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Speaker 3: Here it is.

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Speaker 1: This is perhaps perhaps the most bananas headline that has

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Speaker 3: Help me.

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Speaker 1: Jesus snake falls out of sky, lands on woman, then

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Speaker 2: Oh well, that sounds good enough to sink my teeth

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Speaker 2: into a brand new episode of Bananas.

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Speaker 4: Still world understand you livecillion piesus.

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Speaker 1: Guys, goals, non binary pals, Welcome to Bananas. I am

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Speaker 1: looking at a very dapper London gentleman, Scotty.

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Speaker 2: And live from London to tape. I am looking at

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Speaker 2: my favorite dude in the whole world, Kurt Brown.

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Speaker 1: Ol Or how you doing, dude, I'm very very good.

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Speaker 1: I think we have exciting news to announce.

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Speaker 2: Let it rip.

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Speaker 1: First off, of course, come on out if you still

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Speaker 1: haven't gotten tickets. Cleveland the thirtieth, August thirtieth, I'm there,

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Speaker 1: Brooklyn August thirty first, I'm there. Worcester September first, I'm there.

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Speaker 1: Then then of course we're in Raleigh, and of course

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Speaker 2: That's true, all right, And we don't have a ton

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Speaker 3: And that's September twenty second, twenty third, twenty fourth. I'm

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Speaker 1: But we would love to announce I think a tour

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Speaker 3: A long time in the making.

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Speaker 1: Correct, November eleventh, We're in Richmond, Virginia, folks at the

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Speaker 1: Also, I just found out the day of Richmond's half marathon.

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Speaker 1: is the big one. Baltimore, Maryland. It's coming home November twelfth.

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Speaker 1: That's a Sunday coming home six pm at the Audi Bar,

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Speaker 2: Beavers are coming back to Baltimore. The Banana Boys finally

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Speaker 2: Bone, the Beaver's Bone in Baltimore. But then the later

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Speaker 1: Click to Houston dot com And that's nice And it

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Speaker 3: Okay, so I'm excited you're going to a soccer game.

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Speaker 2: I would love that that will be I'll go eat

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Speaker 2: Aaron Hoffman sent this in Plymouth. Man riding an inflatable

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Speaker 2: for the third time this week. Third time. This isn't

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Speaker 2: by best in the business Elliott Ball.

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Speaker 3: Oh thank you Elliott.

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Speaker 2: That's a fun cool last name. A man has been

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Speaker 2: After Port Control observed the man floating.

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Speaker 3: By I love this so much.

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Speaker 2: He's basically going out northwest event into the ocean northwest

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Speaker 2: Isley right yeah, ho hoe. It comes as a police

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Speaker 1: Wow, he was.

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Speaker 3: He trying, like, what's his story to they get a

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Speaker 2: Well? They kind to do, because I'm thinking there, I'll

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Speaker 2: the Plymouth Sound the previous day by paramedics were counting

441
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Speaker 2: the second rescue Pcso Cunningham told Plymouth Live how she

442
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Speaker 2: and PC Shant tell wild Man great last great full man,

443
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Speaker 2: Shan tell wild Man peace.

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Speaker 3: Okay, PC shan tell wild Man.

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Speaker 2: She can't tell wild Man, I mean Wildman from Hoe.

446
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,440
Speaker 1: PC shantell Wildman from Hoe. Oh my god, that is.

447
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:46,000
Speaker 1: And then PC stands for like private core, prinstable, private,

448
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,000
Speaker 1: constable public.

449
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,640
Speaker 2: Going with that. That sounds pretty good, but it's politically correct,

450
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:57,160
Speaker 2: Coban novel, politically correct. Shant tell wild Man from had

451
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,200
Speaker 2: been driving.

452
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Speaker 3: From sex Worker.

453
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:05,600
Speaker 2: I'd been driving around Hoe or something around oh at

454
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,360
Speaker 2: around three point thirty pm when she frantically flagged down

455
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,280
Speaker 2: by a woman who is trying to ring one oh one,

456
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Speaker 2: which I'm guessing is their nine to one one in

457
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Speaker 2: the States.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

459
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 2: She told the officers she had seen a man on

460
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Speaker 2: an inflatable swan out in the sea who appeared to

461
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:24,359
Speaker 2: be having some difficulty. Somewhat incredulous, the officers headed towards

462
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Speaker 2: the location the woman mentioned behind the coffee shack on

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Speaker 2: the hoe, which I guess is the hoe. Sound, Oh,

464
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Speaker 2: I see to find a few yards out there was

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Speaker 2: a man. There's a man on board the inflatable swan

466
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 2: bobbing around in the water. That makes sense. Yeah, he's

467
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:45,399
Speaker 2: having a fun time. She said. This is Chantelle wild

468
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 2: Man said this. A couple of people were standing there watching,

469
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Speaker 2: and sure enough, there was a man faced down on

470
00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 2: flable swan with a tiny paddle.

471
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Speaker 3: With a tiny paddle, so he's going somewhere.

472
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,520
Speaker 2: So he was going somewhere. He was I thought, maybe

473
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Speaker 2: he doesn't understand how currents were.

474
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, and just kept getting sucked down. But no, he

475
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 1: is maybe the dumb dumb.

476
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 2: No, he's a smart dumb and he's paddling his way

477
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 2: out to the open sea and just continuously getting rescued.

478
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 2: P C. Wildman went through a bag we found nearby

479
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 2: and got his name from it. She began shouting his

480
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Speaker 2: name as loud as she could to get his attention.

481
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 2: She was bellowing, look at me and listen to me,

482
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,159
Speaker 2: before saying she'd throw him a tow line that they

483
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Speaker 2: keep in every police car, that whole police Okay, they're ready,

484
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,520
Speaker 2: they don't they're ready for any type of floating mattress,

485
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,439
Speaker 2: floating alligator, doughnut, a bagel on everything, bagel, that's a

486
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,359
Speaker 2: front float. By some miracle, he caught it and we

487
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Speaker 2: pulled him back in, all right, shan't tell wild man.

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Speaker 1: Oh So, I love that he was close. I love

489
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Speaker 1: that he was close enough to be pulled back in.

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Speaker 1: This sounds like a gentleman who was out for a float.

491
00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,879
Speaker 2: Maybe a drink and then a float. Yeah. To me,

492
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Speaker 2: it sounds like he's got a real passion.

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Speaker 1: People really don't like it in a Oh if you're

494
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Speaker 1: on a swan in the water, apparently the tops get called.

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Speaker 2: When we got him in, we tried to explain the

496
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Speaker 2: dangers of being on the water in an inflatable. We

497
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,159
Speaker 2: were telling him we were concerned for his safety, that

498
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,399
Speaker 2: these things were not meant for the sea, even at

499
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Speaker 2: the best of times, let alone on a very windy

500
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Speaker 2: day when the tide was really high. I told him

501
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 2: these things are meant for swimming pools, not the sea

502
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,679
Speaker 2: exclamation point. He was just going, no, no, it's fine.

503
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 2: He just seemed oblivious to the dangers. He tried to

504
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,199
Speaker 2: reason with him, but that he deflated the swan and

505
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,919
Speaker 2: ran off, just ran, just ran up the steps and

506
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 2: he was gone.

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Speaker 1: Do you know how long it takes to deflate that swan.

508
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: This is not a quick getaway. This is him laying

509
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: on the swan while it goes like and him like

510
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,680
Speaker 1: jiggling its, and then it folds over and then he

511
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 1: has to like unfold it a little bit, and then so.

512
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Speaker 3: This starts coming out more. They're there for one hour

513
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 3: and then he runs away.

514
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 2: The potential to drift further and further out meant we'd

515
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 2: even called the police marine launch just in case we

516
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Speaker 2: were unable to reach him with the toe lines, said

517
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Speaker 2: PC Shantell. Wild man, he's still close enough for the

518
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 2: toe line.

519
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Speaker 3: Leave the man alone.

520
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 2: He's good at what he does. The officers were left

521
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 2: shocked at the man's behavior, but more shocks were to

522
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,000
Speaker 2: come when they got back in back up the steps

523
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Speaker 2: to the police vehicle, only to encounter a couple of

524
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Speaker 2: paramedics who happened to be having a coffee at the

525
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 2: Hoe Cafe. PC Soo Conningham said, we were remarking about

526
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 2: this strange incident, and they said, what we rescued him yesterday?

527
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Speaker 2: He did the exact same thing yesterday, the same man

528
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 2: and probably the same swan on the same water being

529
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Speaker 2: bashed against the wall by waves. The last sentence of

530
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,679
Speaker 2: the article the same man, probably on the same swan

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Speaker 2: on the same water, being bashed against the wall by

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Speaker 2: the waves.

533
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Speaker 3: I also like, I know, I don't like.

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00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 1: I love that there was no so much ink was

535
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: spilled about this stupid event, and no one bothered to

536
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,120
Speaker 1: just ask the man.

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00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 3: No one found out who he was.

538
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, they why he's.

539
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 3: Doing they know who he is. An interview would be

540
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:24,680
Speaker 3: easy to get.

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Speaker 2: Elliott Ball media missed in the biz for this. But

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00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 2: Laren Hoffman, you sent in such a great story. It's

543
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,880
Speaker 2: so funny. I mean, chantell Wildman might go my list

544
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,960
Speaker 2: a great name. Oh it's so so good.

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00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:38,959
Speaker 3: Well, Scottie, I am.

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00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: I am so excited that you did that story because

547
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 1: I would love to give you this headline before we

548
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: take a break, because it feeds it like dovetails with

549
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,160
Speaker 1: this story in such a perfect way.

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00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,120
Speaker 2: I'm all ears. What time is it there? What time

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00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 2: is it?

552
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 3: Twenty two pm?

553
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,159
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's ten twenty two Here I'm in the

554
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 2: future and it is looking sonny and bright.

555
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 1: All right, love that I'm doing? Ready, here it is.

556
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Speaker 1: This was sent in by Daily Chibata. Thank you, Daily Chibata,

557
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: Thank you. Fifty four years ago, Michigan man accepts five

558
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: dollars bet to cross Lake, Michigan in a bathtub.

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00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 3: Oh hell yeah.

560
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,199
Speaker 1: And it's all about the man. It's not just about

561
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: the cops.

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00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 2: Hell yeah. Rub a dub dub. We'll be back with

563
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 2: more banners.

564
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 3: Yannis choose news from all around.

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Speaker 4: The folks were back.

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Speaker 3: Scotty got any shout outs?

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00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 2: We are we do yes care. Marie wants to shout

568
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 2: out Emma, who works in geriatric care and recently underwent

569
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 2: unexpected surgery but is kicking ass and recovering well. So

570
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: get better, Emma, and thanks Karry, Marie. Alex Grammer wants

571
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 2: to shout out Jackson and Christina, who just got engaged

572
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 2: in reason because we shouted out when Alex got engaged,

573
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 2: because they told us, And now it's Jackson and Christina's turned.

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00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 2: Wherever these people live, love is in the air. Sure

575
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 2: to go, guys. Rena wants to shout herself out. She

576
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 2: had a mental breakdown in March and it led her

577
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 2: to make some tough but major life changes. One she

578
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 2: recently graduated from college at twenty eight, feels great and

579
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 2: how to kick ass job. Congratulations, and she's moving out

580
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 2: of the state next month. She's a little scared. But Kurt,

581
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 2: don't you think Rina's doing a great job? These are he.

582
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 3: Kidding me decisions?

583
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 1: Also going to another state. I don't think you ever

584
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: regret it. It's like you get a whole new perspective

585
00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: on life.

586
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 2: You once you get settled in, once you get that

587
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 2: bed made the way you like it, once you take

588
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 2: a couple showers in your bathroom and you start to

589
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 2: feel comfortable. Suddenly you're gonna be making friends at this

590
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 2: kick ass new job. Yeah, it's all gonna be blue

591
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 2: Skies for you pretty soon.

592
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,480
Speaker 1: Your whole life. You've just your whole life. You've just

593
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 1: had a North Dakota perspective. Once you're in South Dakota,

594
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: everything is different. Boom, You're gonna it's gonna change. You're

595
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 1: gonna it's gonna blow your mind. You're like, I don't

596
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: think things could look this way. But thanks South Dakota.

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00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 2: Hmmm. She's thankful for the peace Bananas has been giving

598
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 2: her during these changes. Wewesome, thank you, Rena, you rule

599
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 2: and way to make some big changes that sound like

600
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 2: they're heading in the great direction. And finally, Sondra Button,

601
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,479
Speaker 2: which I hope is her real nance, that is a

602
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 2: great name. Sondra Button wants to shout out her retired

603
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 2: parents who are bananamals who talk about our podcasts and

604
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 2: say you and I are such great storytellers. Their names

605
00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 2: are Sheryl and David, and she sent a photo David

606
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 2: telling Cheryl a story that he heard on Banana's earlier

607
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 2: that day. And David especially like a story that you

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00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 2: told about having to go back to the hospital to

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00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 2: get the swaddle for ol Of. That's becoming a big

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Speaker 2: story for you. Kurty B.

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Speaker 1: That's great, that's wonderful. Maybe I should do it and

612
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Speaker 1: stand up now.

613
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 2: I know, I think you might need to. Cheryl and David,

614
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 2: thanks for being retired parents and bananimals and just sound

615
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 2: like great people. And way to go raising that. Sandra

616
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 2: Button or Sandra button is probably how it's pronounced.

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Speaker 3: That's all I got. Fantastic Scott. Are you ready for this?

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00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, boat baff boat I'm in.

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Speaker 1: So this is from click on Detroit, written by Joseph Grau,

620
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Speaker 1: digital news intern. Yes, yes, yes, Digital Goods. Right on, Joseph,

621
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Speaker 1: you're getting your foot in the door. You're on your

622
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: way to being the best in the busins. This is

623
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: a well written article. So you did a great job.

624
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 2: And I bet he found this doing research where the

625
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 2: uncaring boss was like, just bring in some story ideas

626
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 2: and maybe I'll let you write one, and he went

627
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Speaker 2: and found Yes, a daisy.

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00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 3: I love this. This is so good.

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Speaker 2: Joseph.

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Speaker 3: I'm proud of you. I hope you hear this.

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Speaker 2: You're proud of you, buddy, and.

632
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 3: We're proud of you. Did a really nice job writing this.

633
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: Fifty four years ago, Michigan man accepts five dollars bet

634
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 1: to cross Lake, Michigan in a bathtub subhead.

635
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 3: Yes for real, all right here It is.

636
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: Back in the summer in nineteen sixty nine, when astronauts

637
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: walked on the moon while the Beatles recorded their last album,

638
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: and when four hundred thousand people watched artists like Santana,

639
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 1: Jimmy HENDRICKX, and Janis drop and perform at Woodstock. A

640
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: Michigan man sauce. A Michigan man made history in his

641
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: own way.

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00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 2: What there you go?

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00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 3: What a great lead, Jeff.

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00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 1: He didn't walk on the moon, but still did what

645
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: no man had done before. He traveled across Lake Michigan

646
00:32:58,920 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: in a bathtub.

647
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right, that yes, for real.

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00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,479
Speaker 1: The tubs captain was Victor Jackson, and the entire saga

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00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: was explained in his book Crossing Lake Michigan in a

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Speaker 1: Bathtub True Story. Here's how Jackson said it played out.

651
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: One day, while Jackson was at work in nineteen sixty nine,

652
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: Lake Michigan came up in conversation. His boss, Fred Benke,

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Speaker 1: who Jackson called quote a fellow loudmouth, confidently told coworkers

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Speaker 1: it takes a large boat to cross any of the

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Speaker 1: Great Lakes, including Lake Michigan, which is a reasonable statement.

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00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: Over six thousand shipwrecks rest at the bottom of the

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Speaker 1: Great Lakes, with over twelve hundred in Lake Michigan alone.

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00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: How is that possible?

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Speaker 1: It's I have been on Lake Michigan many, many, many,

660
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: many many times. My dad lives in Michigan, and it

661
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: can get it can get big, it can get big.

662
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 2: It's shocked crazy.

663
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: Still, Jackson called Benke's claim baloney quote. You could cross

664
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: Lake Michigan in any small boat. Jackson told his boss,

665
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: this is great. He's talking up to the boss. Yeah,

666
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 1: navigating on the Great Lakes is so simple that a

667
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: raft of beer cans or even a bathtub, just like

668
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 1: in the cartoons could make it across Lake Michigan.

669
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 2: Yep.

670
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,320
Speaker 1: Then he bet Jackson five dollars that he could sail

671
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,760
Speaker 1: neither a beer can raft nor a bathtub across Lake Michigan.

672
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 3: The two shook on it. There was a problem.

673
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: The two hundred pound cast iron bathtub Jackson obtained for

674
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: the trip didn't actually float.

675
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,800
Speaker 2: Of course it didn't. I was wondering where this was going.

676
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: I hope there was a moment where he brought it

677
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 1: and just put it in the water and just watched

678
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: it go straight down six fields.

679
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 2: Oh, and then fill with water. So it weighs an

680
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 2: extra two hundred and fifty pounds. The heaviest thing in

681
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 2: the world is a cast iron bathtub full of water.

682
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: Over the next several months, volunteers helped Jackson modify the

683
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: tub to make it lake worthy using secondhand materials. A

684
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: steel frame surrounding the tub was built to hold four

685
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:01,280
Speaker 1: empty thirty gallon barrels, which early kept the tub afloat.

686
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: A splash shield was installed at the front and sides

687
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: of the tub.

688
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 3: Radios would provide communication.

689
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: Tall tub, and an outboard motor was attached to the

690
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: back Jackson This is the best part. Jackson needed to

691
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: face the motor to steer the tub, meaning he would

692
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: face batwards during the trip while navigating. To compensate, he

693
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: attached a mirror near the motor to see that head.

694
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 2: This guy is demolition derby driver, just going and reverse

695
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 2: right into the action. We love to hear that.

696
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: Once the vessel was built, Jackson decided to sail west

697
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 1: from Paramarquette Lake in Michigan, which enters into Lake Michigan,

698
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: to Mantawac, Wisconsin, about a sixty mile distance. Jackson's father,

699
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: shockingly didn't want him to make the trip, suggests you

700
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:49,840
Speaker 1: just float around on the lake for some time to

701
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: satisfy the bet, but to Jackson it was Wisconsin or bust.

702
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: He decided to actually cross the entire lake, so no

703
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: one could accuse him of using loophole to win the bet.

704
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: Jackson was ready to sail that July first attempt. Jackson

705
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 1: woke to a thick, unexpected fog. The five foot vessel

706
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 1: was difficult for fairies and ships to see in the

707
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: clear weather, let alone a fog that Jackson said offered

708
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,479
Speaker 1: thirty feet visibility. Still, Jackson began highly publicized sixty mile

709
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 1: void sixty miles with a crowd of onlookers and reporters

710
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: to see him off. Trouble began twenty feet from the

711
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: dock when Jackson struggled to steer the tub several miles out.

712
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: Six foot waves threatened to capsize the tub and subject

713
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: Jackson to hypothermia. Their height prevented Jackson from turning back.

714
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 2: Quote.

715
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: It was the bleakest and most harrowing moment of my life,

716
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: Jackson wrote. The Coastguard rescue Jackson towed the bathtub back

717
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 1: to shore. Jackson said the crew took the rescue in

718
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: good humor and hoped they were joking when they mentioned

719
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: shooting him for target practice if they had to rescue

720
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:55,800
Speaker 1: him again. But as Jackson returned, his father began eyeing

721
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: the tub. His father's neighbor began eyeing the tub. The

722
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: neighbor was Gerald Helsipin, a ship captain who said, this

723
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:02,439
Speaker 1: is great.

724
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 3: There's a great movie.

725
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: A ship captain who sailed Lake Michigan for over twenty

726
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: years and worked for Paramar Kenton the Cno Train ferries

727
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 1: for over twenty five years. According to a Michigan newspaper

728
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 1: from nineteen eighty six, Hell has been told Jackson the

729
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: tub could make it across the lake under the right conditions,

730
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: and that lake could be quote smooth as a tabletop

731
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,839
Speaker 1: in good weather. By August twenty fourth, nineteen sixty nine,

732
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: after more testing and being teased, Jackson and the bathtub

733
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: were back at Lake Michigan. This time, the lake was calm,

734
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: the voyage uneventful. That was until Jackson got halfway across

735
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: the lake. The radio Jackson was using to communicate with

736
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,399
Speaker 1: people on land for navigation began to die, even though

737
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: a generator on the tub's motor was supposed to keep

738
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: the battery charged. Jackson decided to turn the radio off

739
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: and save it in case of an emergency, even though

740
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 1: he just used it to confirm he had drifted miles

741
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: off course. Jackson was completely alone Luckily, while he would

742
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: couldn't communicate with it. Jackson brought a portable radio to

743
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 1: monitor distress signals. The portable radio had a signal meter

744
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,720
Speaker 1: which went tuned to a station in Mantawac and, combined

745
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: with a compass, showed him which direction to sail. Finally,

746
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: after fourteen hours of sailing, Jackson reached his Wisconsin destination.

747
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: Jackson gained fame during his bathtub Saga wrote about the

748
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: numerous public appearances he made, including meeting mayors, participating in

749
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: an a game show That's what You Get In nineteen

750
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,240
Speaker 1: sixty nine, The brave yet self admitted crazy Man proved

751
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,280
Speaker 1: that even the most unsuspecting vessel can somehow cross Lake Michigan,

752
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: just like in the cartoons. And Yes, Benke eventually gave

753
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: Jackson his five dollars.

754
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 2: Wow, Yes, this is this is why it. Yes, America

755
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 2: is truly a puzzle. And I can say that because

756
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 2: I've been out of the country for almost thirty six hours,

757
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 2: so I'm feeling I feel like I have a certain

758
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 2: perspective that a lot of people in America right now

759
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 2: might not. Okay, we're not the smartest, no, not even close,

760
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 2: not even probably top ten maybe twenty no way, maybe

761
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 2: we're the maybe the twenty first smartest country in the world,

762
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 2: but maybe not. But but what we do have is

763
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 2: a large faction of our country. If you say it

764
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 2: cannot be done, they will do it. And they and

765
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 2: this kid for five dollars in a tough three times

766
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 2: four times. It is something in us and it I

767
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 2: don't know if it was just because the people who

768
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 2: escaped to go to America, that everybody that fled there

769
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,800
Speaker 2: had there was a type of psychopath that just wants

770
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 2: things to be different in their own way. They're stubborn.

771
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 2: I don't know what it is, or it's not surprising.

772
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:56,839
Speaker 2: This story is not surprising.

773
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: It is almost n And we have a national undeserved

774
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 1: high level of self confidence, unbelievable confidence that from all

775
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: from our track record across the board, we should not have.

776
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 2: Absolutely so fallible. But it's also why our comedy, our

777
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 2: best comedy, are confident idiots. It's the Homer Simpsons, yep,

778
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 2: It's Steve Martin Jerk, It's pretty much every Melissa McCarthy movie.

779
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 2: It's Deadpool. It's like, if you are I can do it,

780
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 2: and then they pull the rug out from under you.

781
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 2: It is because it's quinn essentially American that if you

782
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 2: say I bet you five dollars you can't do something,

783
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 2: somebody's gonna do it. Yeah, it's the craziest thing, and

784
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 2: it's so entertaining when used in the right direction. It's

785
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 2: so horrible when it's placed on the rug direction. But man,

786
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,319
Speaker 2: I love this. That guy's probably older than us now,

787
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 2: right nine, So yeah, he's way older than us. Yeah,

788
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:02,920
Speaker 2: I hope he's still out there. Good for him. I

789
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 2: hope you framed that five dollars bill or shoved it

790
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 2: directly up his boss's dairy air.

791
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: I think it's a great I think it would be

792
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 1: a great movie. Obviously, Indy obviously a.

793
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 2: Heartache in there. Susan Sarandon's dying in Wisconsin. She says,

794
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 2: I'll hold on if you're coming, and he says, I'm coming,

795
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:25,720
Speaker 2: and then he reversed boats across Lake Michigan the time.

796
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: Just if going backwards is so fucking funny, It's so funny,

797
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: just in the dumbest vehicle driving backwards, the dumbest way

798
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,439
Speaker 1: you could drive the boat.

799
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 2: And what's the name of the town, Parakeet.

800
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 3: Para Marquette Lake is where he's para Markette.

801
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 2: So it's like, if that town didn't put that bath

802
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 2: boat with the generator and a motor and all that

803
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 2: stuff in a museum and a glass thing that you

804
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,720
Speaker 2: if it's not a roadside attraction, every mayor cent should

805
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 2: be fired a meetor after getting.

806
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 3: Under the middle of hair Marquette.

807
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,879
Speaker 1: The middle of the town should have a goddamn bathtub.

808
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 3: Bronze sculpture.

809
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, bigger than I'm talking David's size, bigger than life

810
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: one and one third size LIFs.

811
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 2: With this gentleman sitting backwards. Maybe a fountain spewing water

812
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 2: from where the motor was.

813
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 3: Come on, now, Scotty, now you nailed it.

814
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,720
Speaker 1: Now, I'm actually wanting to raise money to make this happen.

815
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 3: Can we do that?

816
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,280
Speaker 2: We could try. I mean, I think we could definitely

817
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 2: get in touch with that mayor. Those people get like

818
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 2: two emails a day, and it's always like Sally Jenkins

819
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 2: wants a speed bomp on Main Street. So if we

820
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 2: call and me go, hey, it's time you build a

821
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 2: statue for your greatest hero.

822
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:46,319
Speaker 1: I have family in Michigan. I think we can get

823
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 1: this done. You know what I'm saying it right now?

824
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 2: Let's do it.

825
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:51,720
Speaker 3: I'm gonna get it done.

826
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 2: We're gonna get it done. We're gonna get it done.

827
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 2: We're gonna this seems like a very bananas thing. Somebody

828
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 2: send us a photo of the love butt today looking

829
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 2: worn out. I think we can get a statue of

830
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:06,720
Speaker 2: a man sitting backwards in a bathtub in that town.

831
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: I know the sculptor to do it, my buddy, Steve Shaheen.

832
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 3: He's a mean, he's a he's a he's a stone sculptor.

833
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 1: I mean, if this was a gorgeous stone sculpture of

834
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: this guy in this bathtub, just like he's a classically

835
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 1: trained stone sculptor, like this would be fucking mind blowing.

836
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:31,439
Speaker 2: We're doing it, all right.

837
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 3: I'm so excited.

838
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,320
Speaker 2: I'll drive a truck out there with that thing in

839
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 2: the back, and if they don't even give us permission,

840
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,799
Speaker 2: We're putting that thing in town square that belongs there.

841
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:43,800
Speaker 3: He's excited.

842
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 2: It's been going on too long. We got to get

843
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 2: this going.

844
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 1: I am so excited. I am so so very very excited.

845
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:51,760
Speaker 1: This is this is going to be awesome.

846
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 2: It's a artistic manifestation of what is right and wrong

847
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 2: with America in one's perfect, glorious sculptures.

848
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 1: And also after all of this, it would be ironic

849
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: if we look it up and they already have.

850
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 2: This, they already have it, or this guy is like

851
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:16,800
Speaker 2: a horrible racist, and then we're like, god, he better

852
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 2: be a good guy. We're gonna absolutely do it unless

853
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 2: this guy's a racist. Where they already have on and

854
00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 2: you can.

855
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 3: And you can count on that. That's a banana's promise.

856
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:32,760
Speaker 2: You could count on that. Rite it in banana because

857
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 2: it's happening. Oh, I'm so alright. I got one for you,

858
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 2: all right, and this one is this one's nice, this

859
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:41,800
Speaker 2: one's got a nice message.

860
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 3: Nice, all right.

861
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 2: Do you remember from the first story about the hawk.

862
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 2: Do you remember when we went to that hotel and

863
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 2: they offered falconry, like you can get up in the

864
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,479
Speaker 2: morning and learn how to do falconry. And the first

865
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,839
Speaker 2: thing Rob said to the person was do we get

866
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 2: a guaranteed kill?

867
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:01,320
Speaker 3: You said it immediately.

868
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 2: Yeah. As soon as the guys like we have falconry

869
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 2: at ten am, Rob was like, do we get a

870
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 2: guaranteed kill? And that guy was like, okay, So cabin

871
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 2: for is kind of weird. God, that is the funniest

872
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:18,240
Speaker 2: thing to say immediately immediately, and the two people working

873
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 2: there were like, oh god, these four here. Lee Gervitz

874
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 2: sent this in. Lee Gervitz A sent someveral good stories

875
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 2: and thank you Lee Gervitz. A couple gets married at

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00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 2: whit Castle to thank the burger chain that fed the

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00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 2: bride when she was a homeless teenager.

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00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: I love this story. I see this one. I have

879
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 1: seen the story. This story. This story is amazing and

880
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 1: also makes me love White Castle even more than I

881
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 1: already do.

882
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 2: Yeah. Man, it's a it's a pretty really it's really good.

883
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 2: It's a feel good. It's good to go out on

884
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 2: a feel good story too. This was on Upworthy, but

885
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 2: it was everywhere but Upworthy. They're fun, they keep it light.

886
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 2: This was written by a d T Bora, which is

887
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 2: a great name too, a dt Bora, who is Abi

888
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 2: is the best in the Bora biz. When Jamie West

889
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,919
Speaker 2: was a homeless teen in the nineteen nineties, she did

890
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 2: not dare to think beyond just getting through one more day.

891
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,279
Speaker 2: Of course, Hungry and lost in hope, Wes found a

892
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 2: pair of loving arms in an employee at a White

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00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 2: Castle restaurant who handed her bags of free Hamburger sliders

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00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,319
Speaker 2: after she asked for a glass of water. From that

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00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 2: day onwards, whenever West was hungry, she knew where to go,

896
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 2: and almost every white Castle had treated her the same way.

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00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 3: That's amazing.

898
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 2: It's amazing. It's so nice. It's crazy nice, and it's

899
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 2: not that hard to be this nice. It was a

900
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,280
Speaker 2: kindness that I'll never forget, she told The Washington Post.

901
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 2: Fast forward twenty five years later. This year, with a

902
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 2: fiance that she was getting married to. Wes said she

903
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,320
Speaker 2: knew exactly where she wanted the wedding, at the White

904
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 2: Castle in Scottsdale, Arizona, about twenty miles away from where

905
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 2: she and her fiance reside. West and her husband, Drew

906
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:03,320
Speaker 2: Schmidt said their ideas at a medieval themed ceremony. Yes,

907
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 2: of course you did. God, I wish we were invited

908
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,840
Speaker 2: to this. Breaks my slider.

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00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 3: It's amazing.

910
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 2: It's so beautiful, a medieval.

911
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: Themed wedding at White Castle in a campy Arizona.

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00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:20,240
Speaker 2: I mean, the most regal place in America, Scottsdale, Arizona,

913
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:24,880
Speaker 2: scott where everyone is seventy two years old, and every

914
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:26,759
Speaker 2: other restaurant is Italian food.

915
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 3: And every other man is a golf club.

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00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 2: At a medieval theme ceremony that included sliders for their

917
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty guests, a giant Burger shaped cake,

918
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 2: and flower girls who threw dehydrated onions instead of flowers.

919
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 3: Ooh, that's awesome, so good, that's so cool.

920
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 2: We've eaten here at least twice a month since they

921
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,799
Speaker 2: opened West End of the twenty nineteen launch of the

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00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,759
Speaker 2: Burger chain in Scottsdale. Adding a white Castle allowed them

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00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 2: to use the restaurant for their wedding free of charge.

924
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 3: Dude, that's so cool.

925
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 2: But animals, if you live in Phoenix or Scottsdale and

926
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 2: you are a meat eater, go to go to the

927
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 2: White Castle and just just give them some support because

928
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 2: they did the right thing.

929
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Speaker 3: Don't go.

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00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:10,919
Speaker 1: Don't go two times a week. That's I'm worried about them.

931
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,479
Speaker 1: That's do not eat White Castle two times a week.

932
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 2: But definitely go at least yeah maybe maybe once, maybe.

933
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 1: Ye walked there, White Castle, all right, but we're all

934
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: very aware of what the food is like.

935
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Speaker 2: You ordered a hundred White Castles once after a Halloween

936
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 2: party in Manhattan, and we were all too drunk and

937
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:36,719
Speaker 2: high and so everybody was just like okay, and I

938
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:38,920
Speaker 2: was like, he really wants us to enjoy these, and

939
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,240
Speaker 2: I just started eating and then like my eyes were closed.

940
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 2: I was literally like, just stuff them down. Kurtie B

941
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:46,680
Speaker 2: bought one hundred so far, the somebody's eating six of

942
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,600
Speaker 2: them total. It's time to put a damn a little

943
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 2: dent in this pile.

944
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 3: And who's so very nice?

945
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,919
Speaker 2: I did do that, and I remember it probably keeping

946
00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 2: me pretty sober later. Yea. The duo maintained the theme

947
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 2: as Westward, bright blue and gold gown made with full skirt.

948
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,720
Speaker 2: Schmidt suited up in a kilt like Curdie B, topped

949
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:11,279
Speaker 2: with custom made leather armor, which is a basics of course.

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00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 2: The happy couple were crowns and a tattoo. Artists put

951
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 2: Celtic tattoos on their ring fingers instead of traditional wedding rings.

952
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 2: Of course, great wedding. Every wedding wants to be non traditional,

953
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 2: and they're all the fucking same, and this one is

954
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:25,720
Speaker 2: so fun.

955
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 1: If your groom is not in an outfit that can

956
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:33,800
Speaker 1: defend against someone trying to joust him, yes, then.

957
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:34,760
Speaker 3: You don't have a good wedding.

958
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 2: Bad wedding.

959
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 3: Your groomed for jousting, should be ready for jousting.

960
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:43,600
Speaker 2: Sell your wife's hands. Yeah, we were so thankful that

961
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:45,880
Speaker 2: we found each other and have become each other's partners

962
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,960
Speaker 2: and best friends, said Schmid, who's fifty seven. Jamie has

963
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 2: been through a lot of tough challenges in her life,

964
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:53,720
Speaker 2: so it was wonderful that she now has this happy place.

965
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 2: So Jamie West, who grew up in Arizona, was putting

966
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 2: a foster care at age four and was in and

967
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 2: out of nine four foster.

968
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: Oh man, the foster care system is broken in this country.

969
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,399
Speaker 2: It's so bad. I'm sure a lot of great people

970
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:11,120
Speaker 2: are drying. But ninety four foster homes my goodness. And

971
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:13,479
Speaker 2: when I was twelve and a half, I finally got

972
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,880
Speaker 2: had enough and climbed out of the bathroom window to

973
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,440
Speaker 2: run away. And I got really good at hiding. She

974
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 2: lived in a homeless camp near Arizona State University in

975
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 2: Tempe with other teens, and then hitchhiked down to southern California,

976
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 2: where she lived in a beach community. At sixteen, she

977
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:30,840
Speaker 2: stumbled upon a white castle in a nameless town and

978
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 2: asked for a glass of water. Quote this woman working

979
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,880
Speaker 2: there said, oh sugar, you poor thing, go get yourself

980
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:39,759
Speaker 2: cleaned up in the bathroom. West recalled, I went in

981
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,839
Speaker 2: there and cried and then washed up. When I came out,

982
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 2: they had filled these big sacks full of Slider hamburgers

983
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 2: and they were waiting for me. She added quote The

984
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 2: lady told me they were cleaning the grill and they

985
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 2: were gonna throw everything away, and she wanted me to

986
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 2: have them. West was so over West was so overwhelmed

987
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 2: when recounting this woman. She hugged the woman, grabbed the

988
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,840
Speaker 2: food and ran away. Oh my gosh, all this poor kid,

989
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 2: this poor starving.

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00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 1: Her whole story reminds me of my One of my

991
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: favorite movies growing up is Where the Day Takes You.

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00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 3: Have you ever seen where the Day takes you?

993
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:12,799
Speaker 1: No?

994
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 2: I don't know that.

995
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 3: Where the Day Takes You is fantastic.

996
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 2: Interesting. I'll check it out. Wes said that various white

997
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 2: castles across the country also treated her the same way,

998
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,400
Speaker 2: no matter how rough looking she looked. Quote. I was

999
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 2: always so grateful to them for treating me like a

1000
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 2: human being. It was a shiny spot during a very

1001
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:36,439
Speaker 2: bad time in twenty nineteen, when the fast food chain

1002
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,279
Speaker 2: opened that new location near her home in Scott's, Arizona.

1003
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 2: West and Schmidt camped out in the parking lot to

1004
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:46,479
Speaker 2: be the first in line to go inside. In March

1005
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,719
Speaker 2: twenty twenty, the couple got engaged, and in twenty twenty three,

1006
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:54,120
Speaker 2: Schmidt and West were happily married at White Castle. I mean,

1007
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 2: way to go nice. That was that womanzy, the woman worked,

1008
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,239
Speaker 2: the nameless woman who gave who said, oh showgrey, poor

1009
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 2: thing go get and gave her. I mean she's probably

1010
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:10,759
Speaker 2: never heard a podcast, and not bananas especially, But you

1011
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 2: are a saint, lady. Good for you. That is little

1012
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:15,720
Speaker 2: kindness can change a life.

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00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: Damn, that's a great I love that that that lady,

1014
00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:18,879
Speaker 1: isn't that lady?

1015
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 3: Banana the week, Banana the week?

1016
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:23,439
Speaker 2: We have two we can have two bananas the week.

1017
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:28,319
Speaker 2: It's our podcast week. We're riding hot. Damn. That made

1018
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:29,320
Speaker 2: me feel soa It made.

1019
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:29,759
Speaker 3: Me feel good.

1020
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Speaker 1: Thank you, Scottie, thank you for doing this podcast with me.

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00:52:32,719 --> 00:52:36,840
Speaker 1: And I'm very excited about I'm so excited about Para Marquette.

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00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:38,400
Speaker 3: This is gonna be this is exciting.

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00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,200
Speaker 2: Para Marquette is so excited Baltimore Bananas Live and bringing

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Speaker 2: the Beavers back so exciting. I'm pomped we have we

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00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:49,640
Speaker 2: have a great fall rolling out before us. Uh. Let's

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00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,479
Speaker 2: call Steve Shahen and get him on the case, because, yeah,

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00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:54,520
Speaker 2: we gotta do a little research and get a picture

1028
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 2: of this boat. We gotta find out what this boat.

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00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:59,160
Speaker 3: By not doing it like I'm doing no research, I'm

1030
00:52:59,200 --> 00:52:59,799
Speaker 3: just calling Steve.

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00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,319
Speaker 2: He's gonna start it even better. See that's that's the

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00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:06,759
Speaker 2: Americana spirit right there. Just dive in this all right.

1033
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:13,839
Speaker 3: Well, thank you, thank you to everyone. Bon Bananas.

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Speaker 2: Bananas is an exactly right media production.

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Speaker 3: Our producer and engineer is Katie Levine.

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Speaker 2: The catchy Bananas theme song was composed and performed by Kahon.

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Speaker 3: Artwork for Bananas was designed by Travis Millard.

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Speaker 2: And our benevolent overlords are the great Karen Kilgareff and

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Speaker 2: Georgia Hartstart

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Speaker 1: And Lisa Maggott is our full human, not a robot intern.