Episode 1: Fifty Shades of Grey / Central Park Zoo

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Everybody's got an opinion.

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Every Californian and Virginian.

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It's so hard to tell who to trust and who to ignore,

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Someone's gotta settle the score.

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Trey and Chelsey will help you choose,

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Who's views win, which ones lose.

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Online haters, their comin' for you,

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Baby, it's time to Review That Review!

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. TREY: Hello!

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Hi!

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Oh my goodness.

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It's Episode one!

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Here we are.

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Welcome to Review That Review!

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The podcast dedicated to reviewing...

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...reviews!

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We're just like Siskel and Ebert only instead of reviewing cinematic masterpieces, we

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That's true.

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That's Chelsey Donn

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And that's Trey Gerrald.

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and together.

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We're

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The Review Queens!

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Here we are.

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Chelsey episode UNO.

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Yay.

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I cannot believe it.

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And all the listeners are here.

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Thank you for being here and listening to episode one, we, um, are so excited

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I figured that for this first episode, we can just take a brief little moment up

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and then we'll jump right in.

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So you're not just listening to a boring infomercial at the beginning

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I think that's a great idea.

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So who, who are we?

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well, I'm Trey Gerrald, and I am a actor writer, sometimes funny person,

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I'm from Columbia, South Carolina.

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I live in New York City and , I've been here for almost 11 years.

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Who are you?

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I am Chelsey Donn.

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I'm also an actor writer, comedian.

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, I live in Los Angeles.

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I've also been here almost 11 years, which is crazy.

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Grew up on the east coast, right outside Philadelphia.

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And just here to do the thing, you know

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Go pirates or Buccaneers or what's Philly?

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Definitely not pirates or Buccaneers.

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Phillies?

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Is that what your

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... TREY: I don't know.

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I don't

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...Phillies, Sixers, Eagles?

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Are any of those, right?

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I don't know.

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I don't follow sports.

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Oh, I'm thinking of Cinc-- wait

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Pittsburgh?

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Pittsburgh is the pirates, right?

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I've been to a pirate's game.

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Oy, okay.

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Now people hate me.

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All right.

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So I was thinking we met, I think the year was 2017.

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Is that right?

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I should have gone back and looked.

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As my memory serves.

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Yeah, it was the summer.

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I believe, of 2017

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winter!

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I don't know.

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It was LA it's hard to tell.

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I don't know.

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It was nice out.

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yeah, we met because I was spending a little time in Los Angeles

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Hey!

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Hey, shout out.

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She was like, you have to meet my friend, Chelsey Donn, you're

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And you know, that can go one of two ways...

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... now here we are...gosh.

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Now it's 2021.

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Yeah, It was the same thing on my end.

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Emily was like, you're going to love Trey.

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You guys are just going to be quick friends.

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And I was like, I trust Emily with probably my life.

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So I was like, if Emily signs off on this human, they're probably pretty great.

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And thank God you lived up to the hype.

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Oh, phew!

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Yeah.

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Uh, so little quick notes here.

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So we have spent the last couple of months, really hashing things out, getting comfortable,

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Maybe!

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And it's been maybe, maybe there'll be bonus content on our pateron.

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Could be.

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And, uh, this has been like a really fun experience working with you.

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And so I hope that all of the listeners equally enjoy diving into this

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oh, wait, I do want to quickly ask, are you someone who partakes in online reviews?

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Are you a person that is in this world already?

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I'm an avid reader of online reviews.

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I wouldn't say I'm as much of a writer, but I read all the time.

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I'm constantly dissecting reviews.

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I do this for friends when they get like, they're like, oh, I'm afraid to buy this product.

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And then I really will go through it and say like, is this a deal breaker?

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I've been that person for a long time.

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And I think I generally have a good sense.

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Of people.

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And when we're like, you know, just sort of kvetching because, or sorry, complaining

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And I think I have a pretty general respect for both of those sides.

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So I can say I'm passionate about reviews and I've written a few in my day.

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How about you?

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I think I have written one review in my life on delivery.com and after a horrible experience.

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And then I got so paranoid that I actually like completely changed my entire username

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So I'm not a person that frequents Yelp or all of those situations, but I do,

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So

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I'm going to find that review that you wrote.

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Oh, I wonder if it's still there.

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You know,

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if there's retribution to be had

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Oy-yow-yow!, all right.

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Well, I'm glad that we, um, are here.

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I'm glad that the listeners are here and I feel like we are more

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So here we are episode one of Review That Review.

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I feel like before we hear other people complain, just to like even out the playing

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if I was making a podcast, I think I would come up with a really cute phrase for that.

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And it would maybe be the first segment called.

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Lodge A Complaint.

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Wow.

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I'm so glad you had that cued up.

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Mmm-Hmm!.

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You have a complaint to lodge Trey?

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Yes.

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I absolutely have a complaint to lodge and I I'm going to be controversial.

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Oh no.

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Okay.

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But, with a heart of bravery, and I'm going to go after this complaint that needs to be

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Oh!

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Okay.

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Okay.

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The Voice, can you, okay.

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Chelsey, can you name a single winner from The Voice?

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Oh, no, I've watched some episodes.

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Probably not to be honest, but my parents are avid Voice Watchers, so they might be able to.

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Can you name a winner of American Idol.

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Kelly Clarkson,

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Okay, there you go.

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Ruben Studdard.

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Okay, this is what has occurred to me.

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I was never in that reality competition watching.

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Cause I went was in a boarding school.

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We didn't have cable, but , my husband is obsessed with American Idol and always has been.

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And so I've seen it and I have seen the evolution of that program, where it was really sort of,

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Okay.

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So then in that platform, we start to create a show called The Voice where it's literally

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Great idea.

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But we're on season.

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I don't know, 2,800 and I.

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, I don't know, a single person who wins it's the same as like The Bachelor.

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Like as soon as it ends, then they have one of the, of a different gender Bachelorette.

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Right.

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So it's like, I feel like we need to put an end to these entertainment.

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Reality competition shows that aren't fostering.

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Like careers for people, but then is that like unfair to expect that this like competition

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Like don't you have to put, you know, I don't know the music industry is nothing.

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I know anything about it just really bugs me that this reality show there've

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They also like.

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I think have multiple seasons in a year.

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Like it's not just one.

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I think we're maybe like over-saturating the market.

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But I agree.

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Like, when I think about the voice, I think about like Blake and Adam bickering back

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Yeah.

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I also have a really great friend who, was like up into the live show

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And it's one of the most transcendent vocalists I know.

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So it's just, you know, it is at the end of the day, which is a reality show

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I think that's why it is about the judges.

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And so to me, it's sort of like obnoxious that it's this whole, ruse that it's about finding

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So, all right.

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So they're not trying to find America's next, superstar.

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I'm sure they get some sort of a record deal and.

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Similar to idol, who knows?

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I don't know, but that's my complaint.

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I'm just, it bothers me.

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And I think there could be some reflection about why it bothers me, but, maybe

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I think it's a worthy lodging of a complaint, Trey.

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I am thinking about this and I'm thinking about how we should be doing more to

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And I'm glad that you're the one that said something about it

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Thank you for that beautiful spin.

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Chelsey, do you have any complaint you want to lodge?

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I do.

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I want to make first of all, a general complaint against Murphy's Law and whoever

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And at the most inopportune time.

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It's been like getting really hot in LA lately.

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And it's great.

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I love it.

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Except this was the time that my air conditioner decided let's just not work anymore.

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And so I don't have a working air conditioner when things are really starting

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What do you think Murphy's last name was?

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I thought Murphy was the last name.

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Oh,

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Newton, like Newton's law.

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Wow.

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Okay.

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So what do you think Murphy's First name was?

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I think Murphy's fIrst name is probably something like very old and

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Cause that's taken by Freud.

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But I think like something that's like, oh wow.

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Like haven't heard that name in a long time would be my guess.

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Edwin.

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Edwin!

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Yeah.

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Edwin with like a middle name, you know, Murphy the fifth,

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Oh yeah.

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There's definitely a lineage.

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but why, why such a pessimist?

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Why can't it be like everything that can go right.

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Will go right.

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You know, I feel like that's very Buddhist of you.

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Thank you.

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I mean,

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"Ommmmmm."

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Anyway, lodging a complaint against Murphy and like the bad, I dunno, ju-ju that

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It's a good complaint.

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I'm going to be really thinking about Edwin Murphy for awhile now.

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as you should.

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But flip that shit around.

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All right.

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I feel like I've heard enough about us and our complaints.

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Maybe we should hear some other people's complaints.

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What do you think?

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I love that let's do it.

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Okay.

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As your trusty Review Queens, Trey, and I will each bring in a new review from the

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We will read the review

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we will break it down.

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and then we rate the impact of the review on a scale from one to five

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it's true.

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It's a very Regal process that we've created with leading scientists and

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Assess That Kvetch!

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But Chelsey, my dear, for those of us who don't speak Yiddish, what does that word mean?

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Kvetch, it means complaint like, "Ugh, you're kvetching, stop

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Oh, like what we were just doing.

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Correct.

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Oh, great.

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Okay.

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Awesome.

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Alright.

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Well, which one of us is going first today?

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I don't...

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Me!

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...know.

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I'm first.

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Oh, you're first.

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Okay.

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Well, take it away.

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Review Queen.

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Let's hear it.

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Alright.

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Okay.

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So here we go.

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This, I found this review a while ago and I've been sitting on it it's a little bit long,

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So here we go.

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The very first review on Review That Review.

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Review That Review.

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all right.

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So today this review I have found from the website Good Reads, which is, reviewing books

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I don't know if you are aware of it.

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this review was written by.

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Shaniece.

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She has a very cute photograph.

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this is a one star for the book, 50 Shades of Grey.

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Okay.

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"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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No, you're serious?

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This is a New York Times number one best seller?

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Why?

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Why are people still claiming how quote unquote good it is.

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How much they quote unquote loved it.

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Have you never read a decent piece of literature in your life?

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Not to say this is literature, but come on.

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Okay.

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I'm abusing italics.

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I was excited to read this book because I like a little romance and erotica every

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This wasn't erotic nor was it romantic.

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When Ana first meets Christian, it's more than obvious that this is a fanfic of Twilight.

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Ana's clumsy, continuously bites her lip, doesn't understand why a guy, any guy, would be attracted

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There was a moment in the book where I put it down and laughed.

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A good hearty laugh.

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I'm not exactly sure where it was.

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The whole thing is purely comedic.

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I wasn't going to continue reading it, but I kind of wanted to know how it ended.

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So I basically skimmed through, I mainly read their emails, though idiotic, were still cute.

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The actual writing in this book was poor at best, the repeating of sentences, phrases,

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I believe she mentioned her subconscious about 80 times parentheses.

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This is not an exaggeration, but fact, and I wanted nothing more than for her quote

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And her inner goddess parentheses mentioned about 60 times question mark.

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Ha!

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Haha.

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What a slut.

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BDSM.

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I'm not one who is a fan of this.

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I don't want to be quote unquote controlled and I don't want to quote unquote control someone.

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So that whole aspect was bad enough in and of itself.

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And the fact that she was actually scared that if she did something wrong,

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There's a difference between love and obsession.

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For anyone who wants to read a romance or even erotica, you can buy a $3 or $4 book

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Why the fuck would you want to pay anything more than a penny for this book?

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Seriously.

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why do people like this?

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Christian was no where neeeeeeeaaaaar sexy to me, no matter who I tried to picture

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And now they're making a movie that's completely unfair and how will they even do it?

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I say Jack Black plays Christian and Busy Phillips plays Ana.

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Heh.

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Now that would be interesting, please, italics: please, bold: please, please

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Just stop!

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Read books that deserve this attention.

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Oh, wow.

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All right.

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That was a little lengthy.

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I know it was a little lengthy.

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Shaniece came to play and she had a lot to say,

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But like that is the review on a website.

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Like she, like, that's an essay like that.

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If I was a third grade teacher, minus the F words, that's an essay.

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Oh!

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For sure.

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I mean, I think that it's like could even be collegiate level.

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I mean, she,

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They could turn that into a pilot.

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We could, I mean, she, like, I just heard you reciting that.

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And I just want to point out that not only did she use italics and bold and things

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She's like I overuse the italics.

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I'm aware.

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It was a choice.

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It literally was like very small on the website and it's kind of long.

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So I had to like copy paste it and put it into a word document so that I could see it better.

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And I like erased all of the font formatting.

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And then I had to go back and undo that because so much of what she's writing.

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Is in the way in which she chose to put it on the page.

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Maybe Shenice is like an English teacher.

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Yeah.

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I mean, like say what you will about Shenice and we'll get into her personal bias, but

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There is no mistaking her opinion about this book where I sort of lose

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the fact that she's, you know, really speaking for all of us when really she

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Like personally, I think of Shenice.

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Was talking more about her personal preference and less about the absolutes.

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Like this doesn't have a right to be made into a movie.

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This doesn't have a right to take place anywhere within literature.

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Not to mention within this genre.

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I feel like Shenice, could have been a Review Queen, but the bias really pushed

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that's actually a really great point.

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I didn't read this book.

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It D it was a cultural phenomenon and it's about BDSM.

TREY: 00:19:02

So it's just interesting to bring up, like, why is this about BDS?

TREY: 00:19:06

Like, if you aren't interested then, like,

TREY: 00:19:09

Pick a

CHELSEY: 00:19:09

different book,

TREY: 00:19:10

Yeah.

TREY: 00:19:10

Like, or just like, you

CHELSEY: 00:19:12

go to Walmart.

TREY: 00:19:13

there's no point in putting that into the review.

TREY: 00:19:15

Like if you're reading it, because it's, everyone's talking about it, that aside,

TREY: 00:19:24

Is a wordsmith.

TREY: 00:19:25

And so there's a lot of, attention to detail and it is like a full arc, , this, this review.

TREY: 00:19:33

And so I imagine that they have a high level of taste when it comes to other people's writing.

TREY: 00:19:39

I kind of feel like, yes, I agree.

TREY: 00:19:41

She's speaking in absolutes rather than personal opinions.

TREY: 00:19:44

but that little shift aside, I, feel warned maybe like spend your time somewhere else, unless , you

CHELSEY: 00:19:55

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:19:55

Like, we got to talk about the laughing because the laughing really did have me rolling.

CHELSEY: 00:20:01

Like she started this entire review.

CHELSEY: 00:20:04

How many, like hahahahahaha's were there?

CHELSEY: 00:20:07

Like,

TREY: 00:20:07

Girl, I knew you were going to ask me that.

TREY: 00:20:09

It's um, I can't even count.

CHELSEY: 00:20:11

oh my God, that's a long ha ha ha.

TREY: 00:20:15

it's probably 16.

CHELSEY: 00:20:17

I feel like Shaniece is the type of person that just laughs all the time, say

CHELSEY: 00:20:25

But when you're around, Shenice you're going to be laughing too, because she just brought

CHELSEY: 00:20:41

I sort of found it endearing.

CHELSEY: 00:20:43

Like I.

CHELSEY: 00:20:44

Let's see, like I'm going to stand by.

CHELSEY: 00:20:46

I think Shenice took this one step too far in speaking for everybody.

CHELSEY: 00:20:51

But I think Shenice is the kind of person where like, if we were all hanging out and she was

CHELSEY: 00:21:05

And we would be laughing too.

CHELSEY: 00:21:07

So I do feel like I got some, some character from the repeated laughter.

TREY: 00:21:13

Yeah.

TREY: 00:21:13

I, I find that this, um, point of view, especially on good reads, there's tons and tons, and people

TREY: 00:21:25

and I picked Shenice because I felt like it wasn't just trying to like go

TREY: 00:21:32

So I do, kind of think this was a common experience.

TREY: 00:21:34

I mean, I think everyone knew that it was like based on fan fiction for another

TREY: 00:21:44

Right.

TREY: 00:21:44

I think this is probably a common experience, right?

CHELSEY: 00:21:47

I do, but I wonder like, if this would be a deal breaker, like if I was somebody that was

CHELSEY: 00:21:57

Would anything in this review keep me from buying the book?

CHELSEY: 00:22:00

I don't think so.

CHELSEY: 00:22:01

Especially if I was like onboard for a BDSM moment, you know, she doesn't like that.

CHELSEY: 00:22:08

She's not into that but what do they say?

CHELSEY: 00:22:10

You don't go to, you don't get milk at the hardware store.

CHELSEY: 00:22:13

I mean, like, you know what you're getting when you're going in for 50 Shades of Grey,

TREY: 00:22:18

Agreed.

CHELSEY: 00:22:19

There's no gray area in what you are receiving with this book.

TREY: 00:22:25

Zero gray in 50 Shades of Grey.

CHELSEY: 00:22:26

Zero gray!

TREY: 00:22:27

I mean, I think we've been talking about this the whole time, but I,

TREY: 00:22:31

I think it's a very entertaining

CHELSEY: 00:22:33

Definitely points for entertainment from me,

TREY: 00:22:35

And then, like you were saying the impact, the deal breaker, I don't know.

TREY: 00:22:39

I mean, I don't feel persuaded either way.

CHELSEY: 00:22:42

Right.

TREY: 00:22:43

So that is interesting.

TREY: 00:22:44

Cause I really liked this review.

TREY: 00:22:45

I enjoy it, but I, don't really know that there's any impact, honestly, other

CHELSEY: 00:22:52

I agree, I don't think I'm necessarily gonna take her, advice, run the other way,

TREY: 00:22:59

Right.

CHELSEY: 00:23:00

but I think what she wants us to do.

CHELSEY: 00:23:02

All right.

CHELSEY: 00:23:02

I feel like we have enough information.

TREY: 00:23:04

Yeah, I think we do too, are you ready crown it?

CHELSEY: 00:23:06

Yeah, I'm ready.

CHELSEY: 00:23:07

Let's crown it.

TREY: 00:23:08

All right.

TREY: 00:23:08

So Chelsey and I each have our own set of one to five crown cards and in an effort to

VOICEOVER: 00:23:22

The Queens are Tabulating!

TREY: 00:23:24

You ready to show

CHELSEY: 00:23:25

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:23:26

I mean, can I say it was like really tempted to break a crown in half for this?

TREY: 00:23:31

Oh, we should discuss that.

TREY: 00:23:32

Should we be able to do that?

TREY: 00:23:33

Should we have a half crown card

CHELSEY: 00:23:35

I mean maybe.

TREY: 00:23:37

Maybe in the future.

TREY: 00:23:38

Listeners, if you have an opinion about that share.

VOICEOVER: 00:23:44

Total Score!

CHELSEY: 00:23:46

Unanimous!

TREY: 00:23:48

A Tie, we both have three crowns.

TREY: 00:23:50

Chelsey, you want to, um, explain why you voted for three.

CHELSEY: 00:23:54

Yes, I voted for three, cause I gave Shaniece high points on personality,

CHELSEY: 00:24:15

So that was why I took away two points, but I kind of want to like, go get a

CHELSEY: 00:24:24

How about you?

TREY: 00:24:25

Okay.

TREY: 00:24:25

Wait, like, Actual like verbatim ditto, because I feel like I want to be friends with Shenice.

CHELSEY: 00:24:31

Yeah.

TREY: 00:24:32

um, but Yeah.

TREY: 00:24:33

I mean, I would need to read a couple of more reviews to sort of get a deeper feel.

TREY: 00:24:37

I found this to be incredibly entertaining, um, which is why I was

TREY: 00:24:43

It was a pleasant read and I appreciate her attention to bold and italics and line spacing,

TREY: 00:24:53

Maybe I would break a crown too, if we were doing that, but, um,

CHELSEY: 00:25:00

wow.

CHELSEY: 00:25:01

That was such a good first entry, Trey, way to really have the first review of Review

CHELSEY: 00:25:09

I'm impressed.

CHELSEY: 00:25:11

But I think we do need like a little bit of a pallet cleanse before we

CHELSEY: 00:25:16

What do you think.

TREY: 00:25:17

I love that idea.

TREY: 00:25:18

So let's do a quick little break.

TREY: 00:25:20

And then when we come back, we are going to introduce you all to

CHELSEY: 00:25:26

Love it BRB.

VOICEOVER: 00:25:28

Hold your crown, we'll be right back.

TREY: 00:25:41

Hey, Review Queens, it's Chelsey and Trey here.

TREY: 00:25:44

We're doing this really exciting thing for the launch of our new

TREY: 00:25:50

If you write a review for this podcast.

CHELSEY: 00:25:54

Yeah, it's super exciting.

CHELSEY: 00:25:56

And the best part is you could win a very glamorous Review That

TREY: 00:26:04

It's perfect for a hot date, you know, and you're totally rad pimped out denim vest.

CHELSEY: 00:26:10

pop the bling on!

TREY: 00:26:11

But wait, there's more.

TREY: 00:26:13

We are also throwing into the prize package of very deluxe Review

CHELSEY: 00:26:21

Oh my god, stop it.

CHELSEY: 00:26:22

It's perfect for writing those first drafts of your five star reviews.

TREY: 00:26:27

all right, so here's how you enter.

TREY: 00:26:28

Leave us a five star review on apple podcasts, take a quick screenshot, email

CHELSEY: 00:26:38

And we made it super easy with a super cute link lovethepodcast.com/thereviewqueens.

TREY: 00:26:46

There's also a one-click link in the show description below.

TREY: 00:26:48

It's easy, peasy, beautiful, Review Queens.

CHELSEY: 00:26:51

Yes, I can't wait personally to experience how easy it is.

TREY: 00:26:55

Two birds, one stone.

TREY: 00:26:56

This will also enter you, listener, into the mix for possibly being selected

VOICEOVER: 00:27:06

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TREY: 00:27:07

Where we read listener reviews of our show.

CHELSEY: 00:27:10

Yes.

CHELSEY: 00:27:10

Happy reviewing.

TREY: 00:27:12

Now back to the show,

TREY: 00:27:25

Chelsey it's game time.

TREY: 00:27:26

It's time for you and I to take a quick spin on the Meryl-Go-Round.

VOICEOVER: 00:27:32

"I don't feel like an icon.

VOICEOVER: 00:27:36

Most days I feel like, 'I can't....that's with an A!"

CHELSEY: 00:27:42

Meryl.

CHELSEY: 00:27:43

Love you.

CHELSEY: 00:27:43

All right.

CHELSEY: 00:27:44

Here's the deal.

CHELSEY: 00:27:45

Trey and I are each going to pick a rotten, scathing, pithy one-star zinger.

CHELSEY: 00:27:51

And with 30 seconds on the clock, not a second more.

CHELSEY: 00:27:54

We'll take turns, trying to recite the zinger in as many genres as possible

TREY: 00:28:00

Just like queen Meryl, who does it all.

CHELSEY: 00:28:02

before the clock runs out.

TREY: 00:28:04

All right, Chelsey, you go first for this one.

CHELSEY: 00:28:06

Oh my God, Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:28:08

This one star zinger is from Rate My Professor and it is from a UCLA professor who I will not

CHELSEY: 00:28:21

That's fine.

CHELSEY: 00:28:22

it is by Archeolog.

CHELSEY: 00:28:24

And the review states, I would rather pass a gallstone during a Yanni concert.

TREY: 00:28:33

Alright.

TREY: 00:28:34

That's all right.

CHELSEY: 00:28:35

So,that's what I got to work with.

CHELSEY: 00:28:37

It's a little long, but I got it.

TREY: 00:28:39

I think you're going to do great

CHELSEY: 00:28:41

okay.

VOICEOVER: 00:28:41

3 2 1,

VOICEOVER: 00:28:45

Go!

CHELSEY: 00:28:45

I would rather pass a

CHELSEY: 00:28:52

Yanni concert

TREY: 00:28:53

Disaster!

CHELSEY: 00:28:53

I would rather pass a gallstone during a Yanni concert.

TREY: 00:28:55

Televangelist.

CHELSEY: 00:28:57

I would rather pass a gallstone during a Yanni concert.

CHELSEY: 00:29:03

I would rather pass a gallstone a Yanni concert.

TREY: 00:29:07

Mime!

TREY: 00:29:10

Pop star,

VOICEOVER: 00:29:16

That's all.

TREY: 00:29:19

Chelsey!

CHELSEY: 00:29:20

I am like exhausted.

CHELSEY: 00:29:21

How many was that?

TREY: 00:29:23

six.

CHELSEY: 00:29:25

Wow.

TREY: 00:29:26

Wow.

TREY: 00:29:27

Uh,

CHELSEY: 00:29:28

I can't even believe it.

CHELSEY: 00:29:29

I hope Meryl would be proud.

TREY: 00:29:32

I, oh, of course.

TREY: 00:29:34

I hate going second.

TREY: 00:29:36

Cause you're really good at this game, but

CHELSEY: 00:29:38

No, Trey.

CHELSEY: 00:29:39

You're good.

TREY: 00:29:40

Who cares?

TREY: 00:29:40

Okay.

TREY: 00:29:41

My one-star zinger is, um, also from Rate My Professors randomly.

CHELSEY: 00:29:47

Oh.

TREY: 00:29:48

Okay.

TREY: 00:29:48

So this is actually from Brown University for a history professor, for context, this has four

TREY: 00:30:06

All Right.

TREY: 00:30:07

Hmm.

CHELSEY: 00:30:07

Alright.

CHELSEY: 00:30:08

Are you ready?

TREY: 00:30:09

I am ready?

CHELSEY: 00:30:14

Mine would to start

TREY: 00:30:20

He didn't laugh.

TREY: 00:30:21

When I said that his mom was the Capitol

CHELSEY: 00:30:25

musical theater.

TREY: 00:30:35

when I said to his mom, I was like,

CHELSEY: 00:30:39

Disney.

TREY: 00:30:40

Oh,

TREY: 00:30:41

he didn't have, when I said that his mom was capital of Japan,

CHELSEY: 00:30:44

Oh,

VOICEOVER: 00:30:46

That's all.

TREY: 00:30:47

that was like four something.

TREY: 00:30:49

How many did I

CHELSEY: 00:30:49

no, it wasn't.

CHELSEY: 00:30:50

It was 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

TREY: 00:30:53

All right.

TREY: 00:30:53

Well, that's good.

CHELSEY: 00:30:54

Good job.

TREY: 00:30:55

I'm really proud of you.

TREY: 00:30:57

You, you really are good at this.

TREY: 00:30:58

And so you deserve this round of applause.

TREY: 00:31:01

. Okay

CHELSEY: 00:31:03

Wow, thank you.

CHELSEY: 00:31:04

I'm honored.

CHELSEY: 00:31:06

I never really won anything growing up, so I will take the win for today and

CHELSEY: 00:31:16

I will say, thank you, Trey, and better luck next time.

TREY: 00:31:21

I'm really glad that you're implementing your new year's resolution in July, June.

CHELSEY: 00:31:25

Listen, it's never, she late where we're almost at the halfway mark

CHELSEY: 00:31:30

So that's sort of like, you know, a year.

TREY: 00:31:33

oh my gosh.

TREY: 00:31:34

Yeah, that was uh, the Meryl-Go-Round.

CHELSEY: 00:31:36

Yes.

VOICEOVER: 00:31:38

Review That Review.

TREY: 00:31:41

All right.

TREY: 00:31:42

So we're back from our game break.

TREY: 00:31:43

And now it is Chelsey's turn!

TREY: 00:31:45

Chelsey Donn, where is your review from this week?

CHELSEY: 00:31:48

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:31:49

Um, my review is from Yelp.

CHELSEY: 00:31:52

It is written by David S uh, it is David S's one-star review of the Central Park Zoo.

CHELSEY: 00:32:01

Just for a little bit of context David S.

CHELSEY: 00:32:04

has written 38 other reviews and included nine photos.

CHELSEY: 00:32:09

He did include two photos in his review of the Central Park Zoo.

CHELSEY: 00:32:15

so without further ado, David S.

CHELSEY: 00:32:18

This is a zoo?

CHELSEY: 00:32:21

Good luck seeing any animals.

CHELSEY: 00:32:24

Unless you consider thousands of other tourists, crammed elbow to elbow in this tiny space as

CHELSEY: 00:32:40

Is there no capacity limit?

CHELSEY: 00:32:43

We saw part of a bear's leg, I think, maybe an arm?

CHELSEY: 00:32:50

We saw some beautiful, but dirty swans eating from a grain dish, but they were pretty quickly

CHELSEY: 00:33:03

That was barely entertaining as here's what would happen if you took a beautiful

CHELSEY: 00:33:16

It would get covered in a layer of New York scum and some rats would eat its lunch.

CHELSEY: 00:33:22

I suppose this place is a zoo in the pejorative sense.

CHELSEY: 00:33:27

Wait, is that what it's supposed to be?

CHELSEY: 00:33:30

Is this some kind of a sarcastic art installation?

TREY: 00:33:37

Wow that, that really took a turn there for me at the end.

CHELSEY: 00:33:41

David S has thoughts.

TREY: 00:33:43

Okay.

TREY: 00:33:43

Well, first of all, great pick.

TREY: 00:33:45

Um,

TREY: 00:33:45

I just have a question.

CHELSEY: 00:33:47

Yeah.

TREY: 00:33:48

Why would you choose the Central Park Zoo when you could go to the Bronx Zoo?

CHELSEY: 00:33:52

I'm with you.

TREY: 00:33:53

I mean, I've been to both zoos and.

TREY: 00:33:56

Okay, here we go.

TREY: 00:33:57

David S.

TREY: 00:33:58

I don't think is very far off.

TREY: 00:34:00

When I went to the Central Park Zoo, I actually don't know.

TREY: 00:34:02

if I did see animals.

TREY: 00:34:03

Like, I've never actually thought about that, but a lot of the, like things were closed,

CHELSEY: 00:34:14

I know.

CHELSEY: 00:34:15

This was written, like it says over two years ago.

TREY: 00:34:18

Okay.

TREY: 00:34:19

I don't know something.

TREY: 00:34:20

This is like, this is just occurring to me as I'm sharing it, but something about

TREY: 00:34:32

I don't know.

CHELSEY: 00:34:33

Yeah, there are a lot of things that were a turn off about this.

CHELSEY: 00:34:36

Let's just be clear that David S obviously has impeccable grammar.

CHELSEY: 00:34:41

Um, he, he used elipses properly and he also used words like pejorative.

CHELSEY: 00:34:48

So I think maybe David S is like an S.A.T.

CHELSEY: 00:34:52

tutor on the side.

CHELSEY: 00:34:54

Maybe S.A.T.

CHELSEY: 00:34:55

2.

CHELSEY: 00:34:56

in writing.

CHELSEY: 00:34:57

So he definitely has a way with the pen, but that being said, there was a sense of

TREY: 00:35:09

There was a sense.

TREY: 00:35:10

I think I I'm nodding in agreement.

TREY: 00:35:12

Yeah.

TREY: 00:35:13

Do you think that there's like value in this review?

CHELSEY: 00:35:15

I think maybe in the sense of, like you said, it's not the best zoo, go to the Bronx Zoo.

CHELSEY: 00:35:21

If you're going to be in the area, if you want a real zoo experience, this is like a zoo-lite.

CHELSEY: 00:35:28

It's in the middle of Central Park, which has so many things to offer.

CHELSEY: 00:35:32

So it's just like, oh, you're here, pass through sort of thing.

CHELSEY: 00:35:35

It's not.

CHELSEY: 00:35:36

It's not like a full blown zoo.

CHELSEY: 00:35:39

So in that sense, I don't think he's misleading the reader.

CHELSEY: 00:35:43

I think it's right to keep expectations low.

CHELSEY: 00:35:45

If you're going to go to the Central Park Zoo,

TREY: 00:35:48

Yes, but you do, have to pay that admission fee.

TREY: 00:35:50

So it is a zoo.

CHELSEY: 00:35:51

I want say go, I mean, I think it goes to some sort of restoration of the park, or

TREY: 00:35:59

that's yeah, you're probably right about that.

TREY: 00:36:01

David S, has a point to be a little upset about paying to go to a zoo and like maybe seeing

CHELSEY: 00:36:10

But also it's like pizza rat, you know what I mean?

CHELSEY: 00:36:13

Like rats are part of the experience,

TREY: 00:36:16

They're just there.

TREY: 00:36:17

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:36:17

They're just there.

CHELSEY: 00:36:18

If you're going to be in the City, you're going to see rats.

TREY: 00:36:22

I think like this is probably somewhat typical.

TREY: 00:36:26

I hope we don't get hate mail from the Central Park Zoo What's the entertainment value here?

TREY: 00:36:30

I don't know.

CHELSEY: 00:36:31

I dunno, I feel like David was giving me a little bit of Karen

CHELSEY: 00:36:37

I think I was somewhat entertained.

CHELSEY: 00:36:39

I wasn't knocked off my socks.

CHELSEY: 00:36:41

He wasn't giving me laughter or anything like that.

CHELSEY: 00:36:44

You know, like Shenice.

TREY: 00:36:47

I think that's what turned me off about the, um, the turn at the end about

TREY: 00:36:54

Like, it just felt a little like.

TREY: 00:36:56

Heavy handed.

TREY: 00:36:57

I don't know, like he, David, I thought they were being really clever, but I don't know.

CHELSEY: 00:37:01

mean, and also is this some kind of sarcastic art installation?

CHELSEY: 00:37:09

I like unnecessary.

TREY: 00:37:10

Althought, that would be a really interesting, like, performance art,

CHELSEY: 00:37:19

That's it.

CHELSEY: 00:37:19

Yeah,

TREY: 00:37:20

But if we'd never had the Central Park Zoo, we would never

CHELSEY: 00:37:24

that's a good point.

TREY: 00:37:26

What do you think the impact of this review is?

TREY: 00:37:27

If If you were David S's grandmother, would you hang this on the fridge?

CHELSEY: 00:37:31

No, I wouldn't.

CHELSEY: 00:37:32

I would be like chill.

CHELSEY: 00:37:33

You know what I mean?

CHELSEY: 00:37:34

Don't go.

CHELSEY: 00:37:37

Don't don't go David S.

CHELSEY: 00:37:38

Don't go to the Central Park Zoo also, like not judging cause my mom loves the zoo,

CHELSEY: 00:37:50

Like I brought like my niece and nephew and they liked it.

CHELSEY: 00:37:52

Their expectations were very low.

CHELSEY: 00:37:54

We were just at Central Park.

CHELSEY: 00:37:55

Let's do this thing.

CHELSEY: 00:37:57

And David S I don't know that he's the right audience for this Central Park Zoo.

TREY: 00:38:04

That's fair, but I I do think there is value here because it's sort of like, okay, so

CHELSEY: 00:38:16

Love a good bunny sculpture.

CHELSEY: 00:38:17

I can stick my face in.

TREY: 00:38:19

I feel like I'm ready.

TREY: 00:38:20

Like I can crown this.

TREY: 00:38:21

Right?

CHELSEY: 00:38:22

I think I'm ready.

CHELSEY: 00:38:23

Let's crown it.

VOICEOVER: 00:38:26

The Queens are Tabulating!

TREY: 00:38:28

You ready?

CHELSEY: 00:38:29

Ugh.

CHELSEY: 00:38:30

I guess I'm ready.

CHELSEY: 00:38:31

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:38:31

Let's do it.

VOICEOVER: 00:38:36

Total score!.

TREY: 00:38:38

A Tie again!

CHELSEY: 00:38:38

We're the same!

CHELSEY: 00:38:39

Two crowns.

CHELSEY: 00:38:41

We both gave two crowns.

CHELSEY: 00:38:42

This was another example, which I kind of wish I could have break your crown in half.

CHELSEY: 00:38:47

I gave two

TREY: 00:38:48

One and a 1.5.

CHELSEY: 00:38:50

I would have gone maybe 2.5, because I think that in terms of literacy.

CHELSEY: 00:38:55

And being able to understand what was written that was clear.

CHELSEY: 00:38:59

Sometimes you read reviews.

CHELSEY: 00:39:00

They're just like, they're the, spelling's all over the place.

CHELSEY: 00:39:03

The grammar is all over the place.

CHELSEY: 00:39:04

I don't understand what you're saying.

CHELSEY: 00:39:06

I feel like it is probably a fair assessment.

CHELSEY: 00:39:09

There's lots of tourists.

CHELSEY: 00:39:10

I'm sure.

CHELSEY: 00:39:10

You know, people walking around the city all day walking around the park.

CHELSEY: 00:39:13

I'm sure they do smell.

CHELSEY: 00:39:14

I'm sure I can expect to probably only see a leg or an arm.

CHELSEY: 00:39:19

Um, the top of a head of an animal in that environment.

CHELSEY: 00:39:23

So I did feel like he was being truthful in his experience, I took a few crowns

CHELSEY: 00:39:37

So that was why I ultimately came to two crowns.

CHELSEY: 00:39:40

How about you?

TREY: 00:39:41

Yeah, I gave it two crowns because I felt like, you know, generally I think there's

TREY: 00:39:54

Like it's probably accurate saying that they're never going to be wearing deodorant.

TREY: 00:39:58

All the hordes of people is sort of like, is that for real?

TREY: 00:40:02

And I wasn't very entertained.

TREY: 00:40:03

And, um, so for that reason, I just, I gave it two.

TREY: 00:40:07

Two crowns.

CHELSEY: 00:40:08

I think that's valid.

TREY: 00:40:10

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:40:11

Wow, we did it.

TREY: 00:40:13

Yay!

TREY: 00:40:14

As we reach the end of today's episode.

TREY: 00:40:17

Chelsey, have you got any personal reviews for someone in your life that you think

TREY: 00:40:24

Who are you inducting for?

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My Royal Highness!

CHELSEY: 00:40:30

wow.

CHELSEY: 00:40:30

Yes, there's so many people always.

CHELSEY: 00:40:32

Right.

CHELSEY: 00:40:33

but I'm gonna go a little bit unusual with my inductee and I'm going to induct whoever

CHELSEY: 00:40:46

It's an affirmations app and it's just really nice.

CHELSEY: 00:40:50

It's a great part of my day.

CHELSEY: 00:40:52

Whenever I'm feeling down, I just get a little alert on my phone.

CHELSEY: 00:40:56

Like I am worth it.

CHELSEY: 00:40:58

I am.

CHELSEY: 00:40:59

Able to accomplish what I want to, and I have a problem with affirmations.

CHELSEY: 00:41:03

Like I always want to do them, but I feel like it's too much homework.

CHELSEY: 00:41:08

Like, oh, I have to come up with the affirmations.

CHELSEY: 00:41:10

And then I have to remember to say them.

CHELSEY: 00:41:12

And so if you're someone who is interested in doing affirmations, but not quite sure

CHELSEY: 00:41:23

"I Am" because they do all the heavy lifting for you and you get all the

CHELSEY: 00:41:32

So thank you to the inventor.

CHELSEY: 00:41:35

I should figure out who it is of the, "I Am" app.

CHELSEY: 00:41:38

I'm always grateful when there's somebody that uses this platform for good.

CHELSEY: 00:41:44

And thank you.

CHELSEY: 00:41:45

I Am.

TREY: 00:41:48

I love that.

TREY: 00:41:48

Okay.

TREY: 00:41:48

So we all have to download the "I Am" app,

CHELSEY: 00:41:51

Yes, not an ad though.

TREY: 00:41:52

Not an ad!

CHELSEY: 00:41:53

I'm not getting paid for this.

TREY: 00:41:54

We're not sponsored.

TREY: 00:41:55

okay.

TREY: 00:41:55

So my Royal Highness, I went shopping, uh, cause there was a Home Goods and

TREY: 00:42:03

Her name was Carol.

TREY: 00:42:05

And if I had to guess her age, she was pro like, to be honest, she was

TREY: 00:42:11

She was tasked with wiping down all of the shopping carts when you walk in.

TREY: 00:42:17

So she was like the greeter and she was really lovely and sweet.

TREY: 00:42:21

And I came in and she asked me how I was doing.

TREY: 00:42:25

And she called me sugar and she gave me the, her cleanly wiped down cart.

TREY: 00:42:30

And then on my way out, I, um, had too much stuff.

TREY: 00:42:33

So I had to get a larger cart.

TREY: 00:42:36

And so I went up to Carol and she said, "oh, you underestimated!"

TREY: 00:42:40

so then I had to get the other cart and put everything in the car, you know, it was whatever.

TREY: 00:42:43

And, um, so I was like, can I take this out, like to the parking structure?

TREY: 00:42:47

And she was like, you can do whatever you want, sweetie.

TREY: 00:42:50

anyway, my whole point here is in this time of sort of, recognizing

TREY: 00:42:56

Carol really made my day.

TREY: 00:42:59

And I ended up overspending at Home Goods and I bet Carol is responsible.

TREY: 00:43:03

So she should get, you know, a stock in the company Carol, whoever

TREY: 00:43:10

And so for that, you are my Royal Highness inductee for this week.

CHELSEY: 00:43:16

Congratulations, Carol.

CHELSEY: 00:43:18

It seems like well deserved and I hope you do get some stock in Home Goods.

TREY: 00:43:23

She better.

TREY: 00:43:24

She was really working hard.

TREY: 00:43:25

All right.

CHELSEY: 00:43:26

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:43:27

We did it.

TREY: 00:43:28

We did it, Queen that's episode one in the books.

CHELSEY: 00:43:30

Oh, my goodness.

CHELSEY: 00:43:31

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CHELSEY: 00:43:34

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TREY: 00:43:37

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TREY: 00:43:47

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TREY: 00:44:00

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TREY: 00:44:02

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TREY: 00:44:03

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CHELSEY: 00:44:09

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TREY: 00:44:10

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