WEBVTT - An Adults Only Melrose Minute! 

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<v Speaker 1>Still the Place with Laura Layton, Courtney Thorn Smith.

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<v Speaker 2>And Daphne's Aniga an iHeartRadio podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey you guys, Oh my gosh, Daphne, you were so

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<v Speaker 3>cute at King for coming.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, So, first of all, welcome to our Melrose Minute.

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<v Speaker 4>We had the super crazy fun thing of getting to

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<v Speaker 4>go see Daphne at Upright Citizens per Grade, which is

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<v Speaker 4>an improv show, and it was really the best one

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<v Speaker 4>I've ever seen. I never stopped laughing. Normally there are

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<v Speaker 4>awkward pauses. I never did.

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<v Speaker 1>So Daphne, please tell us what it was like for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, UCB is, you know, started in New York. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the La Theater and within that somebody, I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was Amy Poehler was one of the founders, and

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<v Speaker 2>then another actor started ascat a double four s's and

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<v Speaker 2>the format is.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, you say, ass cat. I've never said

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<v Speaker 1>it that way, but that would be the appropriate I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just trying it out.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know where that came from, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think you see be the theater itself has at least

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<v Speaker 2>that night, there were three shows, so people come, they.

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<v Speaker 3>Line up, but like they're you know, five, Almost every

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<v Speaker 3>night there's two or three shows almost every night, and

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<v Speaker 3>they're just like a different themed, recurring show.

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<v Speaker 1>And if they and.

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<v Speaker 2>This particular one with Ascat, which is not in all

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<v Speaker 2>the shows, they invite a guest to come in and

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<v Speaker 2>they say, we're going to ask you to tell three stories.

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<v Speaker 2>They have to be true, and then our improv troupe

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<v Speaker 2>will act them out. And obviously, you guys saw they

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<v Speaker 2>take you to start with your stories and they go

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<v Speaker 2>off from there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they weren't really acting out your stories so much

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<v Speaker 3>as they used it as a trigger to spark ideas

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<v Speaker 3>for themselves. So they would take a piece of your

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<v Speaker 3>story and just go off on that became a tangent

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<v Speaker 3>and it.

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<v Speaker 1>Was hysterical, shysterical.

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<v Speaker 3>And by the way, Daphne I thought about this later,

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<v Speaker 3>like your stories were great because you provided just enough

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<v Speaker 3>detail for them to like grab onto things that they

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to like store away and go, oh, I want

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<v Speaker 3>to I want to do something on that beat.

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<v Speaker 1>And they weren't always like truthful to your story.

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<v Speaker 3>It was just like that beat of the story that

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<v Speaker 3>they took and told another tangential story off of. And

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<v Speaker 3>just the way they work together and they you know,

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<v Speaker 3>they as improv artists. They're like ready to jump in

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<v Speaker 3>and go I see where this can go and how

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<v Speaker 3>I can contribute. And they tap the shoulder of one

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<v Speaker 3>of the other actors out and they tap out and

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<v Speaker 3>they step in and all of a sudden, they pivot

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<v Speaker 3>the story and everybody's just like they don't miss a beat.

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<v Speaker 1>It was so fun to watch. Yeah, it made me

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<v Speaker 1>wish that I had had the courage to do that

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<v Speaker 1>as a actor, and I thought I wish I had.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I had done it because it looked so

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<v Speaker 1>much fun and they were enjoying themselves. And Daphney, what

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<v Speaker 1>I think you did so beautifully.

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<v Speaker 4>First of all terrifying, like when they say, like when

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<v Speaker 4>you're doing a pre interview for a talk show and

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<v Speaker 4>they tell me a funny story like the only can't

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<v Speaker 4>remember anything. Yeah, it was that moment on a stage

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<v Speaker 4>in front of people. But the stories you told were

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<v Speaker 4>really charming and funny in and of themselves, and you

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<v Speaker 4>were so relaxed and you seem so happy to be there,

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<v Speaker 4>and I think it gave them permission to really be

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<v Speaker 4>funny and do whatever they wanted. And we could see you,

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<v Speaker 4>so we were on the opposite side of the stage.

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<v Speaker 4>We could see you. I don't think you could see

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<v Speaker 4>us because we were in the dark.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you were just smiling, you delighted. We were across

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<v Speaker 1>the stage from you, on the other side of the stage.

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<v Speaker 3>And once you sit down after you've told your stories,

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<v Speaker 3>you sit down as an audience member, and you watched

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<v Speaker 3>the troop just do their thing, and you're laughing.

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<v Speaker 1>As the thing. You honestly were like beaming. It was

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<v Speaker 1>so fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 2>It was cringing because they get a little like pro genitalia.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, was there.

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<v Speaker 2>I told the story of our blind date, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, I did not mention anything about what I could.

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<v Speaker 1>Kill someone body part. Yeah, and it was very dirty

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<v Speaker 1>and they get.

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<v Speaker 2>Dirty, but they let's see my stories. The first one was, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>someone said desert, so I still.

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<v Speaker 1>I told a Spaceball story.

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<v Speaker 2>So we had guys acting out mel Brooks and the

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<v Speaker 2>other characters and.

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<v Speaker 1>All different versions of mel Brooks.

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<v Speaker 2>All different versions of him. And then I told a

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<v Speaker 2>story about our blind date, and so I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>was regretting. I don't know, because it's I've never done

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<v Speaker 2>that before. So these stories came up, you know, as

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<v Speaker 2>you saw, they asked the audience for words and they

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<v Speaker 2>were giving me words like ginger vitis.

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<v Speaker 1>Like no kept coming.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because the audience first is supposed to throw out

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<v Speaker 3>words for you, the guest to think of a story

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<v Speaker 3>on that theme, and then you have to think of

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<v Speaker 3>a story sort of on a theme based on the

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<v Speaker 3>audience suggestion, and then the improv actors tell off from

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<v Speaker 3>tell their thing, do their thing based on yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all like a very sort of collaborative yea, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And I know why it would feel weird for you

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<v Speaker 4>because one of this phrase you told it was so

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<v Speaker 4>adorable was that you were talking to your now husband

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<v Speaker 4>and you hadn't met yet, and he happened to be

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<v Speaker 4>in your mom's town and he said, can I take

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<v Speaker 4>your mom to coffee? Which is so such extremely charming,

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<v Speaker 4>I can't even so, and the whole audience went, oh

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<v Speaker 4>so after to take your mom to coffee, So they

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<v Speaker 4>ran with that. But as just so you know, as

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<v Speaker 4>an audience member, I'm not thinking that the mother character

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<v Speaker 4>saying ridiculous things to the boyfriend character.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it all you and David? Like that wasn't the truth?

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<v Speaker 4>The sweet part was, I can imagine why it felt

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<v Speaker 4>sort of personal deal, like are people going to think,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>It was so ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 4>And as you said, they said penis more times than

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<v Speaker 4>I can count, and then Wiener and I was saying

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<v Speaker 4>to I went with my friend Dan, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 4>the embarrassing thing is it.

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<v Speaker 1>Makes me laugh every time he goes.

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<v Speaker 4>I was getting kind of calm by the penis because

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<v Speaker 4>then they said Wiener and I lost it, like why

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<v Speaker 4>is it so funny?

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<v Speaker 1>How young?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's also silly and stupid, and yeah, it

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<v Speaker 3>was so silly and great, but yeah, that's absolutely true.

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<v Speaker 3>Daff Your story was so sweet and genuine, and everybody

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of went, oh, my gosh, that's so cute.

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<v Speaker 1>But like they completely turned.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it became animal crack and lizard planning, and

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<v Speaker 2>then that lizard someone mentioned Meryl Streep and then I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, oh, that's they had told me before. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>prepare anything, but if something while they're doing an improv,

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<v Speaker 2>if something there trigger something, So I like, okay, well

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<v Speaker 2>there was a sort of a story about Meryl Streep,

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<v Speaker 2>not that I've worked with her, but that so I

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<v Speaker 2>told that story of my audition for the first theater

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<v Speaker 2>troupe that I ever auditioned for first and last musical comedation.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that story and I don't say money.

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<v Speaker 2>But because Meryl Streep went to the same Summerstock theater

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<v Speaker 2>years before, I use that because they said do that, And.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I'm great.

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of learned, like, Okay, I get it. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>these are acts, their improv Let's give them some visuals,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and they can just go off from there,

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<v Speaker 2>because clearly I know they will. And yet they turned

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<v Speaker 2>it into more genitalia and.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, well, I'm like, did you know did they ask

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<v Speaker 3>did they say, hey, this is an over eighteen crowd,

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<v Speaker 3>like this is adults only, because or somehow in your

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<v Speaker 3>gut you knew to ask for it. Right at the beginning,

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<v Speaker 3>You're like, wait a minute, is everybody out here over eighteen?

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<v Speaker 3>And they haven't turned that into a joke, which was

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<v Speaker 3>really funny for them, but like, I wonder you even knew, Like, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>I just just.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to check who's my crowd here. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>read the room.

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<v Speaker 2>Well I was saying that more for my stories, right yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>So but then I thought I'm not going to divulge

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<v Speaker 2>any like stories that I don't want out in the

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<v Speaker 2>public anyway. So they're going to stick to like really fun,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, save stories. But boy, when you have like

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<v Speaker 2>really talented if some of those people are second city,

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<v Speaker 2>there us be. They used to came up in New

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<v Speaker 2>York when it started with the Amy Polar group and

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<v Speaker 2>all of that, so they're very talented. They do this

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<v Speaker 2>all the time and they go off. I mean, they're imaginations.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. I was relieved when I was asked to

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<v Speaker 2>do this. I was relieved that he said, don't prepare anything.

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<v Speaker 1>They because I do improv.

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<v Speaker 2>I've studied with Gary Austen, I've studied with you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my friends, Helen Hunt and Helen Slater. I've Jason Alexander

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<v Speaker 2>had been in there. Lisa Kudre is there in the

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<v Speaker 2>very beginning when she came up with her character for Friends.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, these are brilliant people who just have but

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<v Speaker 2>you have to be open to your own inspiration because

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<v Speaker 2>it kills you if you think too much. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always terrified over the years to do it, and

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<v Speaker 2>then i keep doing it because it's fun.

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<v Speaker 1>But you really, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Really saw because I got to just tell this story

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<v Speaker 2>and then sit down like there, imaginations just keep going. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>never stop and that's a real ability. That's a real,

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<v Speaker 2>real ability. I hope you guys do it. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>you guys do it. You said Doug might want to

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<v Speaker 2>do it.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it's just like if between Doug or me,

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<v Speaker 3>like who's sort of more brave about that, that would

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<v Speaker 3>be Doug I have. I'm like, like panic, I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>going to be able to think of something in the moment,

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<v Speaker 3>you know that that fear like you said, like going

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<v Speaker 3>on a talk show and like, ah, I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt scared, But it looked so fun. Yeah, do

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<v Speaker 1>it fun?

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<v Speaker 4>And what I saw because I always think I wish

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<v Speaker 4>I could be as relaxed in my work as an

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<v Speaker 4>actor as I am with my friends. Right, Like, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>much funnier with my friends, and you guys are now

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<v Speaker 4>my friends, so we're nice and relaxed.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's like you're hilarious.

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<v Speaker 4>But I always thought, like I look at and that's

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<v Speaker 4>what they felt, like friends making each other a laugh

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<v Speaker 4>and they were like the guys weren't actually on stage,

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<v Speaker 4>were waiting, were laughing hysterically at their buddies.

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<v Speaker 1>And I thought that's why the show was so.

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<v Speaker 4>Magical, because it wasn't all these people trying to perform

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<v Speaker 4>and be funny for each other. They were making each

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<v Speaker 4>other laugh, and I think that's why it felt so

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<v Speaker 4>relaxed and easy. So then as an audience member, I

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<v Speaker 4>could relax because they were having fun. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 4>we could see you you were having fun, so that

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<v Speaker 4>made it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was such a great show. I was so impressed.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I actually have I have a really good friend

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<v Speaker 3>who is not an actor, and she has always just

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<v Speaker 3>sort of had this. She has a kid, a grown

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<v Speaker 3>child who's pursuing acting as a career and stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And she just said.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I wanted to put myself in an improv

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<v Speaker 3>class because it's one of the scariest things I can

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<v Speaker 3>think of doing, but I think it would be so

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<v Speaker 3>good for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever, And she just.

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<v Speaker 3>Went and did this super brave thing and put herself,

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<v Speaker 3>as a middle aged mom person in an improv class

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<v Speaker 3>with a bunch of people who were like pursuing it

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<v Speaker 3>for all of their reasons. And she said, she was,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, by far the oldest person in the room,

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<v Speaker 3>but like the super scary and vulnerable thing to do.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm just so impressed by her. Say it was

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<v Speaker 3>she was terrified, she was She said it was horrible

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<v Speaker 3>and wonderful, you know, but like horrible just because it

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<v Speaker 3>was just so vulnerable, like horrible in a way, like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh my god, I had to learn so much about

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<v Speaker 3>myself through the process, Like just so much is revealed,

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<v Speaker 3>and it is everything she probably went there for and more.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>The main thing that we get afraid of is judgment, right,

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<v Speaker 2>we judge ourselves and we're afraid of being judged by

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<v Speaker 2>the audience. And I remember again twenty something thirty. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if this was in the nineties, but I

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<v Speaker 2>was in one of my early classes with Gary Austin,

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<v Speaker 2>who was a co founder of the Groundlings, and his

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<v Speaker 2>opening exercise was to get up on stage alone and

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<v Speaker 2>make a fool of yourself for two minutes, so you

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<v Speaker 2>get it out of the way to the Cudro Lisa

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<v Speaker 2>Kudro blew my mind. And once you get that out

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<v Speaker 2>of your like just doing crazy stuff, Wow, you all

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<v Speaker 2>sort of connect and unite in Okay, it's safe to

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<v Speaker 2>just be goofball, just being nice, not pretty, and we survived.

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<v Speaker 2>And then once you can break through that, you access

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<v Speaker 2>other parts of yourself and you just play.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, that is so brilliant because it's one thing

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<v Speaker 4>to say, you know, I'm really funny and easy with

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<v Speaker 4>my friends.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very different to do it on stage. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>brilliant an exercise. Yeah, a few minutes and that's going

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<v Speaker 1>to feel like forever. And I will say, like I

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<v Speaker 1>have had talk show appearances go very badly and it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually healthy because you go, that was as awful as

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<v Speaker 1>I feared it was going to be, and here I am.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still here, right.

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<v Speaker 4>It's that sense of I did the humiliating, horrible thing

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm still here.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really healthy. Maybe I should take an adult.

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<v Speaker 4>It is sort of a good lesson, and I'm going

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<v Speaker 4>to take a little kid in prov class then I will.

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<v Speaker 2>But I tell you one thing that I remember with

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<v Speaker 2>Gary's class much years later. I did he I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called the theatrical. I forget what the name of

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<v Speaker 2>the exercises. But I was on stage for thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 2>by myself, just following movement and making a story out

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<v Speaker 2>of it, and things came to me. This is many

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, so my memory is more intact. But I

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<v Speaker 2>remembered thing my childhood and cinequel just that's working. But

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<v Speaker 2>I know, but still I think I need to up

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<v Speaker 2>my dose because that's a great brain.

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<v Speaker 1>We just went off on that tangent.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, anyway, we got to have a whole

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<v Speaker 2>other Melrose moment, middle aged Melose moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember what you were saying?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I do remember that. I remember the experience. I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>I was terrified. What am I going to do?

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<v Speaker 1>We all had to do it, and and it just.

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<v Speaker 2>Turned out there are instincts in us. If you've been

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<v Speaker 2>acting for a long time and you have to access

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<v Speaker 2>and give yourself freedom, but the instincts are there, and

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<v Speaker 2>if you just let yourself go into the the rules

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<v Speaker 2>that he lets you, that he lets you in on,

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<v Speaker 2>then you're going to be fine.

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<v Speaker 1>I was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was an amazing experience that class. And he said

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<v Speaker 2>that was so theatrical, It was so you have it

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<v Speaker 2>in you. You just don't know because regular life doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>ask this of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And by the way, can I just mention that Melrose's

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<v Speaker 3>place never allowed it either.

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<v Speaker 1>Like we were not open, we were not welcome to improv.

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<v Speaker 3>As a rule there was like state exactly is written

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<v Speaker 3>and yeah, no the Mary Donner out.

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<v Speaker 4>No, no, no, I should have married Donna Onda we

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<v Speaker 4>should be so fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes idea, yes, not to self married.

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<v Speaker 3>Honnor love her, But like we weren't really welcome to

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<v Speaker 3>improve in any way. And it wasn't like this collaborative,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, creative process. It was really like figure out

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<v Speaker 3>how to tell this exact story in the way that

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<v Speaker 3>is expected.

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<v Speaker 1>Although I will say like in.

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<v Speaker 3>Later seasons, I did feel like I got a little,

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<v Speaker 3>a little opportunity to do some improving and stuff just

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<v Speaker 3>with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Within the realm they.

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<v Speaker 4>Did loosen and well, in the beginning, we were young

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<v Speaker 4>and people were changing the script in ways that changed

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<v Speaker 4>the meaning, and that's why it got so strict.

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<v Speaker 1>And then later on I think they loosened.

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<v Speaker 2>Plus everyone's tired.

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<v Speaker 1>Season seven, you're just like, say, launch whatever whatever I

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<v Speaker 1>want to go, Yeah, do it with chop stick.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just want to say, we're going to wrap

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<v Speaker 2>this up, but I want to say it, so just

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<v Speaker 2>a shout out to the theater to uc b LA.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that's their instagram and it's right there on Franklin Street,

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<v Speaker 2>right there in Beechwood Canyon and they have shows all

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<v Speaker 2>the time and I really recommend people.

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<v Speaker 1>Going all the time. It was super much fun. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I brought my kid and shows called ass Cat the

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday night shows.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, it was super fun watching you daff and

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<v Speaker 3>super fun to talk about it and always start to

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<v Speaker 3>see you.

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<v Speaker 1>On a Melrose minute. Ladies, Yay, see you guy soon,

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<v Speaker 1>you se. Bye bye