A Unique Visit To Steven Spielberg Theater On Universal Hollywood Backlot & Doc Browns House Event
Back To The Future 40th
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Thursday, October
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23rd,
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2025.
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Got a few things on the agenda today.
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One of the most pivotal and monumental
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things that myself and the group that I
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am with staying here at the BTTF HQ, the
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Back to the Future headquarters we have
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called it right here in the greater LA
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area, is to go to Doc Brown's house, the
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Gamble House,
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possibly get inside, possibly see some
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scene recreations,
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and maybe go to a special,
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very special screening.
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of the 1985 classic
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on the lower lot, the back lot of
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Universal Studios Hollywood. I'm hoping
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that happens. And if it doesn't, I'll
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keep you informed. Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here, wearing an
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appropriate Gamble House t-shirt. Might
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also go to Bushnell to Lraine's house,
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Biff's grandma's house, the tree that
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George climbs up in. We'll see where the
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day leads.
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I'm inviting you to join me. It's Back
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to the Future's 40th anniversary.
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It's a whole thing. Join me, shall you?
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Justin has arrived in his family wagon.
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We got the Biffs Auto Detailing
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right here.
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You got George McFly.
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George,
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>> it's a bit high. Like you can go down
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like in half an inch, but it's
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>> Oh, that's high.
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Springer front end.
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>> HE'S A PEEPING TOM.
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>> YEAH.
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GOSH, where's Lorraine? She's my
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density. I mean, my destiny.
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>> All right, I'm going passenger in Biff's
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Automotive Detailing.
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Um, are you following us or how you
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>> Yeah.
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>> All right. Adam's uh rolling in the B
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mobilebile. It's a little sticky. You
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just got to pull.
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Just idle high.
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All right, Biff is returning home. I
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always figured that Biff in 85 would
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still live, probably inherited his
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grandma's house that he was living in in
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55 because he has the auto detailing
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business. Probably still resides on
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Bushnell.
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There's George McFly's house right
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there.
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There's Lraine's house right there. Two
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coats of wax guaranteed.
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And it's in it's kind it's kind of cool
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that there was a parking spot right in
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front of Biff's grandma's house, which
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I'm just gonna say, you know, 30 years
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later in 85,
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Biff would probably be living here.
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Going to get my car. Grandma,
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I love this street.
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And this is still here. Take a look at
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this. Written in the concrete. Back to
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the future. Filmed here. 1985.
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>> I got to show this.
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>> Look at that.
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>> Got the story book there for the wind.
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It's on this branch though.
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>> What do you think? What's your opinion?
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>> That one.
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>> Oh, you think it's a different branch?
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You think it's in front of George's
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house? Yeah.
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>> No, there's a shot where they back up
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and he fall.
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>> He falls here, but when I see the tree,
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I believe it's that one.
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>> You're saying it's down there.
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>> Yeah. I I'll I'll go through some video
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and show you.
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>> Wow. You guys can help judge.
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>> Really?
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>> Are you sure
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>> it's the Well, you look at the angle of
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it.
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>> Okay. Difference of opinions out here.
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You might be right, though.
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>> I think you might have just blown our
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minds
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>> right here because there's another tree
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over this. Well, we're not
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>> this tree.
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>> Branch that matches
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>> where George McFly is sitting. And I
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always wonder why that branch shot
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didn't match perfectly.
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>> It's not that tree.
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>> So the shot where they're looking up in
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the branch is this tree here. Although
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the tree he falls out of and the tree
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his bike is leaned up against is that
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tree.
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>> We learned two new things.
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>> I live in Seattle.
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>> This house and this tree.
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>> Then again, all these branches look the
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same. So here
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>> I should have put a different date on.
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What did what year did you put it in the
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in the concrete?
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>> In 2015. Well, whenever they redid this.
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>> Oh, this one.
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>> But see, I should have said 1985.
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>> So, did you do the one on the other side
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of the tree also? The one that's over
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there. Okay.
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>> I think
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>> Yeah, there's another one over there.
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>> They kept covering that one up.
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>> I've never seen this one.
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>> Oh, this one's been You never seen that?
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>> I haven't seen this one. I've always
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seen this one.
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>> It's always kind of covered like this.
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>> Yeah, I did that one, too.
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>> Yeah, we kept coming out. But the city
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kept coming on and covering it up
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>> and so I had to sneak back out in the
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middle of the night and I had I had to
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scratch it in.
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>> All right, Brandon.
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>> I don't know cuz I was going to say cuz
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of the the palm tree.
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>> You think it's this? That's really high
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up though.
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>> I know. But look it look how straight it
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is.
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>> I know.
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>> And it's really high up. You think Chris
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would go all the way up there? Maybe.
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>> Oh, then you got the palm tree that
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crosses it.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. See how straight it is as
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opposed to that one is really up on an
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angle.
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>> Yeah, man. You're right.
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>> I like your theory, but I like his, too.
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Cuz there's, if you look over there,
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there's also a palm tree.
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>> But I'm looking at the angle of the
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branch.
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>> Man, that's a long ladder for Crispen to
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get up on there.
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>> Before everyone gets here is in the same
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spot.
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>> This is awesome.
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>> What a cool day.
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>> They're great. Thank you,
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>> dude.
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How many kids do you think actually got
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hit in the middle of the street? He says
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another one of these you know what kids
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got in the front of my car.
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>> They're all climbing into the street.
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>> How many people has Mr. Baines run down
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with this vehicle in this spot?
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>> We just had a nice little conversation
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with the lady that lives at the end of
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the street. Has lived here 86 years. Her
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grandfather built the house back there.
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She has lived here her whole life on
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Bushnell. has been here for every movie,
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every TV commercial, everything that has
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been filmed. Met Michael J. Fox many
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times. We get invited to the meals. They
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would have craft services out. She was
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here for Teen Wolf. She was here for
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Ghost Dad. Met Cosby. Very, very sweet
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lady. Lived here her entire life on
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Bushnell. Everyone on the street very
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friendly.
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>> That's the Jimmy Mulligan special right
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>> I wanted that Spielberg Jimmy Mulligan
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special. They have one of those
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>> comic one, right?
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>> Yeah. That's going to convert.
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>> Yeah. You're going to get all the
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Roosevelt now because
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>> science fiction theater.
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>> I love the deleted scene where he's like
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Michael's climbing across the the
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banister
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>> best. Wish they had left that one in.
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You can't have too much George McFly
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content.
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>> All right,
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>> go back to the gamble house.
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>> They're heading out.
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>> Short and sweet on Bush now.
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>> See you guys soon.
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>> Get the HELL OUT OF MY CAR, OLD MAN.
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All right, now they're moving the truck
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up here in front of Docs.
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>> Good. Gibson, give a shout out to your
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channel.
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>> Gibson's Explorer Society.
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>> Get out of here.
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>> Yeah, I'm doing a bunch of
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randomland.com.
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We're going to do a collab. Collab. We
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will. We will do a collab.
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>> There's a lot of people over there. Oh,
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that is Dean Kundi.
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>> I don't know what he looks like now.
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>> That is Dean Kundy with the hat on.
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>> So cool.
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>> I mean, tomato tomato. There's no wrong
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answer except for the one that you go
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with.
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>> I don't even know what a jigawat is.
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>> You don't know what a jigawat is?
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>> No.
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>> What the hell is a jigot?
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>> Get into it in time. You really want to
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know? We're going to stop in the middle
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of all this and explain
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>> a little bit. Now I do. I don't
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>> I wasn't interested until you brought
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>> Yeah. Well, once you brought it up,
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>> I didn't even care until you brought you
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>> didn't even care until I brought it up.
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It's an element of power. All right.
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That ignites one side. Uh here
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>> demonstration. Cover cover this up here.
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>> Okay.
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>> Uh if we take something like this. Sure.
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>> It's what I refer to as the flux
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capacitor.
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>> I have no idea how this arrived in 1955.
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I just woke up and it was outside my
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laboratory.
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>> And it just said of your 1985
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counterpart, whatever that means.
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>> That's great.
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>> But this here
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>> is the flux capacitor. positive,
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negative, and neutral neurons, all
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generating energy inward and then
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outward.
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>> You've heard all this before,
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>> heavy talk.
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>> But that does produce 1.21 gigawatts, a
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component of power for acceleration for
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my time machine.
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>> Yeah. What the hell's a jigawatt?
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>> It's an element of power. Are we
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listening testing one, two, three?
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>> You're the dog, doc.
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>> Well, apparently, but it's a component
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of power
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>> generating energy inward and then
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outward. Yeah. And it's necessary for
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time travel.
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>> And it's on your shirt.
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>> Yeah. Yeah.
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>> Says it right there.
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>> Why are you wearing the shirt if you
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don't know what a jigawatt is?
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>> Well, I was hoping Doc would tell.
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>> I mean, do you know what super dry is?
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That's written right on your shirt.
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>> I do. It's a very dry shirt.
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>> It's a very dry shirt.
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>> Easy. It's elementary.
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>> Hey,
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>> of course.
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>> It's great, D. Great to see you, D.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Great to see.
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>> No more condensation in the future.
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>> Shot films that make it so indelible to
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people that are sat here right now. So I
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think
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we all should be thankful. Dean Kundis
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at the Gambler House in Pasadena.
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>> I ain't going to sing. Don't worry.
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>> Um but I just really want to thank you
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for everything you've done.
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>> That's that's it.
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Um,
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>> you're a very important person to the
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industry. Now, you know, but for years
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going on, like 40 years down the line,
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my daughter's going to grow up and
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probably will watch Back to Futures. I
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forced her to watch it, but [laughter]
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but she she'll grow up and I'll pass
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away, but she'll say that film going on
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>> because the way you shot that film. So,
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actually, if I can get a quick question
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in, [laughter]
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>> I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. What's this
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picture here? This picture? Look, my
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brother, my sister, and me. All right.
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Look at a sweatshirt, Doc. Class of
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1984. What sort of fake photographic
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paper cut off your brother's hair? I'm
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>> telling the truth, Doc. You got to
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believe him.
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>> So tell me, future boy, who's president
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of the United States in 1985?
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>> Ronald Reagan.
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>> Ronald Reagan. The actor.
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Who's vice president? Jerry Lewis.
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God. Wait. Wait.
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I suppose Jack Wyman is the first lady
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>> and Jack Betty is secretary of the
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treasur. Come on, listen to me. I have
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no time for [cough]
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>> good future boy. Come on. [laughter]
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>> We have spent a lot of time out here. I
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have never seen that
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clock. You fell and you hit your on the
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sink and that's when you came up with
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the idea for the flux capacitor which is
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what makes time travel possible.
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the flex capacitor.
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Something wrong with the starter.
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Thank you, sir.
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>> Yeah. So, good to see you.
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>> Nice seeing you.
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>> All right. One more added to it. There
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he is. Man himself, the legend, Dean
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Kundy,
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right there.
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I think that's the 20th signature on my
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poster so far. The 20th. So, I'm going
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to put it away and I'll show more.
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So, I get it back to the frame.
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>> How could I have been so careless?
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1.21 GIGAWATT. TOM, HOW AM I GOING TO
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PRODUCE THAT KIND OF POWER? IT CAN'T BE
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DONE. CAN'T. ALL we need is a little
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plutonium. I would imagine in 1985,
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plutonium is SOLD IN EVERY CORNER
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DRUGSTORE. But in 1955, it's a little
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hard to come by. Marty, I'm sorry. I'm
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afraid you're stuck here.
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>> Oh, wait. Doc. Stuck here? I can't be
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stuck here. I've got a life in 1985.
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Doc, I've got a girl. Is she pretty?
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God, she's beautiful. And she's crazy
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about it. Hold on. Look what she wrote
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here. Look at this.
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That says it all.
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>> Marty, I'm sorry, but the only power
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source capable of producing 1.21
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gigawatts of ELECTRICITY IS A BOLT OF
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LIGHTNING.
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>> WAIT, what did you say?
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>> A bolt of lightning. Unfortunately, you
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never know when or where. It's never
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going to strike.
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We do now.
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>> This is it.
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>> All right, we're going to start making
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our way over to Universal.
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>> Universal Hollywood to see the film.
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>> That's the love of the Irish.
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All right, we're now pulling through
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going past the Edith Head prop warehouse
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and we're going to try to find a place
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to park the big trailer.
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All right, we're driving through the
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back lot. Here's Little Italy over here.
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Used in a lot of different movies. City
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Slickers, the the scenes, the uh the the
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bull scene at the beginning. Some of the
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B-roll shots, close-up shots were in
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there. Also right over there.
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>> Twilight Zone the movie.
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>> Twilight Zone the movie. Back in there.
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Court of Miracles. Universal Monsters up
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there as well.
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>> It's kind of interesting to actually be
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driving back here without being on the
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tram tour. This is insane
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to have actual legitimate permission.
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Look at this right there. That's where
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the tram goes. That's the Vic Maro
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scenes right there. That's the Vic Maro
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scenes from Twilight Zone the movie.
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Court of Miracles around this. This is
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so bizarre going this way.
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>> And isn't this earthquake?
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>> That is earthquake the ride. Yeah. Right
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>> Yeah. It's hard to see with the
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reflection.
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>> You think we can still catch water
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world?
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>> Oh, maybe behind you.
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>> This is amazing, guys. I've done the
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tram tour a hundred times, but I've
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never had a drive- on pass with someone.
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I've never actually really seen this
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lagoon by so fast. This is the creature
16:15
from the black lagoon. Lagoon
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towards the murals.
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>> Five points. Texas right here.
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They're filming something. Look. They're
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filming a Halloween thing.
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>> Hot set.
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>> Hot set. Hot set.
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>> What is happening right now?
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>> All the blue lines are supposed to
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>> Here's the recreation. He told us to
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park up by the the green open,
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>> dude. Look at this, bro.
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>> Come on,
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>> dude. Creature from the Black Lagoon
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test shots all filmed in here,
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>> dude. Come on.
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>> Hold on a second.
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>> Come on.
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>> This is a really This is like a
17:01
completely trippy moment for me right
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now.
17:05
So, we got to find out where the Steven
17:06
Spielberg Theater is. It'd be great if
17:08
we could just like cut through Hill
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Valley.
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>> On the way over there.
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>> We wanted to walk over to Hill Valley,
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but they are doing some filming back
17:15
there and a lot of signs saying you
17:17
can't go back there, so we're not going
17:19
to be able to head that way. But that's
17:21
pretty cool. It'd be cool if walkway
17:22
through Hill Valley on the way to see
17:23
Back to the Future.
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>> This is something I've always wanted.
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Just come on. Look at this,
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>> bro. And then there's the Hitchcock
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silhouette right there covered by the
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ivy. Would he be proud?
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Say it.
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>> Hitchcock
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would be proud.
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This is Hitchcock's bungalow right
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>> Alfred Hitchcock.
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>> The
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>> There's the new coaster.
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>> Evidently, it's been testing. I haven't
17:53
I haven't been here since they've been
17:54
testing it. But
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>> why why is there two pillars or arms
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that come out from that tall pole?
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>> That's a new coaster.
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>> Curious when they finish it, but they've
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been building it slow and carefully.
18:08
They're building a second coaster.
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>> They're building a a Fast and the
18:10
Furious coaster.
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>> Yeah, I know. But what's the the coaster
18:13
rail? Tracks have been done for a while.
18:14
Why is there a post up there that
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doesn't have a track connected to it?
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>> I don't know.
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>> All right, we're getting close.
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>> I've always wanted to like see this Ted
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up close and personal.
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>> There's a lot more filming going on up
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here.
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>> The group is growing now. Peter's here.
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Hello, Peter.
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>> You got you got your Back to the Future
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Spirit jersey on.
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>> Very nice. Very nice.
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>> Oh yeah, look at that.
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>> What? Did you hit your head?
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>> I love the rain shirt. I never ever
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noticed that.
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>> Here it is. Look at this. Boom.
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>> Yes. Yes.
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>> Okay. Doors are opening now. Screening's
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at 7:00. At 9:00 p.m. there's a Q&A.
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Who's going to be here?
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>> So, we might not get out and walk back
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to the cart till 10:00.
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>> I know. They have an assortment of
19:00
snacks and waters over here. I think
19:01
that's water. Yeah. Saratoga Still
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Water.
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>> They also have some beef sticks,
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>> chips, things like that.
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>> They got a beef stick.
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>> I don't know cuz I had to send it
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>> and so I taped I taped this so he didn't
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see Mary
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>> from Spain.
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>> No no no from here he's from Chicago and
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you're from Spain.
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>> Yes we are friends. We are brothers.
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>> You came here from Chicago
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>> and you came here from Spain.
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>> That's amazing.
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>> It's cool.
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>> We need to make
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four. Some from Scotland. They was all
19:52
over the place.
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>> All over the world.
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>> We just learned that there's a Spielberg
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exhibit in here. Right. I
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>> hope. Right. Right.
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>> It is. We don't know if we'll get to see
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>> Oh, so they're tease us with the
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Spielberg exhibit.
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>> Should be up there.
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They got a skin in there. What are we
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talking about?
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>> Can we see it from the window?
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>> They got that little piece from Fingers
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crossed that we'll see it.
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>> Here we go.
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>> This is cool. Look at these photos.
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>> Photos on the wall.
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>> Yeah. Let's look over here.
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>> This looks cooler.
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>> Wow. Look at that.
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>> I want this.
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>> I know. Just Steven Spielberg.
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>> No. Put like them together.
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>> Steen and
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>> dude. This is so cool.
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Dang. This is cool. I haven't seen a
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bunch of these photos before.
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>> Holy cow.
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Whoa.
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All quiet on the waterfront. Deer
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hunter. Marcus Welby out of Africa.
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Columbbo. Rockford files.
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Did
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>> you lose your mind?
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>> See the Columbbo award back there.
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>> What?
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>> This is the This is the Spielberg
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Museum.
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>> The Josie and the
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>> Oh my gosh. It's the flute
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>> from American.
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>> Is it really?
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>> guys. Cozy.
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>> This is D.
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>> My seat here.
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>> Out of the womb. I'm lucky 13. Lucky
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>> right there. Look at that.
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>> You ready to see post anything in that
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series?
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>> The animated series.
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>> Is that what we're [laughter] watching?
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>> Yes, we're seeing the animated series
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tonight. Peter,
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>> I like the live action segments of the
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animated series.
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>> True.
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>> They were done by uh Bill Nye, but like
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it was
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>> Billy. Oh, sure. Bill
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>> Christopher Lloyd was like Doc Brown and
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he would do like the scientist.
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>> I forgot Bill Nye. Remember that?
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I forgot Bill Mai was in it.
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>> He didn't do it. He like just did he
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like
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>> Well, I think
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>> I think he like made the science
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experiments that like
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>> Wow. Okay. I forgot about that. I knew
22:39
Chris Lloyd did. Wow. Okay. I got to
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rewatch it. I got him on the the DVD.
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>> Yeah, pretty much.
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>> All right, we are walking back to our
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vehicles
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to The Shroud of Nightfall. The movie's
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over, Q&A's over,
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and they have they have Courthouse
22:56
Square set dressed. So, I can't go back
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>> Look at the the ground. It's all dirt.
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>> Probably like a western or something.
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>> Yeah, they're probably like a There you
23:06
go. Yeah, it's usually what they do.
23:10
>> All right. And here is
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the monsters mural once again.
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Pretty cool. Wolfman,
23:20
the creature,
23:22
Frankie,
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Bride of Frankenstein,
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and Dracula.
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>> Pretty cool seeing the recreation Lion
23:30
Estates after we just watched the film.
23:43
>> See the Delorean there?
23:44
>> That That's the ultimate parking pass.
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>> I know. Any
23:49
questions?