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I'm Jesse Thorn. I want you to think back to when you were a kid

What was that one present you got around the holidays that you remember the best the one you dreamed about getting and then finally got

We put that question to Mickey Dolan's the drummer for the monkeys and he didn't hesitate

I think it probably was a Lionel train set a big one the

original full size and my dad who who was very handy with building stuff that he built me a

A big platform in the garage where the train set would you know be set up well back then

You know it was still steam powered

It was we had to actually put real coal in the in the engine. It's bullseye

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