Gummo (1997) Filming Locations in Nashville Tennessee - Bizarre Harmony Korine Movie Then & Now
Filming Locations of Gummo 1997 Harmony Korine
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welcome everyone out of the woo here
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today's adventure
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begins at a bridge over interstate
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just outside nashville tennessee
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the starting point of the 1997
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movie gummo by harmony corrine
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a very unusual film to say the least
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but a guilty pleasure of mine it is a
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little unusual
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a little strange but i'm going to
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document
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what remains of the locations from that
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movie
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i'm inviting you to join me shall you
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it's a very popular photo or
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scene i should say where bunny boy
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is on this overpass and it has been
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redone over the years
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over the last two plus decades
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but there were many different angles
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where
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he was either standing here sitting here
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trash strewn all around
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and downtown nashville which
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stood in for ohio a
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tornado-ravaged
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community really here in tennessee
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looking down that way also my friend
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natalie is here
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her first time to nashville
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and you see you've definitely seen the
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the bunny boy
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right over in here i tried to find some
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bunny ears
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thinking you know it's a day after
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halloween as of the recording of this
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i this was an impromptu adventure
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so did not plan it accordingly to have
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the bunny ears but someone has placed
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fruit loops down there maybe bunny boy
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was here
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so stand up again stand over there act
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like you're a bunny
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even the fencing has been redone as well
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and the walkway up
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as shown there and this would have been
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fully enclosed
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as well as there is one particular angle
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that they're standing down there looking
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back up
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to where we are
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a lot has changed over time there would
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be
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some directional signage that is there
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now
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that wasn't there then nonetheless
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pretty dang awesome the intro of gummo
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one
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be the bunny now heading back down the
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ramp here it's a little quieter
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off of the oh for the thoroughfare a lot
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of traffic over there
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i'll try to show the coordinates and the
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cross streets of all
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spots we're gonna go to it's gonna be
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fun
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yeah a lot more peaceful over on this
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side keep nashville clean
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that really obscures the sound big
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difference just going over about
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30 40 yards from the interstate big
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difference there is a place to park here
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in this lot on the corner of newton ave
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and
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o'brien to get to the overpass
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good thing about this is all these spots
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are just a few miles from each other
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on a far commute corner of
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morrow road and 63rd
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avenue north
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is this power plant which can be seen
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in quite a few different moments
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in the background and also the building
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over there on the far end
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where they're riding their bikes across
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and they find a cat trap
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on the road as well as the pool scene
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at the end the pool was right over in
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this area
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i'll designate exactly where the pool
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sat
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momentarily
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where the trucks were parked still looks
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the same
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both of them riding their bikes along
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that path
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there's only one truck bed there well
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not the truck itself but the
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trailer of the truck there were four or
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five
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in the movie they ride along here
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it was kind of a panning shot going this
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way
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there was a lot of ivy on the side of
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this wall
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that has since been removed
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shown here see how it just
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kind of grew along the side there
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is the same sign says trucks entering
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highway
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speed limit 25 miles per hour and down
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here
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he picked up the trap and launched it
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into the road breaking it she's riding a
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bike
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moving along gonna see the sign
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now oh what's that in front of the sign
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that is a that's a cat trap
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that's a cat trap right there
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oh she just broke the cat trap
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it's about as good a good prop as we
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could could find
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pretty good though it was like here in
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the graph so he shattered it
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kind of over onto there we just found
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found this randomly it's probably not
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the best thing to be grabbing and
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throwing and
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using as a prop i think it worked did a
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good job recreating the scene there
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with this
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hello little worm well it's a big worm
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over onto the next corner you can see
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that building
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in the distance there now this area has
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been
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redone there aren't as many newer trees
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they have planted
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they have planted these there's also
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other homes
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there and over there but that
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that is the angle where they confront
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jared
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who would have been sitting right over
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in over
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in this area a great piece of acting on
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everyone's on everyone's part very
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very distinct questioning
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to say the least could only find one
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satellite view and it was from 2003
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of the former pool which was in an alley
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between the two main
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roads see that circular item right there
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was the pool from the end of the film
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where they're swimming around where
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bunny boys swimming around with the two
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girls
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and in the in the background there was
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the power plant and
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this building so take
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that street which runs behind me and the
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other one
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up that way so where these
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homes are now at the base
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is where the pool used to be to be a
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little
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more technical it would be down this
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stretch
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which looks very reminiscent from other
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scenes
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trash cans look the same this could have
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been where the poem was read
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yeah i think it might have been and
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as best as i can figure out
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behind that fence is where the pool was
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right there
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that's my assumption in that backyard
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obviously i can't step into someone's
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private backyard but you notice the the
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wooden pole there and the
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electrical pieces up there behind them
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so if i go
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if i just shift over another foot or two
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to my left
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we would have that angle with the power
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poles
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one of them is kind of broken in half
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but the other one kind of still
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exists so pool's not there anymore but
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it would have been
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right right over in there
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behind those shrubs all right off to the
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left am i in the sun am i out of the sun
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i'm in the sun off to the next one to
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the next spot
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up at the top of kentucky avenue i can
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see why they chose this
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when they rode the bikes down at full
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speed
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playing some some heavy metal
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music cruising down the hill on the
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bikes
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shown from all different angles now all
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of the former homes that were here
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have been demolished with the exception
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of one
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which i'll walk down to and
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this building is still here
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after all these years well not a lot of
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years but enough to where
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progress has taken over the dilapidated
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old homes and these
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condos have been replaced this is the
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only original formation
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left in this stretch from those days
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and the main house where they were
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roller skating
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in the grass
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took place right here like this pole
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still exists
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just my estimation would have been right
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there
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yeah if you did fall there with the
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roller skates well
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there is some gravel over there though
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this there was a lot more there was a
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driveway
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there and it's a little well you know
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actually these bricks can be seen
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also where the pole is yeah these bricks
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are still original these cinder block
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bricks here stretching along there
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that big mound has been removed but
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the building now painted red is up at
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the top corner
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there's the light pole mailbox
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a different mailbox and those cinder
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blocks over there
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on the far end so mailbox here
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i think that kind of pinpoints it right
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here's the cinder blocks here's the pole
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so they would have been right about here
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it might be the first time i've ever
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seen documented on
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on film someone roller skating on on
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grass
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can just picture them zooming down the
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side of this embankment
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it's a lot steeper probably in person
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than it looks on camera
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made it over to richland park where
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ellen
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carrying the baby doll could be seen
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walking right through here with this
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building in the backdrop
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singing her abc's starting from that
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direction
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and then walks up
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where dot and helen were standing right
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both facing eddie who was playing a
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riveting game of
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well practicing by himself here
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hitting the tennis ball up against
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not that fence on the other side but
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they there was a wall there which has
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been removed
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they were both right here kind of like
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looking
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this is amazing i know i get excited
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about
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things that really do not seem that
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important
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but eddie's view would be
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right about there
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and when he's talking about his
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add he was practicing in slow motion
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here with a little
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jingle behind his narration as he almost
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danced right there in his
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tennis shoes with his racket
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practicing his his over stroke
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in my more agile younger days i might
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have recreated
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the leap over this i might still be able
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to do it but it would probably
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it'd probably end badly i would just get
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tripped up there
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there are other people out here as well
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playing tennis i got second in the
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tournament last week
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really yep
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serve got faster increased by eight
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cross streets of charlotte ave and 53rd
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avenue over at bobby's dairy dip
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it's where they had their milkshakes
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right under that awning there building
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has been repainted and redone over the
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years
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well they were just kind of hanging out
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around that side there's been a
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new little brick wall there been created
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also around the side was the interview
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with the the lady trying to tell
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what she looked for in a date and that
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was
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basically right over in in this section
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attached to the twilight
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tavern which was also seen on a couple
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of
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other occasions looks so much different
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than it did then but there's also you
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can see like that little like uh
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wooden car up on the wall that can be
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seen
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as well and windows across the road
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there yep windows
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fine food drive-in and eating
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establishment right
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back here around the alley
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this is where he was placing one of the
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traps as well but took the
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the glass broke it against the wall
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notice the the pole there
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the pillar there on the left and the
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formation of the bricks
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along the wall and the two doors on the
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far end
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it was a long panning shot
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i'm just noticing another another
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location is right over there that save a
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lot in the distance
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that was the grocery store it wasn't a
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save lobs a different grocery store
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so i'll go over there momentarily
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but right here this base
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is where broke the glass against the
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wall
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pretty cool he was more or less leaning
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down
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right about next to this pole
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as stated the grocery store right there
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this is also the parking lot where they
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were handing out flyers
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talking to other residents you know
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asking if they had seen their cat they
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had a missing cat
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and i always wonder if when they were
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recording that
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if they had to get you know after the
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scenes took place if they had to go up
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to residents who didn't even realize
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they were going to be in the movie
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and you know have them sign a waiver
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saying oh we could use you in this
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because a lot of it seemed to be improv
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and just
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you know just very very random and this
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building behind me you could see very
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prominently it was not a
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pet boys then it was something else but
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the structure of it
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still looks the same and grocery store
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is now
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a save a lot so all the these three
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spots are all within
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one storefront of each other everything
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is within
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just a few miles of each other and now
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to the
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the final spot
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at this current building
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which there used to be a different one
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back then in 97 an
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aldi food market this is where the
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nothing new for trash like you
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quote took place right here on this
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elevated parking lot
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it is very memorable how he how he
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speeds off down the incline
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of the pavement out that exit and the
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building over there it's a quirky's
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barbecue
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still the same i believe it was another
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establishment at that time
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as well as this tennessee quick cash
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building could be seen and in one frame
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this over here
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was also seen from up on this elevated
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plane
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speeds off right through there
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notice the formation of that structure
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with the blue roof there on the end
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it's a good it's a good guide
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to show what it looks like current day
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gumbo what a movie
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right even though there wasn't a heck
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of a lot left it is always fun it
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for me it has always been it's always a
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an interest of mine to
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to try to document where things were
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even when they do not
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exist anymore and this has been a topic
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a subject matter that i have wanted to
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cover for
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many many years back 15 20 years ago
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my roommate at the time and i we used to
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watch a lot of movies
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and some of them guilty pleasures like
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the one that i
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covered today and even back then i
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thought it would be really interesting
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to find
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where those scenes took place i
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scratched that off the list
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today now do your research before you
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pop
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in the dvd if you could find the dvd
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it's it's tough one to find
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or on streaming services i don't believe
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it exists on any streaming services
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but if you can procure a copy
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be alert on what you will be witnessing
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your cup of tea i i
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quick pass through of nashville
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tennessee and i said
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heck it i'm finally gonna
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do gumbo
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it happened i
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it might be a little bit i may have
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thrown everyone for a loop with this one
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including myself i'm glad i did it
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i'm still standing right here nothing
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new for trash like you
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parking lot i'll see you the next video
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the vlog i wish i could have found some
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some bunny ears earlier but
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hindsight is 20 20.
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and this is 20 20. i'll see you in the
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next video the vlog
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is over