A Day In The Old West At Ghost Town Alive - Knotts Berry Farm & Eating At Chicken Dinner Restaurant
Ghost Town Alive
Transcript
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. As
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the recording of is TGIF, it is Friday,
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July 18th,
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2025. I'm here in my hotel on Disneyland
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property. Not going to be hitting the
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Disney parks today. I'm going to be
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heading over to Knots Berry Farm where
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Ghost Town Alive is in full effect. Love
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Knots. Love their events. Scary Farm,
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Merry Farm, Boen Berry Festival, and
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Ghost Town Alive. It's time for me to go
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over there. Join me, shall we? I love
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Disney, obviously, but I also love Knots
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Berry Farm. Picking a favorite Knots
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event is almost like picking a favorite
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Epcot festival. I love them all equally.
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Well, with the exception of food and
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wine, but the other three, they're kind
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of tied and it's really tough to me to
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for me to pick which one of the knots
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festivals I love. Probably Scary Farm
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would be my number one, but the other
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ones the other ones are amazing, too.
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All right, heading over there. Going to
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Uber over. Waiting over here at the
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pickup area in front of the Disneyland
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Hotel entrance at the lobby. going to be
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going from Disney property over to Knots
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property, from one theme park property
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to another.
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Good to do both. Weather's nice, but a
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very sunny day. Nice little breeze,
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though. It is a beehive of activity over
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here. Cars getting in and out, getting
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the ride share.
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Uber's just outside the gates, but
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there's a lot of people getting picked
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up.
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All right, I have arrived. First stop is
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going to be Starbucks. Get myself a
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piping hot caffeinated beverage before
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heading in. And it's probably going to
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be busy cuz it's a Friday. 1868 Gold
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Trails Hotel. Walking in to Ghost Town,
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which has come alive
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for their summer event,
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Founders Day.
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Look at these two guys. They've arrived
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also exploring Ryan and Greg. He has a
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game room.
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>> Yes, I have a tiki room.
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>> And Ryan has a tiki room and sometimes
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he does a little exploring
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>> sometimes. Just a little.
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>> And Greg, just like yesterday at Disney
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Disneyland, has never been here either.
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>> First time in Disney, sorry, Magic
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Kingdom. Sorry, Disneyland. I'll get it
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right eventually.
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>> And first time at Knottberry Farm. wants
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to help learn how to be an apprentice
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farmer, this is your opportunity time.
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>> All right.
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>> Love the sights and sounds and
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experiences
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of ghost town. the blacksmith over in
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here working.
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like he's firing up the
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coal there.
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>> What you making?
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>> Egyptian.
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>> I'm not Jamaican. I'm Egyptian.
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>> Oh, I got what you're
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>> Sorry. I'm working on a um small little
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miniature horseshoes that we put in a
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request for three of them. So, we're
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just hammering them out.
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>> Okay, sounds good.
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>> Very random.
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>> People say, "Oh, that looks like a
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lovely building. I want to stay there."
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>> Oh, well that she's got stinky feet.
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That said, I Joe's girlfriend and every
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once in a while she doesn't take her
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shoes off. He smells terrible. She airs
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her foot out the window. I know that's
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not good advertising.
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>> He's still incarcerated back in there.
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>> We never got the horse back. We don't
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even know what happened to the horse. We
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don't even have the same sheriff
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anymore.
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>> He told me the horse is in horsey heaven
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and I quote, "But that was like 10 years
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ago." So,
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>> I know, but
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you know, you don't steal the sheriff's
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horse.
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>> Good point.
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>> Well, uh, we have actually somebody over
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here who has never been to Calico
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before. I'd like to bring him over for a
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second to meet you. Hold on a second.
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>> I guess
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>> Hey, Sadi.
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>> Hey, buddy. How's it going?
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>> Pretty good.
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>> So, it's our town's birthday. We got uh
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a big hoe down at 4:30 around the corner
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over there, but this year we have a
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parade starts at 4:25.
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>> I can't wait. I told you about the
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parade.
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>> I saw it on the board over there.
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>> You did?
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>> Yeah, I can read the chalkboard. Yes.
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Uh, so this tells you about how we let
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somebody out of jail this morning
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because what a better way to start off a
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big celebration without letting somebody
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out of jail.
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>> Okay.
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>> Brothers,
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>> what's your name?
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>> Doing good. My name is Adam.
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>> Adam. So nice to meet you, Adam. What is
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your all's names?
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>> I'm Greg.
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>> Greg.
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>> Mr. Greg. And we got one more.
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>> My name is Ryan. Ryan to meet you.
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>> Ryan, sir.
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>> There goes Pony Express, the precursor
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to Tron. Same ride. same ride type of uh
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there's one of the cats that she was
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talking about exploring Ryan. He's the
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one that found it right over there.
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>> In my family, we find all the cats. I
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sure
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>> raise your right hand.
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>> And just repeat after me. Say, I promise
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>> I promise
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>> obey the laws.
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>> Obey the laws of the town of Calico. The
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town of Calico
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>> has sat down
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>> by the sheriff.
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>> The mayor may the mayor
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>> and that devilishly handsome.
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>> The devilishly handsome devilishly
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handsome judge Roy.
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>> Judge Roy Be right about. All right. She
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did. She did.
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>> Go like this. Your beard is luxurious.
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>> My beard is luxurious.
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>> Luxurious.
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>> Yeah. I don't want to go there. Okay.
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Count three. 1 2 3. So help me. So help
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me.
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>> You got it. Come over here. Get signed
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the register.
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>> Thank you.
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Yeah.
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>> See, uh,
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>> how's it spell, sir?
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>> Judge.
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>> Wait, you're writing his name. You're
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supposed to write your name.
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>> R O Y
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>> and B is B E A N.
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>> B E A N.
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>> Make two.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. The second. See,
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>> they're not the same person.
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>> Boy, the state the state of
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>> confusion.
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>> Yes. Love this train. Hello, sir.
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>> How are we doing, partner? I heard a
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rumor that sometimes there's train
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robbers on this.
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>> Oh. Oh, no. No, no. I I assure you
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there's nobody bad on this train.
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>> Oh, they carry
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your
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free.
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>> I don't like it.
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Deputy, Sheriff, whoever's inside. Uh, I
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would like to talk to you about my
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clients, Ox Mayfield and Durkens.
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>> Yeah, I know. I know. Uh, I'm their
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legal representative and I would like to
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see what kind of proof. First of all,
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what have you been accused of? What have
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they been accused of?
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>> Uh, I think they're both actually
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hiding.
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>> I'm hiding from Abigail that they locked
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the door. I'm hiding from the soul of
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>> Phil.
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Hey, Clancy. Clancy, you realize that my
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clients are locked in there by accident?
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>> He said, "Oops, that's what I heard."
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>> I would like to say the case of my
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client, Ox Mayfield, he's too old and
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decrepit to be locked up in that jail in
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there.
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>> Look at him. Look, he's don't have much.
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>> Derkens.
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>> Dirk was kicked in the head by a donkey
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yesterday and he don't know what he's
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dealing with. Look at him.
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>> Look at him.
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>> Let my my poor gang members go. They're
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really struggling.
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>> Hold that argument. I would like to
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argue is the most reputable lawyer in
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town. In fact, the only the only lawyer
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in town. I would like to argue that they
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should be let out of me for
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>> more.
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They're hiding there.
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>> That one too.
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>> Hey. Hey.
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>> Hey. Wait. I've already had one false
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warning in me already.
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>> If you're going to talk to my client,
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you need to talk to me first.
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>> That's right.
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>> He's my lawyer.
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>> All I know is that I'm here to help my
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clients get out. But the judge
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What are you doing? We got to keep off.
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>> Let my family out of that jail cell.
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>> No, I don't think so. Play
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>> don't make that do.
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>> You know what? You're right. You might
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want to check your police.
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>> I'm not falling for that one.
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>> James are gone.
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>> Really?
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>> Yeah.
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>> Where did he go?
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disarm them just so they wouldn't shoot
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nobody.
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>> You see?
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>> Oh my god.
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>> Finally.
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Town Hall for trial. You're all
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witnesses. We're going to see you down
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at town hall for trial.
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>> We got so many witnesses. They shot us.
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All these people saw what they did.
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>> All right. All right.
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>> All right. Don't all speak at once. Boy,
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nothing ever changes, does it?
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>> All right. Thank you.
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>> All right. But I think the evidence
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speaks for itself.
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>> Well, uh, wait a minute, your honor. I
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think I can uh enter a plea that will
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render this trial null and void.
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>> No, that ain't how it works. You have a
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trial.
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>> I got to hear this. Go ahead, Clay.
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>> We did it.
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>> What?
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>> We robbed the Calico miners bank that
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100 lb golden silver nugget which shaped
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like a giant choo choo train they call
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the Calico. Have
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>> we recovered and are clearly in good
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hands? I'm willing to drop all
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>> obviously they committed a crime. Yeah,
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>> but it seems it was for a good cause.
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>> So therefore, his case is dismissed.
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>> Come on.
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>> It's a lot bigger than that, sir. You're
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a line.
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>> He's a jury.
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>> Why is there always been more?
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>> All right. You can't go to NOS without
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having a Boenberry punch. Your first
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one. What do you think?
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>> That's awesome.
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>> Cheers.
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>> Ryan got
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>> They're cheersing it up.
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>> Sash Barilla.
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>> The Sash Barilla.
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>> Think we're going to go over to the mine
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train.
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Classic dark ride. One of my favorite
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dark rides.
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Oh yeah.
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Mine cart train goes right across there.
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I think we've just decided also at the
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end of the evening we're going to get
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Mrs. Notch chicken dinner.
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Look at that.
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Slam is going to
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make someone
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Best I know
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traffic now.
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are over 140 years old and used to carry
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passengers to and from Denver's Rio
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Grand. In these railroad cars, the
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cosplay telltales of the gold rush,
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cowboys and sailors dreams of fortunes
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and of the pler spirit of the west.
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Walter not was on hand for the
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dedication of this railroad and as
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tradition has continued.
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All right, folks. This here's a robbery,
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my friends.
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>> Been eating your hands to disguise.
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Yeah. Why? Shoot. Now, that's what I'm
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talking about.
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>> Oh, you with those people back there
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from Florida?
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>> Yeah. Are they giving you talking smack?
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>> They're saying they didn't want to give
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me any money because I they are from
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Florida. I said, "What's wrong with
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Florida other than swamps and
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alligators?" And then I realized, oh,
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all the Disney Worlds.
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>> Yeah, we got Disney World.
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>> Stay away. They probably got some kind
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of disease from being near. All them
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Disney Worlds.
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>> That's a good point. Val, valid point.
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Hopping over to the Knox Museum here.
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>> There's Walter Knox,
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>> who Knottberry Farm is named after. And
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this used to be at the front of the
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park, I guess. Well, right here. Tribute
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to the Western Pioneers. It was
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installed back here in 2007,
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but it stood at the foot of Ghost Town
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for all to admire for many, many years.
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Welcome to Ghost Town. You will see how
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a breed of rugged pioneers lived. With
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few tools, without government aid, these
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hardy people subdued our great western
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wilderness, Walter Kn.
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A piece of history right there. inside
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the Walter not and Knottberry Farm
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Museum which is here in Ghost Town. A
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lot of people don't realize this is in
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here. It's kind of kind of tucked away.
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Keep your eyes open.
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cash registers in here. Little
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miniatures of the an old west town.
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There's even some old typewriters and
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things down in here.
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It looks like the old paper, the
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pamphlet that they would give out was
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called the naughty post. Look like
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there's Walter there with some other
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gentlemen on the train. Oh no, it's an
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old San Francisco street car. Look at
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that. There was a cable car at
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Knottberry Farm back in 55. That was the
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same year Disneyland opened. I didn't
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realize there was ever a cable car here.
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Wow. Okay.
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Learn something new every day.
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I want you to learn something from this
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gentleman over here.
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>> Just in general,
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>> he's got a little history of this photo.
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>> I know about it, but you guys need to
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hear this from the man himself.
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>> Well, you know where Wilmington is?
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California. Not Wilmington, Delaware.
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Down North Carolina.
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Anyway, this is the Wilmington Fire
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Department and so they were going to get
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a picture taken, but unfortunately one
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of the firemen died just before they
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were going to get the picture taken.
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>> And all the other firemen said, "Well,
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you know, we don't want to leave him out
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of the picture."
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>> Oh god.
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>> So, what did they do? They propped him
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up and he's in the picture.
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>> Now, when you say he died like before
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>> Yeah, like the day before or something.
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>> Okay. This was like,
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>> not minutes before, but
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>> his name would be Bernie, would it?
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>> I don't know.
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>> That's a That's the weekend you're
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thinking of.
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>> Oh, yeah. Different weekend. So, the
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>> Can you guess which one it is?
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>> There you go. A little closer.
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>> I'll give you a clue. He's Well, maybe I
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should
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>> I'm going to go either with this
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gentleman right here. This gentleman
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right here. Uh,
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>> I'll narrow it down. He's He's next to
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the Undertaker.
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>> And the Undertaker's in there, too.
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>> So, I'm going to go with I'm going to go
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with that guy. Yeah, that's the guy.
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>> Wow.
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>> Yeah. There you go.
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>> You never knew that photo was taken.
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>> So, that's the Undertaker there.
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>> Wilmington, California.
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Look at that. Dedicated 1952.
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>> Predates Disneyland by three years. It's
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plaque.
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>> How you doing?
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What do you got in there? Coffee.
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>> Actually, it is coffee.
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>> Piping hot caffeinated beverage or cold
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brew?
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>> It's cold brew. It's a little hot for
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that, but I needed the caffeine.
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>> Yeah. Did you need to sober up? Is that
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it?
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>> Can you believe the mouth of this?
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>> What are you trying to say?
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>> Are you all filming each other?
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>> Yes.
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>> What kind of coffee is this?
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>> This is what we do. This is what we do
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in 2025.
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>> This is This is no coincidence.
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>> 325.
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>> Where are you fellas from?
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>> Central Florida.
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>> All three of you?
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>> Yes. Yeah.
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>> So, you came down to visit?
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>> We did.
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>> Uh, welcome. Thank you.
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>> What are you? Are you family? Are you
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friends?
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>> Just friends.
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>> Is it going to stop?
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>> He's always tries to he tries to be a
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jokester.
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>> Never going to start.
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>> Everybody's comedian. Well,
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>> no. Just Just him. Just him. He he
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tries.
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>> Uh, now, what do you what do you fellas
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what do you fellas do for a living? Sir,
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what do you what do you do?
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>> I point this camera at things and state
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the obvious. Professionally.
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>> Professionally. It's weird, but yes.
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>> Hold on to those instruments so we don't
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hear him for a second. There we go.
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>> Decided to start making our way over to
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Mrs. Not Chicken Dinner Restaurant. Now,
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I've done the buffet at Scary Farm a few
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times. I've done the takeaway Mrs. Not
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spot, but it's been a while since I've
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eaten inside the actual restaurant
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started by Cornelia. Cordelia KN. Here's
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her back in the 1940s. This photo of
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Cordelia right there at the menu. Scan a
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QR code takes you to the website. I am
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going to get the Mrs. Knots Famous Fried
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Chicken. It's a traditional favorite
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served with mashed potatoes and not
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chicken gravy. 26.50. Well, you can $5
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more. So, for 3150, get the all white
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dinner. I think I'm just going to go
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with the the mixture. All dinner entre
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include buttermilk biscuits and seasoned
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jam. Dinner entre include two starters.
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Toss out salad cup of chicken noodle
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soup and house pour house rhubarb.
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One side out of sweet corn, seasoned
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cabbage with ham and a slice of pie for
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dessert. I'm also going to get some
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cauliflower for an appetizer.
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Everybody else is ordering the dinner.
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>> Okay. Some little biscuits they brought
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out.
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>> Plenty of buttercream.
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>> I forgot the biscuits were this good.
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We've already started to devour them.
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>> And
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poison berry jam.
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>> And I got poison berry punch. Thank you.
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>> You guys chicken just in a moment.
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>> A little They don't They don't overdo
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this the uh the sides. It's a little
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little couple bites soup there. Couple
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bites salad there. This is buffalo
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cauliflower. So, it's cauliflower. Looks
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like it's a little fried cauliflower
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and maybe ranch or blue cheese and some
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celery here served in a skillet. A
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little uh little buffalo cauliflower.
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Well, buffalo sauce over the
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cauliflower, which probably appears to
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be fried.
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>> You've done this before? Yes. I don't
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know if I mean I've had cauliflower
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before but I don't know if I had this
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supposed to be crispy is where I'm kind
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of
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>> I like the flavor though.
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>> But that's temperature hot. I got to
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wait for that to cool down first.
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>> Definitely not mild.
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>> But it's not unbearably hot. It's like
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flavorful hot.
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>> It's definitely flavorful. I wonder if I
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can get some of that for the chicken
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tenders.
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This is what we're dealing with. Thank
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you. My
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>> pleasure.
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>> Got some cabbage.
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Cabbage, right? Yeah, cabbage. Got the
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chicken meal. Got the mashed potatoes
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and gravy right over here. And the other
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guy's got some chicken tenders. You got
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corn.
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>> Oh, yeah. My corn. Pretty corny guy.
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Chicken tender crew and non-chick tender
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crew.
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All right. Here is the dessert. Little
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boenberry pie right there. Same thing.
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>> Also got the boenberry
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pie. It's a boenberry dag.
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>> I mean, you got to do it, right?
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>> I know. Winning. Winning in knots. Win
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in Rome. Winning in knots.
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>> That looks beautiful.
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>> All right. Over in the gift shop now.
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News flash. This is the first time in
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years that the bear has not been in this
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spot. Probably for well over 10 years
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the bear has been removed from this
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spot. Man, I feel like I don't even know
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where I am right now. The fact that the
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gargantuan bear is not in the spot it's
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always been is really throwing me off.
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It's over here now.
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I've been in here way too many times for
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it to confuse me that the bear is here
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and not down there. All right, that's
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going to do it for today.
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Ghost Town Alive and Mrs. Not Chicken
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Dinner Restaurant.
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Oh, we talked to that guy a couple
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times.
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>> Yeah, we know that guy
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>> right there. He was asking what I do for
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a living and earlier in the day he was
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wearing pajamas.
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See you in the next video. The vlog is
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over.