There are many opinions and outlooks in the concept of the black belt, but whether you love it or hate it It is an integral part of many martial arts and in a lot of ways it can be a gift and also a curse So in today's episode, we're going to talk about why you should accept the rank of black belt and also why you shouldn't So if you guys support what we do here and you're enjoying the content We put out in the channel Please consider supporting us on patreon this that patreon is actually gonna help us build a channel to bigger and better Things and also there's a bunch of exclusive membership stuff that we put on there for you guys to thank you for your support Now specifically in this episode, we're gonna talk about the rank of black belt We're not really going to build up the history of how the belt started and what the colors and what the ranking system means We've actually done that before and how many belts are in karate So please be sure to check that video out if you want to understand the history of where the belt system came from Today we're specifically talking about achieving and earning the rank of black belt or the black belt equivalent because not every Art uses belts, especially if you look at the Chinese martial arts They don't often have the same type of ranking system. It's more of like a family hierarchy set But the whole concept of achieving a senior rank or being certified as an instructor or that kind of Level is what we're talking about today accepting the responsibilities that come with that and we have the same divide when it comes Just to the rank itself We have so many people who actually covet and they seek out the belt Then we have others who absolutely hate it and hate what it stands for and there's a lot of course a lot of gray Area in between in my personal opinion I believe it has helped the martial arts in many ways But I also think it also damages the integrity of what the arts stand for And again a lot of gray area in that So first let's talk about what is the belt like what it actually is It is a tool of measurement to see where you're in your curriculum It is also a marker of the time you've put into an art and also it's just a mile sown in your training It's basically a check off the to-do list or the checklist of your training. That's all it is It's a measurement. It's a category what it is not it is not a measure of your skill It is not a measure of your superiority or make you a better person than anybody else And that's where a lot of conflict comes from is that some people look at the belt and you put it on and they automatically feel They're better than everyone else or they can fight better than everyone else And there's a lot of stigma out there.  No problem. There's too much competition with that Bottom line if you want to compare your fighting skills with someone else spar or compete It's that's that's a kind of a different topic black belt encompasses so much more. There's mental aspects There's psychological aspects. There's physical aspects. Yes, you should be able to fight If you're wearing the belt, you should be able to match the physical demands that come with it But there's also teaching and there's understanding and there's academic and there's psychological There's so much to it. So it's not just I'm a better fighter than you. It should encompass everything together Okay, first, let's ask why do why do I like the belt? Why do I think it's actually added to the martial arts? One is great for organization. I mean the whole belt system is designed to Break the curriculum up into digestible pieces so a person can see where things are So you've got your beginner levels your middle intermediate levels and your advanced level So the belt system I think is great for breaking it up the pieces like that It's kind of like in college semesters or grades in the class, you know your second grade third grade It's broken up in difficulty and it gets more advanced as you increase. I also think it's great psychologically Whether you it's you subscribe to this or not a lot of people need to see progress and it's you know Everyone thinks differently especially children. They like to see progress or they get bored or they lose focus It gives them something to focus on not necessarily place the importance on the belt itself But the material and the meaning that comes with it So as a measuring tool I think it adds to that and that's why like when we work with the kids in our kids classes before We had a few individuals that they were young because we know we accepted kids You know four years old sometimes but to be quite honest You're not going to teach a four-year-old self-defense techniques that they're going to climb the ladder the same way as anyone else at least not older children and the thing though is You know if you have like someone who's like in second grade, you know, they get to wipe out level a few months You know they can learn the material and move on to the yellow belt and we work their way up a young child Can't always do that and in three months. They're not gonna be ready for the yellow belt But what do you think that child's attention is gonna be like if you keep them at that rank for a year? So some schools and what we did was for the kids that weren't quite ready yet We would give them the intermediate like a wipe out with a yellow stripe or start putting like the tape on it Little things just so they can say hey, I achieved something and I know a lot of you got there going oh, it shouldn't matter We understand that but a four-year-old doesn't and I'll tell you right now There's a big difference in the four-year-old when they got that stripe or they got that belt They went oh, I earned something we saw a change we saw a difference and after a couple of stripes they got a little bit older than they were ready for the next junior level and Just showing a kid progress that that feeling of accomplishment. It does add something so in that aspect I think the ranking system is great because it's a teaching tool Okay, why I don't like the belt Mainly because it becomes the focus It's just a piece of cloth. It should not be your goal It should not be your focus when you are training and working hard Your mental image should not be because you get to wear the belt It should be about what you're achieving and people get way too competitive with this I mean to the point where I think it's unhealthy and compulsive. It's like yes, it's a milestone. Yes It's an achievement. Yes, you should have to work hard for it But the belt itself should not be the goal. It's supposed to represent a better version of yourself Also, I don't like it when it's used as a marketing tool and unfortunately, especially in America. It is a lot There's we all know about the McDowell Joe's and schools that are belt factories people sell the idea of the belt There's online training programs where there's been programs where you can pay them You get your all your disc set and the belt just comes with it It's like oh watch all this and you got your belt It becomes a selling point and I think that really diminishes what it's supposed to be and what's supposed to teach and unfortunately That's rampant and I think that's a negative aspect of it And I think that's one of the things that damages the integrity of the martial arts in American Kempo Traditionally when when we award a belt or at least in some schools when you're awarding a belt any rank to a student Especially the children. We have them sit in the ground. They take off their old belt They put it in front of them and they take the new belt and they form the leather L And we tell them the letter L stands for a lot of things first of all stands for love Love for yourself for your family for your school learn to love people to have the hate It also stands for a loyalty you develop a loyalty to your friends and your family a loyalty to your school You build relationships, so you don't divide you try to unite It also stands for longevity through martial arts You want to be stronger healthier live longer and also if need be defend yourself So you want to extend your lifespan It also stands for a lie that if for whatever reason you feel like you have not earned this belt It would be a lie to put it on and finally the final L stands for lots and lots and lots Just because it doesn't matter how long you've trained how many belts you've earned what you've achieved There's always a lot to learn so I always love that symbology of the L And I try to live by that and we try to impart that on to our students and and going forward because also It's also helping them stand that once you achieve the black belt. That's not the end That's not the end of your training. It's actually really just beginning of your real training I like to look at Martial arts and like the bell rings. It's kind of like school system You've got your q-levels your lower belt rings white yellow orange purple blue whatever the color scheme is those are your grades first grade Second grade third grade fourth grade you work way up through grade school. Then you graduate That's your black belt that the black belt the first three black belt is your high school diploma It means you've been through all the basics you've been through the regimen you've seen the curriculum You understand how it works now the real degree begins now the real training begins And then you spend more time working on getting your second degree third degree fourth degree And that's your different levels of college courses your different masters your doctors all the way up And also in the case of most starts to the curriculum only goes so far So most karate systems there are exceptions, but most will go up to tenth degree But that doesn't mean there's material and curriculum that goes up to tenth degree Usually it can go up to second third fourth fifth depends on the art But at that point any degrees after that are usually honorary and campus the same way too It our curriculum has gone through a few different versions So it depends on if you're on the original at Parker manual or the second and third The material might go up the first degree or it might end at third the particular one I the curriculum I worked on went up to fifth degree so after that it's all honorary So just because there's curriculum doesn't mean that that's what's going to take you all the way to the top There's still a level of contribution back into it So now also speaking honestly too is we already talked about how I don't think the belt itself really means anything other Than it's a piece of cloth But what you achieved that doesn't mean others are going to look at you the same way When you achieve your black belt when you accept that black belt and you wear it You will have the expectations and people are going to put that authority on you and you are expected to follow that You're expected to fulfill that whether you agree with it or not You will be treated differently and you will be expected to know the material You will be expected to know how to fight You're going to find yourself being held up to a lot of different pedestals or a lot of different comparisons and that comes with the territory and Handling that to me is also part of accepting the rank that you need to be mature enough to understand that It's also important to keep up with it If you if this was just a hobby something you did and you got your belly like okay I've done that moving on to the next sport or whatever whatever that's that's that's up to you That's that's one thing and that's fine, but there are people who are lifelong martial artists When you achieve that rank you're expected to also stay at that level and that's easier said than done Like you you walk out as they say you get your third degree black belt And you take a year off because you've got to deal with a family issue Or you have to travel for it and you come back and you forgot your cottage You forgot maybe oh, you're kind of fuzzy on this material here You can still spar but you don't have the endurance you had you know a year ago You walk in those doors people are still going to hold you that third degree status So you have to accept that you're going to be accepted to keep up with it And the worst feeling is when you do get rusty coming back Your those like expectations are still there And sometimes you feel like you're not the rank that you're wearing so you have to Mentally accept that understand that and get yourself back to that level again. It's fine. It happens. Everyone goes through this at some period in their life Just push through it and get back to where you were when is it appropriate to wear? Okay, you've spent all this time you've worked hard you've earned the belt Where is it appropriate to wear? Obviously your own school not a problem sister schools usually just you know, there's usually the same curriculum You can wear it there If you are a guest instructor or if you're invited to another school as a teacher or guest or seminar role No problem wearing it there Generally speaking though if you're going to go take another art If you're going to go visit another school as a student that you have not trained in I would recommend out of at least respect wearing your white belt or offering to wear the white belt Sometimes the instructor will let you wear your current rank But just out of respect if you go to a completely different art you've never trained in put on a white belt It's just courteous and also to If you don't And you go to another art Sometimes you're a target if you're walking with a black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu especially if you walk into Brazilian jiu-jitsu school And you're not a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and you're wearing that belt And you haven't grappled before you're getting torn up All right. Now the other side of this coin When you don't get the belt, maybe you tested and you expected to get it and it didn't happen There's a lot of legitimate reasons why you might not have gotten it Perhaps you need more work or maybe something wasn't as sharp as it should have been Or maybe you didn't put in enough time or you weren't in school long enough Or you didn't have your attendance is low and you weren't quite the level you should have been or You don't have the endurance to keep up with the class or sometimes Some schools will fail you as a test of will to see how you'll react if you react poorly Okay, well, then you definitely didn't pass but sometimes if you accept it gracefully you get to test again soon a lot of different reasons But whatever it happens is when you don't get it How do you handle that? Do you get mad you get depressed or do you get determined to push forward and try again? And honestly, if you can't figure out why if you don't understand it It doesn't hurt to talk to instructor again depending on the art Sometimes the older traditional schools you don't question it But in a lot a lot of schools if you have an open dialogue with the instructor Perhaps talk to them. Maybe they can give you insight that you weren't aware of And honestly sometimes it really isn't fair sometimes you did earn the belt But you didn't get it and I do have unfortunately a couple of personal examples of this that I've witnessed My first instructor, which I'm just gonna call mr. R. I worked for him for a couple of years teaching and He wasn't the person I thought he was when on the floor And there were students he didn't like and he kind of had it out for them And I was sitting on one of his blackboard boards for one of the kids This is a kids class student getting their junior black belt there like 12 13 Was for the junior black belt and there's one kid in particular He didn't like this kid did his material. He did his techniques. He did the stuff He had his requirements, but he was nervous and when he was nervous He was the type of kid who kind of grinned and laughed and he got nervous Well, my instructor's like, oh, he's he gets you think it's funny You think it's funny He kind of targeted in the whole class at the very end when they were lined up at the end of the room When he's walking and giving each kid their belt. He walked up to his one kid. He goes now He goes you weren't serious enough.  He was just as good as the other kids My instructor didn't like him. It was a personal thing and I thought that was very unfortunate Sometimes it isn't fair. Also. Sometimes it's a business reason And unfortunately same instructor We had an assistant instructor who was at their probationary black belt They were just under black belt first degree brown depends on what ring can you go by And he taught and he worked and he's like he was ready for his plot He was ready. Trust me. He could fight He was fast and he taught all the classes the main instructor sat in the back office at this point My instructor was this was several actually a couple decades ago He wasn't paying more than minimum wage and when the assistant instructor asked him for a raise My instructor goes, okay. Well, you'll get your raise and you get your black belt That was always his answer for getting the raise When you get your black belt, but he kept pushing out the black belt test when he got to the point We realized all right. He just doesn't want to pay him and I kind of experienced the same thing with him when I taught from later So yes, there are legitimate reasons sometimes why an instructor won't test you There's also others who maybe can't you know, not every school I didn't know what my instructor's rank was when I first started. I was 14 I didn't even really understand the concept of first second third dan and all that I don't even really know what he was. He just wore a plain black belt and sometimes when you get your black belt They might not be able to promote you further There's certain requirements and sometimes they don't want you the same rank as them and This could be a lot of personal reasons. So unfortunately sometimes it really isn't fair Sometimes instructors do it on purpose and if you're in a situation like that You've got to really come to terms with do I want to be at the school or not? When should you question if you should test or not? Well, ask yourself are you ready? Do you feel ready? Are you trying to cram in a bunch of training just to rush it because the test is in june and it's now May like I only got a month and you're trying to speed through the material If that's what you're doing then you might want to question that and perhaps push off to the next test Because you're doing yourself a great disservice if that's how you're going about it We did have a student that was kind of awkward Years ago it was actually for my second degree test and we had a few of us testing He heard there was having a black belt test and he did that he was that last month He was trying to cram He was trying to review five belt levels that he was rushing on and learned two more in this month period of time And he was pushing he was pushing he was coming to private classes And when we were working out together, it was very very apparent that he didn't know at all He was rusty. He would stop he would freeze and it was getting kind of awkward because we could all feel the tension in the room Thankfully, he's actually stopped. He goes. You know what? He goes. I'm not ready.  It's just a belt. It's just a piece of fabric It doesn't mean anything if you try to force it So if you're not ready wait for the next test and spend that time getting better You'll be at a higher more elevated level than you are now So don't do yourself with the service by trying to force it if it's not time yet Now when it comes to actually testing and earning your black belt I believe that there are two sets of expectations. You're supposed to meet your instructors and your own Just because an instructor feels that you've earned it doesn't mean you do or vice versa Um, I actually have a story to this actually would this break right now my fifth degree black belt Our curriculum was kind of all over the place. My instructor liked to change Curriculum's and he changed material. We went through so many different versions of chempo Every day was almost a different day Which I love because it made us think it made us digest the material and break it down and do combinations It was great But I did have a talk with him and I said I told him what I wanted to achieve for my fifth degree Or when I got each degree we talked about what I wanted to learn. I wanted to learn the whole material of the curriculum I wanted to go through it traditionally while still breaking down what we did in class And understand it and he agreed and he would actually teach me with private lessons and actually help me with the stuff I wanted to learn And when I got to the fifth degree, this is where the curriculum ended and I said look I really want to finish this out. It wasn't what we were necessarily doing in class I wanted to finish what we did in class But finish out the traditional material just so I could be through it and know I at least did it and then I could apply it to our other training And he you know, he videotaped him doing all the moves and he gave me lots of manuals So he gave me the material to work with and I was just working with it Well, he came time to He was actually closing the school when he was moving out of state and he came up to me. He goes look He goes you've earned it. He goes you've done all our stuff in class. He does you you've met all the requirements I've been through his curriculum and he promoted me to fifth degree black belt This at the time I was conflicted because I had not yet accomplished what I wanted I had a certain amount of things I wanted to do before I got the rank But at the same time I had met his requirements and I didn't want to insult him because I had done what he asked and by his by his Standards I had met it. So I actually I accepted the rank I thanked him and then I spent six months on my own Training and learning the stuff that I wanted to learn before I even wore this for the first time Because I wanted to know that I'd been at least been through it And I back to the L's if I put that belt on at that time, it would have been a lie And I wasn't going to wear it if I didn't feel I had achieved my own expectations Yes, I met his but I still had my own so If you don't feel like you've earned it or if you've got something Something in the pit of your stomach like I want to do this first. There's no harm in meeting your own expectations Again, it's supposed to be a symbol of achievement not just a piece of cloth You have to feel good with the decision and your instructor has to go to the decision. It's an achievement Okay, now if you're trying to compare yourself to others by measuring rank You can drive yourself mad with that and it really does no good except All it does is build presentment a lot of people think that if you got your black belt You have to be the best fighter in the world other people think like no well the martial arts are more than just fighting There's a whole other aspect to it. You want to be intelligent You want to have critical thinking skills. You want to be observant You want to have better concentration better health along with fighting the self-defense. There's a whole Whole gamut that encompasses that so it's not just for fighting. It's a whole art There's a whole building a better you but in that perspective in that context. What does that mean? For example, we had someone in class when I was a teenager He was the same rank as us. He started with us. We were 14 15 16 at the time And he was climbing the ranks with us But he wasn't quite moving the same like the effort wasn't there and he wouldn't really talk and we're just like Why is he ranking? Why is he ranking? We find out later? He was actually autistic and that brings in an interesting question It's like Okay, the arts were helping they were helping him. He was getting better. He was becoming a better version of himself He was becoming a little bit more outgoing. His grades were getting better in school. He was getting more attentive He still had a lot of challenges, but then you have to ask that stigma with that black belt Do you hold him at the same level as someone who's it goes to become a cage fighter? Where's your definition is the black belt nothing to you but fighting ability? Or is it becoming a better you and it's it's not an easy subject I actually kind of would like to see what you guys think. This is a good topic for discussion because Not quite sure, you know, we're a hundred percent where we should stand here because someone with special needs They can meet all the goals They can I mean the martial arts help them and if they put in the time they put in dedication And they get better and they become a better version of themselves and they can function better in life Have they not earned it? Does that mean that they have to go and fight someone is someone in the wheelchair who earns their black belt But they've developed health and they're living longer and happier now because of it. Are they expected to go fight in a cage? How are you measuring that? What does that belt mean to you? Either either the belt is something or or the personal achievement is and that's something I really would like to hear from you guys if we can keep it civil is Where should we stand on that? Like how do we measure this because You know when it comes to comparing ranks someone can say they've got five years in an art Well, what does that mean? Does that mean they went every day for five years or do they go once a week or once a month? I mean You can't necessarily tell by just oh, I've done this for x amount of years Someone who's done it for five years, but when once a week are they going to be as good as someone who did it for One year went five times a week Again, it's that's a hard tool to measure And that's just where the fallacy of that belt comes in where people put this thing where they put this expectation On the rank and the focus becomes the rank and not what that person has achieved So that's where I think the black belt is a curse to the martial arts because it puts in these false expectations and this false sense of measurement That I think poisons and becomes toxic as opposed to trying to become an encouragement and a tool to learn from So basically the rap is all up. It's all about perspective. What is your goal when it comes to your training? If the belt itself is a goal Honestly, your goals might be a little bit misaligned. You might want to reevaluate that It's just a piece of fabric who cares what color it is You put the meaning in the belt, not the other way around So thank you guys so much for watching as always, please like subscribe share and I want to hear from everybody Tell me your stories. I want to know about your test experience. What goals do you have? What does the rank mean to you or or do you not even care about it? I'm interested in it all also for those of you who have supported our channel through patreon I will be releasing very shortly a video about going into my testing and what my tests were like And I'll show footage as to open the discussion and to thank you guys so much for being a part of this channel So thank you everybody and we'll see you next week


At least that's what I've been told. So it must be true. I came to the theater a long time ago. I don't remember why. I suppose I loved it even back then. It's hard to imagine. Now, so many years have passed, so many performances, so many curtain calls, so many forgettable reviews. Well, I stand still in the theater, or at least it's so with me. I sit here, or I stand here. I make my exits and entrances. And you come and see. Whatever play I happen to be playing in at that particular time, whatever role. You see me, but you don't know me. So you see me as a collection of roles, good men, bad men, complicated men, men up to their ears in trouble, dramatic conflicts. Well, I play tragedy, and I play comedy. I've often played the buffoon, the butt of all the dope. Well, that's the theater for you. A range of different parts and different characters. But who am I? Yes, who struts and frets upon the stage for his hour, and then is seen no more.  I suppose you think I leave here when I'm done with a particular role or a particular show. No, I never leave here. You leave here, yes. You go home to your comfortable homes and your comfortable lives. What do I do? Well, I can't stay here. Right here and I wait for another role, another show, another audience. Because without you I'm nothing. I have no purpose, no existence. I must be seen. I must be heard. So to exist I must be witnessed. Yes, it's sort of like the old Illinois tree falling in the forest. If it falls and there's no one there to hear it, doesn't it make a sound? Well, I know the answer. It doesn't. It just falls like a tree falling in a silent movie. Like that. And I'm like that.  I might as well not be here. So why did I come to the theater in the first place? That's a very good question. One I don't have a very good answer for, unfortunately. Well, there was something to do and I got sufficient praise for the work I did. It inspired me to come back and try again to be in another show. And then another.   As I step out on the stage. And so after all these years, I've become a prisoner of the stage. Now I haunt it like a ghost. I cannot leave. Because I don't know what it feels like to want anymore. Incredible, isn't it? Not to know what wanting feels like. No, that's true. I mean, it's all my feelings. This is an inexpressible aching feeling to realize. And to know that extraordinary fear, extraordinary excitement that the actor knows so well. I suppose you think it's easy to be up here talking to you like this. Like, it's just another day at work. Punching the clock, doing what comes naturally. Well, what is it? No, it's work. It's hard work. Learning lines and slaving away at things like character, motivation, addiction, articulation, movement, blocking. Oh, it's awful. So what do I do with my hands? And you know, it's always the same old, same old problems, same old, you know, and you never get used to it. No, because every night is different. Every play is different. Every theater is different. And you, every audience is different, too. I'm always the same. But you're always different. And because you are, well, I must be different, too. That's a hard paradox, eh? I'm not sure I really understand it, even now. But then again, I don't understand anything anymore. Ah, ages withered me, Hanson. Custom has stailed my infinite variety, and I'm not fresh anymore. Not new. But, sir, you know, I do it, though. Or I try to do it. Why?  Mr. Horn, your dinner. Ah, my helpers. My keepers. Oh, good day to you. Good evening. Good evening, Mr. Horn. I trust we are well tonight. Oh, well, well, well. Would you like your food and tear by your chair? Oh, that would be very nice. Is there anything else you'd like? No, no. You may go. Very well, Mr. Horn. We'll come back for the dishes when you're done. Ah, very well. A top top for now. Some potatoes? Oh, that's good. A little, uh, beer, perhaps? I can't tell for sure. Oh, Hanson, peas. Oh, I can't stand peas. Oh, but they're good for me. And it's always nice to have your meals provided for you. Yes, yes, yes. Oh, let's see. Where was I now? I keep, I get shocked at you. Oh, oh, yeah, oh, we're acting. I see you there. Oh, I'll forget, sir. I could go on and on about that. That's my favorite subject. Well, my only subject really is this darkened cabin here. You know, I haven't seen the light of day for years now. For all I know, it's always dark out there. The sun never shines. Perhaps the world has been relieved of all its beauty by now. There's no trees anymore. No flowers. Just the vast, purplish gray wasteland out there. But what does that matter to me? I'm an actor. It's always like, you know, it always could be. You know, we can have a set to depict any kind of a scene we want. A z-shore, a garden, a library, a city street, an office. That's all the same to me. And one step is just as real as another. You see, I live in an illusion. An illusion, that's real.  I suppose it is rather odd, isn't it? But you know, I've been here so long and I've forgotten what looks odd and what looks normal. It all looks normal to me right now. But anyway, while I'm sitting here eating like this, because it says so right in the script. Yeah, I'm nearly doing what's written in the script. Here, here, here. I'll show you. It's right in here. I don't know what it is. What's that thing on there? I think it was maybe page five or so. Oh yes, right here. Yeah, page five. He sits and eats his supper. That's me. That he is me. I'm supposed to eat my supper and so I am. And the very good supper it is too. Oh yum, yum. I wish you could all eat it with me. I wish I could have my two young friends back there to make meals for all of you. We could all have our dinner together. Well, but we can't. You know, first of all, there are far too many of you out there. I don't think they have enough food to go around. The other reason, the other reason is they don't think you exist. They don't see you like I do. They think I'm crazy. And I am in their eyes. Who knows? Maybe in everybody's eyes. Maybe you think I'm crazy too. Well, maybe I am crazy.  So what's wrong with that? What's wrong with a little idiocy, eh?  Why don't I just stop and think about it? I mean, if we were all sane, we wouldn't know what idiocy was. No, we wouldn't, you know, because we're all sane.  What are they doing that? That's not water. That's horse pit. Oh, yes. Let's see. Where was I? Oh, yes, the theater. The theater, yes, acting. I love the theater. Oh, yes. You know, the costumes and the bright lights and hush on opening nights.   I remember a long time ago, a beautiful young actress. She looked radiant in her costume and her makeup. We had a scene together, yes. We made love in the dark. Oh, my goodness. Oh, but there was a time when I was quite dashing, you know. Quite the charm of it. I could take my leading lady in my arms. I could hold her tight, you know, like this, yes. And I could look into her jogging eyes. I could both feel it, you know. Something indescribable going on. It's the lights falling. They play tricks with your imagination. Two kinds of life, you know. Those who try to get a little taste of what it's like to be up on stage, being part of a company. Then there are others who become mesmerized by it, who become a part of it, part of the theater, part of the structure. I suppose you can guess which one I am. I can't let it go, even if I wanted to, which I don't. Why? Well, that's a question that I'm not sure that I want an answer for. So I don't have it. I never have it. What's that? Music? No, that's my other love. Theater and music. They're laying off together, don't they? Yes. Musical theater, opera, you know. I hear things. When the lights are out, I'm in bed. I hear voices. Yes, voices. People calling out to me. Are you ready? Ready? I'm going out. It's Mr. Hall. I hear them. No one else does. No, they think. They think they can become crazy. And I am. I think we've already established that. Crazy as a bed was. But I still hear them. I hear voices. And sometimes music. Hours at a time. Drifting off the rafters of this place. Echoing off the empty seats here. Sometimes I get up. I wander in this place in the dark. Late at night. But no one else is here. Long after the box office is closed. You have all gone home. And then I'll stand here. I sit here and listen. Listen to the nothingness and dream. Mr. Horn, are you finished? Mr. Horn. Mr. Horn, are you asleep? Mr. Horn. What? Oh, it was you. We were wondering if you were done. We'd like to clean up now if it's all right. What? Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course. Let's go right ahead. You have some tea or coffee with your pill? Yeah, all right. Yes, yes, all right. Which is it? Tea or coffee? Tea. Please. Very well. I've forgotten. I don't remember. Let me see. Oh, something about voices and music. Oh, yes. Yes, I hear them. I hear them. Voices and music. Late at night when I'm lying in bed and trying to sleep. They just seem to come out of nowhere. They seem to appear out of the darkness and following them. Of course, that's ridiculous, but I can swear at the time that it was real. Like a voice of someone that I knew long ago, or a snack of some song, a Gilbert and Sullivan or something, I don't know. Has that ever happened to you? Am I mad? And then I just can't seem to get it out of my head. It's like I get stuck in there or something. And then there's another voice and more voices and more music, other music, other tunes, and none of it makes any sense, really. But it's just real enough that it could make sense. It was just a little closer or a little bit clearer. Sometimes it's just too far away. It's all jungle, too many voices all at once. And then the music is most recognizable, but not really.  Oh, well, what's the use? It's gone now. Use your tea with cream and sugar. No, I don't take sugar. One lump or two? I don't take sugar. And cream? No, I don't want any cream. I'll just pour you a little tiny bit. No, I don't want any. Then you drink that right up and then it will be bedtime, all right? Don't forget your pill. What's the use? What's the blinkin' use? I mean, you can't always get what you want. Isn't that what they say? But still, is it asking too much? I mean, you've got the hand and you must play it. But not to be too picky or too greedy. Still? I mean, still. Is everything all right, Mr. Moore? I thought I heard a noise. Are you all right? You're not drinking your tea. Is it not to your liking? I asked for no sugar and I was given too much. They're there. Now I'm sure that's not your fault. Then I specifically asked for no cream and I was given some. Well, maybe you're right. Now it is time for bed. No, no, no. I just, all I want is a... Yes. What's the harm? Does he want to go to bed? I think so. All right then. We've been late now. I think we can have our tea another time, all right? We draft you in here, isn't it? We'll get you under the nice form covers and then you'll be just fine, won't you? Don't you worry. We'll take good care of you. I'm not crazy, am I? You're the same audience as before, aren't you? I can't always tell for sure. Audiences all look alike, I mean. No offense. I mean, it's just the way it is. It always has been. Well, I mean, you sound different. You laugh at different things, huh? You react differently, but you pretty much look the same, huh? Same heads and same bodies and same programs being insulted in dim light and crossed legs and the same as his, huh? Oh, you know, I'm not supposed to smoke in here. It's against fire regulations, but it's in the script. Yeah, I think it's, what's that? Page, what's it then? Page of ten, huh? Page of eleven, yeah.  Yes, right here. Right here, page eleven. He smokes a cigarette. Well, if it's in the script, you have to do it, don't you? I mean, it would be disrespectful of the script, not to. Yeah, I would feel disingenuous, huh? You know, I used to think that I could manipulate an audience and do anything that I wanted, huh? Well, if I wanted them to laugh, oh, they would laugh, huh?  Well, let's see if I can still do it. All right, everybody, just laugh. Not so easy, isn't it? And then, why aren't you a gasp? Gasp, everyone. Something horrible has happened on stage. A ghost has appeared. Gasp, gasp, gasp, everyone. You know, I still got it in me. I can still deliver the goods, but, you know, I'm not so sure that I manipulated the audience so much as they manipulated me. What do you mean, you might say? Well, how do I know that the audience didn't just want to laugh right then, so they decided to, huh? And then they manipulated me into doing something that would make them laugh, huh? Because they wanted to, you see, huh? Well, let me give you an example. Every actor has had those moments when the audience just suddenly starts to laugh. Something that the actor didn't even think was funny and wasn't even supposed to be funny, but it was, to them. So what's that all about, eh? You know, wouldn't that happen? It's just like you're in two different places. You know, the audience is in one place and the actor is in another. What? It's just really strange. It's sort of like an out-of-party experience. It's like, it's suddenly way up here and we're looking down and there's not even a part of what's going on on stage anymore. And for just that, that's put second. It's like you're both in and free and observing it at the same time. Oh, yeah. That's very weird, isn't it? Very disconcerting. Very strange, isn't it? Of course there's a lot of strange things in theater. I mean, let's take the opposite phenomenon, the opposite experience, huh? So now you have a line that you don't assert is funny, right? I mean, you've done it a million times and every time you did it, it's gotten a lot. Yeah, in rehearsal and preview and performances. And then there you are. You deliver that line and it's like you have a million times before and a thud. And I'll be even a snicker. I won't talk about that. I'll be damned if I don't. But there you are. It's just like you're there and I'm here. And it's just, again, it's disconcerting. That's weird. But you know, I feel differently tonight. Here with you. I feel like there's a certain rapport going on here. I don't know what it is, but I can feel it.  It was like we were just kind of getting to know each other and feeling each other out. But tonight it's more chemistry. More electricity. Oh, yes. I don't know. Where do we go from here? Oh, yes. You know, in the theater we strive for what is getting there. What is the truth? Ah, truth. I should have never gotten started on that one. I love truth. I strive for it, yes. In my art and in my life. Well, maybe not so much in my life. But certainly on stage. Yes, truth, beauty, lights, action. Ah-ha, truth, yes. Oh, you know, there's not nearly enough of it. You know, what passes for truth and tales and comparisons of what it used to be. Now, in my day, I'll tell you. In my day, I begin to sound a little too pompous. That's what one young actor's called me. Too pompous. Oh, I was hurt for a week. Well, maybe she meant it as a compliment. But I didn't come out here to talk to you about all this stuff. No, I wanted to tell you about my past. How I got to the theater, to this great stage here, to these boards, to this proscenium. When I came to the theater, I must be 40 years ago, I guess it wasn't. I was a dent in a store. What time is it anyway? Does anyone know? No. Oh, well, it matters very little. Yeah, time doesn't matter here in the theater.  No, because when you're on stage, you've got your own sense, your own concept of the passing of the minutes and hours. Yeah, I mean, you know, whole days to pass in the theater. Whole years. 16 years passed between Act III and Act IV of a winter's tale. 16 whole years, huh? Half a lifetime in those days. 16 years, huh? Yeah, and then that ended in the theater.  You can have flashbacks. Time, within time. Within time, and then there's your own time, too, which you can keep track of with your watch. When it's working. Now, that. Oh, and it just goes on and on the time. I don't know. It's really, really needed in here. Yeah. Oh, I don't know. I wasn't talking about some time. See, you know, I get lost in the inside, in the dark. Oh, time, yeah, time and proof. Oh, beauty. Now, there's something. I've known some actresses in my life. I mean, a picture of beauty. Oh, but I think that means beauty in art. Yes, and since a theater is an art form, beauty in theater. But in theater, really beautiful.  I don't know. I mean, of course, the castings are beautiful. The sets and the makeup, the lighting, but it's theater. Beautiful, huh? Well, I mean, beyond the trapping those theaters, I'd like to call it. I don't know. I'd like to think so. I'd like to think that theater is an aesthetic act. You know, I probably shouldn't do this. I was pressing my luck with the first one. If I was ever to be caught. Oh, why not, huh? Mr. Horn, you know you're not supposed to smoke. I know, I know. I was just lighting it for my friends. Your friend? Yes, please. Where? What friend? Well, for Mr. Horn, I am disappointed in you. You know you're not supposed to smoke, and yet you do it anyway. Can you tell me why? Well, I'm afraid I'm going to have to revoke some of your privileges. No, Jim, for you today. You're going to have to stay right here. Hey, Jim.   I mean, what can any of us do? Nothing. We can do nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Well, we... Oh, yes, yes, yes. We can do nothing. Nothing. Nothing to be done. I have a paw on this creature. Oh, don't hurt me, Mom. I wish I could take you home with me. Oh, this is my home. Well, you are at home with me right now. Well, in that case, well, but it's cold in here. Yeah, that's the only thing. You would think that they could at least give you a sweater. Why don't you call? Oh, customer! Customer! Would it be too much to ask for a slightly heavier costume here? A vest, maybe?  That's my hotspot. That's pleasant. Yeah, very pleasant. Oh, yeah, pleasant. Pleasant, yeah. Pleasant, yeah.  Yeah, anyway, where? Yes. Well, it's a, yeah. Beauty and troops and troops and beauty, is it art? Art and beauty and art. Beauty, art and beauty, beauty and art. What did I get for both? I gave them each a part of my life. What does that leave me? A shallow man. An empty, shallow, washed-up old pheasant who's still treading the boards and learning lines and striving for that mystical truth we all strive for. All of my profession, most of whom are gone now, I'm the only one left that I know of. Well, they've offered me on this stage here forever. And I suppose I could do worse, except that I always feel like I'm under a microscope. I never feel alone here. I mean, you are always here. You can always see me here. That's comforting in a way and frightful. That's the other thing about being an actor. Every move, every hand, every blink of an eye, every scrutinizer, observe. The minute you cross the threshold between backstage and real life out here, it's like you go from one world to another. The world of the invisible, the world of the scene where every warp is exposed and you feel naked and vulnerable. There's no subterfuge here, no shuffling. Oh, I'm quoting again. That's the other thing they say about me, always quoting. Oh, well, you know, it's become a habit. I can't help it, really. It's in my blood. Oh, yes. Art, art, art. Oh, yes. What is the nature of art? Art of nature, I suppose. What's natural and what's artificial? And why is this important? It's a question to be asked in several questions, really. You know, I have always strived for art, for art's sake. Now, in my craft and every play I've taken on and every part that I've rehearsed and performed here on this stage, I have always tried to create the best art that I could think of. Just like the Vigian, it's a palace. Or Michelangelo, it's a chisel and marble. There were no difference. The actor painted. The actor sculpted. Well, I'll accept it in one way. They're dead and I'm still alive. Well, they are dead, but their art still is. Their creations are still out there. But for me to still live, I must come out here every night and continue to act, to make real before you what is lying there and dull and lifeless without my interpretation. Yes. And this script is like the marble, if you will, the blank canvas. I must make of this nothing, something for your enjoyment, for your pleasure. Everything I do is for you. How profound. How insightful. How strange. It's a strange profession. Really? Isn't it? It's here, it's gone. Here, it's gone.  And without you, I am nothing. And without me, you are... Well, what are you? Are you nothing too? I'd like to think so. I'd like to think that I am as important to you as you are to me. But Emma, Emma, I don't really know. But it's a sad thought, really. I think that you are more important to me than I am to you. I love kind of a thing wrong, you know. Wouldn't it? I don't require it, it would be. Yes. I'd like to think that we are important to each other. Yes. I don't require this. I wouldn't want to look at this. I don't require the love, you know. It's a sad thought, yes. It's a sad thought that I need you more than you need me. How sad, how true, true. And sadness. They go together in this business, don't they? How sad and how true. I could use a cigarette. Damn them all. We've got a surprise for you tonight. Fried clams.  And there's lemon and tartar sauce and spinach. Enjoy.  It doesn't agree with me. I'll get nauseous. And if you need anything else, you just ring that bell, okay? Okay. Plations. I didn't smoke it. Honestly. I didn't smoke it. I don't want to hear it. I don't need you to do that. I still got it, didn't I? To be a force. To be threatening. But I scared him. He's gone. I'll pay for it. What a moment. What a scene. Help you. To serve you. Why would you do something like that? Threaten him with your cane? He was treating me like a baby. Yes, I'm sure you had no cause. No cause. No reason. No excuse, as always. I put you in your room now, do you? To come out here. To have this whole room to yourself. To be fed out here. And then you abuse this privilege by attacking the staff. Mr. Moore, I don't understand you. You know, you could just as easily be fed in the dining room with everybody else.  This is a privilege coming out here. And such a privilege can just as easily be revoked. Do you understand, Mr. Orr? Do you? I didn't get him. Do you? It's good for you. Black fry clams, spinach, tartar sauce, lemon. I don't like spinach. Onion rings. They don't agree with me. What a treat. I hate it. Not every day we get this kind of treat. Now is it? Yucky. There, you don't need me to feed you, do you? Is there nothing else? Is there nothing else to this existence? You know who I really am. I'm here for you. Every night. The show must go on. Oh, yes. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, thank you for coming. Oh, no. It was nothing really. I'm afraid I only put on half a performance tonight. Well, I'm feeling a bit out of sorts, you see. Well, but come see me next weekend. Then you'll see a real performance. Tour de force. I must eat something. Thank goodness I lost most of my taste buds years ago. I hate to have to taste that. What is it, back to the theater? You know, the theater, yes. Oh, the theater of allusion. Oh, there's the rub. Allusion. I could talk all night about that. Well, I'll take this situation here. You and I here in this theater. Is it real? Well, of course it's real. I mean, you're here and I'm here. We're here and in this place and this time. Unmistakably. It's completely real, isn't it? Yeah, it is. All right, then that settles it, huh? Well, not completely. Now, a play is not real. It's a representation of what? Well, of reality. So a play is not reality, but what its represents is, right? I suppose so, but what about that reality? Their reality. That witch's reality. Is that reality? No, they don't. They don't think you're real. It's true. So where does that leave you? Well, where does that leave us? Do we have our own separate reality? Our own parallel universe? Well, not possibly, I guess. It's hard to say. Really, it's kind of like the old truly in the forest sort of thing. If I'm not here to see you and feel you, do you exist? To them? No. You did not exist. So maybe that's where I come in. Maybe that's where you need me because I can see you and they can't.  Well, that makes me even better. It's nice to be needed. It's been a long time since I've been needed by someone. I mean, really needed. You see, I've been out of practice. I've been off the boards for a while. Oh, just doing this, doing that. Mostly that. Just nonsense things you have to do to survive. But I couldn't get all the good roles. They started going to younger people. Younger blood. But then my chance came. This script. And voila, here I am after this photo. Back by popular demand. So this is my return to the theatre, if you will. Hopefully it's not my swan song. I'd like to think that there are other roles out there for me that I'll have other offers. Maybe someone will see me in this show tonight. Maybe I'll get a good review or something. Maybe another producer or another director. Or maybe one of you out there will see me and won't be in another production. You know, I've got a private experience. I've done tragedy, I've done comedy and everything in between. I have an extensive resume. Many roles, many theatres, many triumphs. I hope there's been charity out there and that people will remember me. Because that's really the only way that I exist. That's the only way. You can't go to a museum to see my work. Or to a library. You can't walk down the street. Be right here, right now in this place. Here in this hall. Don't let them take that away from you. Don't ever let them take that. Remember me. Remember me. I'm getting tired now. I'm worn down by life, by love.  But here, here with you. My audience, my people. Here I am alive. I exist. I have meaning. There's that music. Lovely, sweet music. Where did these come from? Lovely flowers. Did you see them come? How did they get here? Did they fall onto the rafters? Did you put them here? All of you? Oh, they're lovely, yes. What a stunning bouquet they make. Oh, they're heavenly, yes. Oh, they make me want to sing. To dance. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Mr. Horn, it's bedtime. Where on earth did you get those flowers? Did somebody pick them for you? Probably Mrs. Bonham. She's always disappearing into the courtyard and picking seeds. Let me see them. I'll put them in some water. I'm for tea tonight, do we? Oh, you ate none of your food. Tuck, tuck, Mr. Horn. This does you no credit.   I've heard for you again tonight, I'm afraid. Well, that's just too bad because there's banana cream pie.  And chocolate moops, I believe.  And mint ice cream.  Yummy, yummy. And ice. Very tasty, I've been told. And cream. Very, very tasty. Must eat something. Fiju, do you like that? Perhaps I shall. We haven't done it in a while, have we? We could try that. Okay? Let me see. All right, what do we have here? All right now, open wide. Here comes the little airplane into the hangar.  Pick that up. All right, that is it. That is enough. Go get them. Go, go. Choice. Mr. Horn, you repeatedly disobey the rules. Cigarettes, attacking the orderlies, and now this. Is this what you want? Is this how you want to be from now on? Is this how you want to be remembered? Thank God you're... Chipper. Maybe because they gave me this book. The History of Theatre. I'm very interested in history, and especially theatrical history and how it's changed over the years. You know, the Greeks performed on a bare stage, and sort of like this, not even a chair or a table. Nothing. Just emptiness. And all theatre begins that way. It's an idea, a little seed, a germ. It grows, and it's fleshed out, it blossoms, it puts out shoots, little arguments to the heavens, if you will. The Greeks did that, the Sophocles, the Euryphides, the Escalus, the Aristophanes. And the Romans did that, too. Seneca, Plotus, and all the rest. And then all of them started with just a seed, an idea. Even before that, there was nothing, an emptiness, a vast wasteland of potentiality. And so it is with me, with us, so to speak. We begin with nothing, quite literally, a whole space into which we pour this passion, this intensity, these feelings and emotions, thoughts and dreams. We create out of nothing, drama. And this book here, Chronicles, all of that, all of these dramas that just appeared out of someone's brain. And here they are, all neatly arranged for us, in chronological order. The Greeks, the Romans, the Renaissance, the Elizabethans. Right up to modern times. Right up to all times. This is one of them. This began with nothing. There it is, the black pages. Now it's thoughts and ideas. Proposals and arguments. You know, I've done some big plays here. I was, oh, I was Creole, Antigone by soccer, please. I was in the birds once, a strange play in the birds. That's a marvelous, marvelous play. Oh, and of course I've done Shakespeare, Marlowe, Johnson, on and on. But what's it all mean? What's it all come down to? That's what others have to know. I mean, they must have had something in mind that they would have written all that. Something just to make money or to survive. Well, possibly, but I'd be willing to speculate that in every instance in this volume here it became something else and something more meaningful, something more profound. They knew they were on something. Something important. They wanted to reach out. They wanted to connect with their fellow men, I think. Yes, to reach out to them, to communicate. And in some instances, in the best instances, they wanted to change them, to affect them, to move them. Well, just as I, a four player, hoping to do so now, it's that reaching out into the darkness and then the feebly grasping for something, anything, another hand, another mind, another body. That's what it's all about. I think so. I know so. Why else would they have done it? Why else do we still do it? There's this shadow boxing here, this lighting in the darkness, this illumination. And then why do you do it? Why do you come out of your house in the night to watch me here? What is it about it? I mean, what's enjoyable? What's interesting? What's worthwhile? I mean, I don't know. Because despite years and years of acting, I still don't know why I do it, why I come out here like this. I mean, is it just a vanity or a pride or a fear, insanity, idiocy, all of the above? It's all a mystery to me. Yeah. I'd like to know. I want to know. I'm afraid you won't help me. Will you? I'll have to figure it out for myself. This is my tragedy here. People are tragedy. All of us. You know, we can't really know why we're here, why we keep endlessly revisiting these places we've been before for generations, for eons. It's something I'll tell you. It'll be there. That's it. I don't know. It's a play I've never done. Yeah. A school for scandal, by a sheriff. And months in the country. Yeah, I've seen that once. Very good, as I recall. All arguments, ideas, seeds, germs. What was I talking about? Something profound, no doubt. That music again. And how are we today? Are we feeling better? Did we get a good night's sleep? You seemed a bit tired. Would you like some tea? Chocolate biscuit, perhaps? In case you've forgotten, tonight is bingo night. It starts in ten minutes in the common room. You know, you haven't been in a while. The others are beginning to ask for you. Mrs. Bonham. Mrs. Carter. Mr. Garrick. Mr. Key. They miss you. You sure you don't want to go? Well, suit yourself. Don't say I didn't try. Bingo. What boss? N41. G59. 55. Who cares? See, they don't know you're here. I'm not actually alone. They think I'm all alone here. I've got you. I've got you and you've got me. And if I were to leave here right now and go pay bingo with the rest of them, where would you be? You'd be gone. You'd just get up to leave. There'd be nothing going on here. Then I'd lose you. I wouldn't like that. Because then I'd have nothing. Nothing to live for. B15. O62. G48. Don't leave me, will you? Don't ever leave me. And I won't leave you. No, never. That's why I must stay here. Always. So you won't leave me. Oh, where was I? Oh, theater, theater, theater. Oh, history. History, history, theater. I think it's history, history. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where was I? Oh, history, the history of theater. And the theater of history, I suppose. Isn't history itself rather theatrical? I mean, they talk about things. The theater of war, they say. Stages of development. Acts. Scenes. Intermissions. Here and there. And then history lends itself to, well, to theatrical interpretation. And that's why there's plenty of it about real life and history of the world. World events. And, you know, along the little private histories of the theater of theater. History of the world. World events. And, you know, along the little private histories as well.   And scenes. Divisions. Prices. Catastrophes. Convinces. Endings and resolutions. And, of course, every life has a beginning and a middle and an end. And what more can be said about it? A great deal, apparently. Yeah. Yeah. This volume here is a great deal about it all. Oh, yes. And now I'm suddenly sad. Why? Well, because there are just scores and scores of plays. I've never been in. I've never even read. And I call myself an actor. Well, these are apparently some of the most important dramas ever written. And I haven't even read some of them. Oh, what a disaster. What a calamity. I shall hurry up and read them now. Well, I still have time. Oh, but then I wouldn't be able to be here talking with you, would I? No, because, you know, I don't want to lose you. I want to keep your attention. You might just leave me here. I wouldn't like that at all, no. Well, you know, I guess I'll just have to settle for this one. Oh, what is it? The Idiot's Tale. What a strange title. That's a strange play, don't you think? Oh, but then you've probably never read it, have you? I don't think it's well-known. No, it's... Well, I shouldn't be. I mean, it's just some hack, right? I know, buddy. But it appealed to me. You know, I read it, and then I wanted to perform it. Because it called out to me. It said, horn, get up there and act me now. So, here I am in creation of this play. I'm reading this play, and I'm acting it, too. And so I'll do it again and again and again. Well, because I must. I mean, this was written for me to perform night after night. So I must perform it. I must interpret it. Or else it dies.  It gets thrown out. No, you know, play is meant to be performed. Not to gather dust or to grow moldy. It should be a living, breathing piece of work.  And, well, why did you like it? Because it seemed to be about me and about my life in the theatre. And, you know, it raised questions and issues that I grappled with myself, unconsciously, without thinking too much about it.  You know, some ideas, some options. I don't know where I'm going. I don't have any idea. You know, let me, I gotta say it. You know, I can stop that, honestly. It's not so easy remembering these lines anymore. It doesn't come naturally like they used to. Let's see. They must be back in there somewhere. Oh, let's see. Oh, well, we're on page 23. We're already at page 23. We're making good time then. Yes, let me see. But it seemed real relevant, alive with possibilities. Oh, I think that's what I was supposed to say. I don't know what the hell it was all about, but I guess I was supposed to say it. It called out to me. It said, horn, get up here and act me now. That makes no sense. Come on, come on. That's too far back. That's where the witch came in, I think. Let's see. Oh, yes, theater. Theater of history, I suppose. Hell, I suppose that was what. That's pretty lame. It's even the right script. It doesn't sound right. I don't know, I guess it is. You know, there are just pages and pages that just rubbish here. It's just pure drill. It's nonsense. What poppycock does it? You know, I might just as well have been talking gibberish. Oh, that gives me an idea. Why don't I just try that and see if it makes any difference here. Yeah. Good black and blue, I suppose. Roughly bottomed down there, I suppose, too late.  Yeah, well, I'm better off. Oh, well, I'm better off. I'm better off. I'm better off. I'm better off. I'm better off. I'm better off. I'm better off. Black, too can do the lady. I'm better off. I'm better off. I'm better off. I'm better off. If you want to make a fool of yourself, you can do it in your own room, on your own time, not out here in the public space. Maybe it's time. I was frustrated, I guess. I mean, the script just didn't make any sense. There was no dialogue. No sense. I couldn't handle that nonsense, and so I just... I just lost it. I mean, that's all. You know, I mean, as an actor, I rely on a playwright to at least make sense. I have a recognizable through line. At least I'm beginning a middle of the man, not this gobbledy goof like that. Well, playwrights should make sense, don't you think? I mean, there should be recognizable situations, people doing things, making rational decisions, or at least the subtext should be clear. I mean, what people are thinking, what's going on in the character's minds. Am I right? Am I right or is this crazy? Is this an outdated concept that a play should be transparent in some way? What is it that I'm trying to say? I mean, we here, you know, you come to the theater to see a story, right? You want to see people doing things?   You know, irony and plot development, I mean, there was things that literally kept you on the edge of your seat. But no, of course, not anymore. No, no, no, no.   You know, people are taking off their clothes. I'll do a keyway.  You know, there was just no verisimitude anymore. Not even any attempt at it. You know, the theater is just dead. Or at least die. No, but not here, right? No, yeah, yeah, it's still alive. You and I, yes. We are the keepers of the flame, aren't we? Yes, you know, we here, you know, single-handedly we are keeping the spirits of Shakespeare alive. Yes, yes, and it's in the mode, yeah, and all the rest. You do believe in me, don't you? You do agree with me. What's important, what's real, well, there's real anymore. I'd like to know. Well, I used to know. At least I thought I knew. But now it seems to be clouded, you know. Be clouded. Is that even a word? Be clouded? Well, it is now. I'd just said it. So it must be real. Oh, you know, it's all so fleeting, isn't it? Yeah, out of the theater, I mean, or do I mean life? Well, both, really. You and I here, you there, we here, us here, in this cavern, this empty space, this cave. Oh, I'm glad to begin on that. But, you know, I hate to admit it. Me, who has always been so erotic, I guess, so real, so always striving, striving for the truth, the elusive truth. I don't even know what's making sense anymore and what's not. I suppose it's in the nature of this gang, this medium here, this genre. You know, that's why there's never any dialogue about this sort of thing. I come here, I do my thing, and you sit there, or wrapped, or maybe not, maybe bored.  Yeah, I want to say that's not what you would just sing at home, watching the TV, where you could just switch off, or even in a movie theater, where if you did get up and leave, you wouldn't offend the actors, because they're not even there, they're not in front of you in real life, like here in the theater, so you sit there quietly, impatiently, and wait for the appropriate moment when the show is overdone, finished.  You clap, perhaps, politely, perhaps not, and then you leave. It's over. And so I never get to know what you're really thinking about, what you really think of my performance. No, I mean, well, I might get the odd review, perhaps, if I'm lucky, if they even bother to show up, but even then, that's only one person to fit in, and I don't care about them, I care about you, and what you think. You know, that's the tragedy of the stage. That's the real tragedy. One never knows. I mean, because the only way you can really know is just right in the performance itself, in the listening, in the observing, and in the projecting, and yeah, it's just all right there in the moment. Because everything else is untrustworthy. It's be clouded. There's that word again. Be clouded by time and by distance, by any number of distracting thoughts. And so if I run into you on the street or in a restaurant, or maybe at a party, and you say, oh, yes, you did such a fine job the other night and such and such. How do I know that your judgment, your opinion isn't to be clouded by something else, by maybe a remark you overheard or a review you read, or something that worked, or alcohol, or anything. The real tragedy of the theater is not what's going on with the character on stage, but with the actor himself and the illusionist of the illusion. And the never to be able to achieve what is being strived for. What has been strived for ever since primitive man attempted for the first time in front of a flickering flame in a dark cave some thousands and thousands and years ago of representation of something through the process of performance. And what is that? What is being strived for? The truth? I believe so. I believe it is. And the final tragedy is never being able to achieve the truth through an essentially untruthful medium. How profound. How tragic. Mr. Horn, it's time. It's time. We must be going now. Going? Where? Don't you remember? We have been over and over this. Look, you're being transferred to a more secure facility where they can handle you. Where they'll take better care of you. All right? Look, I'm sure you'll like it there.  Nice bed. They have a very well trained staff who will be able to keep a much better eye on you. You'll be more confined, okay? So you won't get so out of control. So you won't get so confused, okay? And be moved around all the time which is very confusing for the staff. And for you too, I'm sure. It will be calmer there. More peaceful. Hopefully. You'll be happier there. I hope. They know how to deal with you there, okay? They understand people like you. They are trained professionals. Do you see? Do you understand what I'm talking about?  Tomorrow. Tomorrow? And tomorrow will anything be different, Mr. Horn? No, not tomorrow. Not tomorrow. Today, now, this moment, okay? We have all your things packed. It's time to go now. What about them, Mr. Horn? I hate to have to tell you this, but there is nobody out there, okay? I mean, it's just a blank wall on all sides. There is no audience. It's all in your mind. Don't you see? It's all in your imagination. You made them up. You're not on stage anymore, Mr. Horn. You're in a nursing facility, and you're being transferred to a more secure facility for your own good. You understand what I'm talking about. Do you? Goodbye. I'm sorry. I didn't think this would end. I thought we had more time together. I didn't realize this was the last act and the last thing. I won't be back anymore. This is really it. Can I take a bow? Right, but be quick about it. They're waiting. This is it. The final curtain. The final bow. There'll be no on-course this time. And no going round to the dressing room afterwards. Either, I'm afraid. I must make a hasty exit. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed this. You and I. This is the opportunity of a lifetime. The performance of a lifetime here with you is one last time. I want it to last forever, but nothing does. One last word of advice for all you young people out there who might be thinking about acting, considering a career on stage. It's an honorable profession. A fulfilling profession. It's a good use of your time. So don't give up. Don't get discouraged. Just keep plugging away and striving for what was I going to say? Wash. It's getting dizzy.  I'm getting dizzy. Maybe I better just sit down. Oh my God, Mr. Horde! Mr. Horde? Help me! No, just keep him vertical. Remember. Oh, I should remember. What was I going to say? Mr. Horde! Calm down! We're going to take good care of you. Just settle down. It's okay. Alright, Mr. Horde. Alright. What are you doing? What is it? Oh, what's it do? Goodbye! I'll let you know that Mr. Horde has been transferred to a more intensive care facility in a real hospital. He was just starting to go out of control to lose it. Now, I'm sorry. I know that you like coming here. Well, being here with him, and that he enjoyed it too, just that, well, we really didn't have any choice. He was just becoming too unpredictable, too out of control, and, well, sometimes downright crazy. Of course, I mean, he is crazy. Well, I hope we knew that. I mean, you did know that, didn't you? That this is a facility for people like him? Well, of course he did. What am I talking to, a bunch of children? No, I'm sorry. I just, I guess so used to talking to the inmates. Ah, patients. Who? Well, sometimes. Like Mr. Horn. A nice man, and all. Or, well, at least so I've been told. He has family that comes to visit him here. Son, a daughter.  Well, before you came here, I found the stage meant so much to him. He was an actor when he was younger. But I mean, I'm sure you knew that. I mean, even if you knew nothing else about him, I'm sure you knew that. What's this? Looks like a play that he was writing. Idiot's Tale by Lester Horn. Yep, that's him. Huh, I didn't know it was a playwright. You know, I should probably hold on to this. His family might want to see it. You know, wonder if you finished it. Yep, the end it says. Huh, must be finished. I wonder what's about. I can't really say. It's one big monologue, mostly. Oh, with a few little scenes with others. The Idiot's Tale. It doesn't sound much like a title of a play. It sounds more like a book. A novel, maybe.  Yeah. Well, I'll buy some Russian guy, I think. Well, maybe there's a connection. Maybe it's a retelling of The Idiot. I can't really say. Nothing, just cleaning up. I thought I heard voices. Where are you talking? Talking? Well, you know how Mr. Horn used to come here and talk to the walls and pretend they were his audience? Yeah. Well, I'm not being here anymore, so I thought I'd, well, talk to his audience. Kind of say goodbye. You're not crazy, too, are you? No, nothing like that. Just a little bit of fancy, that's all.  A little me? No, I mean, I've never really given it much thought. What about you? Me? Yeah, you ever fancied yourself an actress? Me? No way, I'd be scared shitless to get up on stage. Why?  What do you mean? For your job, you have to perform for the residents, the patients. That's different. Well, is it? I mean, I don't have to learn lines or anything. I mean, that just makes it harder, then. What do you mean?  I suppose, but isn't that kind of like life?  Sure, but I mean, that doesn't make it any less of a performance, does it? You're weird. Oh, whatever. What is this? It's a play that he was writing, Mr. Horn. I didn't know it was a play, right? Yeah, I mean, what should we do with it? I don't know, but it's an idiot's tale, and I don't suppose it really means very much, does it? So I guess it doesn't really matter. Really? What? You're just going to throw it out, just like that? Well, he left it here, didn't he? He abandoned it, he obviously didn't want it. Yeah, but aren't you at least a little bit curious about what he wrote? Are you kidding?  Come on, I got work to do.


Welcome to the Rich TV Live podcast. I'm your host Richard D'Souza and today we're going to talk about the hottest stocks of the day. All right. We are live and interactive right here exclusively on the Rich TV Live podcast. I hope you're having a great trading day. We're going to talk about what is moving in the markets today. So right off the bat, INVO up 276%. Look at this. We were talking yesterday with WISA. We're seeing it again today with INVO pre-market gap up and then this massive candle, which is in my opinion, that's day traders that are just looking for momentum. There isn't a ton of deals moving every day. There might be one deal a day going up 100%. This becomes that deal with that pre-market move and then everybody jumps in and then that massive God candle and then a pullback. So this is the biggest mover of the day, INVO, INVO Bioscience Inc up 278% on the day, the number one mover of the day. All right. Number two mover, EDBL, kind of the same here. Pre-market mover. You see the pre-market gap up that open space where there's no candles. That's the pre-market and then boom, take off as soon as it goes live. Why? Traders getting in, looking for momentum, looking for trades to ride. People that are just literally just jumping in and praying for the best. And these are the types of moves that you're seeing in the market, EDBL up 91% on the day. But I mean, it's starting to consolidate. So what do you do from here? That's the tough part as an investor. SPEC up 85%, same thing.  So they've done quite well after opening up just a little bit. They've really exploded today up 85%. R-Y-D-E, look at that. Another one that's made a big move today, up 71%. So there's four picks up 70% or more today, R-Y-D-E up 71% right now. V-N-D-A, huge pre-market gap up and then a pop and then it's kind of consolidating now up 33% of the day. V-N-D-A, look at that huge pre-market gap up. That open space right there is what we call the pre-market gap up. U-A-L, all right. This is United Airlines. They had a nice pre-market gap up and then all the institutions started jumping in and riding this momentum on a strong earnings report. United Airlines up 13% airlines are in favor again as people are traveling because we're no longer in a COVID era. All right, here's American Airlines, another travel stock that's up today, 4%. So those are two travel stocks that you should be watching. Here's Barrett Gold having a little bit of a bounce back day today, Google also slightly green today. All right, so we've had a tough market ever since we've seen our CPI report come in higher than expected ever since we've seen the inflation come in higher than expected. The Dow Jones has been on a downward trajectory, stays red today. Apple has been going down, they stay red today. S&P 500 has been dropping, they stay red today. Mara, a Bitcoin miner that has been dropping, they stay red today. Tesla continues its downward trend, despite the fact that Cathy Wood announced that she just bought over 5,000 shares on the dip. All right, what else here? Okay, a lot of red today in the markets, bear with me. Here's the Nasdaq 100 also dropping in the red today. Amazon, after hitting all-time highs, dropping like a rock. Netflix starting to really drop as well. So we're seeing a lot of red meta after staying very strong and above 500, dropping under that 500 mark in a video after getting close to 1,000, now well under 900 to 850. So a lot of stocks that have been hot are starting to drop and give back gains. Reddit continues to drop and stay cold after its IPO. IBIT, the Bitcoin BlackRock ETF, really dropping this week with Bitcoin dropping, IBIT also dropping. Here's the Fidelity Bitcoin ETF also dropping heavily down 3%. Grayscale Bitcoin ETF dropping 3%. So everything dropping in the crypto world as Bitcoin and Ethereum are really hitting a tough time right now. AMD, I thought that this might be a nice pullback opportunity, but they continue to pull back. Coinbase continues to drop with Bitcoin and crypto's dropping. Solana after being at $200, now all the way down to $129 with a massive drop for Solana. And then here's Bitcoin. So let's just look at Bitcoin. So I've been marking this up and I've been watching this very, very closely to really try to identify a pattern. And what I've seen here is, let's go to the one hour. What I've seen here is this is what Bitcoin has done between $71,000 and $60,000. And you can see it's kind of bouncing in this zone. And we now are starting to find a lot of sellers that are coming out that have maybe thought, okay, maybe Bitcoin isn't going to go higher. Maybe now's the time to sell. And that's not a bad idea. I mean, let's be honest. You know, Bitcoin's been trading at all time highs. So never a bad idea for an investor to sell at all time highs. Now if you're a long-term investor like me and you believe in Bitcoin and we've got the Bitcoin having in just a couple of days, you're probably thinking that Bitcoin's going to go higher like I do. Now when I'm not 100% sure, but I do believe that it's going to go way higher in the fall. So the question is, where do you get in? So obviously the answer is get in on extreme dips. And that's exactly what happened today where Bitcoin for the first time in what? For the first time since March 5th dropped below $60,000. So we're on April 17th. So the first time in about six weeks, we saw Bitcoin drop below $60,000. And immediately it bounced back up because there was investors sitting there buying. So as long as we have more buyers than sellers, the market will go up. Obviously, there's a lot of sellers coming out because Bitcoin is trading around all time highs, which totally makes sense. You could see all of this is like a war zone between the 60 and 70 mark. And there's a lot of selling happening because investors are taking profits. You have to understand Bitcoin was at $15,000 two years ago. So if you got it at $15,000 and we're at $60,000, that's a 300% return. Absolutely nothing wrong with selling when you're up 300%. But historically, Bitcoin has always gone up hundreds, if not thousands of percent after the Bitcoin haven't. I believe that's going to happen again when I believe it'll be in the fall, October, November is when I expect Bitcoin to just go berserk and go parabolic. So we still have five to six months before October. So there's going to be a lot of volatility between now and then with investors buying and selling, taking profits. But at the end of the day, institutions are getting in and they're getting in in a really big way and they're buying billions of dollars of Bitcoin. So I have to assume that we're going to see this go much, much higher at some point. I do believe that we're going to see it over $100,000 this fall. I thought there was a chance that we might see it before that because the way Bitcoin was trending and we hit that 73,000 mark not too long ago. And I thought, well, maybe now is the time to really start positioning ourselves because we're going to see $100,000 Bitcoin and we've seen a sell-off. Now, that's pretty standard, especially on Wall Street. On Wall Street, what's very standard is by the rumor, sell the news. Well, we've got a massive catalyst coming for Bitcoin, which has always historically been the biggest catalyst for Bitcoin and that's Bitcoin having. And with Bitcoin having coming in two days, seven hours, 13 minutes and 46 seconds, this is a massive catalyst for Bitcoin, which historically is taking it to all time highs. So we're two days away from the block reward being reduced from 6.25 Bitcoin per block to 3.125 Bitcoin per block. And that is going to reduce the amount of supply in Bitcoin for miners in half. I also believe there's going to be a supply shortage for Bitcoin and cryptos over the next nine months because there just won't be any Bitcoin for anyone to buy on exchanges. So very, very interesting time for Bitcoin and for investors. I think that you need to stay strong. You need to maintain your your your opinion. I don't think you should be wishy-washy and bouncing. Oh, today I think Bitcoin is going to go up. Oh, tomorrow it's going to go down. I like Bitcoin. No, I don't like Bitcoin. For me, I always like Bitcoin, whether it's up or down. When it's down, I'm thinking about buying and when it's up, I'm thinking about selling and that's all I think about with Bitcoin. I don't get too involved in the day-to-day price action because at the end of the day, that's just what it does. It's always going to be volatile. It's always going to have crazy price action. I mean, two years ago, everyone was panicking right 50,000, 15,000. And then a couple of weeks ago, we hit all time highs of 73,000. Everybody's celebrating. So realistically, you just got to have a strategy of let me buy when everybody is panicking and let me sell when everybody's celebrating. And if you do that, you'll do extremely well with Bitcoin. So that's kind of a simple way to trade it and to look at it. But I'm really looking at this as a buy the rumor, sell the news event. I think there's going to be a lot of liquidity and there's going to be a lot of volatility. If you watched my video yesterday, I said that we'll probably see Bitcoin trade between 50,000 and 75,000 until the fall. That's where I think we're going to be. And that's kind of where we're at. And we've been there in this zone for the last six weeks. If we can maintain the 60,000 mark and bounce between 60 and 70,000, that in my opinion, prepares us for an explosive parabolic fall where we're going to see Bitcoin go to all time highs and probably see 100,000 get broken this fall. So that's what I'm positioning for. This is what I've been talking about for quite some time. And I've been talking about Bitcoin since it was at $1,000 in 2017. Today, it's at $60,000. So it's gone up 59 times in seven years. So congratulations. If you've been on the Bitcoin rocket, if not, I don't think it's too late. I still think there's a lot of room for Bitcoin to run and run much higher. But I also think that there's an opportunity for it to pull back to as investors are taking profits, which totally makes sense. Now, remember, the market is a war between buyers and sellers and supply and demand. And one of the reasons why Bitcoin is so special is there's only 21 million for the whole world to share. So when buyers are coming in and there isn't enough Bitcoin to sell, that's when the price goes up. So what's happening is the market is being flooded with people that are selling because they feel like this is the time to sell because Bitcoin's over 60,000. People could be selling that got in a 15,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, 50,000. So anyone that's gone in at lower levels could be sitting here thinking, this is the time to sell because realistically, anyone that's bought before this last six weeks is probably in the green. So not a bad idea for those people to take profit, sell and get into cash, which means there could be a lot of cash on the sidelines for dips. There could be a lot of cash on the sidelines for rips. A lot of different things that could be happening. So we'll be watching very closely and we'll keep our eye on it and keep you updated on everything as it happens on Bitcoin and Ethereum. And we're also very bullish on Ethereum. And we do believe that there will be a Bitcoin ETF approval as well in the future. So I think that this is something to be very excited about with Ethereum. And I think that there's a lot of opportunity for Ethereum as well. And I think that everyone should have some exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now, I must remind you that Rich TV Live is strictly for information and education purposes. Please do your due diligence, do your research before you invest in anything that we talk about or discuss here on the Rich TV Live podcast. Past performance is not always indication of future results. The biggest mover of the day, INVO. As you can see here, up 269 percent INVO, the hottest stock of the day that we are tracking, followed by EDBL, up 78 percent second largest stock that is up today that we are tracking, followed by SPEC, up 57 percent. And then RYDE, up 57 percent. Then VNDA, up 34 percent. Then United Airlines, up 14 percent. As people are traveling again, more than ever. And American Airlines, also up 4 percent. Those are the stocks that we're really watching today. Barrick Gold, slightly green. Google, slightly green. And then almost everything else on our radar is in the red. Dow Jones in the red. Apple in the red. S&P 500 in the red. Mara, a digital Bitcoin miner in the red. So tons of red today. Tesla continues its downward momentum in the red. The Nasdaq 100 also in the red. Amazon, after hitting all time highs in the red. Netflix also in the red. Meta continues its slide in the red. NVIDIA in the red. Reddit continues to go down after its IPO in the red. IBIT, the Bitcoin BlackRock ETF, heavily in the red. FBTC, the FidelityWise Bitcoin ETF, also in the red. GBTC, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF, also in the red. Ethereum continues to be heavily down today, 4%. AMD, having a tough day, down 4%. Coinbase, I'm happy I sold my Coinbase when I did at $253. A few weeks ago, it's down all the way to 207 now. Definitely taking it on the chin. Solana down 5% heavily and Bitcoin down 5%. Just trying to hold that 60,000 mark as investors and institutions, high net worth investors are dumping Bitcoin at record amounts. So it remains to be seen what will happen with that. But I am definitely still very, very bullish on Bitcoin as the Bitcoin having is literally just days away. Ethereum, ETHE stock down 4%. And micro strategies after hitting, what, 2000? Just under 2000, $1,900. Yeah, we're just around 2000, what, a month ago, almost to the day. And here we are back all the way back down to 1157. So a massive drawdown after a massive move up. We've seen a massive drawdown on micro strategies. So thank you guys for watching. If you like these videos, please smash the like button, comment down below, share the video everywhere and subscribe. I'm your host of The Most Your Boy, Rich and Rich TV. We'd love to bring you the winners, CEO interviews, breaking news, trending topics. And we'd love to bring it to you first. I, NVO, the big mover of the day, up 256%, followed by EDBL up 83%, RYDE up 64%, SPEC up 63%, VNDA up 34%, and then followed by one of the best large cap stocks having a big day today, United Airlines setting the pace for airlines up 14% on the day. All right, everybody, have a great day. Bitcoin having is just two days away. I know it's been tough on these pullbacks, but hey, that's what Bitcoin does. So we love the volatility and we're two days, seven hours, 10 minutes and 46 seconds away from the next Bitcoin having, which is typically a huge catalyst for Bitcoin, and we're just two days away. All right. Don't give up, guys. Don't panic. We'll be here every step of the way to keep you updated on everything that happens with Bitcoin. I know it's hard. I know it's tough. Here it is looking like it's about to drop below 60,000 again. So a lot of sellers coming out, a lot of panic selling happening. But what we're also seeing is every time it goes below 60, a whole bunch of buying comes in and then it bounces back up. So we'll keep our eye on it. We may go below 60. We'll see and we'll be here again tomorrow. We promise you that to let you know where we're at in the price of Bitcoin and everything else as we get closer and closer to this Bitcoin having. So this is the price of Bitcoin. As you can see, we're just barely holding that 60,000 mark. We did hit that 59,000 mark earlier and we had a big bounce from that 59 all the way back up to 60,800. We're right now back to where it was looking like we're about to get under 60. And we just bounced back to that 60,100 mark. So looks like there's a lot of buyers and supported 60. Let's see if that can be maintained or if the heavy selling will just rip through the buying at 60,000. I mean, that's what in the market is, right? It's a war between the buyers and sellers. Right now, the sellers are winning. Previously that the buyers were winning just like a week ago. We're at 70,000. The buyers were definitely winning and Bitcoin was on the run. And since then it looks as though it's almost like a buy the rumor, sell the news event where investors and institutions high net worth investors in Wales have been using this as an opportunity to sell into all the aggressive buying, which if you got in at 15, 20, 30, 40,000 and you're selling at 70 or over 60, you're making great returns. So there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. All right, guys, have a great day. We'll be back soon with the biggest breaking news in the market. We'll be back tomorrow. I'm your boy, Richard Rich TV, NMO. Peace.


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Hello Freedom, today I'm going to be talking about the sharing queue yet again, but in more detail. How to find it, how to check your queue settings, and how to auto-share your videos for the future when it comes to Facebook and Twitter. If you missed last week, I talked about how to make a GIF and how to do it in no time at all, and it really helps your reach go out even more. Now when it comes to today, I'm going to be talking about why the sharing queue is nice to have.  Now today, I want to do an image because who doesn't like a good dog picture? I for one love dogs. Now when it comes to dogs, let's say you want to add text to it. You can. Now once you save it, you can save that image and post it to your Twitter or your Facebook or both at the same time. Now when you post it, you can either do it instantly, you can schedule it for greatly in the future, or you can queue it so it comes up to your next available time. Now how do you use your queue settings? How do you know what those queue settings are? Well Epoxy actually gives you about 17 basic times, so about 3-4 a day if you want to. And you can actually put a lot more. Let's say like for Monday, I put in like 6 or 7. Let's say you want to add another one because you just want to post frantically. But let's say again, you don't want to anymore. You can remove the time as well. So you don't have to worry about doing it too much. Now when it comes to the auto share feature, this comes into handy because you can share your videos without doing anything at all. You can have some automated responses, and it can post it whenever your video goes up live basically. So don't worry about it being unlisted. It will not go live unless you click the public setting. So you can do it for Facebook, Twitter, or even Vines if you do Vines. Now to finish off again strong, I want to talk about Epoxy, why it's free for all freedom partners. It would normally cost you about 20 bucks a month, luckily if you're a freedom partner, no payment whatsoever. It helps you on your social media accounts, like more than you would ever imagine. It saves you time, headaches, and heart aches. I can't say it helps your body, but it really helps your mind though. And lastly, you can find Epoxy in your dashboard or check the video description because we started adding it to the video description so you have to worry about it no more anymore. Now lastly, if you have any questions regarding Epoxy, let us know in the comments section because we're always here to answer your questions. Now guys, have a great day, a great night, a great everything, and like I said, if you have a question, let us know, alright? Have a great time and goodbye.