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Hello, Patrick Warburton. Welcome back to
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the KJ Today Show.
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Hello, KJ.
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How are you? It's so great to hear your voice.
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And, you know, we're here in Indianapolis,
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which you were just here a couple of days
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ago for the world premiere of The Duel.
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By the way, the best premiere I've ever been
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at in my life. That big, beautiful theater.
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We were full. We had the orchestra outside.
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They delivered us in the classic cars. I
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was in an old vet. I think it was a 58 vet.
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But I love Indianapolis. We had a great,
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great time shooting there. And it was special
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because it was during COVID. So a lot was
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shut down, but we were all in a bubble. and
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the cast, which meant that, you know, listen,
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we all COVID tested every morning, but, you
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know, at night we could all go out and do,
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you know, a little karaoke and drink together
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in a barn, you know, because we were allowed
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to, I guess.
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It was a while. It was such a wild time.
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And to think, you know, with I want to make
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sure I get this out right away, especially,
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you know, here in Indy, because this movie
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has so many connections. It was, you know,
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I mean, it's made by an Indiana film company.
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It was shot here in Indiana. The premiere
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was just here. And tonight, it's one night
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only across the country, but we are having
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showings here in Indianapolis. where you
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can see the duel with Patrick Warburton and
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this incredible cast. So let me make sure
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I get that out right away, because I don't
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want people to not have the opportunity to
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see it tonight in theaters. And then let's
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get back to that. Was it, what, four years
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ago that you were shooting this, Patrick?
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It was three and a half years ago that we
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shot it. And Uh, but it takes that, you know,
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time like this, this is an independent film
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that Lionsgate is putting on 500 screens
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and that just doesn't happen. Um, so that's
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a huge vote of confidence. And, um, you know,
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it was great working with Pegasus and, uh,
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of course, you know, Justin Matthews, Luke
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Roberts, who both wrote and co-directed this
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are so talented with a huge future ahead
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of them. The cast was great. Dylan was awesome.
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Benny was awesome, Hart was awesome, Callum
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was awesome, the ladies were awesome, Rachel
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Matthews. I love that there's Hollywood royalty
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in this film because Joe Matthews, Justin
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Matthews, who wrote and directed it, and
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Rachel Matthews, who stars in it, are all
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their brothers and sister, and they are the
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grandkids of Michael Landon. And there's
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so much talent in that family. Yes, their
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mother is Leslie, and she was Michael Landon's
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daughter. And she and Brian, their parents
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are lovely people. It's just a beautiful
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family. It is a great family.
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And I would love to know your thoughts when
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you first got the script, because when I
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saw the trailer, just thinking about, you
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know what, why not go back to just a nice
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18th century duel to get the girl? What were
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your first thoughts when you were seeing
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this?
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Well, I loved the concept, and I loved the
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way they wrote it. And we're navigating this
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story, and I felt so much was on the page
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when I read it. that lets you know that,
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you know, some freedom to create an interesting
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character that will fulfill the steps of
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the story that's going to get you from A
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to B. So it's a dark comedy and also tragic,
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you know, but it works. And Lionsgate was
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able to recognize that and said, you know,
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look, obviously everything goes to streaming,
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but we like this movie. It's special. We're
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going to put it on 500 screens. And so that's
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huge.
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And let's talk about you. You've had quite
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an exciting adventure in the world of comedy,
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and in particular, satire. So you're back
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in a comedic role. Can you talk about what
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it's been like to play some iconic characters
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that then culture changes a little bit and
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there's backlash in what you're doing? It
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just seems like there's sort of this back
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and forth constantly with what's acceptable
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and what's not. How is that feeling for you
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right now?
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Well, it's fine. You know, I mean, there
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was a minute there where everything you could
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go after everything from, you know, friends
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to Seinfeld about things that were OK then
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and not OK now. But I think they're kind
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of OK again. You know, this is the thing,
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you know, centuries ago. The court jester
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had immunity. The court jester can literally
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say something in front of all the people
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in the king, try to be funny, not be funny,
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offend the king, but he was not going to
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get his head chopped off because he had immunity.
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So, you know, within the realm of satire
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and comedy, there has to be immunity. There
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has to. because we have to have satire, we
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have to have comedy, whether it offends people
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or not. And even, you know, long before any
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movements, you know, whatever you want to
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call them. I mean, my parents have hated
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family guys since day one, because they're
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very, very religious. So, you know, you know,
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These would be people on the far right that
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had problems for 23 years with a show because
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they found it offensive and literally blasphemous.
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And I'd have to explain to them that, look,
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it's an equal opportunity offender show.
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If it's not for you, just don't watch it.
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But it's not blasphemy. It's called satire.
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It's a comedic form as old as time. I don't
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have to explain it to you, mom and dad, but
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that's what it is. Don't watch it.
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And I've got a couple of questions that came
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in from people who are listening today. One
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of them was Jen, who brought up, you've had
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such a diverse career that you're able to
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play Joe on Family Guy. But then there are
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people who absolutely love that you voice
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Cronk in Emperor's New Groove. Is there any
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particular character for you that you just
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never tire of playing or would want to go
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back to?
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Well, when I got to portray Lemony Snicket
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in a series of unfortunate events, that was
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a fantastic sort of departure in the sense
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that – now we're talking about live action.
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Someone who is so thoughtful and empathetic
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and with a great deal of compassion and perspective
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and interesting and smart as opposed to a
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lot of adults or insane people. If I'm having
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fun, it doesn't matter what I do. I really
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don't. You don't tire of it. I still have
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fun doing Family Guy. We've been doing it
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for 23 years. You've got to keep things like
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that moving forward. I have a different attachment
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for Kronk from the Emperor's New Groove because
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I'm a Disney file. I've loved working with
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Disney throughout the years because Disney
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is a part of my DNA. But look, I've been
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doing this for 40 years. So of course, when
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I look at my IMDB, there are shows, and I
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don't want to name them, but you know, like
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sitcoms, certain sitcoms that I might've
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been a part of, that I might've had to do
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for a three or four year period, because
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I have a family of six, I got to pay the
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bills. I would just say yes and do it. And
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it was a job that would pay the bills. It
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wouldn't make the needle go in either direction.
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You just kind of would stagnate there. But,
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You're going to have great opportunities
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and some of them are just a paycheck.
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We are talking with Patrick Warburton. The
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Duel, you can go see it tonight in theaters,
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a very special showing and then it's coming
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out on digital and all of the platforms August
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16th. Patrick, before I let you go, you're
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a guy that gives back and I always like to
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highlight those things on this show and give
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you an opportunity. I know you're a huge
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animal lover and you also do a ton for St.
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Jude. Is there anything right now that you
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have going that you want to put a spotlight
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on in terms of the charity work that's important
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to you?
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I was just in Memphis, actually, and I was
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asked to speak to the National ALSEC St.
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Jude Convention in front of 1,700 people.
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all involved with St. Jude. So that was a
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great honor. I started an event for St. Jude
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14 years ago, and by year three, I believe
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we were the number one event of its kind
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in the nation for St. Jude. So last year,
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we were able to raise over $5 million at
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that one event alone. It's a great one. It's
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all about music. We got the the most amazing
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band at a Nashville six wire, they back up
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every, everybody. So we'll have nine, maybe
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sometimes nine rock and roll hall of fame
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artists get on stage in one night. And Steven
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still Michael McDonald, we've had, you know,
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Alice Cooper, Robbie Krieger, Alex Lyson
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from rush at Roland, a Huey Lewis, RSB wagon,
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and they all come out. St. Jude inspires
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so many. And it's just been a great thing
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to be a part of. But that's our charity.
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My family is St. Jude. It's a big four-day
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event. So six months out of the year, it
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trips out to the desert for board meetings
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or whatnot. But it's the greatest hospital
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in the world for so many reasons. I could
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talk about St. Jude for hours, but that's
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our charity.
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Well, thank you for the good work that you
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do with St. Jude. Patrick, and it's always
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a pleasure to have you here on KJ today.
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Looking forward to the duel tonight in theaters,
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and looking forward to chatting with you
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again sometime soon here. Patrick, thanks
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for being on the show.
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Thanks, KJ. Indianapolis, much love indeed.
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Love you too. Bye-bye. All right.
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Cheers. Bye-bye.
