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But we have to thank Phil Maker Jennifer Nelson because if it weren't for her 2013 lawsuit, suing Warner Music or whatever,

we would not probably would not be seeing all these wonderful happy birthday scenes because it was that lawsuit that caused the song happy birthday to wind up in the public domain.

So it could be shown on TV because you know Bravo would be too cheap to pay for the royalties to play,

to play Luan seeing happy birthday five different times on a season. Yeah, they sure would. I didn't even know that. What a fun fact.

I looked at what I researched, Kaya like research, right? What a fun fact. Kaya there. Learned about happy birthday or Jinx, the way that we get to sing it now, the real heroes in America.

Yeah, the real what you do. Jennifer Nelson Kaya. So speaking about real heroes, Coco the dog. So the episode opens up with Ramona at home with Coco her dying dog. I say dying only because it feels like every season.

Just oh, Coco has a year left. Okay. Well, the way that you walk into the street while you're talking on the phone. Yeah. I can't believe Coco is still with us. Yeah, exactly.

So Ramona speaking out outfits for Leah's big marriage to the mom party and she's like Coco. Wamy has to pick out an outfit for Leah's party. Okay. What do we have to festive? Coco, what do you think of these? Okay. These are my favorite jeans ever. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That works so good. I can be a stylist. Coco. What do you think? Coco? Yeah. What do I have to festive? Okay. And staying resisted. Okay. Gold rose pink plastic. I can only eat things that are rose gold today. Okay.

Okay. Okay. So Coco, I can be a stylist. Yeah. Those pants look like the reeds Bentley. It's just like shiny and rose gold. Yes. There's some rubber rose gold pants that she can wear just in case. Like it's like a it's a bowel bib for Ramona.

That's a bowel bib. So then we go over to Sonia who's in her apartment talking to an assistant or an intern or something and she's like, so those flowers are dead, but I thought we could keep them because from a distance they look like they're not dead. You know, it's like that.

That middle song from a distance. Drive flowers. Look alive. It's like that. Yeah. From afar they look good. But then when you get close to them, you realize that they're really crunchy. Like wow, that just said so much about what we're watching. Yeah. That's what I really did. It's like a house love show right there. And then that's all.

We're gonna put a barrier right here. So if you get any closer, then you see the flowers are dead. But if you're behind the barrier, you think it's alive. Okay. We're gonna do that. Okay. Coco. Just more of a Coco over here. Can Coco make me that line. Okay. Thanks.

So then Leah is FaceTiming with her sister. And she's like, I mean, no pressure. I'm married to the mob party. And I know pressure. I mean, everyone's are to celebrate me. Mom's gonna be there with a binocular. It's probably to see what we're doing.

Yeah. So no pressure Sarah. Just come on slot. Come to our party. Right. It'll be fun.

And then Durrinda is at home dressed like the Nutcracker that she accused everyone of not thanking her for a Bethany of not thanking her for.

She now has a full Nutcracker. You know, Durrinda really can lean into her own trends that she sets. You know, she has a season about a Nutcracker. And now she's gonna dress like a Nutcracker.

She really is. I guess this probably be a good time to mention that we dedicated a good chunk of our bonus episode this week to Durrinda and her firing. So if you want to hear our thoughts about that, it's on the bony.

Oh, yeah. If you're wondering like, why aren't they furious? We are so sad. And this isn't especially difficult episode to watch knowing that Durrinda just got shit canned.

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