WEBVTT - Just a Beethoven Cover Band

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<v Speaker 1>You realize if you go see a symphony play Beethoven's fifth,

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<v Speaker 1>you're watching a Beethoven cover band. Right, it's one more thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm one more thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I've always liked that show, I know. But before we

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<v Speaker 1>get to Beethoven, Katie, you mentioned you watched the Menendez

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<v Speaker 1>brother series. Is that anything.

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<v Speaker 2>I have not finished it yet. I've gotten through the

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<v Speaker 2>first three episodes. Is it pretty good? It's yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>really good. It it starts to get really sexual though.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's so, I don't remember what we knew at

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<v Speaker 1>the time and what we just found out recently. But

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<v Speaker 1>the reason that evil Giscone in la is talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, looking at this new evidence, and some of

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<v Speaker 1>the original lawyers think the Menendez brothers should get out,

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<v Speaker 1>and Gascone I think said today that they could be

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<v Speaker 1>out in time for the holidays. It's I need to

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<v Speaker 1>take a look at this series. I mean, it was,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, is a story that got lot of America's attention.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the horrible idea of you know, your kids

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<v Speaker 1>killing you like that in such a violent way, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But now the new information is there was so much

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<v Speaker 1>horrible sex abuse coming from.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad, Yeah, coming from dad and there were a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of scenes that I've seen so far where the brothers

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<v Speaker 2>get really graphic and are explaining what exactly happened to

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<v Speaker 2>them on multiple occasions.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, And that'd be something if they get out after

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<v Speaker 1>decades of being in prison and we decide, eh.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, if the kids aren't around it, I would say,

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<v Speaker 2>big time watch it.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. Yeah, And I know a number of people who've

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<v Speaker 1>gotten pulled into it and really enjoyed it. Okay. So

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<v Speaker 1>over the weekend I got into Beethoven pretty heavy. This

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<v Speaker 1>book that I had started reading a couple of years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>I got back into an audio form about Beethoven's Ninth.

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<v Speaker 1>The name of the book is the Ninth, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>about what a lot of critics consider the greatest symphony

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<v Speaker 1>ever written. Whether that is true or not, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know from Beethoven. And it's about the life and times,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's really just about what it was, what it's

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<v Speaker 1>like in the world in eighteen twenty four, and what

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<v Speaker 1>Beethoven was like and Vienna was like in all this

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<v Speaker 1>different sort of stuff. But here's one part that I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to pass along that I thought was pretty entertaining.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a made up conversation by the author, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's made up, but it's pieced together ideas from various

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<v Speaker 1>accounts that other people I mean, so it's pieced together

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<v Speaker 1>from real stuff, other people saying this is the way

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<v Speaker 1>Beethoven talked, and he just put together these different fragments

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<v Speaker 1>into what could have been one thing that would be

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<v Speaker 1>pretty close to accurate.

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<v Speaker 3>And then coming up after that what has become my

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<v Speaker 3>favorite show business story of all time involving Ludvig Vaughn.

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<v Speaker 1>Fantastic and the fact that he was deaf is really interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>That he composed so many of these great symphonies deaf

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<v Speaker 1>is just mind boggling. And it talks in the book

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<v Speaker 1>about how when the first episode of the Ninth I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he's up there on stage, somebody else is conducting it

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<v Speaker 1>because he can't hear, and he's there on stage kind

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<v Speaker 1>of watching things, and he has no idea how it's

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<v Speaker 1>going because he can't hear, and he doesn't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it's being played well. And then he didn't know at

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<v Speaker 1>the end if people liked it or not. And the

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<v Speaker 1>person with him made him turn around so we could

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<v Speaker 1>see that people were clapping because other as he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have any idea, isn't that wild?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, here's Beethoven and it includes the term Astrians. So

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<v Speaker 1>he's in Austria, Vienna, Austria where they perform it for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time, and he wrote it and he has

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<v Speaker 1>no respect for the people of Austria, and he calls

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<v Speaker 1>him astrians as in like a holes. It's a play

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<v Speaker 1>on words, you know, right, well, it's a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>And his friend Schindler, who's also a composer. But of

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<v Speaker 1>no note, Really, where's that ass Schindler. I can't find

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<v Speaker 1>my black frock coat. Maybe he knows where it is.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems I'm doomed to be surrounded by cretans and thieves,

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<v Speaker 1>unworthy of breathing the same air that I breathe. I'm hungry,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't want to eat anything now. My nerves

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<v Speaker 1>are in such a state or I won't be able

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<v Speaker 1>to control my bowels during the performance.

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<v Speaker 3>I've had days like that.

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<v Speaker 1>This damned concert. If it only it brings in enough

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<v Speaker 1>money to keep my head above water for the next

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<v Speaker 1>few months. I can't bear this constant, eternal scrounging for money.

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<v Speaker 1>I who have given so much to people I shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have let myself be persuaded to give this symphony's performance here.

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<v Speaker 1>These horrible astrians are we Reverend Admires and Disciples or

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it was these shitheads wrote about me. He can't

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<v Speaker 1>trust any of them. Someone probably remembered that all my

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<v Speaker 1>other symphonies were performed here, and that's why they convinced me.

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<v Speaker 1>And he goes on and on like that. He's always

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<v Speaker 1>constantly worried about shitting himself. He hates he hates everybody

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<v Speaker 1>in the audience. He thinks they're so beneath him that

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<v Speaker 1>they don't even deserve to have his music. He's constantly

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<v Speaker 1>are yes, he's constantly broke and angry about that, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's mean to everybody. Oh, and he lives in filth.

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<v Speaker 1>His apartment is just full of filth, old food, and

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<v Speaker 1>dirty clothes, and it's just It was an interesting look

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<v Speaker 1>at Beethoven, since I only really knew him as the

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the marble bust sitting on a piano.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, I've read a fair amount about Beethoven

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<v Speaker 3>through the years. I am a great fan of his music.

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<v Speaker 3>Jack asked me, Oh, I'll finish the thought before we

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<v Speaker 3>go off on that tangent. But yes, he is a towering,

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<v Speaker 3>creative genius. I've known a few, no, not as towering,

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<v Speaker 3>but creative geniuses, and they're all weird as hell. It

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<v Speaker 3>just comes with the turf. So the idea that he

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<v Speaker 3>was an angry.

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<v Speaker 1>Bitter, superior, shitting.

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<v Speaker 3>Son of a bitch is not that surprising. Yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>what's it like to have a brain that could compose?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean people talk about the symphonies or the quartets.

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<v Speaker 3>My favorite Beetholl I love the symphonies, but is probably

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<v Speaker 3>the piano trios that have piano, violin and cello. They're exquisite.

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<v Speaker 3>You asked me during the show, what's a good place

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<v Speaker 3>to start with Beethoven? I love the sixth Symphony, which

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<v Speaker 3>we talked about Depastoralo, the pastoral Symphony. It's brilliant and

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<v Speaker 3>full of all sorts of hummable melodies. But the piano

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<v Speaker 3>trios are just amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, So he's headed off to the concert the first

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<v Speaker 1>performance of the ninth and if.

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<v Speaker 3>You want to know the ultimate recording, it's an Ashkenazi

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<v Speaker 3>farroh and is it yo yo man cello. It might

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<v Speaker 3>be anyway, it's wonderful, look for it.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're headed over to the theater for the performance,

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<v Speaker 1>and is a nephew who he adopted as his own son.

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<v Speaker 1>Karl is with him, and Carl, you keep an eye

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<v Speaker 1>on the people taking the money. They're all fiebes. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go play for these beggars, slaves and clods. I

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<v Speaker 1>soar above them as my music source, above my contemporaries.

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<v Speaker 1>We exist on different planes. And then he says, is

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<v Speaker 1>he's headed out the door for the crowd, lack for confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>As he's hitting out the door for the crowd that

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<v Speaker 1>he hates, he quotes somebody against stupidity. Even the gods

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<v Speaker 1>fight in vain. All right, let's go wow, wow, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>hey he did.

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<v Speaker 3>That's one of your freedom loving quoted that there they

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<v Speaker 3>right there, against stupidity, even the gods fight in vain.

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<v Speaker 3>So true.

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<v Speaker 1>That's hilarious.

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<v Speaker 3>Vladimir Ashkenazi, It'sak Pelman and Lynn Harrell. It's the ultimate

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<v Speaker 3>piano trios. Anyway, that's a hilarious thing to say and

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<v Speaker 3>so true.

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<v Speaker 1>It's funny though, because classical music just in general is

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<v Speaker 1>seen as so well classy. Yeah, cerebral, cerebral, classy, dignified,

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<v Speaker 1>pinky in the air, you know that sort of thing

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<v Speaker 1>he's called people's shitheads and and astrians, and you're all

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of beggars and idiots. I guess I'll go

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<v Speaker 1>play my music. But why am I so poor? This sucks?

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<v Speaker 3>You don't appreciate me. I don't have the time nor

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<v Speaker 3>interest actually track this down. But what's the origin of

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<v Speaker 3>the phrase love the art, not the artist. What's the

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<v Speaker 3>you know, vintage of it could have been when somebody

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<v Speaker 3>ran into Baitthoven, right, they're like, hey, the fifth is amazing,

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<v Speaker 3>but god, what a prick dude, it's completely nuts.

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<v Speaker 1>Or yeah, people going to visit him and he's laying

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<v Speaker 1>there on his couch and there's like crusts of bread

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<v Speaker 1>around and old soup rotting in a bowl and he's filling.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh and then he gets like visiting my son in college.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, exactly. Then, and he's fifty three at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>so he's like, you know, fully into a life. He's

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<v Speaker 1>toward the end of his life. Actually, he gets up

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<v Speaker 1>off the couch. There's a bunch of people there to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to him about the symphony. Later that day, he

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<v Speaker 1>gets up off the couch and gets undressed to change

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<v Speaker 1>into the clothes he's gonna wear completely naked just while

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<v Speaker 1>he's talking to them.

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<v Speaker 3>And shits himself. Oh that's the worst part. Oh okay.

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<v Speaker 3>So here's my favorite, my new favorite show business story

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<v Speaker 3>involving Beethoven. So it's eighteen nineteen. He's approached by this

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<v Speaker 3>music publisher who wanted to work with him, but Beethoven

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<v Speaker 3>didn't like him, and he was suspicious of him. But

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<v Speaker 3>I'll just read you the sentence. Eighteen nineteen. Beethoven was

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<v Speaker 3>first approached by the publisher Morriet Schleschinger, who won the

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<v Speaker 3>suspicious composer around while visiting him by procuring for him

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<v Speaker 3>a plate of roast veal. So he just show us

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<v Speaker 3>up and says, I know you don't like me, but

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<v Speaker 3>here's some veal. Beethoven's like, yeah, you're not so bad.

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<v Speaker 1>What Wow? I should myself. I should myself. I should myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Huch byself, I should myself, I should myself.

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<v Speaker 3>You myself?

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<v Speaker 1>He should his helth he should himself?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh boy, unfortunate. Well do next time we discussed Amadeus

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<v Speaker 3>how he was a genius.

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<v Speaker 2>Bud of bedwetter.

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<v Speaker 3>Mots are whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>Alright, Well, I guess that's it. Name a hit