 Okay, follow me down this rabbit hole. Okay snow job is from Vermont But in the animated series his accent I hear as more Massachusetts Barbecue is from Boston, Massachusetts But in the animated series, he's got like a pretty stereotypical Vermont accent He sounds sounds like he could call up Jessica Fletcher from Marty she wrote So it's like Snow job and barbecue Are flipped their accents are reversed snow job has uh the accent that barbecue should have and barbecue has the accent that snow job should have and pondering this think about it you've got a fire fighter and a snow fighter coincidence Probably but it could be some strange yin and yang thing happening So that when they are combined they become a mighty, you know power rangers sort of warrior um called um snow queue barba job And and he fights both snow and fire He fights against the fire and the ice at the same time. I'm pretty sure this is a really good theory. Hi, everyone Good evening. Happy Tuesday. Uh, hello, uh, big m and the 80s guy. Hello, uh, Jeffrey and look good gurg and Woodman is 29. Hello matt noon Hello, marianne. Thank you marianne for the t-shirt. Now, please bring me a turkey. We talked about this I want a live turkey I will be expecting live turkey On thanksgiving. I want to settle. I want us to set the turkey free So I feel less bad about the one I'm gonna eat. Uh, hey sparkster. Nice to see you. Hello christian bricks. Hello evgm christian bricks greetings from the united states to to mr. Bricks Hello matt rubin and lester and jofan and uh, colonel chrome and andrew andrew the guy. So nice to name him twice and uh Oh, uh, um, I did see that our friend byron put up a video on sergeant savage I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I literally just finished work. Uh, just in time to, um Uh, to start this to start this live stream. So I'll have to go back and and uh and look at it. So, um Yes, correct. So I don't feel as bad about the one that I'm gonna gobble up Um, hello dustin and the 80s guy again and we'll click log again and hello beta ray bob and uh, michael and cobra island and lester again and shawn and beta ray bob again and jeremy and jofan 84 And cobra island again and absorb vids and daniel and woodman again and shane. Hi everyone How you doing? Well, I really think you should ponder um the possibility that Snow job and barbeque could combine to become a super warrior fighting both the fire and the ice And that their their swap accents Is um is a hint that this is their secret superpower. Hello, jason and josiah Hello everyone. Oh was draws here. Uh, somebody said, oh, there is draws. I almost missed draws. Hello draws. Nice to see you Thank you very much for being here. Um, it's tuesday. Let me start with the most important thing other than The revel revelation that I had about snow job and barbeque other than that the important thing. Um Timmer has his charity drive going I have donated something for it. I've also donated to a charity for it. Um, so, uh, there's a link in the description Of this live stream so that you can go and uh, check out how you can participate in the annual Uh, children's charity drive that timmer from half the batter battle does every year It's a very important thing that the community does. Um, I think it's a very valuable thing and um, I'm really glad to be participating in it again this year um and The other link for half the battle is timmer's most recent video which one went up today and that is a review of the gi joe Marvel comic issue number 66. So, um, so make sure you check out Timmer's video firefly is correct. Uh, timmer is good people's timmers a really great guy. Um, and I appreciate him Putting together the charity event Every year. I really think it's a it's a good thing. It's a good thing um, and it's something that's easy for people to participate in of course, um, if If for any reason you can participate that's totally understandable, but if you can Uh, participate and you can help out Um, it it does a lot of good and it's greatly appreciated. Um, so, uh, yes, I've got In honor of american Thanksgiving, which is coming up. So, uh, canadians have already had their Thanksgiving Uh, they they did they did their there's earlier. Um You know, they didn't get on the bandwagon to move thanksgiving to a later date Um, in order to uh, commercialize the christmas holiday time Uh, so come on canada get with the christmas commercialism Um, you you have your your thanksgiving far too. What do canadians have to be thankful for anyway? healthcare tim hortons poutine Actually, those are all pretty good things, you know, um, those are actually things to be thankful for so, uh, congratulations, canada And no wonder you want to get a jump on thanksgiving because you've got a lot to be thankful for well done canada but um, but now we're we we've got our Our thanksgiving coming up this thursday um, which for The united statesians, that's what you call someone from the united states, right a united statesian for for those of us united statesians Um, it marks the beginning of the holiday season. So, you know, thanksgiving and then there's a run up to christmas and um, uh and new years and it's all kind of this Big holiday season with a bunch of holidays in it. Um, so uh, yeah The the turkey deserves its day. So I do feel a little bit bad about uh, murdering and um, eating a turkey And frankly If there's anyone who has absolutely nothing to be thankful for Uh on thanksgiving. It's it's the turkey population Uh, it's it's a turkey armageddon It is a turkey massacre Um, so if you happen to be a turkey Uh, and you might be I I think I probably attract a few turkeys, you know to this show So if you happen to be a turkey, um, you just don't have a whole lot to be happy about uh this week You just you just hope to live to see friday All right, uh, this is one of those times when you know friday is really A day to celebrate if you happen to be a turkey Now look here. I've got I've got notes here um, and I've got I've got stuff. I've got mail to open as well What's on joe mind is uh, going to be live right after this show There is a link to what's on joe mind in the description of this Livestream, so make sure you check out what's on joe mind. They will be talking about gi joe issue number 301 uh issue number 301, um is the first of the larry hama gi joe series That with image skybound So it's kind of continuing the run that he did before so Make sure you check out that now. I will note that even though gi joe number 301 is out I don't have it I did go to gardeners, which is where I usually go to get comic books. Um Marianne was there She was there Marianne was there and she can attest we looked for it. They didn't have it um, and I was I felt Like I would I wanted to speak to the management I wanted to speak to the management, but We actually had to move along because we needed to go We had the retro mania show to go to Where uh where I where I was able to meet michael golden. Yes. See Marianne is a witness Uh, she is she is a witness. She's um Uh, she she's she's not a um, uh, Jehovah's Witness nor is she a Judas Priest, but she's a witness Uh, that I I was there and and I tried to pick it up. I'll probably have to order it, uh, somewhere um Uh, yes, uh, you know I think you know how consider Consider what how different A musical cats would be if all the cats were played by turkeys Not not a musical about turkeys. It's still a musical about cats But all the cats are played by turkeys consider this broadway Um, I'll give you that idea for free um Uh, yes, that's true. We went through all of the comics At the event at the comic book event or the retro event There were several comic book dealers there. Uh, so Uh, we did look for it. We did look for it. Um, but what I did Another thing I looked for another thing I looked for was um Let's see. Um So it turns out I pulled out my copy of gi joe your book number two because I wanted to get this signed by michael golden the the artist on The uh main story in here um So I thought that would be pretty special, but then I discovered that um My issue is um is disintegrated. It is I did not realize that it was um That it was on in pieces. So, um Given that I was unable to find another copy Um on the very day that I was supposed to have it have it signed. Yes It's well loved. Uh, well loved. Um, just just like me um Yes, um Yeah, she she's not going to share the watchtower with you. She's she's not a she's not a uh, uh, Judas priest. Hello Hi, see imagine now think about this think about this think about this you have an entire stage musical play About cats But the cats are played by turkeys Think about it Think about it that that would be a pure entertainment right there. So ultimately um, I went with uh having him sign of this The inside back cover um He was very gracious and very generous and I also got there's a certificate of authenticity. Not that I'm gonna sell it anyway, but you know, um But uh, yeah, so uh, so that's um What I ended up getting signed by Uh by michael golden. Um, he was very nice Um, he uh, he was drawing, you know, I I hated to interrupt while he was sketching But it was my only chance to meet him. So I I got to talk to him for just briefly just a couple minutes Um, I did you know pass on to him that you know, larry still um larry still speaks very highly of his work. So um, that was uh, it was nice. Um, also by coincidence I ran into uh, darin from action fuzz Um, who's some he's he's a friend that he does live in the area Um, but I hadn't seen him for a while. He sometimes goes to you know, joe fest Or assembly required those shows. Um, and he does he has these um um these figures these um These wire frame figures that he creates out of like pipe cleaner Um, and it's very creative very interesting art form. Uh, so he had a table Said up there. I had no idea had no idea. He was going to be there, but that was really really cool. Um Jls comics says have you ever had uh tow furky uh tow furky um sounds like some kind of strange tinky sexual Thing, uh, so I'm not going to say if I've had it or not. I don't quite frankly. I don't think that's any of your business Um, so yeah, what goes uh on in my tow bedroom With the tow furky is none of your tow business um Additionally at the retro mania retro con thing um I picked up the um as you may have seen the The carded such as it was Slaughter's marauders spirit And this thing Okay, here's the thing about it The the card was a shambles I knew that when I got it and the price on it was About the same or maybe even a little less than what I've seen meant loose complete figures go for So, um So I think like if i'm paying The same or less for the carded figure as for a mint loose complete figure You know, who cares if the card is a is a loss The figure Is fine Um, so I so if you may you may not have seen it, uh, but you might have it. Hello more cats Um, you might have So I I went ahead and I ripped I ripped a spirit off of the card Um, and so yeah, I got him here, but I discovered something Oh, hey, it's comic tropes. Uh comic tropes is late, but comic tropes can be late That is that is absolutely fine Comic tropes. I have um, I appreciate that comic tropes is here at all considering that I don't show up often enough for his live stream Um, uh, chris does a live stream on his second channel pros and cons Um, and you should check it out. Um, and I intend to check it out as much as I can Last night I one was working and two When I wasn't working I was doing an interview which well you should see pretty soon I think it's supposed to go up on friday. I'll share it with you, but I did an interview. Um, so um, so yes, this is um See this is exactly right better than a figure in a in the bag because it was untouched I I'm literally the first person to touch this figure. It is it is really really, uh Brand new it's like super new. Um Somebody commented that it looked like maybe the crotch was damaged or the o-ring was bad The o-ring is fine. The o-ring is in really good shape. The crotch is fine. That's not the problem. The problem is that, um having been Having been sealed on that card for so long and never taken off and never played with The the arms especially the elbows are like frozen They they they cannot move. I cannot move the elbows and you know these Um slaughters marauders figures are notoriously fragile. They are quite brittle. So Um, so I I don't want to pressure it too much. Oh They're so brittle I slam it on the table. No, I um, I don't want to pressure it too much The uh, the knees make me really nervous too. Like that's about as far as I am comfortable bending the knees um, but I can't I cannot get I I can't get the arms to move Um, and I'm too scared to uh, you know to to actually push them too much um I'm I'm too scared to to put any more pressure on them. So So it's it's a brand new totally gorgeous min min figure But it's um It's locked up It's it's um, it's got the vapor lock Uh on on the elbows and on the swivels um I can can we just for a second. Uh, first of all Um spirit disapproves of your attitude. I mean just reading his expression. He he's he disapproves of what you happen to be doing Um while you're watching this that that is a face of disapproval if I've ever seen one second of all, you know, I do want to review this figure and I will I will get to it, but um This is a remarkably, uh caucasian native american guy um, I he he's He's even paler than the first version which I I find an interesting choice um, but We'll get to that. We'll get to that in a review, but but the point is um The point is I can't I cannot move his elbows That yeah, I in fact I'm not messing with it anymore because I'm afraid I'm gonna keep tweaking it and I'm gonna mess it up one thing though um That I'm really happy about is getting Um an actual freedom the eagle with that from the slaughter's marauders um Spirit so I can compare and contrast with the version one Um freedom the eagle so uh, so I'm really happy about that. It'll be it'll be a fun review um, but it'll uh, it'll have to wait and uh, and like I said that The card I mean it's got a readable file card, but the file card itself is kind of nasty, man This thing like I don't know how it was still on the card It I mean it was so badly damaged like Whoever collected it before I'm surprised they didn't just call the card a loss at some point But hey, you know, it it works for me because I got a fairly inexpensive um Slaughter's marauder spirit awesome. Um other news see I'm trying I've got notes I've got notes. I'm trying to follow. I'm trying to follow the new yeah Marianne is right. It was barely it was barely on the card The the the the bubble was just just hanging on but it was it was sealed. Well More or less sealed there was It was it was up very slightly on the blister For the the accessories But it wasn't lifted up enough for any of the accessories to come out The figure itself though was still sealed um And comic tropes raises raises a good a good uh Um a good idea. Let's let's see if we can kiss it. I mean It still doesn't work. Um, so yeah, we may may have to take it to a Doctor we may may need may need medical attention. Um Anyway, so it's tuesday It's it is the tuesday before the thursday That uh is thanksgiving in the united states of the usa So happy thanksgiving to everyone. Uh for those of you who um Are are not vegetarian. Uh enjoy your turkey. Uh for those of you who are Vegetarian, um or vegan make sure you uh go Toe furky yourself Is that is that the terminology? I don't know. I don't know the culture Can I say am I some does it is it go to go toe furky yourself? Is that what you do, but whatever? Um Um, well, but you just have a good day. That's the point um Uh, yeah, that's uh, I think that kissing the the the crotch is also fixed. So we'll we'll test that on the next one. Thanks for Uh, thanks for the observation. Uh, and thank uh one thing i'm thankful for Is chris and chris says maybe if the manifest of us give you a super chat, you won't have to work 12 hour days that Would be nice. I'm not gonna lie. That would be that would be nice Would be lovely. Um, but um But as it is I will be I worked 12 hours today and I worked 12 hours yesterday and I'm gonna work 12 hours tomorrow They're not allowing me to work on thursday There's a moratorium on any work on on thursday. So they're forcing me to take the holiday off Well, we'll fine Well, you know, I I guess technically they are the boss of me. So I guess I got to do um Yes, the united states of the land of the usa. That's where I happened to currently Residulate, um In my in my hostility. Um, so, um, yes, we we get the um Uh, we we get the we get the the the tow furky um What's on joe mind? I did point out first of all i'm another thing i'm thankful for What's on joe mind? um, I uh What's on joe mind? I the link for their show is in the description of this um This here live stream, um also Earlier, I don't know if you saw it but earlier I floated the idea of the cat's musical but um The cats are played by turkeys Um, so ponder that again not a turkey musical. It's still the cat's musical It's just that the cats are played by turkeys. I feel this could be art Right. I think this is art Uh, and oh and thank you christian. I um, uh, truthfully i'm grateful for Uh, everyone who is here and watches and actually joins me every week. Um, marianne can attest that um I i'm sometimes i'm pretty worn out, but um coming here and talking to you guys and spending time with you It it really boosts my spirit and it makes every Every tuesday evening Better because I can do this and I can actually um talked with people. Oh, um Mr. Rigney, uh, hello, colorado springs from the united states And seymour says it's up from new zealand. Uh, hello there Greetings to all kiwis and hello new zealand from the united states. Um, yes, uh, thanksgiving coming up on thursday We will have We will have pie And uh, as he points out pecan pie is f and awesome. Yeah Pecan if you if you haven't tried pecan pie at least give it a try It's got like a custardy thing in it And it's got the pecans on top. It's good. It's good. Um gas says happy turkey day, um And and happy turkey day to you as well or or tow furky Whichever, you know depending on your religion, you know, you might you might be a tow furky Um, no judgments here Uh, but and hello david andrew's um, uh, what else do I have? I have see I have show notes I have show notes. Um, I talked about timmer twice and what's on joe mind And the news of issue number 301 being out, but I don't have it yet. Um Because the place that I went to get it they didn't have it. Um Another thing that is important for you guys, um Who collect like modern style four inch figures? Apparently hiya toys is going to have a four inch baroness action figure With with modern articulation not an o-ring figure Um, and it looks like it's going to run about 25 dollars. So, um, oh, hey, hello Um, hello, uh ken from toy connections. Yes gas in here. It's not even a show without gas um So, um, what was I saying? Um Um See I get distracted quite easily. Um Uh firefly is thankful for the cranberry sauce crescent rolls and supersonic fighters an excellent video game if there ever was one Um, and uh, we should all feel grateful for the cranberry sauce shaped like a can I'm grateful for joe fan 84 who says, um from mr S happy thanksgiving happy thanksgiving to mr s as well Um, enjoy the holiday. Enjoy the delicious food. Enjoy the time with your family. Um Uh as noted before in the usa land of america, which is where I am um Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season. Um, which is a time when we must endure Uh spending more time with our families Like it or not. Um, but thank you. Thank you joe fan 84. Thank you, mr s I didn't get a I didn't get a cup of water, which I usually do. Um Um Hyatoids foreign's bareness also there was announced a uh, uh an upcoming gi joe slash transformers crossover Which was going to be a cup and sergeant slaughter and I guess leather neck as well I don't get the gi joe Transformers crossovers. It's not something that I You know go for Um, but those things always sell out so I expect this one will too. Um, so that'll be cool That's that's great for for those who like the Who like to get their you know peanut butter and the chocolate or whatever you you call it So that That's all the news that I'm aware of I don't keep up with the news. This is the best I can do There are really good, um youtube channels for keeping up with the news um, and uh And I I watch them so I encourage you to watch them as well. Um, I have mail The other the other thing I needed to do I have two things from in the mail I have one from my p.o. Box and one that was sent to me Making sure I don't get anybody's address. I don't want to accidentally docks anyone by accident So it had been a really long time Since I had checked my uh, my p.o. Box Um, and I finally checked it. There was just one thing now I had asked some time ago for for folks to Not send stuff to the p.o. Box because I can't check it very often and thankfully Thank you guys for For doing that. Um, it's it really Has taken a load off my mind and I I'm stressing less about getting to the p.o. Box Because I know it's not just filling up, but uh, there is this um, which, um is a Very long handwritten, um letter and uh and a Uh, and it looks like a some character profiles uh, and this is from This is from our friend, uh, gary watson. First of all gary Thanks for sending this and again, I apologize This thing was probably in the p.o. Box for a long time. Uh, it is much too long For me to read on this live show. It's it's Many pages But I will read this, um in my own time as as I have time to do it. Um, in addition to that In addition to that Um, I have this Which was sent to me by by chris uh by chris. So, um That is uh, let's see Let's uh, let's carefully remove it Um, and this is Um, a bit of brand print reference material Which I'm going to carefully remove Uh, without damaging anything that for my next trick. I shall remove The thing from the package So, uh, yeah, so this is um comics interview magazine And it most importantly Uh, it's uh marvel's genius behind the joes larry hama Um, so this oh and look at this Uh screenwriter a buzz dixon. I you know, I don't know if I remember you mentioning that buzz dixon was in this as well so, um, I Also, this is something that I wouldn't sit here and read on air uh, but this is um Rob says hey, where's gung-ho? I'm not sure that I know of the gung-ho to which you're referring um Gung-ho Gung-ho you say I don't I don't know what you mean. I don't know. Um, but uh, yeah this um As you may know, I really like print reference material It's very valuable for what I do. It's very valuable information Hello, bob's dungeon. Bob's dungeon is late, but that's okay. He brought pecan pie for everyone um So we have um, this is really interesting um Yeah, um, so I actually like I am gonna sit down and read every every word of this um That's really fascinating We've got some looks like some storyboard um Our work here from the uh looks like from the commercials. I'll read this more thoroughly um, let's see and this was printed On a date that is on here somewhere And it's a was printed on a date That should be Uh should be on the copyright page guys Um, anyway, it was printed on some date that was earlier than today um So this is this is a That's fascinating Check out this uh, check out this This looks like an animated, um screen capture of Of hawk and it quite literally just says hawk on his helmet Um, hey, that would have helped us identify those 82 joes is if they just had you know their names on their helmets And and check out look so I have buzz dixon in my facebook friends list now, so, um this he looks He looks quite different from From this uh, this photo. It's a much younger buzz dixon um buzz dixon, you know as as larry hamma had uh A great influence on the comic book Well had the ultimate influence on the comic book. Um buzz dixon um I mean he didn't he didn't like um found or take over uh the animated series, but he was very influential in the animated series um And uh he he's got Excuse me a lot of um useful information And background about the animated series and the 1987 animated movie. So uh, so chris. Thank you for this Um, I may read this tonight actually. Um when we're done with this show I may just open this up and read it tonight because i'm very curious um what's in here and what might it say that um will um Will either confirm things that we already knew or Um have information that maybe isn't um as readily available Print reference material extremely valuable. Uh, so thank you very much chris. I very much appreciate it. Um, well, uh, that is the End of my show notes. So that must be the end of the show, right? The end of the show We're done, right? um Uh, we're just we're just we're just about 36 minutes in so okay. We're so we're not quite done yet um all I have to do Let's keep talking for another, you know 24 minutes uh, and um it's uh And and then then we'll be done and then we can roll into uh, what's on Joe mind so um Yeah, uh, okay. What are we what is happening? Who who's done her than a Thanksgiving turkey? Yes me? I am uh taught. Yes. Talk. Good idea. See here low one bow to Has the has the idea I just need to talk slower. I just need to settle down Slow down now settle down um Yeah, that's exactly right. Um chris and that's why I really appreciate this. Um, and um and sincere thanks for for sending this this is the kind of thing that um You know, it it can make the difference um in a review, uh, it can make the difference between having you know an average review that just, um, you know, um Includes a bunch of information that everybody already knows and a review that actually um Uncover something that You know, maybe the information was out there but um Uh, but it you know because it's In some place like this and not on the internet. Um, it's uh, it's not as It's not as known. So, you know this This is a fair, um Yeah, it says, uh, what is it? Um Buzz Dixon The new gi joe movie in parentheses. No nudity. I think that's why I I don't care for the movie, you know Um, I think that the 1987 gi joe movie, uh needed more testicles So as nudity, I think um Really would have helped it that certainly would have, you know grab the headlines Think of the headlines, you know gi joe the movie Uh for kids For children and it's like, you know, it's basically x rated with with testicles everywhere Um, you know that but you know, there's no such thing as bad publicity Yeah, that's a bunch of free advertisement there Uh, you all you do is just put some testicles in your movie And uh, and then suddenly everybody's talking about it It it worked for um It worked for neil brine It worked for tommy waso Frankly, I think this is the formula to to success. So expect in my next video, you know wall to wall testicles Um, let's get back on track. Um Uh Let's get back on track. Um, so, um Uh, I did um An interview with david t allen, um that he's uh supposed to publish on friday So once that uh once he gives me the link, I will share it. Um But talking with uh with him kind of Uh got me thinking again, uh just about How I do these videos and how I Uh approach My job as a As a reviewer of old action figures and the media surrounding it um And uh, it it certainly has changed. Um I would say that my my approach has softened, but I don't You know, I've said that before but I don't know if that's exactly accurate I don't think my approach has softened Um, I still feel the same about About cobra law and uh an ice cream soldier and lobottamax. You know, there's one You know for your testicle quota, uh lobottamax um So I I still like have the same opinion as far as whether I like them or dislike them, but Uh in the years since I started doing um video reviews I have been able to get a lot of information get a lot of books um by uh some uh Some great people who have done the legwork to get uh Information to get about the history of gi jo About the pre-production about the uh, you know the the media Uh from the writers from the designers and the the sculptors and everybody um Because of the people who who wrote the books uh behind behind me here. Um, I I've been able to Gather a lot more information than I had when I first started. Um, and uh, although You know, I still feel the same about Uh About these action figures that that are not to my taste. Um I I haven't I haven't grown to love cobra laws of my apologies for those who To like who love cobra line. I know there are plenty of them out there, but Um, I haven't I haven't changed my opinion about cobra law, but um the availability of um information and the opportunity to Dig into the history and understand it better Is very appealing to me and I think it's more appealing to me than you know Making a video where I'm screaming And waving my hands like my hair is on fire and power on the table all that Like um the What's that? Grunt version three the one with the the the flat top the that grunt I still think it's absolutely ridiculous. Um, but um, I just have a lot more fun trying to Dig into these toys and find out why they are the way they are And Approaching reviews that way for me at least has been a lot more rewarding and has helped keep me interested It's helped keep me motivated to keep doing them because every review even a review of something that I think is terrible Uh, and I really dislike Still provides an opportunity to learn something new um, and um you know that it I almost have to do it that way that that that is um That's just how my brain works. That's how my personality works That's how everything That I do in life in my in my academic background in my professional background. That's just how I have always operated um And speaking of one of the fine, uh folks who uh has done the legwork to find out a lot of those history There there's patrick stewart not Not john luke pacard, but the more important patrick stewart um Yeah, it's easy to like the story of how things came to be even if you don't like those things and that that is like um, it's been uh an evolution over the years, but Um, it's been an undeniable evolution. Oh, thank you. Um to the cheapest big spender one thing that i'm um That i'm thankful for is the cheapest big spender. Thank you the cheapest big spender. He said he says You freed spirit, but not gung-ho Um, uh need to get ahold of larry hamma and have him change gung-ho's name to matt daemon because uh, you always run out of time for him Who did uh Who did jimmy kimmel? Uh, happy thanksgiving. Uh, thank you. Uh, no, i'm not i'm not actually Sure, uh, which gung-ho you're referring to i Um, i'll have to you know, i'll have to I'll have to google it. Maybe i might maybe there's a special gung-ho that you're uh that you're Referencing that i'm i'm i don't know. I'm just not quite uh remembering, but i'm sure that there's something important that's um related uh to to gung-ho Or gung-ho, I should say Uh, but thank you very much cheapest big spender. It's uh, I very much appreciate you being here and thank you And I hope you have a very nice Thanksgiving as well. Um, so that's um, that's just kind of been the evolution I had a lot of fun doing videos like uh like People still bring up uh ice cream soldier because that was the one where I sent the action figure to Uh to action figure hell Um, but thing is that was fun to do it was fun to create I had my daughter play bls above and we created an action figure hell Um, it was fun For me though, it's more fun to uh dig into these things and find these Nuggets of information. Um, that can like even if it doesn't change um What I think about the figure or the vehicle even if it doesn't make me like something that I Uh dislike, um, it'll still help me understand it um Interestingly, it it almost never goes the other direction like it's possible for Uh new information Uh to make me appreciate A toy that I dislike More but it almost never goes the other direction almost never makes me appreciate a toy that I like less So, um, it really kind of it's It's only a win, right? It's only a gain. Um, it uh, it never It never makes it never diminishes Something that I already like Um, it has only made me appreciate more something that that I don't like And hey, that just makes like life better and easier for me to be able to Uh enjoy things more Yeah, am I I'm gonna pass up enjoying things more. I'm gonna be like, oh, no, I just want I just want to hate everything Uh, no, I'm not That doesn't make sense to me. Um, so taking an approach that um actually makes me enjoy The hobby more that's That's just the the way that that uh that I prefer to go. So, um I still like to make the videos fun. I still enjoy making the videos. Um But the the the fun and the joy that I put into videos is less aimed at, um, ridiculing something and usually let's let's be real It was really mostly ridiculing something that I didn't understand. Um Uh instead, you know, I uh, I can put that energy into um Into some art or some some other way to illustrate something about it. Um and just have have a bit of fun Thank you. Uh another thing I am thankful for Is chad kimmel. Thank you very much chad who says as god as my witnesses my witness. I thought turkeys could fly Everyone have a happy thanksgiving. Thank you very much chad. I've got I've got my turkey turkey drop T-shirt thanks to marianne who got me the turkey drop Uh, the turkey drop, uh t-shirt. That's I didn't forget. I she got that for me um, and thank you. Thank you again, uh chad and um, um I I you know I still suspect that turkeys could fly if they wanted to they have wings I mean come on. Um Oh, uh, somebody said lull this figure six pack. I didn't see I don't think I said hi to the figure six pack But hi the figure six pack um Kelsey grammar uh for snake eyes. Um, yeah. Yeah, why not? Um, I figure if it's kelsey grammar um, he can he can um If think I was gonna talk he might as well give speeches In a mid-atlantic accent, you know, it was you know, uh Might as well make snake eyes a great orator You know if he's gonna speak anyway Um, so yeah, I'm for it. I'm for it. Kelsey grammar as snake eyes. Um So, um In how we doing we're oh, uh, uh, 10 and a half minutes. We're doing great. Uh, we're doing great. Um, uh Since I'm soliloquizing here. So since I'm, um monologuing since I'm pontificating Um, I shall continue for a few more minutes before we before we wrap it up. Um So What was I going to say? Oh, wow, it's been a really long day. They're all really long days. Um, yes I remember what I was going to say. I was going to say thank you To everyone who is still here because I know there are some viewers who started watching the show and got into the show because of the you know, the um, the rants and the you know, the more outrageous comedy bits and things like that and, um I still like doing adding humor to to the videos and I always will because that's just my personality um, but, um A lot of my rants were born out of ignorance and Um, as I learn more it's more difficult to rant. It's just more difficult to rant Uh, the less ignorant I become so, um for those who uh, who Just you know, they haven't followed along with the evolution of the channel It's no longer to their liking. I understand I I can't be everyone's cup of tea. I can't be um Uh, I I can't please everyone and that's not uh, that's that's kind of sounds patronizing But I don't mean it that way. Um, I know that people have a diversity of interests and a diversity of preferences for style and mine cannot Fit all of those preferences. No one's can um, so I completely understand of those who um Who kind of drifted in a different direction that the channel has gone? um understood but uh, those of you who are here, um You either found the channel more recently and uh, and you do appreciate what i'm doing here Or you found the channel a while back and you have followed it through Uh through the evolution and I I'm extremely grateful I'm extremely, uh, grateful. I I can't um See now It's it'll uh, it'll be kind of cheesy especially in giving that this is sort of my Thanksgiving episode, but um I'm grateful to have you here Um, it could be otherwise You know, I I could have like Pissed off so many people that that just everybody's just writes me off and uh, and it would be easy to do so It's easy to unsubscribe It's easy to walk away. Um, and uh, some of you Have not agreed with me, uh, but You still approach, um, the subject matter And my input on the subject matter from a reasonable position. Um, and I I wish that were more common um, I wish it were more common that um reasonable people, uh could can can disagree about Uh things Reasonable people can agree too. Don't not don't let me think that I don't appreciate agreement. Believe me I love it. I love being told that I'm right. That's awesome. But um One of the most important, um lessons That was drilled into people's heads in law school And it's even written into opinions in a lot of the cases that we read is that on some Issues Reasonable minds can differ Um And We shouldn't be afraid of that. Not everything has to be combat Not everything has to be confrontation Um, we are after all talking about toys. We're talking about plastic army dolls um The the plastic, uh, it means something to us You know, we care about it because we have a nostalgia wrapped up in it and sometimes The plastic army dolls they touch on Topics that really are important because we we talk about, you know, uh mental health and, um foreign policy and uh, you know The armed forces and these things that actually are important in the real world And to me, that's one of the reasons why it's really interesting. Um, but um The the the toys themselves they are they are plastic. They don't have feelings. Uh, they don't have, you know, uh Dreams of the future, you know, they don't have aspirations. Um, and Um, I I said, here's what I'm gonna wrap it up with. Here's what I'm gonna wrap it up with. Um Uh In my recent video about zartan, which I'm I'm really proud of regardless of what anybody else thinks of it. I'm really happy with how that turned out. Um And I'm really happy. Well, I'm happy to have worked with everyone that I worked with in that Thank you to Ronnie and Lindsay, but um, brian from plaid stallions plaid stallions is a channel that I've admired for a long time and, um Brian's sign-off catchphrase is one that, um That that I I wish could be universally adopted and that is talk toys not people um If we could do that Then if we disagree about anything related to these toys, then it's not an attack on anyone um and you know It's not just that that It doesn't have to be an attack on somebody that you disagree with, you know, we can also actively provide the uh The space for people to enjoy What they enjoy without having that joy immediately attacked by someone who doesn't like it that we can have Discussions and we can keep it in perspective um, so um, that's that's what I try to do and um, Sometimes I do it better than others. I've I've probably failed at everything that I've tried to do at some point. I've I've I'm certain that I have um I have violated my own principles in pretty much every area at some point or other but Um, I I still do the best I can and I feel like my principles are good ones and and worth maintaining so I'm going to do the best I can to uh Do what I think is right and hopefully um gather a few other people who feel the same So guess what? now We are a few minutes away and now is actually the time to wrap it up because because hold on hold on because we've got Uh, the cats and I are rehearsing our musical And you know, they have to do the lead in because the turkeys the turkeys Do most of the show the turkeys the cats are played by turkeys Which by the way, marianne, that's why I need a live turkey because I mean we're doing a musical here I need a turkey who can play a cat Um, so uh, anyway. Oh, hey, I see Byron. Hello. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait I just saw Byron in here. Now that it's time to Uh, now that it's time uh to go I I can say hello to Byron. I'm sorry. I didn't see you earlier Byron Uh, so thank you guys. Um, I will say good night and now it's time to Roll right over and watch Watch uh, what's on show mind? Uh, so with that I will say Good evening. Oh, um, I almost forgot fellow babies booger