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Hi, I'm Leonardardt Malton.

And I'm Jesse Malton.

And this is Malton on movies, and we are on remote location today in Champaign Illinois which is

immediately adjacent to Urbana Illinois which are jointly the home of Ebert Fest and the

grand dame of Ebert Fest and the locomotive that makes us all work is our guest

Chaz Ebert.

So, so wonderful of you to come and spend time during such a busy time of your life.

Good morning, Leonard and Jesse.

I will always spend time with you to anywhere, anytime.

I'm really glad that you're here at Ebert Fest.

So are we. For the 20th anniversary of E here at Ebert Fest. So are we. That's a nice

compliment. For the 20th anniversary of Eeversts. No less. 20th anniversary. And Linda, you are a

return guest by special request. And honored to be. And we got to take our picture with Roger.

Most importantly, we got to take our picture with Roger, and there's that beautiful sculpture.

Sculpture outside of the Virginia Theater, and it's Roger sitting in movie seats, because

where else would he be sitting?

There's no bench.

He didn't sit on a bench.

He sat in movie theater seats, and he's got his thumb up.

That is a sculpture by the artist Rick Harney.

And we actually went back and forth about those seats, whether they should be, you know,

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