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Speaker 3: Welcome back. It's a brand new episode, This has laughing

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Speaker 3: the podcast with Jeremy Oda. But I'm your home.

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Speaker 1: Jeremy stairs at the stats, hands shaken over takeout boxes.

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Speaker 1: Johnny's already mapping hotels on a napkin with crazy crosses.

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Speaker 1: They quit jobs a kind and tell their losses catch

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Speaker 1: the show boss just shrugs, Oh, it's funny.

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Speaker 3: Johnny grants you'll never Night's jo back with you on

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Speaker 3: your Monday. Thank you so much to everybody who listens,

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Speaker 3: who downloads, who supports this little show club, laugh with me, Johnny,

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Speaker 3: I gotta tell you a record breaking week last week,

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Speaker 3: record breaking numbers for your boys adds laugh with me,

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Speaker 3: nearly ninety thousand downloads of the three brand new episodes

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Speaker 3: last week. I just want to shout out our guests

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Speaker 3: And for everybody who's thinking, you know, should I should

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Speaker 3: I jump in?

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Speaker 1: Now?

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Speaker 3: Is now the time to not only guest on laugh

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Speaker 3: with me, but maybe you know, get involved a little

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Speaker 3: more on the financial side. My answer to you is yes,

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Speaker 3: and it's always a good time for that answer to

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Speaker 3: be yes. Johnny. We're doing big things here, Johnny. We're

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Speaker 3: doing big things here, and we've got ourselves a couple

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Speaker 3: of big, big topics that we need to address here today.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be another big week with three episodes, so

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Speaker 3: we are. We are grinding it out, as as the

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Speaker 3: something that I've spent years and years and years on,

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Speaker 3: And uh, not that that matters anymore. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 3: but I played. I'm a guy who's been playing college

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Speaker 3: Let's play this. Let's play this news clip real quick

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Speaker 3: here for those who aren't familiar with our friend Jimothy.

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Speaker 2: Because there may be a new mythical creature in town

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Speaker 4: A very odd looking raccoon.

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Speaker 3: People are now calling Jimithy Jimmy.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I can't resivance Jack Bill.

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Speaker 3: You went looking for that creature, he joins his live

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Speaker 4: So did you find him, Jack, Well, we looked hard,

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Speaker 2: It looks like if a little kid drew a picture

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Speaker 3: It is a raccoon named Jimothy. Apparently, Jimothy's become somewhat

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Speaker 3: That's first name. Base is fame Zendaya, Jimothy. If someone says,

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Speaker 3: know what, that little criminal has leadership qualities. Jimmithy re

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Speaker 3: You have to admire Jimothy's confidence, though raccoons have mastered

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Speaker 3: raccoons naturally look guilty. Every photo of Jimothy looks like

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Speaker 3: doesn't look like he's got uh you know, he's missing

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Speaker 3: I think I think that's something he would be interested in.

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