Hello, I'm Hal Lublin.

And I'm Mark Gagliardi.

Since the dawn of humanity, one issue has gone unsettled.

With the fate of the world and the balance, we're here to settle once and for all.

Gleyn Slate.

That's right.

Don't worry, everyone.

We got this.

Podcasts should have a theme song. Podcasts should not have a theme song.

Yes, they should. No, they shouldn't. They sound good. Yeah, but people are just going to skip past it.

Hmm. You know what? You're right. We got this.

Hal, I'm so excited about this episode.

Is it because you're trapped in the house from Elm Street?

It is. I'm trapped in the house from Elm Street.

No, I'm currently out of town. My friend loaned me, his studio. It was very nice of him.

I am here. It's very warm. I am in Tennessee, the end of the summer, but no one told Tennessee that. So my background is

currently different than it usually is. But your background, Hal Lublin, is as it always is,

filled with your delightful collection of vintage toys, which is why I'm so excited about

tonight's guest. Yes, I'm very, very excited. But before I bring it in, your video looks like the next thing you're going to say is, they've been keeping me here for three weeks. I don't know how long I have before the battery goes out, but you've got to send help. Call the... Our guest today... Listen, I'm not going to tell you that there is one person with a camcorder in front of me,

but there are two people standing there.

I'm not going to tell you what the other guy has.

That's for the theater of the mind.

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