Good afternoon. Welcome to Coronavirus and our mental health. Today is January 18th, 2023. I'm Ken Burtonis, who usually comes to you from the North Shore, but today I'm in sunny downtown Honolulu in the studios of ThinkTek-A-Wai and enjoying it. We're having fun. Today's show, I think is a very good one. My guest is going to be Greg McDonald, who's not only my close friend, but also fellow movie buff. And we're going to be talking about acting and being real. Acting and being real. What does that have to do with coronavirus? Well, I'll tell you, coronavirus, and here's the update, and it's a very short one, is pretty much plateauing, which is great news because we're in the surge period, the surge period that carried us in 2020 and 2021-22, actually the two years combined, and in the holiday period. And we went sky high then and we didn't go sky high in 2022 to 23. So we've survived the holidays with no big spikes. But the problem is that it's still a pandemic and COVID is still here and it's still making people sick and people are still dying. And that's something that we've got to deal with and we've got to find a way to deal with that. And right now, people are just thinking, well, it's over. I don't have to mask. I don't have to stay away from big crowds. I can just go about my business like it was before the pandemic. Well, if you do, you're liable to get sick, not only from coronavirus, but also from the flu and from RSV, a respiratory virus. And they call those three things together, the triple pandemic. And that's really we're in. And that's what's getting people sick. Plus the fact that most of the data is underestimating. So that's a good news and not so good news. The key to all this is we still have to protect ourselves and we still have to protect other people. And we've talked about in the past. So I'll continue to give you coronavirus updates on that. One of the things that's been important with coronavirus is having support. During the lockdown, we were isolated. And we didn't have close friends or family by many of us. Or we were stuck with close friends and family, both of which could cause problems. But I'm especially concerned with the fact that being alone, you have no support. And who is going to support you during times like this? Well, friends are. And the key thing about friends is that we must be able to trust them. We must be able to be open with them. We must be able to let them know that we accept them for who they are. And they accept us for who we are. Which brings us to movies. And today Greg and I are going to talk about actresses. And he's got three actresses that he really liked to that he really likes. And he'd like to talk about the key to them for me and for other actresses that I like and follow is that they're not only good actresses, but they're good at being themselves in in the way and the way I mean it is they're good to accessing themselves. So if they have to play somebody who's grieving, they can access their own grief and bring that to the character and make that character believable. So that when you're watching him, you're not just saying, Oh, that's that's great. She's acting great in that. No, you're watching her and you believe her. Because she's real because she's accessing the real. Okay, with that introduction, let me turn it over to Greg because Greg's got three actresses that he really likes and I like him too. So let's talk about them and how they make us like them and how they become great actresses because of that. Greg, you're on. Oh, yeah. Okay. Well, the three actresses that I picked three actresses actually it was very difficult. It would be like trying to pick if you had if you had three children, it's like trying to pick which one you like the best and you know, you see the best in all of them so you can't pick. So I'm going to talk a little bit about Emma Stone and Scarlett Johansson and Renee Zellweger. If we have the time just depends. But the subject still remains the same no matter where we go. So I'll start with Emma Stone. And I gotta qualify that my choice of the three given it was an impossible choice is these were three that I wish if I were younger, I could date. Let's get that out of the way. Okay, that was the first thing that attracted me to them not any of their acting qualities. All right. So so anyway, the first the first one Emma Stone. This when I first started thinking about today, and the show, I thought, okay, I should probably refresh my memory with some of the films that they have done. Because if you go and Google their name and list of films, you'll see that there's 405060 that you never heard of before. So most people have heard of the ones I'm going to mention. The first one that makes me think of Emma Stone is the first time I saw her, which is a movie called Easy A. And easy A is basically an updated version of the Scarlett letter. And if you're not familiar with the Scarlett letter, it's about a woman who had to wear an A on her. And it meant adulterous. And she was treated as an outsider. Although the updated version is her in high school.  And it's not true. That's her situation. Okay. And I think how it relates to what we're talking about today is how does she cope with that? And both in the role and as an actress. And first of all, if you see it, what you're going to see is that she is very intelligent. She doesn't play into the to the common thinking. She's not trying to please anybody. And so she's she's got this survival strength. But at the same time, she's sort of appealing. She's not survival in the sense of a combat. She's survival in just figuring out how do I tell the truth? And so that's that's that was her strength. It involved her being very clever on how to turn the situation completely around on her accusers and and then survive. Oddly enough, the second movie that I saw her do is when I switched from being, you know, wishing I could date her to going, wow, this gal really has some chops. And the movie was called Help, which if you saw, I was fabulous. It was set in the Deep South, probably around the 40s, 50s, time of civil rights and all that kind of stuff, or maybe just predating that. Anyway, she is she's a young journalist. And she's trying to figure out something about the situation down there.  And she wants to raise their awareness and get another one of them to to write about the situation. But they they won't because if they do they're they're going to they fear more scorn against themselves. What I think she showed in this was an amazing ability not just to be a cute little high school girl, but to be a young aspiring journalist in a situation where being a young white girl really is adds difficulty to what she wants to do. And there again, I think you see her ability to portray courage and intelligence and to not only take a stand, but to follow it through all the way. In other words, there were times in both those movies where she could have stopped a fight and just kind of played in. But she didn't do that in either one. So in that way, she's kind of demonstrating the same skill set, but in a completely different environment. Yeah, I think the key thing here, you know, is exactly what you're saying. But she adds something different. If you look at easy a her decision is not an easy one to come by. She inadvertently starts the rumor, and it gets out of hand and nobody's listening to her when she says it's not. I really didn't do this. They're not listening to her. And she is sort of being singled out and she likes it. We all like being singled out. We all like being the center of attention. But the center of attention has a real downside. And she discovers that she discovers how difficult it is to be in that limelight, but she also discovers how difficult it is to change and get out of that limelight. So she's in a place that she doesn't like and she's stuck in there. And she's really trying to find it. I think that's what really makes her human and makes us understand her as a person is that this is not an easy task for her. And it's not an easy task and the help either. The help is puts her at odds with her basic peer group and her community, because she sees what people are doing to the black women who are acting as maids in their community, which is in the south, by the way. And she is faced with the fact that can she stand up and do this and she's beset with can I or should I or what would happen if I did and we see all that struggle, we see her coming from somebody who is sort of gliding through and doing well, but then put in this impossible position and she's got to deal with it. And the nice thing about Emma Stone and the other actresses that you talk about is they don't have to depend upon somebody to come in and rescue them. She finds a way to rescue herself, to be herself, to change in the way that she wants to change and become the person that she wants to become. In easy A, she's basically by herself and driving the movie. She's the central force in the help. She's surrounded by wonderful actresses and supporting people who she has to interact with. And part of her character is how she deals with these people rather than in addition to her struggle with herself. So in many ways, Emma Stone is a guideline to us on how to become the better us. And I think that that's particularly been difficult during the COVID lockdown and isolation. Okay. Yeah. You want to go on to Scarlett? Is that it? No, I want to mention one last film that probably doesn't need too much explanation on Emma. This will be very short. Yeah. Yeah. And then we'll go on to the other ones. Yeah. Yeah. Scarlett. La La Land. And the reason I'm thinking La La Land is to is to emphasize her flexibility because La La Land involves song and dance and comedy and drama. And it's all about actors and musicians in LA trying to have a vision of make of making it. And they're stuck in this dilemma of if I if I make it, I may lose this person that I'm falling in love with because they will fall in my trail. And that's a struggle that plays out. And I thought I picked that one purposely because of the contrast between the first two. The first two were really more painful struggles. And so was La La Land. But La La Land was a musical and song and dance. And you still see the struggle in there. So that's all I want to say about La La Land, Ken, if you want to add anything to it. She won the Oscar for La La Land. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So it takes a while for actresses to get recognized. They don't usually get an Oscar for their first great performance or even their second or third great performance. It takes a while for people to really understand and relate to somebody.  Okay, maybe just one of the next two so we can get to the others as well. So you want to do Scarlett or you want to do Renee? Well, Scarlett. Okay. Yeah, we can go any way you want. Scarlett Johansson. The first time I saw her was in Lost in Translation, which was by far not her first movie. But it was the first time I ever saw her and she's very young. I don't know what age. She looked like maybe she was barely 20. And I just found her appeal in the falling in love question. Is she really in love with this older man? Or is she just sort of playing around and not really serious? And so I watched her in that and I thought, wow, this is kind of interesting. I couldn't really figure out where she was coming from. And there's a scene at the very end where the two of them are going to part their ways after looking like they were going to be a couple even though that age was different. And she whispers something in his ear and he sort of nods his head. But they never tell us what she said. And to this day, I wish I knew what she said to him because that was kind of the end of the movie. Okay. So that was the first time I saw her. That was my first impression. Kind of a young 20 flirtatious but yet hard to read exactly what her intention was. The next one that comes to mind that I think really caught my attention that, wow, she's not just a young flirtatious kind of cute kid was probably many years later. I'm not sure. It's called under under the skin where she's dressed in a black rubber bodysuit. And as far as we know, she's alien. And it's very hard to follow the movie because there are scenes in there that are standalone. And I think that what you come away with is that she can play a very abstract part without without really giving away much. You don't really know why she's in this suit and why at times the suit is being taken off. And I to what we're dealing with today, I see that kind of the idea of we all wear a person's suit to pretty tight to to navigate various parts of society that we're in. And so I think that's kind of what the theme of the movie was, but it was extremely abstract. And the last thing I want to say in terms of her variety here is mention first two one very quickly her where she's only playing a voice like a like a like a computer voice that forms a relationship and you fall so in love with her voice that you don't even need to see her. I thought that was that was another element of her magic to be able to drop into being a voice that could interact with somebody and we really felt her presence without seeing her. And I think her best movie, in my opinion, was Jojo Rabbit where she was playing the mother basically during the Nazi occupation, trying to raise a little boy and keep him protected from some of the Nazi doings while at the same time trying to be a mother. And so that was that all three of those required very different skill sets from her. So let me toss it back to you on that, Ken. Yeah, the thing about Scarlett that I would I would like to add to that is she's fearless. If you take a look at all her pictures, like the one that you're talking about, she tackles things that other actresses would not tackle under the skin being a prime example. Lucy's another one. Lucy's one of these great ones that is feminine power without the need for masculine power to come in and rescue the damsel in distress. She's goes out there and she not only kicks Coley, if you will, but she does it in a intellectual way as well as a physical way. She just surmounts all these problems and it's an amazing movie and a very difficult one to make.   The ending scene where you know that that final scene of hers just left me in tears and and a lot of actresses would shy away from a lot of her roles but she just has tackled everything and I think that's what people need to be is fearless because if you're there and and you're sort of putting on a face or you're acting because you're afraid they're not going to like you, they're afraid you're not going to be their friend and it's hard to show yourself to these people. To do that you have to be fearless and that's one of the things to me with Scarlett Johansson did for us is that she showed it was like I'm not afraid to do this you know if this goes south you know and it's not seen as a great picture or I'm not seen as a great actress in this so be it but I've got to try this and I can do this. She's got confidence and she's fearless and like you said before tremendous ability to be in all genres from you know from comedy to to grieving to to strong you know she's amazing actress. Maybe we can skip the next one and go to the Academy Awards because I think we're running short on time. One of the reasons that Greg and I decided to focus on actresses you notice we didn't focus on actors today we could do the same with actors but we were focusing on actresses because in less than a week the Academy Award nominations are coming out and I and for the pundits who are predicting who is going to be nominated within this week there's pretty much a two-person race going on between Kate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh now recently Michelle Williams is also sort of got in the mix I mean there's a number of other wonderful actresses that have done wonderful things at 2000 at 22 but right now it's looking at a two maybe a three horse race if you'll excuse the expression and these three are tremendous actresses Kate Blanchett who's doing tar I know is somebody that you like Greg so maybe you can tell us a little bit about her and your feelings toward her well in a big I yeah in a general way I I she she has never felt to me like like the first three or the first two that we talked about where I had some attraction to them and wish I was young enough to date them she I don't think she ever pulled that part out of me her roles that I most remember are kind of adult and I don't know what I mean by that just sort of less cute you know um but tar intrigued me for a couple of reasons first of all again we talk about we've talked about risk you've covered that really well and I see her again in a movie that is very risky um and I haven't I have read one review on it that really criticized her because she was sort of saying anything against like the the cancel culture or the transsexual culture or she was in other words she she said whatever she wanted to say and I guess I guess a lot of it for the reviewer was pretty insulting actually that review made me want to see the movie so it didn't scare me away it made me want to to go okay I want to see somebody in a movie do that that created so much controversy by this one reviewer the other reason I think that so anyway um she also uh she also was wonderful because I'm a musician and she's a musician so a lot of music themes kind of played their way in and out of the movie I think it's a brilliant movie I hope it wins something even if she doesn't win best actress if the readers our audience here would take a look at the previews for tar you'll see that in addition to the stuff that Greg has talked about she is losing it throughout the movie she is losing her control if things are coming in and she is in the arc not the arc going up but the art sort of unraveling and this is an incredibly strong woman that she's playing and Kate Blanchett is great at doing that uh you know I'd pick her for you want a strong female you can't do better than Kate Blanchett she's one of the the great actresses of her generations and her movies will stand up to that but um she shows you in that arc the change in how inside and how psychologically it's doing and how difficult it is for us so we see not only her strength but her struggle and uh it it promises to be a great movie and talk about uh different movies though if you want to see a different movie from Kate Blanchett you want to see I'm not there where she among another other actresses all men by the way portray Bob Dylan in the Bob Dylan sort of strange biography of I'm not there and her playing Bob Dylan is a sight to see um the other thing my favorite movie from Kate Blanchett is where did you go Bernadette where she plays not the strong character she plays a very talented smart character but uh she sort of been out of favor and she's looking for something she's not all not only out of favor professionally but uh she's having difficulty with family and herself and where she's going to go so um and she does it incredibly well you're just so with her and you so want this to turn out okay because she's just doing such a a wonderful thing so it's uh it's a magnificent thing uh the only thing that I would add because we're down to about the last three minutes is Michelle Yeo um and I'm betting on her for the Academy Award uh nomination and the Academy Award not because uh she's a better actress than Kate Blanchett they are both outstanding actresses but Michelle Yeo has been with us since uh Crouching Lion uh Hidden Dragon uh over 20 years she's been with us doing wonderful work and has not been recognized as an Asian actress she's not been given her due and when she's offered a part in Hawaii not in Hawaii but in the US a part like playing a James Bond girl she does it so brilliantly but she's always offered these parts that are very restrictive and it's only recently uh that we've been able to diversify enough to see here and things like uh Crazy Rich Asians uh and the one that she's up for this year everything everywhere all at once um she is so good and has been so unrecognized all these other actresses that we've talked about have Academy Awards Academy Award nominations she has yet to receive and it's and I think the Academy is saying for the first time we've got to right this wrong and so whatever your opinions are of the actresses I think this is the way it's going to play out here and well it should because we need to open up our vistas because we can learn from all these actresses Michelle Yeo, Kate Blanchett, Emma Stone all of the ones that we've talked about we can learn on a personal basis how to be our better selves and how to deal with something like the coronavirus uh Greg last minute thoughts we're down to the wire I wish the theaters would get back to showing more movies every day here in Hawaii all we see is the choice is two movies and then the same two movies for weeks and weeks and weeks none of the ones that are Oscar nominated are even here yeah and I think yeah and if they were here they they left really quickly with the exception of you know the big blockbusters like Avatar for instance our Babylon but they're not we're not going to see much of them in the Academy Awards except maybe the smaller uh you know things they're going to be I'm looking forward to both of them is really fine pictures but as far as acting goes and we're talking about acting today and the difference between acting and being real I don't think you're going to see near as much of them as the ones that Greg's are Greg is talking about that we've missed Greg thank you so much for being here this is Greg's fourth visit uh on the program and he's always a great addition it's always great talking with you Greg I also want to say thank you to the think tech staff especially Eric who's gotten me through the in-studio session but also Haley and Jay and Michael and everybody else and thank you to the audience for tuning in and listening to us it's always a pleasure and if you ever have any questions or any things that you'd like to comment on the show please email think tech Hawaii and it'll get to us and we'll cover it thanks again Aloha thank you so much for watching think tech Hawaii if you 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Hey guys, welcome back to Six Sister Stuff. Today I'm showing you my Instant Pot must haves. So I'm Kristen, I am sister number two from SixSisterStuff.com, and as you can tell, a lot of my videos have to do with Instant Pot because I love the Instant Pot. I've been using it for about two years now, and with a lot of trial and error, I've figured out what works and what doesn't work. And so today I am showing you my most favorite things to use when using my Instant Pot. Now I know there's a ton of stuff out there. People are using all kinds of stuff in their Instant Pot, but these are just some of the simple, easy things that I use, and there's only six of them. But before I get started on my must haves, be sure to subscribe to our channel, and of course, push that little bell to get all of our notifications. All right guys, let's jump on over to my Instant Pot must haves. Number one, another pot. Now I know you're gonna think that's ridiculous. I have one pot, one pot is enough, but this last Christmas my husband got me another pot, and I'll tell you what, it is amazing. So I use my Instant Pot almost every day, I'll be honest. But it's hard when I have a gooey recipe that I need to make like a sticky chicken, for instance, which you can find over there. But then I need rice to go with it, and so I hate having to take out all my sticky chicken, clean it, wash it, and then put my rice in it so it will cook.  It will save you a ton of time, and it's so convenient, especially when you have two dishes you wanna make. Number two, now I just recently found this, and I am slightly obsessed. This is the Ecovana stackable pans. These are awesome because you can do all kinds of stuff with it. This is almost like a springform pan, just without the bottom, and you can stack two on top of each other. This is perfect for steaming vegetables. You can make brownies in here, you can make cheesecake, you can heat things up. Now they have these for sizes six quart and eight quart. Now the cool thing about these is this is how you put it into your Instant Pot.  This rack can go in the Instant Pot and it won't hurt anything. It's awesome. Number three, okay, let's talk about your ceiling ring. Now if you can see, it is kind of stained of fun yellow color, which is great, but it also has a little bit of smell to it from my onions and my chicken, and even though I wash it every time after I use it, it still has that lovely smell. Now you don't wanna make a cheesecake and you get a little bit of a chicken smell in there. That's not fun. And so for me, I have two different ceiling rings, and the good thing is they come in different colors. So I use red, I would say red as in stop, don't use this on any food except my desserts. And so I use this for my cheesecakes, my brownies, that kind of stuff, my sweet stuff. And then this ring I use for all of my savory things like my chicken and my beef and literally everything else. So that's kind of like my special dessert ring. This is my everything else ring. Number four, now I'm gonna show you a little bit about my glass lid. This is not an Instant Pot glass lid. I got this lid at the store and it fits perfectly onto my Instant Pot, which is awesome because the Instant Pot ones can get a little pricey. So the one thing that you can use with the glass lid is one, you can make popcorn with it. You can use the saute button with it. You can do the slow cooker with it just so you can see inside. I think it makes a big difference, especially when you're using the slow cooker or the saute. So when you see things that are burning or something like that, you're able to just open the lid instead of having to unscrew everything with the pressure cooker lid. My favorite thing to make with the glass lid is popcorn. A springform pan. Now, this is a smaller one. This actually is six inches across and I showed it in my lasagna video just up there. So I cooked lasagna in this. You also can make cheesecake. If you haven't made Instant Pot cheesecake, I'm gonna link you to a recipe because it is amazing to eat cheesecake out of the Instant Pot. So with your springform pan, I like it the most just because you can take the bottom out of it. Making your cheesecake look a lot better instead of having to dig it out of something. Now, like I said before, this one's a six inch. You can get a seven inch and I believe you can get an eight inch to go in the eight quart one. But just make sure whatever springform pan you get, it will actually fit inside of your Instant Pot. And number six, I think my most favorite thing out of everything that I've gotten for my Instant Pot is the silicone lid. Okay guys, this thing is awesome. So lots of times I'm making Instant Pot in the morning because I know things are gonna be wild in the evening. But with this silicone lid, all you have to do is stick it on and it is heavy duty stuff. It's like having a giant Tupperware and you can totally tip upside down and it won't come out. So the good thing is you have an Instant Pot.  Then you don't have to heat up all of your leftovers.  You don't have to use any other pans. So this little guy saves you a lot of time and a lot of washing dishes. I think that's why it's my favorite. All right guys, those are all of my favorites. I hope you found this video helpful. I would love a comment below if I have missed one of your favorite accessories. Now don't forget, subscribe to our channel if you haven't done so. I'm also going to link below to all of these products that I have. So if you wanna get some, I found most of them on Amazon. And thanks so much for stopping by. We'll see you next time. Bye guys.


Right my friends, how are we? What is going on? Welcome back to another reaction video I'm I'm in my van as you can see and there's no time to lose. We're getting into Well, we're in the top the top three quarters of this list. I've done a quarter We've got three to go and it's gonna happen. It has to you know, I had I had thoughts of skipping But I'm not going to we've got number 74 on the list is names Ronnie Stan He's a tackle for the Baltimore Ravens, and he is in the top 100 players of 2020. What a legend. Let's go Being a tackle it's most likely going to be sizable Just like these two Then there's just no point obviously absolutely. I mean Ronnie Stanley. What do you reckon? I'm trying to narrow it down. How many linemen are actually on it like 12? He's an ascending left tackle. I like the way he's playing kind of caught my eye when he was younger and I think it's his fourth year now or fifth And the guy I'm talking about Ronnie Stanley is really good See when he said Ronnie Stanley, I think Ronnie Stanley is really good The guy on the right actually did not his expression did not change One bit does that mean he agrees or disagrees? Let's find out his arms look small for a tackle Maybe that's because he's six foot six. We'll find out. Oh my god. Yep.  What am I gonna say? I'm gonna say he's 25. He's 26 six foot six 315 pounds went to Notre Dame got picked up in this first round of the 2016 draft pick number six by the Baltimore Ravens Worked his way up slowly but surely from what I can see and he's finally made a Pro Bowl and then first team all pro last year as well. So he's He's run a 40-yard dash In 520 at that size is is pretty impressive. He's still jumping 28 and a half inches So he could most likely do a 360 dunk and he did 24 reps on the bench press. He is a big big man He's 26 years of age He had a four-year 20.48 million dollar rookie contract which he signed on May 13th 2016 and On October 30th, 2020 the Ravens signed him to a five-year contract extension worth a hundred and twelve million eight hundred and sixty six thousand dollars in Maximum total value which made which made him the highest paid Offensive lineman in the NFL Yeah, funny that That's what you do you get your rocky contract and you are playing throughout that three or four year period For your next contract that next contract is where you set yourself up, isn't it and that's exactly what he did What a legend 26 years of age he was 25 at the time. No, he wasn't he was 26 when he signed the deal Turned 26 in March a hundred and twelve million dollars Taking care of Well, that's amazing. What a great player to have in your team He's going up against Bosa Stanley's assignment was defensive rookie of the year Nick Bosa That wasn't the game that he pulled is No, sorry, that's last year. I keep on forgetting that these videos are about last season not this season We're already like ten weeks into the season. I apologize for that. I like Chandler Jones He definitely puts stress on the defensive end puts them in compromising positions, and then he's able just to make it just look easy Against the chiefs Stanley took on 2020's 95th ranked player Frank Clark the biggest thing that he does really well Well Clark did stumble He goes off his right and then goes off of his left and he's gonna try and look to swipe past and go to his right, but No No, no Stanley doesn't need to go anywhere.  It is proving true. I absolutely loved that He looks he sounds like a nice guy. He's got a soft voice. I like it. Wow Aaron Donald.   I'm gonna do one more for the day. His name's Fletcher Cox he's a defensive tackle for the Eagles and Well, he may have even come up against Ronnie Stanley. I'm not sure I still haven't got the the old Divisions worked out completely in my head, but I know there's easier ones than others There's easier paths to the Super Bowl than others, but at the end of the day to get to the Super Bowl and win it is Well, it's one in 32. It's not a huge chance not a huge chance at all. That's why it means so much to these guys So thank you for watching. I would urge you to subscribe if you haven't like the video if you have enjoyed it And well, I'll see you in the next one Peace out my friends. Let's have a look at Fletcher Cox


The building of the first transcontinental railroad was one of the most important steps in the winning of the west. The railroad was of prime importance to the future of the country. But powerful forces, cattlemen, stagecoach lines, and steamship companies opposed it. The old law opposition sprang up, and the Lone Ranger was commissioned by the president to lead the fight against the enemies of progress. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse, Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Come on, Silver! We're heading for Telegraph Hill! Hill, Silver! Hill repeatedly, in their attempts to halt the westward progress of the railroad, the members of the iron spur decided on a desperate measure. They knew Colonel Parkman, the construction engineer, had left headquarters in Omaha and was riding west on a supply train. And they knew the train would be forced to slow down when it climbed a long hill outside Laramie. This was the key to their murderous plot. Meanwhile, the Colonel and Jeff Barnes, the breakman, sat beside a tiny stove in the caboose. Jeff, we could use a little more wood on this stove. Getting chilly. You're right, Colonel.  That's where the boys up front in the cab have got it over the breakman. Now, we get cold riding with that boiler. Well, it'll work to your advantage during the summer, Jeff. I guess you're right. How come you're making this trip, Colonel? Something special? Trouble again out at the end of track. Are the Redskins? No. The Indians are our friends. Someone else. Who? There's only one answer to that question. The Iron Spur. Ain't that the bunch of coyotes that's trying to keep the railroad from going through? Yes, and we ha- But, Jeff, we're slowing down. Sure. No need to worry. It's a telegraph hill. Pretty stiff grade. Oh, yes. I'd forgotten exactly where we were. What about this Iron Spur gang? There's nothing to tell. We know what they do, but we don't know who they are. Can't you get a line on them? What's that noise? I don't know. Who's riding this freight besides us? The Shorty and Pete in the engine cab. That's 14 cars ahead. Well, I'm sure I heard somebody swinging a hammer. Sure sounds like it. I'll take a look. If there's no water in this hand, but I'll help you, Jimmy. Colonel, the door fits locked. It's locked from the outside. Can't be. Hold up. Wait. Listen. There's somebody between here and the next car. Jeff, we-we've stopped. No, not that. But I- I know what's happened. Somebody's hammered out the coupling pin. Then we're- We had a caboose that's running wild, coasting back to our telegraph hill. The brake! I've got to get through that door to use it. Oh, maybe this axe handle will do it. Oh, so used, Jeff. You couldn't stop this car. Now the hundred brakes. Let's turn to the bottom of the hill. We'll never stay on the rails. Do you mean we're going to go on the way? Men had witnessed the deliberate racking of a caboose. Their way to the stride pony is not over a hundred yards from where the crushed and upturned car was flaming like a funeral pyre. Yeah, the lefty sure did a job of cutting that car loose. Yeah, but I didn't expect you to burn that away. It's got a little wood stove on the inside. Better mosey over there. You know what the boss said. Yeah, yeah.  Get up, boy. Get up there.  Oh, it's there. Hey, nobody can live in nothing like that. The boss said there'd be two of them. Look. Is there somebody over there throwing clear? Yeah. Come on. We'll see which one it is. Well, you don't hanker after these kind of jobs very much. Well, you're getting paid, aren't you? Yeah, but...  Here he is. Like he got thrown this far. Yeah, maybe he ain't so lucky. Hey, wait. Miss Andre's still alive. At least he's breathing. Which one is it? The breakman or...? No. It's the one the boss said to bring back if he didn't get killed in the wreck. Come on. Help me pack him over to my horse. Oh, yeah. I'm going to carry him across the saddle. All right.  He looks pretty bad to me. How about the other one? I guess he's still inside that car. Yeah, let him burn instead of our business. Come on. Let's pay our moves. Which way are we heading? Back to the ranch. Get up there. Come on. Get up, boys.  The long supply train pulled into the construction camp at the end of track. And Pete, the foreman, was waiting to greet it. Hi, Pete. Hi, Shorty. Have a good trip. Like a top. This boiler's got plenty of sap. Colonel Parkman with you? Back in the caboose with Jeff. I want to see him. I'll go back. The caboose, you're missing there. You must be crazy. It's not there. Look. Oh, look for yourself. It's got to be. It was the right and all right when I left Cheyenne. I talked to Jeff Barn. Are you sure Colonel Parkman was with him? Only place he could ride was back there with Jeff. Then how could... Who's this coming? I can't see. There's a lot of dust. It's right in the white horse. Oh, wait. Then it might be the lone ranger. Lone ranger? That means more trouble. Oh, no. He's our friend. He's wearing a mask. Oh, Silver, steady boys. Steady boys. What do you want, stranger? Pete, you know who I am, don't you? I know you're a friend. Did Colonel Parkman come in on this train? No, and the caboose he was riding in has disappeared, too. Who was riding with him? Jeff Barn's. Breakman. How could anything as large as a railroad caboose disappear? Couldn't. Unless it was uncoupled. Would you, as an engineer, know if that had happened? Not on a train this long. How about the grade, shorty? Could you lose a car on one of those? Well, might. There's a lot of them between here and Cheyenne. Which is the longest one? Telegraph Hill, south of Laramay. Yeah, that doesn't solve anything. That might. I received a telegram from Joan Barkley. She asked me to see that Colonel Parkman arrived here safely. Ready, Silver? Go on. Meet Tutto. Then we're riding east until we find that car. Come on, Silver. Are you sure he ain't an outlaw? If that man's man's an outlaw, I wish there was more of them. The ranger knew that Joan Barkley would never have telegraphed him if he hadn't been worried about Colonel Parkman's safety. He also knew that the members of the iron spur would consider no crime too great if it interfered with the railroad's progress. How they could have stolen anything as large as a railroad caboose was a mystery. But it was a mystery the masked man intended to solve. He urged his great horse forward and rode hard for several hours. Finally, he reached a prearranged meeting place where his faithful Indian friend, Tutto, was waiting. Oh, Silver, whoa, fellow, whoa. Tutto, we're heading east. There's no time to lose. Coming on the railroad to the railway car was lost somewhere between here and Cheyenne. Colonel Parkman was about it. Oh, that plenty bad. We'll follow the rails until we find it. Come on, Silver.  All that day, the lone ranger and Tutto rode eastward, following the steel rails of a great central railroad. Sundown, a great storm blew out of the north, rain thunder and heavy rain. But their pace didn't slack, and as they raced on through the starless night. The railroad car was stolen by our laws. This weather doesn't help us. Rain, bad, wash ground, leave no sign. We're still a long way from Cheyenne. Come on, Silver, hand up, count. Finally, just a day break, the rain stopped and the two horsemen reached the foot of telegraph hill. Glancing rays of the morning sunlight brought a tragic picture into sharp relief. Lying on its side in a gully at the bottom of telegraph hill was the remains of what had once been a sturdily built railroad car. It was smashed almost beyond recognition and its fired charred timbers littered the surrounding ground. The force of the crash had twisted its iron work into fantastic shapes that bore mute and eloquent testimony of the iron spurs' latest crime.  This is the Tutto. It's been wrecked and burned, city big fella. Come on, we'll look it over. How, how this happened? Evidently coasted backward down the hill. Stumped the track here at the turn. How it come down when iron horse pulled it up? Looked our chemo subby. The engineer's guess was probably right. Something kid has knocked out. I don't know, Tutto. That's what we've got to find out. Maybe accident. No, I don't think so. Iron spur? Well, if it is, this is the first time they've tried deliberate murder. A black man, a breakman named Jeff Barnes, is somewhere in that wreck. Now, Tutto, look. How it burned when it rained all night. This happened night before last. Here. This one, man? Yes. It's Barnes, a breakman. Uh, not his fault, him die. No, Tutto, it wasn't his fault. Men like Jeff Barnes are giving their lives to help build the West, just as brave as any soldier who dies in battle. The first Colonel Parkman, he was riding with Jeff. Well, Tutto, look. Him not here. He might have been thrown clear when the car smashed. There are no signs of it. Big rain wash ground. He was in the caboose. Joan Barkley telegraphed me to meet him. Quick, Tutto, behind this rock. Not a close shot. Where'd it come from? Treason Hill, somebody there. I see now. Maybe I can stop them. Ah, shoot at puffer smoke. Tutto used rifle. Now, baby, we get him. Yeah, we're shooting blind. The sun's in our eyes. And trees move, man there. Hey, hey there. Man, come out. Hold your fire. Keep him covered, Tutto. Might be a trick. Ah, hold on. I'm not able to have a gun battle with your kind of shooting. Who are you? Oh, just, uh... Why were you shooting at us? Well, you're an outlaw, aren't you? What if I am? Well, I kind of figured it... All right, man. Reach for the earth. Drop them guns. What was a trick? Another man behind us. I said drop them guns. They have no choice, Tutto. Ah, that's better. Now, what are you two ombreses doing here? I might ask you the same question. But I'm doing the asking. Well, not very sociable critters, are you? All right, man, I'll cover them.  I've got it. Drop your arms. I said drop them. What's the one with a mask? You might try something. Now, with this flipper's tied like this, you won't. Eh, how about the engine? Eh, place tighter in the boot. Now, bring over the horses, Matt. All right. Now, you ombreses. Get on those nags of yours. We're going to do some riding. Very big fella. Yep. Where are we going? That's my business. You two went and climbed on that paint. Uh-huh. Now, listen. We're heading out of here, see? Matt up in front and me in the rear. If either of you try to break, I'll talk with lead.  We understand. All right, Matt. Head for the ranch. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. The outlaws, with the threat of drawn guns, forced the Lone Ranger and taught her to ride with them for many miles. Finally, they came to a little ranch house. Oh, oh, oh. Hold it, Matt.  All right, hit the turkey, ombreses. There we are, Tutto. Steady big fella. There'll be plenty flowers to hold. Put the horses in the car. Snagged a couple outlaws, boss. Poking around with the caboose was wrecked. Outlaws, eh? I'm wearing a mask. What's your name? Might be Luke Smith. Yeah, that might not. What are you doing around the railroad car? I don't talk much. So what do we expect of the boys to pick up somebody down there but not an outlaw? Who's the red skinned? Me, no savvy talk. Dumb, eh? The white man's mighty fast with a six-gun, boss. Good shot. Yeah, nailed me. At almost 300 yards, and I was using a rifle. So I can use a good ranch hand to can shoot. Want a job? Doing what? Working for me, Collins. You'll ever have a better boss. Maybe I can locate Colonel Parkman this way, Tutto. Stop jabbering with that engine. I, uh, yes, I might take a job. You can use my Indian friend, too. Ain't sure about him. Now, boss, remember what I told you. There's critters greased lightning with a gun. They'll see. And tie his hands. Oh, but, Paul... I want to see for myself how handy he is with a gun. Well, anything you say, but I... Come here, you. Now, turn around. There!  Now, look here, stranger. I'm gonna give you a gun, see? It's just for a little target practice between you and me. Joe here will keep you covered. One falls and one falls. I understand. I ain't such a bad shot myself. If you're even half as good, they might have a job for you. How will we prove it? I'll use my own two guns. You use yours. Matt! Yeah? Throw one of them tin cans up in the air. I'll keep it there. That's it, stranger. How do you like that? Very good. Now, you try it. Matt, toss up another tin can. No, uh... I'd rather not waste too many bullets on one. Yeah? There still ain't seen you do any shootin'. There's that chicken hawk up there. Chicken hawk? Why, he's so far up it take a rifle to nail him. Not necessarily. Well, I'll be...  Just keep your gun on him. Well, that was a good shot, stranger. Might have been luck, though. Like the cigarette Matt's holding in the air. Your turn to shoot, Mr. Collins? Yeah. I think it's gonna wait, Joe. Sure, boss. Do I get the job? Come on inside. I want to talk to you. I'm glad you liked it. I can use a fella like you. That is, if you want to make some money. What's the job? I guess you already figured the railroad car was no accident. You wrecked it? How do you know? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. The railroad car was no accident. You wrecked it? Not exactly. You see, one of my boys jumped that fray when it started up the hill. Then he knocked a couple in pain and the rest was simple. There was a man killed in that wreck. Yeah, I guess so. That's part of the business. But the man I wanted out of it is still alive. Who's that? A fellow named Parkman, boss of the building crew on the railroad. Where is he? That's my business, stranger. What do you want of me? Well, I figured you were a single-handed operator, see. And you must work a little outside the law, or you wouldn't be wearing that mask. Well? This Parkman should be worth a lot of money to somebody. Maybe the railroad. You're holding him for ransom. And I need a smart man to tell the railroad people about it. That's where you come in. You could do it yourself. I'm a little too well known in some parts. Why do you trust me? I don't. That engine out there is a pretty good pal of yours, ain't he? Yes, he is. We'll put him where Parkman is.  If you bring back the money, he goes free. So does your engine. The way you put it, I can hardly refuse. That's what I figured. Where's Parkman? Oh, Lord, don't get so anxious. We're right up there now. Joe! Yeah, boss? I'm about to settle the horses. This new man is going to ride up the hills with Matt and me. You clean up here and follow us, lady. But, Pa... You heard me. May I talk to my Indian friend a moment? Tell him about our, uh, business arrange? Hurry up. We're moving fast. Hello. Oh, hello here. I pretended to join them. Can't take us to Colonel Parkman. All right. You and the engine up ahead. Matt and I will trade you. Pretty big fella. Where do we go? You'll get directions when the time comes. Let's go.   Come on. A lone ranger and tonto followed by the outlaws rode eastward for several hours. Then at a signal from the outlaw leader, they turned north along an uneven and sandy trail. The mound drew ravines and across the bed of a dry river. A lone ranger noticed that the prairie's rich topsoil had now given way to hard clay and sunscore sand. Finally, they approached a series of steep bluffs that rose sharply from the level land and whose faces were worn smooth by countless years of rain and wind. They were slashed at uneven points by what appeared to be erosion. But closer examination would have proved the cuts to be man-made and that each one concealed in narrow trail just wide enough for a man and horse. It was directly opposite one of these openings that Cal, the outlaw leader, shot at a sharp command. Hold that path on your right. Up the center of the bluff. Keep following the path straight ahead. All right, hold up. Far enough. This is it. That hit the dead. Maybe this ain't such a good idea, boss. Sit up. Don't see any signs of a camp. Right behind them trees. Follow me. It's pretty slick, ain't it? You just pull these bushes back and you're in a, uh... Yeah. Where's Parkman? I can't see him. Sir, there's no lamps in this place. He's there all right. Titan gagged. How about the engine, boss? Keep his hands tied. We'll all be here for a while. Now, what do you want me to do? Fight after that railroad camp. There's a foreman there named Pete. Tell him a telegraph to come near that'll cost $50,000 if they want to see this hombre alive again. Suppose he won't send a telegram? It's up to you to see that he does. You have my guns. I, uh... might need them. Yeah, you might. You'll find your guns at the bottom of this trail. I, uh, just dropped them down there. Thought I was a regular member of the gang. You are, but I don't trust you with a gun on your hand. You'll wait here until I return. Right here. No harm will come to my Indian friend.  And I'll go. Good luck. Thanks, sir. Maybe you're the one who'll need the luck. Lone Ranger retrieved his guns and had just reached his horse Silver when he heard the faint echo of approaching hoofbeats. So he hid in the shadows and waited quietly.  Carl! Carl! You want the whole world to know about this hat? Carl, look at this. Remember when that masked man shot the cigarette out of Matt's hand this morning? After you left the ranch, I found the bullet he used. Dug it out of the ground. Well, look at it. That ain't no ordinary bullet. It's Silver. You're right, it is. You know what that means, don't you? That masked man you hired. He rides a white horse and uses Silver bullets. He's a lone Ranger. That's right. He's the one you sent to collect ransom money. I knew something was wrong when he handled a gun the way he did.  You've got to do something quick. You'll tip off the lawn.  Carl, you can't.  Beat him to it.  Right. The Indian or the other critter? Never mind them. They're tied up. Let's get gone. The boss had ridden away, and he hurried back into the cave. Hello. How are you? Colonel Parkman here. I'm here by tunnel. Turn around, tunnel. I'll untie your hands. There. Now, Colonel Parkman. You've hurt pretty bad. Yes, I know. I can get this gang out of his mouth. He can... There. Thank you. Untie his hands and feet, tunnel. How do you feel, Colonel? I'm afraid one of my legs is broken. Those men, I think they're the ones who caused the wreck. I know all about it. Do you feel well enough to ride a horse to the railroad camp? Anything to get away from this place. Hello. You help Colonel Parkman out of here and ride double on your horse. Be very careful. His leg may be injured. Where are you going? I'll meet you at the camp. Three men expect to see me there when they arrive. I'm not going to disappoint them. Here, Silver. Long race ahead. We'll make it. Come on, Silver. There are a few provines across rivers and up-wooded rocks, ruin hills. The Lone Ranger raced on the Great Horse Silver. Come on, Silver.  Although he made use of a secret shortcut known only to him, many hours pass before they reach the railroad camp.  The Maskman. The Lone Ranger. Peter, the three men been here, pass for me. No one asked for it. It'll come in a very few minutes. I'll wait by the side of the bunkhouse.  Listen. All right This is a reconstruction camp sure is anything of a mask. I'm right in the white horse. No no any outlaws beat him to it Listen, mister. I'm right handy with the skin. I've got here This is where the boys behind me. What do you want? You're gonna send a telegram to the headquarters of this outfit you work for no Collins Pete isn't going to send a telegram You're going to drop that gun.  I'll tell the sheriff to pick them up Yeah, but who are they murderers and amateur kidnappers? They were holding Colonel Parkman for ransom. It's Colonel He's all right, and he's riding here with Toto. Can you handle these men until the sheriff gets here? Sure we can be careful Yes, I know come time to meet me later But how would you know these crooks were the ones that kidnapped Colonel Parkman? They made the mistake of hiring me Pete. 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So like I said, we've got to keep it going, do it for one game, but we've got to keep it consistent. Consistency has been the bugaboo. I mean, as soon as you find that or figure that out, that's the key. What does it take? What have you not done yet? I mean, we understand what type of lead this is. We've got guys over there, and they're getting paid, too. So it's always going to be a challenge. But we believe in ourselves. We've got a lot of playmakers. We've got a lot of talent. So we've got to trust it and, you know, stay with it. Any idea what was going on down by the goal line in those last few, like they were in and they were out? I mean, on the sidelines, watching that thing transpire. How crazy was that? Man, it was just, my mom was everywhere. Whole lot going on, I'll tell you that. But I mean, they got that stopped, and we got the win. So that's all that matters.