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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

86: Francisco's Flakes

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A tale of award-winning flakes and delayed gratification.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.6

That's why T-levels, which mix classroom and on the job learning,

0:10.0

can help you decide what to do next while you're doing it.

0:13.2

Designed with employers, they can help you get the jump into work,

0:17.4

and apprenticeship, or university.

0:20.2

With subjects covering software production and design,

0:23.2

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0:25.8

search Get the Jump and see what's out there for you.

0:29.8

This is the way I heard it.

0:37.8

On a hot July night in Southern California,

0:40.2

long after the cast and crew had wrapped another 12-hour day,

0:44.2

Francisco lingered in the shadows of his imaginary town,

0:48.2

watching the deer wander along his make-believe streets,

0:52.2

foraging for cereal.

0:54.2

It's not as weird as it sounds.

0:56.6

In those days, Hollywood snow was made of cornflakes.

1:00.2

Special effects artists would bleach them white,

1:03.0

crush them into little pieces,

1:04.8

and sprinkle them onto famous actors.

1:07.8

On screen, the toasted flakes look plausible,

1:10.8

especially in old black and white movies.

1:13.2

But in real life, they were also delicious,

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