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Hey, Sabrina.

We're doing it a little different today.

We're hitting it a little different.

Is that a thing? I don't like change either, but is that what the kids say? They're hitting it a little different? I don't know. Because we're going to be doing our... Who are we to try to be cool? Are you kidding? You're way closer to it than I am. I'm not even cool adjacent. So, you know, we normally start where I ask you a question, something like that, but we have a special guest coming on to our pre-show chatter, opening chatter, whatever you want to call it today. And I'm very excited. I'm not even, I don't, I'm not even going to intro anything about it. I just want him to come on and tell us why he's here. Yes. Because it's pretty exciting. The fans aren't ready for this one because this is some exciting stuff happening.

It's pretty exciting.

So without any more ado, why don't we welcome our special guest, Bart Johnson?

Hey.

Hey, we are very excited. We did, we teased it a little bit, but we want, we want you to tell the fans. Hey. We are very excited. We didn't, we teased it a little bit, but we want to, we want you to tell the fans what is happening because we've known for a little while and we are really, really excited about this announcement. But we'd like you to make the announcement if you could. What's going on.

Oh, what an honor. What an honor. Well, this is like the greatest place in the world to be able to do this is on your show, which is the soap my alley. And I think it's like it's such a beautiful, organic thing to be happening here, guys, that I get to do this with you guys. Yeah. Well, next year, if you can believe it, it's the 20 year anniversary of high school musical. I know we were all just such children back then.

And 20 years has been a 20 year anniversary.

So in January 2006, the movie came out.

So we're going to do a little interview of the cast.

I just hear about their experience, try to get some untold stories is kind of what I'm hoping for.

Yeah.

And see where everybody's at now.

See what's going on.

Just like kind of relive those glory days that started it all for so many of us.

And no one better than you to do it because you were like, you know, the the main guy that really mentored these actors. You're the glue. Yes, that went through it at a young age. You were able to see them when they were little, see the potential, be a part of it from the beginning. And there's like no one better to host the show than you. Like there's just no one.

It's amazing. Yeah. Well, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, it's interesting. And I've got, you know, I have history with everybody. Like, I met Kenny Ortega on Newsies 15 years before we did this in the show. Cool. You told us when you came on for your interview. That's so awesome. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, and I knew Ashley Tisdale for probably 10 years before we did the movie or so. She was a tiny. She was a little kid. And yeah, like everybody was so young

on the show. And I kind of felt like it was the first time I was like playing an adult on anything.

I wasn't sure if I liked that. It was definitely the first time I'm going to play the dad. I'm like, it's weird. It's so weird. So yeah, I think it was,

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