Walking In Downtown Chicago After Dark Easter Night - Navy Pier & Ferris Wheel / Billy Goat Tavern
Easter Night In Downtown Chicago
Transcript
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today's adventure brings me to downtown
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chicago illinois as the recording of
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this it is later in the afternoon
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5 55 p.m on sunday april 17th easter
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sunday
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2022
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and i have just left the tampa bay rays
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game
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against the chicago white sox where the
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rays have won did not film any of the
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game but i did attend it and now
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i'm inviting you for the rest of the
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evening to join me as i start off by
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going on this welcome everyone out of
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the woo here it is now moving
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also tampa j is here hey everyone
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cowbell
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max max is here
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who won the race game today
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the raised one maybe nine to two let's
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go
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whoa
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everybody put a ferris wheel that size
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before
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um
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honestly i think the closest i've seen
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is like half that size do you want to go
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up in that dude only if you want to go
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up in it you want to do it i want to go
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up in there let's do it let's do it man
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i did the one in vegas it was squad up
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baby
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join me
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in tampa jay
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cowbell max
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oh you
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now we did check online they said there
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weren't any tickets available but it
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appears as if that there is a walk-up
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stand so we have a little bit of a
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friendly
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in a little not a friendly bet if i was
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a betting man would you would i say that
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this is bigger than the one at icon park
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i think the one at icon park might be
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larger than that i think the one at icon
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park is larger than that i was gonna say
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the same because the gondola icon parks
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in orlando because the gondolas are much
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bigger than this they are not these are
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these are about half the size oh okay
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because you can you you can't they don't
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have one this reminds me of the one at
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the florida state fair it's more yeah
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it's almost like that one from the
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florida state fair
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yeah we have boarded on to gondola
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two and you can kind of see this door is
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about to close any moment now i think
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there's heat in here which is really
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good that's air conditioning that's air
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conditioning that's air conditioning
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because it is cold outside
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that's the ac bro what it's like a
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freezer that is called what the heck
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what's going on
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that's definitely the ace you know what
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even the ac on it's warmer than outside
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it is cold outside cold outside
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look at this here oh we're going up
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now we did attempt to do a boat ride
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down here except the boat rides ended at
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5 00 pm or shortly after and we would
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have missed it but they do a couple
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different boat rides they do the regular
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boat ride with a view of the skyline
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they do an architectural tour which
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would be pretty cool but you can see one
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of the boats going over there looks like
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a big barge dude this was an optical
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illusion for a second i thought we were
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going down but we're going up going up
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it kind of throws off your equilibrium a
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little bit 100
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you got the sun starting to set over
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there this is beautiful up here man and
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i
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we're almost to the top
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are we almost oh look at this yeah wow
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okay whatever you do
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don't look down
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oh it's almost like a little hidden
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mickey over there
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kind of source like a backwards hidden
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mickey you got lake michigan over there
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we got the ac right above here
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temperature outside is like what 40
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degrees
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i think 38 38 degrees
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now we're at the top
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could you imagine if we went twice this
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high
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here we are almost to the top actually i
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think though
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a little bit it's four hundred feet
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let's check out this stuff
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in orlando
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that is lake shore drive right there
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us-41
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the drop tower is not operational and
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the teacups have been removed down there
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a little tourist attraction or a little
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ride no teacups right now there's no
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one's swinging on the swings right there
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there's the swings now here's some rules
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here you do not look at this on this
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side look at this little artistic
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rendering of someone poking their hands
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out and dropping some trash look at this
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little hand right here
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someone's poking their hand out and when
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you drop something your fingers emit
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this little static
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that still sparks showing it or maybe
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it's shooting using jedi mind tricks and
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pulling the can back up
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possibly that's it and this shows do not
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sit near the door and open the door
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secretly
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no smoking
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and no rocking
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of the gondolas oh look at this also
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no standing and putting out the vibe on
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here
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don't put out the vibe i'm going to try
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it yeah
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14 by the way we almost got 13. usually
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once they load everyone on
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then they give you like a few spins all
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right you putting the gloves on
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um this ac is freaking kicking man
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that's what i say it's cold air coming
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out of there
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like it's 38 degrees guys and they have
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the freaking ac on in here
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turn it off
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oh there's soldier field over there
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the freaking
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stupid spaceship statement
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the skyline was breathtaking i always
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think a seinfeld when i hear the word
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breathtaking though it's kind of a
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negative word to me now because of that
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one episode
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breathtaking dude like right here
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magnificent if you feel like this
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like while we're going it almost feels
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like we're going down but we're still
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going up over there somewhere is where
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we parked
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i know the sun's going down
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which might not be the wisest time to go
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walking and galavanting around downtown
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chicago that's the next point but i feel
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like doing it i feel like going around
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walking around downtown chicago
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i think we're going to there's like a
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there's like a bluish
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there's a bluish hue underneath the seat
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they've got this bluish i see it it's
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because the raise won oh
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that why raise up raise up
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it's that it's the raised blue they got
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it lit up just like the truck you know
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you didn't bring your cowbell even
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though your cowbell max you didn't bring
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your cowbell to the game today i didn't
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bring my camera
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it felt good to like not have my camera
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you know what
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it's almost trying to like
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felt great watch some babies just see it
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with our own eyes no distraction exactly
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now you wanted to have the cowbell there
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i've i've wanted to have the cowbell but
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like you said at the same time man
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honestly
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it's kind of nice because you're just
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like
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like you're watching the game from a
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different perspective like in a
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different place so like it's kind of
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nice you have no purpose except to enjoy
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what's happening before you exactly just
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like right now if i wasn't filming
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we're playing jedi mantra
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look the carousel
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no i think this is nice man yeah you
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like it you like the overcast yeah i
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think it's nice probably is giving us a
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better view of the buildings i want to
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walk downtown and then walk parallel to
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that river that goes through directly
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through town yeah the one that you could
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see
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in the intro of family matters i think
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maybe even perfect strangers
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remember though the tgif i want to walk
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over there this is a great show it was
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like the male version of laverne and
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shirley kind of yeah
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these cracks right here
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cracks look at the crowd say that it's
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cracking on every single bolt oh that's
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fine is
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it's just a little rust
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it's just a flesh wound it's just a
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question
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yeah it's just rust pay no attention to
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that one more loop one more loop one
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more loop one more loop one more loop oh
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okay that's awkward that got real
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awkward i think this is the last one
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that was awkward all right we just got
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off of that attraction there that
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gargantuan ferris wheel towering over
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the navy pier building
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and now
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heading directly into the bowels
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of downtown chicago as the sun goes
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down the bounce the bat the bowels
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will we make it back alive the bowels
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that doesn't sound very dumb bowels
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bowel movement
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i might have one down in here a little
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bit later if i go down the wrong alley
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now at this hour
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oh it is a holiday because it is a
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sunday as a recording of this it's
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easter sunday late in the evening they
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have bike rentals and look what they
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have over here they have these tandem
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bikes you could take one of these little
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bad boys around
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downtown or maybe only on the pier
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they might already take these into
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downtown
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but this would be awesome they're all
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locked up
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at the moment
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i'm discovering this little walkway over
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here with some very interesting tile
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work on both sides of these seats
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and take a look at this building
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covered completely in dried
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ivy all along the side of this and this
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states the population back in 1998
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was 2.8
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million aha this answers my question
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about the tandem bikes no pedaling
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pedicabs past this point past that point
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they're anti-peddling no anti-pedaling
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this is an anti-pedaling zone so right
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past here
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those
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bikes over there are not allowed to be
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taken so it's a good thing we didn't
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rent one because we would have we would
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have not been able to take them where we
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wanted to take them gonna stop inside
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molly's cupcakes
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get a piping hot caffeinated beverage to
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warm up the old bones
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it is chilly
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it is a pretty neat little place once
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stepping inside they have a kind of a
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big
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painting on the side that says molly's
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cupcakes and
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front counter lots of donuts and
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cupcakes well no donuts but a lot of
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cupcakes
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also a lot of vintage lunch boxes
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up on the shelf
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here as well and they had some swings
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also kind of swings they're chained to
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the ground but you get a little you get
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your swing on
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as well if i could be all three sat on
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the swing the wooden swings and swank
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all right caffeine
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of the warm
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persuasion accomplished look at that
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skyscraper right there look at that
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that's like a big mirror
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that is beautiful
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there's three towers right there in the
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middle of the older ones
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that is neat and up here on the side of
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this building
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is a bowling pin
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let's get ready to bowl
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i don't know what that's for
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it goes up
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along this
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cool crack yeah it's like
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yeah some sort of track it goes up here
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then it cuts across
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goes this way
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and then it continues
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from here
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all the way up
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just climbed up to a second level
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of the city
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more or less
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up these stairs have climbed up these
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stairs
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walking around that way
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and getting this perspective
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here i think there's a clock
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on that tower right there
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in the center of the screen i'm noticing
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from here between those two towers there
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is a bridge like a walkway
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that goes between the two way up there
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12 stories up right there in the middle
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a little walkway
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right between those two buildings
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pan out here
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and the water's right on the other side
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kind of right over there the river
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oh wait there is a boat tour happening
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on chicago's emerald lady
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and max just noticed there is a total of
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four guests
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on that boat we could have done that but
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it would probably be a little chilly
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there on the water
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probably a little non-toasty
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i've always found the architecture of
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this building very interesting these
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apartments and condos here on the two
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circular
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towers
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and about a quarter of the way up you
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see the break in those towers
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of the two is a parking garage
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underneath and then all the apartments
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and condos are above it
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the ones right there in the center of
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the screen i always find that very
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fascinating
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the way that looks the lights have come
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on this nightfall is soon
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about to rear its head this sculpture is
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dedicated
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in honor of mr chicago
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embody the city he loved with all his
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energy and enthusiasm
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irv
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cupsinite
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mr chicago
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right here over the river temporarily
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the
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riverwalk is closed they do apologize
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for the inconvenience
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so you cannot walk along the riverwalk
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you can only go up on the second level
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wait there's another boat that one's got
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a lot of people on it
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i was misinformed
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or at least the ones that
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maybe pier
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all right arrived at the infamous billy
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goat tavern
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cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger
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where it is said
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the curse of the cubs
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all began right here
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after leaving that billy goat tavern i
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started to remember that there's another
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one i was out here
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five six seven years ago didn't go
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inside of it
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but it didn't look the same i remember
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the other one being on a lower level so
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i did a little quick research and
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discovered it's
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down here on michigan a couple blocks
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away so i'm gonna walk over there and
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see if it's open today it might not be
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because it is easter sunday evening but
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we'll see
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try to find some what gloves
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all right going down
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down the stairs looking for the billy
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trees booger which is basically the
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inspiration
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also for the snl skit
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back in the day
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turning the corner up there's the sign
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there's the sign right up there
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billy goats tavern and grill
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place your bets is it going to be open
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got some billy goats painted on the side
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there
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and look at this
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in 1934
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world famous billy goats
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saturday
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but in any time except not tonight not
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on easter sunday look at this
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reverse the curse party
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october 6 2016 featuring murphy the goat
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was here
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that goat lived that long that's an old
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goat
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i think that's a term
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murphy the goat
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the curse
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look at this this is
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this is
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all the neon has been turned off
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with the world famous billy goats
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saturday night live cheeseburger
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cheeseburger cheeseburger
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no pepsi coke
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billy goat
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that's pretty awesome
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i have still never yeah billy goat had
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just bluffed us because we
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are not getting in here we just have to
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wave
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no cheeseburger for me no cheeseburger
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for me either no cheeseburger for me no
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cheeseburger for you no cheeseburger for
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you no cheeseburger no cheeseburger for
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you
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you're okay
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no pepsi
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look how old this sign is
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this
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is so old
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those have definitely
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seen some years
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definitely seen some years in there
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peeking in the window
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back to the parking structure
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here at the pier
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it is late oh the lot was interesting
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the light turned off and then back on
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back to the rental car a little 360
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around here
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and that's gonna do it for today from
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easter sunday eve
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post game i went to earlier
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did not take my camera into the race
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win against the chicago white sox
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chicago
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navy pier ferris wheel wandering around
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the streets
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of chicago ash
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thatch
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the chicago way
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i'll see the next video good vlog