Katie Puckrik
@KatiePuckrik
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Talker Writer Dancer Singer Smeller // Representation: https://t.co/d5kQP6STwx & https://t.co/FFxVy8tQL4
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Joined October 2008
VINYL LP UNBOXING CLIP PART TWO: KATIE PUCKRIK PRESENTS A #YACHTROCK ODYSSEY.Put some “grrrr” in your purr with #westcoast bona fide bangers & crate-diggin’ delights. Order now: #70smusic #80smusic #christophercross #michaelmcdonald @DemonMusicGroup
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To present BBC’s Newswatch, @SamiraAhmedUK was paid £440/ep, compared to Jeremy Vine’s eye-popping £3,000/ep for Points of View.Both programmes are host-led public opinion shows under 15 mins long.I am supporting Samira’s challenge to the BBC against unequal pay for similar work.
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.@shaunwkeaveny is all of my favourite things: smart, silly, sexy, and such an intelligent listener. His interviews are always a dance. @BBC6Music is losing their flavour enhancer.
Dear @shaunwkeaveny. Thank you! For the last 15 years, yes. But also, for these last 2.5 mins of gospel truth about what makes a radio show WAY more than just a radio show. #onions
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This is now America. State police in Minnesota arresting a (cooperative, calm) @CNN reporter and crew live on television. We have just crossed into the unknown. Here be monsters.
Minnesota State Police arresting CNN's @OmarJimenez and crew live on TV on @NewDay for reporting on the protests. Police say they were arrested because they were told to move and didn't. Omar was completely respectful and cooperative, ans asked the police where to do the report.
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Debbie Harry’s face is one of the finest examples of 20th century architecture, a wonder of the world. Her ravishing beauty is all the more sensational paired with her confidently playful wit. More gushing from me on Blondie & the rest of the class of 1978 tonight @channel5_tv.
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Me, @themarkrad & @marcrileydj before we were a twinkle in @BBC6Music's eye. Here we are engaging in tomfoolery on Mark & Lard's Graveyard Shift @BBCRadio1Offici circa 1993. I owe my start in radio to them!.
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Bowie w gf Jean Millington, bass player in Fanny. Re the trailblazing all-female band, in '99 he said: They were extraordinary: they wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal & wonderful, they're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever.
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.@lustforlife1976 at 100 Club last night. Old stomping ground for my bandmates @GlenMatlock and @clem_burke.
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Dancing on the 1991 @petshopboys tour was about the coolest job I’ve ever had. I’m a deranged nurse here with frizzy orange fringe and black glasses. Watch the whole vid to see me wriggle out of my knickers in a frenzy.
PSB continue their series of classic performances with "Suburbia (Live in Birmingham 1991)". The full video, which was filmed during the “Performance" tour in 1991, is now available to watch on YouTube. Buy SMASH: #PetText #SMASH
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@laurenlaverne Nothing that lady wrote made any sense. She seemed to be making a passionate case for same-old-same-old. And for the avoidance of pleasure, and for eschewing the lubed-up brainpower of youngish you. She's welcome to her dry life.
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1991 was a big year for me — I danced on a world tour with @petshopboys, and got my first TV job hosting iconic pop culture car crash The Word @Channel4, where I wrestled Johnny Rotten, tickled Barry White and freaked out Bjork. More musical memories tonight at 10pm @channel5_tv.
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In 1991, #TheWord was my splashdown point into showbiz.
Music/entertainment show The Word was first broadcast on @Channel4 OTD in 1990. Named after presenter @terrychristian’s regular @MENnewsdesk column covering up and coming Manchester bands, it was co-presented by @amandadecadenet and was a defining programme of the 90s. #TheWord30
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Throwing shapes with @GlenMatlock and Kevin Armstrong with @lustforlife1976 at @cavernliverpool .Pic: @EddieMerrick
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Forget "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" fairytales—Ron & Russell Mael from Sparks lived it! Hear the story of these teen Zeligs of the 1960s Sunset Strip on my 2-part @BBCRadio2 documentary "From Beach Boys to Blighty: The Birth of Sparks". @sparksofficial
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Countdown to cast off! My 2-part documentary on YACHT ROCK launches @BBCFOUR June 14 & 21. Dig with me the escapist West Coast sound embodied by Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers: blue-eyed soul with lyrics about grown-up screwups. #yachtrock
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In 1996, I coined the word “ladette” & created Pyjama Party for ITV. My Pyjama Partiers-in-crime were the effervescent Michelle Kelly and the delightfully warped @ClaudiaWinkle. We amassed a seriously flammable wardrobe of negligees. More 1996 memories 10pm tonight @channel5_tv.
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I just saw Altman's Nashville for the first time last night, and was reminded what a singular sensation Shelley Duvall is.
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I am unhappy about this.
"Things change, places change, people change, and it’s time for a change, after 14 years (it will seem longer to many) I’m leaving 6 Music." @ShaunWKeaveny to leave @BBC6Music:
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Mug shot mood: no regrets.
Two women are facing a felony charge after police said they went to a man's apartment in Clearwater and started throwing glitter at him during an argument.
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The Last Igloo - 2nite @BBCFOUR 7.30: a meditative & poetic sensory immersion in a landscape of ice and snow, an elegy to a world that is melting away. Based on my original idea, bloomed into glorious reality by @SwanFilmsTV. #slowTV.
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It’s 20 years to the day since @themarkrad & @marcrileydj aka Mark & Lard’s final @BBCR1 show. They’re celebrating by submitting to my probing in an online event tonight at 7.30. Get YouTube live streaming tix from .Here’s the rapture from today’s matinee:
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@jjauthor Against my better judgment, I came over to see who this trashy lady is and why she's perving out over public figures. Turns out she's kind of a boring freak.
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#TheWord is back - 1 night only! Join @terrychristian & me @BFI Aug 13 as we ̶R̶E̶L̶I̶V̶E̶ ̶T̶H̶E̶ ̶T̶R̶A̶U̶M̶A̶ reminisce about the good old days of @Channel4's iconic youth TV show. Tix avail for BFI members now; public from Jul 9.
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West End Girls by @petshopboys #1 @guardian 100 Greatest UK No 1s—YES. This sexy, sinister lullaby was my "I've made it!" anthem when I scored my best job ever: dancing on PSB's 1991 Performance world tour. Here I am tempting Chris Lowe w/ my floozy wiles:
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1994 was the year I auditioned for the part of Phoebe in Friends, and co-hosted the 25th anniversary of Woodstock for MTV, as well as the first televised Glastonbury for @Channel4—where the Lady in Red met the Man in Black. More musical memories tonight at 10pm @channel5_tv.
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I'm girding my loins to go into musical battle with warrior women @BBC6Music at 1pm — and invite you to suggest powerful she-humans from across the sonic landscape. Tuneful troops so far include L7, Stevie Nicks, Poly Styrene, and Kristeen Young.
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Something for musical theatre fans. .
If you haven't already seen the video—and even if you have—this is a must-see… piano tune added in hopes that it makes his sing-along more palatable (volume on).
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Get yer skates on and roll with me for part 2 of "I Can Go For That: The Smooth World of #YachtRock", tonight at 9pm @BBCFOUR. I'll be cruising 80s #westcoast: Toto, George Benson, Christopher Cross, and more!
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Singing @IggyPop's Lust For Life @100clubLondon w OG @sexpistols @GlenMatlock & Luis Correia here in a quite startling upgrade of my showbiz antics. Iggy vets @clem_burke & Kevin Armstrong also onboard, along w @flosabeva. @lustforlife1976 next in Dublin:
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I miss my Dad. He was a US Air Force colonel and a lifelong character. Way before my debut on earth, he flew in the Berlin Airlift. #berlinairlift
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Today I joined a group of broadcasters, writers, artists, bankers, scientists & activists to walk with @SamiraAhmedUK to the 1st day of her #equalpay tribunal. This issue touches all women across our society, and Samira's courage in standing up for fairness will benefit all.
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While metaphorically girding my loins for 2019, I found myself wondering what actual loin-girding entailed. Turns out it's wadding your dress between your legs like a diaper so that you can more efficiently hack your enemies to death. Pretty apt for these trying times.
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Feelin' yacht-esque on a summer's day? Join me 10am @BBC6Music where I'll be weaving West Coast sounds throughout 3 hours of fine fine music. Doing a special spotlight on Brit Yacht after 12pm! #YachtRock
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Just ridin' my bike insouciantly over to another Sat morn stint @TimesRadio. Join me tomorrow Nov 14th 10am-1pm for discussions on White House/Downing St freakouts, Alexa's sassy new tendency to backchat, & the new Mary Wollstonecraft statue's inexplicably naked yet dynamic muff.
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@jasminedotiwala @avirgoworld Haha you know me, Jasmine! This is like saying, "find the two foods/songs/outfits you like, and do that over and over forever.".
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Excited to announce the project I've been compiling, sequencing & writing for the past year—.'Katie Puckrik Presents A Yacht Rock Odyssey', 72 of the smoothest West Coast sounds across 4CDs, w/ @MichaelMcD_Real @itsMrCross @toto99com @kennyloggins .Order:
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If this is FBI. chef's kiss.
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Could I BE any more 90s? I'm frow here at the @redordeadlondon show at London Fashion Week circa 1997, in my dog collar & @DIESEL puffer jacket. 90s Katie would be psyched that she is featured in the eye-popping/heartstring-tugging @bbctwo doc about #Loaded Magazine this Fri 9pm
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I wanna be your dog — Lust For Life band, March 2024. 📸 @WillietheFly .@lustforlife1976 #katiepuckrik #iggypop #DavidBowie #bowie
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.@jonronson is the best guest I've heard on @BBC6Music #PaperbackWriters. A delightful and lovable storyteller, with fab "I was there" tales from the trenches of indie music. This is such a fun listen!
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Fire up your conceptual griddles and butter your metaphorical muffins, because I'm(wo)manning the decks @BBC6Music from 1pm this afternoon. Today's discussion point: #apocalypticpop
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I've panned for radio gold in tonight's @BBCRadio4 Pick of the Week. Nuggets include: space aliens in Hull; a 13-yo girl who survived being trafficked to UK in a washing machine box; Ian Wright's unmissable, blub-inducing convo with @laurenlaverne on #DID.
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US police are kitted out like warfighters as they brutalize their fellow citizens protesting against. police brutality. Here is 70-year-old Congresswoman Joyce Beatty getting pepper sprayed alongside her fellow Ohio lawmakers Shannon Hardin and Kevin Boyce.
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Bat chat – scientists say 60% of bat calls fall within 4 groups of fights: 1.Bats arguing about food 2.Bats squabbling about sleeping cluster positions 3.Bats protesting males making unwanted mating advances 4.Bats bitching at other bats sitting too close.
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There's an ultra-spooky sensibility that is specifically British, linking projects as disparate as The Wicker Man, @gazelletwin, @Scarfolk Council & @alicelowe's Prevenge. And what about this terrifying title sequence for Shadows, 70s ghost telly for KIDS?
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@themarkrad Mark! I need everyone around you to take exquisite care of you, and for you to carefully pace yourself through this trying time. Beaming you hugs and healing vibes. xx.
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Loving all the lust for our @lustforlife1976 tour featuring @IggyPop @sexpistols @DavidBowieReal stars @GlenMatlock, @clem_burke & Kevin Armstrong celebrating Iggy's Lust For Life LP. Get your hindquarters to Dublin to get off, because all UK dates are now sold out!
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In honor of catching up to November 2019, the time in which the original Blade Runner was set, here are Sean Young's Polaroids taken during the making of the film. Would you rather live in Blade Runner 2019 or actual 2019?.
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As I’ve said, performing on the Lust For Life Tour is like an exorcism in reverse. See you in Leicester, Birmingham, North Shields, Liverpool, London? Tickets: 📸 Rob Russell.#iggypop #davidbowie #blondie #sexpistols
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The Lust For Life tour continues—Manchester Ritz tonight! The crowds have been so HELL YEAH for this whole shebang. Glasgow was foaming, can’t wait to see what good trouble we get into in Manchester. Tickets/info: 📸 Carl Allen
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Got an upcoming drive-time with nowhere to drive to? Allow me to soundtrack your bunker this afternoon at 4pm @BBC6Music. Tell me how you're coping and I'll share your pearls.
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Calling all yacht rockers in search of a soundtrack for your night cruise! Join me tonight 2pm @BBCRadio2 for two hours of creamy smooth classics from Toto and Christopher Cross, along with deep cuts and newer masters of the mellow.
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Handy explainer for the "anarchic banger" that was my entry point into the showbiz ecosystem: The Word.
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Wondering why the world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket? Do what the Gatekeepers of Morality used to do back in the 90s and blame #TheWord! Join @terrychristian & me @BFI on Aug 13 as we rake thru iconic Word moments like Nirvana's TV debut and Oliver Reed's psyche-out.
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Bangle @SusannaHoffs, Buzzcock @stephen_diggle & farmboy @Nick_Offerman on the POW of power pop w me now! @BBC6Music
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Thanks @AHMcKay for shining 4 ⭐️s on my @BBC4 #YachtRock doc! My editorial approach to the @westcoast genre may be wry, but my love is sincere. Fellow mellowheads, hop aboard @BBCiPlayer for another cruise thru parts 1 & 2.
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Gonna be on @Channel4 #stephspackedlunch today with my ol’ #TheWord partner in crime @terrychristian. Join us for pop cultural group therapy?
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Here comes my face—shooting a video for my March 2023 Lust For Life @tonysalestour tour singing with #IggyPop/#Bowie bass icon Tony Fox Sales—featuring @BlondieOfficial's @clem_burke on drums. Tour details here: Hair/Makeup/Camera: Ian McIntosh
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Just a perfectly relaxed, oh-is-there-a-camera? pose from my Autumn 2023 Whiskeria mag shoot. Issue out now @TheWhiskyShop & @WHSmith, filled with more pics & lotsa talk about whisky, dance, and singing on the upcoming @lustforlife1976 tour. Dress @OliviaRubin
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Now that your day's work of hunting and gathering loo roll and pasta has come to a satisfying conclusion, crack a fresh bottle of hand sanitiser and kick back to 3 hours of bunker-enhancing tunes'n'natter.
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.@billyjoel wrote the history of the late 20th century into a 5-minute pop song, @tomfordyce & I turned it into a podcast, & now Billy HIMSELF is on to reveal who really *did* start the fire! Get yer pop culture orgasm right here:.
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Sitting here in the hair salon reading trashy magazines and there is a 6-page spread in Hello! about the freakish phenomenon of 60-year-old women with the uncalled-for temerity to continue doing their jobs.
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Rock’n’roll rec room: Iggy Pop, Angie Bowie, Suzi Ronson, Trevor Bolder & Lou Reed.
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Here I am circa 1990, no doubt dancing to Deee-Lite, MC Hammer, the KLF, and. Luciano Pavarotti??? Join me 10pm tonight @channel5_tv to find out how the King of the High Cs was smuggled into the pop charts next to Betty Boo and Vanilla Ice.
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I've never watched The Sopranos, but if this clip is anything to go by, it's electrifying and I can't wait to binge.
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In my @BBCRadio4 Pick of the Week on Sunday: Alison @goldfrapp goes nightswimming, @jonronson ponders shaming & @themichaelcaine gets pebbledashed in bee poo. We'll meet gay dads, British Black Panthers, & glitter-loving Vikings. Cool stories, cool people.
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Happy anniversary to this tweet.
It's almost like the United States has no President - we are a rudderless ship heading for a major disaster. Good luck everyone!.
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Round 2 of the Lust For Life tour—oh baby let’s blast off! Hull and Glasgow sold out, but some tickets still available for other nights here: 📸 Carl Allen
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I'm turning up in an unexpected cranny of @BBCRadio2 at midnight tonight. Hopefully it will be a delightful surprise for you, like finding your lost phone charger *and* a fully-stamped coffee loyalty card down the back of your sofa.
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With a sea breeze in your hair (and in your highball glass, courtesy of your home drinks trolley), settle in for part 2 of my overview of #YachtRock, Friday night 9pm @BBCFOUR. I Can Go For That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock #mellow
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My daily routine is quite simple. I carefully place £1,140 of freshly-printed bank notes over my face to really hydrate my skin.
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.@SamiraAhmedUK’s tribunal win dragged the “benign patriarchy” of BBC’s pay protocol kicking & screaming all the way up to the 1970s, when equal pay for equal work was enshrined in British law. Better late than never. Thank you Samira for your sheer guts!
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Wishing y'all peace, prosperity & LUST FOR LIFE for 2023. I'll be warming up my pipes for the Lust For Life tour with @tonysalestour in March, fa-la-la-ing across Iggy/Bowie/Blondie classics. Watch our Success video: Dates and tix:
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I have always maintained that #DonaldTrump is camp: the hanky-drop hand gestures, the winking, effete delivery of his belabored punchlines, the Tammy Faye Bakker-level of his hair and makeup. This writer gets it.
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Honeymoon couple stranded by C19 at 5-star resort: the “room boy” checks on them 5 x day. Dining crew made them a candlelit dinner on the beach.Every night performers put on a show for them in the restaurant. At breakfast, 9 waiters loiter by their table.
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ZAPPP! Plugging into my energy source: the Lust For Life band. @lustforlife1976 #iggypop @clem_burke @GlenMatlock @DarrenJohnson66.
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The measure of a man: Peter Wyngarde's estate sale includes many of his signature neck scarves and oversized sunglasses, "gentleman's platform shoes", and a stuffed beaver.
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