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![]() We offer both a traditional plastic gift card and now offer eGift cards that are emailed to the recipient. Looking for the perfect gift? We have Pinball Gallery Gift Cards available for purchase. The upper playfield modules are much less than the price of a whole brand-new pinball machine. Some games require a new upper playfield module which can changed in the cabinet in under a minute. Some games consist of software-only updates. It offers a modular platform that allows a single cabinet to to be easily updated to play different games. The P3 is an innovative new take on pinball. We are excited to offer Multimorphic's P3 platform both for play and for sale at the Pinball Gallery. Click HERE to go to our Parties page for more details and to book a party online. We have resumed booking private parties again at the Pinball Gallery. Pinball Gals Women's Pinball Tournament (Max Match Play format)ĦABC did a piece recently about the Pinball Gallery and it was broadcast on their FYI Philly show. December Open Pinball Tournament (Max Match Play) November Open Pinball Tournament (Max Match Play) 10/25- Ball Busters Women's Pinball League 2023 Season 6 We are hosting the following upcoming events at the Pinball Gallery. You can purchase tickets by clicking HERE. Tickets for the Halloween Party are still available. ![]() ![]() The Pinball Gallery will be closing one hour early (at 8pm) on Saturday for the start of our Frank and Stein Halloween Arcade Party.
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Twilight sparkle human anime police12/8/2023 He also appears in several photographs during the film's ending credits. Both times, she blows him off to study her magical readings, much to his disappointment and confusion.įlash is partnered with Sweetie Drops for a baking competition during the games' academic decathlon in which they mistakenly bake a loaf of bread instead of a cake.įlash is later seen witnessing Twilight and Sunset's magic duel. He later congratulates her after she wins the Academic Decathlon for Crystal Prep. When she first arrives at CHS, she drops her glasses after bumping into him and he returns them, mistaking her for the Twilight he knows. He is shown to be bitter towards their losing streak against Crystal Prep Academy when he heckles Principal Celestia's pep rally about it.įlash Sentry encounters human Twilight Sparkle twice in the film. In the encore shorts Friendship Through the Ages and Life is a Runway, Flash respectively appears in the audience during Rainbow Dash's verse and appears as a silhouette during the fashion runway sequence.įlash Sentry appears again in the third film as one of twelve students selected to represent Canterlot High School in the Friendship Games. In Perfect Day for Fun, Flash Sentry appears at the Canterlot High carnival and watches the Rainbooms' concert. When the Dazzlings' spell is broken, Flash congratulates Twilight and hugs her, but Trixie interrupts their affectionate moment. He also shows hostility toward Twilight, causing her to cry. During the Battle of the Bands, he and his band, which is specified in the first film's screenplay novelization Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror to be named "Flash Drive", faces off with the eco-kids. Like most of the Canterlot High School student body, Flash and his band fall victim to the Dazzlings' spell and becomes overly competitive. At one point, Sonata Dusk strums the strings of his guitar. He is later seen in the cafeteria during the Dazzlings' song. In the second film, Flash Sentry compliments the Rainbooms on their playing and asks them if Twilight will return for the school's musical showcase. Flash Sentry finally asks Twilight for their dance, and he imitates her odd dancing style on the dance floor.įlash, under the Dazzlings' spell, taking a negative attitude towards Twilight. Twilight and her friends defeat Sunset Shimmer, turning everyone back to normal. The Formal is disrupted when Sunset Shimmer rises to power and hypnotizes the students, including Flash Sentry. When the Formal goes on as originally scheduled, Twilight clears up the misunderstanding with Flash Sentry and agrees to have one dance with him. He asks Twilight out to the Formal, but he mistakes her panicked "no's" as her response. Twilight is so thrilled that she hugs Flash Sentry. When Sunset Shimmer frames Twilight for ruining the Fall Formal decorations using photographic proof, Flash Sentry proves that the photos are fake and Vice Principal Luna allows Twilight Sparkle to continue running for Fall Formal princess. Rarity reveals to Twilight that he is Sunset Shimmer's ex-boyfriend. You okay?" Later, Twilight accidentally spills a beverage on him at the Sweet Shoppe, and he jokes they need to stop bumping into each other. When Twilight Sparkle runs into him in the school hallway, he helps her up and asks, "Whoa. In My Little Pony Equestria Girls, Flash Sentry appears as a student of Canterlot High School. Twilight and Flash's encounter in the Sweet Shoppe. ![]() Depiction in Equestria Girls My Little Pony Equestria Girls
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August smart lock ring12/8/2023 ![]() Last update on / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API Google Nest x Yale Lock - Tamper-Proof Smart Lock for Keyless Entry - Keypad Deadbolt Lock for Front. Yale Lock with Google Nest and Nest Hello Combo ![]() If Altro resolves this problem, it can easily be regarded as the best smart lock with the doorbell combo. If you think about it, both these issues combine to increase the chances of users being locked out of their homes if the battery runs out while they’re outside. ![]() While many other smart locks offer closer to a year of battery life, this smart lock comes with two rechargeable and removable lithium-ion batteries that only run for two months or less.Īlso, the lock comes with no back-up mechanical key. With a WiFi connection, continual motion detection, video recording, and deadbolt operation, the device is quite power-hungry. The only drawback related to this device is its battery, which is why it couldn’t top the list despite the nature of its doorbell. As long as you have your phone’s WiFi and Bluetooth on, you can also control the lock remotely. Plus, you can pair the device with home automation apps such as Google Assistant or Alexa to operate the lock through voice commands. The device can do that using Bluetooth technology. In other words, you can program the device to unlock automatically when you approach the door and lock automatically when you’re safely inside. In fact, you may choose to do absolutely nothing, and the lock will function as per your needs. You can either punch a passcode on the number keypad or use your smartphone to operate the lock. It starts recording the video as soon as it detects motion and uploads encrypted video clips on the cloud storage. On top of that, the doorbell doesn’t wait for people to ring the bell. The two-way audio feature allows you to communicate with the guests. The built-in video doorbell notifies you whenever someone arrives at the door, while the live video feature allows you to quickly check the app’s video feed to see who’s at the door. The smart lock offers various keyless entry options as well as lock/unlock automation. Its two-way audio feature allows you to communicate with the guests and greet them right at the entrance. The Altro Smart Lock Model X, which is due to be launched soon, is also one of the best smart locks and doorbell combos that not only offers keyless control over your deadbolt but also comes with a built-in video doorbell. Furthermore, integration with the Z-Wave Plus makes your device smarter than ever. It also includes a simple keypad, allowing you to set up pin codes for you and your family. You can even lock/unlock the device from your smartphone as well as know who was at the door.īesides, it features tremendous automation, unlocking when you arrive near the lock and locking when you close the door behind you. The August smart lock itself can be controlled using the August app that’s available both on Android and iOS. To avoid that, you can adjust the sensitivity of the detector as per your needs. Since the motion detector is quite sensitive by default, you may end up getting alerts that may not matter. To check the live feed outside your home, all you need is a smartphone and the August app. With the help of this feature, not only can you see who’s there at your front door, but you can also communicate with them via your smartphone. If, however, you want the camera to save the recorded videos so that they can be played any time afterward, you will need to choose a subscription service.Īnother fantastic feature of the video doorbell is that you get to welcome your guests via the HD live-view feature. The technology makes it easy for you to identify the guests or delivery man arriving at your door. The doorbell camera captures the moments and shares it with you on your smartphone.
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Women vimeo naked12/8/2023 ![]() ![]() The participating museums said that they were postponing the exhibition “until a time we think that the powerful message of social and racial justice that is at the centre of Philip Guston’s work can be more clearly interpreted”. The Tate exhibition addresses the issue of the Ku Klux Klan at the start, with panels outlining how “Guston depicted racial injustice in his art from early on.” In a later section called Hoods, a wall text adds: “Guston raises questions about who is behind the hood and how their violent ideologies are masked in society. naked women hairy pussy nudist naked public 1. The show was originally due to open in June 2020 at Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art, before travelling to Houston, London and Boston. The best naked hairy at vimeo porn videos are right here on page 4 at YouPorn. Photo: © Tate Larina Fernandes Philip Guston NowĪ vast survey of Philip Guston’s work has finally opened at Tate Modern after it was postponed in 2020 in a row over the late artist’s Ku Klux Klan imagery. Philip Guston's Painting, Smoking, Eating (1973) is on show at Tate Modern Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam © The Estate of Philip Guston. "I grew up in the Colonial Gold Coast and the sugar that we used was Tate & Lyle," he tells us. Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, until 14 April 2024Įl Anatsui’s Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall uses his trademark bottle caps to explore the relationship between the sugar industry, the Tate and the slave trade. Visitors can experience reruns of Imponderabilia (1977), which saw Abramović and her former partner and collaborator, the late German performance artist Ulay, stand naked in a narrow entrance, forcing visitors to squeeze between them and choose who to face. Spanning her 50-year career, this much-anticipated retrospective charts her practice through photographs, videos, objects and installations, as well as four of her ground-breaking performance pieces. Since establishing her reputation in the 1970s, the starry Serbian artist has redefined the nature of performance art and propelled it onto the world stage. It is hard to overstate Marina Abramović’s influence on contemporary art. RedTube is yours - your Home of videos Porno.Royal Academy of Arts, until 1 January 2024 We are constantly improving our site and want to provide you with the best free porno experience you can think of. So just feel yourself at home and start browsing our constantly updating vast archive of porno graphic materials, or create a profile, save and share your favorite porno flicks and get in contact with other porno video lovers. Nor do we have to remind you that practice makes perfect, and porn can show you many ways of giving and receiving sexual pleasure. We do not have to tell you that scientific research in our RedTube Labs proved that watching porn increases your fertility and a regular wank keeps you fit and healthy. Since this sex drive is in all of us and you found your way here, it is too late to pretend that you are not a wanker, such as ninety-nine percent of people are, in fact. No matter what strokes you are searching for, RedTube will satisfy the carnal sex instincts of your reptile brain. We know your need for porn, and RedTube is the shrine for your sexual salvation. Our site is dedicated to all you porno lovers out there. Welcome to RedTube, the Home of Videos Porno.
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Text to voice google docs12/8/2023 ![]() Start to speak you words will appear on-screen Open your web browser and browse Once you are on Google landing page, tap the “Microphone” icon adjacent to the tap boxĪs you tap the “Microphone” icon, you will see “Speak Now” prompt To be able to perform the text to speech conversion in Google docs on Chrome OS, follow the below-mentioned steps: Web browsing through voice commands How Do You Use the Text to Speech in Google Docs on Chrome OS? The prerequisite here is to have a valid internet connection because your queries or commands would have to be sent to Google’s online servers for the conversion. The technology also enables you to perform web searches through voice commands directly into your browser. The speech recognition technology is also available for Chromebooks, where you can leverage the speech to text software as an alternative to typing using google docs. How to Enable Text to Speech Features with Google Docs on Chrome OS? There are various formatting tools available to help you enrich the final product. Step 3: Enrich the textĮven better it’s not just the text that you can create using speech to text software, rather you can greatly enhance the richness of the content by inserting images, tables, and other elements. So, once you are in the voice typing mode, you can simply start dictating the software and let it do the rest for you.Ī tip, in this case, is to use a headset for the purpose and be at a silent location to ensure the quality of the text. It’s a common practice and you must have seen many people talking to their phones for that sake. Voice typing is just an easier, better, and faster alternative to writing using an android device. You will find the option of “Voice Typing” on your Gboard. Thereby, you could switch to “Voice Typing”. Once the document is created, you can start typing the document, however, with a small screen (compared to desktop or laptops) it isn’t the easiest task to type a long document over android devices. Simply click on the “+” sign located at the bottom right corner of the application to create a new document. The first step to use the speech to text in Google docs using android comprises creating a new Google document, which means you would need a Google account. How Do You Use Speech to Text in Google Docs Using Android? Step 1: Create a Google Document ![]() Now that you have the basic idea of the technology and understand the pros and cons of the system, let’s move to our main topic and see how do you use speech to text in google docs, and how do you use text to speech in google docs. How Do You Use Speech to Text in Google Docs? Is google docs voice typing free for all users?.why is google docs voice typing not working?.why does my google docs not have voice typing?.If Speech to Text Technology User-friendly?.How precise is the speech to text software?.What to look for in a Speech to Text software?.Folio3 is your best tech partner for google speech to text.How do you use text to speech in google docs on apple and windows?.How can I use speech to text in google docs using web add-on?.Voice typing using the on-screen keyboard.How Do You Use the Text to Speech in Google Docs on Chrome OS?.How to Enable Text to Speech Features with Google Docs on Chrome OS?.How Do You Use Speech to Text in Google Docs Using Android?.How Do You Use Speech to Text in Google Docs?.Medical Speech Recognition & Transcription.Make sure not to rush and try to enunciate your words as much as possible. Once you’re ready to say the words, click on the Microphone icon, and you’re all set. Once you have that covered, open the Google Docs document and select Tools>Voice Typing. ![]() Before you start using this feature, make sure that the microphone you’re going to use is turned on. Keep in mind that this feature is for now, only available if you’re using Chrome as your browser.
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Truth or drink youtube12/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Do you have any active dating app/website accounts? What is my most annoying trait or habit?Ĭonstant nail-biting or how you snore in your sleep? Whatever that trait or habit is, this is the chance for your partner to tell you what they think. ![]() Ask them this question, and you’ll find out. Maybe they find someone from your friends attractive, maybe not. Which of my friends do you find attractive? Don’t be surprised if you get asked the same question, though! 11. This is probably a question some wouldn’t be brave enough to ask in a normal conversation with your partner, so let this game do the asking for you. Well, it doesn’t hurt to ask! (Or will it? wink) 10. Maybe your partner has something they want to try but never dared to tell you. What is something you want us to try in bed? Get ready to melt on the inside! Hearing about your love story makes you feel like you’re having that huge bowl of gooey hot fudge sundae with a cherry on top! Get ready for some sweetness overload! 9. Since you’re past that stage already and can talk about it more easily in hindsight. There may have been a point in your relationship when both of you weren’t on good terms. Did you ever consider breaking up with me? Maybe you would want to know what your partner’s deal breaker is and what will cause them to break up with you. There’s always that one thing that draws the line for each of us. Watching a movie or eating out? Whatever their favorite thing is, it’s good to know so that you can always suggest doing that for next time. What is your favorite thing that we do together? Hopefully, it won’t be a case of loose lips sinking ships! Remember, it’s a hypothetical question! 5. You may or may not want to hear your partner’s answer. Their answer will probably make you go" aHave you ever thought of cheating on me? When did you first know you were attracted to me?Īsk them this question and get some cute and sweet answers in return. Was ist love at first sight, or did your partner actually despise you? 3. At which age did you have your first kiss, and with whom? ![]() Try out these couples’ Truth or Drink Questions and get to know your partner even better than before: 1. With the drinks loosening your tongues, you two can comfortably answer each other’s questions in no time! Playing Truth or Drink for couples can be an excellent date night activity. Since it’s just the two of you playing, your questions can range from cute and silly to sexy and hot! The Truth or Drink couples edition is a fun way to get to know new sides or your partner. Get ready to face some cold hard truth or drink!Īvailable on Truth or Drink Questions for Couples One easy way is playing with the original Truth or Drink cards. There are many ways to come up with Truth or Drink questions. Play Truth or Drink online Truth or Drink Card Game Once you add in alcohol, get ready for an epic night just laughing with your friends! Play Truth or Drink Onlineĭon’t have time to prepare your Truth or Drink questions in advance? Or are your friends not in the mood to think of Truth or Drink questions to ask on the spot?Ĭheck out our online Truth or Drink game and play without having to prepare anything except the drinks! This may take a bit more time, but you’ll see that questions based on personal experience/knowledge will produce the best and funniest answers! You can prepare Truth or Drink questions in advance so that people will just read random questions, or players can make up their own questions during their turn. If they don’t want to answer the question and reveal the truth about themselves, then they take a drink! Players take turns asking and answering Truth or Drink questions. It’s just switching from doing dares to taking drinks! If you have played Truth or Dare before, you already know how to play Truth or Drink.
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Inventory work from home jobs12/7/2023 ![]() How to Avoid Work From Home Packing Job Scams What these illegitimate companies are essentially doing is making money from all the startup kits they sell with no intention of ever paying for the assembled products. Some workers note spending 30 minutes or more to assemble one bracelet. The process itself is often very time-consuming. There is always an issue with how you put the item together. The tricky part is, no matter how well you assemble the item, the company won’t pay you once you send it back to them. The kit includes the item that you’ll need to assemble along with directions. Work from home assembly jobs involve the worker paying a fee upfront for startup materials and a kit. Assembly JobsĪnother similar work from home packing job that should raise red flags is assembly jobs. Here is a story of a woman who fell for this shipping scam, reshipped some shady products, and never got paid! 3. Sometimes, they claim the package was never delivered to get out of paying the worker. By that time, the fake company that hired them is unable to be reached. The stolen packages often get traced back to the person who thought they had a legitimate work from home job. Sometimes, falsified packing labels are provided for shippers to send out unknowingly.Īccording to the United States Postal Inspection Service, these types of scams are common and tricky. The main issue is that the items themselves may have been purchased with a stolen credit card or stolen altogether. Packaging items to ship them domestically or overseas sounds easy enough, but it’s actually too good to be true. Compensation is usually listed as a fixed price per package. How this works is a company will send items and packing materials to workers to mail off. Sending packages is another common work from home scam to watch out for. The odds of a company outsourcing this simple task are slim to none. A lot of companies handle packaging internally and try to keep their customer and prospect mailing information protected. When you think about it, stuffing envelopes for extra cash really doesn’t make much sense. New envelope stuffing companies pop up every year, but there still haven’t been any positive reports from people who’ve signed up. Luckily, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Better Business Bureau both have alerts on websites about this illegitimate work opportunity. Unfortunately, this is a common scam that many people have fallen for. Then, the job is to repost ads for the very same envelope-stuffing scam on other websites to recruit more people. Instead, you’re required to send money as a startup fee to gain more information. These jobs usually don’t involve stuffing envelopes at all. Make $5,000 a Week Stuffing Envelopes From Home! Work from home envelope stuffing jobs are generally advertised with headlines like: Finally, you'll tidy up and head back home, where you'll be dropped off at the meeting point.īefore you start, you'll need to undergo training, where you'll receive explanations about the tasks and equipment, and also get to know your colleagues.Here’s what you need to know about work from home packing jobs, how they could be a scam, and what to do instead. After the store's closing time, you'll count the inventory there. Upon arrival, you'll start counting the inventory of the warehouse. Then, you'll drive with your colleagues to the assigned store somewhere in the country. Do you believe you can take on this important role?Īs a Product Counter at our client's company, you'll gather at a designated meeting point at the beginning of the day. ![]() This is a role with a lot of responsibility, as an incorrect count can cost a significant amount of money. By means of special equipment you will not only make an inventory of the store itself, but also of the warehouse. Our client is looking for motivated employees to count the inventory of various retail chains. Do you have a natural talent for working with numbers? Do you work quickly and accurately at the same time? Then this is the job for you!
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Sony transistor radio12/7/2023 Simple to use, yet elegant and classy, it's sure to fill their heart with joy.ĭreamSky Pocket Radios, Battery Operated AM FM Radio with Loud Speaker, Great Reception, Earphone Jack, Best Gifts for E. ![]() TIMELESS GIFT IDEA – Want to score some compliments when choosing a present for your parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles? This AM/FM radio is the ultimate gadget to purchase.You will get great feedback upon their return. So go ahead and take it on a long trip, or give it to your son or daughter for camp. With our AM/FM radio, your AA batteries will last for weeks. LONG LASTING ENJOYMENT–Using your devices throughout the day eats up batteries in a few hours’ time.With a built-in large speaker, it can easily fill a room with your treasured songs, or favorite baseball game. This AM/FM pocket radio will take you back to your younger years without compromising sound quality. FEELS GOOD, SOUNDS BETTER - In an age of ever evolving digital electronics, it's nice to know some things never change.Keep one in your emergency kit, it'll come in handy. But with this AM/FM transistor radio, which runs on AA batteries found in every household, you can stay connected and get broadcast news in real time. It's a very stressful feeling of isolation. POWER OUTAGE, TRANSISTOR OUTRAGE - When power interruptions occur for long periods of time, batteries of all gadgets eventually die.With this AM/FM Portable Pocket Radio, you can unwind by tuning into your favorite music station, with zero distractions, and no annoying touch screens with endless options. But sometimes all you need is to lay back with a simple transistor radio, like in the old days. TAKE A BREATHER FROM TECHNOLOGY –In this digital era, you're surrounded by your smartphone, iPad or laptop, leaving you with no breathing space and no peace of mind. ![]() These troubles passed quickly and two years later, Sony came up with the 13,800 yen "pocketable" TR-63 radio, which had a speaker and became a huge best-seller.AM FM Battery Operated Portable Pocket Radio - Best Reception and Longest Lasting. However, it turned out that although the catalog said users could assemble the unit in four hours, customer service personnel were kept extremely busy with inquiries from customers who, at the time, were not used to electrical circuitry. At 5,700 yen, the TR-2K was cheaper than the 19,900 yen TR-55 because, in addition to enabling customers who bought the product to assemble it themselves using only an soldering iron, amplification for the speaker was unnecessary and it was possible to use cheaper transistors. Adopting what might in one sense be called an aggressive approach, Sony engineers achieved greater reductions in scale via a bold strategy that eliminated the speakers to create an earphone-only radio. The speaker, condensers, transducers and other parts also had to be reduced in size. ![]() To create smaller radios, it was not enough to make only the transistors smaller. Initially, however, it proved impossible to make Japan's - and Sony's - first transistor radio, the TR-55, pocket-sized. Transistor radios promised massive size reductions, and realizing units that would fit in the pocket was the dream of every technician involved in the commercialization process. The TR-2K was Japan's first transistor radio kit and, when assembled, represented Japan's second pocketable ultra-compact transistor radio. ![]() Less than a month later, Sony kicked off sales of the little-known TR-2K transistor radio kit as well. Sony launched the first Japanese transistor radio, the TR-55, in September 1955.
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Yelp ceo brother12/7/2023 ![]() To anyone just tuning in, the idea that the CEO of a TV show highlighting the best Fluffernutter bagels would write combative Facebook rants about social justice probably seemed like a head-scratcher. In the moment when Massachusetts restaurants most needed it, the Phantom was dead. Under pressure, and in a thicket of horrifically bad press, parent broadcaster WBZ put Phantom Gourmet on indefinite hiatus and Dave, the man who was once synonymous with the show, stepped down from his position in disgrace. In the rapid backlash that followed, angry fans flooded the show’s station with phone calls, protesters gathered outside a Phantom-owned drive-in movie theater, and restaurants disavowed the program they’d happily partnered with for years. Over the course of 10 days in June, Dave, the company’s CEO, shocked viewers by publishing a series of tasteless, tone-deaf jokes on social media about Black Lives Matter protesters that many considered racist. Three months later, though, it was apparent that the Phantom would not, in fact, be helping TV viewers at home get through anything. In one promotional spot for the show, filmed al fresco with just some bare-limbed trees and brush as a backdrop, Dan says to the camera, “Be safe, eat well,” while sporting a COVID-casual black-and-red hoodie from Saugus’s Kowloon restaurant. Their hyperbolic assessments-most everything was either mouthwatering, outrageous, or ooey-gooey-and their sheer love of local food made Phantom Gourmet’s weekend programming not just a ritual, but an idiosyncratic Masshole institution entirely our own.īy the end of March, it seemed all but certain that the brothers would be our corona-era cheerleaders. Through it all, the brothers bouncily explained to legions of loyal viewers where to find everything from barbecue pork nachos drenched in melted cheese to overflowing banana-split milkshakes. Phantom had remained on TV for nearly 30 years, surviving the various convulsions in food media, the rise of streaming, and two recessions. If there was anyone who could find a way to keep broadcasting through the apocalypse, it was the Andelmans. With dining rooms dark, cooks jobless, and the entire food economy in free fall, when the iconic purple logo lit up the screen that Sunday, a form of comfort food for locals’ souls beamed out across the state. The episode marked the first of several Phantom Gourmet “takeout specials,” tweaked for an audience who could no longer dine out and for a pair of TV celebrities who could no longer work in their Allston studio. But most of all, these two familiar faces-Dave, with his hair slicked back and oozing his smooth-talking swagger, and Dan, flashing a broad grin that highlighted the recent dawning of a pandemic beard-were there to remind viewers in this unfamiliar time how important it was to support local restaurants. That wasn’t the only kind of pie they were crushing on that day-they also had a lot to say about Harrows Chicken Pies in Reading. So one day in late March, as COVID-19 cases surged and shutdown hysteria swelled, the cohosts of the TV show Phantom Gourmet calmly stood 6 feet apart at opposite ends of a folding table in a large field ogling a spread of overstuffed whoopie pies. Like all great performers, brothers Dan and Dave Andelman have a keen understanding that the show must go on. |