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<v Speaker 1>This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Harrison Lawrence E. Mc coomedy from the home office

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<v Speaker 1>in Austin, Texas, just outside of Tornado Alley. Technically, the

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<v Speaker 1>reason I bring that up the movie Twisters has dropped

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<v Speaker 1>like an F five tornado that has ripped through the

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<v Speaker 1>box office to the tune of eighty point five million.

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<v Speaker 1>Elsie expectations were a mere fifty million, which would have

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<v Speaker 1>been huge. It's almost doubled that. This is phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so happy about this. Also, we're going to get

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<v Speaker 2>into your knowledge of tornadoes. Is an F five the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Technically, I think there has been whispers of an F

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<v Speaker 1>six wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Twist for Twisters.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, the next one, Twisters is but this I have

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<v Speaker 1>seen this movie for the record, els has not. I

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<v Speaker 1>am going back to see it with her tomorrow night

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<v Speaker 1>because it's that good.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. So this makes me so happy. It makes me

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<v Speaker 2>happy when movies do well at the box because I

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<v Speaker 2>love movies and I don't want movies to go away

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<v Speaker 2>as an art. There's a lot of talk in our

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<v Speaker 2>industry right now about how well where people get their

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<v Speaker 2>entertainment is just shifting, like instead of watching comedy movies

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<v Speaker 2>at the theater, people watch comedy on TikTok on the

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<v Speaker 2>one hand.

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<v Speaker 1>True.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other hand, can we know that when we're

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<v Speaker 2>not giving people any good comedies at the box office?

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<v Speaker 2>Like there used to be a different I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>aging myself. I guess I'm a mid thirties millennial, but

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<v Speaker 2>not that long ago. It shows you how quickly things

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<v Speaker 2>have changed. I remember growing up and we would look

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<v Speaker 2>in the newspaper and be like, what's coming out this weekend?

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<v Speaker 2>And look at the show times, and you would regularly say,

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<v Speaker 2>what's coming out this weekend because every weekend there were

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<v Speaker 2>like three new movies out. Now we're so limited, and

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<v Speaker 2>I do think that when a movie like Twisters beats

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<v Speaker 2>expectations hit so big, when it's just fun and joy

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<v Speaker 2>and just a great watch, that people will go see it.

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<v Speaker 2>And we need to get more movies in the theaters

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<v Speaker 2>to give people the opportunity. Because here's the difference for

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<v Speaker 2>me on movies versus thirty second videos on TikTok. TikTok

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<v Speaker 2>can be fun, it's its own thing. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>that things stick with you in the short form the

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<v Speaker 2>way that they.

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<v Speaker 1>Do like that at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about the way we all quote movies. We watch

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<v Speaker 2>movies when we're younger, and we go on quoting them forever,

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<v Speaker 2>and we reference them. And movies can change your outlook.

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<v Speaker 2>They affect you on a deep level. They shape you,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't want to lose that.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't seen it was Twister's a movie that shapes

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<v Speaker 2>you well.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it should well. But there's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a line that comes out of this and I can't

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<v Speaker 1>wait for you to see it where Glenn Paalll says,

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<v Speaker 1>have you ever driven a car before? That will last?

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<v Speaker 1>That's going to be one of those levels. It's quotable.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so good. First of all, I think we have

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<v Speaker 1>to acknowledge Glenn Powell is a bona fide star.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he is living for him.

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<v Speaker 1>He is such a a grind for the guy who

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't realize he was a child star, a young.

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<v Speaker 2>Man Jason, one of the Spy Kids movies. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>realize that either. I knew he'd been in the business

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<v Speaker 2>for about ten years. I didn't know it was longer.

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor, who's twenty years old, our daughter, was like, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember him. And Spy Kids. I didn't realize he

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<v Speaker 1>had been doing this that long, and so, like many

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<v Speaker 1>stories in this business, it took a long time to

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<v Speaker 1>become an overnight sensation. And obviously Top Gun Maverick really

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<v Speaker 1>put him on the scene. He's been buddy, Well.

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<v Speaker 2>He's having his moment, his long a moment he's long

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<v Speaker 2>worked for.

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<v Speaker 1>Hot take. Is this true or not? Is Glenn Powell

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<v Speaker 1>James Marsden that finally got his shot at being a

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<v Speaker 1>leading man?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think if you're saying that, then he's not

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<v Speaker 2>James Marsden, because that's James Marsden's whole story. James Marsden

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<v Speaker 2>is always. No. I don't think he is, because what

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<v Speaker 2>movie has has Glenn Powell been this in? James Marsden's

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<v Speaker 2>thing was always he was the super good looking, nice

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<v Speaker 2>guy in the movie who didn't end up with the

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<v Speaker 2>robble loser like the Notebook. There's nothing wrong with him,

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<v Speaker 2>but he didn't get the girl right, and he was

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<v Speaker 2>that in a couple movies. I don't think Glenn Powell's

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<v Speaker 2>been that guy. He's actually the guy who seems to

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<v Speaker 2>get the girl.

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<v Speaker 1>He is now. I just wonder if James Marsden had

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<v Speaker 1>ever gotten his top gun Maverick like a shot to a.

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<v Speaker 2>Like a career shift, a different type of.

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<v Speaker 1>An action star to be so because Glenn Powell and

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<v Speaker 1>I heard somebody else say, this is Glenn Powell the

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<v Speaker 1>new Matthew McConaughey, and that actually tracks he is a Texan.

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<v Speaker 1>Both went to u T. Both have that just big

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<v Speaker 1>thousand watts smile that glean in their eye, that just

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<v Speaker 1>captivates you. Guys want to hang out with them, Women

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<v Speaker 1>want to be with him, that kind of leading man.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I think he's a baby of Matthew McConaughey, Matt

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<v Speaker 2>Damon and Tom Cruise.

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<v Speaker 1>And his second cousin to James Marsa.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't think he has the like quirky aura

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<v Speaker 2>of Matthew McConaughey. Matthew's kind of got a personality to

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<v Speaker 2>him that I don't think Glen Powell has. And then

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<v Speaker 2>he's got a little bit of action in him because

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<v Speaker 2>of movies like Twisters, so that gives that's a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit that Matt Damon action. And then he's got like

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<v Speaker 2>the appealability, the broad appealability of Tom Cruise, but he

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<v Speaker 2>also has the producer side of him, which both Matt

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<v Speaker 2>Damon and Tom Cruise have done some producing, and on

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<v Speaker 2>that note, I give him the credit. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>reason Glenn Powell is having his moment now is because

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<v Speaker 2>he has taken a very proactive role in being like

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<v Speaker 2>in shaping the parts he's taking the movies he's doing,

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<v Speaker 2>in adding that producer element and like going after like

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<v Speaker 2>he basically and I wonder if Tom Cruise gave him

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<v Speaker 2>this advice because they've become close since Tom actually convinced him.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know the story that he convinced him to

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<v Speaker 2>do Top Gun Maverick?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because didn't he want another part.

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted the Miles Teller part, and so he wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>going to do it. And Tom Cruise, from I think

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<v Speaker 2>Glenn Powell told the story, called him and said, like,

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<v Speaker 2>take this part, going to be worth it. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's taking a page out of Tom Cruise's book

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<v Speaker 2>on just doing movies that people want to see. Like

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<v Speaker 2>he's getting back to I know that sounds simple, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's getting back to like the nineties and early two

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<v Speaker 2>thousands type of movie that I think people have been

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<v Speaker 2>longing for and no one else stepped up to do

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<v Speaker 2>anyone but you was Sidney Sweeney. He gave us a

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<v Speaker 2>rom com Twisters remake. He's giving us a fun, breezy

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<v Speaker 2>or spinny action movie that people wanted to go to

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<v Speaker 2>the movies and escape to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Just want to give a shout out to Daisy Edgar Jones,

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<v Speaker 1>who is his co star, the leading lady in Twisters,

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<v Speaker 1>and she's fantastic. The chemistry between them is great, you

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<v Speaker 1>believe it. Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt were the originals

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineteen ninety six version of Twisters, and their

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<v Speaker 1>chemistry was great. They really played out. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>more a tyranny coming in hot with a cameo as

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<v Speaker 1>uh Daisy's mom.

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<v Speaker 2>I love she's so good. Shews a little depth to

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<v Speaker 2>it ravatas she's an actor.

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<v Speaker 1>She's Aunt May. So if you saw the original, there's

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<v Speaker 1>the Aunt May, Helen Hunt's aunt. They did a great

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<v Speaker 1>job of casting Glenn Palell. They let him cook with

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<v Speaker 1>that big smile and you know the Texas sayings. And

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<v Speaker 1>Daisy played her role as the brilliant scientists.

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<v Speaker 2>Very is set in Oklahoma. Of course it is Okay

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<v Speaker 2>an tornado ally so and.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to we'll talk about this of why this

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<v Speaker 1>film means so much to me. This really this was

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<v Speaker 1>an emotional movie to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to give props again, like going back to

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<v Speaker 2>the domestic box office take, eighty point five million dollars,

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<v Speaker 2>vastly exceeding expectations, thirty million dollars more than analysts expected.

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<v Speaker 2>And I got to say. We listen to the podcast

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<v Speaker 2>The Town with Matt Bellanie, which I love when he

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<v Speaker 2>has people on, they say this a lot. I like

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<v Speaker 2>that they own it. Analysts really struggle, people who've known

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<v Speaker 2>this industry forever struggle still to know what's going to hit.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't expect Twisters to be this big. I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>it is. I want to know why it went even

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than expected.

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<v Speaker 1>The box office reminds me a little bit of political

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<v Speaker 1>polls and also TV ratings. There are seasons of The

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<v Speaker 1>Bachelor that blew up Ali Fedotowski, Sean Lowe. Uh. There

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<v Speaker 1>are seasons that kind of came out of the blue

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<v Speaker 1>and we didn't think we had the goods. We wrapped

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<v Speaker 1>production and thought, oh man, I hope we can save this,

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<v Speaker 1>and post production, I hope we can kind of put

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<v Speaker 1>this thing together. And those turned out to be some

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<v Speaker 1>of our biggest stars in our biggest years, and sometime

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<v Speaker 1>you're a scratching your head of like what And then

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<v Speaker 1>there were and then there were seasons where we thought

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<v Speaker 1>we had it all and then it just went flat.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, now that you have, now that you can look back,

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<v Speaker 2>do you think there was a common thread between those

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<v Speaker 2>seasons where it got way bigger than you expected it

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<v Speaker 2>to be? What was that hit factor?

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<v Speaker 1>For some reason or another, people resonated with the star people.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I say, Glenn Power, all kudos to you,

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<v Speaker 1>because this was a great remake, but it was Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Paxton's show. Glenn Powell clearly has that draw and so

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<v Speaker 1>does Daisy clearly as the leading lady. We're drawn to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Why did people get drawn to Ali, Sean Lowe, Ben Higgins?

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<v Speaker 1>They did? They? I don't know if they speak to

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<v Speaker 1>the Middle America, maybe Americana.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I'm sensing that from that group they maybe we're get.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirsty for this right now in the world. We just

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<v Speaker 1>need to escape. And you you mentioned something to me

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<v Speaker 1>of someone said to the director, why didn't you you know?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh there was there was a headline and I think

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<v Speaker 2>the Hollywood reporter that was why which I love that

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<v Speaker 2>they had to ask him this. It shows you where

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<v Speaker 2>things are why Twisters doesn't address climate change, and the

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<v Speaker 2>director said, movies don't always need to push a message, right,

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<v Speaker 2>And I do think we need to get back to that.

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<v Speaker 2>We got so far away from it. I'm I am

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<v Speaker 2>not saying movies should never have a message. Movies can

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<v Speaker 2>be some of the most powerful message makers out there,

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<v Speaker 2>but it shouldn't be a forced message. It shouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>we have do have because I know what's been happening.

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<v Speaker 2>Money people in studios have been saying, well, the movie

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<v Speaker 2>needs They think people want something that says something. The

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<v Speaker 2>movie needs to say something, and then it comes across inauthentic.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes movies are just fun escapes, and then some movies

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<v Speaker 2>have a meaning and are the most powerful, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>culture shaping forces of our time. But I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the Twisters needs to be you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, everything doesn't have to mean everything all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>We can just escape to the movies. That's what we

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<v Speaker 1>used to do.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's interesting because I do think that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>people are now dubbing Glenn Powell a bonafid movie star

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<v Speaker 2>and a big concern people have in Hollywood right now

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<v Speaker 2>is that there are no more movie stars that new

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<v Speaker 2>movie stars haven't been made in recent years. And by

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<v Speaker 2>that they mean people who on their own with their

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<v Speaker 2>name are a draw at the box office. The Tom

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<v Speaker 2>Cruise is, the Denzel Washington's, the Will Smith's, the Tom

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<v Speaker 2>Hanks a box office draw.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will say, we're also getting over the hangover

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<v Speaker 1>of last year's strike and for the first time, we're

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<v Speaker 1>now catching up. And if you go to see Twisters,

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<v Speaker 1>which I really highly recommend you do, you're gonna see

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<v Speaker 1>some great previews to movies that you have not heard of.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they're not Marvel movies, they're not superhero movies. These

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<v Speaker 1>are bona fide good. They look like really good movies

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<v Speaker 1>that I hadn't heard were in the pipeline. And now

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<v Speaker 1>like normal, we're getting introduced to five six new movies

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<v Speaker 1>coming up, and I'm actually excited about the box office.

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<v Speaker 1>We're finally catching back up.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what I wanted to bring up about the

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<v Speaker 2>box office. Twisters eighty point five million. Oppenheimer brought an

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<v Speaker 2>eighty point five million last summer, so same debut as Oppenheimer,

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<v Speaker 2>which wound up to be one of the biggest movies

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<v Speaker 2>of recent years, multiple Academy Award nominations.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember what Barbie, dude, I'll look it up.

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<v Speaker 2>But putting Twisters matching Oppenheimer, that's wild. Glenn Poul's got

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<v Speaker 2>to be feeling good. He just matched Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the early early projection. Could Twisters be the

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<v Speaker 1>Oscars Darling of the year. Never know? And that's what's

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<v Speaker 1>funny is this show. This movie will do hundreds of

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<v Speaker 1>millions of dollars when it's all said and done, but

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<v Speaker 1>it will not get any Oscar noms. Maybe for special

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<v Speaker 1>effects it could do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Barbie kicked both there, but Barbie had a one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty five million dollar opening weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Lest Twisters has no help in the box office right now.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing helping it, right Barbie and Barbie and Oppenheimer

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<v Speaker 2>both had Barbenheimer. We'll see if Glicked the Gladiator Wicked

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<v Speaker 2>weekend this fall that everybody's hoping for.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, I saw the Wicked preview. Oh it's good.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm all I love Wicked. It's well, it's one of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite musicals. It's one of the best musicals of

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<v Speaker 1>all time. Part of that is I am a Homer

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<v Speaker 1>and I love Kristin chenow with because I went to

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<v Speaker 1>college with her.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think Wicked special because like You and Taylor

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<v Speaker 2>is no love. You and Taylor love musicals together.

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<v Speaker 1>The imagination and the movie looks so creative and it's

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<v Speaker 1>so good, a little bit different in a good way.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm excited about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that it needs I'm still questioning it

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<v Speaker 2>being in two parts. I don't understand that it's a

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<v Speaker 2>one sitting viewing in Broadway theaters. Why is the movie

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<v Speaker 2>two movies?

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<v Speaker 1>Gladiator is going to be so good with Denzel I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very excited about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope so, but so there's a lot of pressure

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<v Speaker 2>on that.

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<v Speaker 1>My one bone to pick with Twisters whoa and spoiler alert,

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<v Speaker 1>our heroes live. If you saw the original, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>That it wouldn't be a light crazy movie. If they

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<v Speaker 2>did it, then it would be an Academy Award nominated.

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<v Speaker 1>At the end of the original Twisters in the mid nineties,

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<v Speaker 1>there is chemistry, crazy chemistry. It's the moonlighting effect, right

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<v Speaker 1>the old Bruce Willis Sivil Shepherd show of You want

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<v Speaker 1>them together, but they're never going to get together. You

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<v Speaker 1>want them together, but they're never going to get together.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course they do get together. Bill Paxton and Helen

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<v Speaker 1>Hunt share this wonderful kis after the huge tornado blows

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<v Speaker 1>over them and they survive and the rest is movie magic.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, we pull out to the Big Field and.

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<v Speaker 2>So and that movie gave us everything we wanted. Action, comedy, love.

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<v Speaker 1>This New Incarnation Twisters remake spoiler alert, there is no

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<v Speaker 1>kiss at the end. They shot it. They shot a

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<v Speaker 1>kiss scene where Glenn Powell and Daisy, the two main characters, kiss,

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<v Speaker 1>but they decided not And I went deep dive on

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<v Speaker 1>this today. You know who we have to blame? Spielberg.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard this was a Spielberg note. Wow, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have no scientific evidence, but this apparently was a note

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<v Speaker 1>in people No.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, I just pulled it up. Glenn Powells said it

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<v Speaker 2>was a Spielberg note. Glen he said it was a

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<v Speaker 2>good note. I don't know if I agree.

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<v Speaker 1>Glenn Spielberg says it was too cliche in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>But isn't the point of this movie to give us

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<v Speaker 2>the cliches?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Elsie. That's exactly what I was going to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Is the whole point of this movie at the end

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<v Speaker 1>is to be one big cliche. The boy gets the girl.

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<v Speaker 1>They survived, the girl gets the boy, she survives. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty woman, she saves them right back, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 1>There needed to be that kiss and at the end,

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<v Speaker 1>what's funny, and I'll be interested for you to see it.

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<v Speaker 1>I missed it. There was something missing emotionally. I really

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<v Speaker 1>literally missed the kiss. I was waiting for it because

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<v Speaker 1>I also knew the original so well that they had this.

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<v Speaker 1>Really if you saw it, Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt

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<v Speaker 1>tied themselves to this deep pipe well and they survived,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the water sprang on them, and the crew

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<v Speaker 1>comes in and they're jumping because Dorothy was flying, and

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<v Speaker 1>they got everything they needed from the tornado, and they kissed.

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<v Speaker 1>I was waiting for that moment, and and you had

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<v Speaker 1>great chemistry with the two leads, but we didn't get it,

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<v Speaker 1>And I disagree. That's the one miss I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>the one time in his career Spielberg has missed interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>The director said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like audiences are in a different place now in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of wanting a kiss or not wanting a kiss.

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<v Speaker 2>He said that they tried the scene with the kiss,

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<v Speaker 2>and the test audience has found it quote very polarizing.

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<v Speaker 2>This no kiss shot was the other option that I

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<v Speaker 2>had filmed on that day, and I have to say

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<v Speaker 2>I like it better. I think it's a better ending.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that people who want to kiss within it,

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<v Speaker 2>they can probably assume these guys will kiss someday. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>we want to see it, and maybe we give them

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<v Speaker 2>privacy for that. We don't need to give them privacy.

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<v Speaker 2>They're characters in a scripted movie. In a way, this

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<v Speaker 2>ending is a means to make sure that we really

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<v Speaker 2>wrap things up with it in a celebratory good way.

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<v Speaker 2>I disagree. What's more celebratory than a kiss.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's what's weird.

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<v Speaker 2>So if we would, okay, But he just said they

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<v Speaker 2>can assume they kiss. The entire point of film it

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<v Speaker 2>is is that it is a visual medium that shows

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<v Speaker 2>us the story. Think about how simple that is. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not radio, it's not it's visual. We want to see

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<v Speaker 2>the kiss.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, this will be released because this was

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<v Speaker 1>a huge gaff, a massive miss. There's a scene at

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<v Speaker 1>the end shout out to the Oklahoma City Airport. It

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<v Speaker 1>was shot in the airport there and you know, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>see how it plays out. I don't want to ruin

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<v Speaker 1>too much because it's a very sweet scene. It is.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, this is what the hypocrisy is on this.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole ending is so cliche. You see it coming

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<v Speaker 1>a mile away the last two minutes. You anybody could

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<v Speaker 1>write this scene and it is so cliche. The boy

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<v Speaker 1>chasing the girl and in the interview the airport. How

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<v Speaker 1>cliche is that the chase down in the airport.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, now you're really revealing the ending.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the thing there is the chase does matter.

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<v Speaker 2>The ending does so cliche, and it's beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>It's when Harry met Sally. It's every rom com we've

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<v Speaker 1>ever loved. Give me the frickin' ending.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So Daisy Edgar Jones said in this interview, we

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<v Speaker 2>thought that getting rid of the kiss made it or

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<v Speaker 2>stopped it from being too cliche. Like maybe they felt

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<v Speaker 2>like the kiss just made it way too cheesy given

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<v Speaker 2>all those other factors.

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<v Speaker 1>You just said, this cliche was thelm and Louise. We

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<v Speaker 1>drove off the cliff. It couldn't be more cliche. Trum.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm on your side. Listen if you and I Love

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<v Speaker 2>We met, you know, over a reality show about love.

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<v Speaker 2>I Love Love on TV and I've seen it. I

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<v Speaker 2>had heard about this even without having seen it, because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm on Twitter a lot or X and people. It

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<v Speaker 2>was kind of trending over the weekend that people were like,

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<v Speaker 2>bring back kisses in movies. So I'm interested in if

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<v Speaker 2>now that once the movie's out a few weeks, if

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<v Speaker 2>the director or if Glenn and Daisy changed their tune

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<v Speaker 2>on whether they think the kiss should have stayed in

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<v Speaker 2>once they hear more audience response, because and that is

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<v Speaker 2>something that's gone away, like kissing. Like I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>we kind of had this walk back of like you know, needing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a lot of the times when things need

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<v Speaker 2>to be corrected at first, we overcorrect. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>a few years ago there as part of many movements,

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<v Speaker 2>it was like actors shouldn't have to have sex on

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<v Speaker 2>screen and movies and bringing intimacy coordinators on set, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's a good thing. An intimacy coordinator should be on

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<v Speaker 2>set to help people feel comfortable and film and all that.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do think people love to see love stories

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<v Speaker 2>and they like to escape into great makeout scenes and

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<v Speaker 2>even sex scenes and movies.

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<v Speaker 1>What books are most women reading?

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<v Speaker 2>Romance novel true crime thrillers, true.

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<v Speaker 1>Romance novels, heavy sex scenes. You know, I know, we've

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<v Speaker 1>gotten rid of sex scenes, We've gotten rid of nudity,

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<v Speaker 1>now we've gotten rid of the kiss. I in my

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<v Speaker 1>opinion and my experience of being on a show all

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<v Speaker 1>about the kiss, lean into it. You can't be cliche

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<v Speaker 1>enough when it comes to love.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, Glenn, I got to tell you a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>your audience wants to see you kiss. That's that's part

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<v Speaker 2>of what they're there for.

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<v Speaker 1>My first it was so they stopped the cliche just

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<v Speaker 1>a bit. But even with that said, twisters, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to give it a nine point eight out of ten

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<v Speaker 1>because they missed the kiss, that took that doctum two tense. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>the dismount. They just missed the dismount. It's the Olympics

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<v Speaker 1>coming out and sports.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, let me go back to the F five comment

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<v Speaker 2>from you. Yes, please share how you know what the

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<v Speaker 2>different levels of tornadoes are and then give us your

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<v Speaker 2>what you will reveal to be expert take on this movie.

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<v Speaker 1>This is why this movie was bizarrely emotional for me

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<v Speaker 1>and Taylor. Even our daughter was with me, and so

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<v Speaker 1>she looked over, She's like, are you okay? And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like really kind of intently staring at the screen.

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<v Speaker 1>At the end, it was really emotional because the original

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<v Speaker 1>was shot back in the mid nineties. That's and it

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<v Speaker 1>was shot in Oklahoma when I was a sportscaster and

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<v Speaker 1>news journalist in Oklahoma. And so the original movie actually

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<v Speaker 1>involved like our meteorologist Gary England, who helped create Doppler

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<v Speaker 1>radar back in the day. He was like the guy

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<v Speaker 1>when there was tornadoes and he had a bit part

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<v Speaker 1>in the movie. A lot of the meteorologists around Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>City did have you know, they were in the background

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<v Speaker 1>when the tornadoes are coming and you're watching the news footage.

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<v Speaker 1>That was real and those people are the people we

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<v Speaker 1>worked with on the day to day in the mid nineties,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was this was a big deal in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of Oklahoma in the mid nineties. Bill Paxton was

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<v Speaker 1>in town and they did a movie premiere in Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 1>For us, it was a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>So you were working where then.

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<v Speaker 1>I was at kW TV, the CBS affiliate Channel nine

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<v Speaker 1>in Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 2>And did they film in Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 1>They should part all over Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Parts of it were on a set, but parts of

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<v Speaker 1>it were in Oklahoma, and I don't know, I have

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<v Speaker 1>to look it up to see where they shot.

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<v Speaker 2>The premiere was in Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 1>One of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Well you know how they move, that's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so they you know, like our our meteorologist Gary

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<v Speaker 1>was like on the red carpet, will you know. We

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<v Speaker 1>just thought it was the biggest thing.

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<v Speaker 2>In the world, you know, you know where you would

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<v Speaker 2>go from, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, Hollywood coming to Oklahoma City. It was a big deal.

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<v Speaker 1>It was my first taste of that world. But the

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<v Speaker 1>other thing is this was ninety six, so I had

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<v Speaker 1>been working for three years. My last big one of

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<v Speaker 1>my last big news stories that I covered because I

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<v Speaker 1>would cross over and do news from time to time,

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<v Speaker 1>was the biggest tornado outbreak in the history of Oklahoma,

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<v Speaker 1>which is basically what this movie is about. Was the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest tornado outbreak and then the biggest tornado dropping That

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<v Speaker 1>happened in May of ninety nine. The day was crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>There had been tornadoes all day. I was in the

0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:29.320
<v Speaker 1>sports office, so our storm trackers, stormchasers were all over

0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.439
<v Speaker 1>the state because there had been fifty sixty tornadoes, all

0:22:32.480 --> 0:22:36.639
<v Speaker 1>these storms, and so everybody was spread out late afternoon

0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:40.000
<v Speaker 1>early evening. The biggest tornado, one of the biggest, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to misquote myself, but I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>one of the biggest ever in the history of Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 1>Dropped in the middle of Oklahoma City in the Midwest

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<v Speaker 1>City Dell City area, went kind of across Tinker Air

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<v Speaker 1>Force Base, and I think more across the Air Force

0:22:54.480 --> 0:22:56.520
<v Speaker 1>base into Midwest City del City, because that's where I

0:22:56.520 --> 0:22:59.359
<v Speaker 1>caught up with it. So our news director went running

0:22:59.400 --> 0:23:02.520
<v Speaker 1>through the office screaming, who can go? We need a

0:23:02.520 --> 0:23:05.639
<v Speaker 1>photographer and a reporter. They stuck their head in the

0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:08.840
<v Speaker 1>sports office. My boss was like zero chance Harrison Europe.

0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:13.879
<v Speaker 1>And so my sports photographer and I get in the

0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:18.399
<v Speaker 1>car and start chasing this tornado. And back then we

0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:22.040
<v Speaker 1>didn't have all the technology. We had a CBE radio.

0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:25.760
<v Speaker 1>There was a meteorologist on air that was Gary England.

0:23:25.760 --> 0:23:27.520
<v Speaker 1>Then there was this other guy, I forget his name,

0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:31.960
<v Speaker 1>Brady Bruce. Brady Bruce was he was also meteorologist, but

0:23:32.000 --> 0:23:37.040
<v Speaker 1>his job with essentially like matchbox cars. Toy cars would

0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:40.840
<v Speaker 1>map where you are and he would watch the tornado

0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:43.320
<v Speaker 1>to hopefully keep you out of harm's way.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds like Game of Thrones level safety and strategizing

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<v Speaker 2>in wartime.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing you can usually count on with tornadoes. They

0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:53.119
<v Speaker 1>move in a northeasterly direction, so you get on the

0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:55.400
<v Speaker 1>southwest side of them and follow them.

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<v Speaker 2>Was this the first time you'd covered a toy?

0:23:59.400 --> 0:24:01.840
<v Speaker 1>I had been out four, but not to this extent.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. So you were literally thrown into storms.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have video. I'll put this up on my

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<v Speaker 1>social media. I have video of I got to the

0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:14.280
<v Speaker 1>Midwest City, Dell City area, right after the tornado ripped through,

0:24:14.800 --> 0:24:17.679
<v Speaker 1>and it was it really is like the movie. This

0:24:17.760 --> 0:24:20.440
<v Speaker 1>is where I will give kudos to Twisters. The effects

0:24:20.440 --> 0:24:24.920
<v Speaker 1>are real looking and the after effects how the towns

0:24:24.960 --> 0:24:28.480
<v Speaker 1>look when a tornado has ripped through is very very real.

0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:30.359
<v Speaker 1>I mean it's you'll see when I put up this

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<v Speaker 1>social media video on my Instagram. It looks like it's

0:24:33.240 --> 0:24:37.639
<v Speaker 1>the movie. Cars are strewn, trees are just ripped clean.

0:24:38.240 --> 0:24:42.240
<v Speaker 1>Where where houses were there's just a slab. Stuff is

0:24:42.359 --> 0:24:46.000
<v Speaker 1>just thrown everywhere. It's it's the craziest thing you've ever

0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:48.359
<v Speaker 1>walked in. And right after a tornado it gets kind

0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:51.080
<v Speaker 1>of soupy green. It gets kind of still, and it's

0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.119
<v Speaker 1>eerie because all you really hear is the hiss of gas.

0:24:54.960 --> 0:24:57.560
<v Speaker 1>Typically it's not raining, and there might be a little wind,

0:24:57.680 --> 0:25:01.160
<v Speaker 1>but it's not too dramatic, and it's just eerie because

0:25:01.200 --> 0:25:05.520
<v Speaker 1>all you're hearing is just gas leaks and people crying out,

0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:08.960
<v Speaker 1>and it's a very eerie feeling. One thing that Twisters

0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.760
<v Speaker 1>does dramatically a lot of people get sucked up in

0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:15.480
<v Speaker 1>these tornadoes in the movie. In the movie, so there

0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:20.040
<v Speaker 1>are several deaths in the movie for dramatic effect. Ironically,

0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:22.840
<v Speaker 1>not a lot of people die because we know when

0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:24.760
<v Speaker 1>you're living in a tornado alley where to go and what

0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:27.080
<v Speaker 1>to do. Get in your if you have a basement,

0:25:27.200 --> 0:25:29.680
<v Speaker 1>or you get in your bathtub for the F one

0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:32.439
<v Speaker 1>through kind of F three tornadoes. But the interesting thing

0:25:32.440 --> 0:25:35.320
<v Speaker 1>about the tornado I chase the F five. It was

0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:37.520
<v Speaker 1>so big. It was the first time I heard kind

0:25:37.520 --> 0:25:40.320
<v Speaker 1>of fear in our meteorologist Gary England's voice, and he

0:25:40.480 --> 0:25:44.080
<v Speaker 1>was said, if you cannot get underground, you will die.

0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:48.160
<v Speaker 1>Get underground or you will die. So if you can't

0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:50.439
<v Speaker 1>get underground, and he never says this because you should

0:25:50.440 --> 0:25:53.040
<v Speaker 1>never try to outrun a tornado. He was telling people,

0:25:53.119 --> 0:25:55.679
<v Speaker 1>get in your car, get out of there. You have

0:25:55.800 --> 0:25:57.920
<v Speaker 1>no hope of just being in your bathtub and being

0:25:57.960 --> 0:26:00.960
<v Speaker 1>in a closet because this will one hundred percent destroy

0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:03.840
<v Speaker 1>your house. And he's right, and this you'll see in

0:26:03.880 --> 0:26:07.040
<v Speaker 1>my reporting. Nobody died in that F five tornado that

0:26:07.080 --> 0:26:09.200
<v Speaker 1>went through. There were a lot of injuries because there's

0:26:09.240 --> 0:26:12.280
<v Speaker 1>a lot of debris and cuts and it's it's wild.

0:26:12.880 --> 0:26:14.680
<v Speaker 1>So this movie has a uh.

0:26:15.359 --> 0:26:18.240
<v Speaker 2>So, what was making you emotional in the theater just

0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:18.919
<v Speaker 2>took it.

0:26:18.920 --> 0:26:21.160
<v Speaker 1>Took me back to my breaking news days. It took

0:26:21.200 --> 0:26:24.000
<v Speaker 1>me back to that young man that was so like

0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:26.720
<v Speaker 1>wide eyed and scared and covering it to his first

0:26:26.800 --> 0:26:30.960
<v Speaker 1>big I mean, this was huge, a huge tornado, and

0:26:31.040 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 1>so you know, I remember walking through the streets. We would,

0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:35.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, helping people get out of their storm shelters

0:26:35.920 --> 0:26:39.720
<v Speaker 1>because people were in their storm shelters and a washing

0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:42.080
<v Speaker 1>machine or whatever was on top of it and there

0:26:42.080 --> 0:26:44.560
<v Speaker 1>were gas leaks, so they were smelling gas. It was

0:26:44.640 --> 0:26:46.920
<v Speaker 1>pitch black in their storm shelter and they couldn't get out.

0:26:47.320 --> 0:26:49.960
<v Speaker 1>So we were like clearing debris and we would when

0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:52.320
<v Speaker 1>people were injured, we'd put them on a piece of plywood,

0:26:52.800 --> 0:26:55.560
<v Speaker 1>carry them to the street until you know, emergency vehicles

0:26:55.600 --> 0:26:58.240
<v Speaker 1>could get in. So it was a lot of triage,

0:26:58.280 --> 0:26:59.840
<v Speaker 1>a lot of just and for you know, a young

0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:04.439
<v Speaker 1>and it was such a wild, emotional day and it

0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:06.680
<v Speaker 1>kind of took me back to that. It was really Uh,

0:27:06.840 --> 0:27:10.359
<v Speaker 1>they did a really good job. It's very realistic, very good. Again,

0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:12.160
<v Speaker 1>too many people are getting sucked up all the time.

0:27:12.520 --> 0:27:16.600
<v Speaker 1>But with that said, it was And there is a

0:27:16.640 --> 0:27:18.199
<v Speaker 1>scene in there. You know she's holding you know, it's

0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:20.240
<v Speaker 1>kind of like a gladiator when he you know, grabs

0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:22.879
<v Speaker 1>the dirt before war. You know, she's like holding a

0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:25.639
<v Speaker 1>dandelion and she can read the weather by the dandelion

0:27:25.720 --> 0:27:29.480
<v Speaker 1>being blown around. A little whimsical and fantastically.

0:27:28.880 --> 0:27:30.119
<v Speaker 2>This in Gary, England could have done that.

0:27:30.200 --> 0:27:32.840
<v Speaker 1>Gary England could have done it. But shout out to

0:27:32.880 --> 0:27:36.160
<v Speaker 1>all the meteorologists in Tornado Alley. It's funny. We get

0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:38.360
<v Speaker 1>so mad because they put the map up and they

0:27:38.400 --> 0:27:41.359
<v Speaker 1>cover up programming, but when you need them, you're happy

0:27:41.400 --> 0:27:41.880
<v Speaker 1>they're there.

0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:44.600
<v Speaker 2>Oh well, well, that's the number one thing always that

0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:47.920
<v Speaker 2>people watch on local news, right is the weather forever. Yeah,

0:27:48.040 --> 0:27:51.760
<v Speaker 2>it's it's interesting because I grew up in Chicago, and

0:27:51.840 --> 0:27:55.960
<v Speaker 2>I've seen that green sky before, and we have tornado season,

0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:57.919
<v Speaker 2>not on the level of Oklahoma, but like when we

0:27:57.960 --> 0:28:01.960
<v Speaker 2>first moved to Texas or even in I guess in California,

0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.280
<v Speaker 2>I knew there weren't really tornadoes, But when we first

0:28:04.359 --> 0:28:06.119
<v Speaker 2>moved to Texas, I'm like, why doesn't anybody have a

0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:09.000
<v Speaker 2>basement here? Like you guys get tornadoes right because and

0:28:09.160 --> 0:28:10.919
<v Speaker 2>I guess we don't really get them in Austin, but

0:28:11.040 --> 0:28:13.280
<v Speaker 2>in Chicago, everybody as a basement, and we were.

0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:15.000
<v Speaker 1>A city you do, I guess because of the soil

0:28:15.080 --> 0:28:17.840
<v Speaker 1>and whatever going on in Texas and Dallas, you can't

0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:20.680
<v Speaker 1>really have basements. I'm sure you could now, but back

0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:22.160
<v Speaker 1>in the day they just didn't build them.

0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:26.040
<v Speaker 2>And one of the you know, wherever you grew up,

0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:28.000
<v Speaker 2>you know that type of disaster.

0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:29.760
<v Speaker 1>And you know where to go. I mean, as kids

0:28:29.800 --> 0:28:32.359
<v Speaker 1>growing up in Dallas, we spent so many days in

0:28:32.400 --> 0:28:35.080
<v Speaker 1>the spring hunkered down in the hallway or in the gym,

0:28:35.240 --> 0:28:38.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, with your head between your legs and hunkered

0:28:38.200 --> 0:28:41.560
<v Speaker 1>down no because tornadoes were you know, the sirens were going.

0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:44.080
<v Speaker 1>And this one of the other big emotional scenes at

0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.800
<v Speaker 1>the end. It was really funny because again Taylor, our daughter,

0:28:46.840 --> 0:28:50.680
<v Speaker 1>caught me. There's a scene in al Reno, Oklahoma, big

0:28:50.680 --> 0:28:53.760
<v Speaker 1>scene at the end and where the big tornado comes through.

0:28:54.000 --> 0:28:55.640
<v Speaker 1>I spent a lot of time in a Reno. It's

0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:57.440
<v Speaker 1>just outside Oklahoma City, I want to say, like forty

0:28:57.440 --> 0:28:59.760
<v Speaker 1>five minute drive. And one of my fraternity brothers we

0:28:59.840 --> 0:29:01.880
<v Speaker 1>used to go out there and play golf at al

0:29:01.920 --> 0:29:05.400
<v Speaker 1>Reno Country Club, and so it just it took me back.

0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:07.479
<v Speaker 1>It really took me back to my Oklahoma days. It's

0:29:07.560 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 1>it's a life and a world that I was very

0:29:09.840 --> 0:29:13.720
<v Speaker 1>proud of, and I, you know, really draw back to

0:29:13.760 --> 0:29:16.200
<v Speaker 1>a lot of people, my mentors. You knows who I

0:29:16.200 --> 0:29:18.240
<v Speaker 1>found in Oklahoma City is where I went to college,

0:29:18.240 --> 0:29:20.480
<v Speaker 1>and so it was just cool. I like, I like

0:29:20.520 --> 0:29:22.320
<v Speaker 1>when places like that are put on the map.

0:29:22.800 --> 0:29:24.720
<v Speaker 2>Well, we are going to go see Twisters again?

0:29:24.840 --> 0:29:25.040
<v Speaker 1>Yes?

0:29:25.320 --> 0:29:27.120
<v Speaker 2>I love that just a few days later you will

0:29:27.200 --> 0:29:28.560
<v Speaker 2>are willing to go see it with me again. I

0:29:28.600 --> 0:29:30.200
<v Speaker 2>love when a movie as well at the box office.

0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:31.800
<v Speaker 1>I can remember the last time I wanted to see

0:29:31.800 --> 0:29:32.480
<v Speaker 1>a movie twice.

0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:36.440
<v Speaker 2>That's a big rave review that you want to see

0:29:36.440 --> 0:29:37.200
<v Speaker 2>it twice in the theater.

0:29:37.320 --> 0:29:39.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm double dipping on Twisters, and I'll put up that

0:29:39.560 --> 0:29:41.240
<v Speaker 1>video because it's really funny, and don't make fun of

0:29:41.240 --> 0:29:44.120
<v Speaker 1>my Oklahoma accent by the way, because it is heavy.

0:29:44.680 --> 0:29:49.520
<v Speaker 1>So Number one, congratulations to everybody involved with the movie Twisters,

0:29:49.800 --> 0:29:51.880
<v Speaker 1>huge success of the box office. It's good to see

0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:55.320
<v Speaker 1>movies back, and we will see you at the cinema. No,

0:29:55.680 --> 0:29:57.400
<v Speaker 1>we will talk to you again next time because we

0:29:57.440 --> 0:29:59.840
<v Speaker 1>have a lot more to talk about. Thanks for listening.

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