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This is the Dan Laboratory Show with the Stook's podcast. That's right the Oscars live from the stained carpet myself out and am birth David Sampson and Ben Lyons my old buddy we covered the Oscars twice together

We were working for the Academy band this time we're working for Metal Arc Media how far we've come

but this is going to be awesome the three of us just yapping away talking about the

Oscars why we love it so much now I think of course all the great guests from the

shipping container from Metal Arc Media.

David, I'll start with you.

Why are the Oscars still matter?

For all the naysayers, the skeptics out there who laugh at people like you and me and Ben,

why does it still matter?

Because movies still matter. The magic movies. It still exists how far we've come from reviewing a movie every week when I was president of the Marlands on Dan's Land Radio show in Miami.

And then to nothing personal where I review a movie every day.

I haven't missed an Oscar Telecast,

wait for it, since 1986.

Straight through, including when I've been traveling

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