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Nov. 5, 2022 - Lionel Nation
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How Social Media Complement the Human Experience

The device is the message. And the medium.

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I say to you that the most fascinating story is what is going on right now regarding these elections and the messaging.
The words, the focus, the ideas, the role of social media, the role of media, listening to what is happening.
Now, I try to explain this, and it's very difficult, but I'm going to try my best.
When you listen to what is happening, when you pay attention to what is happening, do so as though you're Trying to explain what is happening to somebody from a foreign planet?
That's kind of redundant.
Or maybe imagine you're somehow talking to your grandparents who says, tell me what's going on.
We haven't been here.
You say, okay, let me tell you what's happening right now.
This is the election.
And this is the role of social media, the role of...
Cable news to an extent.
The media, the momentum, how it works.
I love documentaries on elections, presidential elections.
And the elections that I saw, my generation, what I remember, I remember Kennedy's assassination.
I was five, so that was it.
But I remember LBJ.
And absolutely remember Nixon.
And Jimmy Carter and Reagan and everybody and Bill Clinton and Carter and everybody else and Bush 41 and Bush 45. I remember that.
I remember how the country changed.
And it changed with each successive election.
And the message changed.
And the way they politic.
Listen.
Listen to Kennedy.
He's got high hopes and high hopes.
Frank Sinatra was singing a song for Kennedy.
There's one, Nixon's the One.
It's a Jimmy Carter story.
I still think the best was Ronald Reagan.
Mourning an American.
Oh, God.
That changed everything.
Everything.
I remember that so thoroughly.
Thoroughly.
I watched when people that you thought were pretty good.
I've got to say this.
This is important.
George McGovern.
George McGovern was a great, great man.
This was a guy who was a World War II, either a bomber pilot or a bomber dude, but not in any way, not in no way a wimp.
Against Nixon?
This was a bona fide, serious war hero.
And he was made out to be just this...
He was clobbered.
I think the only...
I think he lost his own state, if I recall correctly.
I think the only states he won, I think it was Massachusetts, and maybe D.C. Well, D.C. doesn't, but...
I remember that.
And what is happening right now, I have to turn off everything.
I can't watch it.
Because they're not focusing on what's happening.
They're using each particular show to continue to campaign for you.
And that's fine.
That's what they do.
I understand it.
I dig that.
That's what they do.
I understand that.
But that's not where I want to go to.
Right now, With four days to go, look at what's happening.
Look at what the mood is.
Look at what the tone is.
National and an individual.
Here in New York, give an example.
Here in New York, you can really see it.
And you are seeing this two issues here, locally.
Crime and economy.
But crime.
Oh my God, crime.
And then people will come out and they will address this and they will say, no, that's the Republican message.
Crime and inflation, maybe family, maybe three, but inflation and crime.
Absolutely.
And it's so easy.
Remember, that is, it's the economy, stupid.
Who made that?
That was James Carville.
That's what got Clinton elected, among other things, inter alia, among other things.
It's a fascinating issue.
You can just point and you can say, look at this!
And you can talk about the urban white voter, the mother.
You can talk about the notion of what affects people the most in terms of their family.
Okay, okay, okay.
We've heard this.
It's true.
And it's very important.
But it's the same people all the time.
But here's a couple things you've got to understand.
This is so important.
Number one, politics is about three groups of people to begin with.
The people who are going to vote Democrat, the people who are going to vote Republican, they're there.
You don't worry about that.
They're there.
Don't worry about it.
Who are the people who are the undecideds?
Who are the people who could be swayed?
Who are the people who not only are undecided, but they get out to vote?
Who are these people?
That's it.
Now, do you listen to polls?
Don't.
The polls that you should be listening to, the polls that you should be listening to, I am telling you, the polls are the private polls.
Privately contracted.
Oh, those cost the most money.
Those are serious.
You don't get those out.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
You don't hear about that.
No, you don't hear about any of those.
The internals are the most important.
They're the most critical.
Polls start off at first by almost acting as though it is nothing but a...
How do I say this?
It is a separate means of promotion, of advertising.
For example, Let's say you're the current governor of your state and you're running, Democrat or Republican.
I'm going to put out that there are a series of polls that show you 10 points ahead of your nearest competitor.
Now, are those polls accurate?
Well, maybe.
Who are these polls?
Are they likely voters?
Well, what is the breakdown of demographics?
Are Republicans or Democrats underrepresented?
Well, where did you go?
Well, I went to a mall.
I went to a school.
I went to a college.
I asked young people whom they thought they preferred.
I didn't ask them whether they were even registered to vote.
I just said citizens.
And there's different ways that you're told about this.
But then...
As these polls are put out, then you have the corrections.
And the corrections are the most important because these companies, you can go online and you can look at whatever, if it's 538 or if it's RealClearPolitics or Rasmussen or Reuters or ABC, whatever it is.
The polls that you get at first and later on are corrected so that at least they retain some form of relevance in the future.
Because remember, there was that one time.
It was in 2016.
It was during Trump and Hillary.
The polls were just...
Forget it!
I want to talk about that.
I want to talk about that.
This is so fascinating.
Please listen.
Please focus on this.
And just try to think differently than the usual suspects.
I'm not going to mention any names, but try your best.
To not merely look for people who are going to repeat that which you already believe, but look to the number of people who are actually speaking the truth.
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Now my friends, I know this may sound kind of productive, but there is so much going on.
And there are a couple of different things you can do.
First, if you want to be a part of the usual routine, you can just watch various cable news and various media, social media and others, and enjoy the fray.
I cannot tell you what you can and can't do.
But if that's the way you look at this, you're missing something so fascinating.
Watch what's happening.
In the past, remember, there's four days to go.
Look at what they're doing right now.
The Democratic Party is sending their big guns.
Obama, Hillary, Carmelita, Kamala, name it.
They're going out and they are spreading the word.
And the way it works, Democrat and Republican, the Republicans are doing the same thing as well.
And they're going into their various enclaves.
A couple of things to notice.
You might notice that there are fewer, fewer new media people weighing in.
In 2016, when it was Trump-Hillary, everybody who was breathing had something to say about that election.
Everybody.
Everybody.
Look at it now.
You see, the usual, I don't see usual suspects, that sounds a bit sarcastic, but you know what I mean.
Those individuals who are involved in these various goings, they're saying their thing.
But look at the difference.
Look at how the media have not weighed in.
Why is that?
Why?
What is happening?
Next, look at the messages.
Republican, it's inflation, crime.
Economy, crime.
Democrat, what's been the pervasive theory?
That this is an existential threat to order, to democracy, that this is an election that is not merely about one particular issue or two particular issues, but the fate and the future of the Union as we know it.
The Republic.
Wow!
Now is that a good move?
Remember something.
Every single day, left and right, there are talking points.
And they are sent out early, early, early.
Some are more privy than others.
And the word goes out, today the message is going to be this.
And if you've ever been a part of it, you can listen.
And they say, Because there has to be unanimity.
You can't have disparate, you know, there has to be a solid opinion.
And that's why you will see the frontrunners, the big names, and then you will go to the various media representatives to promote their thoughts.
And there is a unity there.
Have you ever seen, and this is for all sides, but...
Have you ever seen somebody put together a compilation of a list or a phrase?
For example, this is an existential threat.
And then somebody will say, this is an existential threat.
This is an existential threat.
And you'll see, my God.
And you realize, this is a...
And agreed to, somewhat scripted, but a specific message that is consistent, that is being provided across the board.
Do you see what's happening?
Pay attention.
Look at what's happening.
You can hear it.
Now, throw in social media.
Throw in trending.
Look at what's happening.
I'm fascinated by how...
Quote Hollywood.
Oh, we used that word Hollywood.
I don't see the same level of input and involvement as I have before.
Have you?
Have you noticed that?
Have you noticed it's a little bit different?
Now, here is the biggest question, too.
Ask yourself.
Remember, three groups of people.
People who vote Democrat, people who vote Republican, and then in the middle, undecided, independents, and people who can be poached from either side.
What is it that is going to get somebody to vote now who might be disinclined, who might be unsure?
Ask yourself this question.
How can anybody be unsure?
How?
Can anybody not be sure?
Well, a lot of people are.
So what are the issues?
And what is it that you want turnout?
Turnout is critical.
How do you get people out?
And how do the various influences apply?
Remember this.
The thing that you must avoid at all costs is complacency.
And this is what happens when you tell people for too long, we're going to win.
We've got it in the bag.
We're going to win.
Don't say that!
What do you mean?
Dear God, don't say that!
You want people on every side to think, I've got to get out.
There's a war on.
They need my vote.
This is going to be close.
This is going, oh my God, I've got to get out there.
Not, don't worry, we've got it.
When I hear that, and when I hear people say, well, we've got Governor, excuse me, Lee Zeldin, who apparently is slated to win against Kathy Hochul for New York.
Don't say that!
If that's not what you want.
In fact, don't be surprised if somebody from the other side puts out information that says, don't worry, they've got it.
Yeah, don't worry.
Don't worry, Democrats or Republicans.
You've got this one.
Don't even worry about voting.
You know what, you've got it.
Hey, you sure earned this one.
Don't be surprised if that doesn't happen as well.
Now, there is so much going on right now.
One of the biggest stories that is captivating more people who don't even understand what it is is Elon Musk and Twitter.
It is fascinating.
Step back.
Look at what's going on.
I'm hearing more people say, I don't even use Twitter.
But I guess this is a big news.
This is a big story.
And it means something.
And what is the subtext?
What is it about?
What is it really about?
Think about this.
When you talk about the whole Twitter and Elon Musk, what does it mean?
What's the story?
Is it about what?
It's about censorship.
At least that's the way it's being presented.
In one group you have this boorish, bombastic billionaire, about enough for being alliterative, who's coming in here and now he's cleaning house and firing people and he's crude and he wants to charge eight bucks a month for the blue check.
Well, then you have little sorties going back and forth between AOC and him.
It's one of the most brilliant public relations.
It's everywhere.
Now, granted, if you're saying, look, I'm just watching the World Series, you're not going to pay attention, but for those people who are looking at front pages and go, there it is, there it is.
No matter what, China, Russia, BB coming back in Israel, whatever that's going on, but domestically, This guy is a rock star, and people don't even know why they're even talking about this.
What's at stake?
Who did what?
Who?
What?
Who?
It's fascinating.
And the issue is, is it going to have some kind of a lasting effect down the road?
Now, another story, which is so interesting.
I've never seen anything.
When there is, how do I say this?
The issue, the story, the news, and then there's the derivative story of the media.
Whenever there's anything that deals with an apparent existential loss, or excuse me, a reconsolidation, reconfiguring, realignment of either CNN or Fox News or MSNBC, or this one's moving, Jake Tapper was moved, Shepard Smith, he was fired.
What?
Don Lemon, they reported his first ratings for his morning show with Poppy, Hoppy, whatever, at the basement.
Still better than Fredo Cuomo, as he is called, which is another story.
Do you remember any time growing up, I don't, where people cared as much about the interstitial goings-on of a media?
I remember...
Remember when Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters had this, that was something?
There were times in the old days when Murrow might have been, he might not have gotten along with someone.
Cronkite and Dan Rather, when Dan Rather had font, remember that, when there was that memo, memo gate, and they said, wait a minute, this font was not in existence because Dan Rather was such a lightning rod, separate and distinct from his position, and that's when it all changed.
Now, there is a separate media division where people just want to see who's fired, who's gone, what was cancelled, because most people think that it is an endorsement, or rather it is a referendum, on the mindset, on the political...
That that network theoretically represents in their minds.
So what people are doing is they're saying, well, look, CNN is doing bad, or Fox News is doing bad, whoever is doing poorly, people will say, and that's indicative.
That goes part and parcel with their decline in political success or what have you.
It's fascinating.
Never had this before.
Ever.
Certain things are reminiscent, certain things aren't.
Now, let me ask you this question.
And you might be watching this now.
You might be listening to it later on either Spotify or Apple or whatever it is.
Have you ever had your mind changed?
Have you ever been at some point in your life where you thought, you know what, I was raised, not raised, but in my family they were, you know, liberal or conservative, for lack of a better word.
And then I changed.
I went like that.
I just...
It was my epiphany, my red pill moment, my sobriety, that moment I hit rock bottom, whatever it is.
To some people, changing ideological belief system is almost like sobriety.
It's cataclysmic.
Do you think people change their minds that greatly?
Do you think that something can be said now?
I suggest no.
The only thing I can do is go after turnout, because I'm not going to get somebody.
I'm not going to tell them something.
There's always going to be a few, but for the most part, no.
No, I don't believe that.
I don't believe that there is this, that there are people who say, I have been a Democrat my whole life, or I have been a Republican, and I am not.
You know what?
I'm going to ride this out.
And he may not be great.
And he may not be, you know, to my cup of tea.
But I am not going to in any way.
Whatever.
Politics is personal.
Politics even more today than ever.
If that's even possible, because I know people forget this, but if you think the rancor that you're hearing right now is great, go back to FDR.
Go back to Abraham Lincoln.
My God!
How about Andrew Jackson, who they were accusing him of bigamy and Grover Cleveland with his wife, his ward.
He was the guardian of this.
I mean, if you think this is brutal, FDR was, I mean, the detestation of that man.
Same thing for Kennedy, same thing.
Because people always think that the world they live in now has never been more rancorous.
Has never been, oh, no, no, no, no.
Absolutely not.
Absolutely.
You know, when people...
Let me give you an example.
You know when you go to a doctor and the doctor says, are you in pain?
Yes.
How would you describe your pain on a scale from 1 to 10?
I never understood that.
Sometimes a woman who has had, let's say, three kids will say, I've had kids before.
Okay.
Then this woman will break her leg or hurt herself and she'll be in agony.
And if you went to this person and say, excuse me, ma 'am, yes, I don't know what you're yelling about.
This is certainly not as bad as childbirth.
And the woman, very correctly, would say, just because I went through childbirth, just because childbirth was bad, doesn't mean that this is not excruciating in its own right.
That doesn't...
You know, blot out any future pain.
So when I can tell you that, well, you know, FDR was worse.
Well, you know, Nixon was worse.
You know, after the Tet Offensive.
You know, after Cronkite came out and said, what difference does that make?
Does it make any difference?
All we know is now.
And what's interesting is that it is so fascinating.
And what I want you to do is I want you to try your best.
If you want.
I can't tell you what to do.
But don't...
Let me rephrase this.
I don't waste my time listening to people who are there because it's a team to them.
I don't have a team.
I don't listen to people who say, I'm going to go listen to my team.
That's narrow casting.
This was the classic phrase that was iterated one time and promoted by Roger Ailes who came up with this.
Everybody does this.
We're going to give you a show.
That reflects your worldview.
Not giving you the news, but reinforces that which you want to be true.
And I listen to people, and I don't know why.
They're even popular.
Because it's just one, and we're going to do it.
No, we're not going to do it.
What are you talking about?
Somebody will say, did you see what this person said?
I don't.
Did you see what he wrote about it?
Did you see what she said on the TV?
Why are you talking about it?
Because she said that!
And we have TV shows and news shows that talk about what other TV and news shows say.
What difference does it make?
Who cares?
It doesn't matter.
But if that's your level of entree, that's it.
I look at these very simply and say, what are they talking about?
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Alright, that's good.
Interesting.
And here's one that I don't understand.
If I'm going to be on a show, if I'm going to be on a show, and I'm a Republican or a Democrat, and I'm going to be on a show that has no visibility virtually whatsoever on the part of, and by the way, never kid yourself into thinking that Democrats don't watch Republicans.
That Democrats don't watch Fox News or Republicans don't watch CNN.
Don't ever think that.
Don't ever think that.
I know you might say to yourself, but I don't understand why I'm going to be preaching to the choir when I want there to be turnout.
I don't understand this.
Everybody running for office has to make everybody understand this is what this is about.
You don't even mention the other side.
If you were to say, for example, what we do now will not be felt, in some respects, within five to ten years after.
Some of the stuff that we're doing now will take immediate effect.
Others will not.
So we're setting the tone for your kids, grandkids.
This will right the course of...
This is why this is important.
Why would somebody care about something that's going on now?
Why?
I will never understand talking about somebody else.
I don't believe in going...
You don't have to tell me.
Whether it's Oz or Fetterman or Biden or...
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.
Don't...
Tell me about somebody else.
I don't care about that.
Tell me what you're going to do.
Ronald Reagan never mentioned anybody.
He said, I believe we're going to do this.
Morning in America.
Give me that.
Oh my God.
Have you ever seen anybody on any TV show ever talk about their competition?
Never.
The only time I've ever heard is that we're Avis.
We try harder.
Remember because they were number two?
This is the thing that...
You're going to laugh when I tell you this, but I'm going to tell you this.
Two things have fascinated me.
Because I love collective psychology.
Number one is the McRib.
Every now and then there'll be the McRib story.
Well, McDonald's is bringing back the McRib.
The McRib?
Do they have the McRib?
Have I ever had a McRib?
Is it really a rib?
What is it?
Why am I talking about this?
What is this about?
What do you mean?
The McRib.
And then all of a sudden, you'll see on news shows, well, tonight it's back by popular...
That's right, Stacey.
McDonald's is talking about bringing back the McRib.
And then everybody's talking about it.
Wow!
That fascinates me.
They may not even go out and buy it, but they're talking about a McRib because they're that easily moving.
I never thought about that.
And the greatest example ever, the person that I want to meet, The person that I want to meet more than anybody is the person who says, well, remember on I've Got a Secret or What's My Line?
Sign in!
And he writes, invented the elevator.
Mr. Otis or whatever.
I want to meet the person who says, you know who I am?
I'm the person.
Who got everybody to cover their entire body with tattoos.
Ten years ago.
Me.
Here is before.
This is my...
The number of tattoos based upon the Tattoo Society, the tattoo marketing, the ink magazine, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The number of people who had tattoos in 1980 was 13%.
Whatever.
Now, 87%.
I'm the guy.
And not just a tattoo.
Not just a little, you know, a heart or a mom or, oh no, I mean, you cannot watch, you cannot watch any show today involving people who were ex-military.
And I love the themes of various platforms.
Ex-Navy SEAL, ex...
Special Forces, Action, Recon, this and that, blah, blah, blah.
And they're just covered.
They're not believed.
I don't believe this guy.
If you're not covered, I'm sorry.
Chefs, let's go right now to go behind the scenes to this Michelin 3, maybe, I don't know about foreign countries, but overnight.
That fascinates me.
Like you cannot believe.
How did that happen?
How did that happen overnight?
It's one of those things.
And it goes to show you because of the way people think collectively.
How is it that people say, this is it?
How do we change expressions?
How do we use words?
Why does every...
Show on the internet.
Every platform.
Hey guys!
Hey guys!
Hey you guys!
Hey guys!
Even Sammy the Bull Gravano covered in tattoos.
Hey guys!
You know, here's a story about when we waxed Paul.
Mafia.
Have you watched those?
LCN.
I watch every...
I think they've told the same 12 stories.
You know Roy DeMeo.
You know the Mercury.
You know Roy DeMeo.
You know DeMeo.
I know all about that one.
Okay.
But, hey guys.
Where did that come from?
Overnight.
Wow.
Phrases.
Hilarious.
Hilarious.
You are hilarious.
Louis C.K. does a great thing on that.
Hilarious.
That is insane.
You are insane.
And I literally, no, no, I literally melted.
My eyes literally popped out of the sockets, hanging by an optic nerve.
Literally.
You sure about that?
Yes.
Literally.
Yes.
Absolutely.
Literally.
It was amazing.
Amazing.
Had a chai latte?
I love words.
I love where this comes from.
I love to see the swaths of humanity.
And I just sit back and I just watch.
I love, love.
You want to have fun?
Go to a mall.
Still the greatest observatory and laboratory of human behavior you will ever see.
You want to see how the economy is doing?
Go to a mall.
Look what people are doing.
And Mrs. Dell always says, she's so right, see if they have bags.
Are they buying anything?
How's the economy?
Go to Cheesecake Factory.
Packed.
There's money.
Ask people, everywhere I go, how's business?
Pretty good.
That's interesting.
When they say pretty good, it's really good.
Don't look at the Dow.
If somebody doesn't have any money, If somebody really...
You're going to see these people.
Remember, during COVID, when you just saw it, remember, you will never, ever, ever be able to imagine or understand what it was like to be in New York City during COVID when it was abandoned.
It was the eerie.
It was like a moonscape.
Wednesdays.
Theater days.
To go east or west side?
Forget it.
Forget it.
It takes forever.
It's like, no, there's no...
I think the whole thing in Manhattan is like maybe a mile or so.
It's not even that big.
But oh, forget it.
During COVID, I remember driving down on 42nd Street.
Actually going through one of the theater districts.
52, 52. Straight.
I couldn't...
I mean, it was like a...
So I loved to see behaviors.
And when people started to come back, hey, this is back.
Hey, we noticed this is back.
Hey, and we're seeing...
The other day, the other day we're noticing we're seeing men, in particular, wearing suits again.
Very, very, very interesting.
Wearing suit.
And I notice everything.
And I watch things.
And I have no particular interest one way or the other, but I want to pay attention.
And I'm looking at how elections are today.
And I look at what's happening is that you've got...
Imagine these plates.
Remember, Eric Brennan.
He's got the stick and the bowl and he's spinning them.
And you've got, here's the election, alright?
Here's midterms.
Here's 2024 coming up.
That's over here.
Got that?
Then we've got Trump over here.
Then you've got DeSantis.
Then you've got...
What's the future?
Who's next?
Beto's over here.
What's going to happen to CNN?
What's going to happen to media over here?
What about sports?
What's happening about fashion?
What's happening in the world of business?
What's happening in actual various goings-on?
Schools?
Employment?
Do we still have that quiet quitting?
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Now, I've got to tell you something.
This is important.
This is important for you to recognize and to understand.
Listen and listen to me good.
I can't tell you what to pay attention to and I can't tell you what to watch.
But if you merely hear the usual stuff, you're going to miss the symphony of this world that is changing so drastically.
And the biggest implementation, the biggest factor, what has changed everything like nothing else, is social media.
Our social media.
Media is a plural noun.
You know, people used to say all the time, well, you know, the printing press.
Well, the printing press.
No.
As many people have pointed out, a lot of people did not read.
The printing press did not make that big of a deal for most people.
Nothing today, nothing, is as big as social media.
No one is without a phone.
No one.
Let me say this again to you.
And you will be given a phone.
Why?
Not only does it allow you to connect, but it's a surveillance tool.
And you know this.
Pay attention.
Pay close attention.
Watch what's happening.
And ask yourself this question.
When were you ever lured into voting for something or changing politically?
What was it?
Do you like to hear, will you vote for somebody because of the bad job the incumbent is doing?
Or should you keep the incumbent because the challenger's worse?
I don't think like that.
Nobody goes to McDonald's because they hate Burger King.
It doesn't work like that.
But when it comes to politics, and let me also tell you the most important thing, and if you remember one thing that I'm telling you, it is this.
Do not think that when people have a lot of money, they know what they're doing.
When I came to New York, Eons ago, I thought, I'm going to be among the best radio programmers, TV programmers, the best everything, the best restaurants, everything is going to be the best because it's New York.
Wrong.
Wrong.
You are going to see things right now.
It is the media.
Billions of dollars.
Keep an eye on this.
Keep an eye on this.
Because this idea of, maybe you don't remember this, TV shows.
The Today Show.
Dave Garroway.
J. Fred Muggs.
This was the biggest deal ever.
It was huge.
They're still doing the basic format of this.
And certain things happen.
This one will leave this network and go to this network and it dies.
I don't know why.
Why is this network?
Is it that much better?
Don't know.
Have you ever seen a gas station on a corner?
It never made it.
There was always this one gas station.
It never made it.
But the one across the street is doing great.
Why?
I don't know.
But if the one across the street closes down and the same management goes over here, it doesn't work.
I don't know.
Certain things, all of a sudden something's cool, and then it's not.
A band is good, and then it's not.
A show is interesting, and then it's not.
One day we had bell-bottoms.
Then they were gone.
Nobody put out a memo that said, no more bell-bottoms.
Disco just ended on a Tuesday.
Nobody put out a memo.
It's just all of a sudden you say, hey, whatever happened to...
And that's the way things are.
Focus on this.
It is brilliant.
And no matter what country you're in, no matter whatever, step back.
Be less partisan.
Just observe.
Imagine you're trying to explain this to somebody from another planet.
Imagine what that's like.
Alright, my friends.
Now, I want to remind you too, on January the 14th, January 1-4 in New York City at the Cutting Room, we've got the totally and completely and absolutely the immersive appearance of me where you, You are the star.
You are.
You write the routines.
You write.
It is interactive.
Nobody is doing it.
I'm putting it up right now.
That's where you get the tickets.
Nobody is doing this.
Nobody.
The first thing everybody on stage wants to do is, it's a heckler.
Shut up.
Pipe down.
This is my show.
People are yelling this one day.
But normally the people on the show, they wouldn't have nothing to do with you.
Because everything they're saying is absolutely written to the end.
It's been done a million times.
This is the most...
This is completely different.
And it's going to be in January.
January?
Think about what we're going to be...
I mean, it's just...
And it's...
Is it political?
It's political.
It's social.
It's entertainment.
All that stuff.
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So watch that.
So anyway, we have a lot to talk about.
Thank you so, so very much.
I cannot thank you enough.
Please like this.
Please tell your friends about this.
Please.
I don't want to...
And I should.
I'm remiss.
But...
The other day, I was watching something and I don't know what it was.
It was something like...
How to...
How to change a guitar string.
Whatever.
And the first one is...
Hey, guys.
Hey, guys.
So anyway, please like this.
I'll like it once you tell me about the guitar string.
Okay, please, if you could, please like it and also subscribe.
Okay, I'll subscribe, but tell me why I'm here and then we'll talk.
I finally just said the hell with it.
The guy hasn't even told me about the guitar string yet and already he's asking me, sign up, this, like it, hit the bell, hit the bell.
You know about hitting the bell, don't you?
Aren't you reminded of this?
I hope so.
The likes, honey, I know what to tell you.
The likes are, the likes are, well, what are you going to do?
All right, my friends, you have a great and glorious day.
Happy, happy, happy day to you.
Take care of yourself.
Take care of your family.
We'll talk very, very soon.
Talk tomorrow.
Same bad time, same bad channel.
Now, 9 a.m. Eastern Time.
And until then, remember, the monkey's dead.
The show's over.
Sue ya.
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