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like I do I can tell you the host may be irreplaceable but the time slot is not

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Did you ever see the movie The Blob, starring Steve McQueen?

The blood-curdling prep of The Blob.

Well, way back when, Eric had a small part in that film,

but they had to cut his scene because the blob was supposed to eat him.

But he kept spitting him out.

Oh, the whole thing was just a disaster.

Anyway, here's the guy who's not always that easy to digest.

Eric, the Texas!

Woo! Texas. Welcome to Socrates in the city in Seattle.

Yes.

Listen.

You're wondering how this happened, all right? The question is, what am I doing in Seattle? Besides this,

well, here's the bottom line. I was invited to speak in Alaska. I've never been to Alaska before.

And, you know, for a New Yorker, Alaska is very exotic. And so when I was invited to speak in Alaska, my daughter, who pretended not to be my daughter just a moment ago, she and I thought we're going to go to Alaska.

And I got to tell you, I said, are there any direct flights from, you know, New York to Alaska?

And there aren't. And so I said, well, can you get me a flight through, you know, like West Palm Beach? And, you know, these travel agents, let's be honest, they don't want to work, okay? I don't think she tried. I don't think she tried. She made it sound like the only way you could get to Alaska is to Seattle. And I was tired of

arguing because people just don't want to work these days. Okay. So I found out that in order to get

to Alaska to speak there this Sunday, I would be passing through Seattle today. And I got this

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