I Went To A Pokemon Convention To Meet Action Superstar Chuck Norris & He Was The Nicest Guy Ever
Meeting Chuck Norris
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this Saturday May 25th
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2024 today is a historic occasion CU if
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all goes
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well I will be meeting Chuck Norris the
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legend Chuck Norris tons of 80s films
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that I grew up on and then later in life
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you know after seeing them multiple
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times really created a soft spot in my
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art watching a lot of the action films
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I'm also wearing an appropriate t-shirt
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I got my Canon shirt on here and was
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trying to think of what to get signed by
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Mr Norris today and I have decided on
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silent
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rage poster dare I say my favorite Chuck
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film of course Canon films Charles
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Bronson Chuck Bronson and Chuck Norris
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kind of they were the two main guys
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back in the 80s from Canon
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films so today basically I am just going
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to meet the legend himself at
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collecticon new convention the Orange
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County Convention Center orando Florida
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International Drive one that I have
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never been to before the main reason I'm
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going is for Chuck but I'm sure I'll
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probably also shop the vendor room see
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some other things to see how the day
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goes inviting you to join me I'm pretty
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dang excited o I'm excited
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excited join me shall you now I do have
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quite a collection of physical media on
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Blu-ray and I was kind of digging
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through some of it and I do have these
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three that if I wanted to get signed I
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could of course missing an action
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classic Delta Force both of these are
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Canon films here and then this which I
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have seen so many times this is the only
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horror film it's like a slasher film
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basically it's under action thrill but
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it's more it's more kind of like slasher
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horror silent rage science created him
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now Chuck noris must destroy him you
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know how popular he was because that's
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not his character's name in the movie
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fun fact about this as well has one of
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the best biker bar fight scenes of all
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time I mean just some of the stuff is
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just so it's it's like kind of corny and
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cheesy but just so dang good this is
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kind of like think of like the
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Terminator meets Chuck Norris vers and
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also Halloween John Carpenter's
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Halloween with a lot of the same kind of
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filming techniques and whatnot even this
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came a couple years after Halloween did
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but it's got that same kind of kind of
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vibe as well this is also the only movie
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from what I was from what I was hearing
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I think I was listen to either
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commentary or reading stuff online years
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ago about this that he had a love making
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scene in also Peg Bundy herself the
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actress that plays Peg Bundy and Mary
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with children she does the main song on
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the soundtrack highly recommend this if
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you're into Norris and you haven't seen
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this movie do yourself a favor check it
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out fueling up on a little gas here
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before I head over to International
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Drive cost
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of gas here at Celebration Florida is
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3 51 at the moment also they're doing a
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little construction still on the art
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deco 7-Eleven over there redoing those
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little pillars looking good good though
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they're fixing it up all right arrived
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at the parking area here at the Orange
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County Convention Center saw the sign it
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says $20 to park and there's actually
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quite a few people here it's 9:08 doors
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open at 10 so still about 50 minutes
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before the doors open according to the
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website arrive now at collecton or
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collector
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con collecton it's like it's like a
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Decepticon although you're collecting
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things okay yeah Greg is here gre's game
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room I don't know if I ever walked in
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this side of the convention center
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before Convention Center is pretty good
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size here look at this little
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cart Business Services cart I need one
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of those might have one similar but
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that's definitely a lot more old
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school retro if you
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will what's your favorite Chuck Norris
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film do you have faite Chuck Norris film
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or do you have a favorite Chuck Norris
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or favorite Chuck Norris mem remember
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seeing the Octagon when I was like 11
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years old and I think I was far too
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young to see that movie but that's the
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one that always sticks out in my in my
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mind of course missing an action is is
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pretty awesome too oh yeah I feel like
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that way so my dad introduced me to
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Chuck Norris film cuz he my dad was
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really into Taekwondo and karate when he
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was really young younger I should say so
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he was really into the martial
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arts and I feel like every Chuck Norris
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film I would watch that he would show me
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which I watch him now is kind of surp
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surprising that he would even let me
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watch some of them I feel like I'm way
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too young to be watching these so I kind
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of feel like that's everyone introduced
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to Chuck Norris back in the die now take
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a look at this little long
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Corridor we're walking through here a
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little bit of a walk from the parking
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lot so Greg just informed me that there
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is a Chuck Norris Atari game are you
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looking it up
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versions well it's definitely not over
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in
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here so Greg has got quite a few Atari
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games signed by different celebr who do
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you have so far signed on your atar
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again Zach gallagan signed my Gremlins
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cartridge and
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um um the other one's ET yes that's
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right Henry Thomas on my ET thank you
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for remember but you do not have the
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Chuck Norris cartridge I don't have the
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Chuck noris cartridge but maybe they'll
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have here at the uh convention and maybe
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I can pick it up and have them buy EXC
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we just got to find the convention this
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is like it's like a little bit of a walk
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collecticon yeah Megacon is what's
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always so busy yeah this this very a lot
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busier meacon is very a lot more busy
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than this there also wasn't a lot of
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information about Chuck no's autographs
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on what the pricing would be if he was
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going to be doing any professional photo
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op he's not going to be doing a panel
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that I could see so I guess it's just
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going to be him sitting at a table doing
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roundhouse kicks to people who come up
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and give him lip okay honestly more
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people than I expected over
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here that's this will go quick I think
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this will go
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quick putting that out in the
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universe oh yeah it's not too bad yeah
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there's definitely a lot more people
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here than I was
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expecting I don't really know what I was
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expecting
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but this is a long
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line I love all these over here you got
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the Swan Boats at lakeola Church Street
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Station hey man how you
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doing I think there's even a gator L
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here's the teacups Magic
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Kingdom the balloons someone at Mexico
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Pavilion meeting Donald Mary Poppins
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probably SeaWorld gator
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confrontation space
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shuttle all right in the current back of
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the line it's
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9:30 thing starts at
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10: oh Flash
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it going there he is all right the line
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is moving now couple minutes prior to
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10:00
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a.m. I'm really hoping all these people
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are not going to line up to meet Mr
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Norris I think some are but not not all
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of
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them all right both of us bought tickets
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online for today we're going to go over
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here show the QR
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code and get our tickets all right got
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The Wristband here El a con Saturday
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pass all right got a little bit of a
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checkpoint here got to make sure
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everything is safe and sound as you're
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walking
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through Pikachu oh man the Jordan rookie
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card fun fact I lived in nville Florida
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I vividly remember having two or three
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of these cards really this is a 87 Fleer
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I believe no 86 Fleer and I can remember
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taking a stapler and stapling them to
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the side of the door and I don't even
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know what happened but I just mauled
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them by stapling these to the side of
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the door right here killing me this card
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well that's the reason they're worth so
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much money same with a lot of these cars
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because you know my dad us tell me
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stories about taking baseball cards like
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this one putting them with a you know a
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paper clip on the spokes of a wheel and
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spinning around making the sounds with
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the manal rookie card y that's why the
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cards are worth so much money cuz
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they're so rare all right we have made
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it into the main room over here this is
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the main section you got to have a lot
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of different cars and here are here's
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the t-shirts the collecticon T-shirt
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booth and the lanyard Booth all that
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stuff all right I see Becket that rings
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a bell when it comes to the baseball
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cards from back in the day I was big on
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baseball cards when I was young there's
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a lot of celebrities here too as well
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the one I'm most interested in I've
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already talked about see if I can find
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there he is right there Chuck North all
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right got Ranger C no this is not maybe
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that is Chuck Norris Ranger cosplay is
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here I have a lot of people doing double
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takes I have had quite a few even the
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people at the table thought it was when
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I came up so I'm I'm asking everyone
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what's your favorite Chuck Norris film
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my favorite Chuck Norris film Invasion
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USA excellent love inv USA which just
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released on
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for
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excited I can't believe he's going to be
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here finally so this is like this is I
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thought if anyone's going to be here
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you're going to be here 100% not going
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to miss it not going to miss it
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but we're kind of confused on how the
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autograph thing works so we're guessing
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$100 100 something dollar yeah it looks
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like it's 100 autra picture I'm hoping
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they do like a combo thing but I don't
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know either way it's it's worth it no
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professional photos though only photos
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going be photo op T only check out
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Ranger cosplay on Instagram right yeah
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good to see
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buddy oh watch out look like Ray Park
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showed up over there as well
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truck is not out yet oh
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yeah it's the
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man I don't know if he's even done a
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Florida convention before at least not
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while I've been in
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town all right that is the VIP to meet
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Chuck stretches over over there Greg and
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in the normal line imagine the VIP line
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will have to go
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first for this line that we're so we'll
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be waiting here a while and truck's not
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here yet he is
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that is so awesome all right the VIP
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line is the only line they're letting in
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so it's probably been say about a half
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hour we've been standing here maybe out
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at 10:45 so it's what 1020 22 now so
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we've been standing here for like5
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minutes we haven't moved at all sorry 30
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minutes I'm bad with M we not letting
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the regular nonv he's in yet well we
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were here a few minutes before that but
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he came out at 10:40 he came out at
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10:45 it's now 11:20 all right poster
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still waiting here
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patiently so they sold this at Target a
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while back yes it a Target exclusive box
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set I can even show you the uh picture I
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think I still got it on my phone of the
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box set and then it came with the shirt
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came with the shirt in a box Invasion
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USA actually Invasion USA what do you
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got I got a sealed VHS of invas
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USA is that Chuck behind
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me you're moving right along yeah 5 to
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one so they're not letting in they're
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not letting us in until you guys get in
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cuz you're at the VIP VIP sold out for
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the day so should be a viic very
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important Chuck I like that check out
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his invasion USA sealed copy right there
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did you see that evasion USA just came
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out pre-ordered 14 really what's what's
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the secret T can you help me cut in
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line can you make some room can you bow
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some of these people down I can probably
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around house kick some people remember
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the one time at Spooky Empire you like
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you were like beat me up outside in the
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lives is this where you insert a
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flashback Wy lines prob not I don't want
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to relive that moment we could relive it
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right now Michael Myers is behind us oh
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yeah what if what if Greg's game room
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was here can kick him in the face got to
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kick him in the face
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going to kick him in the face just close
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I'm not getting thrown out of here no
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that's true you're so close he's ready
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though escort out of the
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building close wasn't Walker Texas
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Ranger a pacifist though she's an
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actress still though it was we do it for
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the comedy we wanted to give Adam the wo
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more thousands and thousands of
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subscribers he's already got like a
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gazillion you even have your little the
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little badge here oh yeah of course like
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two steps look at that I feel like you
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could fight Michael Myers well man
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Michael Myers this guy right here 10
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years we've been buddies and he met me
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we're wearing the same exact outfits
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here really and here we are 10 years
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later meet Chuck Norris together you
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know honestly silent rage is kind of
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like Halloween in a lot of ways it's
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almost like he's fighting Michael Myer
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so absolutely that's a good point good
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to see you Michael
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that is
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awesome how was it
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emotion that was what a guy just so
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awesome so from a distance I filmed your
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whole interaction with him so you have
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to watch at my video thank you so much
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Adam yeah I got you hugging him thank
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you you're so kind so kind did he love
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your outfit he did he he said he
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actually told me he said I miss those
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days that's so cool man I know that
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means a lot to you man so I'm glad you
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got to me
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up I got quite a few shots of you over
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there too
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stick my arm way up there all right this
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is old school what year is that oh this
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is what
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80 command 86 yeah great man unpunched
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and yeah cool very cool dragon whip back
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kick action maybe he'll recreate it
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maybe look at this like a sword thing
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he's holding too yeah weapon d right
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there underneath the Fig you have a
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karate Commando also here's a little bit
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different version
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yours has dual flashing karate chop
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action and I got to show your shirt
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Chuck the man the myth the
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legend what all you get inside what's up
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Lans Robbie retro here friend of Adam
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the
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woo this the number one this is the
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number one
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isick laser disc Sidekicks which derck
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and I saw in the theater uh
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93 of course you got Joe Piscopo in this
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an mckel and the late Jonathan Brandis
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directed by Chuck's
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brother and then you also have also
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directed by Chuck's brother and this is
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referenc in Sidekicks the hit man it has
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a great never saw that I didn't see that
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one oh yeah the back he'll blow you away
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I like that look at look at him looking
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all awesome but I made this oh you made
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that yeah yeah so it's about double the
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size okay that is cool that's the karate
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Commandos right yeah yeah that's great
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saw somebody else had that but yours
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definitely a lot bigger that's
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awesome you're going to have him signed
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there no that's a original figure yeah
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have him sign there that's great thank
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you for showing me that oh yeah thanks
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all right now 115 I'm almost to the
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front all right I purchased the photo
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and the signature self is 100 can $100
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for a photo 140 to get this sign but if
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you just want a regular 8 by10 at your
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table it's
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$100 this is $140 to get this sign so
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he's not doing any customizes so I can't
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get that sign too
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Adam and my mother-in-law his mom still
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living
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she's our son Dakota the whole family
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wow okay it's a family
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affair we came in from this is the best
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scene so nice to meet you thank you so
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much for coming oh my pleasure thank you
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for being here take care thank you how
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you doing
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sir you're the only one signing this so
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as big as you want to make it I don't
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know if it'd be better black
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and I'm wearing my Canon film shirt
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today for you that's cool my Canon films
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yeah Canon wow yes
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sir so this is my dad here
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check that he was a door gunner in N oh
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wow and that's his card Chuck and he
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wants you to have his Commander point oh
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that's here I would love to get a photo
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with you holding it absolutely if that's
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okay do you want to uh in this or you
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want it out it's up it's I'll be fine
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thank you so
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much they said they've never done that
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before incredible so I went so I went
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right down to the Stever well I love
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that well he did I was
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there
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well I'm going to leave they said they'
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never done that before you never that's
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special that's
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very so Chuck I have the comic I'm
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thinking uh do you have a nice big
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silver yeah so
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this we test it out that's that would be
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great I think right there be
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nice thank Mar I did it look at this the
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man do you mind if I got a picture with
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you I'm a big fan yeah of course is that
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awesome I want to have I want to have
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Ranger cosplay holding up my Chuck
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Norris silent rage
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photo all right bucket list achieved
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shaking how long were we all waiting
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here 3 hours 3 hours 1015 is when we got
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in line very nice very nice it was worth
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it it was worth it I got a lot of
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footage and uh Chuck having a moment
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with you as well yes got to talk about
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family that was
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and also Chuck signed two bonus items
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for me he's the nicest guy oh what I me
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a legend an icon and then a shout out to
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Gary from the Garden Grill epcat who
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gave me his VIP pass all right it's now
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1:31 I think we walked in at 10:00 got
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in line at 10:15 so pretty lengthy and I
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can't imagine like a lot of people are
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going to probably be waiting a lot
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longer than
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that yeah Greg Greg got the photos for
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me shout out to Greg gre's game room
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there thank you there's a little photo
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there thank you me and the man himself
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legend pretty cool have three different
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ones actually you took a bunch but these
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are the three on three ones I chose yeah
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and he was like very nice he was like
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hugging everyone shaking everyone's
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hands like like an uncle or a father he
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talked to us for a long time his wife
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Miss Norris and his son Dakota all great
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all right now I think I'm going to grab
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a cup of coffee
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and then walk around the
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floor check out the convention a couple
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more photos that Robert took
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here I kind of like that one where he's
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like shaking my hand look he's like
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making eye contact with me it's pretty
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cool and he really liked the Canon shirt
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I told him a story about how I went to
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the former Canon headquarters to the
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parking garage where they had
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a they had a Premiere there which was
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kind of weird Canon films with some
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weird stuff
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all right now we are wandering around
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and we going to walk through the sales
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floor
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collect it's been a lot of the
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morning in line to meet these are the
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Disney cards that are really popular now
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a lot of this stuff I'm not even super
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familiar with a lot of Pokemon cards
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things like that magic the Gathering
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card $1,400 for that one card have F
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right 800 for that one car did you sell
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for holy cow
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4,000 1700
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1900 all right we got a few uh yeah we
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got Bruce Lee here speaking of Chuck
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Norris he fought Bruce Lee also toxic
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Crusaders right here oh there we go from
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new bat oh got a get a glare there back
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grible there you go Last
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Crusade you have chosen wisely and this
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is one area I don't know a whole lot
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about trading Pokemon card so I just
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yeah I'm kind of a a novice when it
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comes to that one thing I will say is I
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definitely have a generation that I
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don't even know what this is and I think
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out of everyone here probably Greg and I
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are the two people who know the least
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about these but there is one person here
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on site that knows less about these than
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we do Greg really Chuck
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Norris no way no Chuck knows everything
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about Pokémon I don't think so hello
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willly your chocolate am I in video or
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am I on the camera this is uh this is a
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this is a video you lose sir good day
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thank you yeah I think this video was
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going to be titled I went to a Pokemon
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convention to meet Chuck Norris 1980s
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action
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star all right we have decided we're
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going to start heading out now
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yeah that
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uh I would say 95% of the vendors in
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there were just selling Pokémon cards
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should be called
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pokecon all right I think this actually
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might be a pretty good
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thumbnail of
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me Chuck Norris and Pikachu
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Pikachu I went to a Pokemon convention
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to meet 80s action star Chuck
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Norris right there pretty good title for
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the video okay I zoomed in a little bit
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more on
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it I went to a Pokemon convention to
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meet meet 80s action star Chuck
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Norris I think that's good think that's
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good Greg that might be the thumbnail
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that might be the thumbnail oh that's
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pretty good hello
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there thank you
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definitely a big subculture I didn't
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realize that they would have their
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entire convention
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about I think it's just probably a
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generational
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thing yeah Pokemon's pretty big it's not
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with us yeah I guess I just never paid
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much attention to it do not move look at
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this I like this so I use this word a
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lot it really is a word
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stanion I wonder if it's
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got probably
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I'm not going to find out though I don't
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want to go past the
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St well I will say that their thought
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process on having Chuck there drew me in
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which I probably would not have gone to
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this
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otherwise I do like conventions but I
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don't know if I would have enjoyed it
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much it did have a few baseball cards
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too but very very few baseball cards it
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was just mostly Pokémon which is fine
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it's just that's definitely a rabbit
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hole I've never gone down into
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there but I also wonder how many people
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probably everyone that was there to meet
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Chuck wouldn't normally be at this
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convention so I guess it
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worked oh there goes some there goes the
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mon
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rail all right that's going to do it for
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today see you in the next video the
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Vlog
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so bonus footage
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Greg can you explain the joys of I4 you
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know traveling down I4 is just a magical
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time you know you get to stop and look
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at the all the exciting things on the
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side of the road that you just never get
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to see on a normal a normal trip you
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know I mean this is this is fantastic I
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mean look there's a there's a there's a
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a bag of chips on the side of the road
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there we never would have seen that if
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it weren for I4 traffic bless I4 West
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and East
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B they're both pretty much equally
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crappy all right and to the corridor of
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goons over here I've got a couple
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additions so I got my Blair Witch
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Project poster there that I got from
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Spooky Empire last weekend and now
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this today I have a new addition the
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corridor of goons with waham Lincoln
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here saying hello
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to silent rage and
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Chuck Norris signature looks really good
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in the
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frame bonus footage