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lwt mi oil 2".» . :" banter (mainly from dad, Jason) flows freely. The show is classics such as ‘Look at Me‘ - a testament to friendship mm (H w M. i«:-- w " s- f" z as homespun as the ethos behind it. The family members - and the more random ‘Don‘t You Know What I Mean?‘ .iiu lit-nit: (x: .: ~' '.‘ s 1 take slides they find at yard sales and second-hand alongside new songs such as the quite beautiful ‘All Over at wilt l‘.i.‘ri;:' f i. -' .._; fl .' shops and make up songs about them or. as Jason puts the World”. Jason cracks that it‘s their number one single piwiiiiiuw. M i i viz: ‘- '* ' it, ‘interpret the lives of the strangers.‘ of summer 2008. And in a perfect world it would be.
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