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Here's a quick aside. I don't want to forget about this, but her buddy, Augie Smith,

our comedian friend, Augie Smith on his Facebook page yesterday, there's a picture of a box that was mailed to his house and says cremated remains sitting on his front

door and it says my brother finally made it to L.A. for a visit.

Did it argue much a loss his brother.

There was a long post earlier about the long and complicated history that he and his brother had. Got it. Yeah. Well, I know, yeah, I know that. Was it contentious? I didn't read it all. I don't think it was. He was contentious. He had a complicated relationship with his mom, too. I remember he's telling us. Yeah. I think that led to not contingentious, but complicated relationships. Yeah, so my brother finally made to L.A. for a visit, and it's his ashes on the front porch.

That is the best.

Augie making his laugh.

He's got a great bit about, I don't know if he did, he told the story, but I can't

remember if he did a joke about it on stage, but his brother was like three times he

almost died.

Oh, really?

Drug situation?

Yeah, drugs.

Yeah, yeah. Eating disorder. Yeah. And I think, like, I think they came together, you know, I think I always felt like a responsibility for him. But anyway, anyway, he, is the first time they took him off thinking he was going to pass away. And then his brother woke up. And he's like, how do you explain that you just took him off life support?

Oh, he pulled the plug.

They pulled the plug the first time.

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