The Reel Rejects - UNCUT GEMS (2019) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

Episode Date: February 28, 2024

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Nope, just that you're a gem and you're all gems and I'm ready to do it uncut. That was uncut. Let's get into it. By the way, if you are listening to us on Apple or Spotify, if you don't mind giving us a rating, greatly appreciated. Yeah, no, like I said, the only thing I knew about this film was just how stressful it was. How fun it's supposed to be. Yes, exactly.

How lighthearted. that gift that says this is how I win because I've seen it on Twitter a bunch of times or X whatever it's called now and then also too that Adam Sandler gives one of his better performances or even darker performances than normal and his performance was amazing in this film

now his character I wasn't very fond of which is the point you're not supposed to be fond of him I mean he just clearly doesn't have he clearly does not have an arc he doesn't know he doesn't ever learn a lesson I mean the cycle just always continues Like every time he gets that little bit of a win

You know there again the vicious cycle Continues to repeat for him But what I appreciated about his performance is like No matter how unlikable he was I was constantly like kind of what you said I was rooting for him just so like I could breathe myself But also too just because there There was a certain charm about him too

That I was like I don't want anything to happen to him as well even though I'm not fond of him in a sense. But I was, again, it was a fantastic performance. I thought he was, it was definitely Oscar-worthy, in my opinion. I know he didn't get a nomination, which sucks for him, although it's a stupid award. Didn't he say something about, like, if I don't get, if I get snubbed for this, I'm going to go do like 100 crappy movies or something like that. He made like a joke.

Baby. I'm maybe, but either way, just fantastic performance. I love when he goes, again, I mean, he's very versatile as an actor. I think comedic actors in general, you know, whether it's Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, just... Robin Williams' actors who have comedic chops.

Like, they've got dramatic chops as well. They're extremely versatile. They can, when they go outside their normal range, I mean, they can, like, they show it, like, I mean, Jim Carrey, one of my favorite... Special thanks to Moog in the credits. That's funny. Like, Jim Carrey, one of my favorite movies of his

is The Truman Show, Robin Williams, one of my favorite films of his is Dead Poet Society. And Goodwill Hunting. I mean, these guys know how to, I mean, yes, they can make us laugh. I think there's something about, yeah, playing comedic characters forces you as an actor to find the real, you know, emotion in something heightened. And oftentimes, you know, the actor has to take that stuff seriously, which in some ways requires more sort of imaginative exploration than just like a really relatable circumstance played normally, you know? Yeah. So it's like, it's no wonder that so many of these comedic actors have, like, a wealth of dramatic chops as well.

I just, I think the point I was trying to make is like, obviously, I love all the comedic, or I stopped watching. It's being transparent. You love every single comedic. Those were real games, apparently. Yeah, yeah, you're right. Yeah, exactly. They're giving us the dates here. This is 2012. I kept forgetting, yeah.

They, um, up to a certain point, I kind of stopped watching Adam Sandler films because they weren't up to the standard of his older films that I'm just so near and dear. Exactly. So near and dear to my heart. So I haven't watched. I kind of stopped at Gronham. And they did shoot it on film. I was going to say it looked authentically grainy. Yeah.

But I just wish Adam Sandler would, as much as I love when he, you know, does these comedic roles, I really wish. Like rain on me. Yeah, that's one. It's like him and Don Chino. Yeah. Like that movie again, that performance. And then there was a Paul Thomas Anderson film that he was in as well. I'm sure you guys.

Punch drunk love. That was the one. I also haven't seen. not again phenomenal performance said the dude scott acting chops i just i really wish and i get it like hey he probably just it's just more of his comfort level to just do comedic roles but i just really wish he would do more roles like this uh he was absolutely phenomenal the acting in the movie overall was really really good uh clearly he i mean he's the movie he's the standout um i loved his performance in the movie not his character would you would you think of uh the film oh no i mean

I was gripped the entire time. It's impossible to kind of separate yourself from it once it's getting going. And yeah, I mean, I echo everything you said about Adam Sandler. Like, he really brought this role to life. He really felt like this guy and especially in a film that requires him to be playing. Like, he has to be playing a number of things under the surface because this is a guy who is always working a situation, playing an angle, trying to smooth something over. And he's always got like three different pots cooking more than that even at the same time and all these just overlapping circumstances and so there's so much from him as well as everybody else but especially through him that has to come with like watching this guy's wheels spin and trying to find like who is the real guy inside of this

person and and he's all over the place you know it's interesting that scene where he breaks down like he is this incredibly sort of warped and and kind of sad human beings. And yeah, you watch as like the circumstances ebb and flow and how he just can't help. This is a character who cannot help himself at any junction. And he's always trying to. And he's always, again, playing an angle and trying to, you know, be under the guise of, oh, helping multiple people. We're all going to be making money. We're all going to benefit from this.

Just you watch. I know what needs to be done. You just got to trust me. And like, yeah. No risk. No reward. Yeah. And, yeah, it's an interesting portrait of, I mean,

mean, like an addict of so many varieties, I mean, like gambling certainly, but yeah, just a guy who just cannot help these situations that he gets himself into. And this, when I was watching Breaking Bad, I was struck with this idea that I'm like, this is a show that's like largely about like points of no return and just how many of those there can be. And this was one of those movies that echoes a similar quality where I'm like, man, there were so many points of no return that you could have turned back at. When he got that money from KG the last time, they finally made the deal. I'm like, you could pay this off and at least like reset at at semi-normal and you still

got the other guy outside. Like, yeah, it's so stress-inducing and he has to be this like constant through line. And yeah, it's like you both, because you see the whole portrait and you see him between all these different characters, you know, you know, it's like we get to know him also through all the other people too and like what little slivers of his life they occupy. And so, yeah, it's like watching him get contrite and, you know, wanting to resolve things with his wife. And you find out later he's got at least three kids. And, you know, you see the guy inside who could be him being, And like, you know, I just want to come home and I'll, and I'll, you know, stop seeing my mistress and I'm going to be, you know, just around and we're going to make this work. And I love you. And it's like you can almost, you can feel in the moment that even he probably wants those things to be true. And there's probably some part of this. You know, you sit here through this whole movie going, how did he get to what did he get to, how did he and his wife even get together and get to this point? And what brought them together in the first place? And what does this girl see in him? And I guess.

that more. And it seems like the way they play it, like she actually does, I don't know, have some legitimate attraction to him. But at the same time, you're like how much of this is tied up in business and everything else. And the way he's willing to be like, no, you know, get out of my life. You know, you're, you know, in this position of, you know, trying to use your wiles and your body to try and make a sale, which I'm sure isn't the first time that that would have happened to that character or just in general in this line of business. And then him coming back to her and be like, no, no, I love you and everything's going good again. Like, yeah, this is a guy who is just, like, so, like, imprisoned in the current moment that

he's in. And it's always a nexus point of, like, a thousand different interests. And, yeah, it's a fascinating portrait because you're like, where is the real guy? And I guess all of this is the real guy. Yeah, I'm going to talk about the broken household in the second. I'm just curious in your interpretation on what do you think happened with Julie, I believe her name was the one who was in love with Adam Sandler, the one who worked for him. What do you think happened?

So she collected the money there, got into the limo. Do you think the guy who shot Adam Sandler and Arno, do you think he was just waiting for her to come back? I'm just curious what your interpretation is on, did Julia go back there? Or like, who knows, it's left ambiguous? We have no idea.

Don't know. Yeah, I mean. Because I'm just like I was playing, you know, scenarios in my head. I have no idea. I know it was left open-ended. Like,

it's up to interpretation. Yeah, it's like she's not going to get that plane ticket and he's not going to answer his phone ever. That's the problem. He's not going to answer his phone. So clearly something has happened because he answered the phone like right before he got shot. Yeah, and she was smart enough to have, you know,

that guy upstairs bring out the money. Maybe she just lived a happy life with that money. That's my hope. That's my hope. Well, a happy life without him. Oh, sure. And I mean, that was the thing is this is also a movie that kind of forces you to wonder

and kind of try and gaze beneath the surface and be like, is who is the real anybody here except for like kevin garnett like and i really loved his performance like like i love the surprise of like oh this a uh you know somebody not known for acting who is capable of like showing up and being really natural and and like i thought he was a really fun presence and like one of the few breaths of fresh air in that like it seemed just like there was very little bullshit with that character for sure whereas everybody else even you know the wife and the kids like they're all aware of these multiple layers of

of existence that this guy occupies. I was about to get into that there. I love that scene that they showed where, you know, she's like making chicken or whatever in the microwave. And then there's not a lot of lines of dialogue. It's just more facial emoting on like they're just so used to this behavior from from him. And probably used to him taking an interest only when he knows things are especially bad.

Yeah. At like the, you know, time where it's like, well, good that you're concerned now, but it's a little late for that. Yeah, for sure. but then I love that time, even though it was, I know you could say it's mean, but it's like he deserves it. Like that line, she said, like, you were the most annoying person I've ever met. I hate your face or whatever that line was.

I get it. Yeah, no, it's hard to say that's mean. It's like, he deserves it and I get it. So it's just like, yeah. Like, yeah, and to your point, like, how did they get together? Like, I got to imagine there was a point where he wasn't. Three kids, man. Yeah, and three kids.

Or more, wasn't that? I thought I caught one line with the guy who, I got to see if that was a safty. There was the guy who got all the autographs afterwards who was with, I think it was Arno and his dad and stuff. Like, did he even call him dad at one point? I was like, how big is this dude's family? Yeah. And how did, like, yeah, how did you get even the time to conceive of a family? Did they say what his dad?

Because his dad was in a Rose Roy. So clearly they came from, they had money. They say what his dad did, or? I didn't catch it if they did. But, I mean, it's certainly at least familiar with this world. But I don't know. Yeah, it seemed like they all kind of got a sense for what this stuff was. I thought that was a great reveal, too.

And again, unless there was dialogue because it was so stressed-induced and maybe we just missed it. But, like, just seeing the reveal of Arno is his brother-in-law. Sure. That was-old. Oh, Palm ClementeF was in this somewhere. Was she really? Yeah, apparently. Who the hell was she?

Look out. Lexus. Gotta go back and find Lexus. Yeah, which scene was she? I mean, I thought I would recognize her. Yeah. Okay. Either way.

She, I guess she didn't look like Mantis, so we didn't recognize her. Without the antennae, you just never know. But I mean, I recognized her right away in Dead Reckoning Part 1.

But, I mean, I don't know why. Damn, I feel so upset. I didn't recognize her in this. It's all good. Well, neither of us did, I guess. But, yeah, no, I thought that was an interesting reveal seeing aren't like but not like it's like giving us a little shroud of mystery like seeing like arno is

just this guy that he owes like i just figured he's just this bookie that he owes money to and then seeing him beat the crap of them at the recital or whatever and then throw him in the trunk naked yeah and then the reveal like then they're at the Passover dinner it's like wait is it then in my head i was like wait is that arnold was like no no why would arno be at a family he wouldn't be at a family thing with them and then have a remarkably similar face yeah yeah exactly and then I just wasn't familiar with the actor. And then, like, oh, shit, it is Horna what? Oh, my God.

That is interesting writing right there. I was not expecting that. So, I mean, that was definitely an interesting reveal for sure. Yeah. I didn't see coming, as Quicksover would say. But yeah, and also, too, there was a couple times there at the beginning. And at the end there, those transitions. I think he had the one that went into the Opel, is that what it was called?

into the opal and then it went out of the colon and then the last one and then the last one it was into the bullet hole and then into the the opal so i guess it came around full circle with with that right yeah well and it highlights this sort of physical intermingling of like you know again on a cosmic sense you're going like sub molecular you're you're both traversing the beauty that is held like within this you know precious stone And in a way, to me, that was heightening, like, you know, kind of the mythology that everybody heaps on top of it. But also, yeah, you're intermingling with, like, at the end of the day, all these are, you can break everything down to the same building blocks. So it highlights, like, an interesting existential question, I think, that this, that this movie kind of has running underneath it all.

Because you start out with the mining accident that leads to them unearthing, you know, this stone that's going to travel so far. and you start like it's an interesting prologue and we mention them and we have like the african jews conversation and stuff like that but yeah it's like this this really stark and striking like reminder of and they have that whole talk about like oh a hundred thousand dollars like 50 lifetimes to these people like the cycle of of quite a speech then yeah it's just like the cycle of of kind of i don't know horror that it comes out of of the whole commodification of these things and the fact that yeah like these are sourced in completely unethical ways or often very unethical ways they can be uh and you know you got these people these brokers

who are trying to flip them and sell them for you know way bigger profits than they're willing to give to the person who got them the stones in the first place and those people aren't seeing any of the profits and like it's this whole nasty cycle and you see like the most harsh real situation in the mine and then you cut to like all this bullshit Just like people, you know, like living and dying and betting and winning and losing on and buy, again, just a rock, like a beautiful, precious rock, but also just like that has all this just mumbo jumbo heaped on top of it from like, oh, we're disagreeing about like what this such and such an appraiser says about the value. But all, like Kevin Garnett thinks that this thing is like giving him, you know, like a boost, some kind of spiritual boost to his game. and yeah it's like for those miners at the beginning like this is real and probably a lot of people

are going to die like trying to or are going to be named trying to it is you know start the cycle in the first place yeah we saw that guy at the beginning too with the bone protruding from his legs yeah and to go from that and then like to have everything transpire only for that one guy to come out and it's like again play in the faces while you got the guys in the cell and you're cutting to them and you can see arno

kind of like at first he's, you know, really not with it at all. And then as the game goes and as Howard's doing his thing and he's, you know, carrying on and really kind of hyping up the energy, you can see him kind of come around to the idea of like, this guy's insane. But he did it. But somehow, man, like when the chips are down, he finds a way to pull it out. And then the other guy, you're like, yeah, he's just pissed off the room. He's, yeah. And then you realize, like, ah, these two goons, like, they don't need, they don't need this.

and they're probably willing to go to greater lengths than either of you are, you know. And that's another thing, too, is like the real physical consequences of all this bullshit and all this rigamarole and all this, you know, spin and just all this sheistering, you know. Yeah, even though I didn't see it coming the way I did a certain, in case we don't spoil it for you guys, a certain DiCaprio film, which was very reminiscent, in my opinion, just from the visual there. I mean we kind of said it early on like there's no way with everything that is going on this man is going to survive by the end of this guy's going to be dead or a quadriplegic yeah I mean like he was living on borrowed time it felt like in the midst of movie and TV show reactions

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Supporting them help support the channel, but also supporting your health and time. Dive into the gourmet life, people. I mean, all film. And again, it's like it's constant points of no return. Like, it's so. What's this every time you like, yes you've won like stop right now it's yeah it's like you could end this yes and then you find out that they're related and you're like oh man like you're even more in a position to squash this

and start something else or just you know kind of clear the ledger than like most people because you got that family connection oh i can't even imagine it's poor i mean as much as his family couldn't stand him it's still their father and still his her husband and arnold too like both of them were killed and I can't even imagine that that news when they received that so um oh yeah at that point yeah insane uh just a wild stressful crazy time but again I was so grateful to see such a wonderful uh insane performance by Adam Sandler again I just oh yeah repeating myself I really hope he gets he does more roles like this I really love seeing him just go outside of the norm of what he likes to do and oh yeah love seeing him in roles like this well

seeing him act off of opposite like, you know, pretty power. Like, you know, Judd Hirsch has obviously, like, got a huge legacy in cinema. I mean, Idina Manzell is a hugely talented performer, and it was cool. Obviously, it's a treat to hear her sing, but it's cool to see her just in a role,

you know, you know, in a dramatic role. Lekeith Stanfield, like, I loved seeing him and Howard play off each other. Yeah. Demani, like, and that whole thing, too. Like, it's another character where you're like, I don't know what to make of this guy. because like I like him kind of like you know you meet him and he seems like pretty likable he's

one of the few people who seems like maybe he's an ally at first and then that goes sour and then but he knows how we stick at this point and he's just probably well and and that's the thing is like this seems like just a game in which everyone is going to be given the run around and and finagling and stretching the truth and making you know uh you know shaky deals you know based off of a lick and a prayer. I was still so shocked. I mean, KG's an upstanding human being, but that was the most shot, one of the most shocking things to me is when he gave him the opal without getting the ring back. Yeah. I was like, oh my God, I can't believe it. I'm glad he gave it to him, but I was like, I can't believe he, like, gave it to him without getting his ring back. He was like,

that he got the ring back at all. Oh, yeah, yeah. I was astonished. He had to trade his, his 1973 New York Knicks ring for that. But still, that was a quick crazy. Oh, you never get to go back for it. Yeah. Unfortunately, not going to get to go back for anything. Although, I know if that guy, I mean, he just pissed off the wrong, that guy, Phil, I believe this is the character that was playing. He just pissed him off one too many times. And dude, it was just unhinted. I mean, locked him in a five foot room for four quarters, like two and a half, three hours.

Yeah, right. Should we get into some? Yeah, you want to check a little bit of triv? You can grab it on the telly or you can do it from here, whichever you pre-fear, Andrezo. What's he been in before? Let's see. Heath William Richards. You've got to have that William in there.

Otherwise, you know, there might get some confusion. It might get some confusion on a Jack Sparrow's father. Yes, this is a Rolling Stones biopic. Oh, man.

I guess he's only been in a few movies. Really? Yeah. This is probably the highest profile thing he's been. Yeah. He's actually pretty good. He was in Pony Boy. But, uh,

oh, I knew that voice sounded familiar. What are we got? What are we going to like this one? So, Tilda, Swinton, who we make the doctor strange reference. Was she the

voice from Adleys? Oh my god. Dilliswinton doesn't appear on screen, but it is the voice of the auctioneer that Howard argues with over the phone. I knew that voice sounded familiar. I was about say, is that the ancient one? And we made the doctor strained reference. That's you called that. Well done.

I'm giving you. We did it. No, you did it. Sue, the film was inspired by the Saffty brothers. It's the directors. The Sapti Brothers' father's time working as a salesman runner for a man also named Howard in the Manhattan Diamond District. The Saffty brothers and their father are also Jewish and avid basketball fans. Oh, wow.

Good to know. Hey, and Natasha Leon had a voice cameo in here as well as Boston player manager. Got so many celebs in here. I'm still upset about the palm. How do you say her last name? Clemente F, I believe. I'm so upset I didn't recognize it. It's okay.

The Safdi brothers were so insistent on shooting on 35 millimeter film that they actually took a pay cut. Oh, that's something I would like to comment on, yeah, because, I mean, like, the construction of this movie was so, I mean, it has that kind of crazy, like, it didn't do as many, like, long drawn-out takes, I feel like part of this. There's a lot of... Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of camera motion, there's a lot of editing, but, like, yeah, you really felt like the grit and the gritty. grain that actual film can bring you. And I thought that combined with the sound, because, like, again, there's so much cross talk, there's so much, you know, chaos happening. And yet you have to find a way to guide, you know, to sculpt the piece so that it has

dynamic within all that. So it's not just a cacophony. And I thought the soundscape of the movie between the music, between the sound effects, between all the talk, and how the actors have to interact with each other, because. of that how the blocking has to be like i was constantly sitting here wondering like man how did they shoot this like what did they just like rehearse these scenes a million times and then just give people kind of license to improv a little bit and go or was this like meticulously planned out like there's so much in the film style that's like really evocative across this who did the music by

the way i'm just curious oh let's see let's see i caught the the credit at the top but i forgot what i'm music by daniel lepattin i don't know who that is uh oh lopal lepattin Adam Sandler wore false teeth and a fake dark mole on his right cheek for the role. Okay. Okay. Interesting. I thought the teeth might be. Yeah, yeah. I remember you called that. So UC, who remember quit from working for Adam Sandler's character in the movie. He is played by a real-life jeweler. Oh, Maxad Agadjani, sorry if I mispronzed, who was embroiled in a social media spat with rapper Takashi 6-6-9. In 2018, over a $25,000 bracelet, he said he lent the performer and was never paid for.

The situation was covered by several hip-hop media news outlets, I guess, life imitates art, right? Sure, yeah. Or do a couple more. Well, that's the thing, too, is like, I mean, like, again, props to Kevin Garnett, because, like, this is the kind of role that you have to be kind of game to play that isn't just going to be like, oh, you showed up and it was fun, and we're just reminded that we like you. It's like, it was good in this. Yeah, and he's coming, and as a character, he's coming to a seedy place, you know, to do business that, you know, I don't know, like not everybody would probably want to engage with or something like that. So I got to imagine, too, that this is kind of not exactly a one-to-one glimpse into, like, celebrity jewelry buying culture. But, you know, it's at least, you got to, again, you've got to be game for, you know, having your image intermingle with a movie like this. as safe about that as having, like, LeBron James show up in space jam.

Yeah. Although we did get LeBron James mentioned this film. And, oh, yeah, so they did have Doc Rivers just do his voice. Because we heard in the locker room. Yeah, that makes sense. It did sound like him. I'll just do, like, two more, I guess. Find some juicy ones, Andrew.

I'll see. Oh, this is interesting. What do we got? Adam Sandler's base salary for acting in a film is usually $20 million. Okay. The entire budget for this film was $19 million. million dollars. Wow. He must have really wanted to do this. Well, speaking of which, we're not going to count this one. Adam Sandler's wife convinced him to take on the role after

reading the screenplay and watching the film Good Time. Sure. Oh my God. Yeah. Thank you, Jackie Tatone. Yeah. Oh, my goodness gracious. All right. Let me find him. I mean, yeah, it's like, take this opportunity, man. These dudes want to build a movie around you. I don't know if you'll be a likable character, but go for it because it will be a distinct cinematic experience. All right. Let's go with a Kevin Garnett one. Let's do this.

Kevin Garnett was cast as the NBA star only after the weekend was cast in the film as himself. The Safdies looked for NBA players who were active at the same time that the weekend was a public person performing shows in New York City in 2012. Garnett was cast for his performance in the 2012 NBA playoffs that matched the plot of the film. one great game, one subpar game, and another great game, all in relatively short period of time games five to seven of the 2012 Eastern Conference semifiles, and all in close proximity to New York City games were played in Boston and Philadelphia, Garnett, also expressed an interest in acting. It kind of reminds me of fever pitch, the Drew Barrymore.

You never saw it? Nope. I won't spoil it, but what was happening when the Fairley brothers were making that film, what ended up happening in the film they were not expecting, so they rolled with it and it's so hard to continue talking because you haven't seen it but ended up happening in real life

so they infused it into the plot and I'll just leave it at that so it's interesting again life imitating art I'll just say that again but that's cool interesting points that they like they saw what was happening in the playoffs and then like okay

since that already I mean when did this film come out 2019 so that happened seven years prior so they're like okay we're gonna this already happened so we'll just use that whereas the one in fever pitch that was happening at the time of making it. So that's like,

that's a little crazier than, oh, this happened seven years ago. That's why we're going to make it in 2012. That's smart though. Yeah, that's a fun way. Yeah,

that's a fun way to, to give it time and place without having to be too explicit about it. And it does give it as sort of, not completely timeless, because obviously they're using cell phones, but because you're removed in time and they've got like older looking phones

and stuff like that, it does give it at least a hint of that. And then, yeah, to have those games, like that's a really cool choice. And then to have that lead to, Kevin Garnett being in the movie, like, yeah.

There's a lot of a lie of elements to a film like this. And this film had me doing something. I thought I'd never do again. Apologies to Roxy and Coy for saying this. I was cheering for the Boston Celtics. Oh, look out. You traitor, Andrew. Respect to you guys.

But yeah, I'm a Lakers fan. Sorry, guys. Yeah. But, yeah, do you have any final thoughts on this film? No, just I'm exhausted. This was every bit as effective as I was told it would be. I'm very impressed by the performance. and the filmmaking.

Yes, Adam Sandler, job, well done. Like, yeah, if I could ever make something, I don't know if I would want to make a movie that makes you feel like this movie does. But, yeah, like, just the amount of really evocative cinematic craftsmanship here was quite impacting. If there's a lesson to be learned here, I am not going to ever gamble or get into a tailspin of what Howard got into.

So thank you for the lesson to be learned here from the filmmakers and from Howard. So that I'm, not that I was going to, but this definitely make me ever think twice about that. And I hope the rest of you, gambling is an addiction. So anyways, this was a lot of, well, I don't know, funds the word, but a pleasure doing it with my brother from another mother, Janizio, and also always a blast doing this with you guys. Yeah, let us know in the comments section. What did you think about uncut gems? Again, is this one of your favorite Adam Sandler performances?

I don't know if I'm going to say films, but one of your favorite performances from Adam Sandler, are there any other films like this or any other Adam Sandler films you'd like us to do? Little Nicky for him. Definitely a little Nicky. Got to. Got to. Got to. A little Nicky for him.

Anyways, thank you guys for joining us. We appreciate it, and we will see you guys next time. Absolutely. Peace. Peace. Flev Doran. Flev. Flavor Flev. if I were a bicycle I would let you ride on me

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