A Double Celebration — Photoniks 1-Year Anniversary & America's 250th!

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>> Welcome to Fotonix. I'm Mr. Dapps.
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>> And I'm Clocky, and welcome to the
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1-year anniversary and America's 250th
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anniversary.
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1-year anniversary for Fotonix and 250
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for America.
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What a great start, right?
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this 250th anniversary, we got matching
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Boom. Cuz we're we're crazy like that.
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mostly Sam Eagle.
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a salute to all podcasts, but mostly
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Fotonix.
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>> Fotonix, same. [laughter]
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>> All right. Well, we're going to do a lot
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of fun things today. In fact, this is a
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very different episode for us, but
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all the different social medias that
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that will post. This this episode will
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be kind of different. Actually, they'll
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be fun to fun on Saturday or on on this
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the day this drops to drop the photos as
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as we go along through the day like
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you're watching a parade cuz today
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we're going to look at
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the America on Parade, the 1976
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Bicentennial Parade. So, now a 50
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technically 51-year-old parade. So, we
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can get started.
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>> Let's do it. Share. I'm excited for
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this. I haven't seen any of these
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pictures, so
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>> This will be
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>> You've seen them all, good.
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>> I've seen all of them and and even more.
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[clears throat] This I would I'll
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preface it with this. This parade is
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probably the most photographed parade
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I've ever seen.
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>> Hmm.
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>> Based on printed photos, everyone
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stopped and took photos of this parade.
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I have almost the entire parade from
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different vantage points and we're going
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to look at about three or four of them
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today.
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>> [gasps]
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>> Well, we look at 50 pictures for 50
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states. Here we go.
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>> There we go. What I love about this
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though is
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this was such an iconic year. Like you
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hear people that lived through it and
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they talk about what a big deal it was.
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So, as you were talking about so many
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different pictures of this parade, I'm
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like, well, of course there would be cuz
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this was the thing. Like amazing. All
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right, what do we got?
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>> What we have here is the recreation of
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the Spirit of '76. So, an old a 1875
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painting that a guy did of two drummers
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and a Fife player. They've modified it
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so Mickey's a flag bearer and a drummer
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and a Fife player as Donald and Goofy
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playing the drums.
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On a giant eagle
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/ drum float.
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>> I'm just saying I wish I could see that
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this this at Disneyland this weekend.
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>> [laughter]
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>> At least this float. We'll get into some
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of the other floats, but this float for
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sure. This would have been a great float
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to bring back out. This would have been
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This would have been a year I I've
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talked about it before and I kind of
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thought they would have done something
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this year similar to the the 200th.
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I wonder if it got lost with the Disney
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100, it got lost with the fact that
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we're going to get a Disney We're going
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to get a Mickey Mouse 100 pretty soon
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here. Disneyland's 70th, all all of
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those combined. I wonder if this got a
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little bit lost in that. But,
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I'd also point out, this is something
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I'm I've researched for my podcast for
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for today since it's the 4th.
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This parade launched on Disney's 20th
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anniversary, Disneyland's 20th
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anniversary.
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>> Mhm.
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>> So, this was kind of their 20th
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anniversary parade.
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>> That's awesome.
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>> Something to think about. But, since we
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only have this one image in here, this
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particular one we're on Main Street and
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right next to what used to be the Upjohn
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Pharmacy, what is already New Century
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Clocks, and the Carnation Company in the
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background. And here's another image
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of it coming down near
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>> uh Alice in Wonderland and the Alice in
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Wonderland bathrooms.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Very cool.
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>> different day, but again, same same
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float.
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>> Nice.
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>> Mickey and Donald looking like they're
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bowing as Goofy does a drum solo.
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And you see Well, we have a garbage can
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though. Look, I here I thought it was
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going to be a different kind of episode,
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but we still have a garbage can.
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>> That's a win.
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>> And the queue for the Matterhorn.
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>> Matterhorn.
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>> That you really don't see anymore.
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>> Right?
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>> Cuz they would go double up on the other
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side.
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>> And they've expanded the queue, too, so
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that helps, too.
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>> is float number one. Yeah, that's float
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number one.
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>> Okay.
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>> And again, then it goes right into a
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historical timeline. So, we go into
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uh Columbus discovering America. I'm
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going to put that in air quotes. But, we
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have Columbus and his ship
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>> [snorts]
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>> coming in.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I didn't know he was in space.
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>> Right?
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>> Uh that telescope.
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He almost looks like a LEGO guy, like a
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mini fig.
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>> Yeah, the the the
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uniqueness of these costumes and they
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will look the same throughout, not the
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costumes, but the actual
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mold of the characters
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were were very specific and very Lego or
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Playmobil-esque.
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>> Mhm.
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Is that the same company, right? Yeah.
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>> Yeah. Yeah.
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And here we have that same one.
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Actually,
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you know what's interesting?
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Some somewhere between this version
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and this version,
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Columbus lost his mustache.
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>> That's interesting.
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Although stranger things have happened.
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>> True.
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>> these things just happen.
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>> Some someone someone came in and said
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>> shot a lot though. This is a fun shot.
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>> Oh, this is a good shot. Yeah, and this
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is from you can tell this is from the
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Main Street transition, yeah.
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>> And I like all the grass you can see in
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the background.
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Like that's just it's one of those
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things we don't really think about of
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how
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yard or park-like the park really used
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to be.
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Right now there's just no more space for
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it anymore.
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>> Now more garden and and less and
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tightened in a bit.
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>> Yeah, for sure.
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>> Nice.
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>> All right.
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Then we move on to the first
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Thanksgiving where we have a turkey with
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a rope around its neck.
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>> this one's the classic one we see a lot.
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>> Like we see like the ops up. We see this
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one a lot. I agree.
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>> Yeah.
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>> The
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But here we come come around the same
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same basic area but on the ground coming
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around
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and seeing some old attraction posters
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in the back, too.
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>> Oh, yeah.
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>> But here we have the pilgrims and I
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think I have one more. Yeah, here's
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another one. Same thing. It's a I think
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it is a classic cuz it that that turkey
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is so tall.
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Yeah.
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You can see it next to the trees a bit.
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You can see it next to the lamp post.
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That's a big it's a big float and the
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characters were kind of I don't know. It
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seems like they popped up places or
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something. I don't know
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in pictures.
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And
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Now we're going to start getting weird.
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So now we're going to start getting
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weird.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Right? Not not a 20-ft tall turkey. Not
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a 20-ft tall turkey, but here we have
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the crime and punishment or the Salem
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witch trials float.
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So we have a guy here in the stocks. We
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have pilgrims still leading them in, but
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guy here in in
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in this in stocks or the pillory and
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then the next one the rest of that float
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is a a witch being dumped into water.
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>> [laughter]
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>> This is great. This
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it I
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This I really this is when I wish we had
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a video of this that was like fair use
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we could use.
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Because I think
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I would love
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this is when it happens is sports
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casting but not sports and we would
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commentate on on this parade. This is
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amazing. Yeah, this image that you go
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this float was frightening little kids
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approved.
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This is this is the you better behave or
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right? Wow.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Different time the 1970s,
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but you know what? Move forward 20 years
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and we have Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Just just saying.
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So we're due for another one. Here we go
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by the Emporium again and let's see.
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And then then we have I've seen this one
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Ben Franklin and the kite. Yeah.
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This one's classic.
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Yep.
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Coming in I had a couple different
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images of this. This was the the
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clearest one of being able to see him
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and the kite going forward. So,
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>> that one was super fun.
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Yeah. Also Also with this is nice you
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can see the bunting on the Carnation uh
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Company building. Yeah. I also think
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it's fun
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with these photos because this is a
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place that we frequently have watched a
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parade through the years.
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>> And
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is it's kind of got that weird
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familiarity even though different colors
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and whatnot.
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All right. And then
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goes into the Liberty Bell
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>> Mhm.
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>> being pulled by
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some colonials
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>> with big noses.
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>> with
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>> big noses.
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White white wigs.
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And then the cannons
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as they could be put away since we
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won the war.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Also some fun Main Street on this one is
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the the clock shop.
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>> Yeah.
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>> The old sign for
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what is now Fortuosity.
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>> Yep.
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>> And that parade keeps going on.
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And we have
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Betsy Ross sewing the stars.
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>> This one's interesting because we are
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looking at it as it is leaving. She was
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backwards. So, her character
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>> Mhm.
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I mean that makes sense cuz you would
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pull a flag as opposed to push it in
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just my logic that
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creatively makes sense to me.
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>> So, every time I see this image I got to
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remember okay, it's going it's going
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that way. It's going down Main Street.
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It's not going up Main Street.
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>> Yeah. Which it looks like a lot of the
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pictures you've had are going would be
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southbound.
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>> Yeah.
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There's another There's another float
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that will come come pretty soon here
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that will confuse you and and it
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confused me for a bit and then I figured
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out I was like, "Oh, okay."
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>> fun.
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>> Right?
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>> [laughter]
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>> Because
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there was no wide there were few wide
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angle cameras. These were all square
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photos, so.
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>> Well, and I'm sure a lot of them are
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just the point and shoot, you know,
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quick Oh, yeah. Whatever.
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I like this one.
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>> Yeah, this is a a slide that I have
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slide image and yeah.
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>> What's weird about this one
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is it almost looks like the person took
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it while walking. Like quick stop click.
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Just because of Ethel's hair in front of
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us.
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>> Right.
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You would you would have cropped that
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out or you would have waited a second
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for her to be farther down.
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>> Or she walked right in front of you
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right as you took the picture, which is
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also possible. Right? I mean, happens to
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all of us.
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I love this also. This is not a parade
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related thing, but can you zoom in on
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the opera house?
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Like look at that.
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I I love that part. That's so pretty.
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>> And you can see a mailbox.
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But
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>> I saw that mailbox earlier today, but
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zero garbage cans. I almost sent you a
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picture of it cuz I was like My my total
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thought was like, "Look, patriotic
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mailbox."
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>> All right, and then
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that should move us to Oh, yeah, the
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covered wagons heading down, the girl
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with her banjo
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>> heading west but south.
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>> Yes.
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>> [snorts]
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>> I love too that they made the creative
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choice of like, "We need to put patches
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on this pristine wagon."
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>> Right, so it breaks up the the color cuz
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it's just a giant white
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>> It's it's a good choice, but also from a
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story perspective, I'm like, "Huh."
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>> It makes it less look less like a sail.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And then that leads us Oh, yeah, there
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here's the front of the covered wagon.
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I love that. That's fun.
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And I imagine the horses would move.
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>> these are square, too.
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>> Yeah, most of these images are are the
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3x3 rounded corner rounded edged
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70s photos. Yeah.
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So, just like my
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grandparents.
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>> [snorts]
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>> Well, one of one line of my
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grandparents.
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And then we have the riverboat or not
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the riverboat but the raft. That kind of
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Tom Sawyer Island. Or like that's
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supposed to be Tom Sawyer Island and all
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that.
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>> It's supposed to be Tom Sawyer and and
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you know, kids.
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>> You know what's weird about all of this
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though? And maybe you just don't have
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pictures of it.
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We're not seeing the dancers and the
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performers like going alongside the
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floats. It's literally it looks like
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just float after float with a couple of
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pilgrims.
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>> So, we'll see some of we'll see more as
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we go along. This parade,
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>> Like I said, we have 50 photos. We are
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you know, 13 minutes into this
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recording.
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And uh there's a lot more to come. We
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haven't gotten to
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>> I I I got to say there's some of the
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weird stuff. But but yeah, there were
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there there wasn't as many in the
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beginning. I and I agree and I tried to
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you know, encapsulate all everything in
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there.
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>> But here is where we start having more
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walking guys.
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>> I concede my case.
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>> But now we have the riverboat captain
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who does not who looks not unlike Mark
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Twain.
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With the riverboat. And
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the weird part with this is all of these
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little trestles that go through. At the
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very end there's the actual paddle wheel
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that I don't have a lot I didn't have a
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good photo of so I didn't include it.
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But so this is supposed to be kind of
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like the extension of the boat.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah.
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>> I also find it interesting and I think
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we've talked about this on another
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episode is how in the back when you look
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at Main Street in that corner reminds me
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so much of Magic Kingdom in Florida and
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actually to a lesser extent Disneyland
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Paris
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as well in that corner. Actually I think
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in Disneyland Paris it would be on the
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right but um
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It's very interesting.
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>> We talked about this the last time that
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we were there just the
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how this ends and then extends and the
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pictures we've seen of this this being
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the actual old locker location and
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actually that's lost and found at this
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point. I can barely read that in there
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but lost and found in the van lines.
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>> I mean the yellow tuxes and top hats are
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also great as we pop back into the
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parade.
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>> That one's fun and then I think I have
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another photo of the same there's a
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little close-up photo.
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>> Okay. Okay.
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Which also is kind of almost like a
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tease of what will become later years
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with Mickey sensational with when they
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bring a riverboat back.
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With Tiana and Louis.
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>> Oh yeah.
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>> Here he is again closer to
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This one shows him the best. I like
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this.
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>> Yeah.
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And I kind of wonder I'm sure that that
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cord is not accidental. I bet he could
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ring a bell
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on that cord.
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>> that that would make sense.
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I love the colors too like when we get
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pictures like this I love the vibrance
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in the patriotic colors that you get to
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see.
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>> Yeah these they really do pop.
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>> this slide image really allows for the
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color to stay a little bit better than
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the 70s photos but then we also have the
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monorail in the background and the
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>> Oh nice.
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>> um skyway above.
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>> That is a lot going on. I like that.
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>> I got everything. That's just the thing.
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All right.
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>> [snorts]
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>> We'll move forward to oh this is more of
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that train all the way down so you can
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actually see how long it went.
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>> That's a lot of people now. See I I all
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I had to do was say something and now
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there's
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>> And the next photo would be
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>> [laughter]
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>> Well and I don't think they'd be they
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actually with three of them I'm sure
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they would change out. Maybe the guys
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would be always be the one pushing and
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the girls would would kind of promenade.
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Yeah, I don't know.
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I think it also just shows what you end
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up seeing in most books of this parade
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because I think there's certain things
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that everybody's
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kind of familiar with and then there's
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stuff like this. It's like, "Oh, okay."
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>> [snorts]
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>> All right. They they had that.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Here we have more of it all the way
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down.
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>> It's interesting, too, cuz it reminds me
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a little bit of electrical parade.
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>> Oh, very yeah. I mean, this same era of
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parade. I mean, when we think about the
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electrical parade now
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it's it's like, well, that's a it's a
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it's a revision of the '70s parade.
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>> yeah.
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>> Yeah. Yeah.
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>> Oh, in that last picture you can see
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Skyway again, by the way.
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>> Yeah, Skyway.
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>> I just happened to look up and I'm like,
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"Oh."
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>> Yeah, that Yeah, so we're we're we're a
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little bit further down
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>> down from that from the other photo, but
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And you can see a tiny bit of the castle
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on the left, too.
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>> Yeah.
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>> That's a great shot.
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I kind of discounted it at first cuz I
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was looking at the uh
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the things they're pushing.
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>> then we have the
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Finding Gold.
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>> The Wild West.
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>> West.
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So, this one leads into just kind of
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kind of an old town feel, old you know,
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western town feel
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to this, the start of an of a different
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odd float.
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So,
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so here we have the can-can dancers and
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the piano player.
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>> Okay. Okay, I was guessing that, but I
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couldn't tell completely.
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>> And they are attached to
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a locomotive engine, which is right
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here.
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>> I mean, that makes sense. Old West.
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>> So, what I don't have cuz there's a
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second locomotive engine, which is this
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one.
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>> Oh, was this when they meet at
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Promontory Point?
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>> This is the Golden Spike.
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>> Okay, that makes sense.
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>> Yeah.
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>> I like that. That's fun.
19:22
>> Yeah.
19:24
Every time I looked at it I was like,
19:25
wait, why which side am I on? Cuz I have
19:27
the backside of this one as well.
19:29
>> Yeah, okay.
19:31
>> And then I saw a picture in the book. So
19:32
here's the backside of that one with,
19:33
you know, patriotism and fireworks and
19:37
bunting.
19:40
>> That's cool.
19:41
>> Yeah.
19:42
>> And a little weird, but yeah, that's
19:43
cool.
19:43
>> yeah.
19:44
It's a little weird to use the backside
19:46
of the train as two different
19:47
transitions, but
19:49
>> Yeah, cuz it's like you can see the
19:50
cabin of the the engine there and he's
19:53
kind of in the back of the cabin, but
19:54
it's also like the back of the train
19:56
completely and it it's
19:58
>> But it's also like a store
19:59
or a, you know,
20:01
>> Cuz the rail reminds me of like the old
20:05
like whistle-stop tours for politicians
20:07
and um
20:11
Huh, that's really interesting.
20:13
>> All right, then Oh, then we have the
20:16
rear of the train.
20:16
>> we go.
20:18
Nice color pop of that train.
20:22
>> But you can see how the how stark the
20:23
gray is compared to a lot of the other
20:24
colors that they've used.
20:27
>> It's it's almost like they went for
20:28
realism or something instead. I mean,
20:30
it's not super real, but
20:33
it they went something.
20:35
>> [snorts]
20:35
>> And then
20:38
we have the votes for women. So kind of
20:40
turn of the century
20:42
suffragette movement.
20:47
Down kind of small world mall. You can
20:48
kind of see a small world in the
20:49
background.
20:50
>> Oh, yeah.
20:54
>> Into just a gazebo and the band playing.
20:58
>> Pollyanna-ish.
21:00
>> Yeah.
21:05
And then
21:08
>> [laughter]
21:09
>> Just
21:10
I mean, you have to have a, you know, a
21:12
lampshade style umbrella over your your
21:16
your baby carriage.
21:17
>> that is
21:18
>> unique.
21:21
I wouldn't want to be the person to have
21:22
to do that. That does not look
21:24
comfortable in any way.
21:27
Yeah, it's interesting to think about
21:28
the cuz these are oversized
21:31
figures.
21:32
>> So,
21:33
where your arms are and where your
21:35
shoulders are versus the rest of the
21:37
harness on this,
21:39
>> Mhm.
21:40
>> be it would be quite challenging to keep
21:42
an eye on what you're pushing
21:45
and not fall over. There's a level of
21:47
trust there or something. I don't know.
21:50
>> That's a good one.
21:51
>> Yeah.
21:53
>> And then we have a section that I
21:55
learned about recently, which is coming
21:56
up next, which is called school days.
21:59
That wasn't always in the parade.
22:03
So, it would pop in or pop out depending
22:05
on the time of year.
22:07
>> Interesting. So, was it only during
22:09
school days that it was
22:11
>> It was Let me see if I can find
22:16
school days.
22:18
>> Cuz frankly, if I was there on summer
22:20
vacation and they're showing me school,
22:21
I'd be a little bit disappointed.
22:24
As a kid.
22:24
>> On on less busy days in '75 and '76, on
22:28
some non-holiday or some non-holiday
22:31
units were cut. The school days was cut
22:32
during the months of summer and
22:34
December. So, maybe it was made make it
22:36
to go faster?
22:38
>> Hm.
22:39
>> I I don't know.
22:39
>> That's interesting.
22:41
That's really weird. Okay.
22:42
>> Yeah.
22:44
Maybe Doug or Tim will Dale know.
22:46
Here we have the
22:49
school days float.
22:51
>> Interesting.
22:52
>> And then we have the
22:55
the cheerleader, the football player,
22:56
the baseball player on a giant
22:58
megaphone.
23:01
>> This is one I recognize.
23:03
>> This is when we get weird again cuz then
23:05
we have
23:05
>> Yes.
23:06
>> We go from kind of an overall history we
23:09
kind of stop at Main Street, right? We
23:12
got to stop you know the turn of the
23:13
century Main Street vibe.
23:15
And then we just go into food.
23:19
So giant ice cream cone with ice cream.
23:22
Very American.
23:24
>> Ice cream, you scream. Oversized
23:26
sandwich, a teapot, the popcorn popping
23:29
out, the hot dogs on the side.
23:33
>> so much. The oversized sandwich is very
23:35
American. We like to oversize
23:37
everything.
23:37
>> And the and then and the way back you
23:39
can see a a mustard jar. Jar of mustard.
23:43
Yeah.
23:44
>> Maybe that was an American thing.
23:47
>> And here we have there is there's a
23:49
sandwich with
23:51
layers of let's see onion, cucumber or
23:54
or pickle or both.
23:56
Uh pimento loaf.
23:58
>> mystery meat. Oh okay, plantain.
24:00
>> Okay, there's a there's a there's a fish
24:01
tail. So it's fish.
24:02
>> Oh yeah, sardine, egg.
24:06
>> Uh lettuce, celery celery, parsley
24:08
probably.
24:09
>> Oh yeah, you're right. Yeah.
24:11
Another meat it looks like maybe up on
24:13
the top.
24:14
>> Probably.
24:15
All this all this no bacon and then with
24:18
the classic green olive and pimento on
24:20
top.
24:21
>> I can tell you which
24:23
float [snorts] will not be my favorite.
24:25
>> [laughter]
24:27
>> Also in this photo now that I'm looking
24:28
at it we also have the the mustard again
24:30
and the light bulb we're getting into
24:31
inventions now. And then there's a guy
24:33
on the castle.
24:35
That's a guy just standing on the top of
24:36
the castle. I imagine a a stage manager
24:39
cast member making sure everything's
24:40
going the right direction.
24:41
>> Or just somebody who knew that they
24:43
could be up there.
24:44
>> Uh that could be too. It was a 1970s
24:46
>> You think back then people just did
24:48
things cuz they could.
24:50
>> [snorts]
24:51
>> And then we have the this one's odd.
24:53
There's more on the other side of this
24:55
float which is odd that they had a
24:56
directional float, but this is
24:58
transportation, so we've got the
25:00
>> Okay.
25:00
>> airplane, we've got a spaceship in the
25:02
background, there's a train image on
25:04
this side that I've seen
25:06
that I don't have a photo for, but I
25:07
know that's what that is.
25:09
So, it's kind of an odd way that they
25:11
did a a one-sided
25:13
>> throw like a whole section of Epcot into
25:15
one float.
25:16
>> Right.
25:17
>> Okay.
25:18
>> Even though there isn't an Epcot yet,
25:19
but although some of these costumes went
25:21
to Epcot cuz the American Pavilion had
25:24
some of these
25:25
>> You're right.
25:26
>> characters for a while.
25:27
>> [clears throat]
25:27
>> So, pre-cot.
25:29
And then
25:31
we have the gramophone, so we have
25:32
music.
25:34
>> I was listening to an actual Disney
25:36
video of this
25:38
>> Mhm.
25:38
>> that really talked about this was like,
25:40
oh, being able to have entertainment at
25:41
home, cuz then it moves to the radio.
25:43
>> Ah, okay.
25:46
>> Then it moves Then it moves to movies,
25:49
being able to see movies, so we have the
25:50
Aristocats
25:52
>> and the film reels here.
25:56
>> Cool.
25:57
>> Huh.
25:58
>> That one's a That one's a fun one. When
25:59
people go like, there's no Aristocats
26:01
representation in parades, I go, there
26:03
was.
26:05
In 1975.
26:06
>> here and there.
26:09
>> And then
26:10
then we have a I I look I looked at this
26:12
one, this is another good I'm glad I
26:13
watched all these videos on it. So, then
26:15
they would talked about it being
26:17
the cinema having starting with Snow
26:20
White and the Seven Dwarfs.
26:22
>> Okay.
26:22
>> And so, there's a film reel There's two
26:25
film reel floats, this is one, and
26:27
there's a second one that shows the
26:29
start of
26:31
kind of
26:32
Disney animation
26:34
goes to television, right? So, this is a
26:36
TV that we're going to see in a sec, but
26:38
here we have a dwarf walking on the side
26:40
there.
26:42
>> And then inside the TV were Winnie the
26:44
Pooh and Tigger.
26:45
>> That's That's a good choice.
26:49
>> Other than you'd only see it from one
26:50
side?
26:52
>> You'd see it from both sides cuz that's
26:53
that's open through.
26:54
>> Okay.
26:55
>> Okay.
26:55
>> Yeah.
26:56
>> Hm.
26:57
>> You just
26:57
>> Interesting.
26:57
>> There's nothing really on the front of
26:58
it. And then the back was like oh and
27:00
all the other classics like the three
27:02
little pigs and the big bad wolf. So
27:04
this was a second film strip float that
27:06
would go by after Winnie the Pooh went
27:08
by in the
27:10
>> Hm.
27:10
>> television.
27:12
>> You would think that would be first.
27:16
>> Yeah you you you think you'd continue
27:17
the film strip and then or that this
27:19
would be the revolving one if you
27:20
thought you could get more than one
27:22
movie on, right?
27:24
>> this this is the movie that's coming out
27:25
right now or this is the movie that is
27:27
out right now.
27:27
>> Sure. Okay, you can do that.
27:29
>> So you're looking at Actually looking at
27:31
maps from that year.
27:33
>> Mhm.
27:34
>> Fall winter '76 or '70 '75 winter
27:38
uh '76 winterish. Um
27:42
uh Snow White was back in theaters.
27:44
>> Oh, so that that tracks.
27:46
>> Okay.
27:47
>> So
27:47
>> So it makes sense to have
27:48
>> Hey.
27:49
>> Don't forget
27:50
>> Mhm.
27:52
>> And then we have Dumbo and a circus
27:54
float for no apparent reason other than
27:57
this was just more entertainment.
28:00
>> I mean circuses are kind of American
28:02
back then.
28:05
Like
28:07
and Disney done Toby Tyler and Dumbo and
28:10
like it's it's not an unexplored
28:13
uh
28:16
thing for them. Okay, I'll give it.
28:19
Interesting.
28:20
>> Then we have the
28:22
>> classic, too.
28:23
>> of balloon floats. And and what's weird
28:25
is again with this
28:27
I have this with Minnie wearing her
28:29
colonial you know mop cap and striped
28:33
you know red and white stripes
28:35
dress.
28:36
I saw another video today, she's just
28:38
kind of in in her modern Minnie
28:40
clothing.
28:42
>> That would be weird.
28:43
>> Yeah.
28:45
Also there's something you wouldn't see
28:46
on a float anymore and that is the
28:48
Confederate flag or whatever flag that
28:51
might be right there.
28:53
>> That's that's probably true.
28:57
Weird.
28:58
>> Unless it's one of Yeah, I guess it
28:59
would It could be one of the states.
29:01
It's probably one of the states. I was
29:02
like, I'm sure it's one of the colonial
29:03
but that might be the same thing.
29:07
Here we have Pluto with his float
29:09
as his balloon.
29:11
And then I think Do I have I'm trying to
29:13
think what else I have the Chip and Dale
29:15
>> Oh, Chip and Dale. There we go.
29:18
>> with their
29:19
patriotic vests and hats or maybe not
29:23
hats. Maybe that's just a flag on his
29:24
head.
29:27
And then
29:28
the ones you don't see looking at this,
29:30
there are two or three other balloons.
29:33
So, of what I've saw it was blue and
29:37
King Louie
29:39
and then Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear had
29:41
had one as well.
29:42
>> Okay.
29:42
>> don't know if those would change out.
29:45
But I have at least one full row of
29:46
people.
29:47
>> just You could almost just throw
29:48
characters on it.
29:51
That makes sense.
29:53
>> Kind of kind of like a cavalcade section
29:54
of the parade.
29:55
Who do we Who do we have backstage? Put
29:57
them on.
29:59
>> All right, throw a vest on him.
30:00
>> there we have the final float of the
30:03
parade and that is of Lady Liberty with
30:06
her torch and a giant eagle and then
30:09
inside the eagle is Uncle Sam saying,
30:12
"Happy birthday, America."
30:15
>> Seeing if you did that today, it would
30:16
have to be Miss Piggy and Kermit.
30:19
>> That would be great. Oh, that'd be
30:21
great.
30:21
>> so fun.
30:22
>> And then we have this float. So, Doug,
30:24
this is for you.
30:26
Where is this float from? It is in the
30:29
same stack of photos of all these other
30:30
ones. It's in the same location, same
30:32
style, everything and I could not find
30:34
it on the parade at all. So, either this
30:36
is a pre-real people
30:38
Yeah, the real people.
30:40
The only real people
30:41
>> modern
30:43
outfits, too.
30:46
I wonder if that was like a special
30:47
cavalcade or something. Like a pre-show
30:50
parade.
30:53
Cuz it definitely wasn't the end.
30:54
Watching the videos, that last float was
30:56
the end. You'd have the the rope holders
30:59
at the end walking walking along.
31:03
Stylistically, this looks a lot more
31:05
modern, too. And it'd be weird to have
31:07
it following when you just went classic
31:09
like cuz it opens and close very
31:11
classic. And um
31:14
That's interesting.
31:16
Yeah. So, that's an odd one. I have no
31:17
clue.
31:18
Yeah, that is an odd one.
31:21
Huh.
31:22
Okay.
31:24
So, now comes the hard part, huh?
31:26
Well, we're going to make it easier
31:27
today and that is by saying not what our
31:29
favorite photo was cuz there were 50 of
31:31
them to choose from.
31:33
What was your favorite float or section
31:35
of the parade?
31:37
First one.
31:39
Just Mickey and Donald and Goofy. I I
31:41
like yeah, that that's got such a good
31:45
Like to me it encapsulates
31:47
Disney and 4th of July and Americana
31:50
like all of that in one spot and when
31:53
you see that, you know exactly what
31:54
you're getting and where you're at and I
31:57
just love the uh
31:58
um the combination that way.
32:04
It's so tempting. So tempting.
32:07
>> [laughter]
32:08
>> I mean, I wouldn't blame you. It's it's
32:10
It definitely uh catches your eye.
32:14
I'm going to I'm going to go with the
32:17
the Mark Twain.
32:19
Okay.
32:21
The extended Mark Twain. for the for for
32:23
the pop for the extension for the
32:26
uh
32:28
We don't do this anymore. We we will see
32:30
cuts before we see additions.
32:32
I I don't know if you need all this, but
32:34
they have it.
32:35
They have that long train and the
32:38
the paddle wheel
32:40
to allow for people to enjoy
32:43
all of it.
32:45
It's like my dad used to say when we
32:47
come to Disneyland is nobody makes you
32:50
go wow better than Disney.
32:52
And
32:54
this is one of those things where I feel
32:56
like if we were standing right there and
32:58
it came at us and just kept going we'd
33:00
be like wow. Wow. You know, there could
33:02
be different reasons for that wow, but
33:05
uh I I really do think that is a wow
33:07
float as you're looking at it and just
33:09
how far it goes and how many people are
33:11
in it and
33:13
um
33:15
at least six. That's
33:18
Yeah.
33:19
So that'd be 18 people. 2 3 4 5 Yeah, at
33:23
least six if not if not more.
33:27
That's that's incredible. No, I think
33:29
it's a good choice.
33:30
And it's it's a very pretty float also.
33:33
Yeah.
33:35
It's got a good pop. They added the
33:36
yellow
33:37
goes well with the red, white, and blue.
33:40
Mhm. No, I think it looks I think it
33:42
looks really nice and uh
33:44
this picture in particular is fun with
33:46
the monorail and the Yeah.
33:48
skyway, too.
33:50
And we know there's a And we know
33:51
there's a guy up there somewhere.
33:54
Mhm. Just hanging out on top of it out
33:56
of shot, probably. Right? Yeah.
33:59
Exactly.
34:00
All right. Well, we we succeeded. Happy
34:03
4th, everybody. What should people do
34:05
clocky as we come to the end of this?
34:08
You should
34:10
tell us what your favorite float is in
34:11
the comments. Let us know what you'd
34:13
like to see more of. I purposefully when
34:15
we did our parade episode at the
34:17
beginning of this calendar year, made
34:19
sure to not include any of these ones
34:22
so that we could do a full episode and
34:24
just
34:25
go wild. And if your favorite one was
34:27
that witch getting dunked or that you
34:29
know potential witch getting dunked, let
34:31
me know. I think I have I got we'll post
34:33
some photos of that. Look forward to
34:35
seeing photos of this on 4th of July. I
34:37
will set some timers and we will post as
34:40
we go through the day and
34:42
just have an America on parade
34:45
on Fotonics on parade.
34:48
But like, comment, subscribe.
34:49
>> 250th.
34:51
Do that, too.
34:53
>> Yeah. Happy first.
34:56
>> That, too. Right? Cheers.
34:59
>> 100 or 200 or water or no, 50 51st
35:03
anniversary of that parade that came out
35:04
in 1975.
35:08
>> Very very cool.
35:10
We look forward to Fotonicking with you
35:12
again very soon. We've got some fun
35:14
stuff lined up. We actually have started
35:17
like thinking ahead and coming up with
35:18
ideas for future episodes. But if
35:20
there's anything particular you'd like
35:21
to know or see, let us know. Or if you
35:23
have photos, send them in, too. That
35:25
would be great. But make it a great
35:27
week, everybody. Make month, year, 100
35:30
years, all of that cuz it is one of
35:32
those anniversary things. But happy 4th
35:34
everybody and we'll see you again in
35:37
Fotonicking world soon, I guess, huh?
35:39
Right?
35:40
>> [laughter]
35:41
>> Turn Be sure to turn off your flash on
35:43
attractions. Thank you.
35:45
>> Mhm. No flashes. All right.
35:47
Happy 4th everybody.
35:51
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