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Speaker 1: the official Jets podcast, Jets three sixty production. All right,

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Speaker 1: Green's this is a special treat. Let's bring in a

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Speaker 1: Jets fan who's working down south right about now, and

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Speaker 1: that's Ralph Macchio, who ethan. This guy continues to be

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Speaker 1: big in his acting career, but when I was growing up,

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Speaker 1: Ralph Macchio. Thank you so much for joining us. Great

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Speaker 1: to be on guys. Thanks so much. Man, it's funny.

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Speaker 1: Hey a Long Island native, Ralph grew up in Ning Ten,

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Speaker 1: Can you describe your Jets fandom? Uh coming up as

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Speaker 1: Jets podcast. That's all we got for Eric Allen, Ralph Maccio,

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