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ROCK SINGER MEAT LOAF FISHING. WEARS A FOOTBALL JERSEY NUMBER 62. SAYS "MEATLOAF" ON BACK. CATCHES FISH. WEARS MESH BALL CAP THAT READS "ROADIE" (THE ALAN RUDOLPH FILM). MEAT LOAF WITH FRIENDS. MEAT LOAF REMOVES HOOK FROM FISH AND RETURNS IT TO THE WATER. CATCH AND RELEASE.
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01:02:53 88.98 |
MAN REELING IN FISH. MEAT LOAF ASSISTS. REMOVES HOOK FROM FISH AND RETURNS FISH TO WATER.
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01:03:12 108.21 |
MEAT LOAF CLAIMS THAT IN 1977 "BAT OUT OF HELL" AND "PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT" VIDEOS WERE THE FIRST VIDEOS THAT PROVED YOU COULD USE VIDEOS TO SELL MUSIC RECORDS BECAUSE THEY SOLD 750,000 ALBUMS IN HOLLAND JUST BY SHOWING VIDEOS. THEY WERE NOT TOURING THERE. OUTSOLD THE PREVIOUS BEST SELLING ALBUM BY BLONDIE WHICH SOLD 234,000 COPIES. MENTIONS MTV NOW BEING THE ONE STATION THAT IS PROMOTING MUSIC VIDEOS IN THE UNITED STATES. DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PERFORMING FOR A MUSIC VIDEO INSTEAD OF A LIVE CONCERT. MENTIONS HOW SOME MUSICIANS DON'T LIKE MAKING VIDEOS BECAUSE THEY ARE MUSICIANS WHO PLAY ON STAGE FOR CROWDS. MENTIONS HOW MTV IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAND MEN AT WORK AND HUMAN LEAGUE. ALSO SAYS HE'S A FAN OF BILLY JOEL, COMPLIMENTS HIS SONGWRITING BUT SAYS MTV HELPED PROMOTE JOE'S ALBUM NYLON CURTAIN AND SAYS JOEL'S MUSIC VIDEOS ARE SOME OF THE BEST.
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01:07:11 347.09 |
CU MEAT LOAF SAYS "THERE'S A BIG BOAT COMING RIGHT AT US AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT." MOCK FEAR.
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MEAT LOAF SAYS YOU HAVE TO FIND REAL VIDEO PEOPLE, REAL ARTISTIC PEOPLE TO MAKE GOOD VIDEOS. BOAT GOES BY. MEAT LOAF CALLS OUT TO THEM THAT THEY'VE "GOT GOOD FISHING!"
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01:08:14 410.19 |
MEAT LOAF SOUND BITE "I'M REAL IMPRESSED WITH MTV." RELUCTANTLY SAYS HE JUST WISHES THEY WOULD NOT GET THEMSELVES INTO A TIGHT SETLIST WHILE HE UNHOOKS FISH.
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01:09:20 476.52 |
MEAT LOAF SAYS HE HAS A NATURAL INSTINCT TO WORK IN VIDEO BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE THE CAMERA IS AND WHAT IT'S DOING. SOMEONE CATCHES A STONE CRAB ON THEIR FISHING LINE. GOES BACK TO TALKING ABOUT ACTING SKILL BEING NECESSARY. MENTIONS FILM ROADIE AND ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. MEAT LOAF SOUNDS LIKE HE IS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HIS FILM AND ACTING KNOWLEDGE. SAYS YOU CAN DO SO MANY THINGS WITH YOUR EYES AND CAMERA ZOOMS TO ONE OF MEAT LOAF'S SIGNATURE WILD MAN STARES. HAMMY.
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01:11:52 628.46 |
CU HANDS REMOVING HOOK FROM FISH'S MOUTH.
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01:12:08 644.32 |
MEAT LOAF SAYS HE IS USUALLY UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE STUDIO. SAYS HE'LL BE RECORDING VOCALS WITH TOM DOWD THE FAMOUS PRODUCER. SAYS IT'S THE FIRST TIME HE'S EVER DONE VOCALS AT A STUDIO. SAYS TOM DOWD MAKES HIM FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN THE STUDIO
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01:13:59 755.63 |
MEAT LOAF GOES BACK TO DISCUSSING HIS ACTING PROWESS. TALKS ABOUT HIS INATE ABILITY TO FIND HIS MARK. MENTIONS LAURENCE OLIVIER AND ROBERT MITCHUM ARE THE MOST FAMOUS FOR FINDING HIS MARK. YES, MEAT LOAF COMPARES HIMSELF TO SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER!
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01:14:39 795.18 |
MEAT LOAF ANNOUNCES THE TITLE OF HIS NEW ALBUM IS MIDNIGHT AT THE LOST AND FOUND AND DISCUSSES HOW IT CAME ABOUT. JOKINGLY MENTIONS SOME OTHER TITLE IDEAS LIKE "I'M HUNGRY" AND "BEEFED UP"
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MEAT LOAF TALKS ABOUT THE SONGS THAT WILL MAKE GOOD MUSIC VIDEOS. SAYS THEY'LL ALL BE GOOD VIDEOS BECAUSE WHEN HE SINGS SONGS HE VISUALIZES A MOVIE IN HIS HEAD. SAYS BAT OUT OF HELL HE VISUALIZES AN ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILM. TALKS ABOUT THE ALBUM COVER FOR BAT OUT OF HELL. SAYS THE ALBUM COVER WAS DISCUSSED ON A RELIGIOUS PROGRAM SAYING IT WAS AN EVIL COVER BUT HE EXPLAINS THE GUY ON THE MOTORCYCLE WAS A HERO.
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01:16:43 919.53 |
QUOTE: "THESE RELIGIOUS GUYS YOU KNOW, YOU SEND THEM 700 BUCK AND YOU'RE SAVED, JACK. NOTHING PERSONAL AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE RELIGIOUS AND BELIEVE IN GOD BUT THESE GUYS ARE RIPPING PEOPLE OFF. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU?"
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01:16:58 933.78 |
MEAT LOAF PICKS UP A CAN OF TAB DIET SODA WHILE BEING INTERVIEWED AND SIPS.
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MEAT LOAF TALKS ABOUT THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE THAT HE MADE WITH CHER. ADMITS HE IS NOT A FILMMAKER OR WRITER. SAYS HE TRIES TO EXPRESS TO THEM HIS VISION AND LET'S THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW MORE THAN HIM DO THEIR JOBS.
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01:18:46 1041.64 |
CU LIVE FISH ON A HOOK SHOWN TO CAMERA.
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MEAT LOAF STRUGGLES TO UNHOOK FISH.
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INT. RECORDING STUDIO. LEGENDARY MUSIC PRODUCER TOM DOWD AT MIXING BOARD WITH ENGINEER AND MEAT LOAF. THEY LISTEN TO TITLE TRACK MIDNIGHT AT THE LOST AND FOUND.
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MEAT LOAF'S DAUGHTER AMANDA ADAY LOOKS THROUGH THE GLASS OF THE RECORDING STUDIO. TODDLER.
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MEAT LOAF WITH HEADPONES SINGS BRIEFLY, REMOVES HEADPHONES AND LEAVES.
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MEAT LOAF DAUGHER AMANDA ADAY LOOKS ON.
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PAN TO MEAT LOAF IN THE STUDIO. CHEWING FOOTAGE. AMANDA ADAY AT PIANO CONTINUES TO LOOK ON.
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01:24:15 1370.63 |
CU MEAT LOAF RECORDING TAKES OF SONG THE RAZOR'S EDGE.
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MEAT LOAF GESTURES FOR TIME OUT. STOP RECORDING. THEN RESUMES.
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01:28:16 1612.38 |
MEAT LOAF TALKS WITH MUSICIANS AND MEAT LOAF'S WIFE LESLIE ADAY.
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01:29:09 1664.86 |
MEAT LOAF RECORDS BRIEF PROMO FOR MTV IN THE STUDIO WITH PRODUCER TOM DOWD. STATES HE'S AT STUDIO E AT CRITERION STUDIOS IN MIAMI FLORIDA. MEAT LOAF HOLDS UP A FISH FOR THE CAMERA TO PROVE HE REALLY DID GO FISHING.
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01:29:54 1709.96 |
MEAT LOAF INTRODUCES RECORDING ENGINEER TOM EDMUNDS AND PRODUCER TOM DOWD.
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TOM DOWD SAYS THE ALBUM IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW SMOOTHLY THE RECORDING SESSIONS HAVE BEEN. MEAT LOAF MENTIONS THAT GUITARIST GARY ROSSINGTON FROM LYNYRD SKYNYRD PLAYS ON THE ALBUM, DALE KRANTZ OF ROSSINGTON COLLINS SINGS ON THE ALBUM. MEATLOAF ANNOUNCES THAT MUSICIANS MARK DOYLE, PAUL JACOBS, STEVE BUSLOWE AND DRUMMER WELLS KELLY FROM THE BAND ORLEANS, AND HOPEFULLY, MARK DERRINGER WILL BE ON MEAT LOAF'S TOUR.
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TOM DOWD DISCUSSES THAT MOST OF THE ALBUM USED 4 MAIN MUSICIANS. MENTIONS HOW MARK DOYLE WAS PERFECT FOR WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO AND HOW RICK DERRINGER CAME IN PLAYED CRAZY GUITAR ON SOME TRACKS. TOM EDMUNDS EXPLAINS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME TOM DOWD AND HE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
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01:34:43 1999.04 |
MEAT LOAF SAYS HE'S HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND THROWS COMPLIMENTS AT DOWD WHO LOOKS EMBARRASSED BY THE LOVE HE'S BEING SHOWN.
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TOM DOWD TALKS ABOUT ONLY WORKING WITH TALENTED ARTISTS AND IN A GOOD FACILITY.
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MEAT LOAF TALKS ABOUT THE PARANOIA HE FEELS OF BEING IN THE STUDIO WHILE THE CREW IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS TALKING AND HE CAN'T HEAR.
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MEAT LOAF TALKS ABOUT TOURING AND FINDING AND WRTING SONGS FOR THE ALBUM. MEAT LOAF TALKS ABOUT STORY SONGS. TALKS ABOUT THE SONG MIDNIGHT AT THE LOST AND FOUND.
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01:37:56 2191.87 |
TOM DOWD COMPARES MIDNIGHT AT THE LOST AND FOUND TO HILL STREET BLUES. MEAT LOAF CONTINUES TALKING ABOUT THE SONGS AND MENTIONS VIDEO GAMES SPACE INVADERS AND DEFENDER AND SAYS THE ALBUM IS NOT A CONCEPT ALBUM.
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TOM DOWD TALKS ABOUT PICKING THE SONGS FOR THE ALBUM. DISCUSSED HOW ONE SONG WAS JUST NOT WORKING. TALKS ABOUT OTHER SONGS ON THE ALBUM AND WEEDING OUT SONGS.
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01:42:47 2483.28 |
GIL SCOTT-HERON RECITES PART OF THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED. (GLITCHY VIDEO CANNOT BE CORRECTED).
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01:43:22 2517.65 |
GIL SCOTT-HERON SAYS "THE MEDIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING OUR PERSPECTIVES AND PRIORITIES." TALKS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA OPPRESSION VS OPPRESSION IN POLAND. (UNFORTUNATELY AUDIO BUZZING PRESENT. MAY NOT BE FIXABLE). DOES A BIT ABOUT RICHARD ALLEN, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. TALKS POLITICS AND HIS PROJECTS.
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GIL SCOTT-HERON TALKS ABOUT THE WORLD'S PERSPECTIVE OF AMERICA CHANGING. PROPHETIC TALK PRESAGING THE COMING OF DONALD TRUMP BY WAY OF RONALD REAGAN. DISCUSSES HOW AMERICA NO LONGER LOOKS TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE BUT TO THE PAST (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN) AND WANTS JOHN WAYNE TO BE OUR HERO WHO SAVES AMERICA BUT SINCE WAYNE IS GONE WE SETTLE FOR RONALD REAGAN (RAY GUN). TALKS ABOUT HOLLYWOOD ROMANCE, GAY RIGHTS, FREEDOM, THE GOOD OLE DAYS, HUMAN RIGHTS.
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02:01:37 3613.48 |
CU MICROPHONE LAYS ON AN OPEN BOOK (BIBLE?), BESIDE OPEN PACK OF MARLBORO CIGARETTES AND A DIRTY ASHTRAY.
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02:01:57 3632.76 |
CU PAPER SIGN READS 11 AM CHECK-OUT TIME. HOLIDAY INN.
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02:02:07 3642.64 |
FINGER POINTING AT PAPER SIGN AND "IR" SIGN SITTING ATOP A TELEVISION SET.
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02:02:49 3685.4 |
ALICE COOPER PREPARING FOR INTERVIEW. MAKING SMALLTALK ABOUT ALL NIGHT TELEVISION SHOW HOST DAVE DIXON WHO CALLED BAD MOVIES THAT HIS STATION AIRED TURKEYS.
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02:04:04 3759.91 |
ALICE COOPER TALKS ABOUT TOURING AND THAT WHEN YOU GO TO VARIOUS RADIO STATIONS THE NEXT TIME EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. HIGH TURNOVER.
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02:05:02 3817.88 |
ALICE COOPER SAYS HIS WIFE AND HIS BABY CALICO COOPER CAME TO SEE HIM ON STAGE. JOKES THAT SHE HAS A RECORD DEAL ALREADY.
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02:05:45 3860.64 |
ALICE COOPER TALKS ABOUT HOW CONCERTS HAVE CHANGES FROM THE 1970S TO THE 1980S. AND HOW IT USED TO BE MUCH MORE THEATRICAL IN THE 70S. THE 80S WANTS LESS PRODUCTION AND MORE TECH. MENTIONS HOW HIS NIGHTMARE SHOW COST $500,000.00 AND THIS CURRENT SHOW COST ALMOST NOTHING.
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02:06:13 3889.08 |
ALICE COOPER SAYS HIS SHOWS ARE STILL VISUAL, A GUERRILLA TYPE OF THEATER NOW.
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02:06:27 3903.22 |
ALICE COOPER SAY VIDEO USED TO EXCITE HIM UNTIL HE REALIZED THAT ANYONE CAN LOOK GOOD IN MUSIC VIDEOS AND ANYONE CAN SOUND GOOD IN STUDIO RECORDINGS. NOW HE'S EXCITED TO BRING HIS STAGE BAND INTO THE STUDIO SO THE RECORDINGS AND THE STAGE SHOWS SOUND THE SAME ALA THE YARDBIRDS.
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02:07:16 3951.61 |
ALICE COOPER SAYS "SOME BANDS OUT NOW HAVE AN AUTOMATIC SENSE OF HUMOR BUILT IN AND I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW THEY ARE FUNNY." MENTIONS BANDS THE RAY MILLANDS AND THE EXPLODING PINTOS.
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02:07:40 3976.33 |
ALICE TALKS ABOUT NEW MEDIA AFFECTING MUSIC. SAYS UNFORTUNATELY ROCK & ROLL ON ANY SORT OF MEDIUM FLATTENS OUT AND THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING AROUND THAT. JOKES ABOUT HOLOGRAMS. SAYS ROCK & ROLL ON TV IS VERY FLAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HEAR OR FEEL THE BASS. SAYS HE WANTS FANS TO GET HIT WITH THEIR SOUND. WANTS TO PLAY LOUD AND SPONTANEOUSLY. SAYS HE'S IN GREAT SHAPE NOW. JOKINGLY SAYS HE COULD GO THREE ROUNDS WITH HEARNS. THOMAS HEARNS.
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02:09:07 4062.87 |
ALICE COOPER JOKES THAT HE'S SCARED OF MIKE PINERA (GUITARIST) BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS SMILING. EQUATES HIM TO MR RODGERS AND HOW HE SINGS "IT'S A LOVELY DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT YOU KNOW HE HAS A BUTCHER KNIFE COLLECTION SOMEWHERE." TALKS ABOUT HOW GREAT HE IS ON STAGE. PLAYS WITH HIS TEETH. MENTIONS HOW THE KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE THINK IT'S UNIQUE BECAUSE THEY NEVER SAW JIMI HENDRIX PLAY WITH HIS TEETH.
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02:09:56 4112.55 |
ALICE TALKS ABOUT THE GUILLOTINE TRICK ONSTAGE WAS AN OLD GAG BUT HIS YOUNG AUDIENCES HAD NEVER SEEN IT APPLIED TO ROCK & ROLL. MENTIONS THE HANGING AND THE SNAKE, NAMED ANGEL, AS WELL.
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02:11:14 4190.46 |
ALICE COOPER TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW SPECIAL FORCES ALBUM. SAYS IT IS ALMOST LIKE A SEQUEL TO FLUSH THE FASHION WHERE THERE WERE NO OVERDUBS. WENT INTO STUDIO WITH ROY THOMAS (BAKER) PRODUCING AND RECORDED IT IN FIVE WEEKS. SAYS SPECIAL FORCES (PRODUCED BY RICHARD PODOLOR) IS THE "HARDEST" HARD ROCK ALBUM HE'S EVER MADE. MENTIONS RECORDING ARTHUR LEE'S SONG "7 AND 7 IS" AND A LIVE VERSION OF "GENERATION LANDSLIDE" FROM HIS BILLION DOLLAR BABIES ALBUM.
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02:13:41 4336.75 |
ALICE COOPER SAYS HE LIKES TOURING BUT CAN'T TOUR NONSTOP. NEEDS TO DO THREE WEEKS ON THREE WEEKS OFF.
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02:14:35 4390.69 |
ALICE COOPER: "I THINK THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON IN THE WORLD IS THE PERSON WHO DID THE INTERIOR DECORATING FOR HOLIDAY INN." JOKES ABOUT HOLIDAY INN.
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02:15:28 4444.39 |
ALICE COOPER TALKS ABOUT GOING ON A WORLD TOUR AND ADMITS HE DOESN'T LIKE LEAVING THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE BEING INCONVENIENCED AND THEY HAVE LOUSY NIGHT TIME TELEVISION. THEN TELLS THE STORY THAT HE WAS WITH ELTON JOHN LYRICIST BERNIE TAUPIN IN LONDON AND AND ON PRIMETIME TELEVISION THEY SHOWED A TWO HOUR DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SOYBEANS.
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02:16:32 4508.01 |
ALICE COOPER SAYS "I LOVE TELEVISION".
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02:16:33 4508.71 |
ALICE COOPER SAYS HE HAD THE WORLD RECORD FOR AN INDOOR CONCERT IN SOUTH AMERICA. 158,000 PEOPLE IN SAO PAOLO BRAZIL FOR ABOUT A DOLLAR PER TICKET. THEN HE PLAYED RIO DE JANIERO TO 1300 PEOPLE BUT IT WAS $1500.00 PER TICKET. MENTIONS 30,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN SAO PAOLO AND 4 PEOPLE GOT KILLED AT THE SHOW. SAYS THEY THOUGHT HE WAS THE ANTICHRIST.
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02:17:59 4595.52 |
ALICE COOPER SAYS HIS CHARACTER OF ALICE IS GETTING CRAZIER AND CRAZIER THAN HE USED TO BE.
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02:19:54 4710.56 |
INTERVIEW ENDS.
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02:20:14 4730.58 |
CAMERA MOVES TO SHOW A VIEW OF BABY CALICO COOPER SLEEPING.
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02:21:02 4777.63 |
END
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