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The Last Train Robbery (Entry 702.EZ0722)

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History, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In which two Depression-era "drugstore cowboys" let their Wild West outlaw fantasies lead them into a life of crime, and John breaks the news to Ken about pirates. Certificate #26056.

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0:00.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:16.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:21.3

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

0:25.5

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

0:35.0

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

0:41.0

this is our legacy to you.

0:43.4

This is our time capsule.

0:45.4

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 702. EZ 0722. certificate number 26056. The last train robber. Bonos, my branco!

1:38.0

Or should I say, the last train. How are those two things different?

1:40.0

Oh, you put the emphasis on last instead of train.

1:43.0

The last train robbery.

1:44.7

It's the last train robbery rather than the last train robbery.

1:48.2

Yeah, no, you're not wrong.

1:50.0

I mean, I guess both things work, right? It's the last robbery of a train but it's also the last

1:56.5

train robbery as a unit what do you think about

2:01.4

the Western have you ever been a Western guy?

2:05.0

Yeah, I like the Western and I'm and I've been recently I've felt like I need to go back and dig into Westerns. Partly because I want... What era? Like old ones? Old ones,

2:17.8

medium ones. I don't think... What I'm trying to do is find some classic cinema to show my 11 year old and you think

2:25.4

Westerns are what holds up? Well because she likes she's so into racism. She's not into racism, but she is into horses.

2:35.0

Well, she's not like crazy about horses.

2:38.5

You could finish the sentence I could just keep interrupting.

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