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It's that time.

Lock and load.

The Michael Vary Show is on the air.

And I said, let Trump a mania run wild, brother.

Let Trumpomania rule again.

Let Trumpoman make America great again.

Hulk Hogan has died.

You got to say, it's an interesting life.

To remain relevant in what I would call the noisy American pop culture environment is a hard thing to do.

And Hulk Hogan did that for decades.

The ups, the downs, there's a pretty good chance you remember some of the downs.

I'll be out at dinner and some public figure's name will come up.

And when I say public figure, I don't just mean elected officials,

could be a movie star, an athlete, whatever.

And I'm always amazed.

With what facility, with what comfort, with what not even thinking about it, someone will say of a certain person he got arrested her oh he got in trouble or he got exposed or he had a video yeah i remember

he got that and they will they would just dismiss that person as if as if it was a hamburger they were eating and they'd put you know the restaurant had put

pickles when they weren't supposed to just throw it on the floor and and I realize I'm not

naive because I'm sure I've done it a million times myself I realize that when you become a public figure, you're no longer a human

being. You're a product. And when you become a product, then just like those obnoxious wine tasting

people, they can, you know, take a sip.

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