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Hey, everybody, it's me, Matt Rogers, letting you know tickets are on sale. Now to see me on tour, the Prince of Christmas tour, that is. I'm doing my whole album have youe Heard of Christmas? Plus a lot more with the whole band, all throughout December. Go to www.mattrogersofficial.com to see me in a city near you. And now, las coach drums. Look, man. Oh, I see my Bowen. Look over there.
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Wow.
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Is that culture? Yes. Wow.
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Las culturistas. Ding dong. Las culturistas calling number 320. Regis Philbin.
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Regis Philbin. I mean, could sit across from, I think, any chatty lady and hold his own.
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Oh, yeah. Whether it was on Millionaire, whether it was on Regis and Kelly.
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Yeah. Regis and Kathie Lee.
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Regis and Kathie Lee. All of it. Oh, my God, you are missed. Regis.
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Regis. And I want to say I wish that you had been the host of Once I was on it because I did not like my host.
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Who was your host?
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Chris Harrison.
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Oh, he definitely didn't make the list.
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He shook my hand like Trump shakes people's hand. The tight thing in the poll, you can watch it on YouTube.
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Number 19, Marnie Michaels.
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I think if you didn't see yourself in Marnie Michaels, you weren't being honest.
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No. You don't know yourself.
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Yeah.
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If you, if you, if you did not relate to Marnie Michaels, you have not climbed Cringe Mountain. Marnie Michaels has scaled Cringe Mountain range.
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Marnie Michaels is one of the great TV characters. I'll never forget the Bushwick episode when she got slapped in the face by Andrew Rannells and she said, I am never coming back to Bushwick.
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Who could forget Stronger? I mean, who could forget when she was trapped in Booth's TV tower, the.
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Eyebrows in the number three and three and 18. Lena, Don, we have you to thank for creating Marnie Michaels and so much more.
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So much more. You wrote a book that we all read.
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Yeah. Let me tell you something. When that book came out, I read it.
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Yeah.
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I Would continue to read your books. Where are the books? Where are the books you directed the pilot of industry? People be loving that show.
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People be loving that show.
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And Girls stands the test of time. And when you watch it again, it gets better.
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Just like Dan Savage said. It gets better.
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And that applies to a lot of things Dan Savage says. I think about the gay experience, but also girls. If he said it about girls, he'd be right.
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He'd be right. Number 317, Florence Nightingale. Just the.
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The. The second and last Florence on the list. One of the most famous nurses of all time.
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Sorry. To Florence Welch.
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Damn. Yeah, Florence Welch.
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We did not put Florence Welch on the list.
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But wouldn't you say that nurses are the most important people in America and that Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Civil War?
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I would say that, absolutely. And she deserves to be on this list. I'm just saying. Florence Welch. Oh, my God. Chicha.
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Chicha has something to say about Florence Nightingale. And I said she respects you.
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Okay, number 316, flavor flav. Someone who is still relevant today was at the VMAs this past year.
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Gave handed Taylor Swift a VMA.
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Was escorted off the stage when like, like he was trying to get in. Into the frame. And I think. I think someone pulled him off.
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You know, we wouldn't have someone else that appears on this list. It's going to be a long sip.
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It's going to be a long sip.
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For her, but we wouldn't have her without Flavor Flav.
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Flavor Flav launched a million important careers.
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Shea, Snatch Game.
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Shea, snatch game. Number 315, Laura.
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Laura Linney.
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So many projects.
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I mean, let's just say this is masterpiece.
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This is masterpiece.
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Yeah.
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She is a masterpiece.
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She is masterpiece. You got to watch the big C.
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You got to watch Kinsey. You got in the whale. Oh, please.
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One of the greats.
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Are you narcos guy? No, no, not narco.
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No.
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You mean you're talking about Ozark?
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Ozark? I'm not, but I. But I hear she absolutely tears it up.
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Of course she does. She really can do it all. So intense. Oh, my God.
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Love.
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Actually, number 314, Ebenezer Scrooge.
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Again, talk about a Christmas villain to heroin narrative.
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He had. I think he took a hallucinogen.
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Yeah. Can I say something? So the question that I got wrong on Wants to Be a Millionaire was how do you spell Ebenezer? And Bowen Yang spelled it the way I thought it was spelled. You too would not continue on who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Having spelled it like this. The spelling is E B E N E Z E R. You spelled E B E N E E Z E R. It is not that.
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Number three to 13, Selena Quintanilla. Yeah. I mean, that's so sad what happened.
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It is so sad what happened. But we have to focus on the positive. But we really do. She gave us a lifetime of music and memories.
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A lifetime of music and memories. She brought Tejano music to the world.
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Yeah. Dreaming of you and I could fall in love.
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Oh, my God.
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Think of a time when they. When you could just do two ballads as your singles. Think of that time. I missed that.
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I missed that. Number 312, Jamie Lee Curtis.
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From Activia to everything everywhere, all at once. To Halloween.
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To Halloween. To Freaky Friday. To. Oh, my God. To. It all goes on. To infinity and true lies.
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Yeah. Oh, true lies. Iconic hottie.
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Oh, my God. Like a James Cameron hottie. Oh.
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Big time.
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Big time.
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And acting alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, who would become the governor of California. That really happened.
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Yes, that happened.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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We were young.
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Yeah. But, you know, to speak about Jamie lee.
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Ding. Number 311, Debbie Ryan. I want to make history. And that's what we did.
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That's what we did.
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And that's what you did. By landing a pretty good place on this list, I would say.
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You beat Selena.
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You beat Anne Hathaway. Wow.
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This is crazy. But you know what, though?
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No, it's not crazy. Why would you say it's crazy? She's earned it.
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No, I think she has earned it. But, like, when she said she was going to make history, she was right. That's the thing is, like, some people say things and it doesn't come to fruition. She did make it.
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She did make it. Number three, Selena Gomez.
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I'll be single soon. I'll be standing forever.
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She was someone at the Emmys that I was too afraid to go up and say hi.
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Were you really?
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What I said hi to? I said hi to Meryl Streep.
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You did not. You didn't tell me that.
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I went up to Marty, and Marty and I go way back. And then Meryl reached out her hand and I left my body, but I was still too afraid to go. And Selena was right there with Benny. And I was like, I can't.
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I'm just going to say stream vulnerable. This is so funny.
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I've worked with Selena before. She hosted.
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I know, but you were too scared.
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This is 309, Marissa Tome.
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It was my honor to pretend to be.
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Oh, my God.
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Your iconic character in Fire Island.
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So good. You and Tomas Matos. That is one of the great movie moments.
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But there was a blueprint and it was Marissa Tomei and my cousin Vinny, one of the all time best Oscar wins. And since then, can I say, she also should have won for the wrestler.
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She also should have won for anger management.
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Wow.
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She was.
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She also should have won for Spider Man.
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Oh, my God. Aunt May.
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Marisa Tomei should have an Oscar for all her roles.
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All her roles. Number 308, Odd Job.
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This is the James Bond villain Oscar.
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This is the James Bond villain from Goldfinger who makes a secret cameo in GoldenEye in the game. GoldenEye. And you cannot play as him because he's too short.
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Yeah. So you can play as him.
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You can't play as him. But.
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But it's not wise to.
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No, it is wise, but it's like, it's. It's cheating because it's like your eyeline.
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Yes, yes, yes.
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He's. He's so short.
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You have to do the thing where you hold the couch down, you have.
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To crouch down, and it's an extra step. So people are like, no odd job.
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Oh, yeah. But you know what? You can say no odd job, but if the game allows it as an option, I might be paying it.
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307. Pedro Pascal, you can have us both.
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At the same time.
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Separately. Together.
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I said the same time.
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Where would you want to be?
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And Bowen goes separately.
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Okay. Okay. How would you want to be situated?
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Both of us blindfolded on different ends of a room. And I go, Bowen, like Marco Polo, while Pedro Pascal runs between us both.
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And I'm too busy eating ass.
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This is. This is what you do to us, Pedro.
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306.
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Harry Daniels, you came on the scene this year and you said, period.
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Well, yes, well, yes. Harry Daniels is The iconic singer, sings to every famous person you can think of.
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Honestly, on TikTok, can you imagine if he ever came up to you and sang what an.
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I met him, it would be.
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Did he sing to you?
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He did not sing to me. But like, he and I are like. We get it. He's such a sweetie.
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Yeah, he's the best.
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Such a sweetie.
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No, and he, by the way, I just got his review of the substance and he says it has a lot, lot of good things to say.
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It has a lot of. The movie has a lot of good things to say. Number 305.
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And yeah, who can say where the.
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Road goes, where the heart shows Only time.
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Did she write that song? Those Are words to live by.
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Only time, only time. Sail away, sail away, sail away.
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Iconic spa music.
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Pure moods. Icon. Borders legend.
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Celtic mood.
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They were, they were spitting Enya at every borders in the, in America.
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Let me tell you something about Enya. Moms have her on in the car, the house down.
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My mom was obsessed. Also. Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Rings song. May it be. Number 24, Albert Einstein.
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One of the smartest people in the world. But at a cost.
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At a cost.
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And that is something that you know, you pay a price sometimes.
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But he was so iconic that we don't really remember him for that. We remember him for equals. MC squared. For sticking his tongue out. Yeah. In a photo like so goofy.
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Let me tell you something about Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future. You don't have that hair on him. Had Albert Einstein not pioneered that haircut. Talk about long hair. Don't care.
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Long hair. Don't care. Three to three Penelope Cruz.
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I will be here waiting for you with my legs open. Nine An Oscar nominated performance.
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Vicky Christina Barcelona.
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Don't even talk to me about that.
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We're talking about a Woody Allen movie.
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You really, you just, you bring it, you bring it through.
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I have to think about the whole, the whole thing. Penelope Cruz has one of the chicest accents.
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You know what Tilda Swinton said about her when she presented her with her Oscar? That she set off a dizzying display of English and Spanish. We didn't understand every word literally, but emotionally we understood every bit of it. Number 302, Salma Hayek.
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Salma is just so effortless in everything she does. She could really do comedy or drama, wouldn't you say?
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House of Gucci. She did both.
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That was a hybrid role.
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But also Penelope couldn't get a promise.
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Harvey Weinstein. Look, the women on this list are always going to be tied to a problematic man. Yeah.
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Get rid of all of them.
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We're done.
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We're done. We're done with problematic after this episode.
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We're done. I mean as in we are problematic and we will, we will disappear.
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I don't feel problematic at all. I just want to speak for myself.
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Number one, Jay Gatsby. Well, that's a problematic.
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Explain to you, put him on this list. Explain, explain.
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Just, just a very important figure in the American sort of story. You know, someone who aspired to so much but realized that those aspirations are empty, that new money is a ruse. That it still doesn't get you what you really want, which is a sense of fulfillment.
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You know how everyone is supposed to read this book.
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Did you, Matt? I think you would really like it, to be honest.
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Well, I would like to, you know, sort of get into Daisy. She seems like an interesting character.
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Daisy is a. You would. You would love Daisy.
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I love Carey Mulligan.
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You'll like. Yeah. You'll like Nicaragua. I think you're gonna like Tom Buchanan, unfortunately.
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You think so? Is he. Was he problematic?
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Oh, definitely.
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Oh, God.
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But he is. He's supposed to be, like, the hot guy.
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Yeah. Number 300 Lord. It's so confusing sometimes that you have to just cut through all the bullshit and really get to the truth. And Lor did that this year with Charli xcx, who we'll talk about in a little bit. But it's been. She's been speaking truth in her music for so long.
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But for Lord to go on that track, it gives me hope for the future, for the way we resolve our issues.
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400 lux is one of my favorite songs.
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Oh, my God. Pure heroine. The album is Places.
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Let's talk about melodrama.
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Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Okay, number 299, Fred Flintstone. He was driving that car with his feet.
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He was really one of the touchstones in not only children's animation and children's comedy, but also chewable vitamin culture.
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Chewable vitamin culture, serial culture, good father culture. Pebbles. He loved Pebbles so much.
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Oh, Pebbles is set up because Pebbles had a good father.
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Had a good father.
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Yeah.
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Pebbles had Dino to play with Pebbles.
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And Bam Bam, Bam. Bam.
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Bam. Bam, Bam Bam. No, Bam Bam was Barney's son.
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Oh, yeah. Bam Bam had. Was trouble.
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Bam bam was trouble. 298, Sufyan Stevens. You loved Illinois.
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I loved Illinois.
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Still haven't seen it, but that album shaked my ass in college. So much so that when I got to NYU first week, the only. The most important question I would ask people is, so, do you listen to Sufan Stevens? I was so annoyed.
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That's a really good gateway at NYU. But in the year of our Lord 2008.
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Yeah, it was just like a conversation starter. I was like, what do you like to listen to? And then Broken Social Scene played our welcome week concert. Did you go to that?
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I didn't.
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I was so, like, indie fucking asshole. Not that. Number 297, Dina Martin.
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If you ever go to Provincetown, you have to see Dina Martinez. She really just kills it. I mean, it's reliably funny every single time. I even saw it twice. I went to go see the show. I said, you know, who has to see this. My sister, Bowen Yang, which is an iconic compliment that I can't give to many.
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Oh, my God.
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I don't meet a lot of people and then walk away and say, Bowen Yang has to meet them or see them.
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That's. That's a double compliment because it compliments me. I feel.
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I know it's because I'm thinking of you.
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I love that. I love you, sister. Love you, sister. This is the power of Love you, Dina. This is the power of Dina. Martina. She just brings people together. 296 Hailey Steinfeld.
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I'm in the top. 01% of Hailee Steinfeld Spotify fans, and.
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That'S a good place to be. You're in good company.
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Hell, nose and headphones.
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Damn, you're such.
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Oh, don't talk to me about damn, you're such a. And we haven't even spoken. Truth to power, which is anyone that denies that love. Myself is not the greatest song to come out in the past 100 years.
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Hello, May.
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And the drop in blockers.
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Ding.
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Number 295.
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Deangelo.
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There was a before and after here sexually.
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There was a time when you thought, oh, I know what a handsome, beautiful person looks like. And then you saw D'Angelo.
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Yep.
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Wet shirtless.
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The Untitled.
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Yeah. How does it feel? It feels hard. Feels pretty down there.
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Feels pretty good to me.
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I'm tenting my pants.
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Oh, Bowen, let me tell you something. Also, to say nothing of the genius music. Ding.
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Number 294.
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Peggy Olsen. Peggy Olsen, as portrayed by Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men, the journey that you went on. I actually just rewatched season one of Mad Men and her arc in that when she doesn't realize she's pregnant by the end.
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Spoiler. Oh, my God.
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Wow.
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Wow. Suitcase is one of the best episodes.
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In television, One of the best ever. Never forget the season two finale when she says to Pete Campbell, I could have had you. And then she goes, I wanted other things. Peggy. Peggy was that girl.
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Let me tell you something. When you ask the question, is there life on Mars? Never forget where that came from. And you think it's NASA? You think it's space? No, it's David Bowie. He wanted to explore beyond.
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This was someone who was like, I am an artist and I'm going to fuck models.
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No. Gaga without David Bowie.
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No Gaga without David Bowie. No. A lot of things without David bowie. Okay, number 292, pizza night.
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We all have had an experience of getting together with some of your best friends or maybe some people you don't even know that well and eating pizza together.
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Oh, it. It just makes people happy. That's why it's on this list. It is culture making.
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Pizza night can be a pizza party. It can be birthday. It can be a. It can be a get together. Let me tell you something. You know pizzeria? I call it a pizza store.
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Pizza store.
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You're having pizza night whenever you go there. And they're everywhere.
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I love pizza store. Number three. 291, Jessica Rabbit.
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This woman was so hot, she drove men crazy. And she continues to.
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She continues to. Some of these girls are still trying to look like her. And I want to say to them, she's a cartoon.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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She's impossibly sexy.
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She is an impossible ideal. And she was also the original bombshell that entered the villa.
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She was the bombshell that entered the villa. The original girl.
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She was the original doll.
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And what I always found so fucking punk about Jessica Rabbit. She was fudging. She was fucking a rabbit.
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Hell yeah.
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She was married to a rabbit.
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290. Joan.
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Joan. Did I. We tell each other stories. We tell stories in order to live. Not. Oh, God, straight lab glamour girls are going to come after us for butchering the quote, but the White Album slouching towards Bethlehem. And of course. Did you read Goodbye to All that when you left New York? I think you did. I think people sent it to you. No.
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Did you send me that book?
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I think I might. I. It's one of her famous essays or, you know, pieces.
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So. It wasn't a book.
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It wasn't a book.
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It's just a piece. Number 289.
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Greta Thunberg.
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Now, is it Thunberg or Toon? I don't know, because I'll tell you. Who says Thunberg all the time? Sudie.
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Okay.
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And I could. I do think it could be one of those iconic times where she's saying a name wrong. But it could be one of those.
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Iconic times when she's saying a name, right?
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Like when she said Christie Brinkley for Christine Baranski. And what'd she say? Chris Koffner for Chris Colfer.
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Chris Kofner.
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Yeah. She thought his name was Chris at least.
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Christy Brinkley is someone else.
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Is it Greta Thunberg or Greta Thunberg? Just to say thunder. Great. We were right. Thank you for saving the earth.
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Number 288, Scooby Doo.
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Another dog. Who said I can speak.
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I can speak and I will use my voice and I will. And I want a Scooby Snack. Wow.
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I didn't know I could do that.
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Oh, my God, Matt. And what do you thought? He's got a Scooby. Thought about Shaggy's last name also being Rogers.
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Is that true?
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Yes.
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He's House.
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He's House.
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Oh, my God. I knew Shaggy was house.
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Shaggy.
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Me and Shaggy and Patrick Rogers have all the same vibes.
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I can't. No, that was a bad.
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Oh, God. I guess I had a Scooby.
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Number 287, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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If you look at her, you think one thing. And if you get to know her, you get in a whole new reality. This woman, this young girl, kills vampires to make the world a safer place.
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While she's going to high school and college. Can you imagine?
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I can't imagine. I barely can make it through high school. You should have seen me in physics.
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If I was killing vampires at night. Babe, I would have acted out.
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Did she have other extracurriculars in the show outside of her job of killing vampires? Or did she really not have a lot of time?
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I think she and Allison Hannigan just hung out. 286.
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Joy Behar.
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Who?
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So what? Who? Kiss.
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You're feuding with her?
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No, I'm not feuding with her. I am not feuding with Joy Behar.
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Okay. Never mind.
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I'm not like the tabloids would have you believe.
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Oh, God.
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Joy Behar is. She is the View.
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She is literally.
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She is America's greatest show.
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She has been distilled to one line, which is not even her line, which is so what?
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Who cares? But you know what, though? She spiritually is that Fred Armiston really did. Former teacher who became a comedian, who.
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Became a television mainstream Williamsburg legend. Joy Behar, 285. The chicks.
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You used to know him as the Dixie Chicks. Now you know them as the Chicks. They're not ready to make nice. They're never going to not be.
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No. The best Natalie Mains, the woman that you are, the voice that you have, the gift you give to the world. Texas is proud of you as a non Texan. I say that.
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Yeah. I can tell you that. They are the second verse of not ready to make nice.
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Oh, my God.
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There's never been anything like it. There's never been anything like it.
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Number 284, Gina Gershon.
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Talk about Gina Gershon and your sexual tension with her.
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Well, first of all, I just want to say one of the great actors.
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Yes.
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She's just done it all. And Gina Gershon and Showgirls as she's asking Nomi about what she likes to eat at dinner.
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Yeah.
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Iconic.
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And you've kissed her.
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I've kissed her. She's a good kisser. Oh, my God. You like brown rice and vegetables? Tastes like dog food.
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Y'all can Pedro Pascal me.
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There were 283.
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Elphaba is one of the most important characters in culture. She famously said.
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She said.
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She said, will I do?
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She said.
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Why did she ever. Boy, did she.
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And some of our great actors have been the vessel for her. Name them. Dina, Shoshana, Stephanie, Cynthia. Number 282, George Severus and Sam Tagger.
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These are our friends. They are co hosts of the Stradiolab podcast.
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And they are sweeties. So smart, so hot.
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They found a way to get husbands and boyfriends. They're the version of us that has a good domestic life and a good social one. Oh, my God.
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What do we have going for us?
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So jealous of them.
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Jealous.
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I hate them. I envy them. That's why I know my hatred and envy is rooted in a place of deep respect.
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And that's why.
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Very complicated. It's so confusing sometimes.
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Girl number 281. Costco.
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Let me tell you something about Costco. The samples. No other big store does it.
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Like, I'm leaving full.
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I came hungry.
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I came hungry. And eat. Because what we're all doing at Costco is what? Eating.
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Eating. And to say nothing of how high the shelves are.
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Pallets everywhere.
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You can tell the people that work there are really happy.
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Oh, yeah.
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Because they know everyone around them is eating and joyful.
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Eating and joyful. $1.50 for a hot dog. The name tags say Lisa. Employee since 1997.
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Hi, my name is. My name is 280.
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Lisa Kudrow, colleague.
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Let me tell you something. The great, the great, the great. Lisa onset vibes are through the roof. You have to understand. The comeback is what it's the best that Television. Most important performance, I think, comedy, dramatic that I've seen, because it has everything.
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It has everything. She's gave one of the best commencement speeches ever at Basser H. She really is an important cultural.
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The 1. Phoebe 279, whose milkshake brought the boys.
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To the world, to the stage.
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Underrated.
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Underrated albums. She had the dance album. She had the sort of, like, folk rock album called Food.
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And Do It All Can Do It.
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All can cook like a motherfucker.
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Absolutely.
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Can make you any dish you please. And we would be so lucky to have some of Khalis's food. Khalise, come to dinner with us. And Alison Roman.
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Yeah, I think that would be a good force.
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That would be a nice. We would talk great shit. Oh, yeah. Number 278, Nathan Lane.
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Wow. To say that, you know, the performance in the Birdcage of Nathan Lane, that was the breakout performance. You would think this was already, like, a Hollywood legend, right?
A
And he is in so many ways since.
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But at the time, like, to know that was kind of like a huge breakthrough moment.
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God. And just him and Robin Williams, you could tell that was such a special bond. And the way that Robin, you know, really protected him during that press tour because he wasn't out yet. And it's just. Nathan Lane is now one of our most beloved actors and true American treasure. 277. Leonardo da Vinci.
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I mean, not just a painter, not just an artist. An inventor.
A
An inventor.
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I can't remember a lot of the things he invented, but I know that was something I was told while growing up. Again and again, he liked.
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He loved to draw.
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Guys, you remember the film Ever after starring Drew Barrymore. Stay tuned.
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Angelica Houston.
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Thank you for mentioning that Angelica Houston was also in that.
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So. And Melanie Linsky. Okay, sorry. Yes, yes.
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So Leonardo da Vinci is a character in that crazy guy.
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Of course.
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And he's floating in the water. He's like, you know, he's walking on the water in those shoes.
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Number 275. Nobody was 76. Samuel L. Jackson.
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He's tired of these motherfucking snakes on these motherfucking plane. And that's just the tip of the iceberg with him.
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Nick Fury.
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Oh, the Eyepatch legend.
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Eyepatch legend. Talking about Big Max with John Travolta.
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Yeah. The Royale with Cheese.
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Royale with Cheese.
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Yep.
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Just. Just one of our greats.
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An individual, a signature icon, a Persona, a vibe. A great actor, and also an incredible, singular vibe. You can't always have both.
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You can always give star and actor an actor. This is 275. Angie cats and Avis, A pillar of the Greek community.
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A pillar of the Greek community. I am so happy to be represented by you out there in the world, which can be very dark. And I'm so happy that you are the one that's saying Greeks are here to stay.
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Yes.
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And another thing I want to say is that the sunglasses have become a cultural fashion staple.
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And I see what you're doing with the scroll.
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I love the scroll.
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The scroll was kind of. The scroll is like, oh, this is what housewives used to be.
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I thought it worked.
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I thought it totally worked. Okay.
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No, we're 274. The Wild Rose, Whitney Rose. I mean, let me tell you something. Your healing journey is something that we're.
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All a part of. Yeah, absolutely.
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I think that one thing about Whitney is she might have a tough season this year, but I do think it's her turn.
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It's her turn. She's been waiting in the wings. She is a player. Remember her first season, we were like, this girl. And then you're like this girl season.
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It snapped in.
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Well, even the first season, I was like, oh, she's really smart.
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Oh, yeah. She's important to Salt Lakes.
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She's really important to Salt Lake City. Number 273, Heather Gay.
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I would say the protagonist of the Salt Lake City housewives.
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Receipts, timeline, screenshots.
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What was it?
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Everything.
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Everything. I maybe didn't do that.
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Proof.
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Timeline, screenshots, Fucking everything to prove that.
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You are a liar or whatever.
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The bad Mormon.
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The bad Mormon and the good time girl.
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And she said, ozempic, baby. I mean, there's been a lot going on that have been iconic about Heather Gay from the beginning. She is Salt Lake. She really carries that. She is what you think of when you think of the show in many ways.
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Yeah, it's very true. Good time girl. Okay. Number 272, Lisa Barlow.
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Baby gorgeous herself. Diet Coke.
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Diet Coke. Fast food icon.
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Oh, God.
A
Queen of Sundance.
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We need to move that over here.
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I think we. Yeah, let's move the light over there.
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Yeah. More centers.
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More centers.
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Besitos, I would say. You know, she famously said on the last episode, I don't love podcasts.
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I don't love podcasts, but we love you, Lisa Barlow.
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I've known from the very beginning that you were going to be here to stay. And now to watch you become the star of Bride.
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The star you are. Oh, my God. Number 271, Meredith Marks. I mean, friend of the show. Friend of the show. That is a star vibe.
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Let me tell you something. Bathtubs have never. I can't remember bathtubs even being used before Meredith Marks came into the equation.
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And I got to say, dead ass. The best Christian Cowan model ever.
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Oh, 100%.
A
Where she looks better than anybody.
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The rumors are true. That Meredith Marks.
A
Stunning.
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You are salt.
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The face mask. Remember the mesh face mask?
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Yes.
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You show up to a party wearing a full coverage mask.
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We're going to disengage from this.
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Pre Covid number 270, Mary M. Cosby.
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When she said, you smell like hospital to Jen Shaw, that started the show.
A
It was the shot heard around the world.
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It was the moment you knew that this was a franchise to watch. You smell like hospital. Stop talking to me like that. I'm not coming over there.
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I don't like you.
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I don't like you.
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You. You said I was. You called me a pornography.
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You called me a pornography. Sitting in the. In the sprinter van with her fish fillet.
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You took me down to the dirt.
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First of all, if anyone ever orders a fish fillet, you know they're a legend.
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My mom. Yeah, my mom loves official a. Do you like podcasts, music, and audiobooks? Because when you subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited, you get all three in one app. Imagine listening to your favorite podcasts and music on the go to work, school, the gym, or better yet, vacation. I love those. Now imagine being on vacation with your favorite audiobook from Audible and then listening to a new one every month from a huge selection of popular titles while not on vacation. That sounds like a pretty good vacation, right? Audible is now included on Amazon Music Unlimited. Download the Amazon music app now. To start listening terms, apply. Number 269. Abraham Honest. Abe Lincoln.
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This gay guy was president.
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This gay guy was president. This gay guy shared a bed with a lot of dudes, I would imagine.
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What if we found out that actually O Mary was true and he was.
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Fucking John Wilkes Booth?
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Oh, God. That's fine if you haven't seen Omari yet. What are you doing?
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What are you doing?
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Get down to the theater.
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Abe Lincoln. One of our best presidents.
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Really so gay to wear that top hat, too?
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268. Bobby Flay.
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Talk about kitchen icon.
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You got to beat him.
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That's how confident he is in his skills. He's like, go ahead. Try to beat me.
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Beat me. That's hot. So hot for a guy to be like, beat me.
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Well, you know, he puts it down.
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Bobby Flay. The exes, the women. He's dated some Heaters.
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Fiery.
A
Fiery girls.
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Yeah.
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Minxes. Yeah.
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Can probably throw it back in the kitchen.
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Number 267. Rita Repulsa.
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She was not one to be messed with. Not for one second.
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Not for one second. She could summon lightning with her staff in a flash. Yeah.
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She. Rita Repulsa. The thing about her is, I mean, Elizabeth Banks, I think one of her great.
A
One of her great performances.
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When Rita Repulsa gets upset about something that's happening and Elizabeth Banks just goes. I was like, I emotionally know exactly how you.
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Yes.
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Angry.
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Angry. But even in the original Power Rangers, she was giving. Okay.
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266.
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Monique.
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One of my favorite hours of standup ever is Monique went to a women's prison.
A
That is truly iconic.
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It's so good. Monique is a legend of comedy. But also her performance in Precious, you don't just.
A
You can't just do that.
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It's acting of the highest caliber for.
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Her to be such a monstrous person and character throughout the movie and then to just have this moment at the end, like, tied it all together. Tied it all together. It just. That whole story makes sense now. Okay, well. 265. Sebastian Stan.
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You're my favorite actor. Whenever I go in for an audition, I watch videos of you acting.
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Oh, that's beautiful.
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You remind me to be grounded and dropped in and mean what I say. I love Sebastian Stan.
A
We love you.
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We have the same stylist as you. And every single time we go in there, I say, what's Sebastian up to? Because that's what I want to know. And it's not a crush. It's respecting. And I love you a lot.
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Yes.
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I love Sebastian Dan. I love the Winter Soldier.
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Oh, my God. The Winter Soldier.
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I love The Winter Soldier.
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264.
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Harper Lee. You wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.
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You know, she. She would be higher on this list if she just. I wish she came out with one more book.
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You know, To Kill a Mockingbird was so good and so important, especially to young people.
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To young people.
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You have to read this in schools. This is one I did read in schools. And I think that she definitely was there by Truman Capote. Side as long as she could be. So that's kind of allyship.
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That's allyship. That's true. But, you know, we needed one more. We needed one more. She was so paralyzed by the success of To Kill a Mockingbird that she was like, I don't want to write another book.
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Let's learn from that.
A
Let's learn from that. 263. Dracula.
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You don't want to get sucked by this one, I'll tell you that. You want to be dead really fast. Flirt with Dracula.
A
There are vampires about and Dracula is the most iconic one, so of course he's going to make it on the list.
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There'd be no True Blood without Dracula.
A
That drag and like, sorry, Buffy, Dracula beat you out on this list.
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There'd be no Twilight.
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Be no Twilight without Dracula. There'd be no Hotel Transylvania.
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There certainly would.
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262, Pamela Anderson. Oh, my God.
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You know, recently, we were at a bar and they were playing the Baywatch credits. Was it. Where were we?
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. We were somewhere. But yeah, they were playing Baywatch where we.
B
At the Fire Island Pines. Was it show tunes?
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It was show. It was like. It was like some bar.
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Yeah.
A
Gay bar. But they were playing Baywatch.
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Just that. Watching Pamela Anderson run on the beach.
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Yeah.
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Like you're back to a time. You're back to a place. You're back to a feeling. You're back to a. A moment in.
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A moment in culture and her. And scary movie 3. A comedic genius. Yeah. And also, I just. I'm just loving this new thing where she's. It's no makeup. Yeah.
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And also she's apparently really good in this new acting thing.
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Of course.
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Number 261.
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Elliot Page, you are forever an icon. So many amazing roles and amazing. You're so amazing at telling your story.
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Trailblazing icon. I mean, Elliot Page, I'm going to imagine an extremely good hang. Also, he told the truth.
A
He told the truth. What was the truth?
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Just like, you know, the tea. Telling the tea about Hollywood.
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Oh, because. What's.
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Because. Let me tell you something. We've been through everything. We've been through, let's say it. And that's what I want. From an autobiography and a memoir, if you will.
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If you will. 260, Daenerys Targaryen.
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This didn't end so great.
A
She died.
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She was killed.
A
She was killed by Jon.
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Derrick Barry should have said people were killed about that last scene of Game of Thrones. Then she would have been right.
A
That. She would have been right.
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Her own lover killed her. Can't feel good.
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If Kit Harington killed me, if Jon Snow killed me, I'd be like, not you.
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Not you doing this. You know, you got a wildling. It should have been Cersei. Her and her battling.
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I know.
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That's what I want. That was the cunt quake. I wanted the.
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I wanted number 259. Bette Midler.
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The divine.
A
The divine. Hilarious. Bette Midler.
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I mean, it started in the cabaret clubs.
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Oh, yes.
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Then it was Hollywood. It was the silver screen stage. Now it's Twitter.
A
Twitter.
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No matter what the medium, she's gonna let you know how to feel. Oh. And see.
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And I feel like she's the Mariah Carey of spooky season.
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Wow.
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You know what I mean? Yeah.
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Hocus Pocus is something that we remember.
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That's. That's her time. She created that. She ate that. Sisters Sanderson. Sister number 258, Amelia Earhart.
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Where'd you go?
A
I think they found her bones.
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What?
A
I think people found her bones recently.
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When did that happen?
A
A few months ago.
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How do they know that was her bones?
A
Well, they don't know for a fact, but they. They were like, this is a woman.
B
Where were the bones?
A
On some island.
B
Some island. So you think she crash landed on an island?
A
And I think I just read the headline. I didn't read this.
B
Oh, I would hate for that to be the way it went.
A
Well, that's. That's kind of the only explanation.
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Because they couldn't find the plan in the ocean.
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Never.
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Ms. Pacman.
A
Ms. Pacman.
B
This is someone. You know exactly where she is at all times.
A
This is someone who looks just like her boyfriend, I guess.
B
My God. Not beating those narcissism allegations. The Pac mans are such.
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No, but it's like this is from a time when all you had to do to make a girl version of something was put a bow and maybe a beauty mark on something.
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Yeah, they were like. Oh, it was like lipstick and eyelashes.
A
Well, it's like, literally, that's what Minnie Mouse is. You know what I mean? It's like a. Put a bow on Mickey Mouse.
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Minnie Mouse is Mickey in a skirt.
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Period. Okay, Ms. Potato Head. Okay, this number 256, Stanley Tucci, the.
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Best straight man that plays gay men.
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He's the only guy who that we can all get on board with.
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Because when I see him play a gay man, I'm like, that's how it's supposed to.
A
That's how it's supposed to. Because I think he's got a little gay in him. And I say this, like, not blowing up anything.
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And like an actor way.
A
And like an actor where he's like, he's worldly. He is like, the only surviving thing of, like, metrosexuality that, like, you're so.
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Valid when he goes, wake up six and you're not mad at him.
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So I'm on the subway platform Once.
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So when I say arms, one time I saw arms.
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Okay, number 255, Angelina Jolie.
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Let me tell you something. The most striking woman of all time. And Cleopatra is also on this list.
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Cleopatra's. I don't think Cleopatra was striking.
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You don't think Cleopatra was striking?
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If you've seen photo, like, paintings of her, I'm like, oh, it's just a lady.
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Angelina Jolie. My favorite performance of yours is Girl Interrupted, of course, followed closely by Mr. And Mrs. Smith.
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Yeah, those are good. Okay, number 254, Sherry Shepherd.
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One of the great vibes. We actually met in the Bahamas.
A
She was on. She was on the same taping of the View that we were on.
B
Which one?
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Oh, my God, what an honor. It was like a reunion. Oh, my God. She belonged at that table. And she was telling us before it was announced. She was like, I've got my own show.
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Yeah. Sherri shepherd belongs wherever she is.
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Dirty Rock, Precious.
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Speaking of precious, again, to say nothing of Angie.
A
Angie 30 Rock.
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One of the great unsung hero guest performances of any comic.
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I'm willing to start at the bottom. There's only one thing I won't do, and that's take orders from anyone ever.
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Number 253, Bjork.
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Bjork.
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One of the most creative.
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A true creative Icelandic down. Iceland couldn't have asked for a better representative.
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No, honestly, she's like the Angie Katzenevis of Iceland. Yeah, Bjork is the Angie Katsunevis of Iceland.
A
She's the Dracula of Iceland. Yeah, she is the representative. Truly.
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I mean, watch the dancer in the dark. I've seen it all.
A
Performing Oscars.
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Chicha is freaking out.
A
Chicha is loving this. Oh, my God. Chicha is. I can't stop looking at that.
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I love Bjork.
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Lisa Rinna 252 Lisa Rinna.
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Lisa Rinna.
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Because not everyone can just, like, be pictured in silhouette. And everyone knows exactly. Oh, the hair. Yeah.
A
I mean, not everyone can Be a fucking Eminem 100%.
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You are a branding queen. Between the duster and your haircut.
A
Her haircut on an Eminem is so iconic.
B
That's how you make an Eminem a girl. You give it Lisa Rinna's hair. To say nothing of your antics on Housewives. Ooh, you're so angry, Lisa. You're an icon. Number 251, Sherlock Holmes. Very Nancy Drew esque in that. He usually gets to the bottom of it.
A
The bottom of it. He has that little magnifying glass.
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Yes, yes, yes.
A
Has a sidekick.
B
Yeah.
A
Invented sidekick culture.
B
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A
Really did. I would say people didn't really have sidekicks before Sherlock.
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No, I think that he. What he was doing was lifting someone up. That was mentorship and we were seeing it happen. No, you know, Watson was an intern.
A
Watson was an intern.
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Watson was Sherlock Holmes. Internet unpaid, I'm sure.
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Oh, brother.
B
Paid in cobble.
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Corn cob, pipe, pipe. 250. Lucille Ball.
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She had some splaining to do for how funny she was.
A
How funny she was. Lucy, we're home with you. Yeah, you take us there.
B
I've never laughed harder than two things. The Vita. Vita Benjamin.
A
Oh, my God. And the chocolates.
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Chocolates on the conveyor belt. And can we say justice for Ethel. Justice for Ethel was hanging in there, giving all the same comedy as Lucy and Ethel was paid dust. Vivian Vance.
A
Vivian Vance voice was great. Number249, Danny Minogue. For your name to be spelled D A N N I, I, that's reason enough to put you on this list. Yeah. I don't know if Kylie is on this list.
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Let me say, I think that this might be a situation where Danny Minogue is on the list and Kylie Minogue is not on the list. And that has nothing to do with K Minogue. It's just your name isn't spelled D A N N I I.
A
And you are actually a very good host of I Kissed A Boy.
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Yeah. Also. What an Australian name. Danny Minogue.
A
Danny. Danny Minogue.
B
Just for representing Australia like that.
A
248, Daffy Duck. Speech impediment. Icon.
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Yeah. You were not. You were unburdened by what had been, what would burden other people.
A
Oh, no. He was still dastardly, up to his tricks.
B
Can you do it, Daffy?
A
No. Can you?
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Well, someone explain themselves. Is that it? I've never let my sweet, competent predator.
A
Get in the way of my success.
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I'm unburdened by what happens. Ding.
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Number 247, Joel.
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Joel Kim Booster, the iconic comedian and writer of Fire Island.
A
You know, more projects incoming.
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Oh, absolutely. I mean, iconic hottie.
A
Iconic. I don't think so, honey.
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Yes.
A
He famously.
B
That. I don't think so, honey. When you fart and a little bit of comes out comes out. And he did that in front of my parents. That's bravery.
A
Showed full frontal on industry.
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We saw his penis.
A
Saw his penis. That's hbo.
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He's not going to love.
A
That's not tv.
B
No, actually, I think he'll like that his dick makes an appearance in the. Yeah.
A
Number 246, Francis McDormand.
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I mean, just can't stop winning Oscars.
A
And someone should tell her, frances, wake up, babe. You made it on the iconic 400. You don't need to win more Oscars.
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But you know what, though? She can't stop doing it. She. She can't stop her excellence. Nomadland. Three Billboards, Fargo. Which one do you take away? None. None.
A
For Three Billboards and Nomadland to be so close to each other is what. It's astounding.
B
It's astounding.
A
It's true.
B
They said, you know what? We just gave her one, but we got to give it a go.
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Give it again. Number 245. Hillary, wake up.
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Wake up. On a Saturday night. Could be New York, maybe Hollywood and Vine.
A
She wanted Hollywood, vine on the map.
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Yeah, Hollywood and Vine, which is essentially. It's like a Walgreens.
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Totally. It's. It's a Walgreens.
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Anyone that's, like, talking about, like, Hit Taylor stuff being like Sunset and Vine and Hollywood and Vine.
A
Talking about Walgreens.
B
These are like, like, sweet greens. These are like Walgreens sweet greens.
A
You're having a whiskey out of sweet green.
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I don't know where you guys are, but, like, going. Could be New York. She could go to Tokyo. Hillary, she wants to go to Hollywood and vine.
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Number 244, Lara Croft.
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Oh, babe. Lara Croft. That's a video game icon.
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That is when we went as a culture. Let's put tits in video games.
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Titties sitting, holding a bazooka, killing men, saying, I'm going to find whatever it needs to be. Is it a grail? Is it a fancy cup? I'm going into the tombs and I'm raiding, and I'm gonna look insane while I do it.
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What's the second movie called? Lara Croft. Tomb raider. Okay. 243. Paul. Paul Giamatti.
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Let's go.
A
Let's go. You are. You were robbed of the Oscar many times, actually. Yeah, Many times. Well, that's That's.
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It's just the truth.
A
It's just the truth. He's one of our finest actors.
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Have you watched Sideways recently?
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Not recently, but. Oh, Virginia Matson.
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Oh, yeah. Come on. Say nothing of Sandra.
A
Stay tuned, Stay tuned. I mean, and Thomas Aiden Church, of.
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Course, and he is the lead of that film.
A
But Paul Giamatti, what a legend. We love you, Paul.
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And it's an energy that is not replicated anywhere else.
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We have the same stylist as Paul Giamatti. Oh, my God.
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242. Bradley Cooper.
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Bradley Cooper.
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I'm not afraid to say that he was for a very long time my number one celebrity crush.
A
Oh, right, right. Very handsome man. Oh, yeah, very handsome. But not. Not anymore.
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What do you mean?
A
You've developed. You've expanded your palette?
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Oh, he's still handsome to this day, but I would say my number one celebrity crush, Sebastian Stan. Well, I. Look, I'm trying to stay cool about Sebastian Stan, okay? Because I want to. He's my favorite guy. He's my guy, okay? So I'm trying to stay cool.
A
I think you can be very open.
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Bradley Cooper. My favorite performance of yours is wedding crashers.
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Great. 241 Marvin Gaye.
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241 Marvin Gaye. Let's get it on.
A
People weren't making fuck music before.
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People weren't direct. He said, you know what? Marvin Gaye's grinder bio would be? Direct.
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Direct. Oh, like the word direct would be in his grinder bio.
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Yeah, like, he would. He'd be one of those people that's like, direct, direct. Like, be direct. I am. Let's get it on. Sexual healing. What I want to do to you is make your life better. By the way, I. You sorry.
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Be direct. Ate no mountain high enough. Okay. Las Culturistas is a production by Will Ferrell's Big Money Players and iHeartRadio podcasts.
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Created and hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, executive produced by Anna Hosnier.
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And Han Sani, produced by Becca Ramos, edited and mixed by Doug Bame and Monique Laborde.
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And our music is by Henry Kamirs. Hey, everybody, it's me, Matt Rogers, letting you know tickets are on sale now to see me on tour. The Prince of Christmas tour, that is. I'm doing my whole album. Have you heard of Christmas? Plus a lot more with the whole band all throughout December. Go to www.mattrogersofficial.com See me in a city near.
Detailed Summary of Las Culturistas Episode: "The Iconic 400 Part II"
In the October 8, 2024 episode of Las Culturistas, hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang continue their vibrant exploration of pop culture with "The Iconic 400 Part II." Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts, this episode delves into a diverse array of cultural icons, blending insightful commentary with the duo's signature humor and dynamic chemistry.
The episode opens with a heartfelt tribute to television titan Regis Philbin, celebrating his versatile presence across various shows.
Bowen [01:57]: "Regis Philbin. I mean, could sit across from, I think, any chatty lady and hold his own."
Matt and Bowen reflect on Regis's enduring legacy and his ability to connect with audiences effortlessly.
Matt [01:51]: "Regis and Kathie Lee. All of it. Oh, my God, you are missed. Regis."
Moving through their list, the hosts spotlight Marnie Michaels, a character emblematic of embracing one's cringe moments.
Matt [02:22]: "Marnie Michaels has scaled Cringe Mountain range."
Their discussion highlights how such characters resonate with audiences, transforming discomfort into relatability and humor.
Florence Welch and Flavor Flav receive accolades for their significant contributions to music and pop culture.
Bowen [03:17]: "He'd be right."
Matt [03:26]: "Florence Welch. Damn. Yeah, Florence Welch."
The hosts emphasize their roles in shaping musical landscapes and influencing contemporary artists.
Actresses Laura Linney and Jamie Lee Curtis are lauded for their versatile performances across various projects.
Matt [06:02]: "From Activia to Everything Everywhere All at Once to Halloween."
Their discussions underscore the lasting impact of these actresses in both comedic and dramatic roles.
Florence Nightingale is acknowledged not just for her historical significance but also for her symbolic representation of nursing and compassion.
Matt [03:26]: "She couldn't have been on the list."
Bowen [03:32]: "Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Civil War."
This segment bridges historical contributions with contemporary societal values.
The hosts take a lighter turn by celebrating "pizza night," highlighting its universal appeal and role in fostering community and joy.
Matt [18:15]: "Pizza night can be a pizza party. It can be birthday. It can be a. It can be a get together."
Their discussion emphasizes how everyday activities can hold significant cultural value and bring people together.
Throughout the episode, Matt and Bowen engage in playful banter, sharing personal stories that add depth and humor to their discussions.
Bowen [05:09]: "Can I say something? So the question that I got wrong on Wants to Be a Millionaire was how do you spell Ebenezer? And Bowen spelled it the way I thought it was spelled."
This exchange exemplifies their effortless chemistry and ability to intertwine humor with cultural critique.
Characters like Ebenezer Scrooge and fictional universes such as Mad Men are dissected to reveal their lasting influence on literature and television.
Matt [05:00]: "Ebenezer Scrooge. Well, that's a problematic."
Bowen [16:19]: "Spoiler. Oh, my God."
Their analysis sheds light on the deeper meanings and societal reflections embedded within these narratives.
From Bjork as a symbol of artistic innovation to Sherlock Holmes pioneering the sidekick trope, the hosts explore a range of unique cultural figures.
Bowen [40:25]: "She is the Dracula of Iceland. Yeah, she is the representative. Truly."
Matt [42:26]: "He invented sidekick culture."
These discussions highlight how certain icons transcend their mediums to shape broader cultural trends.
Throughout the episode, Matt and Bowen reflect on the enduring legacies of these icons, contemplating their influence on both personal and societal levels.
Matt [34:18]: "To Kill a Mockingbird was so good and so important, especially to young people."
Bowen [34:33]: "Let's learn from that."
Their insights encourage listeners to consider the profound impact of cultural figures on their lives and communities.
Regis Philbin on Hosting Ability:
Bowen [01:57]: "Regis Philbin. I mean, could sit across from, I think, any chatty lady and hold his own."
Reflection on Marnie Michaels:
Matt [02:22]: "Marnie Michaels has scaled Cringe Mountain range."
Humorous Take on Ebenezer Scrooge:
Bowen [05:09]: "Can I say something? So the question that I got wrong on Wants to Be a Millionaire was how do you spell Ebenezer?"
Pizza Night Appreciation:
Matt [18:15]: "Pizza night can be a pizza party. It can be birthday. It can be a. It can be a get together."
Bjork as Icelandic Icon:
Bowen [40:25]: "She is the Dracula of Iceland. Yeah, she is the representative. Truly."
"The Iconic 400 Part II" of Las Culturistas is a rich tapestry of cultural commentary, humor, and heartfelt appreciation. Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang adeptly navigate through a spectrum of icons, from historical legends to contemporary stars, offering listeners both entertainment and insightful analysis. Their ability to blend personal anecdotes with broader cultural insights makes this episode a compelling listen for anyone interested in the intersections of culture, history, and pop phenomena.
Key Takeaways:
For those who haven't tuned in, this episode serves as a testament to Las Culturistas' ability to celebrate and critique cultural icons with both heart and humor, making it a must-listen for enthusiasts of pop culture and insightful discourse.