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I am 49 years old and excited to see Sesame Street on Netflix to watch old episodes.

Posted by Knight_thrasher@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 123 comments

Some of those old guest appearances will be fun.

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asoupo77@reddit

Did anyone else *not* like Sesame Street as a kid? The whole tone of the program felt condescending. I much preferred watching The Muppet Show.
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SJB3717@reddit

I am skeptical that full episodes of their back catalog from the 70's, 80's, and 90's will be available to stream.
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ryancementhead@reddit

![gif](giphy|qFouZRRlyZBhKsesL8)
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NotTheMama73@reddit

I am Super Grover!!!!!!(And I’m cute too!!)
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NotTheMama73@reddit

As long as I do not have to watch the episode with Mr. Hoppers death I am in!
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Acktion69@reddit

I misread at first, which I'm totally blaming on my glasses, and thought you were saying they'd made a movie. And had a moment where I swore if they did what they did with Banana Splits, I was gonna go full Oscar.
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COINS_THAT_SUNK_TOO@reddit

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 !!!
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surfinbird@reddit

Doo doo, de doo doo, dee doo doo, dee doo de doo doo DOO!
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gohome2020youredrunk@reddit

Manum manum.
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Aggressive-Tune-7256@reddit

Do do di dodo
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surfinbird@reddit

I made a ringtone of this recently!
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deformo@reddit

You missed a doo.
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surfinbird@reddit

Doh!
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deformo@reddit

Perfect response you beautiful bastard.
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surfinbird@reddit

😎
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ZweitenMal@reddit

I loved the one where the little red ball went thought a whole rollercoaster thing and then got ground up at the end. Seminal GenX moment.
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No-News-3608@reddit

Didn’t it end up an ice cream cherry?
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ZweitenMal@reddit

I have heard that the version where it got ground up was decided to be too disturbing so they stopped showing it, and used the ice cream version instead.
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No-News-3608@reddit

Makes sense. I clearly remember the ice cream version. Same with the wicked witch from Oz episode . Legend has it it scared toddlers so bad they banned it for 40 plus years haha… I think the actual footage was just unearthed a few years ago actually .
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gohome2020youredrunk@reddit

Five!
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deformo@reddit

This is on YouTube. I used to watch it with my boys when they were toddlers a few years ago.
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BlackOnyx1906@reddit

I am sitting here driving down the road singing this now
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Erick_B81@reddit

I got learned good. 12 is my new lucky number - 12.
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DespyHasNiceCans@reddit

I love that this is the top comment 😍
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buttplugpeddler@reddit

Do-do-de-do....12!
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this_is_Winston@reddit

They jumped rope...until the jump rope broke. So, they say around telling....knock knock jokes. Riveting!
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Kitchen-Apricot-4987@reddit

The ladybug picnic!!!
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willynillywitty@reddit

I used to be scared of the count.
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rkstrmoto@reddit

.....TWELVE!
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urko37@reddit

The Pointer Sisters! 🤩
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Knight_thrasher@reddit (OP)

I will find and watch all 11 of them
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C4lderone@reddit

Hey. Hey psst. Yeah you. You uhh… You wanna buy an 8?
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lameth@reddit

**AN 8???** *shhhhhhh* *an 8?* *Yeah...*
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Melodic_War327@reddit

Got something for ya What is it? The letter E
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Fragrant_Peanut_9661@reddit

One ah ah ah ah...two ah ah ah ah...three ah ah ah ah...you get where I'm going here right?
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ottguy42@reddit

I was disappointed that one could not actually live in a capital I, in the middle of the desert, in the center of the sky...
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Fragrant_Peanut_9661@reddit

Happy cake day!!!
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Fragrant_Peanut_9661@reddit

I'm 62 and I can't wait!
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Physical-Incident553@reddit

The yip yip Martians! Their clips are on YT. I laugh my butt off
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MTheadedRaccoon@reddit

Most people have never watched Sesame Street...and it shows.
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gohome2020youredrunk@reddit

Phone phone phone phone. Riiinngg!
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Separate-Project9167@reddit

https://youtu.be/CTqCVJW2qOw
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Whipstich-Pepperpot@reddit

Archive dot org has lots of Sesame Street episodes FOR FREEEEE!!! There are [6,265 videos with Sesame Street ](https://archive.org/search?query=sesame+street&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22)in the title to be exact.
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WordleFan88@reddit

Now that it's on Netflix, you;ll hear the work "fuck" a lot more down on the street. Especially from Oscar!
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VegetablePerformer22@reddit

“The Street: After Dark”
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VegetablePerformer22@reddit

I just want to hear the funky guitar in the closing credits
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anotherpredditor@reddit

It would be nice if public broadcasting could actually stay funded by the government and not rely so heavily on viewers like you to keep the doors open.
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Individual-Army811@reddit

I hope they have someone the 70s episodes, that would be awesome!
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DragYouDownToHell@reddit

I think it's cool Netflix has this, but I think having to have a subscription to watch Sesame Street is wrong. I'd like to see them offer it free on the platform. Like, you don't have to log in, and can just watch it.
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Manatee59715@reddit

I'd love to see some Mr. Roger's neighborhood. Calm, kind. I need that. 49 as well.
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lameth@reddit

I think we all need Mr. Rogers right now.
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SlidersAfterMidnight@reddit

I want to see Season 17 Episode 1: the adults can see Mr. Snuffleupagus.
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lameth@reddit

WHAAA???
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Lucky_Guess4079@reddit

Me Too!
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lalacourtney@reddit

I am almost 48 and have a toddler son—you’ve just made my day! I didn’t know about this.
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Simple-Purpose-899@reddit

I'm excited I don't pay any streaming service a single red cent anymore.
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TXFlyer71@reddit

I hope the Hawaii episodes are in there.
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HOUS2000IAN@reddit

That episode with Stevie Wonder when he played “Superstition” live on set back in 1973 or so basically rearranged my DNA it was soooo good.
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PopMusicology@reddit

I still watch this regularly. The kid on the fire escape gets DOWN!
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HOUS2000IAN@reddit

💯🔥
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halflooproad@reddit

Danger… danger… it’s no stranger!
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Ok-Excuse-4461@reddit

We take you now to Kermit the Frog at the scene of another fast breaking news story… https://preview.redd.it/v7g7pkdltu1f1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bdc973dc85baa1204c28a811182e521699b14a6
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halflooproad@reddit

This IS my fav!!!
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itsalwaysme7@reddit

A loaf of bread a container of milk and a stick of butter.
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TimeWastingAuthority@reddit

I remember this in English *and* Spanish.
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cartooncande@reddit

Beat me to it!
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this_is_Winston@reddit

"Now, don't forget!" None of us ever forgot!
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8BD0@reddit

Just wait till you discover piracy and can watch absolutely whatever the fuck you want
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HoopoeBirdie@reddit

Same age as you and same excitement for vintage Sesame Street too! Sherlock Hemlock and Mr Hooper!
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this_is_Winston@reddit

MR HOOPER!
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faf_dragon@reddit

I don’t know if I can handle rewatching THAT episode
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Objects_Food_Rooms@reddit

Launched my first existential crisis! I've very clear memories of being profoundly upset that everyone would die one day.
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polymorphic_hippo@reddit

*Mr. Looper
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No-Anteater509@reddit

The aliens that go”yip yip yip yip yip”. I can’t hang, even as a grown man. Something about them makes my blood run cold. I swear they could see me through the tv 
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ryancementhead@reddit

![gif](giphy|N1Y0wds8KR8xG)
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t65789@reddit

Rrrrrriiiing.
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Dalmatian_Carl@reddit

Brrrrrrrrrring brrrrrrrrring yip yip yip yip uhhhhhh huh uuuuuuhhh huh.
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SFLurkyWanderer@reddit

Doing the Uh huh Pigeon
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lar67@reddit

Letter B, letter B.
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Le_Mew_Le_Purr@reddit

Oooh, fun! I’m going to look up some Oscar reels. I get my humor from him and Don Rickles.
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YouDontKnowMe4949@reddit

Yep yep yep yep yep uh huh uh huh !
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Vicodin-ES@reddit

Looking forward to the Dark side of Sesame Street on the vice channel lol
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themiracy@reddit

We don’t have a Netflix sub right now but really Sesame Street leaving PBS was a kind of death knell for an era when children grew up with these same shows. I see young children as patients and what they watch makes me miss what we watched for them in many ways.
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aut0po31s1s@reddit

Meh. The impetus for Sesame Street was developmental, educational material to be PUBLICALLY available, thus, Socialism. Now, dialectally opposed or a historical movement of late stage Capitalism which subsumed the Spirit of the original. In other words, the Law of Contradiction. You become what you hate.
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Im_tracer_bullet@reddit

If you're going to go on a jag like that, you're best served by at least having the BASIC facts first.
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herodotus69@reddit

Somebody should have watched more Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers.
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aut0po31s1s@reddit

Kaptain Kangaroo.
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Wise-Novel-1595@reddit

It’s still going to be available on PBS. It simply has a replacement revenue source now that HBO has stopped funding it. Unfortunately, viewers like you didn’t buy enough tote bags.
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dustin91@reddit

Didn’t realize they’re doing the back catalog
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Lamberly@reddit

Only 90 hours worth they said
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Lamberly@reddit

I read that there will be 90 hours of previous seasons available, which doesn't seem like much at all. I wonder what seasons they will be
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dietitianmama@reddit

Is it confirmed that they’re going to have the back catalogue of episodes? When HBO Max originally launched they had most of the back catalogue and I remember watching all of the 1970s episodes during the pandemic it was actually very soothing. But then gradually, they started taking them all down.
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CompletelyHappy28@reddit

I read they will have 90 hours of past episodes. That doesn't seem like much
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dietitianmama@reddit

each episode is less than 30 min long. It probably isn't much of a back catalog. It's a bummer too, because the 1970's and 80's episodes are very soothing to watch.
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Sea_Brush4156@reddit

I tried watching an episode of Sesame Street on YouTube awhile back, and I had to turn it off. It was weirding me out, for some reason.
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fnbannedbymods@reddit

Thanks for sharing I guess?
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Sea_Brush4156@reddit

Lose the attitude.
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Civil_Concentrate_23@reddit

My boy, Slimey 🐛 https://preview.redd.it/2cu0282g1v1f1.jpeg?width=284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d2243c432803028cf4833206e1aab8b9dfe3f32
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InevitableOk5017@reddit

Brrrrrrrrring! Yup yup yupppppppp
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Soulfight33@reddit

Manumuhnum. Peepeepedeety.
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WeberStreetPatrol@reddit

![gif](giphy|b3Bg2bfAVD3ws)
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Cockalorum@reddit

Yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup
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Wooden-Glove-2384@reddit

well ... you do you
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Dear-Bullfrog680@reddit

cookie monster!
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marshmnstr@reddit

Bert and Ernie Miami Vice parody
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ZweitenMal@reddit

I think you’re younger than the rest of us. Who watches Sesame Street when they are 13?
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marshmnstr@reddit

Babysitting my nephews, at least that was my excuse.
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thechervil@reddit

Rewatching some of the Muppet Show as well and it's awesome seeing some of those guest stars and thinking "my grandkids would have zero idea who this is or why we were so excited to see them on the show". If you have D+, there is a documentary Ron Howard did about Jim Henson called "Jim Henson - Idea Man" that is fascinating. What really struck me was that he was going to do something completely different when Sesame Street came along. He was always into making short films and little art movies and one of his stipulations for doing Sesame Street was that they let him do those little shorts in addition to the Muppet stuff. I legit never realized before that documentary that he did almost all of those little shorts between the live action stuff.
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wraithnix@reddit

I read somewhere that Netflix is only going to have 90 hours of the show streaming at a time, so 90 episodes, with new episodes going up daily. Probably won't have a lot of old episodes up :-(
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UnbelievableDingo@reddit

Yeah... Fuck those poor kids!
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verstohlen@reddit

That's what Apple said when it bought up Charlie Brown Christmas and usurped it from free broadcast TV for over half a century. Oh Steve Jobs, I curse thee and what thou hath wrought! Oh wait, he ded.
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TheVoicesOfBrian@reddit

I bought the entire Charlie Brown holiday set on Blu-ray for less than $20. Now I can watch them no matter who is streaming them.
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verstohlen@reddit

Same, physical media for the win. Champion Charlie Brown!Once a beginner, now he’s a winner, Champion Charlie Brown!
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TheVoicesOfBrian@reddit

It'll still be on PBS. Just a little later.
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Persistent_Earworm@reddit

I don't have Netflix, but I'd love to see Season One again (back when Oscar the Grouch was orange).
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MrPBoy@reddit

One! One! Gen xer. Ha ha ha!
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tangcameo@reddit

Please tell me that includes the Wicked Witch of the West episode
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Wise-Novel-1595@reddit

The back catalog’s been on Max for years. Glad someone saved it and that a lot of people will have it available to them.
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Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit

My mom spent her working days as a professional musician. She got the giggles when one of the muppets greeted guest Yo-Yo Ma with “Yo, Yo-Yo Ma, ma man!” and continued get the giggles whenever she’d think of that decades later.
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BigMommaSnikle@reddit

This is so sweet!
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gamblinonme@reddit

You already know it’s gonna be good too.
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JustFiguringItOutToo@reddit

😲
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Repulsive-Box5243@reddit

Me too. Maybe we'll pick up on some back story we missed out on when we were kids.
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