We've been talking for what, 15, 20 minutes?

It's two hours.

Oh.

We're just getting out of the opening statements, though, so don't worry.

The Incomparable, number 356, June 2017.

Welcome once again, everybody to The Incomparable. I am your host, Jason Snell. This is part two of my

conversation with Merlin Man, John Gruber, Moises, Chouyan, and John Syracusa about the godfather,

part two. Let's go back to the other time frame, because we should talk about the scene during the parade thing where there's the, is it a saint or Jesus and like there's a cross and then there's money all over it?

That's the thing that they do though, the Italian-American?

Yeah.

Yeah, no, no, but like having a Jesus with a floating crown cover with money.

Yeah.

I mean, it may have been the first movie or the first popular movie where people have seen this thing. There are cultural things that are like,

wait, what the, that is not in any way tied to anything that I understand from my background.

But, you know, it's like the first time people see a luchador match. And at the end of the

match, a bunch of, you know, Mexican Americans are throwing money in the ring and people are like, what the hell's going on? That's, it's, it's a sign of respect. It's a custom. It's a thing.

You know, it's just a thing. I grew up Roman Catholic. And it's, you just, you don't know that other

denominations aren't as centered on making money until you get older and you gain some perspective. But even as a

kid and not in a, any way, an Italian parish, and you know, I'm sure there, it was probably more

Irish than than Italian backgrounds where I grew up. But they, it was always about the money.

I mean,

you know,

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