952
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 2: year old, right, So fake Spider Man, his name is

953
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 2: Junior Bishop, and according to the other superhero mascots, the

954
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 2: NYPD had been hassling him for weeks. Right, they got

955
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,800
Speaker 2: all this pressure to like regulate Times Square because apparently

956
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 2: people were complaining. Some of the mascots have been fighting.

957
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 2: So missus spider plan is, let's hassle them until they act, right.

958
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 2: So in our previous Time Square Batman Josehes Colona Martinez.

959
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 2: He also commented on this story, and he told The

960
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 2: New York Post that the beat cop quote has been

961
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,399
Speaker 2: harassing Spider Man and everybody. He tells people you don't

962
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 2: have to tip, so he's like, OUI, they're trying to

963
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,680
Speaker 2: bust up their jobs. Yeah, And so he also corrected

964
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 2: the record that Spider Man aka Junior Bishop had asked

965
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 2: the cops to stop harassing the superheroes, and when he

966
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,919
Speaker 2: was confronted and asked for id, Spider Man did nothing wrong.

967
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 2: In fact, he said his idea was in his card,

968
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 2: he would go get it. But then the cops stayed

969
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 2: after him, and that's why he told him like it

970
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 2: started cussing, so as Batman aka jose Aesclona Martinez, but

971
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 2: said the policeman grabbed him by the neck. He was

972
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:41,320
Speaker 2: trying to choke him, and Spidey resisted. So Mickey Mouse

973
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,239
Speaker 2: also defended Spider Man, saying how the friendly neighborhood webslinger

974
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,800
Speaker 2: was wrongfully choked out by the NYPD. So and Mickey

975
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 2: Mouse added that quote, he.

976
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 3: Had to defend himself after that and hit back.

977
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 2: So now Mickey Mouse, welcome to the resistance. Meanwhile, the

978
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 2: NYPD also decided to bust Captain America in front of

979
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,800
Speaker 2: the tourist kids. The man inside the Captain America costume,

980
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 2: Luis Sealinas, twenty years old, was arrested and released the

981
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 2: next day. But Captain America told the Post and I quote,

982
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 2: I didn't do anything. I was standing by Spider Man

983
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 2: who punched a cop, and then four cops came over

984
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 2: and arrested me. I didn't struggle. I'm twenty. I let

985
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 2: them arrest me, so just for kicks. The cops also

986
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 2: arrested Jesse, the cowgirl from the Toy Story franchise, Yeah,

987
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 2: because apparently she was getting lads arrest Now, I promised

988
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 2: that this was a two parter, right, technically a three

989
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 2: part because we already had our previous two, But this

990
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:30,960
Speaker 2: one stays with these same people. After the Spider Man

991
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 2: beat down in front of the kids, the NYPD side,

992
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 2: it was time to add pressure to the situation. So

993
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 2: they're staying on everybody. So one cop went so far

994
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 2: as to describe the Lycraclads superhero and his mascots as

995
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,879
Speaker 2: being on the level of Osama bin Laden. Wait, yeah,

996
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,240
Speaker 2: the cop told The New York Post, they're like little

997
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 2: terrorists preying on all the tourists. It's his metaphor, not mine, right,

998
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 2: I'm like, it's not the best metaphor to use it

999
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 2: where terrorists took down the Twin Towers, But hey, NYPD,

1000
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:00,160
Speaker 2: do you language right just reaching for the strong this

1001
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 2: metaphor you can. So the two parter involves the same characters,

1002
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,400
Speaker 2: but we also let a comic book have to introduce

1003
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:10,240
Speaker 2: a new character for our latest installment, The Naked Black Cowboy.

1004
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 3: The Naked he's not a comic book.

1005
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 2: I know you're not down with the Marvel universe, but

1006
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:19,960
Speaker 2: he's not a character.

1007
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:20,840
Speaker 3: That's my favorite.

1008
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,320
Speaker 2: That's his street name. The Naked Black cowboy. His government

1009
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,400
Speaker 2: name is Titus Gandy. The naked black cowboys friends with

1010
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 2: Spider Man, and so after his web slinging buddy got busted,

1011
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,800
Speaker 2: the naked black cowboy went down to Midtown South Precinct

1012
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,680
Speaker 2: to check on him. Now, if I should tell you

1013
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 2: that the naked black cowboy looks like so you can

1014
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 2: better picture this as you might well imagine. He doesn't

1015
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 2: wear clothes. Well, he does wear a giant cowboy hat

1016
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 2: and he wears cowboy boots because otherwise he just be

1017
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 2: the naked black man and the touristy give him tips.

1018
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 2: So the naked black cowboys kind of falls advertising because

1019
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,760
Speaker 2: he also wears underwear. So he walks around naked playing

1020
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 2: a guitar, and so he does have some clothing, but

1021
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 2: other than that solid bear skin. This is of what

1022
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:00,799
Speaker 2: he looks like.

1023
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:03,439
Speaker 3: Wasn't there a white guy who did this too?

1024
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:07,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a common look. Just wear underwearing a cowboy.

1025
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 3: Guitar, and you're just apparently now defined by skin tone.

1026
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 2: Matthew McConaughey calls it a weekend. That's true, just like

1027
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,280
Speaker 2: weekend kids. So now that you have that mental image,

1028
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:18,040
Speaker 2: the naked black cowboy walking into Midtown South.

1029
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:21,560
Speaker 3: Precincts, oddly wholesome and happy smiles.

1030
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 2: Naked is not intimidating, like creepy or pervy.

1031
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 3: They're just like those are those are full coverage briefs.

1032
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 2: If you say so, let me see they're tidy whit.

1033
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 2: It looks like Grandpa's underwear.

1034
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:38,800
Speaker 3: But so I'm saying, it's like they're not high legged

1035
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:40,280
Speaker 3: and cheek hanging out in banana.

1036
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 2: Hen they're not.

1037
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 3: International mail cattle.

1038
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 2: No, not come from. So once a naked black cowboy

1039
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 2: walks into the cop shop, all right, they uh, he's

1040
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 2: demanding justice. The n white p'd take one look at

1041
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,759
Speaker 2: the naked black cowboy. They're like, there's got to be

1042
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,239
Speaker 2: something wrong here. I'm betting there's a crime. Soa hey,

1043
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:02,800
Speaker 2: what's your name? Man? You look him up in the computer.

1044
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:06,720
Speaker 2: Real quick. Turns out, unfortunately they weren't far off. Naked

1045
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 2: black cowboy had open warrants. They popped him for cocaine possession. Wait,

1046
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 2: he'd been stopped previously for a stopping frisk and the

1047
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 2: cops found coca in his wallet. He still had an

1048
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 2: outstanding warrant for that, So then they busted the naked

1049
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:21,880
Speaker 2: and black cowboy, and they said, hey, you can go

1050
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:23,200
Speaker 2: sit in the cooler richer.

1051
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 3: By the warrants, and he walked into a police seat.

1052
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:27,879
Speaker 2: I don't think he remembered that. I'm just wondering where

1053
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 2: he kept his wallet on him and they had costume.

1054
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,839
Speaker 2: Good call, look at you before. I got one fight

1055
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:40,400
Speaker 2: in the bore. One final mascot in Melee. They have

1056
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 2: your favorite for last, Elizabeth. I got two words for you.

1057
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 2: Chewbacca arrested. That's a terrible one. Can you do Chewbacca?

1058
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,800
Speaker 3: I can't be You know who can do Chewbacca? My nephew.

1059
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's right.

1060
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 3: Great. He's been able to do it since he was

1061
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:56,320
Speaker 3: like three.

1062
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 2: Kids are natural his NBC News reported back in two

1063
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,360
Speaker 2: thousand and s and takes place across the country. This

1064
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 2: story and the other major spot you'd find costumed heroes.

1065
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 2: That's right, Hollywood Boulevard. Oh boy, A Chewbacca was working

1066
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 2: the crowd of happy faced tourists out there to have

1067
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:15,080
Speaker 2: fun in the tourist trap. Apparently, some tour guy got

1068
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,319
Speaker 2: lippy with the Wookie. He accused the Star Wars hero

1069
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,160
Speaker 2: of harassing two Japanese tourists that he was leading around

1070
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:23,279
Speaker 2: with a big sign. When the tour guide got in

1071
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:27,600
Speaker 2: Chewbacca's face, Chewbacca growled back, Nobody tells the Wookie what

1072
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 2: to do, and then he headbutted the tour guide. The

1073
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:35,360
Speaker 2: tour guide recalled later how you could see in his

1074
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 2: eyes he was exploding beneath the mask. He yelled at me,

1075
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Speaker 2: nobody tells this Wookie what to do, because.

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Speaker 3: It's hot and it stinks on your feet.

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Speaker 2: And a forty four year old man who's six foot

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Speaker 2: five wearing a costume, walking up and down on the sidewalk,

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Speaker 2: talking to tourists, running post for photos, but children were

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Speaker 2: kicking them.

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Speaker 3: In the shins. Things you do for a dollar.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So Frederick Evan Young, the forty four year

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Speaker 2: old man inside the Chewbacca costume, I liked at the press.

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Speaker 2: Gavas his full name, like first, middle, and last. He

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Speaker 2: killed Kennedy. But this dude, fred Young.

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Speaker 3: He may have some cereals on news.

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Speaker 2: He's appropriately size, I said, six foot five, So he's

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Speaker 2: looming over this tour guide. And then that's right from

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Speaker 2: we brought the hammer down and he hit the tour

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Speaker 2: guid pretty much splayed him out. Yeah, standing there watching

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Speaker 2: all this with Superman. He watched Hwbacca knocked the tour

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Speaker 2: guy down and he did nothing. Just Superman, come on.

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Speaker 3: You come on, and caper.

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Speaker 2: Tour guide was splayed out in the bea cups super Batman.

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Speaker 2: Oh well you got to steel Superman's man.

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Speaker 3: He's got a cape on and you're a steel Man.

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Speaker 2: Use that steel Man. I should have been there, Joseph

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Speaker 2: Stall and steel Man. You go over there, captain. So

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Speaker 2: the tour guide, as I said, splayed out be cops

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Speaker 2: who were walking around because it's a tourist trap, they

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Speaker 2: jump into the action. They bust you, Bacca, and they

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Speaker 2: charged him with misdemeanor battery and they held him on

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Speaker 2: a twenty grand bail. La County. Don't play. Just like

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Speaker 2: in Times the tourist, the costume characters had been like

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Speaker 2: they've been a problem. So they were like. In two

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00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 2: thousand and five, mister Incredible got busted. Yep, that's the

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Speaker 2: Muppet Elmo he got busted. That same year and Freddy

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00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 2: Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street was arrested near Graumit's

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Speaker 2: Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard after Freddy allegedly attempted to

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Speaker 2: stab a guy wait, he's he's like a method costume actor, right, Hey,

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Speaker 2: it's full in. Yeah, it dusn't hoffins Like he's one

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Speaker 2: of the best actors I know working on Hollywood Boulevard.

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Speaker 2: So apparently he crosses the line. And there you go.

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Speaker 2: Did you have fun? Elizabeth costume?

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Speaker 3: Incredible time? Those are so good?

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Speaker 2: What's a ridiculous takeaway here? You know?

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Speaker 3: I think that if I'm a New York City cop

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Speaker 3: and I have to patrol Times Square, which like, God bless,

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Speaker 3: I'm so glad I don't have to do that, but

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Speaker 3: I watch enough Law and Order and other cop procedurals,

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Speaker 3: wouldn't you want to like buddy up to them, That's

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Speaker 3: what you would think, and like like, hey, cut him

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Speaker 3: some slack.

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Speaker 2: You talked to him real quickly.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and like let them know that you're keeping an

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Speaker 3: eye on them, that no one's going to do anything

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00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,480
Speaker 3: to them. But then if you know, if a purp

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Speaker 3: comes through and you can identify them, you can say,

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Speaker 3: have you seen this guy? You hold it in the yes, he.

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Speaker 2: Went that away always fresh out.

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00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:16,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, Or if they see you chasing a suspect, they'll

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00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 3: put their foot out and trip suspect.

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Speaker 2: Good call.

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Speaker 3: Not you.

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Speaker 2: You're much better NYPD.

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Speaker 3: I am such a good fake NYPD.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think watching all that law and Order is

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Speaker 2: really paying off.

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Speaker 3: I put the hours and what does Malcolm Gladwell talk about?

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Speaker 3: Ten thousand hours and you're expert a quadruple.

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Speaker 2: Well, am I ridiculous takeaway? Thank you for asking. You

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00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:40,680
Speaker 2: just quoted Malcolm Gladwell.

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Speaker 3: But god, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Not going to mess with you too hard about that.

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00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:47,319
Speaker 2: But you know, for a talkback we can wash all

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Speaker 2: this away.

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00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:52,000
Speaker 3: Hey, you don't have your takeaway is just me quoting Gladwell.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm on that one, all right. My too ridiculous takeaway?

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Speaker 2: Thank you for asking, Elizabeth? Is that one. I've got

1150
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:04,680
Speaker 2: to do a mascot costume that I can rotate in

1151
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 2: with the priest costume flights like, imagine trying to board

1152
00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,840
Speaker 2: a flight dress as Pikachu. Would they let you on?

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00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:12,959
Speaker 2: I gotta see? Of course?

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00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 3: Why? Of course why.

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Speaker 2: Would they not? You got a ticket he's got.

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Speaker 3: They can kick you off if you're wearing like.

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00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:24,880
Speaker 2: Too little clothing, But about too much clothing, there's no

1158
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:28,920
Speaker 2: rule too much in one. That's the question.

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Speaker 3: Now is okay? You know what? Give me a talk back?

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Speaker 2: Oh, my god, did you that a cat? It's a

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Speaker 2: purring cat.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Elizabeth and Zarin, this is Stephanie aka Grubberport on

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Speaker 4: the various platforms yours. You know, it's ridiculous cats and

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00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 4: they're purring. So I'm going to send you two voice

1165
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 4: memos because they're purring. Is known to calm your heartbeat,

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00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:22,480
Speaker 4: lower blood pressure, and stress, and apparently at times it

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Speaker 4: supposedly can heal bones because of their frequency. Anyway, that's

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Speaker 4: what's ridiculous. This is from a family who loves you,

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00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 4: guys so much that whenever we tell our kids that

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Speaker 4: close their eyes and imagine things, whether it's bedtime or

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Speaker 4: the math or dead is teaching them, they always say,

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00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:45,160
Speaker 4: what do they say, Arthur, my eyes closed? Thank you

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Speaker 4: so much for what you do.

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Speaker 5: I love it.

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Speaker 3: We got everybody quoting Drew close your eyes as close that. Yeah,

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00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,879
Speaker 3: cat man, the cat purr is very comfort. You can

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Speaker 3: also imagine and make biscuits on you.

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Speaker 2: Totally. I had no idea what was at first though,

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Speaker 2: I was guessing so many things.

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Speaker 3: Motorcycle, that's what I thought.

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Speaker 2: Actually, my first thought was I'm like, okay, what here's this.

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Speaker 3: Some some like on a motorcycles. No, instead we get

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Speaker 3: this amazing thank you and uh hey to the fam

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Speaker 3: close your ass.

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Speaker 2: Ben how come There's never a Wolverine in Times Square?

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Speaker 2: Bowlin and Noel, spider Man and Superman are both journalists.

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Speaker 2: Of course, cops hate them Brown.

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