House Of Presidents Wax Museum and Citrus Tower / Talking George Bush Figure & Abraham Lincoln Heads
A visit to Clermont Florida to the House of Presidents Wax museum and The Citrus Tower . Currently housing the White House Replica which has toured all over the country .
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Transcript
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welcome everyone Adam the Wu here
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starting off the day in Clermont Florida
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and they have this little homage to Key
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West so they have created here at this
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roadside attraction this is basically a
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starting point be hitting a quite a few
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things making my way down highway 27 and
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going to I don't the whoop Jackie
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super and dude hey looks as if I want to
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have an impromptu guest tagging along
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join you
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shall I walking down this dock onto the
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lake there's a ship steering wheel here
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oh look up there there's a gator oh is
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that real whoever's on that boat better
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be careful
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I thought that was a real bird at first
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do you think it was real
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trick me
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and don't be alarmed jaws here is not
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real either but he has been strung up by
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his hind legged and as well the tail
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fell what's the back end of a shark
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what's it called hindquarters Bruce the
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shark plastic version hanging from his
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hindquarters up on the water tower is an
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imitation papy it's not a real Pappy but
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it looks it's in the Pappy family that
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old minor bearded minor right there
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waving them waving the flag just perched
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on the tower and speak of the devil
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there's a real Pappy himself but he's
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been imprisoned in this glass case you
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doing all right in there buddy if you
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need help just wiggle your eyes just
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turn your eyes up that's a sign of help
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call the authorities
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Pappy's in trouble is holding a bag of
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fruit don't be deceived it's a trap this
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looks very dangerous thankfully they
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have placed a little warning sign here
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do you never know what's in that water
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there's some some Gators and stuff down
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in there or maybe some croc you know if
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they'd ever seen a crocodile an
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alligator is nailed it
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they're having a lazy day here on the
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farm look at that pig right there oh the
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donkey was
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shaking his head up you got to come up
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say hi oh you're just gonna itch
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yourself that works - they don't have to
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worry about predators because there's a
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fence up in the lake so nothing's gonna
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crawl up on shore to disturb them
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you can rest well no worries go back to
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your slumber words of warning read the
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sign
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if the biting doesn't get you the
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farting will making our way down the
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road heading to the next location
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straight ahead we're about to make our
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way to the top from an elevator we're
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not gonna take the stairs all the way up
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there that would be a little too intense
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to the tippy top of this citrus tower
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dun dun dun dong
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a couple different models there there's
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one in the case of the citrus tower
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itself and here's another one made out
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of cardboard with some information
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behind it of the history of the
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structure see it there right in the
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center of the photograph nothing but
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citrus trees for miles and miles
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here's yet another documentation and
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when we get up there it's going to look
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considerably different
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kirinda lots of collectible mementos
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here including a viewmaster there and a
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few other items a little banner and some
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other paraphernalia like that trucker
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happy I don't think they sell this but
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if they did I probably I might buy one
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some proposed ideas of what it was gonna
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look like
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and here's construction 1956 the door is
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opening going into the elevator there's
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no turning back in case you go crazy you
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won't like her yourself slamming into
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the wall jittery
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seventh floor eight for ninth floor
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tenth floor
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is there really 13 floors to this Wow
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they didn't know mid 13th floor that's
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classic
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that's not good that's not good oh wait
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what just happened there was a weird
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bump
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they made it some information signs let
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us know some of the details this is
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pointing West Lake Minneola one mile
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away you see it right there on the
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horizon produces 80% of the US citrus at
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least it used to that was then this is
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now housing developments lots and lots
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of homes where the citrus trees once
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were you can even see how the road bends
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a little there and then modern day
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there's that same road 15 miles south of
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here is Disneyworld did you know there's
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1442 natural lakes in this area and over
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30,000 in the entire state that's long
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might be difficult to see but off to the
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east way over there is the skyline of
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downtown Orlando see if I can zoom in
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just a little more faintly see the
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buildings just about the center of the
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screen
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dad
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can definitely get an interesting
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perspective from the bird's eye
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I never realized it snowed in Central
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Florida is that snow on that roof
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is there snow down there it's beginning
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to look a lot like Fordyce now is a
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sealant
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it's covering top
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I like to pretend it I like to pretend
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it's no make a wish
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drop a coin they do not guarantee the
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wish but you will hear the coin all the
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way down down down you have to put your
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earlobe right here next to this like
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rusted-out peace beyond my tetanus shot
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you put your coin in here you got a
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pinning I'm gonna do this put my ear up
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against here
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woo sounds like the sea here goes I hear
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it
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I can hear it spinning around circling
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it's done how is it I must switch ears
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to hear around soon oh my god hear
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myself echoing even that's out here
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you're right the slightest louder it
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sounds like a slinky dog opening and
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closing okay that's it
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my wish has been granted the genie told
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should we let everyone know they wished
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for tell say your phone this has been a
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very long segue but the whole reason we
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came up here so I could do this zoom in
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shot on what the actual subject matter
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of today's adventure is the house of
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presidents right now they're a quirky
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roadside attraction slash wax museum
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you're getting it from an aerial view
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we're heading down there now Don - Don
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Don - Don - Don it's time to go down
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there yeah
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downward the descent is happening going
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down 13 12 11 you know the rest now I
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have been here once before now four or
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five years ago but the White House
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replica was on tour I didn't get to see
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it that's the main reason I wanted to
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come back and check it out plus they've
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added quite a bit since half a decade
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ago to the inside of the museum this
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miniature Mount Rushmore always reminds
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me of the scene in The Truman Show when
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he's flipping through the family album
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he says something to the effect of I
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remember it being much bigger it's
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supposed to be much bigger but it was
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just a model similar to this one
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nonetheless it is impressive most
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impressive you could bask in its glory
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are you are you over there basking
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but are you basking a little added
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ambience the bells of the citrus tower
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let's listen
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and they're done now this is interesting
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this placard saying the president Hall
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of Fame welcomes you
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looks like the four fingered Mickey
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hands on either side but the head has
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been completely omitted so whatever face
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was there has been removed for one
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reason or another
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there's the seal can't cross that line
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they have a chain up she don't want to
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get too close to Abraham Lincoln gotta
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love that guy
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I'm the 1860s era Santa Claus for the
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United States okay say you're a
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throwback definitely the the background
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was was an artist named Thomas Nast who
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actually kind of brought the
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and to focus Martin for the southern
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voices that Santa Claus is definitely a
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Yankee
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and with that finally going in to the
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Presidents Hall of Fame look at him over
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there old school version of Santa Claus
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just given a friendly wave to pass or
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buying traffic on their daily commutes
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here's the information brochure
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thousands upon thousands of items on
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display including all 45 Presidents it's
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a big deal a really big deal like us a
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James Dean quote more money more money
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for more wisdom and there's my there's
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my fortune right down here a new turn of
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events will soon come about I like that
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a lot
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and I also like these displays in here
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in the gift shop before you pay the $15
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admission to go in in case you were
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wondering all presidential water is
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purified it says it right there see all
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has to be purified in 1962 this is what
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it looked like from the top of the
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citrus tower where it just was right
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there there it is all a brand new this
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part of the exhibit shows the
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construction from 1792 to 1800 look how
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detailed this is all the little
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miniatures down there some of them
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moving around and you can see what the
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White House was like for was completely
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constructed you can see some sort of
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wood crafting taking place right over
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there and this gentleman is actually
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placing the lumber on top of each other
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and then in this section there's yet
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another guy he's got a hammer and he's
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like hammering something down in his
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his other hand up there he goes again
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welcome to my home
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I live here now you live in the white
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house just moved in you said I could
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have some cookies and make myself
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comfortable so did you have a cookie so
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uncomfortable you wedged in there the
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desk of Thomas Jefferson and looming
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over the top of it are all these wax
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figures they're all looking they're all
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looking down something and very
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important must have happened right there
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if you need to use the restroom you have
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to pass not only by John Wayne but also
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this turnstile to go in the door this
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was originally a full wax museum before
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it became themed around the presidents
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that's why there are so many figures
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here on site here's a replica of the
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Liberty Bell it's a very good size you
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can see compared to the six-foot tall
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figures beside it on how big it really
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and how tall it really is since it is
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the holiday season they have Christmas
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cards from each year sent out from the
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White House I'm always fascinated by
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these life death masks this is President
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Lincoln's as well as his hand right here
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as it focuses in a life hand cast we got
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Hillary and Bill this I believe is
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Barbara Bush
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we got Ronnie George Bush Senior and
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wedged in here we got Mark Twain over
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here in the corner and JFK jr. that
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famous photograph
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now immortalized through a figure at the
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funeral where he was saluting there it
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is the miniature White House
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I don't know if that's really the
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accurate word to describe this because
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it is big it's taller than I am six foot
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three and this looms over me by probably
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a foot or two so miniature might not be
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the best description 1/12 scale that is
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big enough to shock even Barney Fife
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security see right there Barney Fife
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secured the state dining room now
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they're tempting us to push this red
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button no no don't push it
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read the sign what is no sorry what does
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this read the sign says so it's just a
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temptation what why would they do this
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to us this entire case is dedicated to
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JFK there's a bunch of busts and
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different paraphernalia all through here
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as you can see there is security
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everywhere a guard there a guard up on
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the roof yeah way up there it can't be
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too careful make sure everything is
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locked down
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I like these figures down here on the
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ground they stand about probably about
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two feet tall
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give or take approximately and they
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stretch the entire perimeter underneath
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this pole and then culminating with this
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yeah very who's that supposed to be
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this is John's wife all who has
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immortalized himself with a mannequin as
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well he's the way the creator of the
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White House miniature standing above
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that famous great is Marilyn she's
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trying to get the attention of someone
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but he's just pretty much trying to just
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avoid her he doesn't want to he's just
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pretending she's not she's not back
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there she's behind you John she's just
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behind you the wing to this side is what
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you might know as the West Wing the vice
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president's office is right down inside
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there we can get a little
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a little peek next to the Oval Office we
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got FDR with his best friend write down
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their different versions of the Oval
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Office this is under the Kennedy
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administration this one under Johnson's
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administration and Nixon and off to the
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left
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Ford come take a look what's under the
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desk
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open this door okay open the door there
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no no that's a replica I really happened
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through in history needs air shifting
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his head
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Obama's looking over to his right
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he's very attentive to whatever he's
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looking at sir can I have a kind of a
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moment of your time sir
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hey how's it going right oh no I guess
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step over this way we're now looking at
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the East Wing and you see the courtyard
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down here the cool thing about this is
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the whole back end of it has been opened
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up and you can look in it's basically
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like a huge dollhouse with very detailed
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furniture pieces hand-painted items on
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the walls it's just so much detail look
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at that that is that's awesome prior to
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the Oval Office being built this would
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have been Lincoln's office is used as
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something else now but that's where
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that's where Lincoln did most the
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business the dining room just below the
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bedroom done up in the era of George and
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Laura Bush's accommodations this really
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is pretty amazing
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I am wondering however why most of the
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wax figures have their heads pointing
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downward in that fashion can you
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recreate that face recreate it yeah yeah
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you got it
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Oh see I did this in your video now
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you're doing this in mind you have to
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watch like both yeah it's like it's like
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a callback one view per video like view
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isn't is that how it works
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like like vantage point is the way I
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made you you look like a giant back
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there dunt dunt dog share I'm no longer
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in front filming you I'm right here now
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either you stop peeking in the window
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but I was let me take a look at the
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chair look how very patriotic even even
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the chair that's hidden from public view
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is very patriotic even even behind it at
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the cloud formation I want you to try
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this take your photo sit behind the desk
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president for a day I'm gonna definitely
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need to do that it's pretty much how I'm
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gonna be if I ever get into office with
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arms wide open I don't know why am i
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doing that pose you're the president
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yeah we decided okay so this is okay for
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a vice president to do okay
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is that how it works and now I now I get
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the whole Democratic Socialist Realist
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just gonna give a little circular view
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starting with the flag you can just get
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the consensus of what the big room here
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in this museum looks like a lot of stuff
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spent a lot of time in here still really
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not see everything
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Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam see
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what's in this painting is right there
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at least the that's the backside
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open-air version of it pretty freakin
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cool up on top of this door is a little
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animatronic eagle like twisting his head
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back and forth look at this one the palm
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I wonder if that palm tree is still out
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there in the art just so if I can line
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that that angle up well there is a palm
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tree guess it's the same one there's a
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limo here parked out front
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does have a little some stanchions
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around it looks like the far right end
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has fallen over see if I can go up and
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get a little closer here okay now this
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state's Nixon Ford and Carter was their
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limousine from 73 to 78 a 1973 Cadillac
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this is placed inside the backseat
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