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-Oh, my -- No, you're too close.
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-Hi! -Ken, you're too close
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to the camera. -Oh, it's so good to see you.
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I'm still getting the hang of this, man.
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-No, you're too close --
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Ken, we've been doing Zoom meetings for a long time.
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You're a little bit close. -Okay.
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-Maybe I'm too far -- -Not a good angle?
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-Maybe I'm too far away. It's not even a good --
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That's a perfect angle. [ Laughing ]
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-Okay. -Just step back like another --
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No, you're very close.
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Just step back another 3 feet, maybe.
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No, that's --
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Why you are doing that with your chin?
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[ Laughing ] -Oh.
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That's how God made me, Jimmy. -Oh, that's not true.
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-I didn't know you would be attacking me so quickly.
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-I'm not attacking. Stop doing that with your chin.
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[ Laughing ]
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Ken, look at you. That is what I wanted to see.
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Look at you. Come on.
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You look great, buddy. How you doing?
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-Thank you.
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Did you tell my chins that, too, Jimmy?
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Thank you. How dare you.
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[ Both laugh ]
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-Are you -- you're working harder than any human right now.
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It's unbelievable, all the stuff you're doing.
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All great work, by the way. Congrats.
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-Thank you so much. I'm just very --
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just like everybody else,
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just blessed to be healthy and to be working.
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It's a double blessing, for real, so...
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Speaking of doubles.
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-No, no! I don't want -- The chin, I know.
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Ken, I don't know if you know this,
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but your name came up not too long ago on our show
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when your pal, our pal, Joel McHale was on the show.
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-Um... -Yeah, he --
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-Oh, yeah. He said -- I saw that clip.
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'Cause Joel tweeted at me. He goes, "Ken."
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And that is my impression of Joel McHale.
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'Cause, like you, I do a lot of great impressions.
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"Hey, Ken -- [ Gibberish ] -- 'Fallon.'
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What are you watchin'? I maybe mentioned you.
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D-u-u-uh!" -[ Laughs ]
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Wait. If I close my eyes...
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-Yeah. "Hey, hey! I'm gonna be on 'Fallon'!
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I'm first guest on 'Fallon'! It's great!
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Bluuh!" -[ Laughing ]
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I was like, "Cool, man, cool. Can't wait to see it."
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-Great. -And, apparently, he mentioned
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that I was, and I quote, "A terrible doctor,"
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was sued way too many times,
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and disbarred and kicked out from medicine.
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-That's true, yes. -None of that is true.
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-Oh. -And it's -- He's a horrible --
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I don't want -- I don't want --
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I hope maybe we can cut this out because I trust you
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and the editorial team, but he's a horrible person,
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he's a stupid man. -Okay.
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-I can't believe I worked with him for six years
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on "Community" on this very network.
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He's been on "The Masked Singer," my show,
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like, more times than anybody else.
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I mean, there is no worse person's essence
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that I've ever worked with on a TV set than Joel McHale.
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I hate him. He's a -- He's a stupid man.
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-You want this -- He's a stupid man.
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And I will never talk to him. -You want this edited out?
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-Yeah, you can write all that. I will never talk to Joel McHale
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until I see him next week when we resume
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our "Darkest Timeline" podcast.
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'Cause he's amazing to work with.
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He's a talent. He's amazing.
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And so funny. -Yeah.
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-He's just a horrible human being.
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-We'll make this all -- We'll make this all work.
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-Yeah, we'll make it all work. We'll make it all work, so...
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-Congrats, by the way, because you don't have --
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-And Joel's an evil genius, by the way,
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because I have things to promote, and still,
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because of that, Joel makes me say his name
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on a segment that he has nothing to do with.
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He has nothing to do with any of these projects.
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-I didn't even think about that, yeah.
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-He's an evil genius.
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-He has nothing to do with these amazing projects.
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Really, I want to get to these,
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because we have limited time to talk to each other.
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You have not one but two huge blockbuster shows
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on Fox right now, back-to-back.
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"Masked Singer" is crushing. Now it's in fourth season.
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And then, you have your new show, "I Can See Your Voice."
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Back-to-back. You're knocking it out of the park, man.
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-Knocking it out of the park on Kednesday.
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Kednesday. You can write that down
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with your Sharpie -- Kednesday -- K-E-D-N-E-S --
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because I like to be accurate. Kednesday.
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-So, Wednesday now on Fox is Kednesday.
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It's all you. -It's all me.
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-How did you figure this out? How did you --
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-Well, you know, it's a whole process, James.
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And I told the network, I said, "I need a day all to myself,"
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and they were like, "Okay. Hey, on it.
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You're the best." And like that.
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And then, I was like, "Okay. What about Kemonday?"
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I was like, "Mm. Doesn't make sense.
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Ketuesday? You know?"
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I was like, "No. How about Kednesday?"
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And they're just like, "Wow! Oh, my goodness.
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We'll make a poster." -Yeah, "What've we been doing?"
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And then, oh, my poster, I went like this.
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-[ Laughing ] -Kednesday!
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[ Both laugh ]
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-Oh, yeah, I know. They did that. Yeah.
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-Bood pi casa boko so Kednesday.
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-Oh, my God. [ Both laugh ]
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-Oh, my God. -Oh, gosh.
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-You know what I like about these Zoom interviews, Jimmy?
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I'm so grounded. [ Both laugh ]
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-Oh, my gosh.
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Dude, I want to talk about your movie.
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You have a great movie out, called "Over the Moon."
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I loved this movie. I watched it with my daughters.
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We loved it. "Over the Moon" is on Netflix.
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The animation is insane, by the way.
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-Thank you so much, man.
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It was really a labor of love,
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and shout-out to the director, Glen Keane, who --
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He's an Oscar-winning director for -- he's also animated
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"Aladdin," "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast."
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-Ken, you sing -- you sing in this movie.
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It is so awesome. I was like --
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I wish I have -- I asked you for your cell number
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many times, but I wished I could text you and say...
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-Yeah, I'm more of an iMessage kind of gal, so...
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-Yeah. I was like, "Whoa.
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This is really Ken singing."
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Have I heard you sing before in a movie?
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-No, I've actually never sang before,
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sincerely, maybe ever in my life...
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-It was great. -...much less in a movie.
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I really appreciate that, especially coming from you.
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It was really -- I really appreciate
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the directors and the producers trusting me with their music
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as well as their dialogue.
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And, honestly, because it's an all-Asian-American cast
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and the message of the movie,
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it's honestly one of my favorite projects I've ever done.
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It really is just -- I'm just so happy
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people are liking it right now, and I'm just truly humbled
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by all of it. -I loved it.
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-I thought it had a great message.
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I thought you were fantastic in it.
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You were funny, but then, also, like...
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Should we set up the movie at all
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for anyone that wants to see you?
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-Nope. I think we should just watch it.
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I think we should just watch it.
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-It's sweet. A girl --
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It starts off a little sad. A girl loses her mom.
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-It's about a girl dealing with love, life, and loss.
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Brilliantly portrayed by Cathy Ang.
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And she builds a rocket ship to the Moon
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to find the fabled Chinese moon goddess, Chang'e,
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played by Phillipa Soo, who is Eliza on "Hamilton."
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It's such an incredible, stellar cast.
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-Yeah, I mean, Phillipa Soo, she's just -- just rocks it.
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I want to show a clip. Here's Ken Jeong as Gobi,
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singing in "Over the Moon." Take a look.
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-♪ Do you ever hug your scales? ♪
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-Huh?
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-♪ Shake your tail and make a light show?♪
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-You asked her that?
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-♪ A dance of colors and hues ♪
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-What are you doing?
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-♪ Well, I do ♪
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♪ Here right before your eyes ♪
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♪ A bright kaleidoscope ♪ Surprise!
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-Ken Jeong, everybody.
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"Over the Moon" is streaming now on Netflix.