By Random Acts
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Today Will and Jenna are on a mission to give back to Aleisha, a woman who engages in random acts of kindness on a daily basis via her numerous non-profits. She is perhaps best known for leaving little Piñatas on people’s doorsteps. Aleisha has given a lot over the years, now it’s time to surprise her with something extra special!
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today is the day yep and I’ve got to go
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be a guest on a radio show so don’t
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forget keep your phone close because
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we’ll be calling okay I will and you
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don’t forget this oh I thought this was
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gonna be bigger
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[Music]
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hey how are you doing see you – how’s it
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going good what’s this pinata this way I
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think you can like it you delivered you
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really did and this is perfect as we’re
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gonna find out live on the show where we
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need to take it so let’s get it loaded
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up and ready to go well I’m guessing we
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don’t have a lot of time but what I do
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need to do is break him down to get him
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into the truck without crushing him all
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right well let’s get to it we do not
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have a lot of time all right here take
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you up and we’re gonna meet with my
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producer Richie awesome so Alicia this
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is my producer and co-host
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Richie will have you come so here okay
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hello
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check our levels does that sound good
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you guys sound great okay ready all
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right
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so Alicia is in the radio show right now
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I have to be ready to call into the show
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and reveal that she’s on random acts and
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we got to get this in the van we’re
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running very short on time
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[Music]
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we’re here to talk about how we can all
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try a little harder to share goodness
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and kindness in our lives with someone
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who has made it part of her life’s work
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to give through random acts Alecia
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McDaniel welcome Alecia thank you okay
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what is it that motivates you
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I think it’s seeing the joy from others
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it just starts with being kind I think
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it’s gonna work
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what is it that attracts the random part
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of random acts of kindness to you oh
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it’s fun and especially the things that
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might be like a little silly like for
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the porch pinata project all right good
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fit let’s get move
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[Music]
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okay we gotta call in right now my waist
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might leave no actually man literally
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like packing the cami you’re putting the
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random back in random agitating well
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will Rubio who’s also a host on random
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acts really wanted to be here what was
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stuck in California but we have him on
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the phone hello will hello everybody I
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am so excited to be here if only on the
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radio well you have a lot of experience
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with this and I want to know what it’s
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like surprising people that’s the best
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part
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I’ll tell you what after like weeks and
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sometimes months of preparation to get
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to the day there’s nothing like that
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because it’s all this hard work coming
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to fruition and you get to surprise
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somebody that’s so incredibly deserving
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and it’s just awesome Alicia I’m sure
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you know what I’m talking about
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yes absolutely as far as surprises I’ll
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show you guys how it’s done
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Alicia you’re not just on a radio show
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you are actually on a television show
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you are are random act if you look
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around the room there are cameras
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everywhere you squint through that glass
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you’ll see a cameraman in there
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yeah we’re constantly doing random acts
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so nobody’s more deserving of a random
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act and somebody like you so Jenna go
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ahead and pull out
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beautiful I lose the deal Alicia we want
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to deliver it to whoever you want and
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I’m not in California I am here so I’m
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gonna meet you wherever you choose so
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you let us know and we’ll be on the move
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what do you say okay I am actually an
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autism mama it’s a thing that it’s near
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and dear to my heart and I live it every
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day so my first like gut reaction is to
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go with the spectrum Academy they are a
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school for autistic children
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wow that’s great okay we have to get the
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spectrum Academy before Jenna and Alicia
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do and of course it started to rain we
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have to get across town through traffic
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how are we going to do all that yeah
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that might work do we know how to get
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there just follow my lead car it’s about
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20 minutes away
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has anyone called spectrum over I’m
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actually stalling Alicia just a little
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bit cuz we want to make sure that wills
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gonna get to the school before us you
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didn’t really this was going to happen I
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hey welcome
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tastes exactly right how you like it
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Matt alright so we are coming up on
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spectrum Academy we need all hands on
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deck when we get there we don’t have all
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the time
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copy the principal is expecting us soon
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thanks for being on the Lisa show thank
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you guys there are generous Joe mr.
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macdaniel out of the studio on for an
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adventure I know you’ve got 20 minutes
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well you must be with nice to me huge
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fans of this show so we’re excited yeah
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we appreciate it so much we give all our
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locations at least 20 minutes notice
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well it’s in my job description to be
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flexible so we’re fine you talk to a
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position with him absolutely I was
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thinking about our high school gymnasium
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it’s the one right around the front oh
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yeah so just go ahead and do what you
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need to do and let me know if you need a
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bigger this has been so sweet everybody
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to do this will you deserve it lose a
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piece of his coat all right we are
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moving it into the gym right now open
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fits the doors and we will set it up we
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haven’t actually tested this we don’t
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know
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the door there we go the wonderful
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resource because it gives children who
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are on the spectrum a chance to go to
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school get all of the support that they
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need
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yeah so that those kids can be
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successful right that’s what you want to
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go get a chance yes tight corner are we
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clear
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we have clear
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[Music]
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nice work there just one into the school
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okay I’m gonna go meet them outside okay
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we need to take these lights on real
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fast giveaway yes okay I know you’re
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used to giving away fairly small be
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honest yeah I thought but just maybe you
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would want to give away something
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[Music]
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do you want to help us fill it yeah okay
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I’ll put this over there for you first
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delivery for school supplies let’s do it
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[Music]
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so I’m gonna make an assumption this is
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the biggest pinata that you’ve ever done
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yes right do you think we should bring
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some kids in now I would love it let’s
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do it
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[Music]
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because not all their faces when they
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come in I had to grab to shoot
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[Music]
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okay everyone it’s time to do it
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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how are you guys doing to beYOU to
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somebody very special this is Alisha
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McDaniel Alisha spends her time doing
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random acts of kindness and good things
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for other people
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isn’t that awesome so today we surprised
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her with the opportunity to give this
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massive pinata to anybody she wanted and
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she chose Spectrum Academy we are going
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to pull that cord and open up this
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pinata are you guys ready
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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all right here we go are we ready
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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there
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[Music]
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you do
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[Music]
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you are welcome you’re amazing this is
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amazing
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[Music]
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well that was amazing I was so adorable
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alright miss Alicia our pinata Queen yes
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here’s the thing you should announce so
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many pinatas
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but you haven’t broken opinion no so
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this is your we want you to break there
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we go oh you guys it’s too cute do it
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come on come on okay go for it
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okay let’s do this
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it’s like native steel
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yeah
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oh there’s something over here as well
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listen you have done so many random acts
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of kindness for other people and people
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have taken notice of everything you do
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okay so yeah we’ve heard that it’s one
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of your dreams to travel to Iceland
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people have anonymously donated to make
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that dream you’re amazing
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honestly we learn discussions just about
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Alison Syria in January I just felt your
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energy and I’m like where do I get my
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hands on the pinata let’s yeah this is
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in the pinata of the world okay that’s
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our show everyone we want to say thank
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you to the Lisa show and a huge massive
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thank you to the spectrum Academy I
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don’t think anybody’s come through in
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such a big way with such a small amount
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of time
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Alisha I feel like you’ve earned this
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really mm-hmm
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okay random acts on three one two
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hey Internet person slow down for a
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second subscribe to our channel you
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won’t regret it and there are tons of
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treats inside like a pinata yeah so
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don’t leave us hanging like a pinata
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paper mache oh man wake up and yacht up
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she’s so predictable
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