A Sunday Stroll Thru Gatlinburg Tennessee - Springtime In Smoky Mountains / What’s New & Big Changes
Gatlinburg Tennessee April 2023
Transcript
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today's adventure begins by looking at
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some geese here along the little Pigeon
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River in the Smoky Mountains
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Tennessee
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as a recording of this it is Sunday
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April 16 2023
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this log tree has fallen across this
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pipe
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that I'm standing on and there are some
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Rapids here
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here I am
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heading from Pigeon Forge through the
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spur the road that leads from Pigeon
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Forge to Gatlinburg we'll be spending
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whoa that's right a majority of the day
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in Gatlinburg and a little bit in Pigeon
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Porch very short trip last day here it's
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here yesterday here today and heading
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home tomorrow I'm inviting you
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for a relaxing Sunday
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to join me shall we this Goose right
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here
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contemplating swimming Upstream you have
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the gumption goose
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you have the gumption
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peaceful moments
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in the Smokies oh yes driving through
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the Smokies about a Four Mile commute
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from town to town
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four or five miles it is certainly very
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beautiful through here a lot of greenery
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on the trees I mean it's springtime
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bring out the green trees
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it's pretty congested through here as
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well
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a lot of people
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you know pulling through it is the
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weekend so it's busy and there's a big
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car show yesterday in Pigeon Forge I
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parked here for ten dollars the entrance
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is on the other side you can't go
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through this way obviously it's all
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stanchioned off there's also 20 parking
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but the parking I chose
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was ten dollars I usually park on this
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side
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over in this structure or the empty lot
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next to this as you're getting into town
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and the weather is nice it feels really
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good out here
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so going into town a lot of people
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trying to find parking that way I always
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Park on this end because as you can see
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trying to get through here it's a little
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rough it's easier to park it the first
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end walk up and then walk back that's
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just that's just the way I usually will
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do it
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I have my little habits pretty familiar
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with this area I have my little habits
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I've been coming here long enough and I
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remember when this used to be the Dukes
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of Hazard store cooters now it's moved
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to Pigeon Forge I kind of like the new
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location better it's bigger in fact I
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probably need to swing by there maybe
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grab a t-shirt or something I've been
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watching a lot of Dukes of Hazzard
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lately in fact last time I was in town
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during the Christmas season I went and
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bought the full Dukes of Hazzard box set
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on DVD over at the Mountain Mall music
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shop which is awesome I might go in
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there and get another DVD or two
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Ripley's is taking over
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the aquarium the aquarium is awesome
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I've been in the aquarium many times
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highly recommend it it's great the
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redneck bus
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what it says no real major game plan
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today in fact I didn't even plan on
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being in town
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these last couple days I was going to go
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from Charlotte North Carolina
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straight South and then I realized there
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was the the rod run yesterday so I came
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out I figured today you pitch It Forward
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yesterday today Gatlinburg get some nice
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peaceful moments with the little
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Creeks Brooks and rivers through here
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and there's also a trolley that will
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take you around not only Gatlinburg but
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also over from Pigeon Forge to here I
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usually just opt to drive and grab
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parking on one and then walk it over at
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unique gifts and teas you always find
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some interesting t-shirts around here
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look at this one
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oh there's a look at that there's a b
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right there there's a b right there on
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the shoulder and you see a lot of Dolly
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merch around here and Dolly We Trust
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dolly for president in there along the
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check it out I like this one a lot I beg
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your pardon oh is that Harry in the
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Hendersons up there check that out I
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think that's a that's a Bigfoot from
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Harry and the Hendersons Bigfoot and the
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Great Smoky Mountains is home to
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Bigfoot's wiener it's a long it's a long
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story one thing around these parts
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that's very very popular are pancakes
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check out the line
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for the Pancake Pantry
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I'm heading over here to the Village I
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look a little habit not have it but uh
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would you do something a few ties it
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becomes a gosh I can't think of the word
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but I stop off at the Village who has 27
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unique shops and I always go back and
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get some get some coffee tucked away
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back in there inside the village
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tradition that's what I'm like tradition
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habit habit tradition you know what I
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mean
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behind me I have now entered
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the fryer which always has they have
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good Donuts but I'm definitely not gonna
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get any donuts I've been trying to eat a
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little bit better but I am going to get
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piping hot caffeinated
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beverage I always like these two I also
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got magnets too I think I actually
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bought them I think I do have one
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hats also and of course this Monumental
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sculpture here
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holding a Baker's Dozen I don't know
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it's probably more than a Baker's Dozen
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that's probably like two dozen donuts
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there
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a smile on his face he wouldn't be who
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wouldn't be smiling with all those
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donuts on a try
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Mr it says this is my happy place
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it's donut time
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do not worry be happy all right got it
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Styrofoam cup here this is kind of an
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interesting half door so you have to go
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out here through the exit
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yeah the donuts are good I've had the
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donuts before but
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no donuts for me today Friar next time
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but maybe next time Maybe not maybe next
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time
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love this little Courtyard through here
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too
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just love the vibe of Gatlinburg I just
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love it so much I just love this little
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half door also non Mary Poppins moment
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right down here don't feed the birds
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topping's a bag no no don't feed them no
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non-dairy Papa all right there is a pay
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phone inside this antique Payphone let
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me see if it actually works in here but
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take a look at this there is a pay phone
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inside here
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oh there's no noise that's coming out
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actually this handle is really light
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but there is no noise
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coming out of that maybe you have to put
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50 cents on either way with this Relic
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right over here in the village
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what if this was locked behind me what
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if I was
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that is a bold statement
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also I've used the term piping hot a lot
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this thing takes the cake look how you
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spilled some down the side of it like
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but on the side of my hand I was like
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scorching this thing warm the signs up
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top say Spring Fest evidently that
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applies to all of spring also
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construction update look at this
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construction update
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and of course one of my favorite
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attractions of all time earthquake
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they're right over there oh look at that
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thing the Blue Turtle
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an RV of some sort
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it's like a mashup between like a RV
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the thing the villain and Jeepers
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Creepers drives Fanny farkle's kitchen
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corner corner kitchen's been there for a
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while I've enjoyed a couple hot dogs in
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the past I didn't realize that upstairs
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they have ax throwing upstairs College
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I don't know why that makes me laugh you
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can have
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you could break all the break the whole
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Ajax all ages act so like in fact makes
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me laugh look at this this is like this
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has been here for a while never can
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figure out if it was like a cookie jar
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or a milk jug but now I think I figured
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it out because it is a cookie place so I
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think this is a cookie jar I always
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thought it was like a milk
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it also reminds me I need to buy a pair
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of sunglasses so because look down here
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it says we love cookies
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oh look there's also a bird's famous
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cookies truck in there
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so tempting just to eat a bunch of bad
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stuff out here
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so tempting making teeny baking teeny
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tiny crispy cookies that's 24. I added
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the Teeny and I always like to point out
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and show where one of the greatest
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roadside attractions of all time was
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which has been converted into the Cider
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House but this was world of Illusions
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gone quite an assortment of products in
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cat
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knives and swords and this is also a
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bold statement Tennessee's best souvenir
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shop and who knew
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I'm also happy to report even though I
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think I might have shown it last time
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there is a chicken guy just like the one
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in Disney Springs there's a chicken guy
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here as well they have not started
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construction on the place of burned down
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up here and fun facts for all you little
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hulkamaniacs out there
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Hogan was here described his name in
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here it's totally not true but I'm going
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to say it is Hulk Hogan was here back in
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the day back in the WWF days despite
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Nikolai volkoff and Iron Sheik came
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through here and described his name
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who knows who knows maybe it'll catch on
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and for those interested Hogan's
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inscription is right here next to
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Southern Moon and leather goods directly
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across from chicken guy this guy's in
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front of me have come prepare look
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they're doing some Mountain hiking as
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well a lot of hiking around these parts
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not really up the strip but in the
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mountains but yeah
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National Park is right next door
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construction update Gatlinburg Sky level
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Skylift Park classic car alert is really
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coming along
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my truck's going really fast this side
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we're just building construction update
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Galore what's new in Gatlinburg in
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Gatlinburg the world of Illusions miss
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that Spiel missed that missed that
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attraction I always love the Gatlinburg
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Space Needle I've been in the Seattle
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Space Needle a few times but it does
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share the same namesake Gatlinburg does
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as the Space Needle this was not as tall
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but trust me it's called the scavenberg
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Space Needle
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they're not even beating around the bush
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they're just using the knife
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I like it and in front of Ripley's is
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one of these I think don't quote me on
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this but I think it's called a kugel
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ball which they have at Disneyland and
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Walt Disney World and Tomorrowland it
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just kind of spins on water
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it's pretty abusive that people here
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it's kind of it's kind of well it's
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actually it's not even early it's like
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around noon usually it's like a lot of
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people here putting their hands on this
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and spitting the ball around but this is
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a rare treat to see it without anyone
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putting their hands on the Cuca ball
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probably mispronouncing that and
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probably missed speaking of it yeah I
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think it's called the kugel ball I also
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remember when you can go up the skila
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for like six bucks there was nothing
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else up there now there's a massive
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bridge at the top and now it's like
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twenty dollars twenty five dollars
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I'll check the price when I go back down
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the other side but it's really expensive
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now oh goodness there's a new Godzilla
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in here oh and that while that body
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that's coming apart has been there for a
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while exposing the apart and all that
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this Godzilla is new
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I think that two-trucked elephant up
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there has been there for a while as well
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I've been through this Ripley's a bunch
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of times it's a great place and another
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throwback from the years of me coming
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here I missed the pay phone the Payphone
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skeleton that used to be right here you
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can see where the paint coloration is a
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little different the Payphone was
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removed but the skeleton was here for
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years and there was always an
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accumulation of trash that piled up
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right there I missed that not the trash
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itself but the fact that people with
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litter there but just the fact that it
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was never never tidied up and when it
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was tidied up it would always
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it would always end up there's that's an
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interesting bathing suit yeah
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I could wear that a lot of people get
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their photo with the Gatlinburg sign
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over there paying attention to this I
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don't think I've ever noticed this
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before this placard is dedicated to one
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of the locals around here that helped
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build the town the ogles you see a lot
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of names of the auggles this is Hattie
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Ogle McGiffin fourth generation
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Tennessean Pioneer businesswoman we'll
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answer with the community leader wife
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mother and a friend
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that's her right there for some reason
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I've never I don't think I've ever maybe
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I have I've slept since then but I've
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never noticed this little placard over
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here next to the side where everyone
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gets the photo in front of them the
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convention center is home to a lot of
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kind of riveting events I don't know if
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I would file this one under riveting or
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starting tomorrow is the regional bridge
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tournament
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very typical to read but I think that
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says finally my winter fat is gone
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now I have spring rolled spring rolls
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finally my winter fat is gone now I have
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spring rolls I'm not making this up I've
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seen so many movies when I was young I
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always wanted to be garbage man for the
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day and stand on the side of that little
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ledge right there jump off of the
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garbage in I just wanted to stand on the
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side I didn't really want to be a
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garbage man but for one day to stand on
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the side of the garbage truck and throw
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the garbage in I don't know it's just
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like it's weird when you see something
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on TV when you're young how it
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influences you to want to do that also
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take a look at this thing across the
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street coming through this is for
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obviously from the car show that
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happened yesterday at Pigeon Forge it's
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just rolling down the street however it
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is on the back of a of a of a trailer
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not rolling on its own accord it's
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rolling on the back of a trailer
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classic
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Cruiser ruler I think that would be
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what's be great about being an actor you
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could play a garbage man standing on the
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side throwing the trash in there and you
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get that experience but you don't
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actually have to do it
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I don't know I just I always kind of
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wanted to
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I always kind of wanted to do that I was
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like pointing this out too the first
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building in Eastern Tennessee sided with
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concrete logs was transferred over from
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Corbin Kentucky
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also not a real rock this is not a real
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Rock right here
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this is some clever theming to go over
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the top of something it's a fake rock
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over that pipe
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to be honest I think maybe the officers
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lost
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so now it's turning around or maybe it's
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on patrol
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I think it's just on patrol Patrol on
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the streets great job great job all
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right this is really weird and
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interesting so when I was here back at
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Christmas time well around Christmas
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time in wintertime
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it was the last day that the Ober
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Gatlinburg was going to be called Ober
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Gatlinburg there was a strong rumor and
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confirmed that it was going to be called
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Ober mountain and they were putting up
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new signage and changing it but it still
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says Ober Gatlinburg
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foreign
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expression on its face
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is the same confusion I am having
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maybe they decided not to change it my
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mind is blown
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today's feature
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today what well today I was I have no
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idea what today's feature looked like
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the looks like the black bear Inn and
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Suites already preparing for this
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holiday season
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starting early and in case anyone was
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wondering it is unlawful to feed bears
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and leave food or garbage in a manner
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that attracts Bears also unlawful to
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engage in any indirect or incidental
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feeding of bears if the activity occurs
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city of Gatlinburg law enforcement will
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be forced to deal with it I've seen
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Bears around here in fact I've stayed
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here in Gatlinburg before I've seen some
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bears decent sized Bears rooting through
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the garbage in fact that's why these
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type of garbage cans trolley
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trolley alert
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that's why these type of garbage cans
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exist because this makes it more
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difficult for a bear to put its paw
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under here even though I'm sure a smart
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bear could probably open that up but
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that's the reason those exist and I
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believe this was probably drawn about
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four decades ago
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this hypnotizing moment
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is being brought to you by
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e
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and now turned around and walking back
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up the other side of the strip with the
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Space Needle as a beacon off in the
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distance
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I don't even think I'm gonna go on any
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attractions today maybe earthquake to
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ride but maybe not I'm kind of just
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enjoying a nice little stroll this this
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trip oh okay as I get closer it appears
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they just have not changed the big sign
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yet
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small Signs and Banners say Ober
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Mountain but not the big size all three
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of those say over Mountain but not
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the big sign has not been converted
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to the new logo
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so what's happening it's just a slow
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it's a slow process it's a very slow
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process yeah even this shows the new
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logo over mountain and then through the
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door is a really big photo opportunity
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you can get this as an overmount so it's
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called over mountain now
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just not they haven't changed the big
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sign out front
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and of course some things never change
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here in Gatlinburg some things never
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change that's been here forever all
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right let me see if the dinosaur is
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going to growl for me growl from a
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dinosaur don't leave me hanging dinosaur
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just give me a give me a grouch give me
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a Roar from the Prehistoric Age at any
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there you go there you go nice nicely
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done buddy nicely nicely done thank you
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well this kind of reminds me of a Tim
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tracker Bill theme park or theme
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Gatlinburg Pigeon walking down the
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street Gatlinburg I think I think that's
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how he does it here's the theme park
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pigeon it's a Gatlinburg Pigeon I think
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Tim used to do a bit like that another
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one coming in a racing car out front
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here High Rock vodka oh actually I think
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they're getting ready to take it away
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they're putting something in the car or
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taking something out of the car we're
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taking something in the car they're
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taking something out of the car maybe
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that's like cases of vodka who knows
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maybe they're about to take this car so
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not only
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building this they block this road off
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there's also another parking garage
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sometimes I'll park at down there but
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you can't even drive your car down here
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now
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this could be awesome when it's done
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look at this
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this is the construction I was talking
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about that hasn't happened there was a
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fire last year and it burned down all of
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this through here the China Bazaar has
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moved over onto Pigeon Forge
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see
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it's just like an empty lot down in here
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now being used for parking and whatnot
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kind of interesting to see what's going
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to happen over time if they're going to
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build something this is like Prime real
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estate it's through here with how
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touristy and busy this is now and
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whatever does happen will this building
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stag
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will this building stay and be I think
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this used to be a Mickey D's at one
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point
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might have been a Mickey days it was
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something it was like a fast food
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restaurant I went in there many times it
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closed even before even before this fire
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happened when I walked by Arcade City
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and chicken guy I thought the sign said
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something other than it said it
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definitely did not say what I thought it
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was but I first looked at it I was like
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holy cow does I say what I think it says
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but it did also here at Smoky Vapes do
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not block the storefront this is not an
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eating area yeah that is going to be a
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really big building when it's all
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completed also I believe that this
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gorilla used to be the one from
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earthquake the ride and they replaced it
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with the new gorilla
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heard a bird on the wire this is Bird on
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a bear head
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s
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inside the mountain mall now going up
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the mini levels of the escalator I love
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this place look there's a deer right
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here it's a wooden Mountain Mall it's
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just made completely out of wood look at
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all the different levels
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the Mountain Mall
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here forever this looks like a shirt
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you do
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oh my gosh this is pretty fascinating it
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has coins in it so people have launched
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coins off the side of this little ledge
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right here but this is what this
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contraption has water flowing
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that pipe there also there's a guitar
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shop over there I never realized there
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was a guitar shop up the top floor the F
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floor of the mountain wall
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I don't know if I've ever seen a energy
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drink dispensing machine I can get the
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energy I want
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soda machines and water machine but this
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can this is where I can get the energy
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that I want look at the vibe in here
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with these old tables and chairs back
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down from the top level back down to the
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a level I'm gonna head over now to the
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music store called The Rhythm Section
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but they have a heck of a lot of good
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I've never obscure B B movie horror film
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cult classic type of Blu-rays and DVDs
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I'm kind of perusing through here and I
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might pick up a title or two it's kind
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of become a thing whenever I'm in town
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like to support this place kind of
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featured them in the videos but then
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also just show the selection that they
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have kind of unexpected something you
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would not expect to see kind of in the
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Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg
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expansive collection you know the four
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films all right so something interesting
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I want to share with you Beauregard
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there's a b next to Borgore check it out
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there's a b right there floating
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next to Beauregard's little
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there you go the beat went away the
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Mountain Mall was established also
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I nicknamed this bear Beauregard
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six seven eight years ago
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so evidently so I ended up purchasing
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like 100 worth of stuff granted you can
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get some of this online
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cheaper and less expensive but I like
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supporting the place here at the
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Mountain Mall but their selection has
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dwindled considerably when it comes to
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like horror films and
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you know beatless movies things like
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that the set is harder to order them and
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people just aren't buying them
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sign of the times
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but I bought a few and they said it's
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probably a good thing you grab these
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because a lot of the places we're
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ordering from are probably not going to
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be doing they are concentrating more now
23:48
would love to seeing that bear on vinyl
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they said vinyl is really taking over
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for the CDs or the DVDs more than
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Blu-rays
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vinyl
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because it's more of a collectible thing
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than it is something that you could
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stream people that buy vinyl are getting
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it more for the collectibility more than
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the I guess you know final has like a
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different sound obviously you can listen
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to something on the radio but it's more
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of a collectible thing you know I
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definitely I definitely like to have
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physical media because a lot of things
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may not be on streaming one day and you
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know certain things get edited for
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streaming as the times change and
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sometimes it's nice to have the hard
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copy so I like to buy some physical
24:26
media in fact they completely rearrange
24:28
the store and they don't allow photos in
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there anymore so I couldn't film inside
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but yeah take back everything I said
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about them having a good selection
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because next time I come here they
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probably won't it'll just be vinyl there
24:38
is a foliage chair right there in fact
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all the movies aren't even categorized
24:43
anymore with comedy drama horror all the
24:46
movies are together now they don't even
24:47
have like a designated horror section
24:49
anymore the sky
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kind of evil up there look at the sky
24:55
look at those clouds
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probably going to storm probably going
25:02
to get a little rain at some points and
25:04
check out Rocky in there and Eddie
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Murphy from Beverly Hills Cop
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just hanging out wax figures I'm gonna
25:10
show what I got but there's a wasp right
25:12
here too also I don't think they utilize
25:14
that little station over there so look
25:16
at it flat rate is ten dollars again you
25:19
have to go around the building this was
25:21
twenty dollars or
25:23
Park here for 10. but I want to show
25:25
what I what I ended up getting here on
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these cones I ended up
25:30
getting a few different things now
25:32
granted keep in mind you could probably
25:34
purchase these a little cheaper on the
25:35
interwebs
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but you know I got the return of the
25:39
Swamp Thing
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I have the original ones I have the
25:42
original Swamp Thing but I do not have
25:43
that on Blu-ray I also got some Arrow
25:45
stuff I got slugs okay that's a good one
25:48
and then this has got this one is uh Ed
25:51
woodfilm oh no film by AC Steve I
25:54
thought it was Ed Wood oh from the mind
25:56
of Ed Wood
25:57
comes this he was the writer
25:59
right there
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so I got that and then I got some
26:03
non-horr smoking the Bandit which I do
26:06
not have on Blu-ray
26:08
and Olivia Newton John I really like
26:10
Xanadu so I decided to go ahead and grab
26:12
Xanadu so I got some rare some rare
26:16
horror ones and they're probably not
26:17
going to be
26:18
probably restocking those so I'm kind of
26:20
glad I got this
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all right gonna head back over to head
26:25
over to Pigeon Forge now and about to
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cross back over the little Pigeon River
26:28
back into Pigeon Forge where traffic
26:30
night and day difference than it was
26:33
yesterday here What A Difference A Day
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Makes
26:36
took me about 10 minutes to get up the
26:38
Parkway in Pigeon Forge also the island
26:40
Ferris wheel turn it over there
26:42
yesterday I probably would have taken me
26:43
two to three hours traffic was not
26:46
moving everyone was going at a slow
26:47
crawl
26:48
you know cruising down the parkway
26:50
showing off their classic cars and also
26:52
looking at all the classic cars and
26:55
speaking at Old Vehicles here is Hazard
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County Garage Cooter's tow truck
27:03
I'm gonna go I'm gonna buy some Dukes of
27:03
Hazzard merchandise
27:05
last time I was in the area in fact at
27:07
the music store the Rhythm Section that
27:10
I just was at over in Gatlinburg I
27:12
bought the entire box set
27:15
from Dukes and you know when I was
27:17
younger I watched all the all the
27:19
episodes Hit or Miss is probably
27:21
half of them I probably had never seen
27:23
but now I'm watching them in order
27:30
and it probably almost done with season
27:30
two I got a long way to go but I've been
27:32
watching them in order it's hard for me
27:33
to find time to watch stuff sometimes
27:35
but traveling and pretty busy
27:38
but I'm gonna get through them all I'm
27:40
almost done with season two in order and
27:42
out front
27:44
is the General Lee
27:46
and I kind of like the spot more than I
27:48
like the one they had over in Gatlinburg
27:50
it's a lot bigger it's a lot more
27:51
expansive of things inside
27:58
yeah the Duke Wars would drive that of
27:58
course Corey Advanced later I haven't
27:59
got to those that season yet I mean I've
28:01
seen a few of those episodes over the
28:03
years but I haven't got them two of them
28:04
in order just saw the bow and Luke years
28:10
now Bo would usually be the one driving
28:10
Luke would occasionally Drive the
28:11
General Lee but most time it was about
28:13
by John Schneider
28:18
I really like the inside of this place
28:18
is kind of set up for a lot of photo ops
28:21
recreating Hazard County
28:23
it's also interesting too that Hazard
28:25
County it's not the name of the town
28:27
in fact I don't even know if the
28:29
episodes that I've seen through even
28:31
talk about the town name it's always
28:33
Hazard County Hazard County Courthouse
28:35
Hazard County
28:37
but they never actually say a town name
28:39
at least through the end of season two
28:42
just like the little things that you
28:44
kind of notice
28:45
you know watching things in order I
28:46
always like watching series in order I
28:49
mean you could you could throw any
28:50
occasional one on it wouldn't really
28:51
make a difference but when you watch it
28:52
in order you kind of get it you kind of
28:54
get the vibe of how it was when the show
28:56
originally aired showing it when it
28:59
originally aired and how it was like
29:01
watching it without the commercials
29:02
which is nice and they're longer
29:04
episodes they're not like a 23 minute
29:05
episode with the commercials would be 30
29:07
minutes they're like full hour long
29:09
episodes we like there's like a whole
29:11
plot lines for all the episodes
29:13
truthfully it's a lot better show that I
29:15
remembered it being I remember it being
29:17
a fun show but the casting is I think
29:19
the cast is great it's just it's just a
29:20
just a fun show
29:22
I'm into it it's just I mean I love
29:23
classic TV I'm a classic TV fan got a
29:26
couple items I really wanted a Boar's
29:27
Nest shirt that has kind of like the
29:30
design of that sticker you see through
29:31
the bag but the selection of shirts
29:33
really nothing really kind of tickled my
29:35
fancy too much but I did buy one that
29:37
was on clearance
29:38
so I got that one
29:40
it was Boss Hogs petroleum company
29:42
t-shirt from a name you can trust
29:48
that was my JD hog impression
29:51
one thing I really like about the show
29:53
as well it is a a really good like a
29:57
good staple a good example of what
29:59
Warner Brothers Backlot used to look
30:02
like
30:03
in Hollywood so you want to see really
30:05
good archival footage of Warner Brothers
30:09
Backlot the same town square that they
30:12
use for Monster Squad and Gremlins and
30:14
all that just watch anything past the
30:16
first six episodes first six episodes of
30:19
Dukes of film in Covington Georgia after
30:21
the sixth episode the show got very
30:23
popular and they moved it to Hollywood
30:25
and it is just every episode it is a
30:29
detailed look
30:30
at the Warner Brothers Backlot
30:32
in Burbank and for that it's like extra
30:35
special while I like watching and
30:37
Crystal Clear you know Crystal Clear
30:40
quality on DVD
30:43
I grabbed a bumper sticker again
30:45
physical media I like having certain
30:47
things about physical media because not
30:48
everything is streamable and some things
30:51
that are streamable have been chopped up
30:53
and cut down from their original format
30:55
and edited
31:01
I always like this area I really love
31:01
Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge
31:04
very short impulsive trip can't stay too
31:07
long
31:08
but glad I swung by really quick like
31:11
very very quick impulsive trip this time
31:21
cloudy
31:21
back from my hotel room balcony right
31:29
decided if I'm going to leave late
31:29
tonight
31:31
or early in the morning I have this room
31:33
until
31:34
check out tomorrow
31:36
but after returning my rental car at
31:38
some point tomorrow night
31:40
at Orlando International Airport
31:43
and it's probably a good 10 hour drive
31:46
without stopping
31:48
and knowing me
31:49
filming a lot that's going to be a long
31:51
day
31:52
so I might leave
31:55
crack of dawn tomorrow
31:57
also yesterday
31:59
this entire RV park over here was
32:02
completely full
32:03
and now everyone's leaving
32:07
the rod run is over
32:09
everything going back to business as
32:11
usual for the upcoming week here in
32:14
Pigeon Forge
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what else can I do it for today I'll see
32:44
you in the next video
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