WEBVTT - Listener Mail: Animals Strike Curious Poses

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind production of My

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<v Speaker 1>Listener mail This is Robert Lamb and this is Joe McCormick.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's Monday, the day of each week that we

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<v Speaker 1>read back some messages from the mail bag. If you

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<v Speaker 1>your Mind dot com. Let's see, Rob Do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to kick us off with this message from Jenna about

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<v Speaker 1>objects hidden in walls? Yeah, this is a response to

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<v Speaker 1>an episode I did in October while you were on

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<v Speaker 1>parental leave. It was an interview with Brian Hoggard about

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<v Speaker 1>his book Magical House Protection The Archaeology of counter Witchcraft,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a fascinating topic about a lot of it

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<v Speaker 1>coming down to the the hiding of very as objects

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<v Speaker 1>like under the floorboards of an old house or in

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<v Speaker 1>the walls, oftentimes with some sort of a superstitious, supernatural

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<v Speaker 1>intent of of of confounding, capturing, or hurting the devil,

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<v Speaker 1>or some sort of dark entities that might potentially get

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<v Speaker 1>into your home and so uh we finally heard from

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who had some some personal history with this sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing, generates in and says hello from Canada. I

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<v Speaker 1>have loved show dearly for many years. You're both such

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<v Speaker 1>exceptional curators of intrigue and knowledge. I am writing to

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<v Speaker 1>share a story relating to a show you had on

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<v Speaker 1>late last year with Brian Hoggard regarding items hidden in walls.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry I am late on writing in on it,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think you will get a kick out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I live in a small coastal town in the Great Lakes,

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<v Speaker 1>in an ancient family home that is at least one

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<v Speaker 1>and eighty years old and predate European settlements of the area.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it is the oldest structure in our county.

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<v Speaker 1>But the interesting house in question is a block over

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<v Speaker 1>from me, the house of my great grandparents. The past

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<v Speaker 1>two sets of folks who have owned it have discovered

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<v Speaker 1>quite a collection of objects in the walls during renovations.

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<v Speaker 1>A woman who conducts ghost walks in our local town

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<v Speaker 1>brought the items to my attention, but I didn't think

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<v Speaker 1>much of it at first, but she came in one

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<v Speaker 1>day with even more objects, and I began to realize

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<v Speaker 1>it was quite a curious situation. Indeed, within the walls

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<v Speaker 1>of the house were thirteen pairs or singles of children's shoes,

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<v Speaker 1>many bottles, some with materials inside, broken plate pieces, a

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<v Speaker 1>shark skin strap for blade sharpening, a worn down bootbrush,

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<v Speaker 1>an old meat fork, a rusty knife, an old spoon,

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<v Speaker 1>an old watch case with with a quote order of

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<v Speaker 1>Isabella the Catholic cigarettes silk within it, a children's primer

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<v Speaker 1>with many great uncle's names in it, a handsown night

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<v Speaker 1>shirt that was rolled up tight and nailed over, a

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<v Speaker 1>door to coral fossils, and a fragment of a muscle

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<v Speaker 1>shell from the local beach. An empty box of ted

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<v Speaker 1>Low's pussy willow powder, a paper heart with one large,

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<v Speaker 1>single exclamation mark on it, a pair of worn out suspenders,

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<v Speaker 1>a children's size beer mug, and some other broken and

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<v Speaker 1>rusty articles. Wow, that's a hall, quite a treasure trove. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>she continues, I'm sorry, I just had a vision of

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<v Speaker 1>a new genre of YouTube videos. It's wall unboxing videos.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it sounds like it. I mean it is

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<v Speaker 1>good to going back to the discussion with with Brian.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it is good to document these things anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>she continues. Both my great uncle's name and the reader

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<v Speaker 1>and the datable objects prove with certainties someone from my

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<v Speaker 1>family places the objects there. I also know my grandparents

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<v Speaker 1>built the home. Which one of them it was that

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<v Speaker 1>created the protective midden I do not know. My great

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<v Speaker 1>grandmother was a tiny woman of Scottish heritage, full of

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<v Speaker 1>them and spirit, who also read tea leaves. My grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>was a mate tugboat captain and fisherman. His father had

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<v Speaker 1>Matee ancestry, and his mother was English. I sometimes wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if the idea came from his mother's side of things,

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<v Speaker 1>both because she had English heritage, where it is common,

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<v Speaker 1>but also because of her family's story. She was raised

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<v Speaker 1>in the tiny old house I live in now because

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<v Speaker 1>of a very tragic circumstance. Her parents came over from

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<v Speaker 1>England in the eighteen fifties with five kids in tow

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<v Speaker 1>and one on the way who was born in Toronto.

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<v Speaker 1>After their arrival, the family made their way north to

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<v Speaker 1>the newly settled town of Southampton, Ontario. Shortly after their arrival,

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<v Speaker 1>they had my great great grandmother. A large stone tower

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<v Speaker 1>lighthouse was being built just offshore on the nearby island,

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<v Speaker 1>and her father fell from the scaffolding and died during construction.

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<v Speaker 1>My great great great grandmother was left widowed in a

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<v Speaker 1>remote new town with seven children. One of the local

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<v Speaker 1>maytee let her live in what is now my home

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<v Speaker 1>on his lot. She raised all seven kids here and

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<v Speaker 1>survived by taking the rich folks in rich folks laundry.

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<v Speaker 1>Where the town was built at the river mouth by

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<v Speaker 1>the shore was also a historic burial ground for the

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<v Speaker 1>local Anishinabak people's I'm sure some superstition and concern about

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<v Speaker 1>spirits impact on the family became a real worry for her,

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<v Speaker 1>and she may have passed the idea down to her

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<v Speaker 1>youngest daughter, who passed it on to my great grandfather.

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<v Speaker 1>My great grandparents also cared for my great grandfather's uncle,

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<v Speaker 1>another local captain in his older years, who also could

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<v Speaker 1>have taken part, who was one of the kids born

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<v Speaker 1>in England. He unfortunately suffered from dementia and wandered off

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<v Speaker 1>one night and drowned in the lake. I sometimes wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if the onset of dementia could have influenced his engagement

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<v Speaker 1>in such an activity. However, the practice came to be

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<v Speaker 1>I was reflecting upon its quaintness one evening, and then

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<v Speaker 1>looked around my tiny cottage to see how alive and

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<v Speaker 1>well protective magic still is in our family without me

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<v Speaker 1>realizing it. An old horseshoe has hung above the threshold

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<v Speaker 1>since my mother was a small girl. I had a

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<v Speaker 1>dream catcher my mother and and I made, hanging on

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<v Speaker 1>one wall, pearly everlasting. Hanging elsewhere from the ceilings, a

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<v Speaker 1>spiritually protective local native plant, a Dartmoor pixies likeness embossed

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<v Speaker 1>into a brass plate was hanging on another wall. Cedar

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<v Speaker 1>hung above every window. I guess culture is more ingrained

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<v Speaker 1>than we realized. How Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my

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<v Speaker 1>eccentric little story of life here in rural Canada. Kind regards, Jenna. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>what a great message, Jenna. Indeed, I really appreciate it,

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<v Speaker 1>all the history here and bringing it back around not

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<v Speaker 1>only how our ancestors thought about these things, but how

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<v Speaker 1>we still can think about protecting our homes and supernatural

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<v Speaker 1>unseen threats and much the same way. So hearing about

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<v Speaker 1>this was a real treat. Thanks a lot. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>for any of you wondering out there, I did I

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<v Speaker 1>did ask her, and yes, did send information about this

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<v Speaker 1>to Brian Hawkard because it's one of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>we we talked about in that interview. He's like, if

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<v Speaker 1>you find anything like this in your home, right in

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<v Speaker 1>and let him know about it, because part of his

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<v Speaker 1>work is an archaeologist, is keeping track of all of

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<v Speaker 1>this and seeing what's out there. Um. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>problems with the study of these artifacts is that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of things went unreported for so long, and there

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<v Speaker 1>are a lot of things that may still be out there.

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<v Speaker 1>They're only uncovered in homes that are of course sufficiently old,

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<v Speaker 1>and then if there's some sort of a restoration and

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<v Speaker 1>effort going on there, Yeah, gonna unbox that wall. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>let's see rob Do you mind if I do this

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<v Speaker 1>message about our episodes on t from John. Oh, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>let's have some tea. John says, Hello, Robert, Joe and

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<v Speaker 1>j J. I was so excited to see tea as

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<v Speaker 1>the topic in my feed. I've always hated the way

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<v Speaker 1>coffee makes me feel, but I find that a cup

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<v Speaker 1>of tea is just the right thing when I need

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<v Speaker 1>a nice, hot, pick me up. Joe, if coffee is

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<v Speaker 1>such a dangerous game for you you should give tea

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<v Speaker 1>a try. A few years ago, my partner's parents gave

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<v Speaker 1>me a six month subscription to a tea service that

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<v Speaker 1>mailed me several different types of tea every month. Pretty fun.

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<v Speaker 1>One time the package included something called yawpon. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying that right? Why a U p O N? Rob,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know how to pronounce that? Yeah, yawpon. I've

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<v Speaker 1>never heard of it, but it's apparently the only source

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<v Speaker 1>of caffeine that grows naturally in North America, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>generally considered a weed. I can imagine that someday it

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<v Speaker 1>will be the cool in thing and every hipster coffee

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<v Speaker 1>shop will offer it. It was pretty tasty, but definitely

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<v Speaker 1>not the same as tea. As always, Thanks for the

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<v Speaker 1>hours of informative entertainment. Uh. And then John puts a

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<v Speaker 1>little uh note in, says high Renata and says ps.

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<v Speaker 1>I wrote in several years back after my mom had

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<v Speaker 1>a stroke, and in so doing I weirdly discovered that

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<v Speaker 1>my childhood friend Renata also listens to the podcast. Mom's

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<v Speaker 1>doing great out of assisted living, driving again, generally living

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<v Speaker 1>her best life. Just felt like I should give you

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<v Speaker 1>an update on that, since of the time of my

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<v Speaker 1>last communication, things were pretty dicey. Oh well, that's wonderful news, John,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm happy to hear here about your mom. Absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>all right. We continue to hear from folks about our

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<v Speaker 1>Horror of Walkaway episodes, so let's say this one comes

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<v Speaker 1>to us from Eric. Eric writes, Greetings, gentlemen, I just

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<v Speaker 1>finished listening to the fourth part of your Horror of

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<v Speaker 1>Aakaway series, and Rob spoke about being able to at

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<v Speaker 1>least kind of relate to the feeling described by cassadastrophobia,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wanted to write in and say that I

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<v Speaker 1>do too. I'm with you in an appending kind of

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<v Speaker 1>to the sentiment, because what I experience has never been

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<v Speaker 1>significant or extreme enough that I would call it a

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<v Speaker 1>folk you. But I've always felt mildly uncomfortable under wide

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<v Speaker 1>cloudless skies. I felt this as long as I can remember,

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<v Speaker 1>but I grew up in New England, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>was rarely confronted with them and never gave it too

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<v Speaker 1>much thought. Now, however, I live in the American Southwest,

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<v Speaker 1>in the Sonoran Desert, and during much of the year,

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<v Speaker 1>days or even weeks can pass where I see not

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<v Speaker 1>a single cloud. I've lived here more than a decade,

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<v Speaker 1>and the unrelenting vault of blue, as I have taken

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<v Speaker 1>to referring to the sky under such circumstances, still never

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<v Speaker 1>fails to unnerve me, at least slightly. It is heartening

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<v Speaker 1>to me to know that at least I am not

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<v Speaker 1>alone in that. To talk about cassadastrophobia also put me

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<v Speaker 1>in mind of something that came up when I wrote

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<v Speaker 1>him once before a couple of years ago. It was

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<v Speaker 1>on the topic of religions almost always putting paradise above

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<v Speaker 1>and perdition below, and why that might be, which came

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<v Speaker 1>up briefly in your Sinkholes episode. I totally forgot about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Um you cants. You read my email where I gave

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<v Speaker 1>my own pet theory on an epic sort of listener mail,

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<v Speaker 1>and one of you, I'm afraid I no longer remember

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<v Speaker 1>which of you. It was, wondered about how a religion

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<v Speaker 1>might work that did the opposite with a heaven below

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<v Speaker 1>and a hell up above. Being a lifelong player of

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<v Speaker 1>Dungeons and Dragons and similar games, and also a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a homebrewer, that sent me off on something of

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<v Speaker 1>a tangent I'm meant to write back and share the

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<v Speaker 1>results with you, but I got caught up in life

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<v Speaker 1>and forgot. Having been reminded of it by this episode, however,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought I would take the second opportunity and share

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<v Speaker 1>it with you now. I hope you find it amusing.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagined a culture of dwarves whose religion centered around

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<v Speaker 1>hard work and community contribution. They are taught that their

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<v Speaker 1>souls are by nature buoyant and light, and float away

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<v Speaker 1>from the body upon death, but that in the sky

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<v Speaker 1>there are terrible monsters from beyond the world who lurk,

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<v Speaker 1>unable to descend to the surface, but waiting to devour

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<v Speaker 1>any spirit who drifts into their reach. Hard work, however,

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<v Speaker 1>adds substance and weight to the soul, even as it

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<v Speaker 1>adds muscle and send you to the body. And so

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<v Speaker 1>each dwarf must labor all through their lives, working together

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<v Speaker 1>for the benefit of their community and life, so that

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<v Speaker 1>in death their souls might not float away to be consumed,

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<v Speaker 1>but instead descend to the deep vaults of the earth,

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<v Speaker 1>where they can join their honored ancestors who work wonders

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<v Speaker 1>in the mighty forges. Thank you, gentlemen, again for the

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<v Speaker 1>work you do and the fascinating insights you always have

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<v Speaker 1>to share. Keep it up, stay safe, and stay curious. Eric.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh what a gorgeous mythology. I love that, Eric, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I I Next time I'm using a dwarf character or

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<v Speaker 1>doing some d MNG that involves dwarves, I may have

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<v Speaker 1>to borrow this a bit of homebrewing there, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>This next message is from Wayne, and this email raises

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<v Speaker 1>an issue that I didn't get into in the Horror

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<v Speaker 1>Vakawie episodes because of reasons I'll explain in a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>Wayne says, Hello, Robert and Joe. Thanks for a fascinating

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<v Speaker 1>series on horror. Kui. I had one comment on your

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<v Speaker 1>explanation of the vacuum of space. According to quantum mechanics,

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<v Speaker 1>which I don't pretend to understand, there can never really

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<v Speaker 1>be a complete vacuum because of the uncertainty principle. That is,

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<v Speaker 1>if you measure whether a particle is in a particular volume,

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<v Speaker 1>you will always get a probability rather than a definite

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<v Speaker 1>yes or no, and this will always have a non

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<v Speaker 1>zero value. An equivalent way to explain this is that

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<v Speaker 1>there is an energy pervading all space called vacuum energy

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<v Speaker 1>or zero point energy, which is the minimum level that

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<v Speaker 1>quantum mechanics will allow. This energy can manifest itself in

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<v Speaker 1>transient virtual particles that always pop in and out of existence.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of evidence for this, such as the

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<v Speaker 1>Casimir force between two parallel plates. Fortunately no medicalorians are

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<v Speaker 1>involved now way, and I appreciate you raising this. I

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<v Speaker 1>actually ended up not getting into it in that series

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<v Speaker 1>I had wanted to, and then I guess we just

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<v Speaker 1>got past it. But one of the reasons I I

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<v Speaker 1>skipped over it at one point was that I've read

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<v Speaker 1>different interpretations of the vacuum energy virtual particle phenomenon, and

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<v Speaker 1>essentially I am not sure whether this the virtual particle

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<v Speaker 1>phenomenon is best understood as a literal event where particle

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<v Speaker 1>pairs actually do fluctuate into existence out of the vacuum,

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<v Speaker 1>or whether thinking about it that way, it is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a misinterpretation based on the models we used to

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<v Speaker 1>understand the quantum mechanical properties of space. So that's one

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<v Speaker 1>where I think I personally don't understand the issue well enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet I think I ended up concluding I would need

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<v Speaker 1>to do at least a whole episodes worth of background

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<v Speaker 1>research to figure that out. So I left to acide

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<v Speaker 1>for the time. But maybe that's when we can come

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<v Speaker 1>back on in the future, perhaps with a physicist guest.

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<v Speaker 1>But of course I have read it characterized that way

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<v Speaker 1>the the idea of the virtual particles fluctuating into and

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<v Speaker 1>out of existence or into existence and annihilating one another usually,

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you for raising it. Uh, let's see, rob

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<v Speaker 1>did you want to do one of these weird house

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<v Speaker 1>cinema messages? All right, Yeah, let's see what we have here.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, this one comes to us from Dan. Dan says, hello,

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<v Speaker 1>Robin Joe. I'm listening to your weird House cinema episode

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<v Speaker 1>on Beauty and the Beast with regards to Fairytale Theater.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a show that I used to watch on

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<v Speaker 1>PBS when I was a child. I do remember one

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<v Speaker 1>episode that will be of interest to you, The Boy

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<v Speaker 1>who left home to find out about the Shivers. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a grim Brother's adaptation starring Peter McNichol, Christopher Lee,

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<v Speaker 1>David Warner, Frank Zappa as a mute hunchback like assistant,

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<v Speaker 1>and Vincent Price as the narrator. Dan, Well, that got

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<v Speaker 1>my attention, so I dug up some pictures from this episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously I haven't seen it, but yes, yes, here is

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<v Speaker 1>Frank Zappa as a as an Egore type figure, and

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<v Speaker 1>one of the pictures I found he appears to be

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<v Speaker 1>disgustingly eating something that's kind of falling out of his

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<v Speaker 1>mouth and crumbles. But I see David Warner here with

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<v Speaker 1>long hair. He is staring down at Peter McNichol. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is when I guess Peter McNichol was I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe cast more as like the young hero type before

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<v Speaker 1>he was like Yan Ocean Ghostbusters too. He wasn't he

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<v Speaker 1>in like a Dragon Slaying movie? Oh goodness, I don't remember.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I guess he's mostly known like the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>things he's been in outside of Ghostbusters too, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>well what Alec McBeal, And he was in Sophie's Choice,

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't know about dragon stuff. I mean he's

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<v Speaker 1>been a lot of stuff. He's sent a fair amount

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<v Speaker 1>of of voice acting over the years as well. I

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<v Speaker 1>looked it up the Dragon Slayer nineteen one film. I've

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<v Speaker 1>never seen it, but I it apparently stars Peter McNichol

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<v Speaker 1>as I think he's like the young hero who has

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<v Speaker 1>to fight a dragon. Alright, well, yeah, I mean that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's the film. That's uh, that has a fair cult following,

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<v Speaker 1>do I think in large part to the dragon effects

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<v Speaker 1>in it all the way back to maybe we have

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<v Speaker 1>to check that one out someday. I'm weird House. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's got some fun cast connections in it, for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I as for these, uh these stills though from from

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<v Speaker 1>this episode of Fairytale Theater. Yeah, this looks amazing. What

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<v Speaker 1>what a strange cast. It also looks very pleasingly low

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<v Speaker 1>budget like these are. This is not you know, deep

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<v Speaker 1>immersion sets that this looks like community theater. They've got

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<v Speaker 1>Frank Zappa wearing an it's kind of like a bathrobe. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>This next message is from Lawrence. Lawrence says, Hi, Rob

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<v Speaker 1>and Joe, I really enjoyed your recent Weird House episode

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<v Speaker 1>on Beauty and the Beast. This was the hourrage hurts

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<v Speaker 1>one from the check film. Uh. Laurence says, I got

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<v Speaker 1>a chuckle picturing George C. Scott as the Beast and

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<v Speaker 1>found your descriptions of the seventy eight movie really lovely.

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<v Speaker 1>This got me thinking of all the ways surrealist writer

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<v Speaker 1>Angela Carter retold Beauty and the Beast. Her collection, The

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<v Speaker 1>Bloody Chamber features several direct retellings, as well as a

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<v Speaker 1>few inspired by tales. The book also has a Company

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<v Speaker 1>of Wolves. Carter did the script for the movie adaptation,

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<v Speaker 1>which is both a riff on Beauty and the Beast

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<v Speaker 1>as well as Little Red Riding Hood. Would you consider

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<v Speaker 1>doing Company of Wolves on Weird House? I'd give anything

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<v Speaker 1>to hear you guys described the scene where a wolf

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<v Speaker 1>comes out of a man's mouth. Lawrence. Oh, I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>seen this movie in years, but I remember loving it,

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<v Speaker 1>and yes, it it was mighty strange. Indeed, though I've

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<v Speaker 1>forgotten a lot of the detail about what happens in it. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Like likewise, the only thing I really remember is the transformation.

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<v Speaker 1>I might have seen just parts of it when I

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<v Speaker 1>was younger. I don't know if I ever actually said

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<v Speaker 1>and watched the whole thing. But yeah, it's a Neil

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan's picture. It's got a great cast. David Warner's in there,

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<v Speaker 1>Angela Landsberry, Yeah, Brian Glover, that was some fun stuff

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<v Speaker 1>in there. Terence Stamp. I think it's one of those

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<v Speaker 1>movies that's like, who is this for like, some elements

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<v Speaker 1>feel like they're for kids, but it's also incredibly inappropriate

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<v Speaker 1>for children. Yeah, yeah, I think that we'll have to

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<v Speaker 1>put it on the list of potential films. Check it

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<v Speaker 1>out and see if it's if it's right for us.

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