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♪♪

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He was bisexual,
Your Honor.

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A good personality,
made me laugh.

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Well, he got to have
a good personality

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if you want everybody
to like you.

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Okay?

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[ Laughter ]

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Nobody's lying?
No.

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Everybody's telling the truth.

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This is a weird case.

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What y'all want?

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[ Laughter ]

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She said, "Pete, you know
you're 18 years older than me."

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That's right up there
right next to,

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"What do your old ass want?"

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[ Laughter ]

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Hey, it's a big world out there,

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and it's filled with people
that just don't see eye to eye.

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See, that's where I come in.

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See, I ain't got a law degree,

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and I'm way too fly
to wear a robe.

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But this is where common sense
presides -- in
my
house.

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Court is now in session.

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[ Chuckles ]

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-- Captions by VITAC --

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All rise for the
Honorable Judge Steve Harvey!

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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Let's get started.

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This is the case of
Sereniity Baley vs. Donna Lucy.

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Sereniity is suing her friend
Donna for $500

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in matchmaking services
that left her without a match.

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Donna says if Sereniity
wasn't so picky,

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she'd already have a man.

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Uh, let's start with you,
Sereniity.

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You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

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Your Honor, I'm here
to sue my cousin for $500

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in failed
matchmaking services.

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She totally failed.

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She was supposed to send me
four good men,

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and I just need
my coins back.

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Donna, it's your turn.
You have 30 seconds to respond.

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Your Honor, I do not owe
Sereniity $500

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because I hit the objectives,
the targets that she wanted,

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with everything that
she was looking for in a man,

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and she failed to make good on
any of the men that I sent her.

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So to my defense, she's not
getting her money back.

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Okay, how did this matchmaking,
uh, service ordeal start?

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We've been hanging out for maybe
about the last 10 years.

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This is like my big sister.
She knows everything about me.

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And she noticed
that I haven't been dating.

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I don't really have
a social life.

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So she came with the idea,
she said, "You know what?

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I have maybe about four
good dudes for you.

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You know, would you like me
to matchmake you?"

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I said, "Yeah, that sounds
like a good idea."

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And that's what she does.
She does great matchmaking.

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Oh, she's done it before?
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

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Let me bounce over
to you for a minute.

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You a matchmaker?

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I've done it before.
I've done it on several --

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I mean, that's what you do
for a living?

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No, that's not what
I do for a living.
Oh, okay.

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I mean, it may
lead to something

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that I do for a living,
but at this point, no,

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it's not something
that I do for a living.

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Have -- Have you matched
other people before?

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I have.
Very successfully, yes, sir.

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Oh, you have?
Yes.

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Oh, okay.

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[ Applause ]
Thank you.

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Well, she failed with me,
Your Honor.

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Totally failed with me.
Totally failed with me.

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Well, I mean, so tell me what --
how the agreement started.

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Okay, like I said, she did
introduce the conversation.

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She said, "You know what?

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Let me introduce you to
four good dudes."

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I said okay.
She does charge a fee.

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However --
That's not true,
what you just said.

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I don't charge a fee.

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I reached out --
You offered to
give me $500.

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I did offer,
because I reached out

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to a mutual friend
that you hooked up

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and they're gonna
get married this year.

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I reached out to her
and she said you charge $500.

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You offered. I wasn't
gonna charge
you
anything.

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You wasn't, but --
You offered.

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Hold on one second.
I'm sorry.

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Did Donna asked you
for $500?

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She did not.

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Alright, now
we got that out the way,

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so we don't have
to argue about that.

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Did you have, like,
a contract or anything?

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We did.
We did have a contract.

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And I wish -- Yeah.

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Whose idea
was the contract?

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It was her idea.

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How did this contract
come about?

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Explain it to me.

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I was in the kitchen cooking
and my doorbell rings.

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I go to the door
and it's Sereniity.

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Sereniity has a piece of paper
in hand and it's a contract,

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and she has --
I see that she has paper,

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green paper in her hand,
and it's money.

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Okay, I'm confused. Hold up.
So stop, stop, stop.

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So I can get clarity here.
Yeah.

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So now
you wrote the contract?

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So she skipped
over a part

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that we actually discussed
the contract.

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She said,
"Make sure you list

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what you're -- what you're
looking for in a man

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and also put the dollar amount
that you're paying me."

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And that's when she actually
wrote up the contract.

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I printed it out
and gave her money.

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That was a week later.

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That's the part that
she skipped,

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that she told me
what to put in the contract.

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We did the contract together.
I just printed it.

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Okay. Do we have a copy
of the contract?

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We do.
I submitted it.

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You sub-- Okay, let's go.

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"...Ambition, smart, Dignity,

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caring, respectful, smart,
supportive and etc.

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Expected deadline..."

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[ Laughter ]

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"...by November 2021."

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This is in March 17, 2021.

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Yes, sir.

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[ Sighs ]
This is deeper than a contract.

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This is like a prayer request.

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[ Laughter ]

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Yes!

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I mean, we -- [ Laughs ]

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We looking at --

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This is the line for me.

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[ Laughs ]

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"Expected deadline,
November 2021."

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In March, you got to have a man
by November,

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I'm assuming
because you have spent

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your last Thanksgiving
and Christmas by yourself.

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My last.

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This your last one.

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So I'm assuming --
We gots to get this locked in

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'fore the holidays get here.

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Your Honor,
the dates came from her.

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Those were her dates.
I don't...

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[ Sighs ]

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But did you meet four --

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I did. I did.
I know you're frustrated.

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Tell -- Tell me about
the first guy.

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Okay, the first guy,

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he worked at McDonald's,
part time.

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And, you know,
I don't have an issue with a guy

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that work
at a fast food restaurant.

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However, he had
four children as well.

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Your Honor, may I say
something right here?

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Yes, ma'am.
Thank you.

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This man put himself
through college,

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just finishing up
his PhD,

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his four children,
Your Honor,

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are 16 and above.

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It's not like she had to babysit
for his kids.

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So I felt like she didn't
dig deep enough

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to give this guy --
to even give this guy a chance.

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Okay, that's interesting.
So let me do this here.

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Yes.
Tell me about all the men

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before I get to her.
Yeah, 'cause --

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So that's the first one.
Let's go with the second.

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Okay, the second guy,
um, he was bisexual.

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He was what?
Bisexual.

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Tell me how that came up,
though.

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He was actually a good guy.
I will say that.

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Good personality.

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Well, he got to have
a good personality

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if you want everybody
to like you.

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Okay?

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[ Laughter ]

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Say that.

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Exactly.

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Say that.

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[ Laughs ]

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Okay, go ahead.

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So we was just, you know,
having a general conversation,

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and he asked me, he said,
"How do you feel about,

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you know, inviting men or women
into our bedroom?"

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I said, absolutely
I would never do that.

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The only person
that's invited to my bed

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would be my dog, Sasha --
that's it.

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Wait. Who is Sasha?

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My dog.

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Oh, I missed that.
I'm sorry.

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My little doggy.

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I was gonna say, hey, paaaarty.

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[ Laughter ]

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Sasha's a dog. Okay.
Sasha's my dog.

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'Cause a lot of men in here
sat up when you said that.

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[ Laughter ]
Yeah. Yeah.

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♪♪

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He said, "How do you
feel about, you know,

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inviting men or woman
into our bedroom?"

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I said, "The only person
that's invited to my bed

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would be my dog, Sasha."

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Who is Sasha?
My dog.

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'Cause a lot of men in here
sat up when you said that.

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[ Laughter ]
Yeah. Yeah.

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Okay, that's two. Third guy.
Third guy.

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Third guy. The third guy,
I did go on a date with him.

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Right before the date,
he wanted to FaceTime me.

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And he said, "You know what?
What are you wearing tonight?"

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And he suggested
that I wear open-toed shoes.

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I'm like,
okay, that's fine.

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I'm thinking
we're going on

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like a beach date or something
like that or a picnic.

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So once we get to dinner,
he actually,

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as I'm going to shake his hand,
he look right down at my feet.

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And I didn't think
nothing about it.

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I'm like, okay. He want to
just look at my feet.

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He's admiring my shoes.

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I had on some fly shoes
that day, Your Honor.

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I really did.

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And so in the middle of dinner,
we're just talking,

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and he started
massaging my feet.

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And listen, my feet --
I had to work 8 hours.
Wait a minute. Ho--
Wait a minute.

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Hold on, wait.
Wait, wait, wait.

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You said
y'all went to dinner?

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We went to dinner.

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And he started
massaging your feet?

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He pulled my foot right on up
and started massaging.

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At the dinner table?
At the dinner table.

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Wow.
But I didn't mind.

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I didn't mind that.
My feet were hurting so bad.

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I'm like, okay.
[ Chuckles ]

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What got me was when he asked
to lick gravy off my feet.

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[ Spectators groan ]

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[ Laughs ]

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Gravy, Your Honor.

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That's a first.

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Alright, we got one more guy.
Okay.

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So...
[ Laughter ]

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The last guy --
good career, very funny.

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Um, had good relationship
with God.

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He let me know that --
He was transparent.

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We actually went
to a football game first.

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He was a what?

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Oh, very transparent.

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Oh.
I thought he was.

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I thought we -- I thought
something else had happened.

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[ Laughter ]

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00:09:34,841 --> 00:09:37,644
You -- You know,
I don't know all the terms yet.

250
00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:39,345
[ Laughter ]

251
00:09:39,345 --> 00:09:42,215
So when you said he was
transparent, I went, "Oh."

252
00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:44,384
[ Laughter ]

253
00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:47,687
I'm pretty sure I missed that
at the HR meetings.

254
00:09:47,687 --> 00:09:49,756
So he's transparent?
Yes.

255
00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:51,858
Oh, okay. Clear.

256
00:09:51,858 --> 00:09:54,094
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I thought --

257
00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:55,962
So I --
So I thought so.

258
00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:58,498
We went to a football game
and then we went out to dinner.

259
00:09:58,498 --> 00:09:59,966
At the dinner table,

260
00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:02,068
he did let me know
that he was recently divorced,

261
00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:03,903
and she did
let me know that.

262
00:10:03,903 --> 00:10:06,806
But he was still living
with his ex-wife.

263
00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:09,709
So to me, I feel like
I don't even believe that story.

264
00:10:09,709 --> 00:10:12,212
I feel like
they're probably still married.

265
00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:13,246
That's why I'm trying
to figure out

266
00:10:13,246 --> 00:10:14,914
where does
she find these men at?

267
00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:17,717
Okay, now let me bounce
over to you.
Please.

268
00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:19,419
Help me with the four men.
Yeah.

269
00:10:19,419 --> 00:10:23,590
Okay, so as I mentioned, yes,
he did work at McDonald's.

270
00:10:23,590 --> 00:10:27,760
He did have a successful
online business as well.

271
00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,764
The bisexual one, um...

272
00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:33,900
Girls just want to have fun,
you know what?

273
00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,736
[ Laughter ]
What can I say?

274
00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,371
Either you like it
or you don't.

275
00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:42,075
So, um,
with that being said,

276
00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:44,077
that wasn't the guy
for her.

277
00:10:44,077 --> 00:10:46,613
Moving right along.
The guy with the foot fetish.

278
00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:49,349
However, that one was
the one for her, okay?

279
00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:52,719
This one right here,
if we're not shoe shopping

280
00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:54,621
every week, we're shopping
every other week.

281
00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:56,523
The shoes she got on
she just got.

282
00:10:56,523 --> 00:10:59,592
Your Honor,
I love shoes, not feet!
Those are brand-new.
I can see that.

283
00:10:59,592 --> 00:11:02,695
I love shoes,
not feet.
She is a shoe fanatic
herself.

284
00:11:02,695 --> 00:11:04,330
She's the one
that has a foot fetish.

285
00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,299
That's the one that would
have been perfect for her.

286
00:11:06,299 --> 00:11:08,268
There was nothing wrong
with him

287
00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:09,836
other than
he had a foot fetish.

288
00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:11,304
Your Honor,
as far as --

289
00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:13,172
No, no, I'm talking.
And, you know,
to your defense,

290
00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:16,743
you did put your foot
up in his lap.

291
00:11:16,743 --> 00:11:17,744
You liked him!

292
00:11:17,744 --> 00:11:18,878
I did!

293
00:11:18,878 --> 00:11:20,513
He was fine to you.

294
00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:22,582
He was. But...

295
00:11:22,582 --> 00:11:24,217
But what?

296
00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:27,353
All he wanted
was some gravy.

297
00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:29,889
[ Laughter ]

298
00:11:31,824 --> 00:11:34,661
What?
Right.

299
00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:36,663
[ Laughs ]

300
00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:38,064
Yeah.
He wanted some gravy.

301
00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:39,632
Okay, go ahead.

302
00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:42,569
The fourth one,
the divorced --
He was still married.

303
00:11:42,569 --> 00:11:44,437
Your Honor, I don't believe
that story at all.

304
00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:46,773
You don't believe
he was still married?
No. No.

305
00:11:46,773 --> 00:11:50,410
Oh, the one that was living home
with his ex-wife?
Yes. Yes.

306
00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:53,947
How do you track all these men?
How do you keep track of them?

307
00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:56,916
I worked a spreadsheet
to show

308
00:11:56,916 --> 00:11:59,719
that everything
Sereniity wanted in the man,

309
00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,589
I checked those boxes
with each one of the guys

310
00:12:02,589 --> 00:12:04,557
that I was going to
present to her.

311
00:12:04,557 --> 00:12:06,492
You have a spreadsheet,
you said?

312
00:12:06,492 --> 00:12:08,161
I did.
Did you bring it?

313
00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:10,063
I submitted it for evidence.
I did.

314
00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:11,698
Let's see it.

315
00:12:11,698 --> 00:12:15,868
Okay. You got -- love of God,
no children, job, career,

316
00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:18,238
good personality,
sense of humor,

317
00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,106
good relationship with family,

318
00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:22,875
respectful, date of contact.

319
00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:25,144
Okay, so let's -- Okay,
we've got this out the way.

320
00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:26,980
We have a spreadsheet.

321
00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:31,184
So far,
she's honored the commitment.

322
00:12:31,184 --> 00:12:34,053
She found four guys.

323
00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:36,356
Why are you suing her?

324
00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:39,425
It says in the contract,
up to my liking.

325
00:12:39,425 --> 00:12:41,461
I didn't like
any of those men.

326
00:12:41,461 --> 00:12:43,630
You have a friend here

327
00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:46,366
who came up with a way
to possibly help you out.

328
00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:48,401
She did.
She came up with four guys

329
00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:50,336
she thought that would be
to your liking.

330
00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:54,507
You have
unrealistic expectations.

331
00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:58,811
I think what we have here
is just a lot

332
00:12:58,811 --> 00:13:02,782
of misrepresentation
of crazy expectations.

333
00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:04,817
So I've reached a verdict.

334
00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,887
[ Cheers and applause ]

335
00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:15,561
I think she
honored the commitment

336
00:13:15,561 --> 00:13:17,664
to the best of her ability.
Okay.

337
00:13:17,664 --> 00:13:18,665
Now, I'm gonna show
you something.

338
00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:20,133
Can I show you the contract,

339
00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:21,968
'cause I'm gonna show you
the loophole.
Yes, absolutely.

340
00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:25,138
In your contract, it says...

341
00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:34,981
See that word -- "hopes"?

342
00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:37,383
See, that's a loophole word.

343
00:13:37,383 --> 00:13:39,819
"Hope" is not
a definitive thing.

344
00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:43,156
The next line in there at
the bottom,

345
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:45,191
I think I saw -- "If Donna..."

346
00:13:52,031 --> 00:13:53,766
"...that was agreed to,

347
00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:55,935
to repay the money back."

348
00:13:55,935 --> 00:14:01,374
That statement alone
can't really happen,

349
00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:04,977
because, see, in up top, where
it says "in hopes"...
Right.

350
00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:08,681
Now we got to find
four men of your liking.

351
00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:11,117
I don't know what
your expectations were,

352
00:14:11,117 --> 00:14:14,787
but nobody finds anybody

353
00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:20,827
the man of they dreams
for $500 by November

354
00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:23,463
so you could have the holidays
with somebody.

355
00:14:23,463 --> 00:14:24,630
Yeah.

356
00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:27,266
My verdict is zero

357
00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:31,904
for the lawsuit of $500
matchmaking services.

358
00:14:31,904 --> 00:14:33,439
That's my verdict.

359
00:14:33,439 --> 00:14:34,807
And that's the way I see it.

360
00:14:34,807 --> 00:14:38,978
♪♪

361
00:14:38,978 --> 00:14:40,913
You all are friends?
That's right.

362
00:14:40,913 --> 00:14:42,148
Neighbors and friends.

363
00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:43,483
[ Laughter ]

364
00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:45,952
Yeah, enemies don't
take them pictures.

365
00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:47,253
[ Laughter ]

366
00:14:50,456 --> 00:14:51,958
♪♪

367
00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:53,192
Steve: This is our next case.

368
00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:54,894
Let's get it started.

369
00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,095
This is the case of

370
00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:58,498
Annie Pisapia
vs. Kirsten Merker.

371
00:14:58,498 --> 00:14:59,899
Annie is suing her neighbor,
Kirsten,

372
00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,202
for $10,000 for messing
with her divine vine.

373
00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:04,804
Kirsten says it's on her fence,

374
00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:07,006
so she can cut it
whenever she wants.

375
00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:08,174
Let's start with Annie.

376
00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:10,576
You have, uh, 30 seconds
to state your case.

377
00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:14,247
Your Honor, I'm suing
my neighbor, Kirsten,

378
00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:16,883
because she's trying to
rob me of my peace

379
00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:18,718
in the form of a vine

380
00:15:18,718 --> 00:15:21,754
which brings me
serenity and peace.

381
00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:24,257
That's all there is to it.
The max.

382
00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:26,025
Okay.
[ Laughter ]

383
00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:27,827
Kirsten,
it's your turn now.

384
00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:29,562
You have 30 seconds to respond.

385
00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:34,100
Your Honor, that's ridiculous.
Totally ridiculous.

386
00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:39,172
Well, we're clear about that.
It's ridiculous.

387
00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:40,840
It's terribly ridiculous.

388
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,076
I don't owe her anything.
Uh, it's a weed.

389
00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:46,813
It's not a vine at all.
It's a weed and it's overgrown.

390
00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:49,048
And I owe her nothing.

391
00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:50,650
Oh, it's a weed?

392
00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:52,852
It's a weed. Yes.
Oh.

393
00:15:52,852 --> 00:15:55,221
I was gonna say,
'cause if it's a weed...

394
00:15:55,221 --> 00:15:56,322
[ Laughter ]

395
00:15:56,322 --> 00:15:59,025
No, no. No.
It's not that kind of...

396
00:15:59,025 --> 00:16:02,161
Depending on how big it is,
it might be $10,000.

397
00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:03,329
[ Laughter ]

398
00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:07,066
Well, uh, Annie,
tell me about this vine.

399
00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,402
Your Honor,
I noticed this vine about,

400
00:16:09,402 --> 00:16:12,205
I want to say,
10 years ago, okay?

401
00:16:12,205 --> 00:16:15,474
But during the pandemic,
I was home.

402
00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:17,009
I wasn't going out
anywhere.

403
00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:19,779
So from the spring
until the fall,

404
00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:24,116
I was in my backyard,
and this vine brought me

405
00:16:24,116 --> 00:16:28,421
hope, peace,
serenity, joy.

406
00:16:28,421 --> 00:16:30,289
When I saw
that vine growing,

407
00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:34,227
I knew, I felt in my heart
and soul that there was hope

408
00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:35,895
and everything is gonna be
alright.

409
00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:37,530
That's what that vine
meant to me,

410
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,565
and I'm not gonna let
anybody take it away.

411
00:16:39,565 --> 00:16:41,534
[ Spectators murmur ]

412
00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:44,737
Now, you developed some type
of rapport with the vine.

413
00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:47,573
Absolutely.
I didn't plant this vine.

414
00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:49,342
Kirsten didn't
plant the vine.

415
00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:51,444
The vine came from --
[ Whistles ]

416
00:16:51,444 --> 00:16:52,845
It's a divine vine.

417
00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:55,882
That vine just grew,
just grew out of nowhere.

418
00:16:55,882 --> 00:16:58,851
It's a spiritual thing.
It's a living thing.

419
00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:01,120
I see that thing grow,
it brings me what joy.

420
00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,990
How long have you been living
at this residence?

421
00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:05,224
23 years.

422
00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:07,159
And the vine is
about 10 years old.

423
00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:08,895
About 10 years old.

424
00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:10,596
Okay, do you have a picture
of the vine?

425
00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:12,598
I certainly do.
I believe that we have a few.

426
00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:14,734
Alright, let's see it.

427
00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:15,935
Kaboom.
Oh, we have video.

428
00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:17,737
Oh, there you go.
Whose -- Whose yard is this?

429
00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:19,205
That's me.
That's my yard.

430
00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:20,540
Which vine are you
talking about?

431
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:21,974
The one on the fence.

432
00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:23,442
And it gets lush.
It gets lush.

433
00:17:23,442 --> 00:17:26,212
As -- As -- As the months go on,
that thing is poppin'.

434
00:17:26,212 --> 00:17:28,247
It's gorgeous,
believe me when I tell you.

435
00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:29,515
Oh, okay.
Oh, yeah.

436
00:17:29,515 --> 00:17:30,983
You from New York?
Yes, I am.

437
00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:33,419
I'm from Queens.
Yeah, I can -- I can...

438
00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:35,855
[ New York accent ] "It's just
over there, it's poppin'."

439
00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:38,624
[ Laughter ]
It is! It is.

440
00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:41,027
[ Normal voice ] Now, how long
have you lived in your house?

441
00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:43,996
Most of my life.
I was born and raised there.

442
00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:45,298
Born in the house?

443
00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:46,566
No, in a hospital.

444
00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:48,034
No, I mean -- I don't mean --

445
00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:50,403
Well, I didn't mean
were you born in the house?

446
00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:51,470
You grew up in that house?

447
00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:53,706
I grew up in that house.
I left.

448
00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:56,876
I came back with --
I raised my children there.

449
00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:59,679
Well, let me ask you something.
You've been there 23 years.

450
00:17:59,679 --> 00:18:00,813
You've been there
most of your life.

451
00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:02,214
Do y'all have a relationship
of any kind?

452
00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:04,750
Absolutely.
She's a great friend of mine.

453
00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:07,286
But I'm not letting her
take down my peace now.

454
00:18:07,286 --> 00:18:08,421
Peace --
Peace is priceless.

455
00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:09,455
Oh, you all are friends?

456
00:18:09,455 --> 00:18:11,290
That's right.

457
00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:14,026
Neighbors and friends.

458
00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:16,929
[ Laughter ]

459
00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:18,264
[ Applause ]

460
00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:21,667
Yeah,
them friends right there.

461
00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:25,171
Y'all take them type pictures,
y'all friends.

462
00:18:25,171 --> 00:18:27,773
Yeah, enemies don't take
them pictures right there.

463
00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,075
So y'all friends.

464
00:18:29,075 --> 00:18:31,877
What type of relationship
have you all had over the years?

465
00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:32,979
We talk all the time.

466
00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:35,247
I mean, coming here,
I drove her the airport.

467
00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:37,350
Of course. Why not?

468
00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:40,152
You're friends. What's
the problem with the vine?

469
00:18:40,152 --> 00:18:42,154
D-Does --
She doesn't like the vine?

470
00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:45,057
She doesn't like it. Boom.
She wants to cut it down.

471
00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:47,193
She thinks it's a weed,
this, that.

472
00:18:47,193 --> 00:18:49,762
I said, "Kirsten,
I'm in love with the vine.

473
00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:52,098
Can't you just
keep your hands off it?"

474
00:18:52,098 --> 00:18:53,833
You know what I mean?
In a nice way.

475
00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:55,201
But, Your Honor,

476
00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:57,536
I see her fingers
come creeping through the fence.

477
00:18:57,536 --> 00:18:59,638
It's not like we have
this stockade fence.

478
00:18:59,638 --> 00:19:00,940
I see her right there.

479
00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:03,342
I'm like, "Kirsten, I see you
through the fence,

480
00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:04,710
picking the vine."

481
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:06,412
You been cutting the vine?

482
00:19:06,412 --> 00:19:08,314
The weed? Yes.

483
00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:10,616
[ Laughter ]

484
00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:12,218
You don't think
it's a vine?

485
00:19:12,218 --> 00:19:14,487
I don't think
it's a vine nor divine.

486
00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:18,124
It is -- It's a weed.
It's overgrown.

487
00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:20,493
It needs to be trimmed
at the least.

488
00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:23,596
I rip it out because
it's choking my rose bushes.

489
00:19:23,596 --> 00:19:27,266
It's overgrown.
It attracts insects and bees.

490
00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:31,203
Okay, now,
the root of the plant

491
00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:34,006
is on which side
of the fence?

492
00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:35,975
My side.
My side.

493
00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:38,244
[ Spectators murmur ]

494
00:19:38,244 --> 00:19:41,881
The bottom of the plant
is on whose side?

495
00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:43,582
It doesn't grow
from the bottom.

496
00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:45,618
It just kind of
grows and grows.

497
00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:46,952
It grows under the fence
and around.

498
00:19:46,952 --> 00:19:48,654
I'm from the country --
Wait.

499
00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:52,525
See, you from New York.
I'm from Welch, West Virginia.

500
00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,727
I grew up on a farm.

501
00:19:54,727 --> 00:19:58,564
Every plant
comes out of the ground.

502
00:19:58,564 --> 00:20:02,368
So -- So it's gotta --
I know it's divine.

503
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:04,370
I'm -- I'm gonna tell --
I have the answer.

504
00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:08,374
I can assure you He didn't just
throw it on that fence.

505
00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:09,542
I have the answer.

506
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:13,112
I have big pots,
metal things.
Yes.

507
00:20:13,112 --> 00:20:15,047
And I put, you know,
a lot of soil in there,

508
00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:17,650
and that's where
I believe

509
00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:20,286
I started seeing
the vine grow from.

510
00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:22,688
Okay, let me see the picture.
We have a different photo.

511
00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:24,056
And there's --
There you go.

512
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:27,159
It's weeds.
Look at that vine.
Come on.

513
00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:29,161
Okay.
It's mostly on my side,
and it grows from the --

514
00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:31,397
Now, this is the one,
the lighter green

515
00:20:31,397 --> 00:20:33,766
that's all along the fence,
I take it.

516
00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:34,967
That's the one
we're talking about?

517
00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:36,368
Yes.

518
00:20:36,368 --> 00:20:41,407
Now, whose yard is on the --
with the table in it?
Me.

519
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:42,942
That's your yard.

520
00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:44,844
Okay, so now, let me
ask you a question.

521
00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:47,947
So you believe that
in these pots

522
00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:50,683
somewhere is the root
of the vine?

523
00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:52,585
I believe that's where it
originally started from.

524
00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:53,953
That's correct.

525
00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:55,621
And where do you think the root
of the vine is?

526
00:20:55,621 --> 00:20:59,959
I think the root of the vine
is between --

527
00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:03,329
It's about six inches between
my cement and her cement,

528
00:21:03,329 --> 00:21:05,498
and that's where
the fence is.

529
00:21:05,498 --> 00:21:07,099
Yeah, that's --
that's called dirt.
And I believe --

530
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:08,300
Yes, dirt.

531
00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,035
[ Laughter ]

532
00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:11,303
You don't like it?

533
00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:13,172
No, not at all.
It's messy.

534
00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:15,007
You love it.
Love it.

535
00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,776
[ Laughter ]

536
00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:20,679
No, I want to
cut the vine.

537
00:21:20,679 --> 00:21:22,581
She's so fresh.

538
00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:24,617
So now,
I mean, what do we want?

539
00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:26,852
You want the whole vine
to be removed?

540
00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:29,722
At least trimmed.
Make it look neat.

541
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:32,424
When you trim the vine
on your side,

542
00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:34,026
does Annie complain?

543
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:36,562
Yes. She started about
three years ago

544
00:21:36,562 --> 00:21:39,798
complaining about me
touching her vine.

545
00:21:39,798 --> 00:21:41,133
Mm.

546
00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:42,001
Oh, yeah.
Yeah?

547
00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:44,136
Oh, you know, you --
100%.

548
00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,571
She looks out
her bathroom window.

549
00:21:45,571 --> 00:21:46,839
I've never seen this before.

550
00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:48,207
This -- This is a court case

551
00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:49,975
where everybody agrees
with everything.

552
00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:52,578
[ Laughter ]

553
00:21:56,582 --> 00:21:59,018
When you trim the vine on
your side, does Annie complain?

554
00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:00,820
Yes.
100%.

555
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,288
She looks out
her bathroom window.

556
00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:03,656
I've never seen this before.

557
00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:04,890
This -- This is a court case

558
00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:07,126
where everybody agrees
with everything.

559
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:09,395
[ Laughter ]

560
00:22:09,395 --> 00:22:10,729
I agree.

561
00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:13,265
I-I-I-I'm annoyed with it.
Of course I'm annoyed.

562
00:22:13,265 --> 00:22:15,668
She looks out the window
like this.
I'm out the bathroom window,
leaning out there.

563
00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:17,203
Leaning out
the second-floor window.

564
00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:18,838
"Stop touching my vine!"

565
00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,574
[ Laughter ]

566
00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:23,075
But you're still friends?

567
00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:24,543
That's correct.

568
00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:27,313
[ Laughter ]

569
00:22:27,313 --> 00:22:28,714
It's just a vine.

570
00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:30,316
Now,
let me ask you a question.

571
00:22:30,316 --> 00:22:34,019
What's the matter with
her trimming it on her side?

572
00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:38,257
The problem is a vine is like
a singular thing,

573
00:22:38,257 --> 00:22:40,492
and it grows and it grows
and it grows.

574
00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:44,363
If you snip part of it,
the whole thing dies.

575
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,798
You can't start
cutting it in pieces.

576
00:22:45,798 --> 00:22:48,167
It's a vine.
It's a living thing.
Ehhh.

577
00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:49,468
It's a living thing.
Ehhh.

578
00:22:49,468 --> 00:22:51,437
It's not
what it seems like.

579
00:22:51,437 --> 00:22:55,474
I'm a country boy,
and I grow stuff.

580
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:57,309
I have a garden, and I have --

581
00:22:57,309 --> 00:23:00,412
So on a vine,
if you trim the vine,

582
00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:03,549
as long as you don't kill it
at the base and the root,

583
00:23:03,549 --> 00:23:04,950
the vine grows.

584
00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:07,353
You've got
to control the vine.

585
00:23:07,353 --> 00:23:08,520
Your plant hasn't died.

586
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,556
How many times
have you trimmed the vine?

587
00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:12,625
20 times.
20, at least.

588
00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:17,429
I know you have.
But I-I admit
I cut it at -- at the bottom.

589
00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:19,698
[ Spectators murmur ]

590
00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:21,200
This is really -- Y'all.

591
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,168
I-I've never -- Like I said,
I've never seen this.

592
00:23:23,168 --> 00:23:24,670
You -- You all agree with that.
"I'll admit --"

593
00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:27,172
Nobody came to court,
nobody's lying.

594
00:23:27,172 --> 00:23:28,474
No.

595
00:23:28,474 --> 00:23:31,143
I'm waiting on a lie.
Nobody's lying.

596
00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:33,112
Everybody's
telling the truth.

597
00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:35,981
This is a weird case.
What y'all want?

598
00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:38,250
[ Laughter ]
I want --

599
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,486
I-I'm gonna tell you
exactly what I want.

600
00:23:40,486 --> 00:23:43,589
I would like to get paid
the max amount,

601
00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:48,894
and I am willing to
split it with Kirsten

602
00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:52,298
as a payoff that she
stays away from the vine,

603
00:23:52,298 --> 00:23:53,365
leaves the vine alone.

604
00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:54,466
[ Scoffs ]

605
00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:55,834
You know, y'all...

606
00:23:55,834 --> 00:23:58,404
The plant
comes up out of the soil

607
00:23:58,404 --> 00:24:02,241
that's dividing
the two concrete slabs,

608
00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:05,077
so that vine isn't coming up
from your side

609
00:24:05,077 --> 00:24:06,879
or her side,
it's just coming up.

610
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:10,716
You can't even tell
whose side it's on.

611
00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:13,986
Your problem is it's choking out
the rose bushes.

612
00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:17,056
And she said that she had
a spy camera

613
00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:19,325
in one of her
little tchotchke things

614
00:24:19,325 --> 00:24:20,726
hanging from her fence.

615
00:24:20,726 --> 00:24:22,861
What's the spy camera for?

616
00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:25,064
To see who's picking
her vine.

617
00:24:25,064 --> 00:24:26,365
It's you.

618
00:24:26,365 --> 00:24:31,837
I know it's me, but she wanted
proof to spy on me.

619
00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:34,506
Your Honor.
Yes?

620
00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:35,874
I have a confession.

621
00:24:35,874 --> 00:24:37,976
I might have
embellished a tiny bit.

622
00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:40,846
So what I did was I was putting
a couple little decorations

623
00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:42,915
in the pots and Kirsten,
you know,

624
00:24:42,915 --> 00:24:45,250
I heard her in the yard,
and she's funny like that.

625
00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:46,385
I go, "Hey, Kirsten."

626
00:24:46,385 --> 00:24:48,220
Bang, she's right over
the top of the fence.

627
00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,723
"What's up?"
She's got a little stool there.

628
00:24:50,723 --> 00:24:52,091
She's over the top
of the thing.

629
00:24:52,091 --> 00:24:53,892
Y'all like the dude
the "Home Improvement."

630
00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:55,761
Oh, there you go.

631
00:24:55,761 --> 00:25:00,299
And so -- so I said to her,
"Kirsten, you see this here?"

632
00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:01,367
I'm putting it,
and I said,

633
00:25:01,367 --> 00:25:03,135
"Just letting you know
in advance,

634
00:25:03,135 --> 00:25:05,471
this is a camera.

635
00:25:05,471 --> 00:25:08,040
I got -- I got to protect
this vine."

636
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,943
But I made up the story.
It was not a camera.

637
00:25:10,943 --> 00:25:12,745
I'm sorry.

638
00:25:12,745 --> 00:25:14,012
She lied.

639
00:25:14,012 --> 00:25:15,914
Some more damn truth.

640
00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:17,683
[ Applause ]

641
00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:19,318
Desperate measures.
Desperate measures.

642
00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:21,954
I ain't never --
I've never seen

643
00:25:21,954 --> 00:25:27,026
two people come to court and
tell the truth on theyself!

644
00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:31,330
"Hey, Your Honor, might have
embellished this a little bit.

645
00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:33,465
That ain't really --
That ain't really --

646
00:25:33,465 --> 00:25:35,667
I told her, but it's not."

647
00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,036
I believed her.

648
00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:40,305
So now my court clerks
gave me something called

649
00:25:40,305 --> 00:25:42,174
the New York State law.

650
00:25:42,174 --> 00:25:43,509
They do this because,

651
00:25:43,509 --> 00:25:46,812
well, they know
I don't know no laws.

652
00:25:46,812 --> 00:25:49,048
[ Laughter ]

653
00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:50,716
The law in New York is that

654
00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:54,953
if the vine or bushes
encroach over the property line,

655
00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:57,723
the person whose property
is encroached

656
00:25:57,723 --> 00:26:00,426
has the right to trim back.

657
00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:02,094
That's the law.

658
00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:05,330
But...

659
00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:08,033
this court is about the story.

660
00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:11,270
So I've reached a verdict.

661
00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:13,806
[ Cheers and applause ]

662
00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,711
Here's what I've decided to do.

663
00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:24,116
Because you all
were so honorable --

664
00:26:24,116 --> 00:26:26,652
Nobody disputed anything.

665
00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:29,455
I mean, it's --
I couldn't believe it.

666
00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:32,458
You admitted
to snipping the plant.

667
00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:35,127
Then you said,
"No, I cut it at the base."

668
00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:37,129
[ Laughter ]

669
00:26:37,129 --> 00:26:41,633
She said she put up a spy cam,
but she didn't.

670
00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:43,368
[ Laughter ]

671
00:26:43,368 --> 00:26:45,537
She admits that she
looks out the window

672
00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:46,972
and she yells at you.

673
00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:48,807
She loves the vine.

674
00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:51,110
You don't.
You want it gone.

675
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:54,780
But it gives your friend so much
hope, peace, serenity, joy,

676
00:26:54,780 --> 00:27:00,185
and it's a hedge of protection
that's damn near spiritual.

677
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:02,287
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

678
00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:05,324
You're not even in here
fighting.

679
00:27:05,324 --> 00:27:07,159
You're not gonna break up
your friendship.

680
00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:09,027
She gave you a ride
to the airport.

681
00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:11,563
[ Laughter ]

682
00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:13,565
Look, here's the deal.

683
00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:16,602
The lawsuit,
the suit for $10,000,

684
00:27:16,602 --> 00:27:20,906
"the cost of meddling
with my vine"...

685
00:27:20,906 --> 00:27:22,574
I'm throwing it out.

686
00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:26,078
I'm throwing it out.

687
00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:31,116
I can't possibly
have the defendant pay $10,000

688
00:27:31,116 --> 00:27:32,951
for meddling with the vine

689
00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:36,154
when, by law, she has
every right to meddle with it.

690
00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:37,923
But this is what
I'm going to do --

691
00:27:37,923 --> 00:27:39,191
on behalf of friendship

692
00:27:39,191 --> 00:27:40,726
and because you were
the nicest women

693
00:27:40,726 --> 00:27:42,194
that have ever come in here

694
00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:45,130
and you're gonna continue
being friends,

695
00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:50,168
I'm gonna pay for an arborist
to come to your houses

696
00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:54,573
and fix your yards up
the way you want them to fix up.

697
00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:58,877
And I'm gonna give
each one of you $2,500

698
00:27:58,877 --> 00:28:02,781
to put towards landscaping
on your side of the fence.

699
00:28:02,781 --> 00:28:05,784
I'll have the arborists settle
the dispute with the vine.

700
00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,920
You don't have to have it
on your side.

701
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,923
But you got to let her have her
peace, her joy, her serenity,

702
00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:13,792
and, Lord have mercy,
her hedge of protection.

703
00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:16,728
[ Laughter ]

704
00:28:16,728 --> 00:28:18,530
My final verdict
is for the plaintiff

705
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:20,866
and the defendant for $2,500.

706
00:28:20,866 --> 00:28:22,834
That's my verdict,

707
00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:24,636
and that's the way I see it.

708
00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:28,941
♪♪

709
00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:30,442
He only gives me two days,

710
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:32,344
two specific days a week
that I'm allowed to go shop.

711
00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:33,345
But she gets the --

712
00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:34,580
Hold on one second.

713
00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:37,749
You got your wife to shop
just two specific days?

714
00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:40,385
How did -- How did you do that?
What did you say?

715
00:28:44,089 --> 00:28:46,825
♪♪

716
00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:50,362
Okay, let's get started.

717
00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:53,632
This is the case of
Peter Kravatz vs. Beth Lauck.

718
00:28:53,632 --> 00:28:56,735
Peter is suing his wife, Beth,
for $5,000 that she snuck

719
00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,104
from their rainy day fund
due to her overspending.

720
00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:01,673
Beth thinks Peter is too frugal
and says she never agreed

721
00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:03,642
to stick
to his ridiculous budget.

722
00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:05,077
Let's start with you, Peter.

723
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:07,012
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

724
00:29:07,012 --> 00:29:08,981
Mr. Harvey,
I'm here today

725
00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:11,950
to get my wife
to pay me $5,000

726
00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:14,786
that she took from
our rainy day fund.

727
00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:17,089
We had a budget agreement
for our business

728
00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:19,157
that she just
cannot live up to

729
00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:21,927
because she has
a shopping addiction.

730
00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:25,430
Uh, Beth, it's your turn.
You have 30 seconds to respond.

731
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:29,301
Your Honor, I never agreed
to his unrealistic budget.

732
00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:32,537
I think my exact words were,
"I'll do my best."

733
00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:34,373
And, Your Honor,
that's exactly what I've done.

734
00:29:34,373 --> 00:29:35,741
I've done my best.

735
00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:37,943
I've purchased our merchandise
as cheaply as possible.

736
00:29:37,943 --> 00:29:39,745
I haven't touched
our savings account.

737
00:29:39,745 --> 00:29:41,546
I've only spent
from the business account.

738
00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:44,049
Okay, well, Peter,
let's start with you.

739
00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:46,118
How did you all get together?

740
00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:49,855
We both worked at different
places in a shopping mall.

741
00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:52,758
I was a manager
of a pizza restaurant,

742
00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:56,028
and she started coming into
the restaurant

743
00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:57,729
three, four, five
times a week.

744
00:29:57,729 --> 00:30:00,232
I thought
she must like me.

745
00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:02,434
So...

746
00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:04,536
The pizza ain't that great.
She's got to like me.

747
00:30:04,536 --> 00:30:06,838
Yeah, it's not that good.
It's gotta be me.

748
00:30:06,838 --> 00:30:09,241
Their pizza's really good,
you guys.

749
00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:11,410
You know, I-I thought, you know,
maybe I'll ask this girl out.

750
00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:13,211
So I brought her
some pizza

751
00:30:13,211 --> 00:30:15,113
and we talked
for a minute,

752
00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:19,084
and then she kind of threw me
for a loop because she said,

753
00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:22,788
"Pete, you know you're
18 years older than me."

754
00:30:22,788 --> 00:30:25,457
He was kind of laying on
kind of the courtship

755
00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:27,426
and then stepped it back
a little bit when I...

756
00:30:27,426 --> 00:30:29,161
After you said...
...when I called him out,
yeah.

757
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:30,729
After you said,
"You're 18 years older than me."

758
00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:32,197
Yes, sir.

759
00:30:32,197 --> 00:30:33,899
That's right up there
right next to,

760
00:30:33,899 --> 00:30:36,034
"What do your old ass want?"

761
00:30:36,034 --> 00:30:38,670
[ Laughter ]

762
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:39,905
So...

763
00:30:39,905 --> 00:30:41,740
So I thought I should do
a little research on this

764
00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:44,409
before I did my next move
to court her.

765
00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:46,078
I looked up on Google

766
00:30:46,078 --> 00:30:49,081
some power couples
who are 18 years apart.

767
00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:52,484
Right away, Michael Douglas and
Catherine Zeta-Jones came up.

768
00:30:52,484 --> 00:30:55,854
[ Laughs ]
And I was thinking,
"Oh, let me just bring that

769
00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,522
to her attention next time
I see her."

770
00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:59,858
Now, when he brings these
power couples to you,

771
00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,426
how do you take that?

772
00:31:01,426 --> 00:31:03,395
It kind of
took my breath away,

773
00:31:03,395 --> 00:31:04,596
'cause he had
done his homework

774
00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:06,898
and I appreciate a guy
who does his homework.

775
00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:10,402
[ Applause ]

776
00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:14,506
So eventually I take it
you get married.

777
00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:15,507
You're here
as husband and wife.

778
00:31:15,507 --> 00:31:17,142
I proposed.

779
00:31:17,142 --> 00:31:19,010
I beg your pardon?
[ Spectators murmur ]

780
00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:21,680
I proposed to him
about a year later.

781
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,148
Oh, you proposed to him?

782
00:31:23,148 --> 00:31:24,249
Yes.

783
00:31:24,249 --> 00:31:25,784
Tell me a little bit
about the wedding.

784
00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:31,690
So I wore my grandmother's
wedding dress from 1941,

785
00:31:31,690 --> 00:31:34,292
so that was definitely, it was
kind of a full-circle moment

786
00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:36,294
for us, because
during our courtship,

787
00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:38,697
Pete introduced me to
thrifting and vintage.

788
00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:40,398
Our business
is vintage clothing.

789
00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:41,466
Okay.

790
00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:44,302
And I make coats
out of vintage textiles,

791
00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:47,572
and what got us into thrifting
and vintage was Pete.

792
00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:50,008
He took us on a romantic
getaway in Monterey

793
00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:53,578
and brought us
into a thrift store.

794
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:56,948
He took you on a date
to a thrift store?

795
00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:58,617
[ Laughter ]

796
00:31:58,617 --> 00:31:59,951
No, no, no, no.

797
00:31:59,951 --> 00:32:04,623
We went out to a nice,
romantic dinner in Monterey.

798
00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:07,359
There happened to be at thrift
shop in walking distance.

799
00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:10,295
Oh, okay. She's not
telling the story right.

800
00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:13,098
So I said, "Do you mind
if we go in there?"

801
00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:15,801
And she kind of looked
at me like, "Nah, that's --

802
00:32:15,801 --> 00:32:17,669
I'm bougie.
We don't do that."

803
00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:19,404
I said, "Just come in here.
Just appease me.

804
00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:21,206
Let's go look around."

805
00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:23,375
Are you all in the thrift
store business now?

806
00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:26,478
We both like going
to thrift stores.
So we want to thrift and make
and re-sell clothes

807
00:32:26,478 --> 00:32:30,849
and make clothes instead of
working in a corporate business.

808
00:32:30,849 --> 00:32:32,517
Just to give you a little
background, Your Honor,

809
00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:35,020
vintage is a tough industry
to get into,

810
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:37,456
so I knew we had
to do something different,

811
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:40,492
and I came up with
the idea of putting

812
00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:42,627
vintage needlepoints
on the back of coats.

813
00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:45,096
Okay, let's see the picture.

814
00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:47,098
This was the first coat
I made.

815
00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:48,733
It's a vintage military coat
from the 1940s.

816
00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:50,335
And you put needlepoint
on the back?

817
00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:51,736
Yes.

818
00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:53,872
So how much something
like this costs?

819
00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:57,776
Coat cost $30, the needlepoint
cost $10 plus sewing,

820
00:32:57,776 --> 00:32:59,678
so let's say $60.

821
00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:01,313
And then you sell this
for how much?

822
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:02,647
$250.

823
00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:04,216
[ Spectators murmur ]

824
00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:06,051
Where do you
set your business up at?

825
00:33:06,051 --> 00:33:07,219
Let me ask you.

826
00:33:07,219 --> 00:33:09,688
We live in Las Vegas
and we do pop-up shows.

827
00:33:09,688 --> 00:33:12,357
Okay.
We're here for what?

828
00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:16,828
She dips into our
personal account to do shopping

829
00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:18,930
'cause she's
addicted to shopping,

830
00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:21,566
when we have
a business account set up,

831
00:33:21,566 --> 00:33:23,602
that she goes over budget.

832
00:33:23,602 --> 00:33:26,404
So what's the arrangement
between the two of you?

833
00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:27,739
Yes, Pete,
what's the arrangement?

834
00:33:27,739 --> 00:33:29,975
We don't touch our
personal account for business,

835
00:33:29,975 --> 00:33:32,844
and we set up a budget
for the business

836
00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:36,081
after every show
to buy new inventory.

837
00:33:36,081 --> 00:33:39,284
You go to shows
and you sell your items

838
00:33:39,284 --> 00:33:41,887
and you're able to spend
a certain amount.

839
00:33:41,887 --> 00:33:43,822
What's that percentage?

840
00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:45,724
10%.
That's the agreement?

841
00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:48,894
Yes.
That's the,
"I'll do my best," Your Honor.

842
00:33:48,894 --> 00:33:51,096
[ Laughter ]

843
00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:58,003
You go to shows
and you sell your items

844
00:33:58,003 --> 00:34:00,639
and you're able to spend
a certain amount.

845
00:34:00,639 --> 00:34:02,274
What's that percentage?

846
00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:04,142
10%.
That's the agreement?

847
00:34:04,142 --> 00:34:06,978
Yes.
That's the,
"I'll do my best," Your Honor.

848
00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:08,847
Oh.

849
00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:12,550
Oh, when he asked you
to stay within the budget,

850
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:13,885
you said,
you'll do your best?

851
00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:16,187
"I'll do my best,
because you are clearly..."

852
00:34:16,187 --> 00:34:17,522
No, no, no.
That's not true.

853
00:34:17,522 --> 00:34:19,691
"...not in touch with reality
of what things cost."

854
00:34:19,691 --> 00:34:22,093
It was 10%.
No, I agree. I agree.

855
00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:24,429
She said,
"I'll do my best."

856
00:34:24,429 --> 00:34:26,164
Have you been married before?

857
00:34:26,164 --> 00:34:27,232
No.

858
00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:28,667
Have you been married before?
No.

859
00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:30,268
Oh. Oh, you didn't know.

860
00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:31,436
[ Laughter ]

861
00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:34,673
Oh, Peter. Oh, my man.

862
00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:36,374
Brother.

863
00:34:36,374 --> 00:34:38,877
The agreement was 10%.

864
00:34:38,877 --> 00:34:40,478
Yeah.

865
00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:42,047
What happened?

866
00:34:42,047 --> 00:34:43,515
Your Honor,
I don't think my husband

867
00:34:43,515 --> 00:34:47,352
is in touch with what it costs
to run a small business.

868
00:34:47,352 --> 00:34:48,753
I would like to show you

869
00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:50,689
a picture of the coats
that I make.

870
00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:53,091
[ Spectators murmur ]

871
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,927
Now, these coats I make
from vintage textiles,

872
00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:57,329
antique quilts.

873
00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:59,798
The green one,
that was a quilt?

874
00:34:59,798 --> 00:35:02,233
So this one is deadstock fabric
from the '70s,

875
00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:05,103
so you probably saw it
on a couch at some point.

876
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,272
So the fabric in and of itself
is pretty valuable.

877
00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:09,074
Oh, so the textiles
can be just fabric.

878
00:35:09,074 --> 00:35:11,276
Exactly, yes.
Bolts of fabric.

879
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:13,244
And how much you sell
these coats for?

880
00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:16,448
So the coat on the right
retails for $450.

881
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,049
Now,
and I make the coats.

882
00:35:18,049 --> 00:35:20,318
And you've got about
how much cost in there?

883
00:35:20,318 --> 00:35:22,520
$70?
'Cause you're a great shopper.

884
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,889
I'm a great shopper and I know
how to find the deals.

885
00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:27,192
You know what?
[ Laughter ]

886
00:35:27,192 --> 00:35:29,527
Is that
in the women's handbook?

887
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:34,099
I've never met a woman
that wasn't a great shopper

888
00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:36,568
and didn't know how to find
the deal.

889
00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:39,304
That's amazing.

890
00:35:39,304 --> 00:35:41,973
Okay, so what's the problem?
You want $5,000.

891
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:46,177
The problem is, I want our
business to stand on itself

892
00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:49,547
and not have to use our
personal money for the business.

893
00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:51,216
We've made money --
Okay, give me a breakdown
of where you are.

894
00:35:51,216 --> 00:35:53,918
We made money from the get-go,
from our first show.

895
00:35:53,918 --> 00:35:55,854
First show you made how much?
Give me an example.

896
00:35:55,854 --> 00:35:57,489
We made $1,400
in profit.

897
00:35:57,489 --> 00:35:58,923
$1,400.

898
00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:02,260
Out of that $1,400,
you can spend 10%.

899
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:04,829
140 bucks.
$140. Correct.

900
00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:07,899
Okay, so the rest of that
should stay in what?

901
00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,734
The business account.

902
00:36:09,734 --> 00:36:12,270
What does
the business account do?

903
00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:14,205
Well, right now, it pays
for nothing but the business.

904
00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:18,410
I want it to pay for some bills,
car payment.

905
00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:20,912
I didn't want to go back
to work right away.

906
00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:23,882
I wanted the business
to take care of our finances.

907
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:26,551
Oh, you quit your job.
Yes.

908
00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:29,287
And you quit your job?
Correct.

909
00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:31,189
However,
I've been working full-time

910
00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:34,759
since I quit teaching myself
to sew during COVID,

911
00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:38,063
sourcing all these materials,
making the coats,

912
00:36:38,063 --> 00:36:40,165
finding the inventory,
doing our social media,

913
00:36:40,165 --> 00:36:41,766
trying to build a website.

914
00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:44,035
Like, this is a 24/7 gig,
Your Honor.

915
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,370
So...

916
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,539
[ Applause ]

917
00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:51,076
See, Peter,
that round of applause

918
00:36:51,076 --> 00:36:52,844
doesn't do well
for the plaintiff.

919
00:36:52,844 --> 00:36:54,245
[ Laughter ]

920
00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:57,816
So you said she pulled
from the rainy day fund.

921
00:36:57,816 --> 00:36:59,918
You have a fund already?

922
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:02,287
We have the profits
that we've made from a show.

923
00:37:02,287 --> 00:37:04,422
Well, that's only $1,400.

924
00:37:04,422 --> 00:37:06,925
How did she take
$5,000 from $1,400?

925
00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:09,461
Well, we've done multiple shows
since the first one

926
00:37:09,461 --> 00:37:11,096
and made money
from it every time,

927
00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:13,364
but she doesn't stick
to the 10%,

928
00:37:13,364 --> 00:37:16,067
so she takes money
from our personal account.

929
00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:19,771
And every day I'll be out
with my buddies, playing golf,

930
00:37:19,771 --> 00:37:23,208
at the cigar lounge,
I come home and she's not there.

931
00:37:23,208 --> 00:37:24,709
Well, I already know
where she is.

932
00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:26,845
She's working.
She's out shopping.

933
00:37:26,845 --> 00:37:28,980
She thinks working and shopping
is the same.

934
00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:30,982
It is.

935
00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:34,919
She goes through the budget
on the first day of shopping.

936
00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:36,955
We're done
till the next show.

937
00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:38,857
Well, Your Honor -- Your Honor,
he only gives me two days,

938
00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:41,459
two specific days a week
that I'm allowed to go shop.

939
00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:42,861
Wait a minute.
Hold on one second.

940
00:37:42,861 --> 00:37:47,332
You got your wife
to shop just two specific days?

941
00:37:47,332 --> 00:37:49,768
How did -- How did you do that?
What did you say?

942
00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:52,170
[ Laughter ]

943
00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:54,939
Shut up.
I've got to hear this!

944
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:58,910
Wait till I get home and get --
"You sit down, Marjorie."

945
00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:01,012
[ Laughter ]

946
00:38:01,012 --> 00:38:04,983
"Sit down. You got the Judge
talking to you."

947
00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:08,186
What two days
did you give her?

948
00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:09,788
Mondays and Wednesdays.

949
00:38:09,788 --> 00:38:10,922
What are those days?

950
00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:12,857
Because you can get
a discount on those days

951
00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:15,894
up to 50%,
if we go on those two days.

952
00:38:15,894 --> 00:38:18,596
Do you shop on Mondays
and Wednesdays, Beth?

953
00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:21,065
Yes, I do.

954
00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:23,868
And -- And maybe Tuesday
and maybe Friday.

955
00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:27,372
And maybe some Sundays.

956
00:38:27,372 --> 00:38:30,441
So...
Because you never know

957
00:38:30,441 --> 00:38:32,777
when you're gonna find
that magic item.

958
00:38:32,777 --> 00:38:34,846
And keep in mind, Your Honor,
that Wednesday is Senior Day.

959
00:38:34,846 --> 00:38:36,014
Why she gotta go then?

960
00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:38,216
It's Senior Day.
It's your day, pal.

961
00:38:38,216 --> 00:38:41,853
[ Laughter ]

962
00:38:43,521 --> 00:38:46,191
Peter,
so Wednesday's Senior Day.

963
00:38:46,191 --> 00:38:48,459
So I'm trying to make it
work for us,

964
00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:49,994
but she cannot
stick to it.

965
00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:51,262
Yeah.
It's crazy.

966
00:38:51,262 --> 00:38:53,832
Shopping on every day
of the week.

967
00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:54,933
I have some videos.

968
00:38:54,933 --> 00:38:56,134
Let's see the videos.
Yeah.

969
00:38:57,735 --> 00:38:59,571
This is her in the house.

970
00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:01,406
You have a camera set up?

971
00:39:01,406 --> 00:39:03,007
Yes, I do.

972
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:06,778
As you notice, she has about
four or five different lamps.

973
00:39:06,778 --> 00:39:08,680
I don't know.
We haven't sold a lamp in...

974
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,481
Beth, are you tiptoeing?

975
00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:12,517
[ Laughter ]

976
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:15,153
I mean...
Beth, that's -- that's --

977
00:39:15,153 --> 00:39:16,888
They call that "quiet walking."

978
00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:18,923
Yeah.

979
00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:20,225
I know what that is,
when you, like,

980
00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:22,994
you moving so the bags
don't make noise.

981
00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:26,064
[ Laughter ]

982
00:39:26,064 --> 00:39:27,398
His head explodes
every time it happens.

983
00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:28,866
I'm trying to spare him.

984
00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:31,002
His head explodes
every time it happens.
Yeah. Yeah.

985
00:39:31,002 --> 00:39:32,303
So you got to sneak it in.

986
00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:34,005
I have to sneak in.

987
00:39:34,005 --> 00:39:36,574
Peter, here's the question
you got.

988
00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:39,110
Who does that? Huh?

989
00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:41,779
Is that your question, Peter?
Who does that?

990
00:39:41,779 --> 00:39:44,482
Yeah, who does that?
All of 'em.

991
00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:45,783
[ Applause ]

992
00:39:45,783 --> 00:39:49,487
Every last one of them.

993
00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:50,855
Let me get out of here.

994
00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:52,557
I've reached my verdict.

995
00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:55,693
[ Cheers and applause ]

996
00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:01,266
Peter, I love you, man.

997
00:40:01,266 --> 00:40:04,869
God, I love you, because
you think just like a man.

998
00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:08,006
"We agreed to 10%."

999
00:40:08,006 --> 00:40:10,775
She said, "Yes, honey.

1000
00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:15,079
I'll do the best I can."

1001
00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:19,851
What you heard was,
"Yes, Peter, I'll do it,

1002
00:40:19,851 --> 00:40:23,388
and I'll do it to the best
of my ability."

1003
00:40:23,388 --> 00:40:27,258
What you didn't know was
she does not have the ability.

1004
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:29,961
[ Cheers and applause ]

1005
00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:34,966
And every time
you blow a gasket

1006
00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:36,934
when she goes over the budget

1007
00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:40,038
and y'all go to bed that night

1008
00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:44,575
and she lays her head
on your chest...

1009
00:40:44,575 --> 00:40:46,277
you know what you do?

1010
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:48,379
You wipe the slate clean.

1011
00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:51,849
And tomorrow,
she back at it again.

1012
00:40:51,849 --> 00:40:55,253
[ Laughter ]

1013
00:40:55,253 --> 00:40:58,056
I'm pretty sure y'all business
is doing pretty good

1014
00:40:58,056 --> 00:41:01,759
because of
the way she does the business.

1015
00:41:01,759 --> 00:41:03,594
Wouldn't you say so?

1016
00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:05,830
Yeah.
Yeah, see?

1017
00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:08,066
But you're stuck on the budget.

1018
00:41:08,066 --> 00:41:11,235
Peter, I'm the only friend
you have in here.

1019
00:41:11,235 --> 00:41:13,438
[ Laughter ]

1020
00:41:13,438 --> 00:41:15,506
Peter, here's my verdict.

1021
00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:17,308
I got to dismiss your case

1022
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:20,778
because you can't make
your wife pay you $5,000.

1023
00:41:20,778 --> 00:41:23,581
If I made this woman
give you $5,000,

1024
00:41:23,581 --> 00:41:26,384
I can't tell you how many times
you'd try to come back to court

1025
00:41:26,384 --> 00:41:28,486
to give me that $5,000 back.

1026
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:31,255
[ Laughter ]

1027
00:41:31,255 --> 00:41:34,325
I'm gonna act like
you never came in here.

1028
00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:37,562
That's the biggest favor
I'm gonna do to you,

1029
00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,464
and on behalf of the court,

1030
00:41:39,464 --> 00:41:42,266
so you can shop
and really do your thing,

1031
00:41:42,266 --> 00:41:44,435
I'mma award your business
$5,000.

1032
00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:46,838
[ Cheers and applause ]

1033
00:41:49,774 --> 00:41:51,576
That's my verdict,

1034
00:41:51,576 --> 00:41:53,711
and that's the way I see it.

1035
00:41:53,711 --> 00:42:02,286
♪♪

1036
00:42:02,286 --> 00:42:10,862
♪♪

1037
00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:19,404
♪♪