We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are seeing this message.

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 705.

M.T.0210, certificate number 52050.

Florence, Lawrence. ticket number 52050.

Florence Lawrence.

Mr. De Mill, if you mind if I say a few words, thank you.

I just want to tell you all how happy I am to be back in the studio making a picture again

You don't know how much I've missed all of you and I promise you I'll never desert you again.

Because after Salome, we'll make another picture and another picture.

You see, this is my life.

It always will be.

There's nothing else. Just us.

The cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark.

All right, Mr. DeMille. There in the dark.

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