WEBVTT - How Graceland Works

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff you should know

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<v Speaker 1>from house Stuff Works dot com. Hey, welcome to the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Josh Clark. Here's Chuck Bryant. I'm here. Okay, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 1>do your best Elvis and President Marin I don't do

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of thing. That was actually pretty good, Chuck.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the last time I'm gonna do that during this podcast. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's fine. That's fine. This podcast, by the way, is

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<v Speaker 1>how Grace Lam works, which makes sense right right. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you do Elvis? No, not at all. I'm not even

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<v Speaker 1>gonna try. And I'll tell you somebody else who can't

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<v Speaker 1>do Elvis is a guy named Matt Hale. Have you

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<v Speaker 1>heard of this guy? Uh? It rings a bell. He's

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<v Speaker 1>a British radio producer, um who just happens to really

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<v Speaker 1>like Elvis and uh one day he was going through

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<v Speaker 1>some second hand store, I guess in London and found

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<v Speaker 1>a white jumpsuit and his next thought was, well, gee,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I'll go spend the next year touring the

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<v Speaker 1>world dress as Elvis. And he did. Um the problem

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<v Speaker 1>and he's been everywhere he's been to, like Brazil he

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<v Speaker 1>was there for a carnival. He. Um, he's been to Ireland,

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<v Speaker 1>Hall in the US. I'm not entirely certain what cities

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<v Speaker 1>he visited in the US as an impersonator. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>and not necessarily as an impersonator dressed as Elvis. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a tribute to the king. So he just travels as Elvis. Yeah. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I guess the reason I hesitate to call

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<v Speaker 1>him in impersonators because he visited Australia, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>that's where they have like the biggest Elvis festival, Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>fan fest in the world. Um, and he plays dead

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<v Speaker 1>last out of god knows how many Elvis impersonators for

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<v Speaker 1>look like and sounded like contests. So I think you

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<v Speaker 1>may you may have beaten Matt Hale had you had

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<v Speaker 1>you been there, right, And I don't even have a jumpsuit,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know you no, no, no, okay, So you know, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not. I don't know that much about Elvis. So

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<v Speaker 1>I've never been that big of a fan. I know

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of sacrilege to say that in certain quarters,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, hey, this is me. Take me as

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<v Speaker 1>I am, right, so you know much more about grace Land,

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<v Speaker 1>Elvis than I do. Well, I wrote the article and

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<v Speaker 1>I've been there. Did were you did? Were you able

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<v Speaker 1>to finagle a free trip to Graceland for you know,

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<v Speaker 1>research the article? Now I've been there before though, so

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<v Speaker 1>that helped a lot. My family, actually my mom's family

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<v Speaker 1>is from Memphis, So yeah, I'm when to come there.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably can't. There is a boy scout in the front lawn,

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<v Speaker 1>right No, no, so alright, so Chuck, tell me tell

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<v Speaker 1>the readers who haven't been to grace Land, like me,

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<v Speaker 1>what is it like when you walk in that front door?

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<v Speaker 1>Is the is the is the spirit? Is the stink

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<v Speaker 1>still there? Well, the stank is still there. Yeah, it's um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's unlike any other house that you've ever

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<v Speaker 1>been to. Probably like it might it might smack you know,

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<v Speaker 1>those of us that are probably in our thirties or older,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, have fond memories of their houses in the

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<v Speaker 1>seventies and the shag carbon stuff like that, So it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of smacks of that. But two degrees that you

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<v Speaker 1>can't even imagine, because of course it's Elvis and he

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<v Speaker 1>was loaded, you know, for the time you a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money he could have or you know, gold plated everything,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, shag carpet on the ceiling and on

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<v Speaker 1>the walls, and it's just his taste is well documented,

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<v Speaker 1>right well, I mean the jumpsuits alone kind of do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, how much money did that men spend on sequence?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have that. I've got a lot of statistics,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't have that one throwing out at me.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the best when you've got well, if we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>grace Land. Uh, he bought the house for a total

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<v Speaker 1>of a hundred and two thousand, five dollars and uh

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<v Speaker 1>n seven and uh Originally it was already purchased by

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<v Speaker 1>the y m c A. And he dribbled that number

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<v Speaker 1>just to get the house. He edged him out, didn't

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<v Speaker 1>he big time? I wonder what the y m c

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<v Speaker 1>A thinks of Elvis, at least the Memphis chapter. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, you know, because I mean he just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stepped in and said, no, I'm taking it right.

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<v Speaker 1>He's their favorite son, though, so I imagine they were

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<v Speaker 1>pretty cool with it. They're cool with it. What the

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<v Speaker 1>house was already named grace Land when he bought it,

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't it? Yeah? It was. I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people probably think he named it Graceland, like after his

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<v Speaker 1>mother Grace. That's what Yeah, that's not even his pomp's

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<v Speaker 1>name as well, it's Glad right. Uh yeah, it was

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<v Speaker 1>the original owners, doctor and Mrs Thomas Moore. Um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it was the great aunt Grace two t O O.

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<v Speaker 1>F is who it was named after. On the fourteen acres.

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<v Speaker 1>They're just south of downtown Memphis. So so take us

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<v Speaker 1>on a little mini tour. I knew, um just from

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<v Speaker 1>pictures I've seen. Really the only extravagance that that I

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<v Speaker 1>note from the out from an outdoor view are the gates.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you look at the house, it looks like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you'd expect to see an old, retired farming

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<v Speaker 1>couple living inside there. Yeah, it's a classic revival as

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<v Speaker 1>the official like the architectural styles what they call it.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh yeah, from the outside it doesn't look like much.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the time, you know, it's this is late fifties,

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<v Speaker 1>it was. It was the nicest house in Memphis at

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<v Speaker 1>the time. Yeah, I mean that there may be some

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<v Speaker 1>debate there, but he always told his parents he would

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<v Speaker 1>buy them the nicest house in Memphis. Once he made

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<v Speaker 1>it big and he was saying this as a little kid. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he he knew he was due for stardom. I did

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<v Speaker 1>not realize that. I always had the impression that he

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stumbled uh uh bottom backwards. No, No, he

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<v Speaker 1>knew he was he was destined for stardom. And he

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<v Speaker 1>actually bought the house when he was twenty two, which

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<v Speaker 1>is just crazy when you think about he was just

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<v Speaker 1>a kid. Yeah, yeah, about the best house in memphisis

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<v Speaker 1>very impressive. So so you walk in, there's a foyer. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you walk into the foyer, and when you're in the fourier,

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<v Speaker 1>you're actually directly beneath the bathroom where he where he

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<v Speaker 1>passed away. And they don't tell you that on the tour,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, because kind of a macab way to begin

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<v Speaker 1>the tour exact right. And so you walk in and

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<v Speaker 1>right in front of you are the steps that lead upstairs,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's blocked off and was has always been blocked off.

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<v Speaker 1>Why I mean, is there like some sort of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>secret love child that's chained a radiator upstairs? Why would

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<v Speaker 1>they keep it locked off? Well, when Elvis lived there,

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<v Speaker 1>it was pretty much private area too. He always had

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<v Speaker 1>Grayson was always really busy and always had tons of

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<v Speaker 1>guests and his Memphis Mafia was what his entourage was called.

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<v Speaker 1>Those guys, don't you Yeah, man, they're awesome. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna say something else. They're very cool, and uh

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<v Speaker 1>they there was always just a lot of activity, people

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<v Speaker 1>coming and going, guests in and out, people working there,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously his staff, and so his upstairs was his retreat,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, that's where he went to chill out and

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<v Speaker 1>do his private elvis things. And uh so he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>let people up there back then. There was just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of understood no wing one up there. So yeah, keeping

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<v Speaker 1>with those wishes. It's still closed off today. And apparently

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<v Speaker 1>this is really creepy. I didn't know this till I

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<v Speaker 1>studied this untouched since he passed away. Apparently in his

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<v Speaker 1>bathroom there's like his toothbrush and the squeezed toothpaste and

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<v Speaker 1>stick a deodorant that he was using that day and

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't touch anything. Do you know what he was

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<v Speaker 1>reading when he died? Even sorry, including sweat stains on

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<v Speaker 1>his pillow? What he was reading when he died. There's

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<v Speaker 1>actually a little speculation I can't remember, but there are

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<v Speaker 1>two different books in the bathroom, and they don't know

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<v Speaker 1>which one he was reading, but you can find out

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<v Speaker 1>on the internet. I just didn't have that it included

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<v Speaker 1>that matter. I'm going to guess a thousand and one

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<v Speaker 1>Arabian Nights. That's a that's a real good guests, thank you, bet.

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<v Speaker 1>I think one of them was actually a book on

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<v Speaker 1>religion and spirituality, if that matters. Uh. So you go

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<v Speaker 1>into the foyer. The fourier to your right is uh

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<v Speaker 1>the one of the living rooms, the famous one with

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<v Speaker 1>the fourteen foot couch. Yeah, the tin foot coft coffee table.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a lot of coffee. It's a lot of coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>And then beyond that is the the upstairs music room

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<v Speaker 1>with like his piano and stuff, which we can you

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<v Speaker 1>know would entertain people, right And you you had also

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<v Speaker 1>said that, uh that you made a point that he

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<v Speaker 1>may have inadvertently created the man cave. And he had

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<v Speaker 1>like a couple of them, And these are the ones

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<v Speaker 1>that I was familiar with, like the jungle room, the

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<v Speaker 1>TV room. Um, and I think these are just totally

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<v Speaker 1>beyond cool. Like to like start with the jungle room,

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<v Speaker 1>this sounds just super awesome, Well, yeah, super awesome or

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<v Speaker 1>super tacky, defending on which way you want to look

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<v Speaker 1>at to find Uh. Yeah, I think it was the

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<v Speaker 1>original man room. He Um. It was originally a screened

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<v Speaker 1>in porch and he had it converted when he and

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<v Speaker 1>Priscilla got divorced, So she wasn't a part of this.

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<v Speaker 1>She always makes a note to say she was no

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<v Speaker 1>part of the jungle room. And uh, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>got it like an African motif. It's got shag carpet

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<v Speaker 1>on the walls and ceilings and floors. He had a

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<v Speaker 1>working water fountain that leaked everywhere all the time that

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<v Speaker 1>he had disconnected because of the leaks, and uh, it

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<v Speaker 1>was actually provided soundproofing. So he ended up recording some

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<v Speaker 1>music there in the jungle room. Yeah, you said he

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<v Speaker 1>recorded one album and half of another one there. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>half of Moody Blues and I think Live from Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>Pressy Boulevard and mitis Tennessee. Yeah, that's pretty cool. What

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<v Speaker 1>about the TV room, Chuck, three TVs at once. Where

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<v Speaker 1>do you get that idea? Yeah, that's downstairs. He got

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<v Speaker 1>that idea from President Lyndon Johnson. He heard that he Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>he used to watch three newscasts at the same time

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<v Speaker 1>to keep up with things. So Elvis got you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he had to have the best. So he had three

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<v Speaker 1>TVs built into the wall and watch football apparently not newscasts.

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<v Speaker 1>I got you, I Got you. And he had some

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<v Speaker 1>like pretty cool toys, like I understand. He had two jets. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he had two jets. He had one smaller private, and

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<v Speaker 1>then he had a big honking seven seven I think

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<v Speaker 1>called the Lisa Marina. I actually know a story about

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<v Speaker 1>that involves the Lisa Marie. Yeah, so basically, um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it was. It was seventy six. Elvis is sitting

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<v Speaker 1>around with a couple of his buddies in the Memphis Mafia, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, like a couple of years earlier, they've been

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<v Speaker 1>playing a show in Denver and they went to eat

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<v Speaker 1>at this, uh this restaurant called the Colorado gold Mine Company,

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<v Speaker 1>and they had the sandwich called the Fool's gold Sandwich.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever had one of these? One of my

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<v Speaker 1>friends through a birthday party for her husband, and she

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<v Speaker 1>called it a very partially hydrogenated birthday. And there was

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<v Speaker 1>all this wonderful food like ham dogs, um, that that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of burger that you serve on a crispy cream

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<v Speaker 1>donut as a bun. And she also made the Fool's

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<v Speaker 1>Gold sandwich. So it's like heavily buttered bread, uh, peanut butter,

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<v Speaker 1>jelly and bacon and then you like kind of grill it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the greatest thing you'll ever have in your So

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<v Speaker 1>Elvis got his hands on one of these things. And

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<v Speaker 1>the reason they were called Fool's Gold sandwiches was because

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<v Speaker 1>they were they run an entire loaf of Italian bread,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were meant for like twenty people like Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>ate them right exactly, Elvis ate them apparently by himself, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So there's there's no telling how many pounds of bacon

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<v Speaker 1>or I think like a duck. Yeah, he just swallowed,

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<v Speaker 1>no biting whatsoever. But they call it full's gold because

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<v Speaker 1>only a full would would would would pay for they

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<v Speaker 1>were like fifty dollar sandwiches. And this is in the

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<v Speaker 1>mid seventies. So anyway, they're sitting around one night in

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<v Speaker 1>February seventy six, and um, they're one one of the

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<v Speaker 1>one of the guys in his entourage says, you know, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I had one of those sandwich is right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So Elvis calls up, the calls up the restaurant in Denver,

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<v Speaker 1>tells him that he wants um, I think like thirty

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<v Speaker 1>of them, and uh, he says that they'll be there

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<v Speaker 1>in a couple of hours. Swich. Yeah. They well, they

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<v Speaker 1>fire up the Leisa Marine, get in the jet, go

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<v Speaker 1>to the restaurant. Actually, I don't even think they made

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<v Speaker 1>to the restaurant for this special order. The restaurant tour

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<v Speaker 1>and his wife showed up with the sandwiches, um, a

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<v Speaker 1>case of champagne and some other stuff, and they think

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<v Speaker 1>they ate him in the hangar and just for the

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<v Speaker 1>just for the tab for the food was like three grand.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you factor in all of the added expense,

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<v Speaker 1>there's one late night trip. This is that like one

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning for these sandwiches came to like sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>grand or something like that. And that today and today,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's that's probably like eighteen grand at least at

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<v Speaker 1>least well, you know, if he hadn't done things like that,

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<v Speaker 1>he may have ended up living instead of dying in

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<v Speaker 1>his bathroom. Yeah, but what he have lived as interesting

0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.240
<v Speaker 1>a life as he did, Well, maybe not. But one

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<v Speaker 1>of the reasons that you know, it was well documented

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<v Speaker 1>that he was on all these pills to keep them

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<v Speaker 1>going all the time. And uh, one of the reasons

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<v Speaker 1>was he said he couldn't slow down because he had

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<v Speaker 1>so many people he had to pay for. He had

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<v Speaker 1>a huge staff and he felt very beholden to them,

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<v Speaker 1>and I didn't want to let them down, and he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to lay people off. So he just had

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<v Speaker 1>this killer, brutal schedule, you know, later in life when

0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:09.280
<v Speaker 1>he was really badly out of shape and uh and

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<v Speaker 1>on uppers on downers to do whatever he needed. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe if he had been a little more wise with

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<v Speaker 1>his money early on, he wouldn't have felt that he

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<v Speaker 1>need to tour incessantly like that. But he he was

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<v Speaker 1>never at any point poor once he made it. No, no, no,

0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:26.240
<v Speaker 1>he wasn't poor, but he uh, he definitely had a

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<v Speaker 1>decline later in his career on the Vegas circuit. He

0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:32.520
<v Speaker 1>wasn't His album sales dropped and basically the only way

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<v Speaker 1>to make money was by playing just show after show

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<v Speaker 1>after show. Gotcha? Gotcha? So you well, you know, speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of pills, since you brought it up, I wasn't gonna

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<v Speaker 1>bring it up, but yeah, you know, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>tough to talk about older Elvis without the pills. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know that he uh, he had that famous

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<v Speaker 1>meeting with Richard Nixon. Yeah, I've seen the picture. Yeah. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a hold of some letters right that he

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<v Speaker 1>wrote to Nixon basically saying, you know, I've gotten in

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<v Speaker 1>with the I think the hippie is in the the

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<v Speaker 1>weather Underground and the Black Panthers. They trust me, so

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you make me an undercover Federal Bureau of

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<v Speaker 1>Narcotics agent and I can start busting you know, some

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<v Speaker 1>hippie heads. Um. And apparently Nixon was like, that's okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, thanks, I appreciate the gesture. And finally, um,

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<v Speaker 1>Elvis starts just hounding him until Nixon finally agrees to

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<v Speaker 1>meet with him, like a hound dog exactly. I was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of hoping you'd get that one trapes by um.

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<v Speaker 1>And so they meet and Elvis uh apparently gets very

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<v Speaker 1>very emotional, starts blaming the Beatles for you know, an

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<v Speaker 1>anti American sentiment. He's just not very happy with the

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<v Speaker 1>state of affairs in America, breaks down, weeps a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>hugs Nixon, and Nixon gives him an honorary badge, and

0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:49.520
<v Speaker 1>Elvis gives Nixon a commemorative cult forty five pistol and

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<v Speaker 1>that was the famous photos that when that was taken. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that that famous me. He was wearing a cake too, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he wore those cakes. A lot didn't. Well, he's sort

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<v Speaker 1>of a crime finer, I guess, I guess. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it worked well. Yeah, a lot of people might think

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<v Speaker 1>there's some irony there and that he was on massive

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<v Speaker 1>amounts of prescription drugs. He actually looks like he was

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<v Speaker 1>on on something while he was meeting Nixon to become

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<v Speaker 1>an undercover. Absolutely was, I think, but he the Memphis

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<v Speaker 1>Mafia guys in some you know, candid interviews years later,

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<v Speaker 1>said that Elvis very much drew a line between the

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<v Speaker 1>illegal drugs and prescription drugs and thought, I'm getting them

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<v Speaker 1>from my doctor, so that makes it okay, right right?

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<v Speaker 1>And he hated um drug pushers, didn't he Yeah, like

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<v Speaker 1>he was a man doctor though, he all bet'll bet

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<v Speaker 1>who who wouldn't? So chuck, you got anything else on

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<v Speaker 1>Graceful And now, you know, I just encourage people to

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<v Speaker 1>go visit. You know, it's it's a site to be seen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's um, the tour is well worth it. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of fun and Elvis is buried in the back

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<v Speaker 1>in the meditation garden, right yeah, right in the in

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<v Speaker 1>the side yard there, he and his mother and father

0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.600
<v Speaker 1>and grandmother are all buried there. They weren't. He and

0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.960
<v Speaker 1>his mother were originally buried somewhere else, but there was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of security issues, so his father, before he

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<v Speaker 1>passed away, had to moved over. Well, I would strongly

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<v Speaker 1>recommend first reading Mr Chuck Bryant's How grace Land Works

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<v Speaker 1>on how stuff Works dot com for making the pilgrimage,

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<v Speaker 1>and stick around to find out which article reminds Chuck

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<v Speaker 1>of his college years right after this, So thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>sticking around, Chuck, which which article reminds you of your

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<v Speaker 1>college years? While Josh article is called are there really

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<v Speaker 1>Hallucinogenic Frogs? By Christen Konger staff writer? So you were

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<v Speaker 1>doing what exactly in college? Well? I had a frog collection.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, that is not what I was expecting you

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<v Speaker 1>to say, Chuck. Well, I don't know what you're thinking of, buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>but at an extensive frog collection, and so this article

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<v Speaker 1>is that just takes me back to the old days

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<v Speaker 1>at you g a Well, I can I think I

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<v Speaker 1>can hardly be blamed you got the goatee. It makes

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<v Speaker 1>you look kind of shifty, like you might be Agian

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<v Speaker 1>criminal acts here and brother. Yeah. Well, you can check

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