Welcome to the Universal Joint.

I am entertainer writer Jim Hill

and my co-host Dustin Fuse and I are recording this.

This podcast on Tuesday, February 7th, 2021.

Just to be clear here, this is not fat Tuesday.

That would be next Tuesday, February 16th,

which is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of lunch,

which traditionally signals the end of carnival season.

But Dustin, as you know, given all,

you've spent the last couple of days,

what, looking at a lot of the videos coming out

of Orlando of the Universal's Mardi Gras Celebration, right?

Yeah, I'm jealous that I'm not there.

With the pandemic still going strong up here in Canada,

I don't think crossing the border and heading down

there is going to be in my cards anytime soon.

But what I'm seeing is amazing food, amazing experiences,

and realistically, a lot of safety measures

being put into place to make sure

that not just the guests are safe,

but that the performers and the team members are safe.

So that's something that I'm just so excited

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