A Rainy New Jersey Day From Asbury Park To Haddonfield - Clerks Store / Springsteen & Donkey’s Place
New Jersey February 2023
Transcript
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welcome everyone Adam the Wu here TGIF
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it is Friday as the recording of this
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February 17 2023 I have a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage and I am joined
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tagging along today this crazy Joe and
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his Adventures Crazy Joe's Adventure
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crazy Joe adventures with a K crazy Joe
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with a K yeah you left your coffee in
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the car I left it in the car left it in
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the car I also have a piping hot
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beverage
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we are standing in the stomping grounds
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of Bruce Springsteen you picked me up
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over on the Jersey Philly line and said
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would you like to go see the clerk spots
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and I said yes what else are we going to
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say uh some spots from clerks Chasing
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Amy and uh we're gonna do Asbury Park
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yeah I said well we're gonna be in that
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area the Kevin Smith area you might as
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well go by Asbury Park Bruce Springsteen
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stomping ground also one of my favorite
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bands of The Bouncing Souls
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I'm inviting you to join me and crazy
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Joe
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shall you now we're starting here in
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this town on the corner of E Street and
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10th Avenue
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Bruce Springsteen wrote a song called
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10th Avenue freeze out and of course is
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banned the E Street Band
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so some say this corner is very pivotal
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in
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Bruce Springsteen history and it is an
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overcast kind of semi-dreary day
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but there is a guitar over here
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which is part of the Bell was it Bellman
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Belmar
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glad it says it on the side because I
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totally forgot we're a little bit south
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of Asbury Park but this is the Belmar
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Public Library where there is a replica
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of Springsteen's guitar right here
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oversized Fender that someone has placed
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here
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so we're going to start off here and
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then from here we're just going to see
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what we can find and head up to Asbury
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Park and then from there where are the
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clerk spots precisely the store the
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Quick Stop is in Leonardo a lot of other
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locations are in Red Bank that's where
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they shot uh like some of the locations
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from Chasing Amy
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so we're gonna do that also I was
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noticing your shirt when you take me
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back to my hotel a little bit later I am
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staying very close to Haddonfield New
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Jersey which is the inspiration for the
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name of Haddonfield Illinois we can
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swing by that on the way back too which
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is like took about an hour together
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we're looking at the map evidently this
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is called Shark River
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a crazy Joe mobile is that what you call
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you I'm gonna call your car the crazy
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Joe mobile sure
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it was very foggy today we're looking
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for The Stone Pony which I should
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remember serves me correctly or memory
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serves me correctly will have the
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welcome to Asbury Park sign on the side
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of it
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I think it might be over here oh no
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that's Asbury Lanes we gotta go over
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there too though all right here's the
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stage entrance
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of The Stone Pony
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synonymous with Springsteen now this is
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not the spot I was thinking of thinking
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of another spot that has like a kind of
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a very distinctive face on the side of
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it
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could be a different venue so we're
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going to find where that was for The
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Stone Pony
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it's definitely pretty legendary
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it's right here on the boardwalk
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yesterday I was in Atlantic City
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Boardwalk which I had never been to but
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I had been to the Asbury Park Boardwalk
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years ago in fact I was in a band that
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we played Asbury Lanes we're gonna go by
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there two and on the side is a pony made
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out of stone
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That's The Stone Pony
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get a view of the Atlantic coastline
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you're not allowed to bike here past
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midnight
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and no dogs
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from May to September no dogs
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signed sign signs everywhere is signs
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blocking up the cigarette has a Lyrica
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you don't remember that one remember the
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song the Tesla cover another song I
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remember I mean
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all right it's obviously winter
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not a lot of people out it's also very
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rainy overcast dreary but there's a nice
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little vibe
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out here
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with the right
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here's the shore it smells more Jersey
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Shore than I'm even used to because of
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the fog you're bringing that salt water
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scent in it smells like Jersey well it's
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that salt water yeah Beach smell but
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it's it's more pronounced due to the to
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the fog and the yeah yeah it's like a
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whole vibe I did a quick little search
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not just the Springsteen history here
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but I didn't realize that Jon Bon Jovi
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got his start here too nothing's really
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going on here right now but it is kind
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of interesting to think how many
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legendary performers walk through this
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stage entrance right here
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this is the stage door this is what I
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was thinking of the Wonder Bar with the
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Tunnel of Love
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there's actually a place in Saint Pete
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when I go over to Tropicana Field to
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watch the Rays there's a place probably
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not just St Pete and Tampa but other
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places have emulated this and put their
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own little spin on this this is a very
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notable piece of artwork here there's
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some geese over here which I've learned
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my lesson in back in the day you do not
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want to approach or mess with Geese some
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of them are not too friendly
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and since tonight you know as I'm
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filming this is the 17th a couple days
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after Valentine's Day is when they're
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having their party here at the lanes
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there used to be a venue over here an
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extended venue that's stretched out into
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this side but that was torn down many
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many many years ago about I don't know
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probably 12 years ago or so I was in a
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band and we played here of course this
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place is like synonymous with The
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Bouncing Souls
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in fact they even kind of immortalized
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it in one of their songs stepping out of
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Asbury Lanes in the midnight snow I
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believe is the the lyrics that you could
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seek the old neon up here
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which the neon's been removed it's just
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a sign
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I think it's been repainted it looks a
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lot nicer than it did last time I was
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here they've kind of added this ramp
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they've also added a new staircase there
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and I think this is also where the
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singer from The Ataris kind of had a
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little bit of a
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little bit of a breakdown it got mad at
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his band mates like 10 or 12 years ago
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when they were playing inside of here
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this manhole says Cablevision what if
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it's like cable wiring down in there
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so we asked for the one of the guys out
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front there's an event tonight obviously
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this event so we're not allowed to go
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inside the diner is open he said they
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completely remodeled the insides there
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probably doesn't look any of the stages
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off to the far end instead of being in
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the middle of the bowling alley where it
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used to be used to be a bunch of lanes
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stage and a bunch or more
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lanes and they've kind of changed it
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around according to him we're now
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walking back up to the boardwalk and
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even though Mata Marie's is still here
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they have a different tenant it's not
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the original Madame Marie but doing a
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quick little research evidently this is
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the oldest vendor
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the oldest operating vendor on
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the boardwalk here in Asbury Park up
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until 2008 but she started in 1932
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telling fortunes since 32 and since the
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original Madame Marie has passed on
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said that she told the fortune to Judy
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Garland and also Springsteen and stated
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when she read his fortune that he would
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become a huge success
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he never forgot Madame Marie
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years later
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which is kind of interesting Springsteen
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was told he'd become successful
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at Madame Marie's now I do not know if
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this is the exact same spot as where
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this once was
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but I saw this I said oh that looks kind
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of familiar
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obviously she's not here today or
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whoever is now operating Madame Maurice
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is not here is there someone in there
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no I think so I think you got to call a
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number
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it's at the moment it is because of the
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weather
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Ghost Town
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a few people are delivered making
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deliveries for some of the local bars
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around here but other than that not a
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whole heck of a lot of people out at
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this moment this is the patriarch
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Athena gorris one
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86-72 also known as the man of love
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and there's some it's like the
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convention hall has been around for a
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while too also known as the location for
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the Paramount Theater but you got some
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there's there's like the doors played
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here in 68.
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and then kiss played here in the mid 70s
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and I really like the the ornate
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art you know carvings up here obviously
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the album greetings from Asbury Park
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Springsteen
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I was think maybe I'm getting confused
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with the album cover and maybe there
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isn't a full mural here but there are a
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big set of bat wings
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along the boardwalk
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or if they had a mural of it
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it's been covered up also mentioning
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Bouncing Souls they had an album called
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ghosts on the boardwalk and a song
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called ghosts on the boardwalk which was
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written about this very Boardwalk
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however the old Boardwalk has been torn
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up
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replaced with this new Boardwalk new
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Boardwalk new ghosts
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here in Asbury Park
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I like the weather though
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kind of adds to the ambiance
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all right there's some artwork over here
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there's Springsteen right there
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that's a pretty good piece of artwork
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right there
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over in the corner is James Brown
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or James Brown not browned Brown
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over in the corner
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that was Eddie Murphy right yeah
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Saturday Night Live and as we're about
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to head out of town I'm noticing there's
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some soul stuff over here as well and
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the shape of these little hearts
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some of their some of their best songs
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well they got a lot of good songs
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of course hopeless romantic I'm a
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hopeless romantic you're just hopeless
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True Believers
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and you're so rad
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all good ones as we're driving through
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here I'm noticing so you got the ocean
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right over here on the other side of
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this rock wall
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but then the houses that are off to the
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side they're not on stilts or anything
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I'm used to seeing you know Florida
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shores where the houses are raised and
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kind of a case of flooding for a
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hurricane
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but none of these are raised up there's
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these like huge houses just feet from
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the shoreline
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now that one was raised up
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but most these other ones are
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rain's coming down right now can we go
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inside
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sure I hope so because it is raining
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right now
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oh it's a quick stop
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oh my gosh
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it's starting to pour look down here
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so the last time I was here like was
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probably a decade ago I went by I expect
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I used to do the unedited videos
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and right over here the video store was
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still here or maybe it was here was this
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the video store yeah so in uh where the
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the body Mark says tattoo piercing place
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I looked in the window that this is a
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decade ago and you can see the old VHS
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were still in there
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they've turned it into the smog Castle
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this is where Kevin Smith does podcasts
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now right right in there in the old
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video store no kidding
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remember the scene in the original
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clerks they were on the roof
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hey the shop is still what were they
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doing on the river they were playing
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were they hockey playing hockey that's
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what it was been a while I've seen the
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first one
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all right let's go in before I get my
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camera ruined raining out here
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we're going into the quick stop
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they don't have the sign out front with
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the sign say I assure you were open yeah
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right we have just arrived at the quick
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stop and it is raining so we're gonna
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get inside but this is it there's a
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bunch of markings on the ground down
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here people put there
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thank you
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sorry
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a beautiful line coming in how's it
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going
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okay yeah
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all right we're in here
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oh no video oh we're just told we
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weren't allowed to film inside but it
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said we can't take photos mostly I think
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because there was other customers locals
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in there I didn't want
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I'm not really sure what the reason is
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but obviously said no filming inside but
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we could take photos so I got a few
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photos
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I'm going to show as well so he was
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saying the new movie was also offended I
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did not see clerks three yeah I I
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actually had heard that there was a
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there was a set built to look like it
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but I guess I heard wrong yeah
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now Clerks 2 was filmed in Buena Park
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California
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they built right beside Knott's Berry
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Farm they built uh the movie the movies
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from clerks too
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oh you know what this actually does show
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it right here
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I don't see Silent Bob anywhere
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here's a nice little Relic out front
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oh look at that I thought it was Bigfoot
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at first but it's an alien
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this is pretty cool I have to admit I'm
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not the hugest Kevin Smith movie fan I
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have met the guy a couple times he's
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awesome very very cool down to earth
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he's been in a few of my videos
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I I respect the original Clerks
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really like Chasing Amy really like Mall
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Rats kind of like Tusk because he did a
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horror film but all in all I just like
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the the
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definitely respect how he started his
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career
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more than the film so a lot of people
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love Kevin Smith films I wouldn't say I
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love them
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but you know I enjoy it from time to
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time I think for me I stated this 10
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years ago when I was here
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I really
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appreciate kind of how his work ethic
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was how he maxed all his credit cards
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out to make clerks kind of similar to
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what I did when I started traveling in
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my van I quit my job I did have some
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credit cards I utilized those for to get
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around the country when I was filming my
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videos originally
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didn't make a profit for a very long
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time and didn't really know where I was
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going with my career there's now become
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like YouTube has become a thing and in a
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lot of ways he was the same way he took
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all his money I think it was three
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credit cards that he maxed out I'm just
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kind of going off the memory
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to make Clerks filming it in here this
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was an active convenience store at the
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time filled it during off hours
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and the movie became successful and the
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rest is history all right Joe was just
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telling me so the video store has been
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removed all of this is the podcast area
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so it stretches all the way down to the
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other end and they have removed the
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walls from that store to this store
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and it goes all the way over to here
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so really you just got the quick stop
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here on the end and then every other
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former business is now the podcast area
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so he'll show up here and do his podcast
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kind of like he does at the scum and
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villainy Cantina in Hollywood he does it
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there sometimes too yeah
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he also he also bought a movie theater
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in the area he owns his own movie
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theater now should we go by there yeah I
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think it's by the comic book store all
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right
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and it's pretty dang cool I just love
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stuff like this
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because obviously when he was filming
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this he had no clue
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that it was going to become you know
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what it is today
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not just clerks but just his stuff in
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general so I'll just show a couple of
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the photos on my phone
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from inside the store there's like the
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same coolers that the milk was in
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they have some merchandise in there too
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and it's kind of neat this counter
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that's in front this is the same cooler
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in everything same
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glass cooler that was in the movie all
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the movies
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right down there they were standing
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behind and all that
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and this is the front entrance up
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it was kind of cool you just go in there
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it was an active shop then it's an
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active store now here's another angle
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there looking across at the milk coolers
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and up top
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are you sure you were open
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and then out front which I showed in the
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video and here's another Springsteen
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artistic rendering check it out there's
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DeNiro Deer Hunter
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so we are now in the very quaint
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Community okay I'm drawing a blank
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what's the name of this town Red Bank
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Red Bank
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it was red something Red Bank
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you got the Jewelers downstairs they're
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over there
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and there's a comic book shop here
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Jay and Silent Bob's Secret stash
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the Ninja Turtles
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out front oh do they have some
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they have some props out front check it
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out clerks three
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you want to be in a movie flyer
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inconvenience
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yeah
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temporarily close be after be open after
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first period there's the boom box
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yeah check it out you got clerks three
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here too and then also has the secret
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stash the original business that was
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here was called miles
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I really like all the stuff in the
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window it's pretty cool
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oh is that from Tusk oh is that Tusk
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himself no way
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tusk was a horror film that Kevin Smith
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made a lot of times a lot of people
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realize that Kevin Smith was the one
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that made it had Justin Long in it as
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well who
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Justin Long's in a lot of kind of
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bizarre horror films Jeepers Creepers is
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another one he was in all right after
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stepping inside my first thought
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definitely a lot more in here than I was
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expecting to be here I thought maybe all
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the props and whatnot be in the in the
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front of the window
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they have quite a bit of stuff obviously
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it's the comic book shops they have lots
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of comics we have a bunch of merchandise
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and whatnot for sale also all kind of
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scattered through there like the movie
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sign
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and they even have the the Jesus from
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Dogma they call Buddy Jesus Buddy Christ
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buddy Cries From Dog from dogma and I
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didn't realize that but the
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the person working in there was telling
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us that the the sign for a quick stop
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was the sign like
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Kevin Smith bought it from the store and
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replaced it so the one that's in here is
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the original sign and he got the key to
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the city back in 2017 I believe
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where the comic book shop is located
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they gave him the key to the city so
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that's in here too as well we're
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stopping off
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let's say if you're into comic books or
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if you're anything into any of the Kevin
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Smith films
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shop off inside here and check out some
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of the
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some of the stuff from the movie screen
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news stuff from the films it's located
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at 65 Broad Street that's the address
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now walking up to the music shop from
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Chasing Amy
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there's a couple different scenes filmed
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up here this isn't too far from the
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comic book shop we had to
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move the car down from here park behind
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us now we're walking back up this is
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pretty cool it still looks the same
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still says Jack's Music shop up top
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oh check it out
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and of course Springsteen
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Spring State of the window this is a
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tide Kevin Smith Springsteen die so this
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is their apartment right here right yep
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that was uh where Ben Affleck and Jason
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Lee lived in the movie
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I think I just like Jason Lee so much
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I think that's why I like all the Kevin
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Smith movies because Jason Lisa those
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are my favorites
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it's supposed to be made so good
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tomorrow
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and Chasing Amy
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I think I just figured out which Kevin
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Smith movies I like the most is because
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Jason Lee is at all
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it just hit me
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all right Joe has found the scene here
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where they're both sitting
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in the same spot you don't really see
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this pipe though Cameron was kind of
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like that but it still looks the same
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just like a kind of a holding long shot
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there where
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kind of at that angle
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we have now commuted over to Atlantic
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Highlands
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where a movie theater that Kevin Smith
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bought
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smod Castle Cinemas is right across the
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street and rumor has it he has an
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apartment up top so when he's in town
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he'll stay at that apartment right up
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there there's someone up there and they
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do play films here in fact tonight
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Ant-Man and wasp just playing but they
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have it's an active theater
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that he bought and renamed and reopened
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so Tarantino has the New Beverly and
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Kevin Smith has what do they call this
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theater the smart Castle the Small
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Castle you just picked posters from all
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his movies There You Go Chasing Amy
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Clerks and then of course Kevin Smith
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was not in this but he was a producer on
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it though oh was he and then Ben Affleck
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and Matt Damon left him out of the Oscar
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speech and he gave them a real hard time
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about it ah this was like a wall of
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posters through here
23:04
the post different Chains
23:04
Get mauled
23:06
how well this is
23:08
this place is like the mecca of Kevin
23:11
Smith
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it was nicer though so let us in here
23:26
too
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and here are some stills
23:33
is this from clerks 3 from the original
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clerks looks like original clerks yeah
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that's the first one there they are
23:38
standing outside the wall
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and then inside the store itself
23:44
pretty neat okay we just asked in
23:46
evidently this is the motel where the
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cast was staying
23:50
when they were filming Mall Rats
23:53
Jason Lee took this right
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yep
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here's a really good video I saw online
23:59
Jason Lee's really into photography he
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still goes around with a regular camera
24:03
and we'll take photos like this it's
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like a cool like 10-15 minute
24:06
documentary on him going around taking
24:08
photos and how he lines everything up
24:10
he's just really into
24:12
photography so it's kind of cool to see
24:13
that because that was you know
24:16
a couple decades ago but he's still
24:18
doing it to this day from
24:20
as far as I know or at least when that
24:21
little short documentary came out all
24:24
right I gotta say that was a lot cooler
24:25
going in there than I thought it would
24:27
be in fact even going in the comic book
24:29
shop was awesome the comic book shop and
24:31
the smodcast smog Castle Cinemas both
24:34
just layered with history of Kevin Smith
24:36
in his films
24:38
pretty neat and they're both all the
24:41
places have been really nice as far as
24:42
going inside and looking at everything
24:45
and they're remodeling the apartment out
24:46
there is people remodeling up there
24:47
maybe that's the one that Kevin rents
24:49
out or stays in when he's in town we are
24:52
now in route been driving for a while
24:55
another great driving for the last 40
24:57
minutes or so
24:58
now about 20 minutes to a half hour
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from added field
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not Hatfield Illinois
25:06
fictional home of Michael Myers but the
25:09
real hadn't feel
25:11
we're Deborah Hill
25:13
grew up
25:14
and they use the name
25:17
Halloween
25:24
it's also raining we have arrived in
25:24
Haddonfield
25:26
we're wondering if
25:29
there's a Myers in here possibly
25:41
we thought maybe Deborah Hill
25:41
could be laid to rest here in
25:43
Haddonfield New Jersey
25:45
but her body was donated to science
25:53
science I know in a way that almost kind
25:53
of looks like the Meyer's house kinda
25:55
well no kind of sort of not really
25:58
maybe I just wanted oh that looks like
26:04
Amityville Horror you want to do the
26:04
line
26:06
Michael don't go back to Haddonfield
26:10
leave those poor people in peace
26:19
I wonder what this place is like on
26:19
October 31st every year
26:22
you think people dressed up as Michael
26:23
and walk around I don't know
26:25
you brought we might get annoyed by it
26:28
you never know maybe maybe not it might
26:30
embrace it
26:40
don't go to Haddonfield
26:40
we did
26:42
he did we're gonna head to one more
26:45
Jersey spot
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cheese steak time
26:50
what's the place donkeys a lot of people
26:53
have suggested donkeys to me so we go to
26:56
donkeys in Camden which is about a
26:59
couple miles from here so if if we never
27:02
see us again you know
27:04
see the Sun is setting over there in the
27:06
distance we were just discussing no
27:09
better time to go to Camden
27:12
then at nightfall
27:19
like literally the sun's going down that
27:19
is a beautiful song we're just like you
27:21
all right over there you laughing too
27:23
much
27:26
keep my eyes open
27:28
look you can even see Philly off in the
27:30
distance
27:46
you just still have never seen you laugh
27:46
some
27:47
you like the Camden after Dark
28:01
all right we have arrived in Camden
28:01
straight ahead is donkey's Place highly
28:04
recommended by
28:05
many many people
28:14
including Anthony Bourdain who said
28:14
this is a new day that we're this we're
28:17
not too far from Haddonfield historic
28:19
Haddon Avenue in Donkey donkey no no in
28:23
Hamden Camden
28:25
I'm into donkeys donkey New Jersey
28:28
Camden New Jersey going to donkeys yeah
28:31
but speaking of Anthony Bourdain he said
28:34
this was one of his favorite
28:37
Philly cheese steak places located on
28:39
the corner of Liberty and Haddon Ave
28:42
even though this is not in Philadelphia
28:43
so technically not a Philly cheesesteak
28:45
it's a jersey cheese steak
28:52
and I'm excited to try this
28:52
you have donkey's bar with the Pepsi
28:54
logo on it here and then you have donkey
28:57
steak place but donkey's place with
28:59
steaks
29:00
and there's even donkey's Place parking
29:02
got an ATM here and I like the vibe of
29:05
this with the neon in the window there
29:09
and donkey's Place parking
29:12
going in
29:13
going to get a Philly cheesesteak
29:17
the jersey style Philly cheesesteak from
29:19
donkey's place
29:21
very very very popular and very very
29:23
famous
29:24
for their cheese sticks
29:33
the gloves the gloves yeah all right now
29:33
come over this side
29:41
what's up
29:41
they're his their own things Golden
29:44
Gloves oh okay no kidding next Dean
29:47
Martin yeah D Martin right there Sugar
29:49
Ray's gloves over there can you see them
29:51
no oh in the corner where wait I'm not
29:55
looking in the right place over here
29:57
oh over there right there see that side
29:59
right there yeah
30:02
ah no kidding that's my mom
30:05
and my aunt in the middle and then one
30:07
of their friends come out that's cool
30:09
right over here wow that's awesome
30:11
that's an old phone that's the exact
30:13
same sign because
30:21
I swear yeah right right there in the
30:21
case
30:27
we got fries and two cheese sticks we're
30:27
going to be consuming and they have a
30:30
sign on the way in that says F long
30:31
rolls
30:33
that shirt a donkey shirt's been in all
30:36
those kind
30:39
s of countries oh the Jaws shirt no a
30:42
donkey's shirt oh the dog a doggy shirt
30:45
guys it's photographed in one of those
30:48
States
30:50
that's great
30:52
countries and states or whatever how
30:54
long you guys been open 1943
30:57
1943 that's a long time yeah third
31:01
generation you've been highly
31:02
recommended than a lot of people so
31:04
we're excited
31:05
shoot up in 30 pizza from the air
31:12
that's great so people just take
31:12
pictures all over the place
31:19
thanks for all the info
31:19
they are really they're awesome here
31:21
giving us all kind of this is this is
31:24
like a whole book on who's on the wall
31:26
in donkey's place
31:38
Robert E Johnson
31:41
there's Trey Hub hey Trejo was here he
31:44
has his own place too in Hollywood I've
31:46
eaten at his place in fact when I ate
31:47
there he was there
31:50
thank you thank you oh man look at that
31:53
oh my gosh what the heck am I witnessing
31:57
right now so I asked I haven't had
31:59
provolone yet on a Philly cheese or a
32:01
cheesecake it was a jersey Jersey cheese
32:04
and they said no no we don't do
32:06
provolone here they said only America so
32:08
going with an America and you can see I
32:10
don't know if you saw the shirt up front
32:12
but it said F long rolls I'm using the
32:15
term F lightly they actually spelled it
32:18
out
32:22
the one you get on a Kaiser
32:25
so we got onions on there almost like
32:26
they're uh
32:28
what kind of they're like what kind of
32:29
onions are these these are not like
32:30
traditional onions fried onions they're
32:32
fried onions yeah fried onions the
32:36
cheese
32:37
like sauteed onions kinda now this is a
32:40
bit of a messy cheesecake because it's
32:43
open on all sides I cannot explain how
32:45
hospitable this place is oh absolutely
32:48
so
32:49
all right we say we're gonna get it to
32:50
go so we're gonna eat on your car
32:52
outside because it's quieter they had
32:54
music playing you know bar music and
32:56
they said oh we'll turn the music off
32:58
for you they just turn the music off
32:59
What place would do that
33:02
Camden yeah
33:05
I'm going in
33:29
that's really good but different it
33:29
feels like you're eating a different
33:30
kind of sandwich because you're eating
33:32
it with a different type of bread
33:33
absolutely it feels like you're not
33:35
eating it on a hoagie
33:37
it's kind of strange I don't know how I
33:39
feel about the onions the onions are
33:41
kind of throwing me off have you you not
33:43
had onions on any of the others yeah but
33:45
they're not like this this is more of
33:46
like a caramelized oh yeah onion not a
33:50
traditional onion this is more of a
33:52
caramelized it's different it almost has
33:55
like a roast beef kind of feel to it
33:58
doesn't it it tastes more like a roast
33:59
beef kind of sandwich right
34:16
it's good but it's kind of messing with
34:16
my head the texture
34:18
of the meat from the caramelized onions
34:22
and the bread is kind of messing with my
34:25
head it doesn't it doesn't feel like I'm
34:28
eating a Philly cheese steak Yeah it's
34:29
very different
34:31
you like it
34:33
absolutely
34:41
I drink a lot of piping hot caffeinated
34:42
that is the most piping hot
34:45
sandwich I probably ever eaten in my
34:47
life is scaldingly fresh
34:50
I like this place
34:57
it's pretty good
34:57
the onions and the bread are definitely
34:59
different though absolutely this is the
35:02
uh The non-filly Cheesesteak this is
35:06
interesting
35:10
and I cannot stress how nice they were
35:20
onions are different I don't know if I
35:20
like the onions eventually
35:26
do you like the style onion I do I'm a
35:26
big onion guy though I love onions you
35:28
like caramelized onions like this as
35:30
opposed to just regular onions I do okay
35:32
I like regular onions too though I just
35:35
I just love onions
35:40
I think I like this more if it didn't
35:40
happen
35:45
I think that's the right word
35:45
caramelized
35:47
but I also should say it's very very
35:50
filling I've only ate about half of it
35:52
I've already started to get full
35:54
this thing is a beast load of meat it's
35:59
a lot of meat and it has the for the
36:02
poppy seeds what is it what's the seeds
36:03
on top of the coffee seeds
36:05
I don't think we even really needed the
36:07
fries because this was a meal and a half
36:09
right here it's a lot of food on there
36:16
all right now exiting out of donkey's
36:16
place
36:31
kind of dark from over here I'm trying
36:31
to get a angle of it from across the way
36:35
really an experience I'm not I would
36:37
definitely say that's probably not one
36:38
of my favorite cheese steaks I've ever
36:39
had it was unique
36:42
but the experience in there was awesome
36:44
they everyone in there I worked in there
36:47
it was a Cool vibe absolutely
36:50
all right donkey's place
36:54
achieved
37:01
Camden New Jersey
37:01
a jersey Cheesesteak not a Philly
37:03
cheesesteak of Jersey
37:14
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