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Mike & Gracie Episode 3

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Alright. Hey.

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Welcome back.

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Episode three.

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I thought three was gonna be the history.

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Oh, yeah. I have no idea. I think your thing you should say play the intro, or you should say that in a fun way.

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Play the intro, Mike.

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I know I'm making you do that one.

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Whoa! My favorite intro song.

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This is our best one yet.

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I actually do like this one.

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So if you haven't figured it out, I think we should explain it eventually. We're just Ooh. This is great. We have a music library and we just keep playing a random song every week.

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For our intro and outro. Yeah. And so we like to pretend that it's always been our intro. This is good though.

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I'm gonna keep it playing. I I have now looped it, so this is our song for today.

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Beautiful.

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Gracie, you you put me through some games the last two weeks, and you did amazing. And I did amazing, thank you. And actually, I was gonna put you through a quiz, but let's do this together. This is Beatles Trivia. The quiz? Are you a true Beatles fan?

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I think both of us put together equals one true Beatles fan.

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All I know though is I don't know the first one. Because I saw it, but I didn't see the rest.

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So Alright, hopefully I know that one and then the tricky thing is we are timed.

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And so we're gonna pretty much just rush through these.

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Speed through.

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Yeah. So are you ready? I think we have 30 seconds each, but I'd like to be faster. There's 25 questions.

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We've got this. Are you a true Beatles fan? Start quiz. Which song contains lyric? Her hair of floating sky is shimmering.

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Oh my gosh. I don't know. I'm gonna guess Julia. So, woman, Julia, something, Maggie, Maggie.

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I don't think it's the last two, so guess Julia.

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It doesn't tell us what it is!

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Okay. The timer is still going down. So we only have 30 seconds total?

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Uh where do the Beatles shoot their promotional film for Strawberry Fields? Oh my gosh, it's my favorite song from them. We have to click Noel Park.

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Okay.

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It's 20 seconds each.

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On which Beatles Signal single?

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You read the question and I'll read the answer.

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Do the band not play any instruments?

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Love me do, Eleanor Rigby, come together with a little help from my friends. I would say Love Me Do, and we're out of time.

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Who was the drummer for the Beatles before Ringo joined the band? We know it's Pete Best, so I won't even read it. Which song did the Beatles give to the Rolling Stones? Oh my gosh. Gimme Shelter?

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Or wasn't it Helter Skelter?

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Or no, I think I think it's Gimme Shelter. What was the name of Brian Epstein's name? Central Liverpool record store. Mike?

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Uh, I so Hesi's HMV EMI N-E-M-S. I think it's EMI.

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Okay, EMI's the only one I've heard of. What was the Beatles debut single released in the UK in October of 62?

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All you need is love. Can't buy me love, love me do, I feel fine. What? Love me do, I really believe.

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What was the only song written by George Harrison to be released as a Beatles A-side single? Is it something While My Guitar Gently Weeps? Here comes the sun. In within you, without you.

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I would guess something. Yeah. But I don't know. Definitely wrong.

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Where is the award-winning attraction, the Beatles story, located? Liverpool?

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We'll say Liverpool.

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Yeah.

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Sorry, guys, we're not reading the things.

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George Harrison wrote Here Comes the Sun in Which Friends Garden.

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Patty Boyd, Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Maresh Hashi Mahesh Yogi Yogai. Eric Clapton, I will say.

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Okay. What is the shortest Beatles sock to be released on an album at only 23 seconds?

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Uh Her Majesty.

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Yes. I knew that one. Which two Beatles are left-handed?

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Paul McCartney. Okay, all of them are listed in pairs of two. Is it not Paul and someone else?

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It's Paul and someone else.

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So it has to be. But okay, there's no Paul and Ringo.

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Yeah, it's the first one. It's the first one. Oh, Paul and Ringo, okay. Who was the youngest beetle?

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Ringo, Paul, John, George. Sorry, I read them.

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I don't know. I don't know, Mike.

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Not Ringo. It is Paul, is it not? Or I have no idea. It's not Ringo. That's the only one I know.

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When did Paul McCartney first meet John Lennon?

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I'm gonna say it says 55, 57, 60, and 02. I'm just gonna say the early.

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Okay. Where did John and Yoko get married?

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Was it New York?

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Probably. I don't know. Which is the only Beatles album where all of the songs were written by Lennon and McCartney.

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Rubber Soul Let It Be a Hard Days Night, and I just saw on another quiz it was a Hard Days Night.

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Okay, perfect. Which Beatles song is the only one to contain solos from every member of the group?

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The end.

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The end. We knew that one. What was the original working title of the song yesterday?

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Scrambled eggs. Is that one of them? Yeah. Yes.

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What food did Ringo Star take with him when he visited the Maharish ashram in India?

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I thought it was toast. I don't know why.

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Two baked beans then. Okay.

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Because they put that on Chris broccoli, baked beans, and ham.

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Which band formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 56 evolved into the Beatles.

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The Quarrymen.

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Okay. Which Beatles Oh, it might have been the Yardbirds.

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Okay, sorry.

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Which Beatles is the only one without shoes on the cover of Abbey's.

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Is that not Paul?

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Sure.

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I clicked it and Grace was like not wanting me to.

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How many times did the Beatles perform at the Cavern Club in Liverpool?

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We know it's a lot. It says 92, 2, 192, 292.

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Do the 292.

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I feel like it's It could be outrageous.

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Which song was the first number one single by a solo Beatle in both the UK and US?

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Woman, Another Day, It Don't Come Easy, My Sweet Lord.

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My Sweet Lord? It's the only one that.

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Yeah.

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Which 1965 Beatles film featured a cast of Leo McKern, Roy Kinnier, Victor something, and Patrick something.

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Let it be Yellow Submarine Help, A Hard Day's Night.

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I don't know, Mike.

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Uh Yellow Submarine.

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Okay. How many people can be seen on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band?

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I would say 70, but 2958 for some. It's gotta be 70.

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Okay, guys, that was out we're a Beatle maniac!

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I am so sorry, number one. Let me turn the music off that we put you through that.

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Let's It was stressful for me. It had to have been stressful for you.

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I don't even want to hear that song right now, so let's just go through results and maybe if it's getting boring.

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We'll tell you the ones that we got wrong.

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Oh my word, wait. Okay, do you want to read the question and I'll read the answer?

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Yeah. So which song contains the lyric? Her hair, a floating sky is shimmering. Say what we did and what was the right answer.

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It was Julia.

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Amazing. Uh where did the Beatles shoot their promotional film for Strawberry Fields?

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It was No Park, and I totally guessed that one.

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That was good. On which Beatles single does the band not play any instruments?

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What?

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I said Love Me Do, and it was Eleanor Rigby. So that was meant to be a we got it wrong sound effect, but I won't even try.

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Who was the drummer? We all knew that was Pete Best.

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Pete Best?

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Yeah. Uh which song did the Beatles give to the Rolling Stones?

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We said Give Me Shelter, and it was I Wanna Be Your Man.

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What was the name of Brian Epstein's Central Liverpool record store?

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We said EMI and it's N-E-M-S.

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I think EMI is like an American record label.

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It could be. It says North End Music Storm.

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I know why that's familiar. EMI is um the one that Selena had. That was her record label. That's the single thing. What was the Beatles debut single released in the UK in 62?

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It was Love Me Doom.

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Good job. What was the only song written by George Harrison to be released as a Beatles A-side?

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It was something. Which is their last album. That's the only reason I guess that.

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A chick. Oh, I see it. It's by the TV.

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This is a Miles appearance. So Miles is part of this podcast, and he's very He's very active.

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I'm gonna grab him that so you keep talking.

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Okay, uh, where is the award-winning attraction, the Beatles story, located? We knew it was Liverpool. Come on. George Harrison wrote Here Comes the Sun uh with which friend? Obviously, Eric Clapton. We knew that. What is the shortest Beatles song to be released? We knew it was Her Majesty.

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Which two Beatles are left-handed.

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It was Paul and Ringo in my It's because I thought of how they hold their guitars.

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Yes. Who was the youngest Beatle?

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George. I shouldn't I should have guessed that.

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When did Paul McCartney first meet John Lennon?

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Okay, so we said 55 and it was 57.

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Lame. Oh, where did John and Yoko get married? We did not get this right now.

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Gibraltar. They moved to New York after.

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Which is the only Beatles album where the songs are written by Lennon and McCartney?

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Our Day is Night. I said that weird, but that was the one that I saw.

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Which Beatles song is the only one to contain solos from everyone in the group? We already knew this.

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The end.

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What was the original working title of the song yesterday?

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Scrambled eggs.

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What food did Ringo Star take with him when he visited India?

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Great job, Gracie. Baked beans. Look at all the green on our screen right now.

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When you said he brought toast, I watched a video of like how different countries eat toast and in England they put beans on it.

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Let's read it. Ringo Starr found fight spicy food, disagreed, it's written very British, with his stomach, which was the result of a childhood bout of peritoneitis. Oh. So when he traveled to the Marahashi Ashurum, you know, I'm gonna name my next on that. He had also brought along with him a suitcase of baked beans. Okay.

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Beautiful. Which band? Oh, you got this right. Which band formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 56 evolved into the Beatles?

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The Quarrymen.

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Which Beatle is the only one without shoes on the cover of Abbey Road?

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It is Paul.

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How many times did the Beatles perform at the Cavern Club?

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Wow. And Grace got intuition got this again. 292.

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Yeah, that was a lucky guess. Uh, which song was the first number one single by Solo Beatle in the UK?

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And it was my sweet lord, and I thought somewhere in my memory I had that.

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Now things take a dark turn in our it's a little more red on our screen. Which 1965 Beatles film featured a cast of a bunch of people.

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And it was help.

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I don't even I don't I was overwhelmed by the amount of names in that list that I just gave up. Uh how many people are on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band?

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And we said 70. And it was 58. So Grace, we've done it again.

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We are Beatles fans.

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Do you want to say something, dude?

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I watch something.

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Oh, okay.

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Okay.

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We can do. We're gonna leave. No. We're done. We're done with this episode.

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Kyle says we gotta go watch something, so we are done.

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Yes.

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Thank you for uh sitting with us for that because it felt chaotic.

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Yeah, you know, I regret it a little. I wish um I wish we didn't do that.

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It's no, it was great. It was Beatles fans were getting hyped for the 2027 movies of them, right?

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Yes. Well, I am a huge Beatles fan, and so I know they're gonna be a part of the podcast, you know, going forward.

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In the future.

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Gracie just saw the uh one that I clicked.

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Beautiful. That really sets the mood for us to end talking about the Beatles. Thanks for watching.

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Eric Clapton, you know, George Harrison stole Eric Clapton's wife. Sorry, everyone.

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Fun fact. See you next time. God bless.