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Popular TV series can become victims of their own success.

Cast and crew make such compelling television that some fans just can't wait to find out

what happens next on their favorite shows, and will go to any length to get that information.

That's why some productions have tried to thwart these spoilers at great effort and

expense by actually scripting and filming scenes they never even intend to use.

Here's a look at shows that tried to throw off the spoilers with fake footage.

And of course, real spoilers ahead…

The Sopranos

The Sopranos had one of the most famous — and maddening — final moments in TV history.

As gangster Tony Soprano sits in a diner with members of his family and Journey's "Don't

Stop Believing" plays on the jukebox, the scene abruptly cuts to black, mid-scene.

Many viewers assume that the sudden ending reflects Tony Soprano's fate — that he was

killed by one of his many enemies.

In the decade since The Sopranos wrapped up, creator David Chase has been reluctant to

spell out exactly what became of Tony, but in 2016, he told Deadline that he shot a different

ending because the production had experienced problems with "people trying to invade and

get our scripts."

The scene was shot, but the details were so inconsequential — and destined to be discarded

as a ruse — that Chase couldn't even remember all the details.

He tried to recall: "Tony goes back to the Bada Bing strip club and has an argument with

Silvio or something.

Well, it couldn't have been because he was in the hospital.

Well, anyway, it was a fake ending that we shot just to throw people off."

Lost

John Locke, played by Terry O'Quinn met a sad fate on Lost, horrifically strangled to

death by Michael Emerson's Ben Linus.

But the show played fast and loose with time and space, so Locke was still part of the

series even after the revelation that the body in the casket in the funeral parlor was

his.

Or maybe not: After a major plot in which Locke led a group looking to take down Jacob,

his body was shown rolling out of a cargo box.

Heroic Leader Locke was actually the shape-shifting Man in Black, and the real Locke was dead.

To throw everybody for a loop, or maybe to keep their options open, the Lost crew shot

a couple of other scenes, in which the dead man in the coffin isn't Locke, but Sawyer

and Desmond instead.

"He was a man of faith.

He was… a much better man than I will ever be."

Sex and the City

HBO's Sex and the City was an updated, urban take on the romantic comedy, but a romantic

comedy nonetheless, and it ended like one: Sarah Jessica Parker's character, Carrie

Bradshaw wound up with her on-again, off-again guy, Mr. Big, and returned to New York after

a spell in Paris.

The day after the finale aired in 2004, Parker told USA Today that three different endings

had been shot, with the one true wrap-up kept a secret.

The abandoned endings, which Parker called "just silly," involved Carrie returning to

New York alone — or with artist boyfriend Aleksandr Petrovsky.

Imagine the fan uproar if that happened.

Dallas

A massive hit during the 1979 to 1980 TV season, the CBS primetime drama Dallas entranced millions

with the story of wicked Texas oil tycoon J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman and his

family and associates.

In the cliffhanger third season finale, as J.R. got ready for bed one night…someone

shot him and left him for dead.

[Gunshot]

It was a shocking TV moment, and over the summer, seemingly all of America debated "Who

shot J.R.?" — as pretty much every character on Dallas had a motive.

So to keep fans guessing in case a cast or crew member leaked the details, multiple resolutions

to the cliffhanger were shot.

So who really shot J.R.? Turns out it was his mistress and sister-in-law, Kristin Shepard

portrayed by Mary Crosby.

The Simpsons

Fifteen years after "Who Shot J.R.?," the sixth season of The Simpsons ended with a

similar cliffhanger episode, in which Springfield Nuclear Power Plant boss C. Montgomery Burns

is shot by an unidentified assailant and collapses onto a sundial, with his arms pointed to the

"W" and "S." Pretty much everybody in Springfield was a suspect, but in the seventh-season premiere,

infant Maggie Simpson was revealed as the shooter.

While there were clues that the baby did it, Simpsons writer David Mirkin told The A.V.

Club that he "purposely wanted to construct it so that it made you think that Smithers

had done it."

As discussed on a Simpsons DVD commentary track, scenes of many characters pulling the

trigger were created, including Moe, Barney, and Santa's Little Helper.

To fool leakers further, a completely separate ending was produced in which Smithers actually

did shoot Mr. Burns.

The Walking Dead

The sixth season of The Walking Dead built up to the arrival of Negan, played by Jeffrey

Dean Morgan.

In the original comics written by Robert Kirkman, Negan almost immediately kills Glenn with

Lucille, his barbed-wire wrapped baseball bat.

Would the show follow suit, or would another member of Rick's gang, ambushed by the Saviors,

meet their doom instead?

In the mid-season finale, Negan killed…somebody.

The show cut to black before we could find out.

Viewers had to wait a while to learn that Glenn and Abraham were indeed at the other

end of Lucille.

Showrunner Scott Gimple wanted to keep that eventual outcome secret, which was especially

difficult because The Walking Dead deals with incredibly bold and intrusive spoiler-hunters

— in fact, camera-equipped drones have been spotted flying over the set.

In order to preserve the big reveal, the show shot 11 different Lucille-related deaths scenes:

one for each character.

Game of Thrones

While The Walking Dead crew has to deal with intrusive drones, Game of Thrones has to deal

with paparazzi using long-range camera lenses to snap pictures of the show in progress.

In the lead up to the show's seventh season in 2017, producers filmed fake scenes to fool

those tricky photographers and spoiler-hungry fans.

Kit Harington, who stars as Jon Snow, told Jimmy Kimmel that the series shot three scenes

that weren't part of the show or intended to be used at all.

"We put together people in situations where we knew the paparazzi was around, so they'd

take photos and that would get on the internet, to fake scenes."

For his part, Kimmel summed up what the process must've been like for the cast and crew:

"What a pain in your ass that is."

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New Camera, New Coat - September 29 - Duration: 5:49.

I was trying to sleep in this morning but this cheerleading soccer

children's game thing has been going on a couple of hours now. also Victor got a new

camera the other day which can have an external microphone and also came

with an external microphone. let's see the difference in this and in this

camera which I've had for years. New camera! I don't think it has of high of a Image quality but what I really want to see is

how the sound quality is different cuz if I could get good sound, that's

really annoying, if I could get good sound quality um in this and I'm testing it out by walking

you through my apartment in the various lighting because windows oh - actually right here the lighting is really nice

I might just make all of my videos from here so you can see how messy my apartment is

also coffee's done *slurp sound* really hot shouldn't have done that

oh my goodness. hey I'm gonna put this on the computer see what the difference is

then maybe I'll just be using this for the rest of the day

♪♫

so my goal in doing the daily vlogs has always been to make something every day

so I can get better at being on camera but also better at editing because I'm

not the strongest editor not as strong as I would like to be yet for now though

I have to go to my day job where I do work I mean it's not a particularly hard

job I do actually do work there though

apparently I'm actually pretty praised for my ambition apparently which is cool

I don't have ambition really in anything other than video stuff usually but I'm a

good worker if anybody ever wants to hire me.

Done with work now it's all finished. it's good. I'm finished. I can't stress this enough I'm done so I don't

mind working at Jimmy Johns, it's normally a pretty good place, but I'm kind of

frustrated today because what normally happens is that any time I work past 3

o'clock I end up running the store by myself and that's super annoying and it's

not because other workers aren't there it's that they don't care. like my manager

I'm pretty sure he fell asleep in the back room today and I'm super mad about

that! but some people might remember a few months ago me talking about

recommending somebody else get a raise because they deserved a raise

so that person has a different job than me they are a delivery driver they ride

their bike they deliver subs around towns yada yada yada they ended up getting

a management position because they wanted a driver for that a little bit

after I recommended that he get a rate this says his coworker and peer. HE for

the first time realized that I was running the store whenever I stay this late

and is recommending that I get a raise because you know Karma and also I

deserve one so that's great. Oh also I got paid today so that's nice.

I am just leaving the bank now, which is awesome. I deposited both a paycheck and the refund

I got from school because I got a really good grant which basically pays for all

the school and then with my federal loans and needs-based funding I make

more I actually make money from school because I'm so poor

♫♪♫

Turning on the external mic, kind of weird.

but we went to Victory Pointe and went out to dinner for our

anniversary date and Victory Pointe just put in an ice cream bar for their

two year anniversary hashtag two years of VP

and most importantly I ordered a new winter coat from ThinkGeek for their sale

it came in the mail today! I ordered it like a week ago. So, unboxing, unbagging?

Is unboxing still the correct term when it's not a box?ooooooh, it's so cool!

So it's black and blue and it's Harry Potter themed because I am as always a true Gryffindor

oh and it has a hood

it's a Down Jacket too. the interior and lining is all blue

Oh I am already actually really warm I was as soon and they put this on I got so much warmer

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Puck Face Podcast Episode 003 [CC] - Duration: 53:03.

[Theme song] Puck Face, you watch too much hockey, Puck

Face From Monday, to Saturday

And Sunday Matinees Puck Face (You're such a puck face)

TAYLOR: Wikipedia defines "Very Special Episode" as an episode which deals with

difficult or controversial issues.

Episode 3, Season 4 of Boy Meets World sees Shawn lured by the enigmatic and dangerous,

Phillip Mack, as we learn a very important lesson about the dangers of cults.

In Episode 16, Season 9 of "The Facts of Life," Natalie, who by this point is in

her twenties, decides to sleep with her boyfriend, as we learn a very important lesson about

the dangers of…*squints*…premarital sex.

And in Episode 5, Season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a warlock-brewed beer causes the young

people of Sunnydale to revert to a neanderthalic state, as we learn a very important lesson

about the dangers of alcohol.

This episode received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding hairstyling.

You might say, "He y, isn't Episode 3 of your podcast a little early for a Very

Special Epsiode?"

And to that I would say, Blossom did it in Episode 2, "Blossom Blossoms."

Welcome everyone to Hockey!

The Musical, where Producer Aleris and I assess the fortunes of all 31 NHL teams, using the

same medium employed by such visionaries as Whitney Houston, Barbara Streisand, Macho

Man Randy Savage.

The medium—of song.

If you want a 2017/18 Season Preview that isn't in song form…you can go fuck yourself.

31 teams.

2 conferences.

4 divisions.

We'll begin, with the Western conference, working our way through the Pacific, then

the Central, and onto the Eastern conference, starting with the Atlantic, and then finishing

with the stacked af Metro division.

The order within each division will be loosely alphabetical.

We will begin, with the hitherto shitty Arizona Coyotes.

ALERIS: But first, the news!

[Intro music for CBC's "The National"]

TAYLOR: Game of Thrones stars, Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie have announced their engagement.

The pair plans to tie the knot in a small ceremony with close friends and telegraphed

plot points.

Medical researchers were able to restore consciousness to a man who spent 15 years in a vegetative

state.

The man's first acts were to briefly catch up on world news, and sue the doctors who

woke him.

Twitter has doubled the character count to 280.

ALERIS: Knock knock.

TAYLOR: Who may I ask is at the door on this particular occasion?

ALERIS: Interrupting CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey.

TAYLOR: Interrupting CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey wh—

ALERIS: Well, we personally here at Puck Face Podcast think that this is a good move, because

whereas before people were limited as to how they could express themselves, now they just

really have a lot more space that they can use to get to the point.

TAYLOR: And that's the presentation of newly received and/or noteworthy information considered

pertinent for public consumption, known as, in the parlance of our times, the news.

["Entertainment Tonight" outro music]

[Cute dog video music]

ALERIS: Do you want a surprise Something unpredictable right before your

eyes Do you want to be amazed

See Hjalmarsson and Chychrun and Ekman Larsson play

Heckin good dogs (Heckin good dogs!) These Coyotes are heckin good dogs

They're 12 out of 10 They might not make the playoffs but these

doggos are a fren John Chayka's barely old enough to drive

Did you know that Luke Schenn is still alive Heckin good dogs

(Heckin good dogs!) These Coyotes are heckin good dogs

They might not be Chicago But they're certainly some heckin good doggos

Arf arf!

(Aleris howls)

TAYLOR: You heard it here first, Arizona will be much improved this year.

They added Antti Raanta in goal.

Derek Stepan at centre.

And Jason Demers on D, who apparently blocked a trade to the Vancouver Canucks, which just…warms

my heart as a longtime Canucks, and I use this term loosely, "fan."

ALERIS: Hey, did you know that John Chayka, the Coyotes' General Manager, is only 28

years old?

TAYLOR: Yeah, the Coyotes would have won a cup by now if he wasn't so busy buying Avocado

toast.

ALERIS: I still can't believe John Chayka hasn't answered for what he did to casual

dining chains like Chili's and Applebee's.

TAYLOR: Yeah, or hotel closets.

ALERIS: Or napkins.

TAYLOR: But what of the rest of the Pacific Division.

Anaheim, Calgary, Edmonton?

Teams that made the playoffs last year.

ALERIS: Teams whose general managers didn't kill wine corks.

TAYLOR: Or vacations.

ALERIS: Or the McDonald's McWrap.

TAYLOR: Or affordable housing.

ALERIS: No that's Boomers.

TAYLOR: Oh, right.

[Nature-evoking music]

TAYLOR: Hampus Lindholm's injured And Ryan Kesler's injured

Our aquatic friends depend upon an aging Ryan Miller

Bieksa's 36 And Kesler's 33

Time is running thin On the 2011—Canucks if you ask me

Ducks eat fish and insects, and some aquatic plants.

Randy Carlyle is a worse coach than Emilio Estevez

I think it's time that Cogliano's ironman streak will end

The Pacific stinks so Anaheim will make the post season again

[Spoken] TAYLOR: And Ryan Getzlaf will still be an asshole whose fake apology for shouting

an anti-gay slur at a referee was bullshit.

ALERIS: Yeah

[Nature music builds] TAYLOR: Calgary...

Please don't leave

Can't you see We need your team

Brian Burke Make it work —

Intercede, Hear Nenshi

Don't be so, Damn greedy —

Make Ken King Pay for the damn thing

You need a new arena We know he has the bling

This ole' town Is playoff bound

So don't move to Seattle We want you guys around

[Change to sexy mood music]

TAYLOR: Baby.

ALERIS: Yeah?

TAYLOR: Some people say too much of anything is a

bad thing.

But when Connor McDavid is on that TV,

ALERIS: Ooh

TAYLOR: coming in hard, sliding around that D and undressing those goalies.

ALERIS: Ahhh.

TAYLOR: Baby you know it just makes me wanna…Gamecenter

& chill.

ALERIS: Uh-huh?

TAYLOR: Yeah.

Uh.

I just want you to deke me out Deke me out like Connor

(Deke me out like Connor babay) I just want you to deke me out

Deke me out like Connor (Freak me out like Connor)

I just want you to show me that release And unleash the beast from the west to the

east bring me right out of my seat when you're feeding on my goal crease.

I just want you to deke me out And take me all the way to the Conference Finals!

TAYLOR: Or an orgasm.

Wh...Whichever comes first.

ALERIS: Heh....First.

TAYLOR: So, this is the point in Hockey!

The Musical where I could no longer be arsed to look through copyright-free YouTube music,

and sort of just devolved into Weird Al-style parodies.

ALERIS: Did you know Weird Al is a vegan?

Anyway, much has been made of the LA Kings' decline over the last few years.

Bad contracts, aging stars, consistent possession.

TAYLOR: Oh, you mean their Corsi and Fenwick?

Why is that a bad thing?

ALERIS: No, Taylor.

Not puck possession.

TAYLOR: Oh…possession of what then?

ALERIS: Just play the song.

["Cocaine" plays on ukelele]

TAYLOR: If you wanna hang out, you better bottom out LA

The allegations aren't true, we never ever do

LA

We're all right, We're all right Come and try

LA (Sniffing sound)

We're the best, At our sport We don't snort...

LA

TAYLOR: Oh I get it, cocaine!

ALERIS: Taylor, you sang that song.

TAYLOR: Allegedly sang the song.

ALERIS: (Sighs).

Anyway.

We conclude our trek through California with the San Jose Sharks.

A team without Patrick Marleau this year, but not without a certain je ne sais quois.

A je ne sais coiff, if you will.

["Baby Got Back" beat plays] TAYLOR:

Oh, my, God Becky, look at that beard.

It is so big.

He looks like One of those people who owns a craft beer

company in Portland.

Or like, a lumberjack who works in Portland.

Or like, a person from Portland.

ALERIS: I like big beards and I can not lie.

You other players can't deny When Brent Burns walks in with a beard so

thick And a round thing on his stick

You get scored on Shots poured on

You better hope you got record on I see that beard your sportin

Making the playoffs "with Joe Thornton"

TAYLOR: The San Jose Sharks debuted in 1991.

"Baby Got Back" was released in 1992.

Coincidence?

Yes.

And now for BC's very own, the Vancouver Canucks.

ALERIS: (Singing to tune of "By Mennen.")

Jim Benning.

TAYLOR: Wow what a great song.

You really captured the overarching forlornness and general ennui of the Canucks, and I use

this term loosely, "fan base."

ALERIS: Thanks!

We have one more Pacific division team to "Slot" in.

Our "Ace in the hole."

Our team that you don't give two "craps" about.

TAYLOR: Ooh ooh ooh!

Can I try one??

A team that'll warm you up when it's excaliburrrr.

["Viva Las Vegas" plays on synthesizer]

TAYLOR: Brand new city gonna set the league Gonna set the NHL on fire

Got half a billion dolllars of expansion money Could Gary Bettman be pitching one higher?

There's Marc-Andre Fleury just dying out there

No number one centre, what do I care Got bottom 3 defensemen and draft picks to spare So Viva, Las Vegas

Viva, Las Vegas Viva, Viva, Las Vegas

(Elvis voice) Thank you. Thank you very much.

TAYLOR: And so much for Act 1.

ALERIS: Yeah!

(Caught off guard) Oh, This seems like a good time to bring in a running series on Puck

Face Podcast.

(Both laugh) In the spirit of Ice T's Dungeons & Dragons Audiobook, this is Hockey D&D League.

[Medieval 8-bit chiptune plays]

ALERIS: If you weren't with us last time, what we do here is roll 4 dice 6 times to

determine scores for Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.

We combine the 3 highest dice from each roll to get our numbers.

Based on these stats, Taylor will decide which hockey player or personality is represented

by that character.

TAYLOR: Our first draftee was Montreal's Shea Weber.

Who will join him this week?

Aleris, roll those dice.

ALERIS: All right.

I will push the button on this app.

So for Strength we have…13!

TAYLOR: All right, so 13 strength.

Stronger than average.

ALERIS: All right, Dexterity.

Oh no!

That will be 7.

TAYLOR: All right.

So somebody who's not going to be a top pair or top line talent.

ALERIS: Okay rolling for constitution here.

Ahh, well, we got a 16.

TAYLOR: Okay. 16 constitution.

So probably we're looking at maybe like a 3rd liner, line a grinding, eat up minutes

type of player.

ALERIS: Next roll for intellegence, and we have 16 again.

TAYLOR: Another 16, all right!

Okay, somebody who's got some abilities.

Let's see how they use those abilities with wisdom.

ALERIS: They have a 15 to work with there.

TAYLOR: Oh my goodness.

You know who this is starting to look like to me?

ALERIS: Who's that?

TAYLOR: A little bit like Matt Cullen.

The, uh, sometime 4th line centre for the Pittsburgh Penguins and now the Minnesota

Wild.

But I'm not so sure about that.

ALERIS: Ok.

TAYLOR: Let's see what charisma says.

ALERIS: Yeah.

Let's see, he's working with 14 charisma.

TAYLOR: 14 charisma, that's pretty good.

You know what, let's say, let's go with Matt Cullen.

I like Matt Cullen.

Cully's a good guy.

He's a family man.

You know, he can put the puck in the net sometimes.

His dexterity would have been a little higher when he won a cup with the Carolina Hurricanes.

But I think this is a pretty Matt Cullen-y player.

ALERIS: Well congratulations Matt Cullen, you're on the team.

TAYLOR: Yeah, you might not be on the Pittsburgh Penguins anymore, you have no chance to threepeat,

but you do have a chance to take part, in Hockey D&D League.

Who will be next to, uh, excuse me, (laughs), to accompany Shea Weber and Matt Cullen on

their quest.

Tune in next time.

ALERIS: And now, back to Hockey!

The Musical.

["Swingin on a Star" plays]

TAYLOR: Jonathan Toews is a centreman who plays for the

Hawks He'll put you to sleep each time he talks

The salary cap is a total mess And Marian Hossa can't get dressed

So if you wanna get swept in four games You might grow up to be Jon Toews

ALL: Or would you like to play for the Stars?

Carry Radulov home in a jar?

And be better off than you are?

Or would you like to be Duchene?

ALERIS Duchene is an Avalanche who cannot be swayed

He asked Joe Sakic for a trade.

He's kinda overrated just like Varlamov And if he does get traded he'll be in the

playoffs So if you think you're an unmitigated pain

You might grow up to be Duchene

ALL: Or would you like to cheer for the Stars?

Have the highest scoring by far?

And a jersey so green it's bizarre?

Or would you rather be the Wild?

TAYLOR: The Wild are team with a coach named Boudreau

They'll get into the playoffs and implode ALERIS:

The Blues are bad in goal So of course they'll miss

TAYLOR: The Jets won't make it either

And the fans'll be pissed So if you want a hockey team that is on par

Then you should choose the Dallas Stars

ALERIS Or would you like to cheer for the Preds

Go right back to the Final instead At least their captain reciprocates h—

TAYLOR: Intermission! Intermission! Good God.

ALERIS: What? I just meant oral s—("Blades of Steel" intermission music plays)

["Cheers" theme plays on piano]

ALERIS: Making your way in the league today Takes everything you got

Trading away a franchise centre Didn't help a lot

Wouldn't you hate Don Sweeney's job Sometimes you have to go

And lose a bucket load of trades And get Dave Backes overpaid

You wanna go where people know Zdeno's efforts are in vain

You wanna go and see the Bruins lose a game You wanna go where people know

Chiarelli is the one the blame You wanna go and see the Bruins lose a game

TAYLOR: How's the world treatin' ya, Marchy?

ALERIS: Welcome to Act III of Hockey!

The Musical.

The Atlantic Division!

TAYLOR: Hey Aleris, what did you make of the last season of the Buffalo Sabres?

ALERIS: Well, I thought the whole narrative that led up to Tim Murray's ousting didn't

make a lot of sense.

Like it was completely telegraphed right from the beginning, but they tried to be all coy

about it—ooh, will Jack Eichel take Tim Murray's side or will he betray his own

team?

And you're like, oh my god, obviously he's not gonna do that.

So when he doesn't you're like, ok, where's the suspense?

Where's the clarity of motivation?

TAYLOR: Interesting.

How about the Detroit Red Wings?

ALERIS: Well, I felt the sense of place that they developed over all those years was suddenly

betrayed.

Like, one moment Brendan Smith and Steve Ott are there and then they're suddenly way

off in another city.

Like, how did Thomas Vanek get to Florida in one scene when it used to take Jamie Lannister

a whole season to get to King's Landing?

And as for Florida, I felt like they blew all their budget on CG just to make it look

like Jagr can still skate, rather than putting those resources into good storytelling.

TAYLOR: I know exactly what you mean.

Here's a song about 3 teams we probably won't see in the playoffs this year.

["Game of Thrones" theme plays on guitar]

TAYLOR: Jack Eichel looks like Joffrey Baratheon ALERIS:

(Looks like Joffrey, Looks like Joffrey) (Just like Joffrey)

TAYLOR: He drove out Dan Bylsma, and Tim Murray

ALERIS: (Killed Tim Murray, Killed Tim Murray. Metaphorically)

TAYLOR: Detroit has a brand new Arena

ALERIS: (Little Caeser's, Little Caesers) (Yummy pizza)

TAYLOR: Athanasiou is threatening to leave ya

ALERIS: (Gonna leave ya, Gonna leave ya. Fucking see ya)

TAYLOR: Jagr is way too old He won't be signed

Last season, of Game of Thrones Was just all right

ALERIS: (Wasn't great though, wasn't great though)

(Wasn't great though) (Wasn't great though, wasn't great though, wasn't great)

TAYLOR: Wow, what a great song.

We now come to an original 6 team, and a team that just so happens to be your childhood

favourite, Aleris.

The Montreal Canadiens.

Hit it!

["Frère Jacques" plays on xylophone] TAYLOR:

Frère Pricè Frère Pricè

Dormez Vous?

Dormez Vous?

Better not or they're fucked Sorry but the Habs suck

Yes it's true Yes it's true

ALERIS: Oh, shut up.

Asshole.

TAYLOR: Wow, the truth hurts, doesn't it?

ALERIS: Says the Canucks fan.

TAYLOR: Again, I use the term, "fan" loosely.

ALERIS: I think the Canucks use the term, "hockey" loosely.

TAYLOR: But enough about them.

Back to the Habs.

Here's one.

What do you call a guy who'd be a number 4 centre in an ideal situation—at best a

number three, but in the case of the Canadiens he's a number 2 centre.

ALERIS: What?

TAYLOR: Danault.

ALERIS: Ugh, Taylor, that's my joke.

Ok.

Did you hear about the matching feet that were discovered off the coast of Port Renfrew?

TAYLOR: No.

ALERIS: Yeah, they called it the most upsetting case of something being washed up on the west

coast of BC since YOUR VANCOUVER CANUCKS.

TAYLOR: Look, I'm not upset about the Vancouver Canucks.

[Theme] I'm Not (I'm not upset now)

I've got (Got no regrets now) I don't care 'bout the Vancouver Canucks

(So give) Give me those Vancouver Canucks

(Singin, ringin, Nucks)

[Crowd cheering] JIM HUGHSON: It's a wonderful day for an exorcism!

ALERIS: Oh good, they've arrived!

TAYLOR: That's right, we've brought in a real life barbershop quartet to tell us

all about our next team, the Ottawa Senators!

Please welcome the official barbershop quartet of Puck Face Podcast, Pitch Please!

[Aleris & Taylor in 4 part harmony. Tune of O Canada] O, Ottawa

Erik Karlsson's on the shelf Alfie's retired

MacArthur's gone as well With Chabot too young and Oduya old

And Phaneuf on your top pair With no fans attending your hockey games

In the middle of nowhere God help your team

Oldest in the league O Ottawa, watch them make the playoffs anyway

O Ottawa, watch them make the playoffs anyway

ALERIS: Wow, barbershop.

So exotic.

TAYLOR: Our final two songs of Act III represent the class of the Atlantic division.

ALERIS: You have the Tampa Bay Lightning, who almost made the playoffs last year despite

a rash of injuries.

Like a really big rash of injuries.

Like a rash that covers a third of your body and makes Yanni Gourde a regular in your lineup.

Who the fuck is Yanni Gourde?

TAYLOR: And then you have the Toronto Maple Leafs, an exciting, up and coming team with

talent to spare, and a seedy underbelly, exemplified by a management that is, how shall I put this,

circumspect.

ALERIS: Stephane Robidas?

Never playing again.

TAYLOR: Frankie Corrado?

No obligatto.

ALERIS: That 3rd year of Patrick Marleau's contract?

TAYLOR: David Blaine that shit—OH!

ALERIS: Now let's take a trip down to Florida.

["Oom Pa Pah" plays on piano] TAYLOR: Ladies and gentleman, bruvers and

sinners all, I call upon the esteemed producer of Puck Face Podcast

ALERIS: Ey, that's me!

TAYLOR: To sing the ol' song, Tam-pa-pah!

ALERIS: There's a little ditty they're singing in Miami Especially when they're counting their

Stanley Cup rings TAYLOR: Zero!

ALERIS If you got yer picks in, you'll know that

this division Belongs to Stevie Y, who will win everything

ALL Tampa-pah Tampa-pah that's how it goes

Tampa-pah Tampa-pah everyone knows!

ALERIS Nobody scores quite like Steven Stamkos

ALL When they hear Tampa-pa

ALERIS Mister Johnny Drouin, He knew what he was doin When he refused to play

For the minor league team Patiently he waited

Then Yzerman he traded him Now he's on the 'abbies

Who always get creamed ALL

Tampa-pa Tampa-pa that's how it goes Tampa-pa Tampa-pa everyone knows!

ALERIS Good fing they're not coached by Barry Melrose

ALL: When they hear Tampa-pa!

ALERIS: You just had to throw a dig at the Habs in there, didn't you.

TAYLOR: And how!

["Any Dream Will Do" plays] ALERIS:

I close my eyes I see Mitch Marner

Playing like a charmer Wonderful and new

I see my sweet, William Nylander. Auston's wing commander.

Any Leaf Will Do

I wore my old (I wore my old) Doug Gilmour Jersey (Ahhh)

Ne'er again to worry. Bout the boys in blue.

And in the east (And in the east) A star was rising (ah-ahh)

With Marleau signing (ahh) Any Leaf will do

A perfect pass, from stick to stick Who knew Jake Gardiner, was so slick

He sprung me cleanly through the defence I was left alone

[record scratch]

TAYLOR: Speak softly Joffrey if you know what's

good for you You do not want to be the one who angers Lou

You were our guy We loved you once

Until you trashed the team on Instagram, you dunce

Vine coloured days Out on the slopes

Sad drunken nights On his cellphone

Speak softly Joffrey close your lips and do not tell

You shut your yap or else you're in the AHL

Your physical Came back as failed

That's what you'll say if you want to keep your thumbnails

TAYLOR: Hey it's me, Taylor.

Since we're at an act break I'd like to take some time to discuss the events of the

'weekend "stick to sports" died,' as Bruce Arthur put it.

If you're dying for more songs, you can skip ahead 11 minutes and you'll be at the

start of Act IV.

So, the Pittsburgh Penguins accepted 45's invitation to the White House.

And we saw the wretched statement from coach, Mike Sullivan saying it's a "politics

aside" thing, which, here's the thing about white supremacy: If you express neutrality,

you're for it.

Sidney Crosby defended the decision, saying it is a "tremendous honour" to go to the

White House, and that they respect the office of the President.

Even though it's occupied by a white supremacist.

Sidney Crosby, who has built his brand on being apolitical, expressed a more political

statement by seeking out neutral ground on white supremacy than we have seen from any

other 'face of the game' maybe ever.

The best takes on all this, in my opinion, have come from Jashvina Shah. @icehockeystick

on Twitter.

Episode 18 of her podcast, Sticking to Sports, titled, "On Hockey Culture, the Penguins

White House Visit and More."

Please, please, please go check it out.

It's far more important than any of the goofiness we do here.

She talks about why the onus shouldn't be put on players of colour to kneel or to speak out.

JT Brown of the Tampa Bay Lightning has received death threats for just talking about kneeling.

Allies need to do more of the work.

She also talks about the framing of the white-dominated mainstream hockey media in the wake of the

Penguins' decision.

There are questions white beat reporters typically won't ask of athletes, that a reporter of

colour (if you hired one) would.

Beat reporters have been asking hockey players about kneeling, and not asking them about

accountability for police, which is the root of the issue of kneeling.

Since listening to Shah's podcast I've been observing what hockey talking heads have

been choosing to focus on.

I listen to a lot of sports talk radio.

TSN in particular.

James Duthie was doing a hit on Landsberg in the Morning, and he essentially boiled

down the problem with the Penguins' decision to go the White House to timing and tone.

He called their timing "tone-deaf" and "blind," which, abled white progressives

never fail to recruit ableism in their commentary on social justice.

I like James Duthie, he seems a nice guy, but that's disappointing.

And that's a thing whiteness does.

It loves to focus on tone rather than systemic violence—and if you think my concern with

Duthie's ableist language is about tone, it's not.

A large amount of people murdered by police ARE deaf.

50% or people murdered by police in the United States have a disability of some kind.

When you casually use disability as a metaphor for ignorance; as a metaphor for what's

wrong with the unjust side of injustice, you are treating state violence against disabled

people as a perfunctory social justice issue.

If you're listening and you casually use disability or mental illness as shorthand

for bigotry, I have three words: Thesaurus dot com.

Now, Duthie and others have brought sytemic issues into the conversation, but when they

do, it's very sanitized, and it always comes back to timing and tone.

I am not a Keith Olbermann fan, per se but he was right when he said 45's racism is now

the Pittsburgh Penguins' racism.

TSN's Matt Cauz, noted Harper supporter, said his problem with Olbermann's statement wasn't

that there was anything necessarily factually wrong with it, but that it was "too strident."

Look of course white supremacy is bad but heaven forbid we resist it in a way that's

a tad grating.

White culture is saying racism is bad out of one side of your mouth, and complaining

about the "tone" of those resisting it out of the other side.

White owners in the NFL have been defending their athletes for kneeling, or linking arms,

or staying in the dressing room, but have framed their support as a general "unity"

thing, rather than a specific statement about state violence.

Bruce Arthur was on Landsberg in the Morning and he discussed unity as a concept.

He said, "What does that mean?

What are you united in service of.

Some people are trying to make it "We are united as human beings and therefore we are

against racism."

Ok, that's also a coke commercial.

(That's Bruce Arthur, not me) Until you are clear about what you are united against,

then unity means whatever anyone wants it to mean."

White culture is, at every opportunity, co-opting resistance to white supremacy and converting

it into a subservient, malleable, and capitalist construct in service of the status quo.

TSN's Craig Button made the point at the end of a pretty milquetoast discussion on

Leafs Lunch that "Without discussion, nothing will change."

A truly profound statement.

Discussion of what, exactly?

Because the words, "White Supremacy" weren't uttered once during that segment of all-white

TSN employees with a platform they could have been using to elevate Black voices.

"Discussion" is a hugely attractive end goal for those who are consistently privileged

by discussion.

Until oppressive systems are dismantled, nothing will change.

Until policy changes, nothing will change.

Until money is invested in marginalized communities and marginalized people are given platforms,

nothing will change.

Until policing practices are radically deconstructed and the prison system in the United States

is not a continuation of slavery, nothing will change.

White culture is discussion having already presented clear solutions that are uncomfortable

to us, so we discuss it more.

White culture is having discussions the way we boil vegetables.

TSN's Gord Miller, who, again, seems like a nice, socially liberal white moderate, gave

as his reason why the Pens shoudn't visit the White House that 45 has made it a free

speech issue—by bringing athletes into it, and saying they should be fired for their

expression.

As if all that came before that wasn't enough.

As if white supremacy wasn't enough of a reason.

As if being an ally to athletes of colour wasn't enough of a reason.

Gord, you have a lot of good ideas about hockey, but that is a perfect example of white people

only stepping up when their own are threatened.

Bruce Arthur, in a rare example of a white person using an MLK quote to criticize other

white people, mentioned how the great stumbling block to Black liberation isn't just the

KKK, but the "white moderate…who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension

to a positive peace, which is the presence of justice."

Which by the way, describes hockey culture perfectly.

Don't ruffle feathers.

Don't stand out.

Tone down your separateness.

If you highlight your separateness, or if we just feel like that's what you're doing

you'll find yourself on the outside looking in, Montreal Canadiens.

More and more I wonder whether we say "Hockey culture" sometimes as a way of not saying

"White culture."

Just as a thought experiment, whenever you see the words, "Hockey culture," replace

"hockey" with "white."

Because sometimes, that's kinda what's going on.

Sidney Crosby is the living embodiment of 'hockey' culture.

And hopefully we're beginning to understand the problem with holding up a person who refuses

to make waves as a role model.

Back to Gord's point about stepping up only when you become a target.

Fascism is "omnicidal," as Ebony Elizabeth Thomas puts it.

@Ebonyteach on Twitter.

"If you think you're safe from fascism's omnicidal scythe, you don't know a thing

about fascism.

You aren't, and neither are your loved ones."

As Fascism grows; as white supremacy grows, it will choose white targets deemed to be

"degenerate."

The time to resist it is before that happens.

Mike Johnson was on Leafs Lunch, and he (thankfully) made a point I've heard no one else make

on sports talk radio.

Maybe others have and I just missed it.

He pointed out that for all the comments that kneeling during the anthem is an insult to

"people who served," Colin Kaepernick originally was sitting during the anthem,

and he approached veterans about it, who told him it would be more respectful to them to

kneel, so he did.

So for those who say "lefties," which is code, disrepect veterans by kneeling, when

was the last time you consulted an actual veteran on your own actions and assumptions.

It might have been Craig Button or Dave Poulin who pointed out that Joel Ward and PK Subban

are Canadian, which, I guess was supposed to mean that somehow their blackness is less

relevant to the conversation.

For one, police violence exists in Canada.

Since 1998, half of people killed by Toronto police while in, quote, "mental distress,"—again,

code—have been Black men.

Toronto's population is about 8% Black.

8.

Half.

Secondly, Joel Ward and PK Subban play in American cities.

Ward and Subban both said they won't kneel during the anthems, and there are some white

liberals out there who really need to get over their handwringing about it.

Whatever Joel or PK other Black hockey players need to do to feel safe, kneeling or not,

isn't our place as white people to criticize.

Like Jashvina Shah says, white folks need to step up and carry more of the burden.

If we don't expect that from people in leadership positions in hockey, then 'hockey' culture

has a pretty warped definition of leadership.

Go Caps.

Now back to silly hockey songs.

ALERIS: Welcome back to Hockey!

The Musical.

Act IV is all about the Metropolitan division.

A division with no teams that look truly terrible going into next season.

Washington and Pittsburgh may have taken a hit, but they're still tops in what should

be the best division in hockey.

TAYLOR: We begin with the Carolina Hurricanes, who were already one of my favourite teams

to watch before they drafted my favourite player from last year's World Junior tournament.

Martin Necas.

Draws penalties with his neutral zone speed.

Protects the puck so well in every zone.

Makes sneaky great little passes.

He won't play for them for a couple years, but man, this team just gets better and better.

["Sweet Caroline" plays on piano] TAYLOR :

Ya signed Scott Darling And I've been waiting all summer

The underlying numbers can't be wrong

TAYLOR & ALERIS:Hanifin And Terevainen

Victor Rask Lee Stempniak

And Aho too

TAYLOR: Sweet Caroline ALERIS:

(whoa-oh-oh) TAYLOR:

S'About time you're finally good I've been inclined

ALERIS: (whoa-oh-oh)

TAYLOR: To think Cam Ward's misunderstood

ALERIS: You know, we were so excited about having an actual barbershop quartet in studio,

we decided we'd bring them back to serenade the Columbus Blue Jackets.

TAYLOR: Specifically, their coach, John Tortorella.

Patriot.

Dog lover.

Abusive prick.

Distinguished guests, please welcome back the official barbershop quartet of Puck Face

Podcast, Pitch Please.

[Aleris & Taylor in 4 part harmony]

Oh say can you stand At the coach's command

If you don't then you'll sit Tortorella demands it

Though the defence is great And they play well at home

It's true, without Sergei Bobrovsky they're boned

Oh say does that stick wielding Penguin have a say

On their place in the Metro

And the rounds that they play

TAYLOR: Enh, you guys have done better.

[Quartet sings "Fuck You" in 4 part harmony]

TAYLOR: Fair enough. Now where were we? Oh right. John Tortorella. Husband. Father. Coach. Asswipe.

ALERIS: As we motor on through the Metro division, we come the most densely populated geographic

area in North America.

TAYLOR: Famous people from the New York Metropolitan area include:

ALERIS: Tony Bennett.

TAYLOR: Buzz Aldrin.

ALERIS: And Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

TAYLOR: We begin with a team Wayne Gretzky once referred to as "Mickey Mouse," who

is richer than Bill Gates, so, whatever that means.

A team called—the New Jersey Devils.

[Aleris makes trumpet sounds & knee-slapping percussion]

TAYLOR: Well the Devil went down to Edmonton he was

looking for a winger to steal He'd heard about trades that Chiarelli had

made and he was fitting to swing a deal Chiarelli said "Son, have I got one, and

his name is Taylor Hall And I'll trade you Hall for Larsson straight

up and the Devil was like "Really? That's all?"

[Aleris trumpet sound] Then the Devil went down to Washington and

he was feeling pretty slick.

So you bet he was dancin when he stole Johansson for a second and a third round pick

Then the Devil shot up the standings and the Rangers were mighty pissed

You could hear the hate from a neighbouring state and it sounded something like this:

["New York, New York" plays on piano]

ALERIS: Start spreading the news I'm leaving today

I've had enough this bullshit New York, New York

These male model shoes Are longing to stray

Or my name's not Henrik fucking Lundqvist New York, New York

I'm gonna wake up In a city, that fucking wins

No more goddamn second round exits Not that shit again

TAYLOR: Start spreading the news

I'm also leaving today Or my name's not John freakin Tavares

New York, New York These Islander blues

Heh, golly, playing for the Blues sound great I'll play in gosh darned Denver if I have to New York, New York

New York, New York

And if I can't play there Then I'll play…anywhere!

Even Quebec. New York, New York

ALERIS: Poor Henrik Lundqvist.

TAYLOR: Poor John Tavares.

ALERIS: No, Poor Henrik Lundqvist.

TAYLOR: Look, can we just agree that given their career trajectories and what Tavares'

options are going to be in free agency that neither of them are likely to ever win a Cup?

ALERIS: Poor.

Henrik.

Lundqvist.

(Pause.

Aleris breathes into mic)

TAYLOR: Now here's something we hope you'll really like!

["Fresh Prince" theme plays] TAYLOR:

In South Philadelphia born and raised In the press box is where I spend most of

my days Chillin out, thinking about how to approach

Telling the General Manager he should fire the coach

I'm Shayne Gostisbehere and I deserve better I am the best young defenseman in an orange

sweater I had one bad shift and the coach got scared

He said ALERIS: "You're not playing tomorrow, go sit by Pierre.

TAYLOR: Think you can scratch me...Just cause you won a couple games in North Dakota...Jerk....

TAYLOR: I pulled up to Pierre I said "What's new

today" And he told me all my stats in the NCAA

I looked on the ice, our defence was awful The coach sat me and dressed Andy MacDonald

(Music fades) Bullshit....I'm Shayne Gostisbhere.

I almost won the Calder!

ALERIS: Well, just like that, we have only two teams left.

TAYLOR: Possibly the two best teams of the last couple seasons, and two teams still considered

the class of the NHL.

The Washington Capitals and the defending Stanley Cup Champion, Pittsburgh Penguins.

ALERIS: Will the Pittsburgh Penguins win the cup for a third time in a row this year?

I'm not sure even their fans want that at this point.

Seriously, fuck the Penguins.

TAYLOR: If they get Matt Duchene out of Colorado they're probably winning it again, though.

But, yeah, totally fuck the Penguins.

ALERIS: The Washington Capitals lost a few pieces over the summer, but they hope they

can finally get over the hump and win a cup.

TAYLOR: Or at least make it to the final.

Or like, the conference final.

ALERIS: Ovi, take us home.

[Russian national anthem plays on piano]

TAYLOR: O Alex Ovechkin Poor guy just can't win

Marcus Johansson got traded away Alex Ovechkin

Washington's captain Four time Olympian if he had his way

Will a champion be crowned Will he pass the second round

Alex O Alex

O Alex why WHY Does Crosby so astound

Why do flightless birds confound

Alex Ovechkin, Will he rebound?

["Mrs. Robinson" plays. Aleris sings Melody, Taylor on harmony]

Dee, dee dee dee dee dee

Dee dee dee dee,

dee dee, dee

Doo, doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo, doo

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee, Dee dee, dee

dee, dee dee

And here's to you, Mr. Rutherford Donald loves you more than you will know

Whoa whoa whoa God bless you please, Mr. Rutherford

The White House holds a place for you today Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

We'd like to say congratulations on your great franchise

We'd like to wish you welll again this year

Look around you, all you seee are friendly @ replies

Strollll around the garden 'till you feel at home

Coo coo catchou, Mr. Rutherford Donald loves you more than you will know

Whoa whoa whoa God bless you please, Mr. Rutherford

The White House holds a place for you today Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

Sittin in the press box on a Sunday afternoon Peekin at your cellphone during the anthem

Be polite, don't ruffle feathers When it's time to choose

Every way you look at it you lose

Where have you gone, Super Mario A fan base turns its lonely eyes to you

Woo woo woo What's that you say, Mr. Rutherford

Sid and Geno have nothing to say Hey, Hey, Hey

Hey, Hey, Hey

ALERIS: We hope you enjoyed Hockey!

The Musical as much as we enjoyed making it.

Follow us on @puckfacepod on Twitter.

Find our fully captioned episodes on the puckfacepod Youtube channel.

Download us on iTunes or wherever free podcasts are sold.

But tell me what you want, 'cause if what you really really want is an alternative,

you can also listen to us on Soundcloud.

Now get outta here, you puck face.

[Music fades out]

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Biking the Czech Republic - DAY 10 [EPISODE 10] - Duration: 5:37.

My name is Brian Cox,

but most people know me as the Travel Vlogger.

I'm always in search of extraordinary experiences

and on this adventure I'll be biking

over 700 kilometers across the Czech Republic.

Come with me

to see what makes this destination so special.

Dobry den!

Good day and welcome to day 10.

Right now we are in Znojmo,

and our end destination is Mikulov.

We have got a total of 59 kilometers.

We had a little bit of a late start,

so we need to get pedaling.

Come on, let's go!

We left Znojmo in high spirits,

as we were starting to get into the groove

of biking everyday.

As you probably noticed,

Tomáš is no longer with us.

He woke up early to catch the train back to Prague.

After an hour we decided to stop,

in the small town of Lechovice.

We have been making excellent progress.

We've got 20 kilometers done so far,

so we still have 39 kilometers,

but we figured it was time to stop for a refreshment.

Czech water…pivo, and try a new beer.

Hostan.

That was the perfect break to recharge our batteries.

We kept riding, and even though it was not hilly,

we were having difficulties keeping a good pace.

Probably for the last 15 kilometers,

we've had this nasty head wind.

We are still trucking but it has really slowed us down.

Zapping our energy, and we are starting to wonder,

if we bit off a little more than we can chew,

but I think we can make it.

If it stays this windy,

it will probably take us at least another 2 hours,

to get to our destination of Mikulov,

but I hear there is going to be some wine waiting for us.

We put our heads down,

and kept peddling for as long as we could.

Unlike the rest of our trip,

We would not be stopping at any points of interest,

nor would be we riding bike paths the entire way.

Half of this journey was ridden on small roads.

Alright, update!

We have still been riding through the gale force winds,

that I know you can see above my head.

We are only 7 kilometers from Mikulov.

I can actually see it in the distance.

The Holy Hill, I think is what it is called.

There is a little church on top of this hill.

I can see it, we are close!

But we figured it was time for a refreshment.

Mine as well celebrate a little early.

These last few kilometers were the most difficult.

As we entered Mikulov,

there was a real feeling of accomplishment.

Alrighty!

We finished our 59 kilometer trek.

It was brutal, more than half was with crazy head winds,

but now we are in Mikulov,

and right behind me is the awesome Mikulov Castle,

but we need to get freshened up,

and I am super ready to try some Moravian wine.

Out of nowhere, our long last friend was united with us.

I missed the train…so,

now I am here again with you,

and it is a pleasure for me.

It's wine time.

It's wine time!

It is wine time!

It is wine time, we are in Mikulov.

It is wine time!

In no time,

we were strolling around the historic center of Mikulov,

as we headed to a cool cafe slash wine bar.

Tomáš found this really cool wine shop,

where they actually make their own wines,

so we are going to try this Kristyna Cuvee,

and hopefully it treats us well.

I was just walking through the city,

and I saw this place, it looked really good.

And I saw really nice stuff here,

so I stopped there,

and I found that they make their own wine,

which are local from Mikulov,

so that is the way I found it.

As we finished that bottle it started to rain,

so we moved inside.

Alright,

so we have had a couple more glasses of wine

and we are probably going to have a couple more,

but I feel like this is probably the best time

to say good night to you.

See you in the morning.

Day 11, hopefully our legs are not sore.

Na starvi!

On day 11

We say goodbye to Tomáš,

Ride to the famous Lednice Chateau

Try some of the country's top 100 wines,

And return to Mikulov for one more night.

To see tons of great photos from the journey,

or to post your own shots

be sure to check out these hashtags on Instagram.

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