Hello the Internet, and welcome to this episode of Arthur Knight AK. Nicholas alaverty Trend. That's the name of that guy from the video we talked about yesterday. Hi, I'm Jack Becca, I beca Hello. I don't know. I guess I'm just finding out all the details are being reminded
of all the details of the story. This is the guy who, if you didn't listen to yesterday's episode, there's a wonderful video of him in disguise as a British man with like round glasses a gas mask on claiming that he can't stand up in the least convincing way possible with his wife, who is seems embarrassed for him.
So producer Brian pointed out, he does look like Kiefer Sutherland in Dark City.
Yes he does, and apparently his performance is influenced by that. Also. I couldn't think of his so I guess Nicholas Rossi is one of his other aks. Nicholas Alaverdian is his original real name. His British name is Arthur Knight.
You know when you look up and you're like, that's British.
That's British. That is a British ass name. So, the backstory, in addition to like him being on the run from the law because he committed sexual assault in Utah, is that he then became a men's rights figurehead for radicalized people who claim they are unable to get romantic or sexual partners despite desiring them, often referred to as in cels.
That is according to Wikipedia. So an update that super producer Victor provided us is that when he faked his own death, one of the things that he did was right his own obituary and it is long and remarkable, so I just wanted to. I read through it, I highlighted.
Some uh, I couldn't finish it. I was like, yeah, what is he saying.
Nicholas Alaverty's battle for life ended on February twenty ninth, twenty twenty. His children, his families were there. His last words were fear not and run toward the bliss of the sun. At the time of his passing, the room was filled with the sounds of the end credits for the nineteen ninety seven film Contact by composer Alan Silvestri.
Statesmen and stateswomen in the House of Representatives and Senate joined with mayors across Rhode Island in homage to a man whom they acknowledged as quote, one of the most vocal, outspoken, and constructive advocates for reforming Rhode Island's DCYF and the childcare system, and a fighter in spirit but a peacemaker
in practice for two decades. Goes on. His name when uttered in memoriam in the House and State Senate chambers and city halls throughout the Ocean State was a fitting tribute, as those were the spaces where Ali Verdi and labored as a warrior for those without a voice for two decades, commenting on not just issues surrounding the Department of Children, Youth and Families, but also businesses, health, public safety, and education. It's a hell of a run on sentence.
I was like literally counting the line. It's like a five line center.
His name when uttered in memoriam in the House and Senate chambers and city halls throughout the Ocean State was a fitting tribute, as those were the space It's it's a mess, it's a mess. But he's just so profoundly and deeply full of shit in so many ways.
I want to know what it's like to be that delusional, Like I envy people who can live in that type of delirium.
Yes, and he like makes up quotes about how he was like a Dickenzian character. But it's just like this, they don't write obituaries this long for presidents. He is just going on and on and making up like columnists who claimed that he was the greatest person who ever
did anything, But like everything is very vague. I think he had a you know, he was institutionalized as a child because he, according to his step parents, was like, you know, a violent sociopath and would like bite and kick and spit and they had to ultimately institutionalize him. So it does seem like his life's work, as he viewed it was to like reform the Department of Children, Youth and Families because he had been you know, dealing with them from a young age because he was a violent,
kind of messed up child, which is said. But also he's not good. Yeah, yeah, that's not surprising. I'm sure there's plenty of problems there, but man, what a just the persistence of delusion, the persistence of bullshit, and just the lack of regard for anyone else's intelligence to just be like Arthur Knight let's go with that, and because that's British and people will believe I'm British. Just can't stop reading about this guy unfortunately, so unfortunately you guys
have to keep hearing about him. Another thing that's trending, there's like an Edge Sheering lawsuit where the estate of Marvin Gay is claiming that one of his songs ripped off. Let's get it on.
Which song is it again?
Which Ed Sheeron song?
Yeah? Which ed Cheerin song?
You're asking me which of ed Sheeran songs? Which I know the title of it is? It's the one that's like darling and I yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that one.
I would argue you no, just like it doesn't sound.
Like the thing. Like I came into this being like, well you ripped off here. Yeah, I'm here for Marvin Gay. I'm team Marvin Gay over Red Cheerin. And he definitely ripped off TLC for Scrubs. I guess that was admitted. But that one was weird too, because he like wrote the song and then was like, oh, I guess I was ripping off scrubs and so he like paid for it.
But this one just doesn't sound like it it just doesn't like it at all to me, Like it sounds like I remember hearing that song and being like is this a remake or like is he pulling like chords from like a different song. Yeah, never like even listening to them side by side, I like, don't hear it. I get like a producer Brian definitely has like a more musical mind than me, and he's like, oh, it's the same chord progression, but that's true of like you know, yeah,
So I don't know. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time being on Marvin Gay's team on the although I will say always been a Marvin Gay fan, not always been a big fan of his fan family members. If you know how he died, that might make sense, all right. Cinema Con. Cinema Con is a trade show. It's less like a film festival and more I don't know.
It's it's like networking, right, Yeah.
It feels like it's like insider stuff they like preview scenes for movies. It's just weird because, yeah, you get titles of these articles that you think you're about to see a trailer, Like there's Wanka Timothy's Challamet meets Hugh Grant, as an Opa Loompa in new trailer and then but like there's no trailer the other things that people have
seen at cinema con. We were recently talking about this, I think on Yeah Yeah on TDZ because one of our guests was saying that their child's latest obsession is Napoleon, and I was like, it's so weird that we haven't had a big Napoleon movie, because like that was one of Kubrick's big obsessions for many years, but he never finished it. We've also talked about how like the various stages of like things kids become obsessed with just seemed to always work out as great fodder for like big
blockbuster movies. And Napoleon and the Greek Gods are two weird kid obsessions that don't have their like massive modern blockbuster yet. Well, there's a Napoleon movie coming that I didn't know at the time we were talking about that. It's from Ridley Scott, stars Hawaquin Phoenix, and they like showed a battle scene from it and they were people were like, it's expensive looking. It looks like it's a
period they spent all the money, So that's exciting. Equalizer Three Bad Boys four, and then a rom com starring Glenn pal the cocky guy from the latest Top Gun, and Sidney Sweeney. There's a Spider Man spin off, Craven the Hunter, which they're trying. I think they are hoping this can be their joker because R rated apparently features gory fight scenes which include decapitations and bear traps, the two things that any good fight scene you want to
look for. Anyways, CinemaCon a very unsatisfying convention to cover. Also, I guess gives us a heads up of what's coming. Let's take a quick break, shall we, and then we'll come back and talk about chocolate. King Charles head for some reason. We'll be right back, and we're back, and
King Charles's coronation is happening. Okay, you all right. I also like had some digestional issues as I was saying that, So maybe that's just the natural reaction, although natural reaction to monarchy at this time to get a little sick to your stomach, but natural reaction to that. They're doing their best to make it more appetizing, more palatable to people, and one way they're doing that is that the Mars Company, as a you know, homage to King Charles. I guess
it's not an homage. It's just a straight up, like your honor, sir, here we go. They made a life size bust of Charles, made entirely of melted chocolate, three point seven gallons of it. It took four weeks to make, and it is absolutely horrifying, Like shit, it's just the worst that chocolate has ever looked. I think.
I agree, it's pretty rough.
Super producer Ryan said some blackface because I couldn't even use white chocolate. Yeah, yeah, I mean it's it's really well, it's at least not like you know, like imagine like a wax Madam Tussau's like bad wax sculpture.
You know, it looks really accurate, but it's they nailed it. Yeah, like they nailed it.
Does look like him in a way that is accurate to how ugly he is.
But yeah, it's not like off putreos.
I don't know, it's just it's also the Yeah, it's him and chocolate, and it's the first first time I've like fully come to terms with the fact that we're going to have to like live through a media cycle where people are like acting like this guy's cool. Yeah, like our Yeah, just fucking the guy's the worst.
He's the worst.
Wow. Super producer Brian is really on one today. I have to say. He said our chocolate King to Chocolate Wow. I think you should take over the show. I think I think that's a I think I'm done here. There's like a weird, like human interest story that's happening where a New Jersey town is disciplining parents who are mean to Little league umps by forcing them to act as umpires and little league games. I've seen footage of this.
I've seen like parents flipping out at little league umpires or like little league umpires getting like beat up in the parking lot after little league games, and it seems like the worst job in the world. It's usually a volunteer job. And so they're like, all right, if you yell at a single little league umpire, you have to be an umpire for at least three little league games. And I think that's fair. I think that's probably a
good way to just deal with these assholes. Yeah, the game also necessitates having a second certified umpire on the field to make sure that the penalized parents are getting the calls right.
But that it sounds like we'll work for everyone.
Yeah, it's a lot of hard, but also it does feel like a good Like once you do that, once you'd be like, oh, this is terrible. I should never be mean to a little league umpire again. Yeah. Yeah, I used to like referee special Olympics games and that was a hard, a hard job.
It feel like any volunteer ref umpire role at kids games is just a lot. I didn't play much sports, but I was on the sidelines often for my brother who did play sports, and I was like this sucks all.
Yeah, and people expect a level of expertise, like when you watch NBA basketball, like the refs aren't even that good. It's a it's just an impossible job being an umpire. It feels like, all right, things are happening pretty slow here.
Yeah, especially in baseball for the kids.
Baseball basketball is fucking impossible. Yeah, And to be mad about the refs or like to be like, well that's that clearly proves that, like there's a conspiracy. See as like Bill Simmons, like the most famous like sports commentator and is like a ninety percent of the time a complete dipshit, but he's like he really thinks that like, there's all these conspiracies in the world. It's just like, no, it's just everything. They're all bad. All the referees are
bad because it's like an impossible job and you're an idiot. Anyways, those are some of the things that are trending. Becca, wonderful having you as always. Where can people find you?
And Folly you can't find me and follow me at XPCCS, ramos on all platforms.
Yeah you can. That is gonna do it for us this afternoon. We are back tomorrow with a whole ass episode of the show, a lot of UFO talk, folks. Get ready until then, be kind to each other, be kind to yourselves, get the vaccine, don't do nothing about white supremacy. We'll talk to you all tomorrow. Why I e.