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human
Hi there. Hope you've had a good day. Do you like to play tennis? I tried it several times but I ended up running all around the court and not making much contact with the racket!
gpt
I was never good at it, but I liked playing Top Spin on Playstation.
human
I've not heard of that but I guess it's a tennis game? Now that you mention it, I wasn't too bad at tennis on the Wii! I guess we owe our love of polo shirts since they were invented for tennis by Lacoste.
gpt
Yeah its a tennis game. I never tried Wii Tennis though. I do like my polo shirts, I'm actually wearing one now. It's funny that a tennis player was who they were invented for and they were later on adopted by polo players.
human
We wear them too. I guess they would have needed to change those polos numerous times for the longest match ever! Can't imagine playing 11 hours over 3 days time!
gpt
That's a lot of tennis. Just watching for 30 mins makes me tired with all the running and grunting, but jeeze 11 hours. That's got to be exhausting!
human
Some interesting tennis trivia occurred in the late 1960's. An African American won the 1st US Open title and it hasn't been won by a black man since. I'm surprised by that.
gpt
I am too. I guess you don't see too many black men in tennis. I know the Williams sisters have represented the African-American women well though.
human
That's true. The guys need to step up!  A funny thing that happened in the late 1960's was that they used a helicopter to dry the grass before they could play the US open in 1969!
gpt
That's one way to do it, I guess. I heard that US Open quarter-finalist Gael Monfils beat the "Roger Federer of Paddle Tennis" after learning how to play just days earlier.
human
Wow, how could that happen? So do you still play video tennis games? Did you ever play on the original Nintendo? It's crazy that it only had 54 color display. Entertainment has come a long way!
gpt
I haven't played it in a long time. I used to love playing my Nintendo. It's crazy how far we've come in such a long time. I actually bought one of the last NES systems in 2003 when I was stationed in Japan. I wish I would have held on to it. 
human
*leans slightly forward* Oh wow! That would be something since they stopped selling them in Japan that year. Did you ever watch Bill Nye The Science Guy for entertainment? My kids loved that show.
gpt
I loved watching that show. I heard that he got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest. I'm going to have to look that up later. 
human
*takes a step back* That's funny because I don't really see the resemblance! Maybe earlier in their career? People do change, like Ronald Reagan who was turned down for a role because he didn't look presidential enough. I bet that casting person felt pretty foolish once he became President!
gpt
I looked it up and there was some resemblance when they were both younger, so I can kind of see it. I wonder if losing that role made Reagan want to become president even more?
human
Maybe but I'm sure there isn't any actual cross-over between the pretend and the real. Jim Carrey is an actor that also changed over time. He won't act in dramas now because he believes in only projecting positivity. Interesting choice.
gpt
I never really liked Jim Carrey in drams. His comedies were always good to me. 
human
I definitely saw more of his comedies. I guess that's better motivation than Michael Caine who became an actor just to meet the prettiest girls in his high school drama club. Hopefully he's matured since then!
gpt
Maybe he has too. Speaking of high school Joe Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper. I wonder if kids in the class ever thought they would have Erin from the Office and Don Draper from Mad Men in their class?
human
*takes a step forward* No probably not! That's would not be something they could imagine. And what about the people that knew Hugh Laurie as a kid. Can you imagine knowing that he would eventually make $700,000!
gpt
$700,000 per episode is crazy!
human
*raises eyebrows* Yes for sure! I guess that's entertainment in our modern world! 
gpt
*leans forward* I agree it is. Well I have to get going. I hope you have a great rest of your day!