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Speaker 1: I Am all In Less, I Am all in with

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Speaker 1: Scott Pattison and I Heart Radio podcast. Hey Everybody, We're

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Speaker 1: gonna sit down and talk with Biff Yeager. He played

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Speaker 1: character of Tom and Stars Hollows contractor, frequently featured when

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Speaker 1: as a head contractor on the Habitat for Humanity Project

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Speaker 1: Rory assists for extra curricular application points. Biff Yeager portrays

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Speaker 1: Tom the contractor in Gilmore Girls for thirteen episode first appearance,

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Speaker 1: season two, episode two, Hammerson Vale's last appearance season six,

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Speaker 1: episode three, The Ungraduate. Let me tell you a little

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Speaker 1: bit about Biff. Yeager's appeared in such TV shows as

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Speaker 1: Star Trek, Next Generation, The Wonder Years, Scrubs. He played

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Speaker 1: Jim Teacher in Seinfeld, maintenance worker George and Parks and Recreations,

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Speaker 1: his film credits Ready Batman Returns, Black Samurai, Ripo Man,

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Speaker 1: Sid and Nancy Straight to Hell Walker Bonzai Runner Edward Scissorhand.

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Speaker 1: Have you heard that movie Edward Scissor Hands? Another you

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Speaker 1: headless body on the top of spar best men, Paris

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Speaker 1: White Oleander. Let's bring him in, my friend, if Yeagerif,

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Speaker 1: how are you? How you been? What have you been

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Speaker 1: up to? My friend? Not a whole bunch? How about you?

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Speaker 1: Oh man? A whole bunch enough for both of us?

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Speaker 1: I guess I don't know. I'm so we know he

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Speaker 1: has Tom the contractor. You just appeared in this week's

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Speaker 1: episode working at the Dragonfly in tell us how you

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Speaker 1: got cast in the park? Well, originally I I read

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Speaker 1: for Taylor's role. That was the first year and uh,

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Speaker 1: little thing with I guess when when Rory was building

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Speaker 1: So that was smart. That was smart. So you came

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Speaker 1: in season two? Were you aware of the show before

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Speaker 1: you came in? Had you seen the show? Yeah? I

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Speaker 1: saw a few episodes. My daughter started watching it a lot.

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Speaker 1: Um and what is the What do you think of

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Speaker 1: the show? And that was cute? I think it was

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Speaker 1: a great Uh. I mean, I've waked all the episodes now,

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Speaker 1: all seven years, and I think it's just a fun

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Speaker 1: show for family, for mother and daughter especially. So so

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Speaker 1: tell what were your in initial impressions of your first

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Speaker 1: What can you tell us? Well? I said that the

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Speaker 1: incident with the saw as a matter of fact, when

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Speaker 1: I was using the hands so many So you're surrounded

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Speaker 1: by all of these electric fighting personalities, people filled with

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Speaker 1: While I was probably a good idea. That was so well,

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Speaker 1: that's good. So listen. Uh so many Gilmore fans of

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Speaker 1: all ages, Hum, do they all remember you as Biff?

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Speaker 1: When did they stop you wherever you are in the

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Speaker 1: asked me with the fans of the show and to say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: yes I remember. I loved your character. I would have

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Speaker 1: I would have thought they would remember your your voice.

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Speaker 1: If they didn't recognize you, they'd remember your people do.

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Speaker 1: just I don't know. They just there's so many shows

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Speaker 1: watch other ones and confused characters. Uh. Some people remember

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Speaker 1: me from Star Treks, some from Gilmore Girls. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's from all of it. I had one. I walked

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Speaker 1: building a little tiki shack. Sounds good, Tom. So. He

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Speaker 1: I really enjoyed it. I don't know if you if

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Speaker 1: That the woman that started Bunnetts. What was her name?

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Speaker 1: Do you remember her name? Sutton Foster? Yes? Right? And

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Speaker 1: and her and uh and uh Lauren was standing together. Wow,

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Speaker 1: I hugged them both. I said, my two famous uh

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Speaker 1: are you? Oh man? Um? But it was fun. I

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Speaker 1: seen the show lately? How long has it been since

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Speaker 1: you've actually seen I think a year or two ago.

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Speaker 1: I went through all seven years watching them all. Hum. So,

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Speaker 1: do you recall a scene or a contracting job that

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Speaker 1: her eyes were very blue, but I struck me. I said, God,

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Speaker 1: You've worked on some really really iconic TV series and films.

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Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite role that you've played. Gee,

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Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean I always enjoy something new,

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Speaker 1: know Gum Girls was well. Yeah, Unfortunately your credits are

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Speaker 1: Bonsai Runner Edwards, Scissor Hands, who's heard of that? Another

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Speaker 1: I really have poor guy More going. Yeah. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: do you have a favorite memory from any of those? Actually,

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Speaker 1: my favorites are are some of the directors I worked with.

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Speaker 1: Uh again, the memory goes to hell that Tapioca is

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Speaker 1: it afterwards. Just let it go. Yeah, all right, we

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Speaker 1: are going to play Tom I'm sorry. I see you're

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Speaker 1: so good. I called you by your character name. Uh,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna play a little little game called rapid Fire.

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, you ready stop thinking of her blue eyes?

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Speaker 1: Stop it? Do you not think of Lauren Graham's blue

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Speaker 1: eyes staring back at you? Don't do it. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be a big distraction. Okay, all right? How many cups

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Speaker 1: of coffee do you have per day? Four or five?

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Speaker 1: How many blue eyes does Lauren Graham have? Three? Are

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Speaker 1: your team Logan, Team Jasser, team Dean? What color are

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Speaker 1: Lauren Graham's eyes? Purple blue? Of course beautifully blue? What

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Speaker 1: would you order it? Luke's Diner coffee? Coffee and decided?

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Speaker 1: Blue eyes? Uh? Would you rather go on a road

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Speaker 1: trip with Taylor or machine l the show? Finish the

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Speaker 1: lyric and where you lead? I will follow dot dot

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Speaker 1: dot for a beer anywhere, No, anywhere that there's blue

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Speaker 1: Suki's Baked Goods, Baked Goods. There you go. Would you

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Speaker 1: rather listen to Drella's harp or the Troubadours cover songs?

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Speaker 1: on set? Hell? I don't Silton prep or stars hollow? Hi? Uhh?

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Speaker 1: There you go, Tom, It's been a blast, my friend.

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