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Today, I'm going to tell you how valuable ideas are, the sparks of inspiration and ingenuity that lead to big leaps and better lives. They are worthless.

Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything. I don't know who coined that maxim,

but I found it to be true over and over, and I'm a big ideas guy. I love ideas. I have lots of them. But that just proves my point. For instance, I've been thinking about a new podcast for years now,

in which a buddy and I, maybe with some invited celebrity guests, re-watch

a classic war movie, then discuss the true history and the artistic license, what they got

right and what they fudged on. Maybe we'd also laugh at the bad accents or worn-out tropes

while applauding true efforts of verisimilitude. It'd be enjoyable, fun to produce, and to listen to,

it's a great idea, but it's still worthless because I didn't execute on it. Someone else did.

And on today's Saturday matinee, we're introducing you to that someone else, war movie theater,

and the episode we're sharing today is a rewatch of the 1962 D-Day mega epic, The Longest Day,

whose star-studded cast includes John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, and Sean

Connery. But even if it is a classic, is it historically accurate? Is it even good? Stay tuned

to find out, and I hope you enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for

and follow War Movie Theater. We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

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