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Peter Sagal

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13698 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Yes, that's exactly right.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

For their big party on the National Mall, the White House proudly announced a lineup of American music icons like Vanilla Ice and Bret Michaels from the band Poison.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Seriously, it was like they just wrote down all the names from the Grammys in memoriam reel.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

That's all part of it.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

The cage match, they've been building this thing on the White House lawn to have a UFC, basically a cage match.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Yeah.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

That's going to be on Flag Day, which, oh, by the way, what a coincidence, is also President Trump's 80th birthday.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Let me just say this about that UFC thing.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

All right, Jenny, here is your next quote.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

It's about a hot new director in Hollywood.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

That was Variety magazine talking about 20-year-old Kane Parsons, one of the hot new Hollywood directors who got their start making videos for what platform?

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

YouTube?

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

YouTube, yes!

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

The horror movies Back Rooms, made by Mr. Parsons, and Obsession, both made by former YouTubers, are dominating the box office.

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They grossed over $100 million on their opening weekend.

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It's so wonderful to see theaters filled again with young people, all of whom had to jump up every four minutes to hit the skip ad button on the screen.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

It's tough.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

And yet they have managed it by giving these young filmmakers an opportunity to make real movies.

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Have any of you seen these movies, or did you follow their careers on YouTube prior?

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The Alzo Era begins in Austin!

Did they come home and tell you all about it?