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Tonight, our book for our 50th episode, which I can't believe we've done 50 episodes. How wild is that? For our 50th episode, I think it's only right that we read The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.

Obviously, it's been on a lot of people's minds lately. It's definitely been on mind. And I just think so much about growing up watching that movie.

We did an old VHS of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. We probably watched it hundreds and hundreds of times. My brother and I.

So there's a very special place. And I think a lot of people's memory definitely mind. So in honor of the rebuilding of Notre Dame tonight, we'll be reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.

So now's the time for you to get real comfortable. Feel yourself melt into your bed. Fluff up your pillow. Just how you like it. Close your eyes. And let me read to you.

The Great Hall of the Palace of Justice. On January 6, 1482, the people of Paris were awakened by the tumultuous clinging of all the bells in the city.

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