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Clips from The Great North - Poetry of the Penals Adventure (S02E02)

"I have some of the quietest footsteps in the world."
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"I entered an international competition"
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"and came in fifth place."
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"Hello. My name is Greta Meatweep."
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"Well, Greta, it is great-a to meet you."
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"I'm Beef Tobin. This is my Moon son."
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"I mean my Moon son."
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"I mean my son. Get it together, Beef."
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"This is my son, Moon."
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"I couldn't help overhearing you describing those birds."
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"It sounded like poetry to me."
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"I happen to be a proud member of the Lone Moose Poetry Gaggle."
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"I also coordinate the snacks. Are you a poet?"
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"I, um... Am I a poet?"
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"Elizabeth Barrett Browning!"
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"Flying atop a bird with a poetess?"
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"This is what I daydreamed of as a teen."
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"Please tell me you are a poet, too, Beef,"
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"and then arrange me like your beautiful words."
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"Greta Meatweep. ♪"
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"Yes, yes, of course I'm a poet."
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"Uh, Dad?"
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"Remember, Moon? How I am one?"
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"Right, yes."
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"He sure is a poet."
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"Oh, boy, can this guy rhyme with the best of them."
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"I admire that so much."
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"I write non-rhyming poetry"
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"because I can never think of rhymes."
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"Uh, uh, for instance, this morning"
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"I was trying to think of a rhyme for "table.""
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"- Stable. - Wow, what a gift."
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"I can smell the horses already."
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"I know this is short notice, but would you be interested"
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"in attending a poetry gathering this afternoon?"
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"Perhaps you could recite one of your poems."
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"Oh, and you can bring your son"
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"and any other poetry lovers out there."
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"Am I talking too fast? I hope not."
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"I had a caffeinated mint yesterday,"
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"and it's still working its way through my system."
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"So, can I count you in or not?"
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"Hmm. Yes?"
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"And read one of your poems?"
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"Certainly."
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"What a wonderful thing I have agreed to do."
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"I'm very happy with myself about it."
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"It's going to be at the VFW."
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"- See you there. - You bet."
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"Son, did I just tell that enchanting lady of letters"
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"that I am a poet and agree to read one of my poems"
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"- at an event this afternoon? - Correct."
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"Wonderful."
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"Welcome to the Death Cliff Prison and Museum."
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"There is to be no spitting, slapping or chewing gum."
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"I believe you can laugh at something"
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"without screaming performatively."
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"Just no loudness in general. Got it? Good."
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"Okay, we'll be splitting up into three groups."
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"One group with me, one with Chelery's fathers,"
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"and one with the Tobins' older brother Wolf."
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"Stay with your group. Do not stray."
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"Mind your chaperones as if they were me"
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"but with far less knowledge of obscure film noir."
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"Okay, let's go inside."
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"All right, Wolf's group, huddle up."
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"- You guys have your passes? - What passes?"
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"Yeah, the permission slip said we just needed a water,"
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"lunch and a good attitude."
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"My attitude sucks, but I brought a sandwich."
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"Guys, I'm talking about your back-cage passes."
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"We're about to go on a special little "off the books" tour"
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"called "Wolf's Private Prison Peep Show.""
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"Eh... wait, that did not sound right."
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"So, let's call it "Wolf's All-Inclusive Prison Peep Show.""
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"Man, still not right."
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"Wolf, what are you talking about?"
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"I'm talking about an all-access tour"
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"of the very secret locations within this prison"
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"that Cheesecake and I discovered when we were in high school."
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"Oh, I love going behind the scenes."
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"One time I saw the employee break room at the art museum."
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"Whew, if those mugs could talk."
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"Okay, that's the door we need to sneak through right there."
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"Beyond that is a whole wing of the prison"
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"that's not open to the public"
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"that ends in a very fun surprise destination."
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"Cheesecake was looking for a bathroom,"
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"but I'm telling you, what we found was"
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"so much better than a bathroom."
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"Better than a bathroom? This I got to see."
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"Okay, quietly, on your tiptoes. Go. Go, go, go, go."
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"We don't have to do the whole tour on tiptoes, do we?"
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"My calves are still tender from jazz dance club."
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"Welcome to the "Shawshank Tour-demption,""
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"where it's time to get busy touring or get busy dying."
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"Mr. Wolf, I'm having such an amazing time."
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"Please, Mr. Wolf is my father."
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"- Just call me Wolf. - I can't believe"
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"they don't put this cold, dark corridor on the regular tour."
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"Well, this area is technically closed off"
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"because they say it's a little dangerous,"
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"but Cheesecake and I did just fine."
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"If we find the prison morgue,"
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"I need someone to take my picture in the body drawer"
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"and text it to my brother, so that he'll feel guilty"
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"about taking the last Toaster Strudel this morning."
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"Beedly-beedly-boop. Listen up to your tour guide."
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"Coming up on our left is the prison wood shop"
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"where you can still see half of an adorable napkin holder"
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"built by Sammy the Smotherer."
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"So far I haven't learned a single useful thing"
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"on this field trip, and I love it."
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"Oh, hey, Beef. I was just finishing a frozen waffle."
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"You want one? Oh, no."
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"What's going on with your face?"
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"Moon and I met a lady in the forest."
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"This sounds like the start of a fairy tale."
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"Is Moon a frog now? Is he in your pocket?"
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"Moon is at school, but I told this woman that I was a poet."
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