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[Horn honking]
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Hey, man, I was wondering
what you guys think
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your Western cowboy name would be.
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Need, like, a badass name though, right?
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- Yeah, yeah.
- How about dragon fang?
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- Ooh, that's good.
- I could be dragon fang?
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The dragon fang kid.
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I'd mosey up to a saloon.
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- Yeah, you got chaps on.
- Yeah.
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And pants under the chaps.
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Yes.
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- Very important.
- You got your leather vest on.
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Yeah, I got my six-shooters.
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Got your six-shooters.
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- Those are your dragon fangs.
- Right.
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- Is he wearing a cowboy hat?
- Yeah, I guess so.
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But it's pulled down so
low, like, it's too big.
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He has to put holes
on the outside of it,
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so he's looking out through.
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It's like the fat Albert version
of the ten-gallon hat.
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[Laughter]
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All right, what's your moniker?
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I don't know. Let me think.
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Kid confusion.
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Yeah.
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- The confusion kid.
- Yeah.
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There you go.
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He comes in, and he
bellies up to the bar,
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and he's like, "hey, how about
the two Darrins On Bewitched?"
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Be like...
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[Laughter]
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"Did you hear about kid confusion?
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He wasted an entire town
by boring them to death."
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[Laughter]
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[Heroic music]
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♪ ♪
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[Roars]
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Synced and Corrected by Nsiko
www.Addic7ed.com
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Hello, and welcome to another episode
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of Comic Book Men, the only show
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that joined the mile-high
club in the invisible jet.
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I'm Kevin Smith...
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- Bryan Johnson...
- Walt Flanagan.
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- I'm Mike Zapcic...
- Ming Chen...
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Okay, what's going on in the front lines
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of hard-core, heavy-duty
comic book retail?
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Last week, a real piece
of comic book history
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came through the doors.
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- Hey, how you doing?
- Hey, guys.
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I got some comic book
history that I guarantee
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you've never seen before.
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This is the program for
the super DC Con '76,
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which was a DC Comics convention
in honor of Superman's birthday.
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This was in the early days of conventions.
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A lot of the pioneers of the
comic book industry were there,
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and I got a lot of their autographs,
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and it's on the back page.
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- You got to check this out.
- Can I see it?
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- Sure.
- Can I open it up?
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Yeah.
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All right.
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Holy mackerel.
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Bob Kane, Neal Adams, Jerry Robinson.
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Who Drew the little Batman?
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- Jerry Robinson.
- It was Jerry Robinson?
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- Holy mackerel.
- Oh, my God.
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Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster. Amazing.
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Are you saying that
you actually walked in
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and got all these autographs?
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I was there. Here's my badge.
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Look how pristine the badge is.
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This looks like it was just printed today.
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Kids, if you don't know those names,
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get out of here, man, 'cause...
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- I'm out.
- You can sit back down.
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Jerry Siegel and Joe
Shuster are the co-creators
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of perhaps the most
well-known fictional character
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in all of history, I would say: Superman.
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You could easily say that,
thousands of years from now,
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Superman is gonna go down as mythology.
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Yeah, religion for some at this table.
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[Laughter]
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Do you have any idea that the men
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who built the foundation of DC Comics
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were at this Con?
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I knew that Jerry Siegel
and Joe Shuster were there,
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because they were sort
of the guests of honor.
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This was around the time
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when they had reached the settlement
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with Warner brothers, if
you know that backstory.
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- Mm-hmm.
- And...
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what story? What's that?
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Siegel and Shuster
were essentially penniless
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when the Superman movie
was starting to come out.
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Oh, my God. That's lunacy.
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You know, when they created
the character of Superman
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for action comics number 1,
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it was taken as a
work-for-hire job,
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so Jerry and Joe
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created him and gave him away
for almost next to nothing,
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so Neal Adams and a lot of
other creators got together.
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It was right before the
Superman movie came out.
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They literally had to shame
Warner brothers into like,
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"you're releasing a
movie about this character
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"that these two guys created,
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"and you guys won't even give them credit?
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Do them right," and they did.
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Warner brothers flipped the script,
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started putting Jerry and
Joe's name on everything,
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got them paid.
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They made money toward the
end of their lives and whatnot,
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so there was a bit of giving back,
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but those dudes, for
everything they gave the world,
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never got enough back
as far as I'm concerned.
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Well, I got to ask, man, why
are you bringing it in today?
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I could use the money.
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It's history, um...
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It sure is.
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It's valuable.
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So what are you looking to get for it?
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I'm looking at $5,000.
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And you can just run your fingers over this
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and just feel the energy come out.
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I mean, they're talking to you.
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Do you feel it?
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They're telling me that's
a little bit too high to pay.
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This is not your
run-of-the-mill autograph page.
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I... I'm not gonna disagree with you.
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This is... I mean, these are
the original Comic Book Men.
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It is a one-of-a-kind piece.
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Unfortunately, there's
no way we could move this
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for anything over $5,000,
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and, I mean, in theory,
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you could get $5,000 for it
if you took it to auction,
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which is probably your best bet for this.
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They'll have the resources to
have all of these authenticated,
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and who knows, you could
make more than $5,000.
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Yeah, that's a good point.
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Mike's right, and you're right.
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It pains me to say it.
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I'd love to have it and put it
on display here at the stash.
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It would be...
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it would be like putting the
declaration of independence
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behind us, but, I mean,
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I can't thank you enough
for bringing it in here
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and showing it to us, man.
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- Oh, my God. It's awesome.
- It made our day.
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It made our week if not our month.
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Well, I'm gonna let you stare at it
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for a couple more minutes.
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I'm just gonna suck up
some more of that energy.
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Oh, yeah. Come on, Ming.
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This is... can't even reach.
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- Give me some of that energy.
- All right, go ahead.
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- Go ahead.
- Feel inspired?
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Yeah, it feels good.
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All right, thanks, man.
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We got comics.
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Ghostbusters number 16.
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You may be able to get it signed by, um,
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Mr. Ernie Hudson, who
happens to be right up there.
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Batman Incorporated?
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Mm, give me about 12.
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- Hey, Walt.
- Ernie.
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What's up? What's up, man?
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So glad you could make it, man.
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- Yeah.
- Good to see you.
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How you doing? Good to see you.
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- Hi.
- All right.
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I told you he'd show.
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This place is amazing.
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I am so excited that, you know,
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you saw potential in my idea
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of taking comics to
the kids on the streets.
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- Yeah.
- You saw it, man.
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Last year, I ran into Ernie
Hudson at a Con I was at.
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Ghostbusters' Ernie Hudson? Really?
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Yep.
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Rubbing elbows with one
of the O.G. Ghostbusters?
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Yeah, and I told him about
my business opportunity.
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It involves comics, of
course, and an ice cream truck.
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Oh, good lord.
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I've heard this idea.
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[Laughter]
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So where's the truck?
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You didn't see it when you came in?
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It's out front, right up front.
It's all ready to roll, man.
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- It's all decked out.
- You couldn't have missed it.
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Yeah, well, that...
that's an ice cream truck.
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Yes, it is an ice cream truck.
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It's my pied Piper theory.
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Okay, I'm still trying to
make that connection, but...
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remember how the pied Piper,
he went through town, you know,
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on his little flute, all
the rats were following him?
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Okay, all right,
it's... okay, you... you see it.
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- It's your vision.
- Yes.
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I'm here to help you... trick kids?
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[Laughter]
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He told you guys about this, right?
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- You guys are...
- Oh, yeah.
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- We're in on it.
- All right.
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Okay, well, let's give
it a shot, man; I'm here.
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First we got to get into
our comic car uniforms.
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A uniform?
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Damn, you look good, man.
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All right, right this way.
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This is the comic car 1.
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Disregard, if you would, the
pictures of the ice cream.
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This is the beauty that's
gonna change the face
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of how people buy comics.
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[Engine turning over]
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Think this is our spot, Ernie.
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Good feeling about this one.
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Well, it looks pretty good.
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So we find the perfect
spot in red bank, and we park,
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and we wait for kids to come running.
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Kids are preconditioned
when they hear that music,
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that universally beloved jingle.
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They know to come running for ice cream.
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[Laughter]
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You thought you were getting ice cream.
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You're getting a comic book.
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Read. It's good for you.
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All right, it's on.
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- How you guys doing?
- Hello. Good.
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Hi, I'll have the rainbow sprinkle cone.
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Oh, sorry, guys, no ice cream today.
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What do you mean you
don't have ice cream?
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Don't despair.
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We got comics.
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Got a Cryptozoic Man number 1 and number 3.
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We got some bionic mans
written by Kevin Smith.
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And the special today...
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don't want to forget about
the special of the day...
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Ghostbusters number 16.
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Now, I got a pretty good feeling
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you may be able to get it signed by, um,
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Mr. Ernie Hudson, who
happens to be right up there.
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- Did you see Ghostbusters?
- Yeah.
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You remember Winston in Ghostbusters?
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I think so. I'm not sure.
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She's not sure.
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These guys were very into
the Ghostbusters aspect.
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I've always viewed him
more of as warden Glen
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from oz on hbo.
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He was the warden in oz?
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Not only was he the warden,
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but he was on every single episode,
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and, like, solid, solid performance,
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which people don't remember him for.
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They remember him for
the Ghostbusters thing.
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Naturally Ghostbusters tops the list,
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but I also think of him as the guy from
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the hand that rocks the
cradle, where he was awesome.
255
00:10:33,192 --> 00:10:35,060
He had played a real character part,
256
00:10:35,094 --> 00:10:36,363
and he was also in the crow?
257
00:10:36,397 --> 00:10:37,597
Yeah, he was in the crow.
258
00:10:37,631 --> 00:10:39,898
He played the cop opposite Brandon Lee.
259
00:10:39,932 --> 00:10:41,830
Could you imagine you're in films
260
00:10:41,864 --> 00:10:44,028
that people are still watching today
261
00:10:44,062 --> 00:10:45,594
decades after they were made,
262
00:10:45,629 --> 00:10:47,397
Ghostbusters, the hand
that rocks the cradle,
263
00:10:47,431 --> 00:10:48,564
the crow?
264
00:10:48,598 --> 00:10:49,997
You'd be lucky to be in one movie
265
00:10:50,031 --> 00:10:51,431
that people remember for
the rest of their life, man,
266
00:10:51,465 --> 00:10:52,731
but, like, three?
267
00:10:52,766 --> 00:10:53,898
That's awesome.
268
00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:55,268
You got a customer.
269
00:10:55,303 --> 00:10:57,435
- Oh, hey, how you doing?
- Good, how are you?
270
00:10:57,469 --> 00:10:59,370
Can I please have the, uh...
271
00:10:59,404 --> 00:11:01,238
Cartwheel's ice cream sandwich please?
272
00:11:01,272 --> 00:11:03,841
You know, we uh... we
don't have any ice cream.
273
00:11:03,875 --> 00:11:06,776
- Oh.
- No, but what we do have...
274
00:11:06,810 --> 00:11:08,078
show him the menu.
275
00:11:08,112 --> 00:11:11,917
We have... we have comics.
276
00:11:11,952 --> 00:11:13,352
Comics, see?
277
00:11:13,386 --> 00:11:14,586
You like comics?
278
00:11:14,620 --> 00:11:16,223
Uh, no, not really.
279
00:11:16,257 --> 00:11:17,792
- You sure?
- Yeah, I'm sure.
280
00:11:17,826 --> 00:11:19,760
- Ghostbusters?
- Yeah, I'm good.
281
00:11:19,794 --> 00:11:22,597
- No? Winston Zeddemore?
- What?
282
00:11:22,632 --> 00:11:25,370
Winston Zeddemore?
Ghostbusters? You don't...
283
00:11:25,405 --> 00:11:27,274
who's that?
284
00:11:27,308 --> 00:11:31,714
Let's go. Never mind, sorry.
285
00:11:31,749 --> 00:11:33,818
Hey, guys. I got some cool stuff here.
286
00:11:33,852 --> 00:11:35,854
Oh, I know what these
are. Wow, these are awesome.
287
00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:39,076
A boy wanted to know.
288
00:11:39,117 --> 00:11:42,915
As a guy who busted ghosts,
289
00:11:42,949 --> 00:11:44,853
are you a believer, Ernie?
290
00:11:44,888 --> 00:11:46,755
Do you believe in ghosts?
291
00:11:46,790 --> 00:11:48,523
Do I believe in ghosts?
292
00:11:48,557 --> 00:11:53,092
Well, yeah, I believe something
exists beyond what we see,
293
00:11:53,126 --> 00:11:54,693
you know?
294
00:11:54,727 --> 00:11:56,294
It's like, you know,
say there are a million
295
00:11:56,328 --> 00:11:59,230
different dimensions and senses,
296
00:11:59,264 --> 00:12:01,232
and we only have five to experience it.
297
00:12:01,266 --> 00:12:03,602
So if it's not in the realm of our senses,
298
00:12:03,636 --> 00:12:05,537
it doesn't exist as far as we're concerned,
299
00:12:05,572 --> 00:12:08,441
but it does, so yeah, I do.
300
00:12:08,476 --> 00:12:09,878
That's deep.
301
00:12:09,912 --> 00:12:11,481
But I don't want it
showing up in my bedroom
302
00:12:11,515 --> 00:12:12,715
at 3:00 in the morning.
303
00:12:12,748 --> 00:12:15,585
- Yeah.
- This is awesome.
304
00:12:15,620 --> 00:12:17,921
So yeah, no, it's cool, but,
you know, my character says,
305
00:12:17,956 --> 00:12:19,455
"if there's a steady paycheck in it,
306
00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:20,990
I'll believe anything you say,"
307
00:12:21,025 --> 00:12:24,530
so I got to believe we're
gonna sell some comics.
308
00:12:29,141 --> 00:12:29,873
[Laughs]
309
00:12:31,678 --> 00:12:33,211
- Hey, how you doing?
- Hey, guys.
310
00:12:33,245 --> 00:12:36,216
- I got some cool stuff here.
- Oh, I know what these are.
311
00:12:36,250 --> 00:12:39,083
I heard you guys like
to take bubble baths, so...
312
00:12:39,117 --> 00:12:40,616
Nothing wrong with that, right?
313
00:12:40,649 --> 00:12:43,652
Couple guys relaxing in a bathtub.
314
00:12:43,686 --> 00:12:45,688
A standard-size bathtub,
three to four guys.
315
00:12:45,722 --> 00:12:47,124
[Laughter]
316
00:12:47,158 --> 00:12:50,997
These are called Soakies,
and they're from 1966.
317
00:12:51,031 --> 00:12:52,565
They were filled with bubble bath,
318
00:12:52,599 --> 00:12:55,169
so the kid could have fun in the tub
319
00:12:55,203 --> 00:12:57,405
and enjoy their favorite character.
320
00:13:04,779 --> 00:13:09,650
We have Rocket J.Squirrel,
Bullwinkle J.Moose,
321
00:13:09,684 --> 00:13:14,087
secret squirrel, and, of course,
the man of steel, Superman.
322
00:13:14,121 --> 00:13:15,323
Wow, these are awesome.
323
00:13:15,357 --> 00:13:17,257
Any bubble bath memories for you?
324
00:13:17,292 --> 00:13:19,626
Uh, some very unpleasant ones, yeah.
325
00:13:19,660 --> 00:13:21,429
I'd rather not get into it.
326
00:13:21,464 --> 00:13:22,997
Razors, Soakies.
327
00:13:23,032 --> 00:13:26,298
More of "floaties," they called them.
328
00:13:26,332 --> 00:13:29,270
[Laughter]
329
00:13:29,304 --> 00:13:31,171
It's like, "that's not a bath toy."
330
00:13:31,205 --> 00:13:32,639
Maybe not in your world.
331
00:13:32,674 --> 00:13:34,509
So they had these,
like, at the drugstore,
332
00:13:34,543 --> 00:13:36,178
and you just pick them up, and...
Yeah.
333
00:13:36,212 --> 00:13:38,979
Grocery store, yeah, these
were huge at one time, right?
334
00:13:39,013 --> 00:13:40,880
You'd open up the
head... can I open it up?
335
00:13:40,915 --> 00:13:42,849
Yeah, sure.
336
00:13:42,883 --> 00:13:45,887
Get in the bathtub, you and Superman,
337
00:13:45,922 --> 00:13:48,826
dump out a little bubble
bath, put the head back on,
338
00:13:48,860 --> 00:13:52,995
wait for the bubbles to form,
and let the action begin.
339
00:13:53,029 --> 00:13:54,330
They had the Beatles,
340
00:13:54,364 --> 00:13:57,332
and they also had the universal monsters.
341
00:13:57,366 --> 00:14:00,168
I mean, as a boy, I mean,
who didn't want to take a bath
342
00:14:00,203 --> 00:14:01,370
with the universal monsters?
343
00:14:01,404 --> 00:14:02,872
I mean, that would have just been...
344
00:14:02,907 --> 00:14:04,176
were you a big bubble bath guy?
345
00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:05,546
He was a big bubble bath guy.
346
00:14:05,580 --> 00:14:06,781
- Really?
- Yeah.
347
00:14:06,815 --> 00:14:08,249
Like, you know,
soaking in the tub, like...
348
00:14:08,283 --> 00:14:10,117
what, was it, like, seventh,
eighth grade he called my house?
349
00:14:10,151 --> 00:14:12,520
And my mom made the mistake of saying,
350
00:14:12,555 --> 00:14:14,693
"oh, Walt's busy right
now; He's taking a bath."
351
00:14:14,727 --> 00:14:18,631
And from that day on, if
I wasn't in his presence,
352
00:14:18,665 --> 00:14:20,133
he assumed I was in a bathtub.
353
00:14:20,167 --> 00:14:22,603
He's all like, "Calgon, take me away."
354
00:14:22,638 --> 00:14:23,708
[Laughter]
355
00:14:23,742 --> 00:14:26,878
So many great memories of bathtub time.
356
00:14:26,912 --> 00:14:27,879
Braggart.
357
00:14:27,914 --> 00:14:29,481
[Laughter]
358
00:14:29,515 --> 00:14:31,884
Just splash around
like Richie rich in a tub.
359
00:14:31,918 --> 00:14:33,487
- Remember Soakies?
- No.
360
00:14:33,521 --> 00:14:36,292
I was never allowed to
do that, because one time,
361
00:14:36,326 --> 00:14:39,530
a Weeble got wet, and the paper
inside the Weeble crumpled,
362
00:14:39,564 --> 00:14:41,364
so from that moment
forward I was never allowed
363
00:14:41,398 --> 00:14:43,699
to take a toy into the tub, so in the tub,
364
00:14:43,733 --> 00:14:46,166
I would just sit there
and study myself, like,
365
00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,869
self-loathingly, like,
"why am I floating so much?
366
00:14:48,903 --> 00:14:50,638
I'm like butter in the tub."
367
00:14:50,673 --> 00:14:51,906
[Laughter]
368
00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:52,973
So you're looking to sell them today?
369
00:14:53,007 --> 00:14:54,139
Yeah.
370
00:14:54,174 --> 00:14:55,707
What are you looking to get for them?
371
00:14:55,741 --> 00:15:00,011
I think for the lot
of them maybe 300 bucks.
372
00:15:00,046 --> 00:15:02,512
Rocky and bullwinkle,
they're cool and all,
373
00:15:02,547 --> 00:15:06,249
but if I'm gonna carry
a Soakie in the stash,
374
00:15:06,284 --> 00:15:07,915
it's got to be this guy.
375
00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:09,250
You know, and it's Superman's world.
376
00:15:09,285 --> 00:15:10,987
- We're just living it.
- Yes.
377
00:15:11,021 --> 00:15:13,887
So you disappoint the dude by
saying you only want Superman?
378
00:15:13,922 --> 00:15:15,155
Yes.
379
00:15:15,189 --> 00:15:17,557
He disappoints us all,
because he starts disrobing.
380
00:15:17,592 --> 00:15:19,828
[Laughter]
381
00:15:19,862 --> 00:15:22,364
Very excited to take
a bath with this thing.
382
00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:24,436
Yeah, I figured if I'm
gonna go after one Soakie,
383
00:15:24,470 --> 00:15:25,935
it's got to be Superman.
384
00:15:25,970 --> 00:15:29,103
I could probably flip him a
lot easier than the other three.
385
00:15:29,138 --> 00:15:31,873
All of this sounds so
filthy the way you put it.
386
00:15:31,908 --> 00:15:34,175
Soakie Superman gets flipped and whatnot.
387
00:15:34,209 --> 00:15:35,576
In a bathtub.
388
00:15:35,610 --> 00:15:37,276
[Laughter]
389
00:15:37,311 --> 00:15:39,245
Well, how much would
you ask for just Superman?
390
00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,018
- $75.
- 75 bucks, huh?
391
00:15:42,052 --> 00:15:44,452
But you have to remember it's
Superman, which is, you know,
392
00:15:44,487 --> 00:15:45,922
is a hot character.
393
00:15:47,024 --> 00:15:50,190
Would you take 50 for it?
394
00:15:50,224 --> 00:15:52,023
What do you think?
Should I take 50 for it?
395
00:15:52,058 --> 00:15:53,026
Of course you should.
396
00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:55,729
[Laughter]
397
00:15:55,763 --> 00:15:57,864
- Sure.
- Yeah? Got a deal?
398
00:15:57,898 --> 00:15:59,499
- Yeah.
- I'm a great negotiator.
399
00:15:59,533 --> 00:16:01,736
Thanks, man. Thanks
for bringing them in.
400
00:16:01,771 --> 00:16:03,438
- Enjoy it.
- I will, man.
401
00:16:03,472 --> 00:16:05,473
Now you'll know what
he's doing at night.
402
00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:08,941
- Believe me, he already knows.
- I don't want to know.
403
00:16:08,976 --> 00:16:10,641
Does that bring back memories?
404
00:16:10,676 --> 00:16:13,110
I got to say, yeah, man,
some good memories, man.
405
00:16:13,145 --> 00:16:16,479
I mean, that's where,
406
00:16:16,514 --> 00:16:18,483
my imagination really came
out I think, and that...
407
00:16:18,518 --> 00:16:20,053
that's what I'm picturing in my head.
408
00:16:20,088 --> 00:16:21,290
You're 13 and with bubbles.
409
00:16:21,324 --> 00:16:23,625
"While I was nude with
Superman in the tub."
410
00:16:23,659 --> 00:16:26,528
[Laughter]
411
00:16:26,562 --> 00:16:28,531
Anthony, you can't have the banana boat.
412
00:16:28,565 --> 00:16:29,835
- You know why?
- Why?
413
00:16:29,869 --> 00:16:31,536
'Cause I got something better for you,
414
00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:33,202
something special for you, Anthony.
415
00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:46,556
Nice choice, Ern.
416
00:16:46,556 --> 00:16:47,964
Yeah, I think this is the spot.
417
00:16:48,642 --> 00:16:51,141
To be honest, the...
the initial parking spot
418
00:16:51,176 --> 00:16:54,578
that we picked wasn't as
lucrative as I would have hoped,
419
00:16:54,613 --> 00:16:57,749
so I quickly said we had
to find a new parking spot
420
00:16:57,783 --> 00:16:59,451
and went to the park,
421
00:16:59,485 --> 00:17:02,853
and we just see the kids
come a-running like mice
422
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:04,553
to the pied Piper.
423
00:17:04,588 --> 00:17:06,557
I saw them as rodents.
424
00:17:06,591 --> 00:17:09,593
[Laughter]
425
00:17:09,627 --> 00:17:12,663
Hey, guys. So what can I get you?
426
00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:14,832
Um, rainbow sprinkle cone.
427
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,565
Um, can I have the chocolate sundae?
428
00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:18,432
Could I have the chocolate milk shake?
429
00:17:18,466 --> 00:17:19,902
Well, actually you can't,
430
00:17:19,936 --> 00:17:22,673
because, well, we don't have any ice cream,
431
00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:24,407
- but you know what we do have?
- What.
432
00:17:24,442 --> 00:17:26,841
We have comics, really cool comics.
433
00:17:26,875 --> 00:17:29,490
Check this out. Ming,
three Ghostbusters.
434
00:17:29,490 --> 00:17:30,295
You got it.
435
00:17:30,295 --> 00:17:32,750
Ghostbusters 30th anniversary edition.
436
00:17:32,784 --> 00:17:33,984
It is, like, so cool.
437
00:17:34,019 --> 00:17:35,353
You guys know Ghostbusters, right?
438
00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:36,754
- Yeah.
- Yeah, it's really good.
439
00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:38,722
What's your favorite character?
440
00:17:40,158 --> 00:17:41,490
- Say, "Winston."
- Winston.
441
00:17:41,525 --> 00:17:43,124
- Winston.
- That's Winston.
442
00:17:43,158 --> 00:17:45,595
That's the driver of Ecto-1.
443
00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:47,366
"Keep on busting."
444
00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,367
There.
445
00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,670
Okay, baby.
446
00:17:50,704 --> 00:17:52,969
All right, guys, have fun with your comics.
447
00:17:53,003 --> 00:17:54,137
- Okay.
- Thank you.
448
00:17:54,172 --> 00:17:55,774
- Bye.
- Bye-bye.
449
00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:57,811
- Huh?
- See?
450
00:17:57,846 --> 00:17:59,214
Told you, man.
451
00:17:59,249 --> 00:18:00,382
I can sell comics.
452
00:18:00,417 --> 00:18:02,184
- What's your name?
- Anthony.
453
00:18:02,218 --> 00:18:04,953
Anthony, you can't have the banana boat.
454
00:18:04,987 --> 00:18:06,121
- You know why?
- Why?
455
00:18:06,155 --> 00:18:07,823
'Cause I got something better for you,
456
00:18:07,857 --> 00:18:09,156
something special for you, Anthony.
457
00:18:09,190 --> 00:18:10,857
How about we get the Green Hornet?
458
00:18:10,891 --> 00:18:11,856
Excellent choice, mom.
459
00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:13,191
Green Hornet, please.
460
00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:15,494
- Move.
- You move.
461
00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:17,829
Cryptozoic Man. You
hip to Cryptozoic Man?
462
00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:19,297
Just point to the one you want.
463
00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:20,699
Green Hornet number 1.
464
00:18:20,733 --> 00:18:23,200
Excellent choice, my
man, excellent choice.
465
00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:25,003
- Do you want Cryptozoic Man?
- Yeah.
466
00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:28,174
Cryptozoic Man.
467
00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:29,975
All right, that'll be $4, mom.
468
00:18:30,009 --> 00:18:32,978
Here you go, bud.
469
00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:34,746
Mike, three Ghostbusters.
470
00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:37,183
Oh, I loved Ghostbusters.
You were awesome.
471
00:18:37,217 --> 00:18:38,484
Thank you.
472
00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:40,318
Tell all your friends about comic car 1.
473
00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:42,321
Okay.
474
00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:44,258
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
475
00:18:44,292 --> 00:18:46,260
Have you ever sold comics before?
476
00:18:46,294 --> 00:18:47,862
Boy, you are a natural.
477
00:18:47,896 --> 00:18:49,728
I never sold comics before.
478
00:18:49,763 --> 00:18:51,232
I never thought I'd have to.
479
00:18:51,266 --> 00:18:55,272
[Laughter]
480
00:18:57,908 --> 00:19:00,842
We didn't conquer the world,
481
00:19:00,876 --> 00:19:04,710
but the world heard our war cry that day.
482
00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:06,910
The world heard your war cry,
483
00:19:06,944 --> 00:19:09,347
and it was the tinkling
of an ice cream truck
484
00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:12,884
that had no ice cream in
it, but instead, comic books.
485
00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:14,786
And the weapons were lies.
486
00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,988
[Laughter]
487
00:19:26,267 --> 00:19:28,271
Mike, what are we looking
at? How much did we make?
488
00:19:28,306 --> 00:19:30,940
Well, when you factor in the cost
489
00:19:30,974 --> 00:19:34,779
of the comics, the
uniforms, the truck rental...
490
00:19:34,814 --> 00:19:37,689
- Right.
- Uh, we've got a profit of $17.
491
00:19:37,723 --> 00:19:38,990
Yes, right?
492
00:19:39,025 --> 00:19:40,426
What a day, huh?
493
00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:44,601
Not a lot of businesses can
say on day one they turn a profit.
494
00:19:44,635 --> 00:19:47,504
It takes years for some
places to turn a profit, right?
495
00:19:47,538 --> 00:19:50,507
Yeah, that's true, but you know what?
496
00:19:50,541 --> 00:19:51,942
I think it's about it for me, man.
497
00:19:51,976 --> 00:19:53,213
I can't, uh...
498
00:19:53,247 --> 00:19:56,284
I can't really work on $17 a day, so...
499
00:19:56,319 --> 00:19:58,821
it's not all yours.
500
00:19:58,855 --> 00:20:00,157
Oh, sorry.
501
00:20:00,191 --> 00:20:02,526
Well, then what is my share in that $17?
502
00:20:02,561 --> 00:20:03,628
What's 17 divided by 5?
503
00:20:03,662 --> 00:20:05,029
$3.25.
504
00:20:05,063 --> 00:20:06,964
$3.25. Okay, all right.
505
00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:09,866
That's about as much as I
made on the first Ghostbusters.
506
00:20:09,900 --> 00:20:11,802
Um, so anyway, yeah.
507
00:20:11,836 --> 00:20:14,068
No, it's been fun, guys, and...
You're out?
508
00:20:14,102 --> 00:20:16,573
Yeah, yeah, you hang on to
your idea though, you know,
509
00:20:16,607 --> 00:20:19,679
and kids really do need to read more,
510
00:20:19,714 --> 00:20:21,246
so I really wish you well with it,
511
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,680
but I think I'm gonna call it a day.
512
00:20:23,714 --> 00:20:25,047
- Good luck. Have fun.
- Thank you.
513
00:20:25,081 --> 00:20:26,314
All right, see you guys later.
514
00:20:26,349 --> 00:20:29,585
- Appreciate it.
- All right, see you later.
515
00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:31,585
You had this dream. You
always wanted to try it.
516
00:20:31,619 --> 00:20:33,148
You did it. You know it works.
517
00:20:33,183 --> 00:20:35,854
It helped that you had
a celebrity at the wheel,
518
00:20:35,888 --> 00:20:37,755
but if it's something you
ever want to think about
519
00:20:37,790 --> 00:20:39,390
pursuing in the future,
you know it's viable now,
520
00:20:39,425 --> 00:20:41,825
a comic bookmobile.
521
00:20:41,860 --> 00:20:44,094
And there it is. We close
the book on another chapter
522
00:20:44,129 --> 00:20:46,362
of the great book of Comic Book Men, man.
523
00:20:46,397 --> 00:20:47,530
I'm Kevin Smith...
524
00:20:47,564 --> 00:20:49,199
- Bryan Johnson...
- Walt Flanagan...
525
00:20:49,233 --> 00:20:51,068
- Mike Zapcic...
- Ming Chen.
526
00:20:51,102 --> 00:20:53,968
♪ If there's something
strange in your neighborhood ♪
527
00:20:54,003 --> 00:20:55,471
♪ Who you gonna call? ♪
528
00:20:55,506 --> 00:20:57,542
♪ Comic Book Men ♪
529
00:20:58,327 --> 00:21:00,612
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