No, that's not the Brian Larishelle theme. It's the legendary saxophone player, Gary Barks,

who will join us in a minute as he was being honored in 2024 at the Kennedy Center.

Remember the Kennedy Center?

Here's why Gary Bartz.

Remember before the Oscars when Timothy Shalame

was worrying about the future of movies on CNN,

and he said this?

I don't want to be working in ballet or opera

or things where it's like, hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore.

All respect to the ballet and opera people out there.

Well, you've heard that clip.

Almost everyone heard that clip and had their opinions about whether Salome was unfairly dissing some great and still vibrant art forms, right?

But when they got to the actual Oscar ceremony,

did you catch this little quip in Conan O'Brien's opening monologue?

Security is extremely tight tonight.

I just got to mention that.

Yeah, I'm told there's concerns about attacks

from both the opera and ballet communities.

Yeah. attacks from both the opera and ballet communities. They're just mad you left out jazz.

Oh, they're just mad you left out jazz.

Ouch, it wasn't enough that Timothy Shalame said ballet and

opera are over, except for arts preservationists. Now Conan O'Brien said it about jazz. And it made

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