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Speaker 1: This is Robert Lamb and this is Joe McCormick. And
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Speaker 1: contact at Stuff to Blow your Mind dot com. Let's see.
Speaker 1: So when we do get corrections, we try to put
Speaker 1: them near the top of the listener mail episode. I've
Speaker 1: got one about last week's listener mail where we made
Speaker 1: a bird error. So well, if you don't mind, I'm
Speaker 1: going to kick us off with the New Zealand bird
Speaker 1: correction here. Ok okay, So we accidentally last week conflated
Speaker 1: two different bird species. We were discussing the animal conservation
Speaker 1: series called Last Chance to See, which was I think both,
Speaker 1: I believe, both a book and maybe a series for
Speaker 1: the BBC or something. But it had a couple of
Speaker 1: runs and a later one of the runs here was
Speaker 1: hosted by Mark Carwardine, who is a British zoologist who
Speaker 1: wrote a book about whales that we consulted a lot
Speaker 1: in our Gray Whale series, and also Stephen Fry. But
Speaker 1: in this series there was a male specimen of an
Speaker 1: endangered species of New Zealand bird which decided on camera
Speaker 1: to start mating furiously with Mark Carwardine's head, and I
Speaker 1: mentioned that I thought this was the cacapo. That was correct,
Speaker 1: but one of us incorrectly connected it to a specie
Speaker 1: to a species of bird that came up in another
Speaker 1: older bit of Listener mail in which a bird attacked
Speaker 1: a car in New Zealand and started dismantling it. I think,
Speaker 1: like removing the gasket around the window or something. I
Speaker 1: think there was also a mother in law in this story.
Speaker 1: Do you remember more of the details, Rob, I do not,
Speaker 1: did kind of a vague memory of this one. Anyway,
Speaker 1: To clear up the confusion, we heard from Peggy on
Speaker 1: Facebook who said, just listen to this week's mail. I
Speaker 1: have to correct, as I hope some actual Kiwis will do.
Speaker 1: The cacapo is a rare, flightless New Zealand parrot, of
Speaker 1: which the most famous Sirocco has indeed humped a head
Speaker 1: or two, I guess a human head. And then the
Speaker 1: other bird is the Kia, a not so rare New
Speaker 1: Zealand parrot that likes to tear cars apart. And then
Speaker 1: finally Peggy says, maybe a weird extant New Zealand birds
Speaker 1: episode is in order. Yeah, I mean the birds of
Speaker 1: New Zealand are pretty fascinating. Um, yeah, these are. These
Speaker 1: are both interesting species, same family, different genus. Uh. The
Speaker 1: the CACAPOAH believe, is critically endangered, whereas the Kia is
Speaker 1: just endangered. So yeah, I'd be up for any any
Speaker 1: sort of avian exploration in future episodes. All right, Rob,
Speaker 1: do you want to do this message from Angelo about
Speaker 1: your artifact episode on the pinata. Yeah, this was a
Speaker 1: response to an artifact episode talking about the pinata. Angelo
Speaker 1: says Hi Robin Joe. I was listening to the artifact
Speaker 1: episode on the pinata possibly having its origin in China
Speaker 1: and making its way west to Spain than Mexico. What's
Speaker 1: interesting to me is that growing up in the Philippines,
Speaker 1: we have a combination of things related to the pinata.
Speaker 1: The first is the use of a suspended clay pot
Speaker 1: filled with candy and even coins at fiestas and birthday parties.
Speaker 1: Kids are usually line folded and have to swing to
Speaker 1: break the pot to release the goodies within. The other
Speaker 1: is the parole, a Christmas lantern usually shaped as a star,
Speaker 1: made of Japanese paper with bamboo. We don't try to
Speaker 1: break these. Instead, they're lit up, originally with candles, but
Speaker 1: now with electric lights. If tradition is true that these
Speaker 1: were brought by Spanish colonizers to the Philippines and not
Speaker 1: part of indigenous Filipino traditions, it's fascinating to think that's
Speaker 1: something that the Chinese could have brought on a shorter
Speaker 1: trip across the sea. Instead circumnavigated the globe to finally
Speaker 1: end up in the Philippine Archipelago. Thanks for all the
Speaker 1: great podcasts. You guys are always so informative and fun
Speaker 1: to listen to on my commute. Angela, that is a
Speaker 1: fascinating possibility if it is true in this case, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's amazing, an amazing example of how cultural memes
Speaker 1: really make it around. Yeah, okay, So thank you for
Speaker 1: the message, Angelo. So I'm going to do a message
Speaker 1: about our series on t This one comes from a
Speaker 1: listener named Joe. Joe spelled just Jo without the E.
Speaker 1: In fact, they call themselves Joe without the E but
Speaker 1: with some Tea for the purpose of this message. So
Speaker 1: Joe without the E, but with some Tea, says dear
Speaker 1: Joe and Robert. Hello, once again, I binged the Tea
Speaker 1: episodes recently and would like to tell you about Malaysia's
Speaker 1: national drink, Tataric. The name Tataric comes from ta, the
Speaker 1: hockey and name for tea, while Tarik means pull in Malay.
Speaker 1: Invented by the Indian Muslims on the Malay Peninsula after
Speaker 1: World War Two, this drink is made with a strong
Speaker 1: black tea and condensed milk. It's mixed by pouring it
Speaker 1: rapidly and repeatedly between two mugs or containers, often at
Speaker 1: great heights, and with some degree of showmanship. This produces
Speaker 1: a lovely froth on top and ensures the drink is
Speaker 1: very well mixed. It's a popular drink, suitable for all
Speaker 1: hours of the day, and it's quite a treat to watch,
Speaker 1: I guess, meaning watching the preparation if you've never seen
Speaker 1: it before. And then Joe attaches a link to a
Speaker 1: video of like a vendor in a marketplace doing these
Speaker 1: tea pouring stunts that are true quite amazing. They seem
Speaker 1: to defy physics. So I guess this dude in the
Speaker 1: video is just so skilled at pouring between these metal
Speaker 1: pictures that the only way I could think of just
Speaker 1: to describe it is it looks more like a mass
Speaker 1: of dough being stretched between the pictures than actually a
Speaker 1: liquid pouring freely through the air, which though it is,
Speaker 1: it is the latter. Another funny thing about this video
Speaker 1: is that Leanne Rhymes is just blasting in the background
Speaker 1: and that how do I Dream? Or how do I whatever?
Speaker 1: And that's a song I associate so powerfully with getting haircuts.
Speaker 1: When I was about twelve years old that it literally
Speaker 1: makes me experience phantom smells. So like I'm watching the
Speaker 1: video of the tea preparation and I'm smelling hairspray and
Speaker 1: you know that burned smell of like a hair dryer
Speaker 1: that's been used a lot. Interesting. Yeah, I didn't get
Speaker 1: notes of that from this because I watched it with
Speaker 1: the SoundOff, but it is an impressive feat of performance
Speaker 1: beverage preparation. Wait, I just realized, I don't know if
Speaker 1: this is a universal experience. I deeply associate like radio
Speaker 1: soft rock hits with haircuts. Is that unique to me?
Speaker 1: Or is that a common thing? Um? I guess it
Speaker 1: depends on where you're getting your hair cut, right, I
Speaker 1: mean yeah, different different salons are going to have a
Speaker 1: different sort of musical ambiance going on. Yeah, I guess
Speaker 1: it varies. I guess I went to a soft rock salon,
Speaker 1: not just soft rock. It's like it's like Leanne rhymes,
Speaker 1: that song Unbreak my Heart, say You Love Me Again?
Speaker 1: All those are haircut songs to me anyway. Sorry, Let's
Speaker 1: go back to Joe's message. They write there are tataric competitions.
Speaker 1: While most tea lovers agree the whole leaves are better
Speaker 1: for brewing. Tea. Dust is usually used to make tataric
Speaker 1: because it produces a stronger flavor. Another tea related drink
Speaker 1: you might be interested in is cham peng iced tea
Speaker 1: plus coffee. The word chem means mix in Hokien. This
Speaker 1: drink originates from Hong Kong, where it is called yinyong.
Speaker 1: This name itself is a reference to Mandarin ducks, which
Speaker 1: are called yun yong in Mandarin, and refers to how
Speaker 1: two dissimilar things can come together in harmony. In Malaysia,
Speaker 1: the ratio of tea to coffee is usually one to one,
Speaker 1: whereas in Hong Kong it can be seven to three.
Speaker 1: Although Malaysians use the phrase champing more often, It's Cantonese
Speaker 1: name yin Yong is also well understood at most Chinese
Speaker 1: coffee shops. Sarawak, located on the Borneo side of Malaysia,
Speaker 1: has three layer tea. Here, it's usually called tacy Ping
Speaker 1: or tacy Ping Special. It's made of black tea, the tay,
Speaker 1: evaporated milk, the sea and palm sugar. The special the
Speaker 1: word pang refers to ice. Palm sugar is carefully added
Speaker 1: to the bottom of the cup, followed by evaporated milk
Speaker 1: and then black tea. The drink is left unmixed, which
Speaker 1: produces a three layered effect. You're supposed to mix it
Speaker 1: with a straw before you drink, but you can choose
Speaker 1: not to. Fascinating. Yeah, yeah, that parallels some other drinks,
Speaker 1: alcoholic and non alcoholic in other cultures, where you have
Speaker 1: some sort of a layering situation going on, and sometimes
Speaker 1: it is frowned upon. Yes to stir those layers up,
Speaker 1: Joe continues. The three layered version is most common in
Speaker 1: the state, but there's a four layered version where pand
Speaker 1: and sugar I believe you might know it as screw
Speaker 1: pine is poured in after the palm sugar, creating a
Speaker 1: green layer. The five layered version includes the panda sugar
Speaker 1: and a layer of herbal grass jellies called ching chow
Speaker 1: that float on top. In Malaysia, most shops will make
Speaker 1: drinks with condensed milk by default, meaning that our drinks
Speaker 1: here are all super sweet and super milky. To customize
Speaker 1: your drink, you'll need our special code. You've got O
Speaker 1: C and cosong O means no milk. C means use
Speaker 1: evaporated milk instead of condensed, and cosong means no sugar.
Speaker 1: It means empty in Malay. So if you ordered a
Speaker 1: tao that would mean tea with no milk but yes sugar.
Speaker 1: A Tao coo song you would get a tea no milk,
Speaker 1: no sugar, whereas a t C cosong you would get
Speaker 1: tea with evaporated milk no sugar. Hope you enjoyed reading
Speaker 1: about these tea concoctions. Do give them a try if
Speaker 1: you ever get the chance. As always, keep up the
Speaker 1: great work, Live long and prosper. Joe without the E
Speaker 1: but with some tea. Ah, this is awesome. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'd love to try some of these out. Sometime. I
Speaker 1: will be on the lookout for a Malaysian tea house.
Speaker 1: All right, here's one that comes to us from Dick.
Speaker 1: Dick writes and then says, this anecdote was presented to
Speaker 1: me as a coon many years ago. While I do
Speaker 1: not presume to be enlightened, it has had a long
Speaker 1: lasting effect on my worldview. I'm posting from memory, so
Speaker 1: forgive me if I get it wrong. Quote. In the
Speaker 1: olden times, four wealthy gentlemen met regularly to drink tea
Speaker 1: and discuss lofty matters of philosophy and politics. Over the years,
Speaker 1: they each competed to provide the best tea to their
Speaker 1: guests as they visited each other's homes. As they were
Speaker 1: wealthy beyond concern, vast fortunes were spent upon quietly outdoing
Speaker 1: each other in this competition. They paid for ships to
Speaker 1: be built to carry expeditions to the furthest corners of
Speaker 1: the world to find the rarest tea. Hundreds of strong
Speaker 1: men were employed just to carry the chests of gold
Speaker 1: they spent over the decades. Finally, one day, when the
Speaker 1: hosts serve the tea, the three guests cried out, you
Speaker 1: have won. The competition is over. The tea is beyond compare.
Speaker 1: We cannot imagine anything to equal it. Please tell us
Speaker 1: where it comes from. The host said, this is called cha.
Speaker 1: The peasants who work in my rice patties drink it
Speaker 1: every day. Boom, all your pretensions laid waste. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that's how the coons work, right, They're supposed to
Speaker 1: just flip the script on you. But I like, I mean,
Speaker 1: this is a this is a good message. This is
Speaker 1: I do like this one. I think it's absolutely true.
Speaker 1: That's certainly not all, but many sort of quests for
Speaker 1: nuances in minor variations of sensation, and you know, in
Speaker 1: like a taste to domains, whether that's food or drink
Speaker 1: or I don't know, audio fidelity or something. Things like
Speaker 1: that are a lot of that might be kind of
Speaker 1: placebo effect, and those differences aren't as great as the
Speaker 1: people spending vast fortunes doing them might think they are. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there are a number of different triggers that come into
Speaker 1: play when when it comes to the valuely place and
Speaker 1: even just a food product. You know, stuff like branding,
Speaker 1: stuff like prior knowledge of where the food or part
Speaker 1: or ingredients in the food or sourced from that sort
Speaker 1: of thing, the experience and making it or preparing it.
Speaker 1: You know, all these things come into play, and I
Speaker 1: don't think that that that distracts from it at all.
Speaker 1: If anything, it just adds the complexity of anything we
Speaker 1: engage in. But this particular con also touches on a
Speaker 1: very common trend you see throughout the world, and that
Speaker 1: is the upper classes discovering something that the working class
Speaker 1: does and then co opting it for their own enjoyment.
Speaker 1: So it works on several levels. Yes, this tea has
Speaker 1: the taste of authenticity. Now, all right, let's see this
Speaker 1: next message comes from Chuck five. It's from the Vault
Speaker 1: episode on the three pupiled eye. Chuck five says, greetings,
Speaker 1: always love the show. I hope my writing in means
Speaker 1: more than flattery. Two notes on your show on multiple
Speaker 1: pupils or irises. The first is the tradition of a
Speaker 1: Japanese luck doll called the Druma. When you buy one,
Speaker 1: only one pupil is painted. You make a wish, and
Speaker 1: when that wish comes true, you paint. In the second,
Speaker 1: and the purpose of the Druma is complete. Now, in
Speaker 1: a second note I'm not going to read directly, Chuck
Speaker 1: mentions a specific tattoo artist in Tokyo who does a
Speaker 1: lot of dragon designs. Apparently, says this person paints or
Speaker 1: tattoos the eyes of the pupils last when making a dragon.
Speaker 1: And then finally, Chuck five says, bonus, this is just
Speaker 1: my observation. But going back to your fear of the
Speaker 1: Void episode, I find it curious that the thing that
Speaker 1: brings these depictions to life, or that gives them souls,
Speaker 1: is actually the absence of something the pupil, which is
Speaker 1: an aperture or whole. It makes me think of the
Speaker 1: saying the eyes are the window to the soul. A
Speaker 1: window is a whole, or at least a clear barrier
Speaker 1: that lets you see into a hole. So what's inside
Speaker 1: and not seen is what is mystical or poignant. Cheers Chuck.
Speaker 1: Five mm. I'd kind of forgotten this about Daruma dolls,
Speaker 1: but yeah, they're very these are these are very interesting
Speaker 1: little artifacts. And also just the idea of the painting
Speaker 1: of the eye makes the thing real. I can't remember
Speaker 1: if we got into this at all discussed in these episodes,
Speaker 1: but you know, this brings to mind various I believe
Speaker 1: Chinese folk tales about magic paint brushes or individuals with
Speaker 1: a power to bring paintings to life, And at least
Speaker 1: in some of these accounts, one can prevent the painting
Speaker 1: from coming to life by not painting the eye. But
Speaker 1: once the eye is painted, well, then it will take
Speaker 1: on life allow its own. Oh, it's like the left
Speaker 1: inscription that animates the golem. Oh yeah, yeah, the finishing touches. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, here's one that comes to us from Chuck.
Speaker 1: This is a different Chuck. There's not Chuck five. This
Speaker 1: is just Chuck no number on this one, no version number.
Speaker 1: Chuck writes in this and says, dear Rob, Joe, and JJ,
Speaker 1: Hello again. I hope all of you are well. Thanks
Speaker 1: once more for the informative and dry, lee hilarious episodes.
Speaker 1: I stand by the sentimental comments I made about stuff
Speaker 1: to blow your mind when you graciously read a previous
Speaker 1: email of mine back in early January, about which I
Speaker 1: was surprised and humble to be included in listener mail.
Speaker 1: I'm writing this time primarily because if you're Washing of
Speaker 1: the Waters episodes, you had a brief aside about the
Speaker 1: custom of communal Roman public toilets, and now odd that
Speaker 1: would be to our modern sensibilities. Romans doing one's business
Speaker 1: while doing one's business was shown to humorous effect in
Speaker 1: the first season of the Spartacus TV series. However, I
Speaker 1: can share that I have unfortunately been part of having
Speaker 1: to use essentially a communal line of toilets, and it
Speaker 1: is a strange, awful experience. While it may not be
Speaker 1: done anymore. When I went to Navy boot camp in
Speaker 1: the nineteen nineties, our eighty person training company all had
Speaker 1: to use the bathroom at the same approved time between
Speaker 1: other training exercises and orientation lessons. The line of ten
Speaker 1: or so toilets had no doors and minimal barriers between,
Speaker 1: and a leader of the company had to stand watch
Speaker 1: while the other recruits went. We found out later that
Speaker 1: this was done to break down personal barriers, remind the
Speaker 1: recruits that privacy was a luxury, and to prevent recruits from,
Speaker 1: let's say, smuggling items like drugs or food on or
Speaker 1: in their bodies. Appreciate private toilets, folks, but we should
Speaker 1: pause to I guess, appreciate that and let that. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that sounds like you would break down barriers. Yeah, done,
Speaker 1: I appreciate them. Okay, Chuck continues. Secondly, I wanted to
Speaker 1: comment that I, being a kid who loved mythology and
Speaker 1: monster movies, did see Clash of the Titans and a
Speaker 1: packed movie theater as a nine year old kid in
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty one. I'm also pretty sure I saw the
Speaker 1: movie with my best friend, also nine, with no parents
Speaker 1: around at all. I can definitely attest that the Medusa's
Speaker 1: scene was absolutely terrifying to everyone in the theater. Hundreds
Speaker 1: of people held their collective breadth as the creature hunted
Speaker 1: down each hapless Greek red shirt. I had nightmares about
Speaker 1: Medusa for months. That scene, followed up with the Calaboss fight,
Speaker 1: was a fantastic one two punch. Absolutely agree. The Kracking
Speaker 1: fight at the end was almost anticlimactic. After that, my
Speaker 1: best friend loved the movie so much he decided he
Speaker 1: wanted to be a fantasy artist. After that, he's been
Speaker 1: illustrating comics and providing art for fantasy games for years now.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's cool story. I also agree about the
Speaker 1: anticlimacticness of the Kracking confrontation. Yeah, though at least it's
Speaker 1: a different sort of confrontation and it's over pretty quickly.
Speaker 1: But but yeah, there's no being that Medusa fight. And
Speaker 1: then Chuck says, lastly, I can't remember the exact context,
Speaker 1: but it was an episode of Weird House Cinema regarding
Speaker 1: I think some insane character changing jobs. But Rob said
Speaker 1: the hilarious phrase quote, maybe this is where I'll apply myself.
Speaker 1: This is a perfect T shirt slogan. May I use it?
Speaker 1: And if so, may I get your T shirt sizes
Speaker 1: so I can send you your own. Ha Keep up
Speaker 1: the great work and take care It's fine with me
Speaker 1: if you use it. I don't know what your opinion is, Rob,
Speaker 1: but you will never take my T shirt size. Yeah,
Speaker 1: still feel free to put this on a T shirt. Sincerely,
Speaker 1: Chuck from San Diego. Yeah. I was recently in San Diego.
Speaker 1: Really loved spending a week in that town. I've only
Speaker 1: been there overnight one time, but it did seem like
Speaker 1: a cool place. I'd like to spend more time there. Yeah.
Speaker 1: All right, we got one more message about weird House cinema.
Speaker 1: This comes from Daniel, subject line Child of Peach. Hi,
Speaker 1: this is Daniel from Australia. Did you notice that the
Speaker 1: music featured in the clip you play from this episode?
Speaker 1: I guess from Child of Peach is from the nineteen
Speaker 1: eighty six album Fourth Rendezvous by Jean Michel Jarre. Is
Speaker 1: that how you say his name? I believe it's jar Oh,
Speaker 1: I definitely. I definitely had to look it up, okay,
Speaker 1: Jean Michel jar I wonder was this used with permission?
Speaker 1: I doubt it. I remember that the old Japanese TV
Speaker 1: show Monkey Magic in the late seventies and voice dubbed
Speaker 1: in English, used mini samples from well known and lesser
Speaker 1: known movies, and I found this distracting as my mind
Speaker 1: went straight out of the story and into the movie.
Speaker 1: The sound effects originally came from Cheers Daniel, great catch, Daniel.
Speaker 1: I didn't recognize Jar's work in this film, But now
Speaker 1: that you pointed out yet, this totally matches up with
Speaker 1: some of what I've read about unlicensed use of music
Speaker 1: and other Hong Kong and Thaiwanese films of this era.
Speaker 1: I know Master the Flying Guillotine instantly comes to mind
Speaker 1: as a film that a lot of fun has a
Speaker 1: great soundtrack that, if memory serves, is probably not legit.
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of cool crowd rock that's
Speaker 1: sampled and used in that film, and I don't know
Speaker 1: that there was any kind of licensing involved in that.
Speaker 1: I was also reading at some point in the past
Speaker 1: year about a particular Taiwanese film that I think just
Speaker 1: straight up uses some Morriconey Carpenter tracks from the thing.
Speaker 1: Wait didn't somebody also write in to tell us that
Speaker 1: The Thrilling Bloody Sword was using music that's either sounded
Speaker 1: a lot like or was directly taken from a Japanese
Speaker 1: TV show that sounds familiar. But I don't remember it specifically. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's my understanding that this sort of thing, you know, happened.
Speaker 1: But but yeah, I didn't catch this. Um, I'm not
Speaker 1: super familiar with all of jars work. I've I've definitely
Speaker 1: listened to some of his releases, and his father scored
Speaker 1: some pretty big movies. I think he scored Eyes without
Speaker 1: a Face oh wow, but did not write the Billy
Speaker 1: Idol song. I don't think so now. But but but again,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure of all his various collaborations over the years,
Speaker 1: but I don't think John Michelle Jar has actually scored
Speaker 1: a film. I was looking this up like I had
Speaker 1: this false memory in my head that he had scored something,
Speaker 1: But he has not to my knowledge. I could be
Speaker 1: wrong on that, but I don't think he's He's ever
Speaker 1: really gotten into scoring of films like his father. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I love it when listeners catch things like this, so
Speaker 1: oh yeah, so yeah, great, here, Daniel, you know, we
Speaker 1: had another. I don't remember who pointed this out, as
Speaker 1: may have been on our discord, but Thrilling Bloody Sword
Speaker 1: is apparently being remastered like that one is actually going
Speaker 1: to come out in an even better looking form at
Speaker 1: some point in the future. I don't know if I
Speaker 1: would want it, yea quote improved from the version I have. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know. It's that you get kind of attached to
Speaker 1: the to the flaws, right, It's kind of like, do
Speaker 1: you dare restore a classic org of art and you know,
Speaker 1: will the will the restored piece feel more magical or
Speaker 1: will some of the aura be degraded in this transformation.
Speaker 1: I believe it's Air four four four four is the
Speaker 1: company that's going to put it out. Yeah, with thrilling,
Speaker 1: bloody sword. The grime and the hard baked subtitles are
Speaker 1: definitely part of the appeal. But maybe that's just because
Speaker 1: that's the way I'm used to it. So yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited to check it out and then maybe
Speaker 1: again somebody will get around to restoring pot people if
Speaker 1: you work in film restoration. The one that I would
Speaker 1: love a really, really great Crisp New take on is
Speaker 1: a Ship of Monster Is. It seems like there's no
Speaker 1: really good disc out there of it, and it's it's
Speaker 1: crying out for a restoration. Yeah, I mean, it's kind
Speaker 1: of the story of some of these movies. It's like,
Speaker 1: sometimes sadly, the better footage is lost, and there's just
Speaker 1: doesn't exist anymore. But there have been plenty of spectacular
Speaker 1: stories of supposedly lost of footage being found. Santo and
Speaker 1: the Treasure of Dracula being one such example, where they
Speaker 1: didn't think they had had any other foot to fall
Speaker 1: back on, and then they found found something in the
Speaker 1: vault somewhere, and so it's all the light of day again.
Speaker 1: All right? Should we wrap it up there for today? Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's go and wrap it up. This has been listener
Speaker 1: mail for this week. We do these on Mondays and
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