Get this and get it straight Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter the prison of the grave It happened in the place called Bay City where I was unwelcome to a fat fry cook with a secret and a dapper gambler But to the long arm of the law I was poisoned it happened like this On the pan of Raymond Trampter outstanding author of crime fiction comes his most famous character in the adventures of Philip Marlowe Now with Gerald Moore starred as Philip Marlowe, we bring you tonight's exciting story the long arm My Sunday best done going strutting with this Laura Bailey. Oh fine Every time I take a shower. I've never seen it All right, okay Hello Yes speaking one moment, please sir Bay City is calling I have your party Hello, is that you Marlowe? Yeah, this is Ernie Parch Phil at Bay City Parch. Yeah, you remember me. Don't you know? I can't see oh Yeah, yeah, Ernie Parch you're the guy who saved my life when the Bay City law left me beat up and bleeding all over the city dump, right? Yeah, yeah, that's it. Oh, yeah, Marlowe. Please listen what I'm in an awful jam like what I just got out of jail yesterday Like you're in a day jail Ernie. Yeah. Yeah a very neat frame, Phil Not half as neat as the one they're trying to hang on me now This one's worse You remember my wife, don't you grace tall blood? Yeah. Yeah. What about her? She's dead Marlowe. Oh, no She was murdered. They're going to try to pin it on me. You'll come right away Oh, look Ernie. I I'm poisoned in Bay City.  It was tough cop tactics all the way Can you mean you won't help me?  Especially when they got a custom tailored pigeon like me standard by with one wing already clipped Phil I tell you it looks like I murdered grace. Yeah now look kid Phil I saved your life one Okay, what's your address Ernie? It's 38 for land of life Ernie was a snug seacoast town some 20 miles southwest of LA and about twice that distance from being on the up and up The string of gambling houses were politely winked at by some elements of the law and its gamblers in turn politely winked back While the folding money passed from suck it a slick at a crooked cop But Bay City also was home to a lot of honest fishermen retired real estate brokers And another element of the law good cops Which side detective lieutenant rake sterman was on I'd never been able to figure He only added one way all cop morning noon and night The kind who made any private detective feel a little less welcome than a leper All an hour after dark I pulled up in park well away from 38 Orlando street Five minutes later. I was watching a nervous Ernie park Where out the carpet in his shabby living room It was it was at art mannelli's place Phil about a year ago the little casino South north on the edge of town I've had a few drinks with some of the guys who worked at my gas station one thing led to another and Finally we were out there trying to pyramid 50 bucks into 50,000. That's when the cops came in, huh? Yeah, yeah, you know one of those pre-election raids that look good in the papers You want to drink no no But look that raid couldn't have gotten you a year in a day Ernie. Oh, no But the gun they found in my top coat pocket could it Indeed Yeah 38. I'd never seen before in my life plant. Huh? Yeah plant that I could only figure two ways Phil Either someone at art mannelli's place just happened to choose my pocket to drop his gun into or Well, someone just happened to drop it in on purpose Someone who was sweet on grace and wanted me out of the way. Now look you're sure you know what you're saying Ernie positive 366 days in prison with only one miserable letter from her convinced me That and the word I got a gumbo's place late this afternoon gumbo's place. Yeah.  Hmm grace work there I stopped then just before I ran into lieutenant rake stern. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What do you mean ran into stermann? What happened? Well, fill it. I was on the street getting into my sedan. You see. Yeah, I picked it up from a guy who was using it Well, I was away When stermann pulled up alongside of me in a squad car and he He started to tell me how much he likes seeing ex-carns back in bay city. What interrupted him Oh calling a police radio But before he left he promised to drop around here sometime tonight and chat a while And before that at gumbo's place I found grace now. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. We've had enough Ernie. You found grace and what? We had a fight She admitted running around said I wasn't worth waiting for But she wouldn't say who was I slapped it hard. All right.   Maybe Now tell me what happened after you left gumbo's Well I ran into stermann like I said And I drove around for a couple hours to cool off When I got hold of myself I I came back here and I found it strangled a bit In that chair Phil It was horrible. What'd you do about it, Ernie? I I'm not sure exactly. I here I changed my mind Thanks, Phil No I I decided to get around here It was just getting dark. So I waited a little and I carried her down the rich stairs and I put her in my car in the back seat I put a blanket over She's still there Phil I was going to drive the car away, but well, I guess I lost my nerve Well, I gotta do Phil Sturman might be here any minute Then you gotta help me Must I Ernie Ernie that won't do it I'm sorry. All right, kid. Are the keys in the car? No, no, no. I got them here What are you gonna do?  I'll go to a movie yet right now right away Thanks, Phil. I know you'll get me out of this Ernie Parch's vote of confidence made comfortable listening for both of us When he was gone and I was down the rear stairs and out to his car in the alley keys in hand I realized that it stopped right there in the back seat Then in the light that spilled from a nearby unshaded window. I saw I was going to have company Sharp pointed elevator shoes careful blue flannel and patent with their hair over a pasty face All of it no more than five and a half feet and held together by a hand-painted tire that sported a dapper nut The size of a cantaloupe good evening I wonder if you could help me. I'm looking for any parts 36 Orlando drive I couldn't find any number on this house. Is it? Yeah, but parts isn't any just left. Oh, you know where he went No, no It's all right gorgeous. I only want to talk to him My name is out in LA. I'm a friend of his and the queen You the same He went to a movie mr. Manila here I saw the picture so i'm going home back to san diego I live there. Oh good san diego means us 101 to the south and right past my next stop I came in a cab or don't those keys in your hand there said that you're leaving I mean, I don't want to appear present or wait for a taxi or wait for a Shall I get in or do you want to slide over to the driver's seat from here? I want to slide and if that's all right with you Um tell me mr. Um Crew shutter You had business with any personal business you mr. Manelli Yes, I wanted to see only about a good location. I have in mind for a new gas station You know about such things. Uh, no, no, and I don't think you do either Manelli Unless of course the pumps can be converted into roulette wheels. Oh, you know who I am Yeah I also know it's a little strange for you to show up at Ernie's place the day after he gets out of the state pen For a frame that took place at your little casino What are you getting at mr. Crew shutter and outside chance that you yourself were responsible for that frame That you're anxious to see what if anything Ernie intends to do about it lights red No fool I'll tell me Why would I want to frame Ernie park? I don't know Could be Manelli that you did it accidentally you know a little gun hidden in a big hurry Or it could be you had a title reason, huh? Like what like grace prox very pretty girl You're out of your mind. Yeah, sure. I am Manelli Just plain nuts. So why don't you get out here? Get yourself a nice sane taxi cab. It'll be safer. All right All right He was probably going for the highway sure is I hate smoke come on. All right. I'm back. See no, I got stuff in there close that door and beat it Okay, happy like so what? Stop the crew shutter. What kind of stuff? Rum Manelli I'm a bootlegger who never got the word to leave me. Oh, but I do The light green Okay I went for a short blocks and I got out of the traffic and drove as far back to Orlando street as a vacant lot That was only a block away from earnings Thereafter, I wiped the wheel with gear shift everything else had touched clean prints I left the sedan as he is and walked back to where I originally parked my own car Behind the wheel of my coupe I spent the next 20 minutes finding gumbo shanty where grace bought wooden daddy long legs standing knee deep in the Pacific ocean And circled at the waist by an imitation ship's deck for summertime outdoor reading A gang plank led up from the street level and when I'd gone about half the length of it I saw something at the door ahead Shaped like a bowling pin topped by a chef's hat Encompassed by a yard and a half of Hickok Delta said this had to be fat fry cook glue gumboisky He was turning the reversible sign from open to close Sorry, mr. I'm closing early tonight. Food's all gone. All right. How about a drink? I only want a quick shot gumbo gumbo You're a stranger here. Now, you know the name now. It's written over head and four-foot letters. I keep my eyes open Okay Morning Make it fast. I want to hit the a now you live here. Yeah What do you want scott anything weird little information? Oh By what girl who works for you great parts. I don't know anything about it Not even for five gumbo make it 10 Okay, 10 and the drinks on the house Grace part is five foot two ways of glue also She could work at six tonight like she does every night period. Uh-huh. Here's to you Now tell me why's she been going while Ernie's been in stir another 10 Yeah for another 10 on one condition no more lousy poems gumbo just few straight facts Sure Another drink no no no thanks first Where's she been hanging around a little casino? That's manelli's joint, huh? Yeah manelli's place where a lot of people hang out What is it? What are you staring at gumbo a window?  Oh any idea who it was?  Take it easy big guy. You got 20 bucks. Give it Yeah There's your lousy 20 bucks and the drinks on the house and good night after one question The guy in that car that just took off was it manelli? I'll repeat myself. Good night, mr. Okay Let it go at good night gumbo, but just for now I didn't get any more out of gumbo so I went back to my car appointed as north By the edge of town in the little casino where I figured I might get lean on manelli's whereabouts The 30 minutes later when I was there out of my car and standing in front of what looked like an oversized Concrete blockhouse alone in a parking lot the size of the coliseum I figured different A huge sign out front red clothes for all the rations will reopen soon bigger and better than ever Gambling in base city was obviously on the qt like an artillery barrage At the time I got back to 38 Orlando street nearly three hours and gone by since I'd last seen her As I started up the steps toward the light in his living room Wasn't happy over the lack of information I had for him But when I opened the door and saw what was waiting for me That didn't matter And won a huge beefy freckled hand. There was the usual police department 38 revolver. Hello, kid The ice cold gray eyes the thick broken nose the nasty curl of the lips All belong to bay city's toughest homicide detective lieutenant rake starlin Hello marlo I've been waiting for you too long kid Why I would have baked a little cake if I knew I was going to have this much time Where's any parts coming he's under arrest, kid We found his life's body He's under arrest for murder You know what else kid? No, what else kid? So are you In just a moment the second act of philip marlo, but first Fred allen's crack that it's no wonder comedians can't find work when singers go comical has had a fast reply from bing crossby Bing has invited fred to be his guest on his cbs show this wednesday night And you can get right into the very middle of the argument on most of these same cbs stations Where bing crossby show is every wednesday night Be sure to hear fred allen's visit to bing show this wednesday following groucho marks and you bet your life Now with our star jerald more we return to the second act of philip marlo and tonight's story the long arm Lieutenant's term and move taught me he curled the thick fingers of his left hand into a fist I braced myself with the blow never came Instead he shoved his face up close to mine and his mouth twisted into a one-sided grin that was as full of fun as a Set of thumb screws So as you finally came through for me, didn't you kid? I don't know what you're talking about I've been waiting a long long time for you to pull something in my town marlo Well, you can't run back across the line and hide behind the scourge of your cop friends over in la You're having yourself a pipe dream sterman lieutenant sterman And don't forget it Real sorry officer How do you mind explaining what this is all about? That's one of my rights as a citizen, you know even in bay city boys.  None We found the girl's body in a car parked at a vacant lot and somebody overlooked a couple of fingerprints Which i'm gonna match up with yours marlo How come you're so sure because we pulled Ernie porch out of the movies five minutes after we found his wife And jailbird singing bay city marlo. We don't hearts around with him. Come on. Let's go. Wait a minute Boy, you're pushed too far on the wrong track. There's an angle here. You ought to know about There's always an angle with you ain't it right boy. Yeah, but you're gonna like this one First in that car.  That's right One who stays in operation when everybody else in bay city is closed up They better find out whose toes you're stepping on down at city hall before you We've got problems in our town people, but that's not one of them Now if you've got something intelligent to offer spill it without wise correction. All right Ernie potch was framed a year ago in manelli's joint. No doubt on manelli's orders Why because grace potch was a pretty girl with the end for gamblers. That's why All the time ernie was in the cooler.  It'll not to have done it tonight Manelli standpoint. It was a perfect time. You see because you guys would go for it just exactly as you have I know you got no use for me stuff But you're a cop after all As long as somebody's got to take a rapid might as well be the right guy You know what sweetheart what Your fairy story makes the average listener just average not the mouse now get Too tired to take what i know it'd be given once rave sternum got me inside the bay city headquarters I made my decision fast There were three steps in the front force of the wall and he was right behind me I took the first two then turn and grab Sailed over my shoulder and i heard him lying flat on his back on the sidewalk as i rounded the corner of the house I crossed the backyard bolted the fence and put a hundred yards of alley between us before i even stopped to think Then i went back to my car Grew down to the water again in gumboski's chicken shanty Place was dark and locked up tight Went around to the back where his living quarters were and listened Crocodiles slithering over the floor inside would have made the same sound I pushed the door open and went in Was gumboski all right, but you couldn't tell it from his face That had been worked over long and hard by an expert He didn't know i was there until i touched Get away Come on, go out of here. Who gave you the beating gumbo?  All right, come on get up That's it Hello gumbo You told me one thing about ottman ellie the grace porch went was joined a lot And you spotted somebody outside the window and you climbed up. I come back now and I find you like this Isn't it obvious you're wasting your time trying to protect him.  Listen to me you poor sap Can't you see you're gonna be living with this now on every time he gets the jitters He'll give you another going over to match this one But he really gets jumpy bust and then it'll do worse than that. Don't you get it? Oh listen, mister, let's guess him and I know what'll happen if I open my yap again I'm just not gonna take that chance. Don't you realize we'll never lick manelli if we don't fight leave me alone There leave me alone. I'm not saying nothing. You understand nothing.  There's nothing else I can do Do nothing to me. I know which side my bread's butted on Yeah, but you made one big mistake already What what do you mean? You left yourself wide open for this coffee Sorry, I don't have much time drop the gun come on drop it That's better. I just tell me one thing and I'll leave you alone All I want to know is where I can locate off manelli right now These are this club, but they're a little casino. You're lying. I was down there as closed as being remodeled Oh, no, I'm not lying. All right. You need some more rubbing Okay You've got a suite of room downstairs under the club. They're not being done over. That's where he lives You ought to be there now But you've got to protect me storming the manelli. I'll kill me up That's all I want to know Salon gumbo At the first phone booth I came to I stopped looked up a base city number and made a call which took five minutes But I went on to the little casino I parked on a side street and went down the ramp to the underground garage in the rear There was a door between two ornate bronze urns alibaba size and I started taught it On a hunch I stopped and studied the decoration on one of the urns I finally found it A small hole in the side I took my handkerchief out and stepped into the hole From somewhere inside the apartment. I heard a chime ring I got my gun out then tried the door and it opened Into a long lush hole where you break to the far end with a heavy gold curtain I waited through a green carpet deep enough to mow Up to the curtain and pulled it aside Manelli sat at a wide glossy desk methodically filing his nails His eyes staring straight at me You got this far come on in Don't tell me you're all alone here. Manelli. No, I got 500 dancing girl smart guy What's on your mind?  I knew somebody was coming There's an electric iron those brass jugs over the door Anybody passes it rings that chime there satisfying Now what's with the gun? Put it away in a minute. Maybe Stain lieutenant's turmen tonight. Why should I even rub an elbows with homicide? I didn't kill anybody No, I guess you didn't I've got a good idea who didn't turn it parts, of course. No, no chance Was your business partner lieutenant rake's turmen himself and five will get your tennies got big news for you Yeah, hey rake steady marlowe. Don't move. Well, uh, look what crawled out of the woodwork. I'll get his gun rake Sit down Manelli. I'll take it myself Yeah, that's better I don't budge either want to wait a minute. What is it?  I lost my head.  How'd you dope it? Oh Gumboski took a beating tonight just because he mentioned manelli here With a little more pressure. He mentioned someone else You sterman And why would you shut gumboski up about manelli unless you and manelli were connected? That connection was all I needed Right on the button sweetheart for all the good it'll do you and I don't get this. I don't understand You don't have to anymore. You're through. What are you saying rake? You know too much about me manelli. You know it all wait. You can't do this. Yes, I can In fact marlowe here gave me the idea. He even worked out all the motives So it's easy I I came here to arrest you for grace park's murder.  I intended to hang it on him manelli, but he's nothing to me.  I don't take orders from you sergeant you do tonight Chief himself sent us out. Yeah, I took the liberty of going over your head lieutenant just before I came in Under the circumstances, you'll understand. Why are you better drop it lieutenant drop it Okay, now come on you two guys do come along quietly Sure sure always glad to ride with old rake's turban anytime at all Just as long as there's a couple of policemen in the same car Before it was all over in the Bay City police headquarters everybody from The mayor the dog catcher put his two cents in And given the same answers for the same questions at least 50 times All about crooked cops and rake's turban in particular But finally hours later I was greeted a home And as I drove through the quiet streets I was still thinking about cops This time the other kind The underpaid overwork cops That pound the city sidewalks day and night, you know the guys who do everything from telling kids the way to the grocery store to Untangling the rush hour traffic Yeah And I thought about each one of those cops who someday Chases a hopped up gunman down a blind alley and Doesn't get home that night Or any night ever again Then I forgot all about rake's turban Because after all he was just one bad one in a multitude of good ones An insignificant sore on the long arm of the law The adventures of philip marlowe bringing you raymond chandler's most famous character star jerald moore Are produced and directed by norman mcdonnell and are written for radio by robert mitchell and gene levin Featured in the cast where barney philips ted osburn sydney miller tom tully and britt holland The special music is composed and conducted by richard iran Be sure and be with us again next week when philip marlowe says It could have been perfect Snowbound in a mountain lodge with a girl who was falling in love But also present were a widow sick with rage A bitter old woman And a jealous man All with reason they hate me More than anyone else in the world Two all-star bouts are promised on cbs this wednesday night Bing Crosby faces fred allen across the cbs mic to battle it out on who's funnier singers or comedians And in the second attraction gracey ellen and a smashed vendor team up against not so gorgeous george burns and a gilly conscience This wednesday also brings you groucho marks his ad libs and his teams of opposites on you bet your life And a dr christian story about two red heads in love Fun action variety They're all yours with dr christian groucho marks Bing Crosby and fred allen and george and gracey on most of these same cbs stations this wednesday night This is roi rohan speaking Now stay tuned for pursuit which follows immediately on most of these same cbs stations This is cbs where wednesday night is bing crosby night the colombia broadcasting system


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New Ultimate Battle. By far the craziest game mode of Dragon Ball Fighters giving your characters extra jumps, extra damage and basically just extra combo routes. Today on the channel I am taking in three heavy hitters to see what they're capable of in this game mode and I'll be playing up against you guys in these arena matches so you know there's a ton on the line. Oh my god the double Broly with double Cs? Bro can I get a break in this game mode? Oh get the GT Fusion. You know I gotta cut him off before they fuse. You know I had to. Don't jump. Jump in me then. Oh he did not jump. He went straight to business. All business all the time. Alright I get it. A lot of damage. Oh I feel like Cs's are pretty mad. No way. No way he just raw 2H me there. He saw that Super Dash within a second and now DBS Broly's just dead? Well I'm not feeling too confident about this match right now.  But I still have Nappa. I still got Gohan in the back. I still got double sparking. Block that. Hold that. I'm gonna 6M right here. Yeah yeah another DP. Yeah that's pretty good. Oh no full auto hits me like that. Damn I can't land a punch on him. He's just the new Ultimate Battle King. I can't land a punch on him. I gotta get desperate. I gotta get desperate. I gotta get desperate. What does that look like for me? I don't actually know. Keyblast combos. Get there. 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2. Keyblast 5 doesn't miss. Oh God. EPSS. Listen case. I need a little Sidemen. Please let that Sidemen clutch up. Please let that Sidemen clutch up. Sidemen in! Now or never! Oh brother he was stomp walking me. I was getting walked like a dog. Alright. I have to do it bro. I know I'm gonna get punished for this but it's the only way. 7 bars of Gohan. I don't care whatever the combo is. It had to be worth it. Unless I die here it was worth it. I don't care. Level 3 me all you want. Level 3 me all you want. I'm not afraid.  Oh this is why. Oh my God it's Gohan time. Let me focus up. Let me focus up. Limit break. Solo spark. 5 bars. It is time. It's always been time too. Come here. You want me to come at you? Let's go. No way. The overhand was cheap. Drop it. Drop it. Give me a drop. One homie drop. One homie drop. That's all I ask for. No. I wanted the wrong level 3. Oh okay. Here's what I gotta do. I gotta switch it up. No no no no wait. Actually okay. There's a lot going through my mind right now. Obviously the double C is just Broly. Very strong shell in this format. Gojita also just very strong to go up against. I have to demand more out of DBS Broly. That was definitely and. Okay get him off of us. That was perfect. Just like that. That's exactly what I want to see. Go. Boom. Who aches that? He aches that. It wasn't plus. I thought it was plus. I was just mashing buttons. I was just screaming. I was basically just dreaming. Oh my god. It's too fast. The game is too fast like this. What? Full screen that hit. Okay let me. Gotta sit up in my gaming chair. I gotta dial it back. My gaming chair clearly I needed to grease the wheels a little bit. Insane. Insane that Gojita gets to do that much damage. Or jumping and blinking. It hurts. Oh don't click a button. Let's go. Don't click a button ever again. We're going up. One character lead. We got the one character lead. That's all I really need to see. Do I try to make some egregious reads with Broly? How about a 2-2-S? Nope. Broly C assist just checked me. Oh my god. And then this mode. Wait. But not when he makes a mistake like that. When he shows that he's human. That's when we can make the moves. Oh. We actually won that. No. How could a beautiful thing like that get so ugly. Oh we should not have run in like that. But I'll take it. We've still got a decent character lead. If we can lock it up. Try to get a new Ultimate Battle Sidemen out here. We could be pretty good. I try to guard cancel on that Broly Stomp. I shouldn't have. I definitely underestimated the length in between Stomps. And you know that was my bad. Really that was my bad. That was my mistake. It won't ever happen again. But something tells me there won't be an again. Oh my god. If that worked. I was suing. I was going to sue Arxes for damages. Both mental and physical. Let's go. Napa takes a lead. Now all we have to do is get through Anchor Broly in the new patch with Double Spark and Full Hell. And if that's so hard then I don't need. Super. I can Super Dash off that now. I don't need to though. There we go. I'll take that attack. I thought I would beat him there. I thought I would beat him there. But it's not looking so hot. It ain't looking so hot no more. Okay. What do we do? Do we do level one in the three? I guess we could just raw level three and hope that works. And then blow this guy straight to the sun. That is us out of here. That was Kane. Appreciate that little bro. Thanks for stopping by. That was a great round to win. Obviously I don't think we won that through pure skill or anything. But a win's a win. We're on the board right now. 1-1. I'm going to disband the team. Okay. That was a pretty funny stamp. I'm going to disband the team. Thumbs up. How'd I end up over here? Bro, I will literally give you the new Ultimate Battle Stomp combo. You do not want that. Actually, let me get Napa out here. Let somebody... Oh, let him talk to you. Let Sidemen talk to him. Hold on.  Bro, can you put me down? Damn. Bro, this guy makes DBS probably look like the best new Ultimate Battle character to ever live. My goodness. I can't get a word in at the table. I'm at Thanksgiving and none of my talking points are coming out. Get off me. He just took my Sidemen out like it was nobody's business. There we go. Come on. You dropped that Napa. The double Sunday and you're just going to drop it. Oh, Napa. What a throw. It's fine. We still got DBS Broly up front. We got two sparks. There's a lot going on in my life that I should be positive about. Except I got double Sunday. Except I got double Sunday. Somebody help me. I need outside help. I need a professional. I need a professional. Napa's running it down mid, bro. I need a report. Bro, he's got full combos. Damn. Oh, man. He could have killed me. He just tried to extend it too far. Let's go B. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. No, I missed. Ah, ah. Stay in the corner. Don't move. No, I was just trying to stop. All I was trying to do is stop, bro. It's all I know. It's all I know. Okay. It's Gohan or nothing. Yes. That was Dragon Ball. Got out of the way of the first Broly. Killed the second. All we have to worry about is Gojita. I just want to go into my super, though. What? That reflect missed? How much damage? How much damage does Gojita Super Saiyan 4 get for that? All right. Combo seems to be ending. Love that for me. Ah, damn. Back in the room. Back in the spin cycle. Oh, yeah. Bro, don't ever in your life. We'll go all the way to the moon, bro. We'll go all the way to the moon. I promise. Don't leave. Okay. Oh, because I, oh, backhand. Yes. I was just mashing down there, bro. I was just pissed. Come on. Come on. Come on. Oh, I'm not going to lie. I didn't expect the raw aggression. I did not expect the raw aggression. That was that round start. I did not expect the Bro came at me like an SPC, dude. SPC? What are they called?  All right. Game two. I'm feeling a little more confident, right? Well, actually, I'm lying, bro. I just lied to you. I'm feeling a little less confident after my round one, but first I got to get a dragon rush. I got to go crazy in the corner with Broly. Great damage to start it off. Let's try the loops. Let's go. One, two, buckle. Didn't have the height or something? I didn't have the height, bro. Why do I always forget how to do this simple Broly combo? It's screened by Kefla. She's doing her moves. She could probably continue that combo. Not like this, though. Surely that doesn't combo on New Ultimate Battle. My. Oh, I was master advantage. Is it so bad? I'll be honest. I want it out of the corner, bro. Is that so bad of a crime? Should I really die for that? The death penalty for this? For light shoplifting at best? All right. All right. So DVS Broly has not been my best character. We've seen that he is pretty top tier in this game mode. Nappa, I feel like the Cyberman is more of a normal gameplay gimmick because Cyberman isn't enhanced. Oh, no, bro. I just, maybe I'm the worst player ever in this game. Give me that 2H. 6M, 6M, 6M, 6M, 6M. Oh, God. I'll take the character. I'll take the character. Not my best work by far, not my best work, but decent enough to where I'll take it. I'm just here for my payday. I just want to get him out of here and get to level 7. Okay. Nice. That actually combo'd on this mode. Nice. We're level 6. Oh, keep up with it. Go on. Level 6, new ultimate battle. This is the limit of his power. This is what it's all about. Now, you are base Goku in this mode, so that's, that's, you know, that's pretty scary. I'm not going to lie. Can I still combo off this? That'll be crazy. I got reverse beat now. Level 7 Gohan. That, okay. Level 7 Gohan with sparking on this game mode, new ultimate battle. That's a raid boss. I'm moving him to the back. I'm getting him level 7 and I'm, I'm throwing, I'm throwing on purpose. Let me get him out here first. He needs to level 7 first. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Go again. Oh yeah. Oh my goodness. Oh, the spin cycle back at it again. Hold on. My clothes ain't dry yet. I gotta add another. I dropped it. Six bars, six bars. Let's go. You thought I wasn't done yet. You thought I was, you thought I was finished level 7. I'm saving. Oh, thank God. We cleared the area. My goodness. We were going to die. Oh, throw a little level 1 on that. Okay. We literally were going to get TOD by Vegeta, but that's fine. We managed to escape. We're totally fine. Vegeta's who I used last time, so I know his spirit sort of sheet. Bro, go ahead. Honestly, take Nappa, bro. This game is not about Nappa. I mean, I'll fight. I'll loosely play with Nappa. But my main squeeze is limit break level 7 Gohan. This damage is about to be insane. Great. I'm not saying I'm going to win, because this Vegeta is looking a little scary. I was trying to get a little more damage off on Vegeta. I'm not going to lie. I was actually playing. Let Nappa fall away. Let Nappa go. Oh man, can you feel the pressure in the room? Look at this. Look at this. You know what I need to add? You know what every good character needs? I got hit by an overhead. I think I'm dead. Oh no. I didn't get hit sparking. For some reason, I didn't think an overhead was even a thing that could hit me. Oh no. I've got two sparkings. This is not how it ends for me. This is not how it ends, bro. Don't do it to me. Beyond Whip is too crazy for recovery time. No. I was going crazy. No way. Come on, bro. That should not hit. I know it got buffed, but that was a level one spirit bomb. That's not fair. Arches, that's not fair. Bro, go on spirit part two, man. He should have been able to bounce it back. Bro, there was no evil. Oh, that's 1-1. Okay. I still got a chance. I still got time. I can still make this right. Okay. I'll take it. Oh my God. You went so far away from the corner. Oh, hello. Hello. Bro, why am I missing that easy combat? Yell at him, Broly. Yell at him. Louder. Louder. Keep him in the corner. Hold on. Yell at him again, Broly. Yell at him. 2-2-S. Okay. Never mind. Final combo. Punch him really hard. Let's go. I'm done playing these games. Take a key blast with you. I'm done playing these games. I'm freaking out now. I'm freaking out. I'm Broly. I'm freaking out again. I'm freaking out. I can't control my key. Okay.  All right.  That's fine. But I'm going to hit level 7 though. No, I'm not. No, I'm not. No, I'm not. I'm not hitting level 7. I need, Bro, please can I go crazy on Gohan, Bro? Please can I snap on young Gohan, man? That Dragon Rush didn't hit. That was fake. Level 3, you know, I could do without the extra damage. Damn. Oh, come on, Bro. The final goes on for days. Bro, how active is that hitbox, Bro? It goes for morning walks and night jogs. How active is the hitbox? Oh, damn. No, not Dragon Rush. How do you get one half of the input? All right. NAP is about to go crazy. Don't believe me. Just watch. NAP has always been the real beast. He's always been the real one. He's always been crazy. God, I'm free. I'm freaking out. NAPA. Let's go. New Ultimate Battle. I got new routes. I got new routes. Now go ahead. You're base Goku. You're the best. You know, you're the greatest anchor to ever do it. Right? That's true, right? Yeah, all the macalades, right? Yeah. What are you going to do when I punch you really hard? Reset into a clap. No, get back into the corner. NAPA was stuck in a gut. Please put me down. That animation was crazy. No. Can I get my rematch though? Can I get my rematch though? I'm not asking you for like six games. I'm asking you for one. Can I get my rematch though? No, bro. NAPA was stuck in an animation. All right. New set, new me. I'm here. You know, I'm trying to find, I'm trying to find peace. This is definitely the most interesting team. You know, this is a team that I'm not really sure what the idea was. Kefla Zamasu Defense is going great. You came to New Ultimate Battle to play defense? Bro is just blocking all day. All right. There we go. There we go. Now we're talking. There we go. Hey, can I, can I see this is what, oh wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. See this is what defense is supposed to look like. Raw level threes, some key blast here and there. Maybe one like that, one like this. Oh yeah. Give me the full auto combo on this one. Give me the full auto combo on this one. I lost my square color. Oh man. Oh no. Now I got to pop off, bro. Now I got to pop off, bro. What, what do you mean? Bro, what do you mean? So I was slacking. All right. Fine. I deserved it. Fine. Fine. You know, I'll play a little, I'll play a little DBS Broly. I don't mind. Over here this, bro, bro said over here so I could catch him better. Bottom. Bro, we're going down to the bottom. Too fast. I'm too fast. I knew what to battle. Okay. I got mixed. I wasn't sure what side of the screen I was on. So Broly got opened up. It should be okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm getting scared. When in doubt, I just, I just spam supers. I just spam supers. I just spam supers. I'm not trying to be scared. I'll do anything to get away from my feelings. Napper comes out. We still got Broly on, on ASS duty. Ooh, nice. Damn. Did I at least get my Sidemen down? I'm hoping that, that Sidemen comes back for me. He should be here. Bro, he killed, he died. Yeah. Yeah. He's out. He's out. He died again. I don't think I'm going to be super dashing off this. I deserved it. I deserved it. You know, I really wish I could see like, I want to see a what if scenario where Zamasu fought Nappa. Like, I want to see it animated by the studio. And I just want to watch Nappa just get fried immediately. Because I feel like Nappa, you know, Nappa really didn't have like a huge fall from Grace moment. I feel like Nappa's a villain that got to keep his pride until he was pretty much just killed immediately. I want to see Nappa get embarrassed. Oh, opened up. It's going to be a win. Why did I do the level one and not the level three? Bro, they got to give range go. They got to get ranged Gohan. They got to give adult Gohan a range super in Dragon Ball Fighters too. When we all know that's happening. Please, please, how do I do? How do I drop all these things? What? NFL Scouts, are you watching? Look at my arm. That looks scripting, but I just froze up for some reason. I was I don't know why I was thinking of what if scenarios, bro. Save it for the forums. One more time. Nah, if you think it's going to be only one more match, you got another thing coming. Because I'm 5M. Please don't hit me. Oh, no, I've lost it, bro. This is the new Ultimate Battle Throw. I was never made for this game mode. Oh, no. I'm just perma throwing, dude. I'm perma throwing. I can't every every muscle in my body is switching. It knows the end is near. It knows that I can't win, but I got to prove myself wrong. I got to be my biggest hater. Whoa, that was crazy. That was the wrong super. Tag out! I'm so scared. I'm so scared. I'm just going to keep stopping and if you got a problem with that, then I need you to stop me. Stop. Please tell me to hit. No way that hits me. I'm too low.  All right, I'll take this. Bro, no! How am I capable of? I'm struggling. Oh, brother, I'm having a rough go of it in this game mode today. Hold on, hold on. Oh, I hit Super Dash End Assist at the same time. Oh, no. Super Dash didn't go through.  Get down here so I can... Run. All right, that was a pretty well timed Super Dash. Can you combo off this, though? That's one way to do it. The answer was no! You did it to yourself, though. Never forget that I gave you a chance. Oh, no. Okay, keep him in the corner. Key Blast, one step at a time. Cyberman! Cyberman! You're supposed to attack at a different time than me, bro. We're supposed to be teammates. Cyberman, get down! Can I reflect level one? Is that too crazy? It was not too crazy. Oh! Okay, the plane didn't exactly work. I'm over here. I gotta go for the Beam Clash! No! How come I couldn't do my Beam Clash? I was supposed to be able to attack at the level three. Fine, I guess it's my turn. There we go. Come on. There we go. Let Gohan clutch up. Let me show you what I got. And I still got an additional spark. I just haven't used it yet. Get off me. Key Blast. Oh, my good... Masako! All right, let's go. I'm actually struggling to follow this like a real DB fight. Somebody in chat said, and you know what? I agree. These fights have been insanely hectic to a point where I don't even know what's happening. I really don't even know what's going on. I'm gonna read. Jump, jump, grab. Aw, come on! You know the read was nice. You know that was a standard issue read, not one you'd find in your average library. There we go. I'll take that. Let me jump with you. Let me jump with you. No, don't hit me. There we go. I want a combo off that. Give me that! Stop blocking! You will never block against me again. Full auto combo. I don't care. Ugh! And I'm just gonna mash it out. Lights all day. I'm just hitting light until I win. Okay, one character down. I'm feeling pretty confident now. Now we're looking good, so I'm gonna go for something called a TOD. You've probably heard of them. Usually they're combos for me. I just call them one button maneuvers. I know it doesn't look. I see it now. Just one button, and I kill them.  That's how you play New Ultimate Battle. That's how you play it. I'm just gonna hit supers, do damage, have a good time. Don't even think about it! I'm rolling. Don't even think about it. I'm literally rolling. Now jump. Jump at me. Ugh! You jumped! Why are you jumping? Who told you you could do that? Don't ever jump. Okay, you didn't. I was taking you. I was testing you. I wanted to see if you were really about it. Alright, well now I think I'm dead. No way! I forgot about the system mechanic. I thought it was like, no way New Ultimate Battle lets you do that. I lived! Sounds like a TOD to me! Never mind. Yell at him. Yell at him. Yell at him some more. Yell at him! I was doing good reflecting. I just kind of fumbled at the finish line. That's fine. We still have two characters and a spark. We could probably just kind of napa this out. Whoa! Whoa! Flying! I can fly too. See, it's no big deal. You know, I can fly too. Sidemen? Okay. I'm gonna let my Sidemen cook. I'm gonna let my Sidemen just go for that. There we go. Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Big mistake letting him cook. You should have remembered to look at the Sidemen as the threat he is. That was sick. And that is how the video ends. Shout out to my Sidemen. I knew he was gonna be there for me. Hopefully you enjoyed the video. If you did, you can watch the other ones on your screen. There should be some on your screen right now. Other than that, I haven't doubted it. If you like Dragon Ball games, stick around. And I will see you in the next one. Bye!


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We're in town now. We interviewed a couple people. It was fun, exciting, and yeah I just hope you watch it. It's like really cool. Enjoy the video Okay, how's it going man? I'm Jeremiah. What's your name? Nice to meet you. I'm Jacob. Jacob nice to meet you All right, so we're just like trying to figure out like What's the best ashram flavor? This is this might be controversial. I my favorite flavor personally is vanilla. I love it. It's a good flavor I like all the flavor. We all do. Yeah. No, there's not a bad flavor in my opinion, but that's my favorite. Yeah, vanilla's good It's vanilla rules. Yeah, chocolate's good. I love all of them. Vanilla is my favorite chocolate is made But what's what's all you say is like like what's your favorite spot to go like around to get ice, right? I live right next to Burlington Bay, so I go down there and I get ice cream for him, too What's doing that together?  Yeah, that's nice. Not chocolate I'm sure he'd love it, but you know not worth the risk My name is Olivier. What's your name, man? My name is by Johnny my Johnny So today we just asking what's your favorite ice cream? Are we talking about ice cream? My favorite ice cream is cookie dough cookie dough. I like that. Where's your favorite spot?  Yeah, right here Do you come in a lot or I don't mean I don't eat ice cream a lot. I heard that Ben Jerry sucks No, I man, that's all we just asked about ice cream. Thank you. My name is Olivier and I'm here with I'm Lila I see you're like starting to wrap up hours hours music today. It was good I'm actually I'm gonna be here for a while longer. Just taking a break for a minute, but it's been good Oh, you're saying I broke also.  Yeah, they also do shows or you just play you just play music here Mostly just just on Church Street just busking. Um, I would love to play real gigs. I just haven't gotten around to it I hope hopefully you'll get it soon. Uh, also my other question. We just asking people around them What's your favorite ice cream ice cream? Um, I like chocolate fudge brownie from Ben and Jerry's Why is that like your favorite one like something special about it? Um, I mean It's just the most chocolate you can get I really like chocolate and where's your favorite spy? You use the gay ice cream Um, I think that Burlington Bay is really good the creamies Thank you. All right. Thank you. That's all the question. Let's meet you Yeah, you guys like a band like a group You could say that we've played music for many years together And yeah, I also do this by myself sometimes and Anakin plays music all around Burlington So and how people usually treat you around here people treat you nice Yeah, I mean Burlington is one of the loveliest places in the world. It's full of wonderful people and Good vibes.  I play with happy Spangler We're playing at the monkey house On Saturday this Saturday. Oh, you guys heard that this Saturday shows a where where where again? At the monkey house in Manuski. I will try to be there. Thank you I'm a first of my first questions. What's your favorite ice cream? I say vanilla or Chocolate cheap. I would say black raspberry Why is vanilla so you like your favorite? Oh, it's just sweet and I think it's like it got milk taste to it So that's why sweet stuff. Oh I don't know. It's sweet, but it's kind of fruity. So I like it My and my last question like where's your favorite spot to get ice cream? I would say Ben and Jerry's Ben and Jerry and a lot of people say that. What's the place by the water? No, you kind of like creamy spread right by the up top on the hill Yeah, yeah, whatever All right. Thank you guys. Have a good day. Yeah, Bonaparte midi. She mappelle Olivier Mohamed Wait, so where are you from again from Paris? Wait, when did you got here today? Yeah, can you tell you a little bit experience like how you've been here in Vermont? It's the first time I discover The town today and cannot speak a little things, but I think it's good good. Do you like it? Yeah, yeah, it's like like Paris. What been your best part so far. It's this street. I love this street Than town. Yeah, it's very cool. Well, what are you worried you down here? Did you like ice cream or something? No, I want to see manufacturing of Jenny and berries.  Just for the summer. I mean, that's all. Thank you Thank you so much. Bye. Bye is a friend Here we John Stockwell, that's me to John. So we just asking people like what's your favorite ice cream the flavor. Yeah, cherry vanilla Is there like a reason why? Okay, also, what is your favorite spot to get ice cream? Used to be Ben and Jerry's but not now Ben and Jerry went down. So we're where yeah, why I don't like that stuff They're back in CRT and stuff. I don't like that. So where is it? Where is the new spot now? Huh, where you just buy somewhere else that either another store to get it I get it either else French fries or something like that. Oh, all right. That's not thank you, man Never go on Do do do do do Hi colonists meet you. So what's your favorite ice cream? I would say maple ice cream Is it like some reason like behind they wise your favorite ice cream because it's typical from Quebec And I'm from Quebec. So Quebec. I want to visit a one-time Also, yeah, where's your favorite spot like to buy ice cream in Quebec and Quebec? I would say near the river You guys have like a famous ice cream place down there, too. Yeah, it's called chocolate Favorit and you can dip with like different type of chocolate. Jeremy. I get that down you go there a lot Thank you Chris Chris nice to meet you. I'm Ray. I ran Chris. So what's your favorite ice cream? I Don't know Like mint chocolate chip Cookies and cream. Yeah, they're like the sun like is there like a reason why you like the most or it's crunchy And I don't know lots of different texture. I Just really like mint things. Yeah, I mean for you. I'll go down as my last question Where is your favorite spot to get ice cream? Not Ben and Jerry's, but it's okay Ben and Jerry I don't even know. I don't I'm not very picky about it. Yeah, I don't know Like I'm not from here, so there's like a good local spot near where I live. What are you from, Massachusetts? What is called Erickson's it's in Medford, Massachusetts My name is Ory Pak. Hi Ory Pak So our questions we just ask him by ice cream. What's your favorite ice cream? My favorite ice cream ice cream Okay, my favorite ice cream is cookies and cream. Oh cookies and cream. We why is that your favorite ice cream? Like what's the most like what do you like the most about it? Oh, well when you feel The cookies and cream the ice cream is the best flavor that you can taste. This is my favorite I never had that one I would try that one and those my last question is that where's your favorite spot to buy ice cream? well, I'm from California and I'm busy over here Actually, we're going to Canada because we got a group of friends meeting Today this weekend, but my favorite ice cream is in California. It's called in frozen frozen Yeah, that's the city and the main street All right. Thank you man Yeah, to try those icing over there and right here with a new bulletin beautiful city I would like to find where is the place they sell ice cream to try it. Oh, it's right there Ben and Jerry You just sound like a yeah, you just try Oh, you have a better jury that national and national stores I see what you're saying. Yeah, but the old the other one that I was telling you yeah, it's private, but it's delicious


Some families, including mine, have always had school choice. But until the pandemic, I hadn't had much occasion to think about what that really means. After a disastrous spring of two kids doing spotty online learning through their DC public school, we knew we needed to change. We were contemplating a move to the suburbs, an in-person micro-school run by some friends, and an expensive traditional private school with the sort of fancy testing and hygiene plan that the public system could never manage. We even briefly considered starting a compound in West Virginia with some pals. We were anxious and confused, but we had the means to rebuild a proxy of what the government collects money for and promises to provide. We ended up organizing a pod of six kids from three families in a neighborhood full of overeducated, annoyingly high-functioning DC people. It worked out great, and the governance we hired, as he calls himself, is adored by our kids. For us, the city's faltering efforts to reopen were a mildly stressful inconvenience. But what about people who can't afford these options and are already struggling with massive uncertainties and a sense of powerlessness in their lives, such as parents who are out of work, homeless, or struggling with substance abuse? A recent pro-publica investigation told the story of a gifted 12-year-old named Shamar, attending a fully remote East Baltimore public school. His family's efforts to access the free Wi-Fi provided by Comcast foundered quickly in a bureaucratic dead-end. No one made sure that Shamar logged into his daily class or completed the assignments that were piling up in his Google Classroom account. His grandmother was on the scene, but she attended little school while growing up in a sharecropping family in South Carolina. His great-uncle, who also lived in the house, had dropped out of school in South Carolina around the age of eight and was illiterate. In Baltimore, citywide, about 80 percent of students had logged on, pro-publica reported, but only 65 percent were reliably present according to the district. Before the pandemic, the attendance rate was 87 percent. In Los Angeles, kindergarten enrollment was down by about 14 percent. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by 17 percent. And the prospects for kids who did enroll weren't great. According to one study, only one in three school districts required teachers to deliver instruction during the spring part of the lockdown. There is money to give kids like Shamar the kind of choices my family has. Inflation-adjusted per student spending has risen 280 percent since 1960, and the U.S. currently spends over $15,000 per child each year. Yet when COVID struck, for most families, there was no mechanism that would allow them to use that money to better serve their particular needs. School districts with massive technology budgets struggle to get laptops, tablets, or hotspots to kids in need. School libraries full of books sat silent and unused. Playgrounds were roped off. Students lost the equivalent of three months of learning in mathematics and one and a half months of learning and reading, according to a McKinsey study. Schools that predominantly served students of color were most impacted. Meanwhile, we learned that opening schools for young children isn't a major risk. Brown University economist Emily Oster worked with a team to build a dashboard to track COVID risk in schools. In the summer, there was really this idea like we're going to open schools and like, that's going to be the thing that like sort of destroys everything. That does not seem to be true. So that basically we're not seeing schools as the locus of like large amounts of spread. The rates are actually quite low. Schools were imposing tremendous costs on families for very little benefit in controlling the spread of COVID. But even worse is the sense of powerlessness for too many families. Their lives have been disrupted and despite huge amounts of resources in the system, they were being told that they had no alternatives. We always knew that when local governments negotiate with unions, the needs of students and their parents are the first to get traded away. During COVID, that dynamic has meant that attending in-person school is a privilege afforded to the children of the rich. Families like mine already have choices. The horrors of the last year have laid bare the fundamental inequality of denying the same power over their children's education to everyone else.