From Hollywood, it's time now for... Johnny Deller. This is Harry Branson at Philadelphia Mutual Life and Casualy Company. Oh, hello, Harry. What's with you? John, I have a case I'd like you to handle for us. It's, uh, well, it's somewhat unusual. Have you ever handed me one that wasn't completely screwy? I said unusual. And I said screwy. So now that we understand each other, what's it all about? Well, absolutely nothing yet. Uh, but I'm very apprehensive about one of our clients. Oh, Harry, you're the biggest worry-ward I ever knew. Yeah, what was that? I said, who is this client? Oh, Dr. Walter Merrill. Merrill? The scientist? That's right. Nobel Prize winner? The man who worked out the molecular orbital contraction, something or other? Yes, yes. That's the one. As I say, John, I'm worried. Well, who wouldn't be? About him. I'll be right down to see you. Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly, Johnny Deller. Expense accounts, submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Deller. To the Philadelphia Mutual Life and Casualty Insurance Company in Philadelphia, where else? Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the clever chemist matter. Expensive transportation and incidentals hard-fired to New York to Philadelphia. I didn't even stop to check my bag, but headed directly for the Philly Mutual Building on Walnut Street. Harry Branson is a good insurance man, but a great warrior. Nonetheless, he'd given me some pretty important tool. And after all, what do we live for? Hey, I'll keep the change. Thanks, Doc. John, what took you so long? Oh, now what's the matter, Harry? Forget to pay the rent on your office or just forgot the key? No, John, as a matter of fact, I have the key right... This is hardly the place for levity. Well, surely you haven't been waiting here on the sidewalk ever since you called me. No, I haven't, but by checking plane schedules, I was able to determine when you'd arrive almost to the minute and not wanting to waste time taking you upstairs to the office. What are you, is it a matter, huh?  What? Well, now usually I arrange these things myself, Harry. Yes, and how we pay... Oh, Harry, you're touching me to the quick. Well, now, please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean that there's ever anything really dishonest about your expense account. You know, well, you ought to. Believe me, I'll pad it to the hill if I think I can get away with it. Anyway, the most important reason for engaging the car was so that you can leave immediate... Mallika. Yes, New Jersey. Is that where Dr. Merrill is? Yes. As is his custom, he chooses to work in some isolated spot where he can't possibly be disturbed. He and his colleague, that is. Collie. I always heard that he worked alone, freelance. And you heard the right, however, he now has a professor, Theodore Nash, with him. Nash? One of us, according to Dr. Merrill. Never heard of him. John, they're working together on what I'm sure is some top secret project. Oh. Oh, see, wait. Didn't Merrill have something to do with the early rocket experiments? Precisely. Which is why I suspect their present work may have something to do with the space satellite or intercontinental missiles or something of the sort. Yeah, possible. But what has all this got to do with you? Their insurance. Dr. Merrill has had a policy with us for some years. $25,000. Oh. And probably, he took out a policy for $10,000. Beneficiary? Nash made Dr. Merrill his beneficiary. Oh, that sort of thing is often done between men working together. Harry, you know that. Yes, so that if anything happens to one, the other will be financially able to carry on what they've started. Sure, all right. Which is no doubt why Dr. Merrill changed the beneficiary of his policy to Theodore Nash. So? What's the worry? No sooner was the change made than I received a letter of protest from Dr. Merrill's daughter. Who's she? Mrs. Howard Harding, she and her husband live in West Philadelphia. He's a welder for an aviation company, I think. Well, what did she base her protest on, Harry? She claims her father must have been coerced into changing the policy. Oh, now, wait a minute. That sounds like the hungry relative who complains about being cut out of the will. It might. If Mrs. Harding weren't a perfectly well-balanced, intelligent, and I'm sure a quite unselfish person, a completely... Uh, is she good-looking? Well, yes. And real sweet to you? Yes, she is. Now, John, I don't know what you're trying to imply. I do it every time. John. Particularly when there's a bit of money involved.  John, you're pulling my leg. Oh, Harry. But then I guess we're all suckers or something like that. That has nothing to do with it. I've had these hunches before, John, and they've always been right. Even you will have to admit that. Yeah. You all confess that in the cases I've handled for you so far... Why don't you call up Dr. Merrill? I think the quaint old fella would die rather than have a phone near enough to disturb him in his... Oh, there's your rental car waiting at the curb. So off you go, John, and see what you can find out. Okay, Harry. It all sounds like a lot of nothing you're worried about, but as long as you're willing to pay for it. And I always did like South Jersey this time of year.  What Harry had said was true. These hunches of his had a remarkable way of panning out. And yet, oh, who was I to complain? After a pleasant hour's drive through Cranberry Bog and Farm Country, through miles of orchards and the intoxicating odor of the peach blossoms, I pulled into the quiet little town of Malaga, a population, oh, I'd say around 500. First stop, the post office. Dr. Merrill? Yeah, sure. You go back the way he came about a mile until you see the name Wampus Bung. Wampus what? Wampus means cat. Bung? Bungalow. Wampus Bung. Yeah. Yeah, the doctor and the professor got the fourth cottage beyond it. Quite one with a fence around it. Yeah, good. Thanks. And if you don't mind, you can take their mail out to them. They haven't been in to pick it up for five days now. Oh, nothing wrong, is there? Well, who knows? Way those two keep to themselves. Well, you'd think whatever they're working on was the atomic bomb. Yeah, well. Just to be sure, you let them know that you're at the gate now before you try to go through the fence. Oh, what's that supposed to mean? The professor sees you prowling around. He's liable to take a shot at you. As I drove back and toward the edge of little Malaga Lake, the idea of getting shot at by anyone living in this peaceful quiet place seemed ridiculous. The lake itself, by the way, looked pretty inviting. I made a mental note to come back here on my own sometime after the fishing season opened. As the postmaster had indicated, the fourth cottage beyond Wampus Bung was heavily fenced in, so I gave notice of my arrival. I'd barely left the car when the door of the little cottage opened. Dr. Merrill, my name is Dollar, sir. Johnny Dollar, insurance investigator. Yes, and that's right. Harry Branson sent me down here to see you. Oh, come in. Come in. I'm most glad to see you. Please, come into the house. All right, thank you. Is Professor Nash here? In the laboratory, but please come into the house. As I spoke, the sliding door on the garage at the side of the house opened. I rather swore the man stepped out, quickly closed the door and threw a heavy bolt on it, then looked over toward us suspiciously. Yes, because it's better that you and I talk in private alone. Doctor, who is that? Oh, yes, Professor. If we have a visitor, why do you not bring him here where we can both speak to him? Oh, oh, yes, yes, of course. This is Mr. Johnny Dollar, Professor Theodore Nash. Mr. Dollar? I do, Professor. I'm from your insurance company, just making a little routine checkup. Oh, fine, fine. I'm very glad to see you. As a matter of fact, I wish to talk with you. How do you do? Now, come into the laboratory. Professor, do you think it wise? Oh, of course, Doctor. Since he is not a man of science, I'm sure there is no harm in his seeing it. And you have an experiment going on, remember? But I wish to speak to him. Mr. Dollar, within these four walls, the genius of Dr. Merrill and my own poor efforts are creating things that will startle the world. Outside the small building look like an ordinary two-car garage. Someone in need of paint and repair. But inside it was immaculate and loaded with scientific equipment of all shapes and sorts and sizes. There were racks of test tubes, bottles of chemicals, beakers, a centrifuge. Machines and apparatus I'd never seen before. But I imagine much of the world never dreamed of. And all of it as neat as a pin, not so much as a stirring rod out of place. Ah, look, Doctor, the polymerization step is almost complete. Now, you must continue with the molecular balance check immediately.  And you must both leave me. This must not be seen by any of us. Now, we understand, Doctor. We understand. I hope you will pardon me, Mr. Dollar. Yes, of course, Doctor. Oh, come, Mr. Dollar. I will lock the door. Yes. He does require privacy, doesn't he? Yes.  Oh, oh, of course, Nora. Force of habit, I guess. Oh, it is he who keeps things locked so tightly when he is working, unnecessarily so. But then genius has permitted his idiosyncrasies, huh? Harry Branson seems to think you too may be working on something to do with guided missiles. Very perceptive man. But that is something we must not speak about. Now, why have you come here, Mr. Dollar? Well, like I said, just a routine check-up. We usually do this when a sizeable policy has changed. Oh, there is something unusual about two men working together on important things, ensuring in each other's favor. Well, no. But when his daughter perhaps objects. You know Doctor Merrill's daughter? I know about her, and about her unfortunate marriage to that day laborer. Nothing wrong with day laborer, Professor? Yeah, but one who waits for a great man like the doctor to die so that he can get his hands on the insurance money. You think that's why his daughter objected to the change? Of course. But his money will be used to further his work by me. And, of course, for the good of humanity. I see. Well, how soon do you think the doctor will be through with his experiment? An hour, perhaps two. And then he will call me into a system with an X, the crucial step. No. Well, look, why don't I run in town, arrange for a place to stay, grab a bite to eat, and then come back here? Would you like? I'm sorry we have no room in the cottage. No, I'll give you the second thought. I'll see you later. Something of Harry Branson's hunch had passed on to me. A strange feeling about the whole setup. There was something wrong about both Merrill and Nash, particularly the latter. Something I couldn't quite put my finger on. Was Doctor Merrill afraid of Nash? I don't know. I came to a dollar even for a quick bite in a little cafe along the highway after I'd made arrangements for a room for the night in a private home. It was not much over an hour later when I drove back to the little cottage by the lake. And then I heard it. Someone pounding on the door of the laboratory from the inside. Someone calling for help. Professor! Put the locks on the inside! Turn the lock! What? Hold here on the... Oh, what are you... Good Lord, Professor, what happened to you?  Doctor Merrill. Too late. Too late. Professor, what happened here? He beat me. Through acid at me. The doctor? No. The man who... He then... He killed the doctor with a gun. He... He... Oh, Professor, who? I... I don't... No. Only Johnny Dollar in just a moment. Democracy. To the many who have lived under tyranny, democracy comes as a guiding light shining on a brighter future. That is because democracy stands for the establishment of government conceived from deep thought and free choice, rather than being based on accident and force. It is also normal that the free choice of a democratic government happens because people who choose their own government are directed by true interests in the welfare of mankind. Democracy has been proven to be mankind's greatest legacy of freedom. Now act two of yours truly, Johnny Dollar, and the clever chemist matter. Expense account item $310 for the services of one Dr. Frederick Foote, the only resident medical in the little town of Malaga, New Jersey. After pronouncing Dr. Walter Merrill dead, he took the badly beaten Professor Nash to his office clinic. While waiting for Nash to get in good enough shape to talk, I ran up item 4, 10 cents phone call to the sheriff, who promised to come over as soon as he could enlist the aid of the nearby state police. Finally, Dr. Foote gave the word. But I suggest you talk with him as little as possible, Mr. Dollar. In pretty bad shape, huh, Dr. Foote?  Professor Nash will never have the use of his left eye again because of that nitric acid. Has Nash said anything that might help us identify the assailant and killer? Now, please don't talk with him too long. Professor? Yes. Hello, Professor. Oh, Mr. Dollar, I will never see again with my left eye. He has told me. Yes, I know. I'm sorry. But the great Dr. Merrill, he is dead. What a loss. Professor. Professor, tell me, did you see the man who attacked you? Yes. Can you describe him at all? He is still young, not more than 30, five feet, six or eight, very heavy, stocky, and black curly hair. Yeah. Hands like working men labor it. Have you ever seen this man before? No, I... Oh, here, some water. Thank you, thank you. Do you know why he came in and attacked you and Dr. Merrill? No. Was he after something? They're in the laboratory. Not only to kill Dr. Merrill, I tried, I tried to defend him. I'm sorry, Mr. Dollar, but I think that's enough. Yes, yes, okay, Dr. Foote. I think I've heard enough. I managed to get back to the cottage by the lake before the police arrived and came up with one very damning piece of evidence. In one of the bedrooms, I found a picture of a wedding couple. It was inscribed, love to the dearest father in the world, and next to the bride stood a man who answered perfectly the description Professor Nash had just given me, the husband of Dr. Merrill's daughter, Howard Harding. And then I thought of what Nash had said about Harding, his antagonism, his conviction that Harding was the one who resented the change in the insurance policy. But there was something else, too, that had happened when I talked with Nash in the doctor's office that... By the time I got back to the laboratory, the sheriff and state police arrived. The sheriff, I'm afraid, must have any prints that might have been left on the bottle of acid. However, in the weeds outside, a state trooper found the pistol, a .38 caliber Luger that had killed Dr. Merrill. Fingerprints had apparently been wiped off, but the gun was carefully... fingerprints. Before taking off in a mad dash back to Philadelphia, I stopped at Dr. Foots and picked up one water tumbler. Item 5, 370 for a tank full of gas. Item 650 cents, parking in Philadelphia as close as possible to Harry Branson's office. What have you found out about Dr. Merrill? Harry, he's dead. Oh, dear. Now listen, write down the address of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harding for me. His daughter, does she know? No, she doesn't know yet, and I hope I can avoid telling her before I write it down, will you, man? Well, yes, of course, but... Take this. Don't unwrap it, but see that it gets to Ray Kemper fast. I'll check with him about it later, thanks. But now, John... Harry, this is one time this expensive kind of mind is gonna save you a lot of money. I don't know how many red lights I skipped on the drive out to West Philadelphia, but I felt like a hound dog in a hot scent. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harding turned out to be in a nice, quiet residential area. I was met at the door with a girl in the wedding picture. A tall, very nice-looking blonde in her late 20s. Oh, yes? Mrs. Harding? I'm Terry Harding. Well, I'm Johnny Dollar from your father's insurance company. Oh, good. Come in. Perhaps you can help me make him do something about that policy of his. Well, that isn't exactly... Someone is poison Daddy's mind, Mr. Dollar. Oh, what do you mean? What isn't that I need the money if Daddy dies, which heaven forbid. Oh, it doesn't exactly look as though you do. Of course we don't. Howard's been doing so wonderfully at colonial aviation. Yes, apparently. And I'd had a notion he was just a laborer or something. Oh, dear, no. That's what Daddy called him because... Well, because he wasn't too fond of Howard. And that is the way Howard started before we were married, but now he's one of the officers of the company. Oh, where is he, Mrs. Harding? Well, as a matter of fact, I thought you were Howard when you drove up just now. He's been fishing. Fishing? Some little lake over in Jersey. He goes every Saturday all by himself. Malaga Lake? No, Malaga's where Daddy was. Mm-hmm. He and that. That what, Mrs. Harding? Well, I... I don't know. It's Howard, I guess. What do you mean? Howard has never liked or trusted him, even though they've never actually met when Daddy changed his insurance to name that professor. There is something wrong about that man, Mr. Dollar. What, Mrs. Harding? I don't know. Daddy always worked alone until he came along. Daddy's such an alert, bright-eyed little busybody in spite of his age that... Your father... Like a cute little wound up spring hopping about like a... Mrs. Harding. Yeah? Mrs. Harding, when I saw your father... You've seen Daddy. Well, then you know what I mean. He was tired. Almost in the days. He spoke with difficulty. Oh, no, you're mistaken. He chatters away like a jaybird. He... What is it, Mr. Dollar? Well, he must have been dope. He looked as though... Hi, honey. Well, I'm just as lousy a fisherman as usual. Not a single... Oh, excuse me. Mr. Harding, just tell me one thing. Well, that depends. Who are you? Mr. Dollar's from the insurance company, darling. Not Johnny Dollar. Yeah, that's right. Well, I've certainly heard of you. Uh, tell me... No, you tell me, Harding. Where have you been? Why, fishing... Where? Over in Jersey. Where on Jersey? A little private lake. Where? Over near Mount Holly. One place I know of where nobody else ever goes where I can get rid of the cobwebs at my job. Hey, wait a minute, Dollar. What is this? Harding? You've been identified as the man who murdered Dr. Walter Merrill. What? I'm sorry, Mrs. Harding. I'm sorry, but it's true. What are you talking about, darling? You didn't know about it? Of course not. How could I? Where did it happen? How? In his place in Malligan. Professor Nash. I'll kill that man. Don't take it easy. You seem to forget that so far you're the only suspect of the case. You're out of your mind. Who was anybody who was at Nash? Never have trusted that man. And the insurance policy. If anybody killed Dr. Merrill, I'm sure it was that professor. Now, listen to me. Nash was with Dr. Merrill when he was killed there in his laboratory. Of course he was. But Nash was attacked also, beaten. Acid thrown at him. He lost the sight of one eye because of it. And I tell you... You sure? Yes, of course I'm sure. It was I who found him. Nash beating against the inside of the door of that laboratory crying for help. A door that was bolted on the outside. But, Dollar, I... You're sure of that? I'm sure. Well, I still think... Oh, Terry, I'm sorry, honey. Here, let me... So terrible. Better answer that phone, Howard. Yeah. Hello? Oh, yes. It's for you, Mr. Dollar. Oh, thanks. Terry, here. Come on, you've got to pull yourself together. Johnny Dollar. Right. John, this is Harry Branson. I just received a call from Mr. Kemper at the Federal Bureau. Yes. He says he must see you immediately. Call him back, Harry. Tell him I'll be there in 15 minutes. Finding just to keep things straight, I wouldn't leave this house if I were you. Well, now wait a minute, Dollar. Just sit tight. I think you're in the clear. More red lights got passed up on my way into the Philadelphia offices of the Bureau. So, Ray Kemper felt that whatever he'd found was important. If so, it would back up one of my suspicions. But in view of the circumstances, that bolted door in the laboratory, for instance, how could it? Important as putting it mildly, Johnny. The prints you found on the water glass, Ray. Three sets. One, you're... Yeah, well, naturally. Two, Dr. Frederick Foote, who is currently practicing medicine. I know, I know. In the town of Malaga, New Jersey. That's where the glass came from. Oh. But the Thirds had a print. Yes. I had to go into the international file for them. And Johnny... Nash, Theodore Nash? Nash. Nashevsky. What? Theodore Nashevsky. A chemist from one of our not-so-friendly countries. Uh-huh. Expert on explosives. One time, he was thought to have attempted to enter this country. That was in 1940. Ray, have you got any pictures on him? Plenty. From the time he was a kid. Here. Tell me how you picked up these prints. The beard in this picture. That looks like him, all right. Yeah, this too. The shaved head. Almost as though he tried to keep changing his appearance. Johnny is... Wait a sec, wait a sec. This picture of him is a youngster. This eye patch on his left eye. Our dossier is pretty complete. He was quite an athlete until he injured that eye. But it doesn't show in these other pictures. And he hasn't a glass eye. No, his eye always looked perfectly natural. Now, Johnny, if you have information... Ray, this has done it for me. Thanks. Hey, no, just a minute. I'll see you. Hey, Johnny. Hey, man, the tail, Johnny. All the way back to Malligan, New Jersey, I hoped my rental car would hold together. It did, in spite of the fact I pushed it all the way. International intrigue is a bit out of my line, but this time, so helped me. I was beginning to feel like an FBI man. I stopped at state police headquarters along the way, and according to them, Nash was off the hook, not only because of the acid thrown in his face, but even more important because of my own testimony that I found him locked in that laboratory. I stopped again at the lab, nothing. Then back to Dr. Footsault's. Very well, Mr. Daller. When they arrive, I'll insist that they wait for you. All right, thanks, Dr. Professor, you're sitting up. Oh, have they found anything, Mr. Daller? Have they found the men who attacked us and killed poor Dr. Merrill? Professor, I think I have. Oh? But tell me something. Yes, of course. Your, uh... Your government doesn't pay you very well, does it? Merrill and I were not working for the government, Mr. Daller, although, of course, the results of our work... I'm talking about your government, your own real boss. I do not understand. No doubt, it's very much interested in anything this country develops in the line of guided missiles, that sort of thing. Mr. Daller... Now, let me go on. Merrill was doing important work, stuff that would be of great value to any country in the world. Of course. Your country would have paid you well for the results of his work. But, brother, they'll never get it. I do not know what you are talking about. Money, the loot from Merrill's insurance shore. Sure, it was enough to get you out of here after you gained the knowledge you need of Merrill's work. See here, Daller. After you'd killed him before he could give to his country, the United States, what he'd invented...  I was beaten to death. The poor old man put up a pretty stiff fight, didn't he? Do you think I would have done this to myself? You gave yourself away earlier when you reached out for a glass of water I handed you right here in this room. A man who'd lost his sight and one eye would have lost his aim until he got used to it. Funny though, it didn't come to me until... You are mad. You haven't seen out of that left eye since you were a kid.  And a little acid burn to make it look like somebody had thrown it at you would be well worth the alibi I'd gave you. Pay it or... Pay it or... That's right. Pay it or on a chef's key. Listen to me. You were the one who found us locked in the door bolted from the outside. You found us. Yeah, also the cord, the string you used to pull the bolt, too, that you looped over the bolt and pulled after you got inside. I didn't have... I dropped it in the vat of acid. Thanks. I was bluffing, but I made a lucky guess. What?  The chef's key. I'm sure glad you're not working on our side. The campsilly fished out of his pocket never got to his mouth. And I'm afraid he won't see very well out of his other eye for a while. My knuckles still hurt. And I was lucky for him that the police arrived. I'm afraid I don't like guys like him. Expense account total, including all the incidentals I could think of, and transportation back to Hartford, $84.35. Remarks? Well, don't beef on this one, Harry. The criminal, in spite of being the name beneficiary, doesn't get paid. Yours truly? Johnny Dollar. Here is our store to tell you about next week's story. Next week, a real close look at a little known but very dramatic side of Hollywood. Join us, won't you? Yours truly? Johnny Dollar. The first truly Johnny Dollar, starring Bob Bailey, originates in Hollywood. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone, who also wrote tonight's story. Heard in our cast were Virginia Greg, Harry Bartell, Howard McNeer, Boris Lewis, Jack Krushen, Russell Thorsen, Frank Gersel and Bob Bruce. Musical supervision is by Amarigo Marino. Be sure to join us next week. Same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly, Johnny Dollar. The worldwide facilities of the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.


Hey everyone, so here's our normal video for the day. I know it's going up super late But whatever. I guess we've got a couple stories for you today First up we got some updates on Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak because we're gonna get some massive news on that this week Remember that is that really big expansion pack coming to Monster Hunter Rise next summer Which we really didn't get a ton of news from but At least at Nintendo Direct that where it was announced and then we have also a Huge look at the switch OLED and yes Metroid Dread Hmm Before I get into that one of my new we are giving away a Nintendo Switch OLED Yeah, I know I've been saying OLED so much today We are giving away a white version of the Nintendo switch OLED I'll exactly this one back here All you have to do is subscribe to the channel and then show up to our live stream this Friday If you go to the channel There's actually the live streams at the very top if you want to set your notifications for that As our first story deals with Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak so this week is actually Tokyo game show and there's probably going to be quite a bit of news coming out of Tokyo game show Particularly from you know partner companies from Nintendo such as Square Enix so potentially get some announcements there But one thing we were kind of looking forward to at Tokyo game show was the potential announcement of a new Resident Evil game for Nintendo switch that outbreak outrage game that's been rumored and leaked a heck of a long time ago and That we're not going to get that Tokyo game show because Capcom has renamed their presentation from Capcom presents at Tokyo game show to Monster Hunter spotlight featuring Monster Hunter Rise We presume this is going to be a massive blowout for Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak which is the expansion pack they announced during the last Nintendo Direct that comes next summer We don't have an exact date on it yet. Maybe we will get an exact date on it here I don't know what we're going to get an in-depth deep dive look at that I would presume and for Monster Hunter fans This is obviously amazing news for everyone else that aren't Monster Hunter fans Or hoping for something else from Capcom maybe not so great of news But at least they are setting the bar of expectation so we could stop expecting things like Resident Evil So yeah, I'm actually looking forward to at least seeing what this expansion pack is even though I haven't played Monster Hunter Rise in quite some time But yeah, I'm at least yeah, they have my curiosity as they say But moving on to maybe the bigger part of this video We have Metroid Dread previews that drop today Technically there was also some switch OLED discussions that dropped today But I'm gonna get to that in a moment. Let's first focus on Metroid Dread Nintendo had a in-person event for media across the globe to essentially come to Nintendo's headquarters and play Metroid Dread for 90 minutes This was true in the UK in the US at least and I believe in Japan as well So they had a number of you know hundreds if not thousands of media members coming to play 90 minutes of Metroid Dread Now they're not allowed to show necessarily all 90 minutes of footage There happens to be some spoilers and some stuff in there I think Giant Bomb actually got dinged when they were trying to put up their full playthrough on YouTube earlier today Nintendo wasn't taking too kindly to that because there were some things they weren't supposed to show per the NDA Even though they got to experience it like it's something that could maybe show later But you can't show it right now It is what it is and yes, everyone was playing on a switch OLED Although based on how Nintendo was treating switch OLED that was more like just the system you were playing it on It really wasn't meant to be a play test of the switch OLED So what we got from this is essentially a few things one I don't want to go too deep in the spoilers because yeah, we did learn some new information about Metroid Dread But I do want to kind of focus on the general impressions of Metroid Dread from all of the media outlets that did get to partake in this And all of the footage you're seeing a Metroid Dread by the way is from our friends over at Nintendo life They did a full-length feature video on this and that's exactly the video that I'm going to link down in the descriptions And I will explain in a moment why I'm good at why I'm choosing Nintendo life here to share and for you guys to go see But what I will say is the general impressions are that Metroid Dread is utterly phenomenal and pretty much the best Metroids ever been and this is coming from Several people in the video game industry who are Metroid hardcore fans who love the Prime series and they're saying this beats out Metroid Prime 1 2 and 3 this is the best Metroid has ever been That is a very tall claim to make I obviously can't back this up with my own opinion But in watching a bunch of footage today It's very clear that this is one of the best put-together games coming from Nintendo this year Very highly polished very you know the gameplay itself looks extremely fluid It makes sense the story seems to be phenomenal the cutscenes everything seems to be coming together perfectly I know there's been debate about if Metroid Dread is a true triple a $60 experience I think that debate is a bunch of bullshit because it's basically You've trying to devalue the game for being a side-scroller game never mind that it has full 3d cutscenes Never mind that it's 3d in a side-scrolling Perspective I honestly think that just because some indie games are 25 30 bucks or cheaper In a similar style doesn't necessarily mean that this game isn't worth the $60 remember all those games That are in these styles are called Metroidvania games Metroid and Castlevania are the foundations of Metroidvania Metroid is actually the foundation of everything so Yeah, Metroid should be the more premium experience at least that is what we hope that is what we are led to believe So yeah Metroid Dread looks phenomenal and I honestly can't wait man got a couple weeks away I'm not getting a review copy as far as I'm aware Nintendo tends to I don't want to say they hate my channel.  You know the screen some people have a hard time adjusting to the size of the screen Some people don't Nintendo at their preview event was doing something really weird They were saying sure you're all playing on switch OLED, but oh did you bring your switch to compare? Yeah, yeah, no, no can't get it out can't compare no footage You can't take a picture you can't take footage You can't do anything who actually compared the switch OLED to the current switch I find this a bit ironic considering we did that right here on this channel this morning before The preview embargo even went up in fact I didn't even know there wasn't embargo going up today because I didn't even know about this media event That's what's so crazy here is our video went up before all of this And I had no idea these things were even going to happen and I want to give this is where I The reason we chose Nintendo life is because the Nintendo life did graciously share our video on Unprompted on their website, which I think also led to kataku and others picking it up So thank you so much because still to date our video is like one of the only ones out there Actually comparing the switch OLED to the original base switch This was a buddy of mine a fan of ours who I've been in contact with behind the scenes And we're working out a way to get that switch OLED or another one We'll talk about that in the future video to the studio here ahead of time So I could prepare my content for launch But what really matters in this moment right now is that Nintendo is really Restricting switch OLED with the media and I find this three fascinating because Nintendo themselves hasn't really been Advertising switch or they're almost treating it like it's a version three So why not let the media do it for them and the funny thing is as the day has gone on more and more Unboxing videos the switch OLED have come out as it definitely appears There are several retailers here in the United States that are selling switch OLEDs early That's on them if they happen to be pissing off Nintendo It's not on us or purchasing them, but yeah, that seems to be what's happening There's not any super in-depth videos In fact, our video is the only one that I'm aware of right now that actually compares it in some way But I have a grander comparison video coming I know some people were saying oh the video quality is bad. Oh this oh that I didn't get to physically record it myself Somebody else did I have a whole setup here for looking at the switch or like not only my professional great camera here We're gonna have a 4k 60fps camera right up here. It's right off right off the frame here I'm gonna be shooting down on this table, which already has marks on it We're gonna be having them all right here with all lighting no shadows or anything It's gonna be great. It's honestly gonna be a really in-depth look and comparison about them all the docs We're gonna be taking them all apart. Some people wanted to know if You know if the if the new dock is Scratches the switch just as easily as the old doc so that's something we'll explore on that We'll take apart the docs and compare the internals and the boards and the build quality Well, we have a lot to really digest and compare and honestly I want to use this video this end of this video as a gauge to see what do you want to see in that video? So here are my current plans as they stand today. Yes We will obviously compare the switch light screen the normal switch and obviously the switch OLED playing the exact same games Various games not just Mario Kart 8. There'll be various games shown on them So you we can see direct comparisons all in one shot my goal is to do it all in one shot Even if I have to buy multiple physical copies or whatever to make it work It doesn't matter we're gonna have all in one shot right here on the desk And it's gonna look nice and clean for you guys You're gonna get a great look at that in 4k crisp 60 FPS And you'll get it from a high-quality camera. So hopefully It'll be the high-quality look you guys have all been looking for yeah There'll be tons of b-roll and all that but that's besides the point We will also be taking apart the switches and comparing the internals. Is there a new cooling solution? How did Nintendo move the internals? Oh, you know around are they using the same memory module just with more? Memory on it so to get to that 64 gigs versus 32 There's a lot of things. We just don't know about this platform That we're gonna find out it is the same power supposedly it is using the same base chip But they're changes to the motherboard. Why can the dock as an example get firmware updates at the original dock? Can't why would it even need firmware updates? And what's different inside that would maybe suggest it needs it as an example Is there actually a chip on the inside of the dock that can be updated later that can help with upscaling? That is something that actually might be in the dock that Nintendo doesn't want to talk about right now Because that could be for a future device or future support is the Bluetooth audio better You know, it doesn't use a better Bluetooth chip That's something we need to test out with various controllers and obviously Bluetooth headset devices There's other things that we need to know about it as well. What are the speeds of that lamp port? We'll try to test that as best as we can Are the USB on the side of the thing still running at 2.0 or are they true USB? 3.0 there's just a lot of stuff that we want to test and do the ultimate comparison for you guys So just stay tuned for that But if there's anything else you guys want to know just say it down in the comments And I will add that to my ever-growing checklist of things to cover in that video In fact that there's specific game suggestions You think would best show off or best not show off the differences between OLED and an LCD panel Let me know because we want to explore that wide spectrum So even if it's games I don't own I will pick them up pick up multiple copies just so we can compare You know the the OLED in its best light as in games that should highlight It's deeper blacks and whiter whites the most and ones that maybe wouldn't highlight it the most and is you know Do we see a discernible difference and obviously we will discuss my conclusion on The whole comparison and if I feel like it's obviously worth the extra 50 bucks To get it at least here in the United States. I know Europe has just had price drops and all that So you guys let me know what you think well this down in the comments below It's been a lot of fun getting that video up for you this morning a lot of fun doing this one as well I love what we do here at incident prime your new subscriber. Thank you so much for tuning in We have a lot more content coming your way both on switch OLED and switch games in general We do some every now and then dive into other platforms and stuff like that Just got Eric from the Nintendo Prime podcast I got his help them get his Xbox series X setup today And we're sharing our accounts and sharing games and all that jazz So we had to figure all that out because I haven't used game sharing with Xbox before anyways So yeah, we do talk about other stuff back for Bloods one of our most anticipated games coming out this year Besides like things like Metroid Dread and that comes out four days after Metroid Dread So that should be fun, but I don't know you guys are awesome. Thank you so much for being here I will be back tomorrow with all new content not even sure what that content is because it's whatever floats my boat in The morning, and we'll talk about a game. Maybe we have news to share Maybe it'll be a discussion video. Maybe we'll review a new product. There's just so many things that could happen So stay tuned right here at Nintendo Prime. Thank you guys, and I'll catch you in the next video


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It's day two of the Bemidji JC's water carnival, and like any other carnival, most people go straight for the food. Our Josh Peterson is at the Water Carnival Food Court and joins us with more, Josh. Thanks Mal, here in the heart of the Water Carnival Food Court, you're surrounded by tasty carnival treats. But what's different about this year's carnival, there's double the amount of food split between two locations. For food lovers, there's nothing like a carnival. With a greasy goodness, a person tends to look away from the calorie count. But not to worry, with two locations, spectators can work off those calories between the water carnival's two locations. This year we're excited to have lots of different food vendors at both locations. This year we were able to open up and be able to have lots of different variety, some at the Sanford Center and some at the Waterfront. For pity pat concessions, who is located at the Paul Bunyan Park Water Carnival location, they have been a part of the J.C.'s Water Carnival for 17 years. They say the key to their success is making everything from scratch to give it that home-cooked taste. Because we make ours from scratch, we make a handmade batter, fresh cheese curds from Wisconsin and we make every order to fresh. In one season of business, pity pat concessions will go through three to four thousand pounds of cheese for cheese curds. While it may be a lot of work, it's a labor of love. I love the customer service and joining with the people, you know, coming to these random events, you always meet new people and it's great to communicate with even, you know, yeah, everybody's a stranger, but it seems like we make quick friends out of conversations. Across Lake Bemidji at the South Shore Water Carnival site, more food vendors are spread throughout the carnival. However, in the food court, you are surrounded by all your carnival favorites. While cheese curds are a must, trying new fair foods can be a tradition. Cheese curds. Cheese curds? Yeah, cheese curds are my favorite as well. I got some corn on the cob and that was really good too. Okay. And this lemonade right here is really good. With so much food to choose from, a person must either pace themselves or make multiple trips to either water carnival location. Now food vendors at both locations open each day of the water carnival beginning at noon. Both locations do have corn dogs and cheese curds and all those fair favorites. However, pitypats at the Paul Bunyan Park location is the only one that has the coveted private taco. Mel back to you. Thanks Josh. The water carnival is open from noon until midnight each day at both locations. The celebration wraps up on Tuesday, July 4th. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


What's everyone takedown here, welcome back to the channel. Recently I had a problem with my PS4 and it went into the blue light of death. So today I'm going to be sharing with you guys how I resolved my issues. Okay, so if you guys don't know what the blue light of death is for the PS4, whenever you first turn on your PS4, the light bar will blink blue for a second. Then it should go to a solid white. Then it should connect to your TV and show the home screen for your PS4. But what happens whenever your PS4 goes into the blue light of death, the light bar will just continuously blink blue. It will not go solid white and will not connect to the TV. If you turn your PS4 off and you turn it back on and it is still experiencing this issue, the blinking blue light, that is when you will know your PS4 is in the blue light of death. Now there is a couple of things that could be causing the blue light of death and causing your PS4 not to connect to your TV. One thing is the HDMI cable. A simple way to check to see if it is the HDMI cable is to purchase a new HDMI cable, connect it to the PS4, connect it to the TV and see if this resolves your issue. Another thing it could possibly be is the hard drive is loose. A simple way to check to see if it is a hard drive issue is to take off the cover for the hard drive and see if it is loose. If it is, just push the hard drive back in and tighten up the screw and see if that resolves the issue. But what I am going to be showing you today is how I resolve the issue for myself and the issue I had had to do with the resolution with the TV. Honestly, if you are experiencing the blue light of death, I would recommend checking this out first. It is the easiest thing that you can do. It doesn't require you to open up your PS4 and it doesn't require you to purchase anything else. It's really quick and easy. But right now I'm going to be showing you guys how to check to see if it is the resolution causing your blue light of death. Okay, so here's my PS4. I have it turned off right now. So the first thing you are going to want to do is to put it into safe mode. So how you do that is you're going to press and hold the power button. You're going to hear a beep. You're going to hold it for seven seconds. You're going to hear a second beep. You're going to let go and you're going to check on the screen of your TV and it's going to show you everything from there. So let me show you just how to do it. So you're going to press and hold the power button. There's the first beep. You're going to hold it for seven seconds. There is the second beep. Now we're going to look at the TV screen. Okay, so you are going to do what it says on the screen.  So now that your PS4 is connected in safe mode, you're going to choose the second option, which is changing the resolution. You're going to click that. You're going to hit X to click that and you're going to hit OK. Now what that's going to do is your PS4 is going to restart after it's restarted. You're going to be able to change the resolution output for your PS4. So you're going to just hit that. So now your PS4 is going to restart, turn back on and you're going to be able to choose the option. Okay, so it's turning back on here. Okay, so now it is on the resolution screen. I'm going to leave it on automatic because that's what I selected and it solved my issue. But you can also go through the options to see what works best for you. But like I said, I'm going to leave it on automatic and I'm going to hit X to select it. Okay, so now if this was the issue you were having and it was a resolution problem that caused your blue light of death, you should be back on your home screen on your PS4. Your PS4 should be working fine as of right now. One thing I just want to remind you is it might take a couple minutes to get from safe mode to the screen to select the resolution. The reason it was really fast today is because I've already fixed the problem on my PS4, but whenever I first had the problem and I had the blue light of death, it took about 15 minutes to get from the safe mode screen to be able to select the resolution. It might take around 15 minutes for you as well to have it come up so you can select the resolution. If after you wait 15 minutes after you select option two, if it still hasn't come up on the screen, then that means this was not the problem your PS4 is having and I would recommend to check the HDMI cable simply by replacing it or to check to see if the hard drive is loose. Usually this is the most common thing that happens, but like I said, it could still be the HDMI cable or the hard drive simply came loose. But if changing the resolution has helped you out with the blue light of death, comment down below and let me know. Thank you for watching. I hope this has given you guys some information on how to fix your PS4 if it is in the blue light of death. I will see you guys in the next video. Please take care. Peace.


Most of us Punjabis, I don't want to say all but most of us Punjabis have this character deep down hidden within. We don't like showing it, we like to keep it hidden because we like to be sophisticated and all of that. But it's there. If you're North Indian, if you're Punjabi, it's there. Okay, with me today is Ram Kapoor on Candidate Conversations. He doesn't really need an introduction but for the sake of formality, he's a very famous actor. And the reason I'm interviewing him today is because he's part of this must watch series is what I will put it as running on Amazon Prime Video. It's called Jubilee. Ram plays the character of a producer called Shamshe Singh Walia. It's directed by Vikram Aditya Motwane but I'm going to stop talking now and I'm going to give over the reins to Ram. Ram, welcome to the show and how did you get involved in Jubilee? Hi, thanks for having me. So, getting involved with Jubilee was possibly the shortest work conversation I've ever had on the phone. I will literally tell you the details without even 1% exaggeration. I was in Singapore, it was during New Year vacation 2019, so 2019 New Year. And I'm in Singapore and the phone rings, it's Vikram and he calls and he says, hey Ram, hey Vik, what's up? Listen, my next script is ready. I'm starting in a few months and you're in it. And I said cool and we hung up the phone. Now, I'm not exaggerating. I didn't ask what it is, I didn't ask where it is, I didn't ask what the role was, I didn't ask anything. Neither did he feel it necessary to tell me anything because I worked in which very first product which was Udan, 13 years back. And the trust that had formed between Vik and me then was enough. Certain people you will work with because of them, because of who they are rather than what they are offering you. I had a very similar short conversation with Meera, I don't remember when she offered me a suitable boy. All she said, it wasn't even her, her assistant email was saying Meera is doing something for BBC, she wants you to be a part of it. And I said done, without finding out what it was. Vikram is like that, Vik knew that whenever he is ready to offer me, he could tell me any of the details. So it was literally that short a conversation and that's how I became a part of it. Okay, leaves no scope for me to ask a follow up question on that because obviously like you said it is that's exactly how it happened. And by the way, I love suitable boy, obviously I loved your role, I loved the whole series as such. Now, carrying on with Jubilee, now for the ones who don't know the ones who haven't seen it, Jubilee is I'll try to sort of say it in a nutshell in 10 seconds. It's based around the partition period, it is about some of the refugees who've come towards the Indian side. It's about an actor who's to be launched by a big production house headed by none other than what we in Calcutta refer to as Bumbada also known as the others as Prasimjeet. And of course, Ram Kapoor is a producer and there are many other characters now Ram, your role as the Punjabi film producer Shamser Singh Walia. And obviously I cannot use his catchphrase over here because YouTube is going to mark me for that. But how did you prepare for it? So, when I read the script, I realized what the character was and I had a few conversations with Vik and I asked him how does he want to play this character. And he said that he doesn't mind me going all out. He left it to me basically. See, because he had worked with me and we had spent so much time together during Udaan, he knew me. He knows my strengths and weaknesses. So, he gave me this role with certain thought process in mind. So, I realized that this character is a typical obnoxious, loudmouthed, opinionated, aggressive, not giving a damn about anything kind of a character. North Indian, typical North Indian guy. North Indian people, Punjabi people as it is loud and opinionated, but on top of that when you're rich and you have a lot of money, furthermore you don't need to give a damn about anything. So, that's what Walia is. So, I realized that I have to enhance that. So, most of us Punjabis, I don't want to say all, but most of us Punjabis have this character deep down hidden within. We don't like showing it. We like to keep it hidden because we like to be sophisticated and all of that. But it's there. If you're North Indian, if you're Punjabi, it's there. And I knew it was there within me. I just had to take it out. So, I just let loose. You know, I used all my weight, my body language, my size. And I just became my most aggressive, most opinionated, most obnoxious self. And when you do a character that's loud, there's always risk of going overboard. But because I trusted Vik so completely, I didn't have to worry about that risk because I knew that he will never allow any character or any product of his to go overboard. So, the minute I get to overboard, he would control me, which is why it was so easy to let loose completely. I literally just let loose and I let it happen. And Vik also trusted me enough where he just allowed me to do what I was doing and just guided me as well needed. It was a lot of fun and it didn't seem like we were working at all. It was just easy and it was fun.  But as the series carries on, gradually one sees to actually one surprise that this is a character who's actually very lovable, which brings me to my next question. You know, I found it very interesting that your character does not feel jealous when Nilofar starts getting involved with Jay Kapoor. Now, again, for the ones who haven't seen it background, Nilofar is this girl, this dancing girl who's come from Pakistan. She wants to become an actress. She tries to impress Waliya. Waliya gets impressed by her, gives her a house to stay, is funding her, giving her acting projects. Jay Kapoor is another director actor and he gets involved with Nilofar. So my point is, I actually, I mean everybody would have expected that Waliya being Waliya would have said, I will destroy you. But actually, he's like taken it in his stride that these things do happen. Because Waliya is despite being obnoxious and loud-mouthed and aggressive and opinionated, the reason he's so successful in the industry is because he's also very smart and sensible and he knows what's what. He doesn't let emotions get in the way ever. He's too smart and too calculated to let emotions get in the way ever. So a business deal or transaction is very different and emotions have no place in it. That's what Waliya is. Which is why things like jealousy and stuff over somebody like that, it's out of the question for somebody like Waliya. Now, vis-a-vis the other point you made, see, no matter what character you're playing, no matter how bad or how sleazy or how horrible he may be, when an actor is approaching the character, he has to find the humanity in that character. You can't play a bad guy just for the sake of being bad. You've got to give reason and rationale why he became the way he is, what were the reasons behind who he is today. And if you give enough to be handsome and you believe that he is the way he is because of whatever, then the audience will get to see the humanity. Everybody has all kinds of signs. Nobody is only bad or only good. So in the beginning the audience might see him as... But then as you get to see other sides of him, when you realize the wholesome personality, then I'm hoping most people realize, listen, he wasn't that bad a guy. That's the ultimate that any actor needs to achieve, no matter how pathetic the character he's playing. Even a serial killer, if you're playing a serial killer, you have to go back to his beginnings and from his childhood and figure out why did he become the way he did. No child is born to be a serial killer. So what was the path that made him what he is? And then if you believe that and you immerse yourself in that, then the audience gets to see it too. True and that is something the whole aspect of gray shades is something which comes out on different characters. I mean without giving up the story, there's one character who is the epitome of innocence by the end of the first episode and by the end of the series, you see so many different shades in him. Moving on, Ram knows what I'm talking about, which character I'm talking about. Ram, in your entire career, some interesting fan reactions, like you know you've gone out in the public maybe to a market to see a movie, buy something Gulab Jamun from outside and some interesting, the way his fans approached you or the way they greeted you, some interesting experiences. I have been lucky to be a working actor for 25 years now, so I've had a lot of these experiences. The two that come to mind, one is a very embarrassing moment and one is a very special moment. I'll tell you the embarrassing one first. I was in, my son was really little at that time and I was in an underway store trying to choose under and I actually had a pair of jockeys in my hand, like this, trying to stretch them to see how comfortable they might be and a group of these teenage girls carried me and insisted on clicking their photographs and talking to me and all of that while I was surrounded by underwear with actually a man. I found it very embarrassing but they didn't seem to care, they had a lovely time. So that is definitely one of the embarrassing experiences I had. And then another experience, I was at a bank waiting in line and I realized that behind me in line somebody, some child was got excited because he saw me, I didn't turn back right away.  We are used to this, so I let it happen, I didn't turn around and the mother was trying to hush the child because it's a bank and it's a quiet place but the child was getting very excited, very excited, mama please, mama please, Ram Kapoor and the mother was trying desperately not to disturb me and not to disturb the bank. This kept getting more and more and more till that child got a little bit out of control. Little bit of irritation I turned around and I realized it wasn't a child, that with down syndrome, who got so excited that he couldn't control himself and then the mother really apologized and that excitement in that person's eyes when I hugged him was definitely one of the most special feelings I can ever have. It was more fulfilling than any award that I've ever won or any praise because this adult with down syndrome was so happy to see me and so beside himself when I hugged him, he was shivering and I will never experience how special I felt that he loved me so much. Yeah, I think there's a certain level of innocence and purity which is there which really you can't find in a lot of other places in the world. I completely understand what you're saying. Now is it true, I mean sometimes I have to check what I read on Wikipedia and the internet is true or not, nowadays you never know. Is it true that Charlie's aunt was your first play when you were in school and what role did you play in it and what's this Charlie's aunt all about? So that was my first big play. So I was in Nenital which is really known for his theatre program Bachchan Sahab, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan is also from Sherwood. That's how big our theatre program is. So I was involved in the theatre program right from I would say the 8th or 9th standard so I used to do house plays. It was my first play but once a year we used to do a very big stage five act play where all other schools used to come and watch it. It was a very big deal. And Mr. Amir Raza Hussain of Stage Door Delhi used to come and direct that play and in that play I got cast, that play was Charlie's aunt and in that play I got cast is Jack Chesney who is one of the leads of the play. Charlie and his best friend Jack are the two leads of the play and I played Jack Chesney. So yes it was my very big role in a very big play so to speak but it wasn't my first play. I had done smaller plays for house events but that's how I got the acting bug because Mr. Amir Raza Hussain came and he cast me in that and after that I did a lot of theatre with him and that's when I decided I think I want to try and become an actor. Okay, okay, interesting. Now for my last question, I'd love to chat with Ram more but the thing is we're just lucky that the internet connection hasn't been unstable till now which is always my worry. So I'm going to put it to my last question. Ram, tell us about your upcoming movie and web series projects. The ones that you can about. Okay, I can probably talk about the next two. So my very next one is a movie called Nia. It's Vidya Balan and a whole lot of other actors. It's also something I'm incredibly proud of. I'm as proud of Nia as I am of Jubilee. Beautiful product. That should be out in the next two months, maybe three months. It's ready. Post production is going on. So that's a film called Nia and my role in that is very different from Jubilee. It's like the night and day. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed but I have a feeling that will be appreciated a lot. So that's my very next one, two, three months. You'll see that. And then after that around September or November I have a film coming out called Udra which is an Excel film, a Farhan and Ritesh film which starts in Hant Chaturvedi and it's a gangster story. It's about cops and gangsters and I play a cop in that. That's also an action film in a very hardcore, very, very gritty film. I don't think I've done something that hardcore before. That's my next two projects that are coming out this year. There are two more, but I think the producers talk about them before I will. Fair enough, fair enough. Thank you so much, Walia Sahab for talking to us and we'll be in touch and take care and all the best for the future. Thank you, thank you all the best. Bye.