Welcome back to Toffee TV USA. James here joined as always by my co-host Ryan and we are here with a very special episode. Last week, of course, Everton were a state side in Orlando, Florida. And Ryan and I were fortunate enough to make the track down to see the Toffees play live, not once, but twice and a bunch of other really cool events that took place throughout the week. So we're going to give you guys a little bit of a recap. If you haven't already, definitely go check out the video of the club put out on the USA trip. You get all sorts of behind the scenes and training and a lot of good content that was created by the club this week. But we wanted to create something a little supplemental on top of that to give you the fan, the fan experience. Yeah, we'll give you the authentic trip in Florida experience or something like that. I don't know. Yeah, no. So part of the problem was for us was that we were both planning on arriving on Sunday. So we missed kind of the Saturday night event, which looked pretty fun. And we each kind of found our own way to Orlando, but we did make it. So I had driven all the way down to South Carolina from outside of D.C. the night the day before and got up right early and jumped in the car with my 11 year old son Max, who is absolutely fired up. And I cut this video right when we were leaving Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, which is a tough place to leave, but I'm glad we did it. So we'll cue that video and then we'll talk about how it is a slightly different logistical trip. Yeah, indeed. Very different. But let's start with Ryan. Okay, we're at a red light. I'm doing nothing illegal. I got Max in the back. There he is. Oh, now it's turning green. We're going to hopefully pick up Mr. Boyman and his girl at the airport at like five hours. We're leaving the place you'll Hilton Head Island now. It's tough to leave it, but we're on our way. So that was Ryan departing. Whereas if you, and Max really stole the show throughout, you'll see throughout the slide show. He was the star. Whereas this is my girlfriend, Marissa and I on a three a.m. bus. We took a bus from Portland, Maine down to the Boston airport where we flew direct to Orlando, Florida. We got up at two 30 a.m. to catch a three 15 bus for a seven a.m. flight. So it was needless to say, and this is Sunday. So needless to say, it was a very long day, but we eventually made it to the airport. Ryan picked us up kindly from the airport and we stopped, got some food, some drinks, and we were off to Camping World Stadium for the tailgate. And what an event it was. Yeah. And so here we are. We've got the banner flying. I brought a canopy. I don't know how I fit all the stuff in my car, but can it be tense cooler? Really straight to the stadium, honestly, from the airport. And while we had our own setup, it was really a massive kind of Everton setup. The club did a nice job of kind of helping establish certain places. There was a whole slew of tents and kind of the one side of the tailgating area. There was some food. There was drinks to be had everywhere. So the slide kind of on the one side, you see it. You saw how these kind of high top tables, white tents. And I think the coolest part about it was all the Everton supporters that we've been communicating with mostly through social media chains, the occasional kind of video conference during COVID and stuff to see everyone in person, especially some of the guys from our Discord server too that were just absolutely great guys, huge Evertonians. It just made for a really, really neat event and it was very well structured. Lots of handouts, flags, scarfs, all sorts of stuff. It was fantastic. It was just a lot of fun and people were just really stoked to be there. Yeah, really well executed by the club. And I think it was the Orlando Toffees group who mostly orchestrated a lot of the tailgate events. And it was hot. It was scorching hot. It was probably like 90 degrees, but we had some shade. We had some cold drinks. And yeah, we had a great group together. And there must have been a few hundred at least just at the tailgate and more trickling in. And I think by the time the match started, numbers of Evertonians are close to the thousands. It must have been. Yeah, I think so. I mean, so on the other slide, you can kind of see our setup. There's a bunch of people there. A lot of these people are people that we interact with quite a lot anyway on the Discord server. But right in the middle, you got Tony Sampson. And Tony really deserves a ton of credit from the International Fans Forum. And his kids are in there too. A lot of praise for him because I know he worked with not just the Orlando Toffees group, but a bunch of the West Coast Toffees guys as well. And it's amazing the orchestration that went into this and how well organized it was and the messaging that happened throughout. So I really like that photo.  And people were literally playing what we call soccer over here, like out in the 90 plus degree heat. I thought they were insane, but they were doing it. And if we flip the next slides too, you'll see James got in there with a member of the Colombian contingent. They were out in force too, the Millionaire's groups. They were having a blast shooting off fireworks, all sorts of stuff. They're having a great time. And eventually none other than Tim Howard did show up. I mean, I'm sure you've seen video of that. Jürgen Meinke had that kind of set up and he came out there with him, I believe. Darren Griffiths was there to kind of do an interview with him and immediately people swarmed him. That's Max on my shoulder. He's kind of looking over the crowd waving at Tim. He signed his hat. I mean, Tim Howard, unbelievable how he was all, all weak, but it was exciting to see him. And he was sporting just that killer, all black Everton, like Polo. Oh my God, the gear, the gear, the gear is on display. The gear is incredible. And yeah, so Tim, I mean, I can't, he was a busy guy the entire week, basically doing stuff for the club, but he did a great pre-match. He was super gracious with his time. And you'll see a little bit later, we eventually got to meet and speak briefly with him, but that was around four PM. And then we started, everyone started filing into the stadium. And of course, if you missed the match, it was perhaps not the most exciting, but obviously Everton fell behind in the first half before equalizing through penalty. And then the endless PK shootout, which we were fortunate enough to catch the end of, we got some footage there, but there's just some quick picks of Ryan max with his endless facial expressions in the stadium. And then my girlfriend, Marissa, and I outside, but you'll see, I mean, all the Evertonians are sitting together making all sorts of noise, hopefully on the TV came through all the Channing. I think, you know, it was akin to what you would get, you know, for the most part of goodness. And so we tried to represent as best as we could. And you kind of get a view from these slides of what it looked like, you know, the state, it's a big stadium. I mean, it's, you know, the, the, the old Florida Central School, I think it sees probably 70,000 people and you kind of see in the background there. And it was just a big festive atmosphere. Really. I mean, that's the best way to describe it. It was a lot of fun. Yeah.  But yeah, that was right before kickoff. And then obviously the match, we ended up catching the final PK on video. So we'll just give you guys a little bit of taste of that. And so that was the conclusion to the Florida Cup. We didn't unfortunately get too many pictures of the trophy ceremony, but it was obviously exciting to see Everton win silverware of some sort, even if it was a little bit by default, it was a hard fought penalty shootout and a good result ultimately for against a side that's in pretty much midseason fitness at least. So you could tell the players, especially in the first half, we're struggling with the heat. Yeah, it was hot. I mean, look, it's the Florida Cup. I mean, some of that was us kind of exaggerating. But it was, you know, we're having a lot of fun. And that's really what it was. And you know, we went back out post match and continued on with the consumption, I guess, for lack of a better term. And it was just fun. You know, it was just a really good time. You know, everyone was really in good spirits. And yeah, I mean, that's all you can really say it was a long day, though, for sure.  It was a lot of fun. And man, we did crash pretty hard that night, for sure. Yeah, most definitely got some good sleep that night. And then the next night we had, of course, the club had put together a big event, a Q&A with several prominent Evertonians. We had the release, the official, I guess, state side release of the new book, Toffee Soccer, which you can see on the right hand side there. And they had the author, David France, Dr. Everton as he is known on there with Darren Griffiths to speak. They had plenty of other people to speak. And it was a really cool night just to kind of formalize the, I guess, American Everton connection and really speak to, specifically, I think, American Evertonians and speak to us quite well. Yeah, they just rotated through speakers. Darren did a really nice job emceeing the whole thing. Graham Stewart was great. Obviously, he was recent history of Everton. He had a really important part in it. David France is unbelievable. I mean, he could have gotten up there and spoke for hours. The book is, I mean, things like six pounds. When we walked in, we got there a little early and his wife was pulling a box out of the car. We're offering to help her and she's having none of it. Only then did I realize what a feat of strength that truly was. She's an absolute peach. We really enjoyed talking to her. Yeah. I mean, David literally could have spoken the whole time. His story is about Brian LeBone and taking care of older players was completely inspirational. He gave the hint about how much he paid for the most he ever paid for a single artifact. And it's a sterical story with this wife mocking him for buying a game war in Jersey that it must have been raining and bled into the shorts and how much he paid for it, which I won't mention, but the number, it's a big number. But now it was really inspiring, you know, and it was neat to see kind of storytelling tradition continued. We got to meet him too. And he was every bit as charming in person. Yeah. And then Tim Howard went on and what can you say about Tim Howard? Oh, the Tim interview was phenomenal. I mean, he probably spoke for what 45 minutes close to maybe longer.  And again, just couldn't have been more gracious with his time at that point. He had been doing Everton related, I guess, promotion and media stuff basically since like seven that morning. So finished around nine basically 14 straight hours. But he couldn't have been more authentic or genuine talking about his love for the club and how much he truly enjoys interacting with fans and how much of course it means to him when an American fan comes up and says, you know, I'm a blue because of your contribution. And it was just really interesting and insightful to hear from him as always. He just represents the club so incredibly well. Yeah, I gave a pretty genuine take that we're going to cue with the video on in a bit, which is right after it. And I was pretty exhausted to do it, but I definitely want to hear your take as well. And God, I love that photo right there. You know, that's me and again, Max dealing the show from the center. That's it. I think Tim Howard is actually a little taller.  Yeah.  I mean, just look at that guy. I mean, that's after 14 hours. He looks like he's, you know, fresh and ready to go. Right. So I want to hear your take real quick before we kind of go to my video at least. I mean, yeah, I think your video speaks to it really well, but it was truly, I think, a really special night to bring together and talk about the club that we all love and unified around the previous day, but to do it in a setting where people, it's more of like a Q&A type session where people are telling stories and illustrating the incredible history of the club and especially the ties with North America, which I haven't gotten too far in the Toffee Soccer book yet, but as Ryan said, I mean, it's huge. It's like 600 pages and really just drives home the deep links between this club and this continent. And every speaker did incredibly well. Ryan, you said it in the video, Tony and Jurgen Mankic went up and spoke for a while about how the club plans to sort of expand and build their presence in the United States and North America. And I think they have a really good kind of framework built out to do so. And it seems like Jurgen and I guess the entire initiative of growing the club in this geography is in really good hands. So I thought it was amazing. I think everyone there was probably blown away by the storytelling and just the passion that was kind of exuded by everyone on stage and everyone that was in attendance as well. Yeah, it was inspirational. I mean, we went decompressed after the evening.  And we just almost had to and, you know, just spurned conversation. And I just, well, you can see the video, you know, I'll, I'll, without further ado, I think I try, I think I expressed myself decently well. Yeah, let's get into it right now. It's emotional, man. Gentlemen at Toffee TV. This is Ryan Williams from the American Toffee podcast and my son Max, who's 11. You guys have seen from him already. Tonight was amazing. I don't think I've had God help us. David French is brilliant. Stuart was brilliant, too. David French is unbelievable. I mean, the storytelling, you know, it's just clearly a tradition that's passed on through time. And I think my son was even just amazed at how funny and interesting he was. He votes a lot of don't emphasize some of the storytelling for us. He's really good. Darren Griffiths even asked him, what's the most you've spent on a single item? 78,000. 78,000 pounds in a single jersey. You said there was a collection of stuff, but that's really what it was. I met his wife, too, who's brilliant and very supportive and great. Tony Samson was unbelievable tonight, guys. Like, unbelievable. He was on point, running the show when he needed to. He speaks off the cuff so well. He represented that so incredibly well. He's done such a good job organizing it. A lot of the West Coast guys have been to in the Orlando folks. It was very well run. It was very interesting to hear from Jurgen, too, and kind of his idea and viewpoint in terms of the business orientation of the club and building the international membership and how to do it in the right way. I think it was pretty true to the club. And then, Timmy, Howard, and we got to go backstage. We did. We sat down with him and asked him some stuff, but the thing that was amazing about it was that when we took a picture, I stood in front of the two tallest people in the room. I still... That's how life treats you. You'll grow one day, buddy. But I think what's most important about Tim Howard that I was impressed with is I knew he'd been up earlier to do the soccer golf thing and the fact that he even gave us any time at all.    And we had a great conversation. We had a great opportunity to talk about the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome and Faith Rice, who's someone that passed away, I think in March, who everyone should know, Tim is clearly just adored this person. She was passionate and tough. And I think she was the one that really came up with the ideas to him being kind of the person that helped her spearhead it, setting up this center. And I mean, they have trained, I think it was the last time I looked like 28,000 educators, I think. It was over 40,000 people in general, like 100 psychologists on how to deal with Tourette Syndrome and some of the things that are associated with it. So this is a guy that owns it, you know, and talks about it. David French today talked a lot about commitment to one's community, and Tim Howard really owns that. The stories were great. The presentation was great. Everything was super about it. But that's really what we took from the night. And other than that, he really liked James Boyman's shoe game, which I gotta admit, he's got some pretty slick baronikes on. They're pretty solid. And he didn't ruin him at the tailgate, I don't know how. Either way, everybody pretty magical visit there. Yeah, you're pretty excited, huh? Right? 100%. It was awesome meeting them. Yeah. That's from an 11-year-old man. So it was really night neat. But I think most importantly too, thanks to the club, but also thanks to Tony Samson. He really was instrumental behind all of it. And his Toffee Fest USA has finally occurred. And I really think what's gonna be exciting is when we get all the UK folks over too, that's gonna be pretty awesome. So, all right, signing off for now. You know, we'll try and put these things all together and see what we make with it. But hope you guys appreciate it. Yeah, I think you summed it up really well there, Ryan. I think it's it was after so long for the club having been unable to come across or haven't, haven't come to America for so long.   But then to bring everyone together, it was really special. And of course, this event was also pretty amazing, as you said. Yeah, a lot of it's on David France too. I mean, he's the one who's kind of doing I don't know why I was calling him French video for heaven sakes. But I went back and forth on that a couple of times frustrating part of it's my Pittsburgh ease or at least that's what I blame it on. But now David stole a show too. That's the amazing part. How do you seal a show with Tim Howard? I know. But but let me tell you what, man, I strongly recommend to Tim Howard's book The Keeper is really good. And Faith Rice is an important person in his life.  Go check out the New Jersey Center for Tourette's Center. It's a really interesting place. And it's amazing how quickly you can learn stuff about about it as well. And then Wednesday or pardon me, Tuesday, July 27th, we had a free day. I did a bunch of work in the morning. I have no idea how you and rest managed to get up early and go to go to Universal. But you guys hit it did the rides. It was another hot day, but we definitely had a lot of fun. Yeah, it was it was a good day. It was again a very packed day. Marissa and I got up at probably like 730 made our way to Universal to Harry Potter World. We saw both of them and had a very full day that had been something I'd wanted to do for almost a decade now. So it was another thing to check off the list in addition to all the amazing Everton stuff. And it was good to kind of have a free day. It would have been nice to also have some Everton stuff going on, but it was good to get a get a little bit of a break before we ramped up for Wednesday, which was I think kind of the the crescendo as things sort of started to unwind and we had the second match day, of course, not that Tuesday was without Everton encounters. No, I mean, they're still the jerseys are still out. You still ran into people. It was it was kind of funny. It was like Everton taking over. I mean, I literally ran into Tony Stanton's family when a when a huge storm came through and had a couple beverages out on the patio, the NBC Sports Zone with them. But yeah, I mean, honestly, I think we crashed early enough to get up and Adam on Wednesday because it was game day again.  James didn't either. We were so concerned. We're like, we're going to play outside like 90 degree heat. We're putting on sunscreen before the match and sure enough, we get there and it's it's indoors. Thank God. Thank God. I'll tell you what though. It was really fun other than the massive bruise I still have on my leg. Thanks, James and I were anchoring the blue team's defense. There we are in there. If I'm not smiling, I apologize because I was dying of thirst and sweat.  I'm sure you've seen videos. We come out to Z cars and I know Max is really excited. There were a couple of funny moments where the first time I got the ball, I literally chucked him into the netting. I wish we had that on video. I know I nailed him a couple of times just never. I hope everyone realized I think they did. That was my kid. I don't just normally run over 11 year olds, but it was fun. I mean, I'm glad we got to work into you and you could see all the kits and stuff. It was, it was cool, man. There's no, no other better way to bond than just kind of kicking the ball around with people. Let me tell you what, future Evertonians in America, the kids that were playing in that match. There's some, some skill on display. Georgia's kid played. He was nasty and Tony's Tony's youngest too, man. He was balling as well. It was impressive. Yeah. And it was, I mean, it was a packed pitch. We were playing like 12 on 12, 11 on 11 on half size, maybe even less than that pitch. So you didn't have a whole lot of time on the ball. I was a little rusty. I haven't played any footy in several years. Didn't have the most ideal gear, but you can see, I mean, my shirt was like drenched like during the warmup. So it was still, even though we're indoors out of direct sunlight, the Florida humidity is no joke. People were definitely feeling it, but all in all, it was a really fun way to kick off the last day. This was played around noon. And then we all went back, showered and got ready to head to tailgate number two. And this is just definitely less formal, not quite as structured and not as big a turnout, obviously with it being midweek, but we still had a good group of Evertonians there. And we of course had the, the tent set up yet again. Yeah, it was fun. Yeah, it was informal, but really everyone kind of ended up in the same place. And it was kind of a lot of the same cast of characters, you know. So throughout the whole week, I mean, really had a chance to interact with quite a few people from different groups. So if it was someone that you missed, you know, that you hadn't met the first day or so, you know, had a chance to kind of engage with them this time. And I mean, we're talking about toffee groups all over the country.  It's amazing how many different people we had and how many states were represented, which goes to show you how far we've come kind of in terms of generating buzz and club. And I think if what we saw, considering how spontaneous it was in many ways with people dropping out and stuff, I mean, I thought it was a pretty good indication what the future is. And it's bright for North American Toffees for sure. Yes, most definitely. And it was, it was just really cool to interact with people, whether they had ever listened to the show before or not, but to listen, you know, talk to people who had listened to the show, the American Toffee pod, obviously for years or for months or whatever.  It was just a really, really cool experience. And then we've got the picture of us. We didn't sit at the end for match day number two. We got pretty good seats, actually, right around the midfield line. And we observed Everton in action against boom us, which was, I think maybe a better overall match, Ryan, not sure what you think, but we got our pre-match predictions here. Quick video for you guys that will run. All right, Max, Florida Cubs, match day number two, boom us. What's your score prediction? 2-1 Everton. 2-1 Everton. I like the score prediction. I want to go 1-0 Everton personally. What do you think? I am also going to actually go 1-0 Everton. 1-0 Everton, 2-1. It's looking, teams are about to come out. We got a decent crowd, decent crowd. It's not quite day one status, but we'll make some noise. Up the toffees. So that was pre-match. Correct score prediction. I want to add two correct score predictions for the 1-0 on the, again, relatively uneventful, but saw some good stuff. And most importantly, Ryan, we got to see the third kit debut. Oh my God. When I saw the debut video, I thought it looks kind of nice, but I wasn't sure.  And then you see it with the shorts and the socks. I mean, it looks so good. It was fantastic. And if you were watching on TV overseas at the very beginning of the match on kickoff, and I think if we flip forward to the slides, you can kind of see exactly where we're sitting, I think. Yep. Let's see. There you go. I mean, we were right over by Sheamus. And I mean, the 60 grand chant was in full force immediately. That was absolutely us. Josh, one of the members of our party, was making sure that we were screaming in Sheamus' way the whole time, which I think he appreciated. Yeah, it was great. And I mean, the Colombians were all around us too. That was fun. You know, millionaires played National in the match afterwards. They were having a great time. That first half was nuts. But the Everton match, you know, it was funny to watch it from here because Rafa did some interesting tactical things. He even played a 4-3-3, which is very interesting in the second half, with Bameen, Dekor, and Alon, with Alon being the deeper out of the three midfielders. I thought that was really interesting. Hamas tucking inside. And it was a better performance that Puma's team, their season just kind of started. But they came out in the first half, they played all their starters for the most part too.  And we did conceive a little bit of possession, but the second half were completely dominant. And it was interesting to see us just physically overpower them with that midfield.  You know what I mean? It was everyone was really happy to be there. No conflict. Everyone was just completely stoked to be watching the Tafis. And yeah, I mean, there's not really much you could say about it too. It was a really fun night. Yeah, it was a great evening and much better weather than on Sunday. I would also like to add we had a little cloud cover, pretty pleasant temperature. And it was an honestly better seat. It's not quite the atmosphere, but a really good time. And just great to see everyone get out and honestly get out with no injuries and to see them perform pretty well against a decent Puma side. I mean, that's a that's a good Mexican team, Liga, Mekis team. And I think the boys did a good job, given the amount of rotation and lineup changes that took place. So to get out of Florida with two wins, hopefully boost the confidence as the team prepares, of course, just one preseason match left before we kick the season off. So it's going to be very interesting. And this was, of course, we had a double header for match day number two, the national fans and the millenarios fans had some boisterous fans sections at either end. And TFO smoke bombs, they had it all. It was crazy. And they also had five first half goals to celebrate. So it was quite the atmosphere, despite the maybe what looks like not that many people. It was loud in there. No question about it. Yeah. For the amount of people, it definitely was a passionate bunch. Yeah. But look, I mean, it was fantastic. And then, I mean, that was a long day again. I was physically sore for heaven's sakes to play in the match. You know, and we kind of wrapped it up. And, and, you know, I said a little more difficult to getting home than maybe I did, but, you know, we packed it all up and Thursday morning, we were gone. And it was just a fantastic trip. So your overall thoughts on the, on the trip and how you kind of feel about it, looking back on it now, obviously, if you could tell, I'm still technically on vacation. I'm not in the studio. So I've been taking it very easy other than being very sore from jet skiing early with an 11 year old on my back. But yeah, I kind of want to get your general impressions on, on the week. Yeah, it was a really, I think a really special week. Obviously, you know, my most recent vacation before this was to go overseas to see goodness in park and see Everton play live in person for the very first time. And this was very similar in how it just felt very monumental and special. And I think just to bring together specifically North American Toffees as a group was, I just think it was so crucial for what the club want to do going forward. And I think if they were ever at all hesitant about the amount of support that they would be shown or the amount of dedication that the North American Toffees have, I think that that was that call was answered. And then some because it's clearly an incredibly passionate group. And honestly, just a bunch of amazing people like everyone was very cool. Everyone was very friendly. Everyone loved to talk about Everton and who we're going to sign in the window and who needs to go. And it was it's always just great because I think so many of us don't interact necessarily with Evertonians on a regular basis to get everyone together. And to see so many people and know that it was their first time ever seeing Everton in person. I can only imagine like what an amazing experience and how fortunate they feel. And I feel so incredibly fortunate to have been able to make the trips for all the people that we met, for all the connections that we made. And just for the implications for the long term for this fan base and this continent, I think it's unbelievably promising. It's community building for sure. I was yeah, I was really impressed at just the quality of the individuals that you met with and talked to. Yeah. And not just being informed and understanding the club, but like you could tell there were common values with so many people. And they were so happy to be around anyone that just had the scarf on. You know what I mean? Or had the colors on. It was it was brilliant. It was a lot of fun. And you know, Hamas and I both obviously have the opportunity to have gone overseas and seen matches at Goodison and been around that area. And so many of them have not had that opportunity. You know, first of all, it's not cheap. You know, that's it's a big part of it. You know, not everyone has the chance to take time off and stuff. And the fact that they could, I mean, some people just flew in for the first game of the weekend.  And I just think it's a massive step forward towards truly building that community in North America around Everton. So Bravo, everyone. I mean, look, there were little things that we can nitpick about that aren't experienced. But for the most part, our experience was it was a blast. And I cannot wait for our UK brethren to come over the next time we do a tour, just an as an excuse to visit the states. I know some guys have never gone tailgating before. Tony Samson was telling us, I've never been tailgating. I'm like, what are you talking about, man? He's like, no, I just don't think I've done it. It's not that big a concept really, but he was a natural. He was a natural at it for sure. Yeah, it was real hard. Yeah, real hard. You had to run around like a maniac trying to organize stuff and sneak in a couple beers, you know, in the sun. I mean, who doesn't want to do that? But yeah, it was a blast. I mean, Hamid said I had a great time.  And we spent four days together in an Airbnb. So it was pretty it was great. It was a total blast. And you're going to think alluded to this during the the Q&A thing, but I think it really just kind of end. No, it says so much that this many people are this meant this passionate about a club who we all love, but hasn't won a great deal in the last 26 years. And it says so much that like if this is the floor for Everton's fan base, I mean, this thing is like a rocket ship ready to take off. No, it goes to show you when the North American toffees get behind you, you win stuff. Yeah, exactly the cup, man. That's all we need. That's right. That's exactly right. But yeah, honestly, fantastic. Feel free to ping us with any questions or any ideas. And you know, we're really happy to meet everyone out there. We hope other people watching this video, you know, get excited to if you want to know more about fan base and what we got going on, we're going to continue to do that through the American toffee podcast and toffee TV USA. We're thrilled to be the representatives of toffee TV over here in the States and we'll continue to try and bring you content like this too. So we've got some other stuff behind the scenes. We may release it, but I don't know, maybe not. We'll see. But this was fun doing and I hope you guys enjoyed as much as we enjoyed doing it. Absolutely. It was great to look back on what was a very special week that will live long in the memory and appreciate you all joining us to relive it with us. But without further ado and appreciate everyone listening. If you could like this video, leave a comment. If you have any questions, any thoughts on the content, definitely let us know. 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So 10 year note, up 66, trading 114, 24 the 30 year, up 29 at 13204 and King dollar. King dollar's up by 741 ticks, trading out at 104, 509. Euro is at 106. Yen is out here at 137 and the British pound is at 121 to one US dollar. Our phone number's<PHONE_NUMBER>. Give us a call folks. One note's going on in your world. Now where are all the S&P's? Let's take a look at them, what do you have? Well, you got a break with volume, you got an expansion of volume and we're coming into option expiration tomorrow. So this is going to be really a trip, no doubt because what you have here is that you broke the consolidation. If we take a look at this, you're going to see is that you broke the consolidation, you broke it with volume. This is on the spy, we're already at 76 million. You needed anything over 74 million so your gap is laying out here at that 181-14, it's only nine points down from where we are and we're down to 8.6. That being said, however, when you look at this consolidation, it's a close call on this one because you can say that you had a couple of spikes but if you take it for what it's worth, the top of this consolidation out here was 410, the bottom of it was 390, that's 30 points, man. You take 30 points off 390, you're at 360 and if that's where we are, this is kind of cool how it's setting up. You're at the highs of the low bar of October. You're actually in it by seven points so that's actually pretty dangerous because if you get in that bar by seven points, we're going to the bottom of that bar and we'll see what ends up happening. And now what we do have, so watch what we have, this is going to get really, we get a trade as market in an extraordinary way because I want to show you something here folks, watch this, I talked about this a few weeks ago and we saw what this had done. So we have a larger ABC structure down in the long term, right? But if you take the aspect of where we were in August at that high and up 431, then you get to the low that was generated at 365, the bottom line we did more than a 1.618 retracement or more than a 0.618 retracement. When you do that folks, right? The next time down, you probably have taken that low out is very small. So what's really cool about this, okay? Most times what happens is this, you go down there, you get into it, then you're going to get another bounce and the longer ABC structure down is still in place and what would end up happening is you probably get a smaller ABC structure inside the much larger ABC structure. We take a look at the NDX100, the three cues, same type of setup inside the three cues, you broke the consolidation, you're going to have volume on the break, you already have volume on the break. So we take a look at this, what you're going to see is that, to the top of this too. Okay, so we needed volume of the 41 million, 55 million, you're at 46, we're going to get 65 million, right now you're at 46. You take this one, now we get the gap that is there at the 268, the highs of the lows is 270. So we're going into these, man. They're going to come down because no matter which way I do this, well, no, it could stop at the gap. But even if it stops at the gap, 268, you can see what's happening is that, well, it wouldn't be bad actually, it's not going to be, that'd be two points into it. That'd be two points into it. So my take is that that's where we're going, down into those levels. And what it's going to be all about, folks, is that the dollar basically wants higher price. You're going to get the dollar, basically got a bid today. We'll see what we can get follow, follow through, but I expect we're going to, because if we take a look at the dollar, what you're going to see inside the dollar is that it came down to the bottom of a six month range and rejected lower price. Now what you want, now what the market wants is the dollar wants to go up, the market wants to go down. And at the end of the year, this could get real dangerous because you get a lot of different things, a lot of different decisions are going to be made out here. Gold, gold contract out here, we have with the gold contract, it's trading lower and trading lower with volume. Right now we've got 175,000 contracts traded. You know, that's an expansion of volume about, I think we were hitting, let's see what we were hitting yesterday when this thing was trying to hang up. Yeah, so two days ago, yeah, we had the volume, 213, last time, and that wasn't enough by the way because we were dealing with, well the roll, you need the roll over on this thing. Now actually, watch if I put the GLD, you'll actually see a little bit better inside the GLD. We take a look at the GLD, yeah, see the six expansion of volume, man? We are, so when we popped higher on Tuesday, you had 6.7 million, you're already 7.2 million, the bottom of this range here brings you down to 161 and the GLD and I suspect that's where it's gonna go. And, you know, we'll see where the rest of this shakes out. We take a look at some of the higher volume equities. You know, let's just go to Tesla because Tesla is the number, you know, we were talking about it yesterday and the bottom line is that as we were talking about Elon Musk was selling folks. And, you know, bottom line, he needs money, man. That's the bottom line. And you know, he's probably, I suspect what he's doing is this. So, picture, part of the trench that when he bought the place, okay, you can see that right there, that was yesterday, 21,995,000 shares, that's what he moved out yesterday. So, part of the Twitter deal, folks, right, is that he has, we talked about the aspect, he's paying more on interest than Twitter has ever taken in, just gross wise. There's part of a trench right now that is 350, now 3.5 billion. And he just sold 4 billion. And that 3.5 billion, he's paying an interest rate of almost 12%, but it gets better than that. Because what has happened is that that bond has got smoked, even though it's brand new. So he could buy those back less than pop. And what that means, of course, is that they let you so much money, 100 cents in the dollar. Like, guess what, you're gonna buy it back less than 100 cents in the dollar and he'll save 350 million just on that part of it. So, that's what he's probably doing.


Alrighty, let's play this in full first what is it you want Barry? What do you want? You you want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around and pull it down Alright, let's check this out Okay, so I zoomed in a little bit because you gave me a super white screen version and I need to be able to see stuff. So I just zoomed in. It's kind of I think pretty much the same Framing that we have before so since this is More advanced.  And I think the main impression is that the The lip sync and the jaw action could just be pushed a bit more. I think other than that if you watch this What is it you want Barry? What do you want? You you want the moon? I think this We could ease into this a bit more overshoot a tiny bit more not through here. I see stuff going on Coming back, but it's the arm controller that I would once See the couple of things here as you go out Through here now should start from the beginning what this is the one that that stood out is that you it seems like you have An icky arm so you're here and then it goes out towards us Nine in this could be fk as well as matter, but at this point that hand comes towards us So there's not that much of a perspective change You don't quite know what's going on and then suddenly you have this move That seems to be massive on the linear key as opposed to a little bit of an ease out Telegraph are we going? And then you have those two big moves and after that you can see how that wrist is pretty much in the same spot And it comes out towards us Now there's still movement in here. There's still movement in here But with that wrist going from Stationary here to popping over two frames and then staying here that seems a bit harsh to me at the moon So a little bit more Visually in screen space going down for an ease in and he's out of that pose there just a bit more I Think will work. The first impression was that was a bit too snappy You want the moon? Just a bit and it's only just in this area because there's some other stuff that fills Squish here and nice and you're reshooting and I can see it in the head here, too That all works. It was just that moment. I felt a bit weird, but then and this goes back into some IK stuff I'll get to the technical things a bit later, but then when I look at the lip-sync just say the word now Just say the word now. It seems very slow and a bit off and a bit too soft Just say the say the word just say the word now. Just say the word now I'm not seeing how you do hold on. Sometimes the scrubbing is not super great, but That's it not so great, but sometimes you know depending on the program and computer and delays and stuff It's always kind of like a frame or two. You get laid or something.  I see this one like he's going rare rare a Was supposed to throw a lasso a lasso for me lasso I go out on my corners lasso Lasso around and pull it down Lasso around and pull it down and then the pole even though we have a big move this way With that and the head and everything. I think I would just push the Pull and pull it down The pull happens during this I wonder if you could push where you have a little bit of up or Put it down with the head or a bit of a sideways with the sideways tilt like a little bit in wine a little bit in Whatever your tations are so it seems like X but a little bit of an accident on pole and pull it down And then pull it down Pull it down. The down is on that curve. We're just good It just seems soft there and even at the beginning.     You want Barry? Even though Barry has a head down. It just seems all in One axis out to make this a bit more complex. What is it you?  What is it you even though though? What is it? I feel like we could have a bit more of a sideways or a strong or maybe the jaw comes out a bit to the side with A slight curve. I feel like it's a bit harsher.  It is a bit of movement in the Y, but then it's just mostly up and down. There's a little bit there But it just feels like there's a Visual just up and down on Barry Barry Barry like a little bit of a curvature in there. Barry What do you want? This is okay because here the voice goes down. What do you want? I don't mind this one. What do you want? What do you want? But even then what do you want to be? What do you want with a little bit of a sideways? Again, if you track the nose, I'm not saying the nose has to do all those crazy curvatures But it's a bit more a bit more complexity instead of down a bit of a down over Just a bit. You can always go big and then scale it down later. What do you want? You want the moon? Yeah, here we go back to the The snappiness and it's mostly when you have That wrist it kind of stays locked through there. I know it goes up a bit But it feels locked because A because you have so much elbow movement And then we lock but then this continues pretty big. It seems like you want to ease into that a bit more You you want to move those other things don't snap as much as it seems like that arm just kind of stands out a bit And how that elbow really snaps up there. You you want the moon? You you want the moon?  It's just finger um Finger transitions and some arcs and things so what is it you want? Like for instance, how this remote goes up it goes up and I can you can track that tip here It seems like it just goes up like this holds and it goes back down.  It just seems like it goes up holds and down and I feel like you want to go You know, what is it? What does it want a little bit of almost moving hold into a curvature like this and a drop?   Also, he tenses up a little bit, right? What is it that you want? So I would have you could have that thumb a bit more relaxed. Maybe one finger a bit higher What is and what is that you want? You can tighten these a bit more so that thumb could be a bit tighter.  I see a little bit of a Bit of a wiggle there a bit too much Softened though that knee a bit On that turn you could go a little bit pivoting off of here with a little bit of a roll on the side of that shoe there And even this as you go down and then he finishes the lean it could pivot off of here with This going a bit to here a little bit of an adjustment in the foot What do you want?  I would I would tighten them a bit more Into this you want the moon? And then I don't know if you can fit it was it's a fast But even this would have a bit of a change of definitely a grip a stronger grip here. Was he so mad now? just And then he can relax again. I like that you have this here you can say the Seems like you have it a little bit on the remote which is cool Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around and Say the word and I'll throw a lasso around and pull it down that handoff could also have a bit of a A change in the fingers right before that, you know, the pinky could come out maybe first That gripping could have this maybe the index is out and then index finishes that grip Something that's a playing going by her and if you hear this I even this could have a bit of a grip change towards the ends. Watch out. There's intersections through there That's fine there There's a little stuff like that like I said on the feet and on the on the fingers What is it you want back? So arcs there You might want a little bit. I don't know if it's going to be too much But a little bit of movement in that chest here I don't know if you want to rotate is in y if you have kind of controllers But then she pushing the shoulders shoulders a bit more, but I see stuff here You know where I see in the shoulder going down a bit But then and I was kind of a stickler when an arm moves that it should fan out that influence should Fan out in terms of how that arm is going to affect the rest And I think a little bit of a visual change of that that chest muscle right there Back a bit Could be interesting move it in y you can try it out just a bit more All right, it seems like that elbow stays put there because he's pushing off a bit that means he's going to be Tensing there You could change the fingers a little bit if I look at this hand the fingers don't really move at all So a little bit of a post change to indicate The tension Be cool.  What do you want you you want the moon? Especially on this whoop, then I would also have a bit of a again a rotation pivoting off of here Both of these guys You have the foot going back that works, but on something like this it feels like a very straight line so during this I thought you want a crazy arc, but just a little bit of an arc But also a change in rotation so that foot can come back And potentially go a bit more in and then on this go a bit more in again Not that you want them parallel, but you know, there's also something about this being foot out slightly relax And then as you go in into like what you can bring in these knees a little bit and defeat a bit straighter Just so that everything is a bit straighter a bit more tense and then when you go back into this You would relax, you know on all of this you might have a little foot change But you have a foot change here again and at least here you can see again I just goes back in a straight line This goes forward in the straight line This will be your opportunity for a little bit of a sideways roll a change in rotation so that we're back to Spread out pose meaning a bit more relaxed So I would play around with that a bit more Here's the other is the bigger thing here that you can see this how the wrist kind of goes only in this direction Nothing else, but I see a lot of movement in that elbow the elbow will go up to me That wrist will come down a bit. This seems like an iK arm And there's something more Here you can see this here how the chest goes back But that move is pretty much in this line only and you can see how that arm goes from a bends To a much bigger Straightening but if that happens if you look at the alignment of forearm and wrist if you go back It's always kind of the same Not that you have to be fully fk and have that wrist like this, but I would still rotate that wrist down a bit So that there's an influence of that arm straightening otherwise again It looks like this dislocated iK arm the word and I'll throw a lasso around and pull it down I think I'll leave it At that now you might even have a little bit of asymmetry in your eyebrows. Come on, Barry An overall facial symmetry would be good. What? Eyebrows could have maybe a frame or two of an ease in the kind of linear pop into the face Stay put there. What? And even if you if you have that frown Going down it's quite a bit you can even super subtly Bring that head down maybe tensing up the the face a bit more the lips together You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll And again some asymmetry as you go back potentially in You know that overall mouth could be maybe a bit more to the side just a little bit again Exaggerating here, but a bit more asymmetry word and I'll throw a lasso around and pull it down Now throw a lasso Yeah, the big thing that was also lasso like I said before where the words don't really say lasso But I also imagine it goes lasso like the heck can go up a bit and a bit down on the o I think what I would do is really exaggerate and and do your head accents according to the sounds And then it will sound look a bit too on the nose where the head is really mimicking each word of your sounds But then you can start scaling down and kind of deciding when do I want to keep bigger assets Assets accents, but right now it just seems all a bit too soft All right, I'm gonna leave it at that some picky picky notes Because the shot is getting better better and better.  So I'll leave it at that. 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