1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: In regards to the NBA All Star Game and the 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: Slam Dunk Concas NBA All Star Weekend, the shit is 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: a fucking embarrassment. The NBP Trophy is named after Kobe Burran, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: who won it four fucking times. You could literally play 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: at seventy five percent, which we better than twenty percent, 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: which is what they're playing at. There needs to be 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: some pride and respect. You're sitting in front of fucking 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: doctor j Larry Bird came out, Oscar Robertson. Everybody's there, 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: and you're just you're embarrassing. You know, the shit is embarrassing, 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: and I watched the whole fucking thing. 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 2: Why am I doing this? 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: Last year's podcast about the NBA All Star Game is 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: the same as this year's fucking podcast because it hasn't changed. 14 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 2: You just haven't learned. 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: Let's just hope the last twenty seven games of the 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: regular season have more heart than what we saw over 17 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: the entire NBA All Star we can. 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: I'm happy to have a break. 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: Let these guys fucking go to wherever the fuck they 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: go and doing whatever they do like little ballerinas. They're 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: like little fucking ballerinas, coddled, fucking ballerinas trying to get 22 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: into the big, big show at Lincoln Center. Go go, go, disappear, 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: Smoke all the fucking weed you want, and hopefully they'll 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: come out fucking they'll bring some pride to the NBA 25 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: the rest of the regular season. Banging Iron Reports Stereo 26 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: podcast is here. Hey, you have no fear On today 27 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: he's Banging Iron Reports Stereo podcast. Museum quality disruptive podcasting 28 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 1: from Tel Aviv from is Real by the Red Sea. 29 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: I am right by the Red Sea on a beautiful, 30 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: beautiful Tel Aviv evening on today's Banging Iron Rapports Stereo podcast. 31 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: NBA All Star Weekend came and went, and maybe it 32 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: should never come back. What a fucking embarrassment. What a 33 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: fucking embarrassment. I break that down. The three point contest, 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: the celebrity All Star Game, and the actual game another 35 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: fucking shit fling. 36 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 2: I might not ever watch it again. 37 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: If you don't watch the NBA All Star Game, the 38 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: dunk contest and all that, you're missing nothing. 39 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: I break that down. Plus I was bar Mitchfood. Oh 40 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: that's right. At fifty three, I'm finally a man. 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Yes back, 55 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: I am back here in Israel, having an amazing trip, 56 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: seeing so many people, eating so much food, talking to 57 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: so many different people with so many different points of views. 58 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: Did I say eating so much food? A lot of 59 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: good food here, A lot of good looking people here. 60 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: Let me tell you something, a lot of good looking 61 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: men and women here in Israel. For those of you 62 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: dumb dumbs who think Jews all look like me, Unfortunately 63 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: that is not the truth. I mean, they got exotic 64 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: looking Jewish people here, the men and the women. It's confusing. 65 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: I man, this fucking this guy's showing me around Haifa, 66 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: good lord, this guy looks like the Jewish Matt Dillon, 67 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: born and raised in the Gaza, sh trip, the waitresses, everybody. 68 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 2: It's rarely. 69 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: People are good looking people all shape, sizes and college. 70 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 2: Oh yeah. 71 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: Anyway, the one thing that's tough about being an Israel 72 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: is the time difference. Little wacky. I'm a little whacked 73 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 1: out from the time delay. But I am here enjoying 74 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: my trip, and I'm having a great time. Like I said, 75 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: And when I get back to the States as they 76 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: call it, I'll be rocking and rolling in Bridgeport. I'm 77 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: performing in Bridgeport, Connecticut the twenty ninth, the first and 78 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: the second in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Then i am in Pleasanton, California. 79 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: We rescheduled those shows the fifteenth, the sixteenth, and the 80 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: seventeenth that Tommy Teas then I'm in I'm at the 81 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: Bricktown Comedy Club in OKC, Oklahoma City. 82 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: Thunder is really happening. 83 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: The twenty first, twenty second, and the twenty third. Then 84 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Told you I'm playing the 85 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: Hotspots March twenty eighth, twenty ninth, and the thirtieth. I 86 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: got a couple of shows in April. I'm going to 87 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: need a serious, serious, serious break. All tickets, all informations 88 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: available and Michael Rapaportcomedy dot com. As of the recording 89 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: of this Iron Rapport stereo podcast, somehow Someway I'm suspended again. 90 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: I was out of suspension in the DMS. I did 91 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: a seven day short bid short bid Instagram dm suspension 92 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: and then somehow Someway boom back back like I never left. 93 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: They gave me three days in the hole again. 94 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: I don't know. 95 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: I don't even ask anymore, just like fuck it, do whatever, 96 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: do whatever. It's just a small price, a tiny, small 97 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: price that I have to pay being the ultimate disruptive warror. 98 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: You know, there's the ultimate warrior in wrestling. I'm the 99 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: ultimate digity disruptive warrior. But I'm feeling really good. The 100 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: time change is a motherfucker. I'm not gonna front listen 101 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: when I fly from New York to uh you know, la, 102 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: it bangs me out a little num Bruno. But when 103 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: I fly from New York to motherfucking Israel, ah. 104 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 2: Man, it takes a couple of days. 105 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: It takes a couple of days to adjust and hard 106 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: body karate NBA fans like myself. You know, it's a 107 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: different thing. You got to like the games unless you're 108 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, crazy. The games come on early in the 109 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: morning here, so I missed the entire All Star Game live, 110 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: which is probably the first time ever that I missed 111 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: the entire All Star I missed the Slam Dunk Contest live, 112 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: and I missed the NBA All Star Game live. But 113 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: I rewatched both of them because you know what I got. 114 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: I got one of these VPNs. This isn't even a commercial. 115 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: I got one of these VPNs. Not even exactly sure 116 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: how it works at this point, but I got a 117 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: VPN Express VPN because the last time I always here, 118 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: I wasn't able to watch I don't know football, and 119 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what the fuck my reality shows. By 120 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: the way, the Rappaport reality podcast will be starting as 121 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: soon as we get back. Decided to push it two 122 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: weeks because of it's just a lot it's just a 123 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: lot of time change, and you know I'm here. I'm like, 124 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: I'm busy, busy, busy, busy, busy when I'm in Israel 125 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: this trip because as of recording this Iron reports the 126 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: real Podcets, it's still one hundred and thirty six fucking days, 127 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty six fucking needs. I don't want 128 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: to go down the rabbit hole. I don't want to 129 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: get myself all crazy, although I have some so I 130 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: have a funny story to tell you about Israel. But 131 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: in regards to the NBA All Star Game and the 132 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: Slam Dunk Contest NBA All Star Weekend, I had to 133 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: watch that shit on the NBA app, my Handy Dandy 134 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: trust the NBA app, which was tricked by my VPN. 135 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: I don't know what VPN stands for, stands for something. 136 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: I know you guys are like, it's d I have 137 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: no idea, but my VPN tricks the system and that's 138 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: what it's there to do. 139 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 2: And I was able to watch the Slam Dunk Contest. 140 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 2: I feel like every year we do the same rant. 141 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: Like if I said, Miles Joy and just play the 142 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: rant from last year, it's gonna be the same thing 143 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: as it was a couple of days ago. Just let 144 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: these guys rest. They all want to rest, they don't 145 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: want to participate. The NBA has so much talent, It's 146 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: never had as much talent. 147 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 2: The whole thing. 148 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: But the East and West teams were stacked. But this 149 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: is like turn into like you might as well start 150 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: sliming these dudes. Like the Nickelodeon Awards. It has a 151 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: fucking problem as entertainment. But the problem is is there's money, 152 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: there's sponsors, there's activations, there's sports betting. But somehow, some way, 153 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: the NBA All Star Game is turned into a freak show. 154 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 2: The whole weekend is freak show. It's an embarrassment. 155 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: Like motherfuckers don't like the three point shooting contest. The 156 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: only thing that people seem like they really care about 157 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: because it's the least amount of work. 158 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 2: I do not forget that not only. 159 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: Am I a seasoned NBA All Star Weekend veteran, but 160 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: I'm a former Celebrity Game MVP. Matter of fact, let's 161 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: start with the celebrity game. It's really hard to put 162 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: mortals up against professional athletes in their prime, like Michah Parsons, 163 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: Puka Nakua and CJ. 164 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 2: Stroud. 165 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: I'd rather have all NFL dudes playing against NFL dudes 166 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: and baseball dudes than the freak show that they're doing. 167 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 2: I mean throwing an led court. 168 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: They got fucking YouTubers and TikTokers up there. 169 00:11:58,600 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 2: It's a freak show. 170 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: The most inspired event of the weekend, it's either the 171 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: three point shooting concerts or the Rising Stars Tournament, And honestly, 172 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think that the only way to 173 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: make this competitive the actual game, and I'm gonna get 174 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: to the actual game, is to take one team of 175 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: NBA All Stars, take the rookies and the second year players, 176 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: and have them play against them, because just an All 177 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 1: Star game it doesn't work. These motherfuckers don't want to 178 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: be there. They don't play. One team had two hundred 179 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: and eleven fucking points. The Rising Stars Tournament, they had 180 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: Team Jalen. It got the win with mctherne home. 181 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 2: The win. 182 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,599 Speaker 1: The fucking win. What did the win? It's embarrassing to 183 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: the word win. The three point contest, which, like I said, 184 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: it should be the last contest of the night and 185 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: should be on Sunday. It's the only thing that people 186 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 1: care about. They had some like Starry night Ball. I 187 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: don't know if it was rubber, what the fuck was 188 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 1: made at? It was hard to tell on TV. And 189 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: the commentary with Reggie and Kenny fell off the rails. 190 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: And I love him both. 191 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't love Reggie Miller as a you know, 192 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 1: as a player, but he's a great commentary. 193 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 2: It's a great, great player, you know. 194 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: I don't want to go down the fucking Reggie Miller 195 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: and his teeth, Reggie Miller and the Indiana Pacers rabbit hole. 196 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: But the commentary had me thinking and other fans thinking 197 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: that the experts were not watching as many games on 198 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: a weekly basis as they should. 199 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 2: Dame Dollar. 200 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: Repeated as champion, beating Ice, Trey and Cat, and then 201 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,479 Speaker 1: it was a one round shootout between Steph and Sabrina 202 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: who plays in the NBA and she's the reigning three 203 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: point champion. But what the fuck, man, I don't know. 204 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: I think I gotta fix this whole shit up. The 205 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: whole thing was Caitlin Clark. It was just a mess man. 206 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: And the biggest shit fling of them all is the 207 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: slam Dunk contest. That's the most embarrassing fucking thing out 208 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: of all of it, four dunkers, only four fucking dunkers. 209 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown, Heimi Waquez, I still have a bad hard 210 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: time pronounce his name, the rookie from the Heat, Jacob 211 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: Toppin who's a bench warmer for the Knicks, Obi Toppins brother. 212 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: And Mac McClung who's played in the NBA as much 213 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: as I imagine in my dreams playing in the NBA, 214 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: he literally has had a cup of fucking coffee in 215 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: the NBA. You know, Mac McClung, no disrespect, you're not 216 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: in the NBA. I mean, it's just a fucking joke, man. 217 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: Somebody with money needs to put down a big prize 218 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: because guys like jah Zion ant Man even Lebron. 219 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: Could make it fun. But they just don't give a fuck. 220 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: They don't give a fuck the game zero point zero 221 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: defense and. 222 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 2: Larry Bird said, Yo, play hard. 223 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: I don't expect these fucking guys to play hard the 224 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: whole game, but play hard at the end of the quarters, 225 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: play hard at the end of the fourth quarter. The 226 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: best players in the world that just give it a go, 227 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: or give the impression that you're playing hard. You could 228 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: play seventy five percent hard without playing hard, and it'll 229 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: still be more respectful than the shit that they're doing 230 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: out there. This shit is a fucking embarrassment. The MVP 231 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: Trophy is named after Kobe Bryan, who won it four 232 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: fucking times. You could literally play at seventy five percent, 233 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: which we better than twenty percent, which is what they're 234 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: playing at. There needs to be some pride and respect. 235 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: You're sitting in front of fucking doctor j Larry Bird 236 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: came out, Oscar Robertson, everybody's there, and you're just you're embarrassing, Yo. 237 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: The shit is embarrassing, and. 238 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 2: I watched the whole fucking thing. Why am I doing this? 239 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: Last year's podcast about the NBA All Star Game is 240 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: the same as this year's fucking podcast because it hasn't changed. 241 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 2: You just haven't learned. 242 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: Let's just hope the last twenty seven games of the 243 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: regular season have more heart than what we saw over 244 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: the entire NBA All Star weekend. 245 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 2: I'm happy to have a break. 246 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: Let these guys fucking go to wherever the fuck they 247 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: go and doing whatever they do like little ballerinas. They're 248 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: like little fucking ballerinas, coddled fucking ballerinas trying to get 249 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: into the big, big show at Lincoln Center. Go go, 250 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: go disappear, Smoke all the fucking weed you want, and 251 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: hopefully they'll come out fucking they'll bring some pride to 252 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: the NBA. 253 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: The rest of the regular season. 254 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 1: Podcast. 255 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 2: What else is going on? I mean, I could tell 256 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 2: you so many different things. I'll tell you one thing. 257 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 2: I have. 258 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: Been in Israel for about a week now, I'm gonna 259 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: be here for another week. And then I told you 260 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: I'm back on tour all tic atalle Information available Michael 261 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: Rapport Comedy dot com, Michael Rapport to comedy dot com, 262 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: starting off from Bridgeport, Connecticut, then going to Pleasanton, California, YadA, YadA, YadA. 263 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 1: And this trip has been it's been crazy, man, because 264 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: this shit is still going on. I've talked to a 265 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: bunch of families, relatives of people that still have their sons, 266 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: their grandfathers in Gaza and like I said on as 267 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 1: the recording is, I am Rapport Stereo podcast, it's one 268 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty seven days. 269 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 2: Spoke to this. 270 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: Young woman, twenty year old girl, tell me about her grandfather, Shlomo, great. 271 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 2: Jewish named Shlomo. 272 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: Who's a whole cost survivor, and they snatched him out 273 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: of the Kibbutz smacked him in front of his wife, 274 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: who he's been married to for fifty nine years. His 275 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: sixtieth anniversary is coming up in a few weeks in March. 276 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 1: His eighty sixth birthday is also coming up in a 277 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 1: few weeks in March. And you know, this is an 278 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 1: old man. Why would you kidnap an old man to 279 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: begin with? 280 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 2: And why didn't you give him. 281 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: Back in the hostage return fifty something days ago, eighty 282 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: days ago? 283 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 2: Whatever the fuck it was? Talked to. 284 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: Another guy who's brother s guy, his brother named or 285 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: who's been in there, and like I was saying about 286 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: this before the desperation and the despair and the heartbreak 287 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: and the demoralization and the confusion. 288 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 2: And just the desperation, like and none of them are angry. 289 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 2: I ask, are you angry? 290 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: And they're just like, I'll do anything to get my 291 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: grandfather back, I'll do anything to get my son back, 292 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: I'll do anything to get my brother back. 293 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 2: Anything. 294 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 1: And you know, they just talk about the how tired 295 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 1: they are and how upset they are, and how just 296 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:39,479 Speaker 1: the desperation I spoke to parents. 297 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 2: Of hostages that have kids that have. 298 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: Been in there all this fucking time, you know, twenty 299 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: two year old son. 300 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 2: And it was crazy to see these these couples. 301 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: There was just two couples in particular their son Hirsh, 302 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: and then another couple there's on Omir, and they're still 303 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: in there and they're just like, just so heartbroken. 304 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 2: It's just so I don't understand the shit. 305 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: And you know, there's a lot of talk of coexistence and. 306 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 2: I got opinions about that. 307 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm ready to share, man, because 308 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: you know, I've traveled, you know, a good amount around 309 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: the country and I had experience today. 310 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 2: First of all, yo, motherfuckers know me in Israel. 311 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: They know the Kringo Mandingo in Israel, the inflamed Onskinazi, 312 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: they know me on these streets. I was walking around 313 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: this the most inclusive, coexisting, diverse neighborhood in Haifa and 314 00:21:54,880 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: Jaffa and Jaffa Sorry, and you know, I went to 315 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: a mosque, I went to a monastery. I went to 316 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: this LGBTQ center which is deep in the cut where 317 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: you know, they'll welcome in any kind of LGBTQ person 318 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 1: in there, and I was at this cafe we went. 319 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: This little cafe was in a Palestinian Arab slash Jewish 320 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: neighborho but this cafe walked in there with my wife. 321 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: It was with three other people, sat down. People are, 322 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: you know, poking their head out and all that shit, 323 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: because Yo, some of these motherfuckers like, yo, you don't 324 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: belong here. 325 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 2: That's just straight up. 326 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: Some motherfuckers don't think Jews belong in Israel. I'm like, 327 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: what the fuck it? We ain't in the West Bank. Anyway, 328 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: This young girl comes up to me, She's cute, sweet. 329 00:22:59,200 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 2: I'm a big fan. 330 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: Fan of a Typical. I guess Atypical is playing on 331 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: Israeli Netflix. Now you know they they don't play everything 332 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: on the same uh, you know, just because in American 333 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: Netflix doesn't mean it's Israelan Netflix. And then this fat 334 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: bitch comes up to me and my wife Vi is there. 335 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: She's like, what are you doing here? Like I'm chilling, 336 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm drinking. She goes, this is a Palestine cafe. This 337 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: is Palestinians. You made that video about the river to 338 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: the sea. I was like, yeah, it's shit threw me off. 339 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: So shit threw me off, and she's like, you just 340 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: me speaking to you. I could go to jail. And 341 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: I was like, what are you talking about? And then 342 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 1: like my friend who was speaking Hebrew started talking to 343 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: her in Hebrew and Arabic like broken both these like. 344 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 2: That da da dah. 345 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: I was like, what are you talking about? She said, 346 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: me speaking to you. You should go to jail. I said, well, 347 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: then maybe you shouldn't be speaking to me. It's like, 348 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: you know, she's like, you're making people come here, and 349 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: this is apartheid. 350 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 2: This isn't a part. What did she say? She said? 351 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: She said to me, I'm trying to get this exactly right, 352 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: the bitch, and I'm calling her a bitch because the 353 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: bitch was and she's lucky my wife didn't go off. 354 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: Come. My wife was like, huh. 355 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: The bitch said to me that I was not welcomed 356 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: sitting in this Palestinian cafe and I should leave, and 357 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: me being here is apartheid. 358 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 2: And I should leave. And I was like, I'm not leaving. 359 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: And I was being filmed because we were talking about 360 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: something and her friend was filming her, and she goes, 361 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: don't film me, and I go, don't film me. Anyway, 362 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: the bitch tried to aparthide me, and I was on 363 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: that Nelson Man. I was like, no, no, no, no, no, anyway, 364 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: that that was the only weird thing. But yo, motherfucker's 365 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: like she had the audacity to come up to me 366 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: and tell me that I wasn't welcomed in this Palestinian cafe, 367 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: literally tried to apartheid me, and shit, that was the 368 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: only sort of weird experience I had. You know, I 369 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: told you last time. You know, there's some people, there's 370 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: some Arabs that live in Israel and think that Jews 371 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: shouldn't be there. 372 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 2: This shit is so fucking crazy. 373 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: And the more and more that I learned about it, 374 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: and the more and more I learn about the history 375 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: of it, it's so insane that we got to this 376 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: point that these radical, fucking Jihattist motherfuckers have done so 377 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: much damage and setback not just Israel, not just themselves, 378 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: but the perception and temperature and the climate of everything 379 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: in the West, in the Western civilization, because these fucking 380 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 1: animals that are hiding in tunnels now it's like they 381 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: caused all this trouble and now they are on some 382 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: hide and go seek shit. 383 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: The other highlight is. 384 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: That me, Michael Ramport, the Gringo man Dingo, the disruptive warrior, 385 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: the raging bullshitter. 386 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 2: I was finally bar mitsfoot and that was awesome. 387 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: We went to the Koda, the Western Wall, and they 388 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: were ready for me and uh man Yo talk about 389 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: judane Land. 390 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 2: They took me in the. 391 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: Bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the bottom 392 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: of the bottom of the. 393 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 2: Western wall, the coda, the tunnels, and there's a. 394 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: Shool at the I'm talking way the fuck underground in 395 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: them old school Jewish tunnels that were They tried to 396 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: ruin them, The fucking Romans tried to ruin them. But 397 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 1: there's all kinds of proof and they're still digging, and 398 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 1: they're still digging. And they brought out the top, top, 399 00:26:53,160 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: top tiered Rabbi because the Dingoes here, the Gringo man 400 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: Dingo is in Israel doing the damn thing. And I 401 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: met about one hundred twenty one hundred and thirty young 402 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: IDF soldiers who are, you know, just heading into the idea. 403 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 1: And the interesting thing about the idea of socials is 404 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: while they're training, while they're doing all the physical training 405 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 1: and the artillery training, and then the mental training, they 406 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: also really really are getting a history to understand this 407 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: is you know, not new to understand. 408 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 2: All the details about the history of Israel. 409 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 1: And it is a rich, rich, rich history, and it 410 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 1: is dysfunctional. 411 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 2: And Israel, by no. 412 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: Means is a perfect place with a perfect government who 413 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: has behaved perfectly. And Israeli people are not perfect by 414 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: any means, but the spirit of the people here is 415 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: fantas fantastic and the history is undeniable. And I don't 416 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: give a fuck what you're saying or what anybody says. 417 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: Anybody would rather live in Israel than under a fucking terrorist, 418 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: radical jihadist regime like Hamas. Then motherfuckers, throw motherfuckers off building. 419 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: Look it up two thousand and seven in public, they 420 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: let you know what the fuck it is. And until Palestinians, 421 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: until Arabs in Gaza can say and believe that Israel 422 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: has the right to exist, Israel has the right to 423 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: defend itself, Israel has the right to exist as a 424 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: sovereign state. Until they fucking understand that and believe it, 425 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: this shit ain't gonna get no better because there are 426 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: so many fucking things that these Arabs living under, these 427 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: radical jihadist crazy barbarian caveman, fucking rules, regulations, and mentality. 428 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: They're missing out on pizza, pumpkin lottase, NBA two K, NBA, fucking. 429 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 2: Slam Dunk con. You know what happened. 430 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: If you put a fucking NBA slam dunk concerts on it, Gaza, 431 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:23,479 Speaker 1: they be. They wouldn't be worried about Israel. If they 432 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: show a little Mac mcclug, a little white boy dunk 433 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: in the way they dunk, that would be world peace. 434 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: Open up a fucking katsuya, a noble You put a 435 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: California roll in the hand of a fucking innocent gazzin, 436 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: that'll change their fucking life on milk shape, some Chicken McNuggets, 437 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 1: a fucking strip club, some fantasy football, some soccer, some baseball, 438 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: the shit that we all do on a regular fucking basis. 439 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: These motherfuck because they're living in the fucking stone age, 440 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: because they think that Israel doesn't have the right to exist. 441 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: And this is what the Israel's not going anywhere. From 442 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: the river to the sea, Israel will be where the 443 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: fuck it's gonna be. 444 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 2: Fuck out of here. 445 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: Before the podcast, but I met these soldiers and they're 446 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: young and their spirit was strong and beautiful, and they 447 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: fucking understand the history of the country. And like I said, 448 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: Israel is not perfect. Is Israel and behavior is not perfect, 449 00:30:53,600 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: Bibi Netanyanu is far from being fucking perfect. Ask any Israeli. 450 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: They've been protesting this motherfucker for months, every single weekend 451 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: before October seventh, every single week and anyway, the Rabbi 452 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: came out, brought me into the bottom of the bottom 453 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: of the bottom of the bottom. I was on the 454 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: you know, I was on some Raiders of the Lost 455 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: Arc shit, and I got bar Mitz with me. 456 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 2: I got. 457 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: I knew I was getting bar Mitz. It wasn't like 458 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: a surprise. The idea of soldiers and the whole sort 459 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: of to do was a surprise. 460 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 2: It was beautiful. 461 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: And the guy who was showing me around with the rabbi, 462 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: who has eight kids and sixteen fourteen grandkids, he said, 463 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: only thing I want you to do is encourage and 464 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: implore other Jews from the United States to come to Israel. 465 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: And that is going to be one of the things 466 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: that I really try to do. 467 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:53,959 Speaker 2: One day. 468 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: I want to try to put together a trip sort 469 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: of produced by me to bring other Jews to Israel 470 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: for the first time. It was a great experience. My 471 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: bar Mitchell was fantastic. I'll talk about it more, but 472 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: I'm having an incredible time. Man. It's emotional, it's informative. 473 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: I'm learning a lot, getting knowledge of self. I'm on 474 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: that brand Nubian, I'm on that black Star, I'm on 475 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: that modest Yahoo, that knowledge of self. The fuck you 476 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: want to do. But it's been a great, great, great trip. 477 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, what can I say? Man, I'm 478 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: here and I hope everybody else is doing good. I 479 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: hope everybody else is safe. I hope everyone else is sane. 480 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: I hope everybody else stays disruptive till the next museum quality. 481 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: I am rap perst ever real pocket. I'm out, Miles, Joanek, 482 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: the Belief Friendsday, Kay, the Dustmans, take me out of 483 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: some real lays, take me out with some real loud, 484 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: but most importantly, end this puppy with something real fust 485 00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 1: person ever real pockets. 486 00:32:59,000 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 2: Sometime