Golf Cart Tour Around Downtown Winter Haven - First Publix / Eating At LoveBird & Thrift Shopping
Winter Haven Florida
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here as
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the recording of this Sunday, November
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16th, 2025.
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Standing on the back side of the Art
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Deco 7-Eleven in Celebration, Florida.
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Looking at this retention pond,
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I4, Interstate 4, just over the cusp of
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those trees.
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Got my piping hot caffeinated beverage.
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I'm going to take a commute, half hour,
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45 minutes or so, over to the Lakeland
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Winter Haven area. We're going to meet
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up with some friends and have myself a
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day, a cloudy,
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well, half sunny, half cloudy day. A
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little precipitation would be kind of
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nice, but a little
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little sun cover would be good, too.
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Either or.
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Whatever the weather decides. I'm just
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kind of winging it today.
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go to the Winter Haven Lakeland area.
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See what happens.
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And I'm inviting you. Yes, you. It's
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good to have you here to join me.
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Cheers.
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Warm. That's hot.
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Woo.
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Shall you? I always like looking at
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clouds. You can discover
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almost like they're pieces of majestic
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natural artwork.
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You can always look at things and see
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things in the clouds. And with any kind
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of art,
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it's up for artistic inter or personal
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interpretation. Look at this. That
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almost looks like a I was going to say
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almost looks like kind of like a side
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angle Mickey there, but
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not really.
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Took me a little while to get going this
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morning after warp tour last night.
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Ragging around in the circle pit during
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Pennywise.
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Man, that was a good time. Kind of made
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me made me relive my youth. Made me feel
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alive for a few moments doing getting
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the blood flowing, circling around,
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bumping into a bunch of other sweaty
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people. Little slam dancing. Don't know
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if I'll be doing that again anytime
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soon, but man, that was a good time. But
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pop a couple Advil this morning.
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bumps and bruises. All right, I'm going
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get over to the get over to my friend's
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house.
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All right, I have arrived
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in a room that rivals and supersedes in
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great detail more than my little
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corridor of goons.
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This is
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a very expansive setup in here over at
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Kyle's place. You have a name for your
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your room here?
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>> Uh just a retro room. Shout out to
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Robbie. Retro. That's about it.
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>> Just the retro room.
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>> Yeah, pretty much.
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>> Okay.
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>> Pretty much.
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>> I always love that you have the the
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earnest calendar here.
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>> Classic.
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>> You have an old diner. Where'd you get
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the table from?
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>> That came from a roller skating rink in
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Lakeland over there.
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All 80s. You would just like me. You're
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probably 80s is your favorite era,
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right?
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>> Absolutely. The greatest era all time.
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Got the casino high notebook here signed
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by Brandon Fras. You're probably sure.
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>> There's like so much in here to look at.
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I I kind of want to ask you what your
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favorite things are, but you probably
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have a hundred favorite things.
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>> Yeah, absolutely. It's hard to nail
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down.
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>> All the old boom boxes.
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>> Yeah, love those.
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And of course the problem child standy
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over here that you just got. You're
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telling.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Show this here. Well, we were just
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talking about this this class thing.
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>> If you were in high school 1987, you
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were the man. You would put this in your
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locker. It's the locker message. So,
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you'd put this device in your locker and
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then you give these little round things
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to three of your friends and then they
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would blow in the little device which
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would activate the recorder inside.
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>> Oh, that's what that is. Okay. They
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don't talk in that.
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>> You blow in it and it starts recording.
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Leave a message. Say, "Hey, there's a
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party this weekend." And then [laughter]
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>> when they come back, whoever owns it,
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they check their line.
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>> I never even knew that existed.
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>> Crazy.
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>> It's amazing.
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>> 1987.
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>> Freddy's spitballs.
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>> Yeah. Dang. Okay.
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>> You got the little uh section underneath
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the bunk beds.
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>> Got the robot. So, two years ago, the
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last time I came over, the robot met me
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at the door.
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>> That's right. Knew you by name and
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everything.
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>> And it's wild that it's been two years.
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And I know that because you have a golf
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cart. You took me on your golf cart and
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it was right before I moved into the
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house I bought and I got my golf cart
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right after. That's how I know it's been
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2 years.
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>> That's right.
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>> We're going to take a ride on the golf
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cart.
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>> Absolutely.
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>> All right. Cool. [snorts]
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>> This is like your horror section over
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here. Yeah.
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>> Like your little scary corner.
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Old school trickor treat. Not to be
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confused with the the trick or treat
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everyone knows now,
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>> right? 1986 classic.
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Got baby Sinclair wearing the classic
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edge club hat.
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>> Is that the in Atlanta? [laughter] Yeah.
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>> What?
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>> So last night I just went by here and
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showed this cuz this is where the first
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Warp Tour 95 was.
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>> Is that right? Wow.
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>> It was in that It was in that parking
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lot and inside and then in the inside
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and then the shed. The edge shed.
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>> I saw a bush there in 94. Maybe
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>> I was at the bush. Yeah. Were you
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really? [laughter]
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>> Yeah,
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>> that's crazy.
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>> Sound Garden there, STP. First Warp
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Tour.
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>> Wow.
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>> Bad Brains, Ramones, all those all those
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bands there.
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>> Incredible.
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>> That's so crazy. I've never seen any
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merchandise from that. [laughter]
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>> That is cool.
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>> Thanks, man.
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>> Your crazy vinyl over here.
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>> Yeah. Got some uh great outdoors by Dan
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Macro. some of them.
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>> Actually, wasn't that the first place we
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met? Did we meet the first time when uh
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Dan was doing his thing?
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>> No, it would have been at the Outback
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Prom Michael J. Fox
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>> in 2009
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seven.
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>> 2007 or 2008 or nine cuz I think I
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started getting my poster signed, my
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Back to Future poster in '08.
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>> Gotcha.
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>> So, it would have been after that.
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>> Were you at the Celebration Theater?
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Back to Future. That's where we met.
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>> Well, no, before that was it. Or no,
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you're right. You're right. That would
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have been the first time. It's the back
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the golf thing was after that.
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>> Very true.
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>> Monster.
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>> The only way I remember the only way I
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remember any dates is just off of
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events. [laughter]
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>> Love that. Is that a laser disc?
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>> Uhhuh.
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>> Laser disc. And then trick-or- treat
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signed by Mark Price. Skippy from Family
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Ties. Microwave Massacre. That's a rare
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VHS.
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>> I've never heard of that one.
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>> Oh, really?
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>> Is he in that also? No, he's not in
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that. But it's uh this is midnight
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video. Very.
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>> Look at that.
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>> Pretty rare.
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>> Chopping mall over there. The gate. They
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live.
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>> Yeah. Classic
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Cobra Kai.
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I
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>> think it has 8D batteries. But if you
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went to the beach or somewhere and you
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wanted to you you pop in your 45,
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it would just it would just start
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playing.
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>> Oh yeah.
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>> You've been collecting this stuff a long
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time. Yeah,
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>> of course. Mame rad.
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>> Love all these
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kry still sealed.
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>> You have a lot more room in this in this
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room than I do in my little my little
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one.
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>> I love the bunk bed. You just come in
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here and camp out and sleep up here
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sometimes. Yeah, you just sleep sleep in
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the in the nerd room,
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>> right? [laughter]
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You actually have no there's no there's
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no other area of the house. This is
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actually where you live, right? Right in
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the [laughter]
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>> I wish.
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>> This pretty cool. This is a promo from
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the BBS when that came out.
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>> They put a
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>> Oh, binoculars.
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>> Binoculars. Yeah.
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>> So, that's supposed to be like the
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Snoopy Neighbors looking like Tom Hanks
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character.
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>> Cory Feldman.
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>> Or Feldman. Yeah.
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>> Have you ever seen a Hard Ticket to
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Hawaii?
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>> Be cool. Like they showed something in
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there, but
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>> Oh, yeah.
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>> Felman didn't have any binoculars in the
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movie, though, did he? He did. He did.
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>> Oh, that's right. Hey, Rumsfield.
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>> So, Hard Ticket to Hawaii.
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>> Have you ever seen that movie?
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>> No.
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>> It is the most bonkers bananas movie
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you'll ever see in your life. And it is
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it is epic.
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>> You have to watch it. It's
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>> I have to check it out. I like bonkers
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weird movies.
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>> It's insane.
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>> Do you have two copies of Microwave
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Massacre?
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>> No, no, it just moved. [laughter] was
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just telling me the very last metal
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lunchbox ever lunchbox ever made was
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this Rambo one. I mean, it's not the
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last one. It's the last pressing of the
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>> ra the metal before they
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>> I love that you have Blood Beach cuz
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that was filmed the Santa Monica Pier.
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>> Oh, wow.
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>> And it uh the guy from Rocky's in it.
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>> The main uh the brother-in-law from
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Rocky.
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>> Oh, gotcha.
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>> He's in Blood Beach. Pretty sure that
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was Santa Monica Pier.
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>> Cool. in Garbage Pale Kids. The movie is
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classic.
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>> Have you Have you ever watched the Blood
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Beach?
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>> Yes.
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>> It's not that great.
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>> No. But [snorts]
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>> yeah, Paulie, that's his name. Paulie
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from
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>> from Rocky.
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>> Have you seen the stuff?
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>> Oh, yeah. Yeah, definitely. Actually, I
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think I have that on on Blu-ray.
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>> Nice.
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>> Texas Chainsaw, too. Obviously, Chud.
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>> Love some Chud.
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>> Munchies.
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>> You got So, you got a lot of copies of
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Trickor Treat.
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>> Yeah. And Garbage Pail Kids, that's a
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deep cut.
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Nightmare Fuel.
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>> Garbage Pale Kids 45 was a promo, but if
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you went and saw the movie, they came
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out with this or you got this if you
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movie.
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>> Oh, okay. So, you had to show up to the
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theater to get this.
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>> Correct.
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>> Got the ALF pillow just chilling here.
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Laser disc sign. You have a
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little stop sign back, not stop sign,
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but a stop light back there.
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>> You got the got the Franken Hook over in
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the corner.
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>> Remember the VHS? Remember the VHS of
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that? You push it and she'd say one a
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day.
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>> Yeah. The little talking VHS that goes
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big these days.
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>> So, this isn't a laser disc. What
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exactly is this?
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>> This is a CED, capacitative electronic
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disc. came out and the format started I
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think in ' 81.
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Not much better quality than a VHS and
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you'd have to stop the movie halfway
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through
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>> and flip it over.
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>> Flip it over. But um
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>> a CED.
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>> Yeah, CED. Never really took off. And it
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plays with a needle like a like a record
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player actually touches.
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>> Was it before or after laser disc?
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>> Is before. So pretty.
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Pop it in.
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>> It went all the way in like that.
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>> And then you keep the cartridge.
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>> Oh.
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>> And then you flip.
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>> So whatever's in there gets stuck inside
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that.
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>> Exactly. And then you just switch it to
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play.
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>> So how do you know the correct movie is
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inside there? It's a
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>> good point.
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>> You know what I'm saying?
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Look at that. Got the Sweet Night of the
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Creeps poster here.
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>> Love that movie.
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>> This used to be a garage,
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>> like a repurposed garage, right? You got
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the creaky wooden floors, which is
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awesome.
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>> I like amongst all the stuff you just
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have to wedged in here. Here you go.
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Little juke box.
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So I try to do movie inspired uh records
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in here. So this is uh from Nightmare on
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El Street
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Love Kills with the intro by
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this program.
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>> That's awesome. [laughter]
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>> Push it in like you hear it.
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There you go. And this is from Groundhog
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Day.
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>> Yeah, that's the Panasonic
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from Groundhog Day.
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There must not be a lot of these left in
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existence, huh?
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>> No, they're they're pretty rare these
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days. There's a guy on eBay, I think,
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that modifies it so that every morning
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at 6:00 a.m. it'll play the sh Sunni and
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she I got you, babe.
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>> Is that one of them?
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>> That's not one of them. No, this is
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original.
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>> All right. Not many March, but in a golf
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Fun fact, Kyle is one of the reasons
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that put into my brain that I needed to
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have a golf cart
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because I visited right before I bought
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my house. He drove me around the golf
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cart and I thought, you know what?
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I think I I think I need a golf cart
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around Celebration.
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So, I got one.
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Nice little breeze kicking. The Spanish
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moss
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waving in the breeze.
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All right, stopping off here.
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KT's Attic. Hidden gems and treasures.
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Let's do some shopping. Winter Haven
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shopping. Got some vinyl in here. And
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take a look at this candy roll dispenser
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Elvis right here. Take a look at Elvis
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on that huge PEZ dispenser. That's
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That's mass. Look at the size of my
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hand. All right. Here's a nice little
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Florida plate right here. This is the
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area we're in. You got Cypress Gardens
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right up there now. Legoland water
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skiing at Cypress Gardens. Got the
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flamingo. Oh, I wonder if the Florida
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pool's on here. Is the Florida pool on
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here? Nope. Not on there. I thought it's
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over where Cypress Gardens used to Now,
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Legoland was kind of set up like an
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antique mall. They had different little
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booths and things in there.
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Kind of reminds me of like some of the
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shops at the Orange Circle. We have like
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probably 10 or 15 different people have
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their booths and each one has their
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items out. Didn't find anything, but not
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a lot of good stuff in there.
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>> What's that?
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>> So, not today, but yeah, they do have
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good stuff.
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>> All right. at the corner of Avenue D and
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Third Street. So, this would be
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downtown.
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>> Yes, this is a great pizza place.
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Probably the best.
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>> Upper Crust. It's incredible.
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>> The old social club lounge right there.
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So, this would be technically downtown
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Winter Haven.
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>> That's correct. This might be the
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perfect day to cruise around on the golf
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>> Weather's amazing right now. There's
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>> going to lump later.
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>> Later. Okay. No spoilers.
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Kyle recommends a place called Love
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Bird, which is right over there. Don't
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look at it, though. Don't look at it.
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It's later. So, now we're just going to
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this random parking lot.
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>> We're going to cut over to
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>> We're going to do a shortcut.
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>> Got to cut over to the treasure house.
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>> How long you been in this area?
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>> Oh, man.
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>> Your whole life.
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>> The treasure house. Here we go.
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This your own spot.
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You got the Kyle spot. They got it ready
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for you. Love it. Got the rat trap and
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everything. There it is. Treasure House
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Antiques.
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Check it out. It definitely looks like a
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It's like the White House kind of. This
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antique mall has 40 vendors.
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$160. Look at this thing.
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You buy a lot of stuff in here.
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>> I do.
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>> You never know.
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There's always some good stuff.
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These pirate mugs.
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Those are neat. These huge pirate mugs
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like this look rod iron Humpty Dumpty
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there.
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Is that a new school Teddy Rusty? Yeah,
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that's definitely that's definitely not
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the old school.
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Got a little taxiderermy in here. Look
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at this piranha, man.
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Little rat.
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>> Rats in the electric chair.
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>> Oh gosh, no.
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Little blowfish. I'm not the biggest
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taxiderermy guy. It just kind of creeps
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me out. This is like the oddities area.
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>> Oh, look at this. Roy Rogers right here.
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That's probably up at like Oregon movie
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ranch or something in LA. Probably
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guessing.
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Or maybe not, but probably in SoCal
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somewhere.
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Oh, attack of the 50 foot woman.
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>> Which side?
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>> Oh, a mouse at the bar.
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>> Oh, that he's getting a
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>> Getting his drink on.
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That right there is kind of neat,
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though. Little skull carved in like some
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rock.
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Could add this to your cardboard
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standups right there. Look at this
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Budweiser dog and horse.
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Nice globes down here. Tampa Bay Rays
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hat
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there. Little Mickey backpack.
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This got some great stuff in here. Oh,
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Dick Tracy mugs. There's Pacino right
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Good stuff over here.
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>> Dick Tracy there.
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There we go.
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Okay.
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>> Oh, look at the Aussie Mark of the Moon.
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>> Is that for sale?
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>> Oh, yeah. There's the box behind it.
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Hellraiser
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weapon belt. Okay.
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Child, too.
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>> Frankie duck here. Krueger duck.
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11 bucks. That's actually a pretty good
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deal. These look these That's only $10.
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I call them Frank and Duck, but they
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also read my mind and call them Frank
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and Duck.
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Notice how it's not called
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Frankenstein's monster duck.
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>> That's It's a mouthful.
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>> I know. It is. It is. I just call him
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Frankie.
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>> Another critter here.
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>> I really like this though.
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>> That's cool.
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>> These can't be retro. These got to be
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new, right?
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>> A new item.
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>> That's some Lost Boys ducks.
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>> Oh my gosh. Look at this.
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>> Oh my god. It
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>> does have a Samuel Clemens
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look to it. Greg's Greg's Greg has
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arrived also.
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>> Hi.
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>> Also local to the area.
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>> Yeah. Although sadly I've never been in
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here, so I'm excited to uh check it out.
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>> Does it feel weird that I'm in your in
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your town?
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>> Going places you've never been?
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>> Not really. I mean, have you been Have
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you been in here before?
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>> I've never been in here.
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>> Okay. Well, then we're we're on the same
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footing then.
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>> I got the right tour guide today.
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>> Showing us around. We're going to go
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right across the street and eat.
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>> What's What kind of food do they have
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over there?
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>> Oh, man. The greatest chicken uh you'll
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ever
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>> Greatest chicken. Yes. Have you ever
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eaten at the Greatest Chicken Place?
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>> Not this one. And it was started by
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longtime Lakeland record store owner.
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Used to be Woodpecker Records. He used
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to have bands played there over I think
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South Florida.
20:31
>> He started this. There's another one in
20:32
Lakeland. And he's about to roll out
20:34
>> Grievous Angel Smashburgers in Lakeland.
20:37
And that's named after
20:38
>> Are these like twin towns? Like
20:40
>> sort of.
20:41
>> Lakeland and Winter Haven.
20:43
>> I always heard that the rumor was that
20:45
Lakeland and Winter Haven actually had
20:47
their names switched. Oh, I have heard
20:49
that
20:49
>> because like if you ever go to Lakeland,
20:51
there's like there's no lakes over
20:52
there, but when you come over to Winter
20:53
Haven, there's lakes everywhere.
20:55
>> So, it's like
20:56
>> I've never heard that.
20:57
>> The story goes that they got their names
20:59
>> mixed up.
21:00
>> So, we're really in Lakeland right now.
21:02
>> But yeah, the grievous angel is named
21:03
after Graham Parson's Winter Haven guy,
21:05
>> which is right over here, right?
21:06
>> Yeah, that's right. You got to show me
21:08
that, too.
21:09
>> It says vintage tribal woodarve tiki
21:12
mask or wood carved mask. $31. That
21:15
thing is heavy. Kind
21:19
of like that though. Kind of like it. I
21:21
feel like I need to get some stuff. It'd
21:23
be good in my house. This is kind of
21:25
neat, too.
21:26
Mask.
21:29
That's 34.
21:41
>> I don't know what would separate it
21:42
being vintage or current. Like, how
21:43
would you know? Like how the age on that
21:45
is. some belt buckles. I went through a
21:48
belt buckle phase for like one year
21:51
>> back in like the late 90s. Went through
21:53
a one-ear belt buckle phase.
21:55
>> On the hunt for kiss belt buckles.
21:57
>> The kiss belt buckle.
21:58
>> Yeah, those go big.
21:59
>> Plenty of cowboy boots in here. Like
22:01
vintage cowboy boots.
22:12
Should bring back a belt buckle phase.
22:12
Probably never happened, but
22:15
look at this. The fast sword. You can
22:17
count your count your coins that nobody
22:20
uses anymore.
22:25
>> Look at this, Greg. We've been to this
22:26
place a couple times. Dragon Con trips
22:29
the varsity.
22:29
>> Many times. I just wonder how old this
22:31
one is.
22:32
>> Paper hat. $4
22:33
>> website. So,
22:35
>> Oh, yeah. Okay. So, it's too new.
22:37
>> Dang it. [laughter]
22:41
>> It knew we were here together. Who knew
22:41
we just ate there?
22:47
>> I like this Mr. Peanut. Oh, it's a coin
22:47
bank.
22:54
$120 that thing. Yeah. Whoever has this
22:54
booth has a lot of Mr. Peanut stuff. So,
22:57
if you're looking for Mr. Peanut items,
23:00
this is the spot for you.
23:11
Got a train here. You got the last
23:11
supper $30 and this Abe Lincoln bust for
23:14
130 like that Abe Lincoln bust.
23:25
>> How about a raised Raymond
23:25
totem pole here?
23:27
>> Baseball at the bottom with the carving
23:30
there. You got Raymond up top there.
23:32
Ever seen that?
23:35
>> Oh my goodness. Do not prick your finger
23:37
on this thing.
23:43
I'll put you to sleep just like I
23:43
learned from the Disney film. Every time
23:46
I see that, that's just all I think of
23:47
is pricking the finger right there. $125
23:51
for that thing.
23:53
If I have room for that or if I'd want
23:54
it, but
24:11
How about the Foster Brooks Roast
24:12
Dean Martin?
24:13
>> One thing that's interesting, this place
24:15
is way larger once you get inside and
24:18
start walking through all the little
24:19
hallways and corridors and it appears to
24:21
be outside. It's like two attached
24:24
buildings. Look at this old Coca-Cola
24:27
retro Coca-Cola machine right there.
24:35
Cypress Gardens skis.
24:35
>> Oh yeah,
24:37
>> Cypress Garden stuff.
24:39
>> Is that Cypress Gardens?
24:41
>> It looks like it.
24:43
>> Wow, look at that. Cypress Gardens
24:45
jacket.
24:46
>> All right, heading out to the garage
24:48
outdoor area out here. There's a whole
24:51
outdoor section, but there's more
24:53
furniture and stuff like that out here.
25:09
cactuses. All right, this is over in the
25:09
garage area. Take a look at some of
25:10
these pamphlets. Florida events, Bush
25:13
Gardens. There's like a whole mess load
25:14
of them. Two bucks each. Might have to
25:17
get a couple of these.
25:19
Back inside now. This place is so
25:21
overrun with vintage antiques and
25:23
goodness that even the restrooms, the
25:26
usable restrooms have antiques
25:29
for sale.
25:36
That's interesting artwork. Little
25:36
fluffy fluffy bunny right there.
25:40
End up getting both of these. Oh, I'm
25:42
going to buy both of these on the way
25:44
out.
25:51
Just everywhere you look,
25:51
just relics of the past.
26:02
This whole map of Florida has a an area
26:02
identified for Walt Disney World. This
26:04
is pre Animal Kingdom. This is before
26:06
98. Obviously,
26:08
>> you got an up still called MGM Studios
26:10
right there.
26:12
>> Oh, there we go.
26:13
>> Farm Disneyland area, the Sandman Motel.
26:23
This is kind of neat. Laminated
26:23
>> back when that used to be their logo.
26:24
The three, not the four icons.
26:28
>> Oh, still called Epcot Center.
26:30
>> All right. Right next door. We took the
26:32
golf cart over here, but in actuality,
26:35
it's on the other side of the garage
26:36
where they have the antiques. So, we
26:38
could have just walked over. You showed
26:40
me this last time a couple years ago.
26:42
>> What's the history on the Dairy Down?
26:44
Graham Parson's a Winter Haven resident
26:46
tied to the Snively family I believe
26:48
from Cypress Gardens. He became kind of
26:50
a big country western artist. Um I think
26:53
he was in the Birds Birds.
26:55
>> He was friends with a lot of the uh
26:56
Rolling Stones guys and I think did an
26:58
album with Emily Lou Harris
27:00
>> and then overdosed I think at the age of
27:02
26 or so and uh his friends stole his
27:06
body off of LAX and um burned his body
27:09
in effigy at the Joshua Tree. They made
27:11
a whole movie of it starring Christine
27:12
Alvate, Johnny Knoxville
27:14
>> called Grand Theft Parsons. Check it
27:17
>> And this is where he used to practice.
27:19
>> Yes. Yeah. I think his was it his
27:20
father, stepfather built this for him as
27:23
a place to practice. There's a plaque
27:25
over there. It tells
27:26
>> Maybe I should get and look at the
27:26
plaque even though you guys have already
27:28
>> shared it with me. [laughter]
27:32
>> That's cool though. Right next to the
27:32
antique shop, the treasure house.
27:36
Dairy down 1964.
27:40
Bob Parsons opened the dairy down in
27:42
this building.
27:44
A themed club primary purpose was to
27:46
give his stepson Grant Parson's
27:48
performance venue with his folk band. Do
27:51
they still Do they use it? I didn't know
27:52
you were standing behind me. I thought
27:53
you were still in the car. You startled
27:54
me. They still use this for stuff.
27:56
>> Yeah, they use it as a like a venue,
27:59
>> man. That's cool.
28:07
>> Very cool. It was refurbished. Um,
28:07
>> yeah. A couple year like 2013.
28:15
>> Parson's recorded two
28:15
genre bending solo albums
28:19
>> with the Flying Burrito Brothers.
28:21
>> Luke Harris.
28:23
>> There it is. Yeah. Joshua Matree.
28:26
Wow.
28:28
Pretty fascinating stuff.
28:34
Little little music history here in
28:34
Winter Haven. The Staybridge Hotel was
28:38
not there. Then
28:47
we're on our way to a little grocery
28:47
Florida grocery store history. The first
28:48
Publix,
28:51
which I think I've been to a couple
28:53
times, but it's been a while. Since
28:55
we're right over by here, we figure
28:57
we'll check it out. There's the water
28:58
tower also.
29:08
water tower up there.
29:08
>> Oh, there it is.
29:09
>> So, Greg, is this the This was the first
29:11
one that it was used, the first one
29:13
built.
29:13
>> This is the first one that they operated
29:15
out of. So,
29:16
>> which side of the plaque am I looking
29:18
at? The left side of the plaque.
29:19
>> Yeah, the left side.
29:20
>> So, this one here?
29:21
>> 58 Fourth Street Northwest.
29:23
>> The first one they operated out was. So,
29:25
this is the very, very first one.
29:27
>> And then they built the other one down
29:28
the road.
29:30
For some reason, I thought it was in
29:31
Lakeland, but it's it's not. It's Winter
29:33
Haven.
29:43
>> I think it used to be a Mexican place.
29:43
I've eaten there before.
29:44
>> Oh, you've eaten in the building?
29:45
>> Yeah. I didn't know it was the first
29:46
Publix at the time. They didn't have the
29:48
plaque up there.
29:53
>> Cuz the area we're going past is called
29:53
Time Square. A
29:55
>> great restaurant here. Arabella.
29:57
Arabella. Yeah. A little less hectic
29:58
than New York time. New York Times
30:00
Square.
30:02
>> Is this the Ritz?
30:03
>> That's the Rits.
30:05
>> The
30:05
>> putting on the Rits.
30:08
>> It's still an active theater.
30:28
Oh, there's one of my favorite
30:28
restaurants in El Lebo.
30:31
>> Oh, right there. Hello Lebo.
30:35
>> So, this is the second Publix. Now, a
30:37
St. Matthew.
30:38
>> Yes, I've been to this one. I think I
30:40
did an old video here.
30:42
>> But I didn't know about the other one.
30:43
So, this was the first built Publix.
30:45
>> Correct. Right. And it had there's a
30:47
first store thing with the uh automatic
30:48
doors.
30:51
>> Look at that. Yep. Publix started right
30:54
here and it's within two blocks there's
30:56
both the first two Publixes.
31:06
It's now a Christian bookstore and
31:06
thrift shop
31:15
is also the water ski capital of the
31:15
world. All right, we're now about to
31:16
cross the road to go over to Loveird.
31:19
Their their uh slogan says almost famous
31:22
chicken. Almost famous chicken.
31:24
>> It's the greatest chicken you ever had.
31:26
>> Greatest. Okay, you're hyping it up
31:27
pretty good.
31:28
>> Can you eat inside or is it just a
31:30
drivethrough?
31:30
>> You eat inside or outside?
31:32
>> All right. Get the almost greatest
31:35
almost famous chicken. Well, the
31:36
greatest chicken I'm ever about to ever
31:38
have.
31:40
But it's almost famous chicken is their
31:42
slogan. Is it named after the movie
31:45
almost famous? I don't think so.
31:47
Probably not.
31:48
I think it's just a clever thing that it
31:50
was almost famous. It's famous here in
31:52
Winter.
31:52
>> All right, so we ended up getting a
31:54
really good chicken meal. Also like the
31:57
decorations on the inside of the place
31:59
are really awesome. Definitely a really
32:01
cool place. A place I would not have
32:03
expected to be in Winter Haven. Figured
32:06
like a place to be like closer to like a
32:08
bigger populated city area like Orlando
32:11
or LA or something. Lumpard
32:15
definitely a cool spot. like the artwork
32:17
they had on the walls, all the little
32:18
spoofs that they had
32:22
and the different menu. I had a couple
32:24
different sides, kind of jalapeno corn,
32:27
and I got a mac and cheese and I got
32:29
something called the God feather, which
32:31
was this chicken sandwich. This was just
32:33
way too much, way too much food, but I
32:36
ended up devouring it. Good chicken
32:39
place.
32:40
Loveird, Winter Haven. I guess there's
32:43
one in Lakeland also.
33:01
And now we're back on the golf cart
33:01
cruising around.
33:14
Cornels been there forever since the
33:14
60s.
33:15
What is that?
33:17
>> They do.
33:17
>> Andy Thor.
33:18
>> Yeah. Outers.
33:22
>> Is this the old train station? I think
33:24
so.
33:25
>> It looks like it, right?
33:26
>> Mhm. It's like a Edward Jones now. Yeah.
33:30
That's like an old train station. Look
33:33
at that thing. That's cool.
34:29
All right, we're now in a boat.
34:29
Thanks to Kyle taking me out on the
34:32
boat. The family boat.
35:08
Just realized that because of the day of
35:08
the week it is, the marina might not be
35:11
open with fuel. So, we might not be able
35:14
to go too far in the boat. Doesn't have
35:16
a lot of gas in the tank right now. So,
35:17
we're going to the marina and if it's
35:20
open, we'll fuel up. We'll get a lot
35:22
farther with with gas than we will
35:24
without gas.
35:39
Like how Kyle has put on his outdoor
35:39
gear now. You got your You got your boat
35:42
driving gear on.
35:47
I didn't bring a second set of clothes,
35:47
though. I just got the t-shirt and
35:49
Crocs.
37:09
Oh, I like these walkways.
37:09
Look at that.
37:20
That's traffic going right over this
37:20
one. This little overpass.
37:37
So, is every one of these lakes
37:37
connected by little canals?
37:39
>> Yes. Built by hand, I think in the 20s,
37:42
30s.
37:45
>> The canals were built by hand.
37:47
>> Yeah. Really?
37:48
>> Are manmade.
38:19
A little bar up here. Seems to be a live
38:19
band. I hear a drum set.
38:33
>> Drum solo.
38:33
Rock on.
38:40
>> Ah, this is Florida.
38:43
>> Quintessential Florida right here.
38:46
>> This is where they sell China American
38:48
closing scene.
38:49
>> China end scene of China. the movie
38:50
China Moon in that parking lot.
38:58
Hopefully they have gas.
38:58
All right. Success.
39:00
>> We're fueled up.
39:03
We were on fumes, man.
39:05
>> We were on fumes.
39:07
>> Right over here is the old school Mickey
39:09
D's. Still has the golden arch and all
39:11
that as those two birds fly by. If you
39:13
want to go to McDonald's, which we're
39:15
not cuz we already ate, you could park
39:17
your boat right there. And right up
39:19
there is the kitties up there. Really
39:22
close to where we just ate at the
39:24
chicken place.
39:47
Look like there's some people fishing up
39:47
here.
39:49
Guy's casting his net in.
39:52
What kind of fish are in here?
39:55
>> Catfish.
39:56
>> Catfish. Bass.
40:11
Hoping to get him cast in the net. But
40:11
sunset cruise.
40:14
Fast cruise. Let's focus. Let's focus
40:17
moving.
40:19
Got some up.
40:34
Yeah.
40:34
Couple lakes over is where Cypress
40:36
Gardens is. And we're heading back
40:38
before it gets too dark. So, not not
40:40
this time.
40:46
Take a look at the little small planes
40:46
that are landing over there.
40:50
They go across the lake.
40:53
Little landing strip.
40:55
This is nice.
40:59
Perfect weather. I can't imagine in the
41:00
summertime during the day how hot it is
41:03
out here with the sun permeating, but
41:05
right now it's pretty nice.
41:45
That's so cool. There's all these little
41:45
little connections to all the legs, the
41:46
chain of legs.
41:54
Oh, wow. What are those
41:54
big birds?
42:37
Oh, they're pulling a tube right there.
42:38
They're pulling somebody behind them.
42:40
Getting some water sports out here. It's
42:42
not even I say it's a little cool and
42:44
getting a little cool and crisp as the
42:46
sun's going down. So, you're probably
42:49
feeling the chill in the water there.
42:53
Look at this little sunset haze out
43:17
All right, sunset. Going back to the
43:17
dock.
43:18
That was cool. That was really cool.
43:21
Thanks to Kyle for taking me out. It was
43:24
unexpected, but very nice.
43:31
Made it back to Celebration now. Almost
43:31
home.
43:33
Nightfall has reared its head.
43:36
It's dark.
43:38
Made it back home.
43:40
Looking at my porch pilgrim
43:44
and my Thanksgiving decor.
44:06
That's going to do it for today. Thanks
44:06
for watching. We'll see you in the next
44:09
video. The vlog is