Wrapping your birthday presentβ¦
March 14, 2026
Happy Birthday
Jo
Your gift
Every time you said βI love youβ
...about Elvis
We went through every text message, every group chat, every Discord conversation. We found exactly 71 Elvis mentions.
Coincidentally, you're turning 71 this year.
This was totally not planned.
We simply could not have added or removed a single message to make this work. It just happened.
Most moms leave their kids a love of cooking, or gardening, or reading.
You left Micah with a lifelong Elvis radar
and a fiancΓ© who never stood a chance.
Below: 71 real moments from five years of texts, one for every year of your life.
2021
Before the wedding was even a thought.
Elvis on stage, 1977 β his final year of touring
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βElvis died 45 years ago today. I remember hearing it. I we at work in the county city bldg. I was 22 but still sad. β
Jo: βMICAH! It wasn't the husband! A co worker. Dateline: in Seattle too. From the 1990's. Don't remember it. Just letting you know bβ
Micah: βAweβ
Micah: βThat's a hard oneβ
Jo: βSo long ago! β
Jo was mid-conversation about pho, pivoted to a Dateline spoiler, and then β without any prompting whatsoever β announced the Elvis death anniversary to a group chat that did not ask. The woman contains multitudes and none of them can stay on topic.
Elvis on stage, 1977 β his final year of touring
It was actually 44 years, not 45. Jo has remembered the exact building she was standing in for four decades but the math has always been optional.
August 16, 19772022
Elvis was already a recurring character.
One of Elvisβs iconic jumpsuits, preserved at Graceland
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βThat's for my mommy don't tell herβ
Micah: βHe doesn't really know who Elvis is.β
Micah: βLolβ
Micah: βThat's for my mommy don't tell herβ
Jason: βOnly superhero she likesβ
Micah is shopping for an Elvis gift for Jo on Black Friday weekend and cannot fathom that someone in the room doesn't know who Elvis is. Growing up in Jo's house, that's like not knowing who the sun is. She immediately pivots to secrecy β Jo must never know the gift is coming.
One of Elvisβs iconic jumpsuits, preserved at Graceland
Jason summarized decades of Jo's fandom in five words: "Only superhero she likes." No cape required β just a jumpsuit and a lip curl.
The Elvis Effect2023
The Elvis movie marathons begin.
Graceland, Memphis β Elvisβs home since 1957
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βI finally put Elvis in the blu-ray player. Way better quality than HBOMAX. Watching the extras. A little history of making the film thing. Nice! Thanks guys!! Γ°ΒΒ₯Β°β
Jason and Micah gave Jo the Elvis Blu-ray for Christmas. It took her eleven days to unwrap the plastic, presumably because she was still streaming it on HBO Max out of habit. The moment she did, she immediately clocked the bitrate difference like a home theater reviewer with decades of devotion.
Graceland, Memphis β Elvisβs home since 1957
"Finally" doing an eleven-day wait before watching Elvis content is, for Jo, an act of almost superhuman restraint. The woman didn't even make it to the extras menu before texting a thank-you.
Elvis (2022 film)
Elvis Presley, studio portrait
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βLenny Kravitz at the Oscar's. He obviously got the Elvis memo. He doesn't even realize he's copying him. lol. Elvis the influencer 40 years after his death. lolβ
Jo: βNaaaah. Austin or Brandan. lolβ
Jo: βWatching the red carpet show hoping to see Austin and Brendan. Finally the last one interviewed was Austin. No Brendan tho. But the show is about to start. Wonder what Jimmy Kimmel is going to say about last year's massive slap!!β
Jo is providing real-time Oscar coverage nobody asked for, building a legal case that every stylish man in Hollywood is an unwitting Elvis cosplayer. She's already sent the Esquire article as Exhibit A. The prosecution rests.
Elvis Presley, studio portrait
Jo misspelled Brendan Fraser as "Brandan" while predicting his Best Actor win β which he did get, beating Austin Butler's Elvis. She called the winner AND invented a new spelling for him in a single text. Multitasking queen.
Jo's Exhibit A: The Kravitz Evidence
Jailhouse Rock, 1957 β one of Elvisβs most iconic films
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βLike our Elvis movieβ
Micah: βIt's a theater with 3 rows hahahaβ
Jo: βTiny theater!β
Jo: βIn the corner in the back. Way back!β
Jo: βWe are so ON IT! Our movie going experience lolβ
Someone discovers a theater with three whole rows and assigned seating in the back corner. Jo's mind completes the pattern instantly: tiny theater equals Elvis. The woman has a Richter scale for cinematic intimacy and it only has one setting.
Jailhouse Rock, 1957 β one of Elvisβs most iconic films
Baz Luhrmann's Elvis ran 159 minutes. In a three-row theater, that's roughly 53 minutes per row β plenty of time for Jo to claim the experience was practically a private screening.
Elvis (2022 film)
Elvis during his U.S. Army service, 1958β1960
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βYeah! No one else matched him. And that was definitely the highest hairdo of his life. It was his first appearance since leaving the army. So no one saw him sing for 2 years. It was Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Elvis TV special in 1960. So cute. Even with lousy video. lolβ
Jo: βWait!! How did this get in there? The being of Johnny Bravo moves. Watch the swagger after first verse. Classic!β
Jo: βAnd Johnny Bravo hairdo. lolβ
Micah: βHe's a pretty spiffy dancerβ
Someone drops a Johnny Bravo clip in the group chat. Jo clocks the Elvis DNA in a cartoon character's swagger within minutes and delivers a peer-reviewed breakdown of the 1960 Sinatra special β unprompted, unrequested, unstoppable.
Elvis during his U.S. Army service, 1958β1960
Johnny Bravo's creator confirmed the character was directly modeled on Elvis. Jo is possibly the only person alive who watched a Cartoon Network clip and fact-checked it against the military discharge timeline.
The Welcome Home Special (1960)
Elvis with The Jordanaires, his gospel backup group
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βOh...while I was looking for a Beautiful Savior alternative I couldn't find an Elvis version. ð€·ÒΒΒΓ’ΒΒΓ―ΒΈΒ So you know. Cause be absolutely certain, I'd have sent it. Γ°ΒΒΒΓ°Β۩ Just saying. lolβ
Jo: βAlso I think this sound goes with the pictures too. Just a little softer on the ears and does't distract from the purpose of the journey of her life thur photos. Well done!β
Jo: βGreat! Nice job Jason!! Γ°ΒΒΒβ
Jason: βSendβ
Jason: βLol, I was trying to do a joke with voice to text and I accidentally sent that word.β
The family was building a memorial slideshow for Grandma Beulah. Jo had been giving Jason genuinely thoughtful feedback on the music β then paused the whole process to disclose that she had, of course, checked whether Elvis recorded the hymn first. Not as a joke. As due diligence.
Elvis with The Jordanaires, his gospel backup group
Elvis's three Grammy wins were all for gospel recordings, so Jo's instinct to check isn't even wrong β it's just that his catalog topped out at about 60 sacred songs. "Beautiful Savior" slipped through the cracks. The King let her down exactly once.
Elvis's Grammy-winning gospel album
King Creole, 1958 β Elvisβs personal favorite of his films
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βWow. Well. She gotta get to fully growed. Watching too many southern talk Elvis movies. lolβ
Micah: βShe barely fit yesterdayβ
Micah: βBut today to close it it's too tightβ
Micah: βGotta buy her another in-between puppy harness lolβ
Micah's puppy Molly is blowing through harnesses like a furry Hulk. Jo weighs in on the situation and out comes "fully growed" β a phrase no one has used unironically since 1962. She catches it before the period hits and blames the real culprit.
King Creole, 1958 β Elvisβs personal favorite of his films
Of Elvis's 31 films, at least 8 are set in the rural South with dialects thick enough to spread on cornbread β Kissin' Cousins, Follow That Dream, Flaming Star, Love Me Tender, and more. After 60 years of repeat viewings, it's honestly impressive Jo's entire vocabulary isn't in a Southern drawl by now.
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Elvis in concert, from a documentary film
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βI finish my all but one of Elvis DVDs. All work fine except the one I had to return. I have 2 concert videos of him too in that 7 dvds box. Fun to watch! The only one I have left looks like a documentary type with an actor playing him. I wasn't looking for an actor!. I want ELVIS! Come on people!!β
Jo: βThank you. It's hard being me. πβ
Jo: βThat pic of them in the window. Too cute!β
Jo has been methodically working through a 7-DVD Elvis box set like it's a homework assignment. She's filing a status report to the group chat: six down, one defective return, two concert videos logged as 'fun to watch.' Then she hits the documentary with an actor and the whole operation falls apart.
Elvis in concert, from a documentary film
Elvis actually appeared in 31 feature films during his career, so there's no shortage of the real thing. The idea that anyone would cast an actor when 31 movies of actual Elvis exist is, to Jo, a personal affront.
Elvis's 31 Films
Elvis performing with his backup singers
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βJust checked BJ Thomas' version. Eh. π€·ββοΈ He's a baritone too but Elvis? His voice is smooth like butta!! So much better. His arrangement is the best too with having his backup ladies involved. Best part really.β
Jo: βI've got one I want you to hear. It's Elvis. But it's so good with the backup singers. Whitney Houston's mom is the shorter (smaller fro) one when you see the film.β
Jo: βWatch it. You'll like it. Really. π¬β
Jo: βOh..and I always love the way his southern accent says can't and help. Not sure he says help in this one.β
Jo: βNow here is the best version. I wanted to show you the rehearsal Elvis. But come on! The full show Elvis is waaay better. And you can see Whitney's mom much clearer. Check out the feet to head shot. NICE! You don't have to watch the second part again. But the 1st half is nice. πβ
Micah: βI watched the whole video on my lunch mommy!β
Micah was ranting about Mr. Brightside not cracking the top 100 when Jo saw her opening and swerved the entire conversation into an Elvis vocal workshop. She sent the rehearsal version first, then the full show version, then spent ten minutes trying to phonetically spell Elvis's accent before delivering her final verdict on all other baritones.
Elvis performing with his backup singers
Jo spent twelve minutes across eight texts trying to spell the way Elvis says 'can't' before settling on 'kaynt' -- a level of linguistic devotion most people reserve for learning actual foreign languages.
The full show version Jo insisted was 'waaay better'
Elvis on a 1960s Hollywood film set
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βYeah. Upsetting. So I think I should just pop in Elvis movies for the rest of my life and not watch TV. Theβ
Jo: βOnly thing is there won't be any new Elvis movies. Don't want to wear out a good thang! π¬β
Jo: βI was up in the middle of the night and wasted time so sent some to you. Sorry. lolβ
Micah: βHaha I love you mommy. I accidentally shipped an Amazon package to you, it'll be there tomorrowβ
Jo was watching the news, decided the world was too much, and announced her retirement plan: Elvis movies on a loop, forever. It took her exactly 57 seconds to spot the structural flaw in this otherwise airtight life strategy.
Elvis on a 1960s Hollywood film set
Elvis made 31 theatrical films between 1956 and 1969. At roughly 90 minutes each, that's about 46.5 hours of content β which Jo could probably stretch to 46.5 years if she pauses often enough to text about them.
All 31 Elvis Films
Aloha from Hawaii, 1973 β watched by over 1 billion people
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βElvis update: You know about Elvis record breaking satellite concert seen around the world in 1973. He paid for his own ticket that cost $1000. The entire amount earned went to a charitable cancer fund in Hawaii. Paid to be there. Too funny but so Elvis to think of it. Didn't know this. lolβ
Jo: β1 billion saw it live worldwide and on delay an additional 500 million. Every third person on the planet Earth watched the show. More than the first moon landing four years earlier. 50% of USA television viewers watched the show live. Then he hit all kind of awards for doing it. Album hit #1 if course.β
Jo: βThe only awards assembly he ever attended was the national Junior Chamber of Commerce 10 Outstanding young Men of America in 1971. Didn't care about the Grammy's or any other.β
Jason: βI feel like I'm subscribed to Elvis daily facts, lolβ
Jo: β1.5 billion! Crazy!β
Jo: βYes you should get daily Elvis facts!β
It's Mother's Day. Jo has already said how nice it is to have company today. Then, one hour into the afternoon quiet, she opens a brand-new segment no one requested: "Elvis update." The woman turned a family holiday into a satellite uplink to 1973 Honolulu.
Aloha from Hawaii, 1973 β watched by over 1 billion people
Jason told her he felt subscribed to Elvis daily facts. Jo's response was not to apologize, not to slow down, but to confirm the subscription: "Yes you should get daily Elvis facts!" Opt-out was never an option.
Aloha from Hawaii (1973)
Vintage hi-fi speakers β Joβs preferred way to experience Elvis
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βTV has Bose speakers. Nice! I just listened to Elvis with a new appreciation. lolβ
Jo: βThis is my new roommate. Sophie. She's a little tinier than tiny Heidi. Heidi is the outdoor type. Barking at everything. lolβ
Jo: βI have a feeling they'll both be sleeping with me tonight. I'm just sleeping on their family room couch, naturally. π TV has Bose speakers. Nice! I just listened to Elvis with a new appreciation. lolβ
Jo: βThis bed is small. She's just itty bitty. β
Jo is housesitting with two tiny dogs named Sophie and Heidi, sleeping on someone's family room couch. She's been there less than a day and has already commandeered their sound system for its highest possible purpose. The Bose speakers didn't know what they were built for until Jo arrived.
Vintage hi-fi speakers β Joβs preferred way to experience Elvis
"A new appreciation" implies there was an old appreciation β one that has been running continuously since 1968. What the Bose speakers actually unlocked was the same appreciation, just louder.
Elvis: always better with bass
Life Magazine Elvis special edition
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βThat mag is one of the coolest gifts I've ever gotten. I know I'm exaggerating because I'm in love with Elvis right now but come on!! It's so cool!! I forgot how Life Mag is a picture mag. I didn't realize they still made this mag. It was big with I was a little kid. β
Jo: βOh my stars!! It's mag all about Elvis. Pictures galore. Even one of him just in his whitey tightys. A little invasive of reporters covering his joining the army day. But I looked lolβ
Jo: βMary saw it at a store down in Oregon and told Jet he had to get it for me. Told her she has has no idea how much I appreciate it. Jet said yes she does. hahaha π€π€π€ππ€©β
Jo: βThat famous scene with Austin Butler in the movie. But it's Elvis! Never seen it before. Looks like Austin. lolβ
Jo: βVery!! I've seen a lot of these pics on screen. Now I own them. Wow! π€©Only an Elvis fan would understand. lol. β
Jo: βI'm watching. Got distracted for about an hour with Jet picking up Peppy and the Elvis mag. But I'm watching. lolβ
Mary spotted a Life Magazine Elvis special edition in an Oregon shop and told Jet he had to buy it for Jo. Jo then held the group chat hostage for a solid hour of live-reaction texting, flipping page by page through every photo like a detective reviewing evidence. She was supposed to be watching golf.
Life Magazine Elvis special edition
She found a photo of Elvis in his "whitey tightys" from army induction day, admitted it was "a little invasive," and then immediately confirmed: "But I looked lol." The woman has boundaries. She just doesn't let them get in the way.
Elvis joins the Army (1958)
Young Elvis with his signature pompadour, circa 1957
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βWait a minute. WAIT A MINUTE!! Do you think I have a thing for Elvis because I like Superman?! π³β
Jo: βIt's the HAIR!β
Jo: βI'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm saying I have taste! lolβ
Jason: βSpeaking of having good taste! We sent you a little gift. Thinks it's on your porchβ
A casual Lois Lane casting debate spiraled into Jo having a full existential crisis about her own type. She went quiet for an hour, and then it hit her like a bolt from Krypton.
Young Elvis with his signature pompadour, circa 1957
Elvis actually screen-tested in a Superman-style pose for the 1958 film King Creole. The black hair, the jaw, the cape energy β Jo's not wrong. She doesn't have an Elvis thing. She has a dark-haired-invincible-American-icon thing.
King Creole (1958)
An... enthusiastic Elvis impersonator
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βMommy desperately wants me to watch an elvis movie with her right now helpβ
Micah: βOh noβ
Micah: βIt's filmed in Seattle which is why she wants to watch it. But Mt Rainier!β
Micah: βMTRAINIERβ
Micah: βHelpβ
Micah is visiting Jo in Washington when she gets conscripted into an Elvis movie night. The film is set in Seattle β Jo's backyard β which apparently makes it non-negotiable. Micah sends two separate "help" messages over the course of an hour, suggesting the situation is not improving.
An... enthusiastic Elvis impersonator
The movie is almost certainly 'It Happened at the World's Fair' (1963), where Elvis plays a crop-duster pilot wandering the Seattle World's Fair. Jo lives 60 miles from the Space Needle, which in her mind makes this a documentary about her hometown.
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
An Elvis velvet painting β a staple of kitsch Americana
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βIt's sad when your mom likes a creepy Elvis too. π He's still π₯ππ€©β
Jo: βBut being I was that little girl's age I would not have been that quick to trust. I always had that questioning demeanor. Even at 7. lolβ
Jo: βJust saying I'm glad I was 18 when I fell for him. lolβ
Someone shared a photo or video β possibly of a little girl encountering an Elvis impersonator β and Jo immediately saw herself in it. She called herself out in the third person, lasted about half a second of self-reflection, then snapped right back to defending the man's honor.
An Elvis velvet painting β a staple of kitsch Americana
Jo's emotional arc here β shame, acceptance, and defiant thirst β took exactly one line break. Most people need years of therapy to cover that much ground.
Elvis impersonators: a global phenomenon
Elvis Presley, 1957 β TV Radio Mirror magazine
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βElvis was prettier tho. Just saying. lolβ
Jo: βYES!!! That girl in the car is the girl he married. Met on this set. Little trivia fir you. lolβ
Jo: βHe's HOT Jason. Do you see it now?! lolβ
Jo: βThis is a crazy video but I love the words and this is probably my fav of his or them. It's really all about ROB tho. The matchbox20 part were just extras. lolβ
Jo: βYou started it! lolβ
Jo: βRod and Bruce tied for second place. lolβ
Jo had been flooding the group chat with Rob Thomas videos and trying to sell Jason on male hotness rankings. But no matter how many rock stars she paraded through, the hierarchy was never in question. She was ranking gentlemen the way a sommelier ranks wine β systematically, with decades of research behind the verdict.
Elvis Presley, 1957 β TV Radio Mirror magazine
Rod Stewart and Bruce Springsteen tied for second. Not because they're equally hot β because neither of them is Elvis, and at that point the rankings stop mattering.
The reigning champion
A vintage television set, circa 1950s
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βAnd Elvis music is on the telly. Got have some entertainment π¬β
Jo: βMe and the washer are one.β
Jo: βLuck luck luck luck!β
Jo: βSo far no water. Got 70 mins to go tho.β
Jo: βFunny it's making different noises as it cycles thru and I freeze and get all worried. But I've NEVER sat through any wash before. lolβ
Jo: βOkay. The spin cycle just ended and it's filling up with water again for rinse. All they went as it is supposed to. ππ€π€π€β
Jo is live-texting a blow-by-blow account of her washing machine's first massive load β freezing at every unfamiliar noise, fluffing fake leaves in the laundry room, refusing to climb a step ladder. Naturally, she's set the mood with the only artist worthy of such a high-stakes moment.
A vintage television set, circa 1950s
Most people stress-watch Netflix. Jo stress-watches a rinse cycle β but only if Elvis is providing the score.
The full Elvis catalogue (for all your laundry needs)
Elvis Presley memorial marker β his music still showing up everywhere
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βI'm telling you guys. Elvis has been dead for nearly 50 years and I'm watching a new TV series called Irrational and the opening shot has A Little Less Conversation playing background and gradually takes over the whole scene. HOT!! lol Yes it was worth sharing. π€π€β
Jo: βI have to play it back because I wasn't listening to the dialogue. Elvis was the standout. Per usual! πβ
Jo: βI know...not relevant to you guys. lolβ
6:08 AM on a Wednesday. Jo is watching a network procedural, hears three bars of an Elvis track in the background, and her first instinct is to file a group-chat incident report. She wasn't texting about the show. She was texting about Elvis hijacking the show. And she needed everyone to know immediately, before sunrise.
Elvis Presley memorial marker β his music still showing up everywhere
"A Little Less Conversation" was originally a B-side from a forgettable 1968 movie soundtrack. It became a global #1 hit in 2002 β 25 years after Elvis died β thanks to a remix. The man keeps charting posthumously, which Jo takes as a personal vindication.
A Little Less Conversation
A performer at the microphone β nobody did it like Elvis
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βBut Elvis sings it way better than Hank, or anybody for that matter). lol Truth.β
Jo: βCountry charts vary. But I walk the line is #1 on the 3 lists I checked. Patsy Cline's Crazy is #2 and my fav county singer, Hank William #3 with I'm so lonesome I could cry. (But Elvis sings it way better than Hank, or anybody for that matter). lol Truth. Jolene is # 9 on this list. #2 on another. And #63 on the rolling stone list with all types of music on one list. But Jolene is really up there. Outta all the country songs and singers!?. That's so hard to believe to me. Just not a fan I guess. πβ
Jo: βProof. (Had too π)β
Jo: β# 1 song of all time was Aretha Franklin's Respect. On the county rolling stone list Johnny Cash I Walk the Line.β
Jo: βGood stuff haha A+β
Jo dove into country music chart rankings with the energy of a Billboard analyst, systematically cross-referencing three separate lists. But the real agenda revealed itself the moment Hank Williams came up β because no matter the genre, no matter the chart, Elvis is always the answer.
A performer at the microphone β nobody did it like Elvis
Elvis recorded 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' for his 1973 Aloha from Hawaii concert, turning Hank's 1949 country heartbreak into a velvet gut-punch heard by over a billion viewers. Jo would consider this a verified fact, not a fun one.
Elvis β I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Emergency supplies: Elvis on Blu-ray
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βI've got blu ray and I have Elvis movies. I'll be fine for the afternoon. No worries. π¬π₯°β
Jo: βYeah this is happening. https://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/local/gig-harbor-pensinsula-light-company-power-outage/281-55285280-7636-44a1-b341-a8107bc326e7β
Jo: βI can't get internet or cable yet but power came back on about an hour after it got zapped West and north Tacoma and all of GH. A bigge!!β
Jo: βIt is. No cable or internet yet. I'm watching an Elvis movie.β
Jo: βIt's a beautiful day today loopβ
Jo: βLol*β
A massive power outage hit Gig Harbor and west Tacoma with no wind or storms to explain it. Jo lost cable and internet but got her electricity back β and immediately activated her emergency preparedness protocol: the Blu-ray collection. While the rest of the peninsula scrambled, Jo was the calmest person in Washington state.
Emergency supplies: Elvis on Blu-ray
Most people stockpile candles and canned goods for emergencies. Jo stockpiles Elvis on physical media. No WiFi required. She's basically a doomsday prepper, but for entertainment.
Elvis's 31 Feature Films
Elvis performing β Joβs preferred Thanksgiving entertainment
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βOkay I'll entertain you then. Just saying. Taylor Swift released a full concert film as you may know. A hit of course. Now BeyoncΓ© is doing one around Christmas. The young news reporters doing this news are saying it's turning out to be a new thing and to expect a lot of super stars to following suit. Wait a minute! Hold up. Taylor didn't start anything new. Yep. You guessed it. Released in November, 1970. I think it's his very last movie. (My fav Elvis period ππ€©) And he even got a Golden Globe for doing it. Add this to another one of his many 'first one to do it' list. lol Okay one done. πβ
Jo: βRotten Tomatoes even gave it a 92% score. lol Yeah I've got it. Yeah it's good.β
Jo: βWe're getting xrays and painkillers and more sedativesβ
Jo: βWaiting for doctor againβ
Jo is pet-sitting while Jason and Micah are away β the dog is at the vet getting x-rays and sedatives, and there's a lull in the waiting room. Naturally, Jo fills the silence the only way she knows how: by building a legal case for Elvis's cultural priority over Taylor Swift and Beyonce.
Elvis performing β Joβs preferred Thanksgiving entertainment
"Okay one done" implies she had a queue of Elvis corrections loaded and ready to deploy. The vet visit was just the opening she'd been waiting for.
Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
Thanksgiving morning β Elvis blaring from the kitchen
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βI have a great appreciation for YouTube. It's blaring so I can hear it in kitchen with water running and cleaning. lolβ
Jo: βI have a great appreciation for YouTube. It's blaring so I can hear it in kitchen with water running and cleaning. lolβ
Jo: βYou're content right? Hahaβ
Jo: βYES! Them, π€·ββοΈ I found both at the door but Timber got up when I was looking for them. lol What's wrong with loud Elvis pups?!β
Thanksgiving morning 2023. Jo has Elvis cranked on YouTube so loud it carries over running water in the kitchen. The dogs have opinions about the volume. Jo does not.
Thanksgiving morning β Elvis blaring from the kitchen
When confronted about the noise level, Jo didn't turn it down β she turned it into a rhetorical question. The pups never stood a chance.
Elvis on YouTube (blaring)
A movie collection β Joβs just happens to be mostly Elvis
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βFinally!! Back to Hallmark movies! Kidding. Gonna watch some Elvis tho. π₯°β
Jo: βI bet it looks cool inside. But I'll mind my own business. lolβ
Jo: βFinally!! Back to Hallmark movies! Kidding. Gonna watch some Elvis tho. π₯°β
Jo: βAnd I was very surprised on how many Christmas lights were up. One on Norpoint Way bordered Christmas Vacation Movie obsessive. It was LIT!β
It's Thanksgiving evening. The neighbors have finally stopped hammering. The Christmas lights are up on Norpoint Way. Jo has completed her evening recon of the neighborhood and filed her full report. Now, freed from all obligations, she reveals her real holiday plans β and they were never Hallmark.
A movie collection β Joβs just happens to be mostly Elvis
The fake-out here is surgical: two exclamation marks for Hallmark, then "Kidding," then a heart-eyes emoji reserved exclusively for the King. Jo's hierarchy of evening entertainment has exactly one tier and it's been the same since 1968.
Elvis on screen2024
Elvis intensity: increasing.
A documentary screening β Jo was up before dawn for this one
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βI'm watching the new Netflix Elvis doc. lol I'm not gonna learn anything new about him most likely but it's Elvis and something brand new put together about him. lolβ
Jo: βWE NEED NEW ELVIS FACTSβ
Jo: βI know. Come on!!! Someone has to know something! 47 years have passed since he died, so what?! Find SOMETHING NEW!!β
Jo: βElvis was a SECRET CIRCUS CLOWN. HERE'S THE FOOTAGEβ
Jo: βWell it's ππ on Elvis doc on Netflix. Only one guy (and Baz ) got off the real Elvis track. The guy sitting at a bar with a cap. Some writer. Should have don't more homework on his Elvis history. lol Just clueless why they picked the commentators. So random. Not too many around that knew him personally tho. Just Jerry Shilling and Priscilla of course. And Darlene Love (she's a backup singer in the '68 Special and again in his last movie in 1969) and Baz understandably. Even Bruce. He's always given Elvis his kudos on why he was in the business. But it was good. You know why? Because it shows Elvis!! Of course. lol Even all his young years on TV. π€©π Worth a watch. πβ
Jo: βIt's so new I had to use search 'Elvis' to find it. They aren't showcasing it as "new" yet.β
Jo found a new Elvis documentary on Netflix at 6:53 AM and immediately began a ten-message live review that nobody in the group chat requested. She demanded new Elvis facts, delivered a full breakdown of which commentators deserved to be there, and rated the doc favorably β because, and this is a direct quote, 'it shows Elvis!! Of course. lol'
A documentary screening β Jo was up before dawn for this one
Jo had to manually search 'Elvis' on Netflix to find the doc because they weren't showcasing it yet. Netflix didn't know. Jo knew.
Elvis on Film & Television
Elvisβs legendary β68 Comeback Special
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βWell, Elvis lives on (as he will). He's on the Netflix Home page now and he's made it to the Top 10 viewing list too. #10 but it's on been 1-1/2 days. π Go Elvis, go Elvis lolππ€ Maybe he'll pick up a few younger fans from it. π€·ββοΈπ€©lol πΈπ€©ππ€πΈβ
Jo: βYou know what I'm gonna do?! Watch it again. lol π€ Not now tho. lolβ
Jason: βWhat is your favorite elvis song, and did they play it?β
Jo: βA girl knows when an exceptionally good looking man is in the room.β
Jo: βTo that question on the Elvis song. I can speak of my fav on the 68 special. Hot Elvis: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ64T6gEdC4β
Jo: βTeddy Bear was a fav from young Elvis days but too many to say I have a fav. He has a lot of good songs. I guess I like the way he could take his voice to a low baritone in Teddy Bear. lol He had a good octave range. High notes to low.β
Jo watched a new Elvis Netflix release so early she had to use search to find it β then spent the next day and a half monitoring its chart performance like a campaign manager on election night. When Jason made the fatal mistake of asking her favorite Elvis song, she responded with a curated two-link YouTube syllabus and a vocal range analysis.
Elvisβs legendary β68 Comeback Special
She tracked Elvis hitting #10 on Netflix trending after just 36 hours, announced she'd rewatch it immediately, then caught herself: "Not now tho. lol" β a rare moment of restraint that lasted exactly until 6 AM the next morning, when she sent three consecutive messages categorizing Elvis into "Hot Elvis" and "Extra passionate Elvis."
Hot Elvis: '68 Comeback Special
Austin Butler as Elvis in Baz Luhrmannβs 2022 film
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βAre you waiting for me to come over for thanksgiving to watch the new Elvis with you on Netflix Jason. Friday after we do the Wicked thing? Great! You ready to be blown away and find out what this Elvis fascination is all about? Great! ππ€©πβ
Jo: βI'm very proud of you. Seriously. You're such a light in that center. For those babies. For those parents whether they understand this or not. Yeah talking about that one parent. lolβ
Micah: βIt made me happy you said you were proud of me! I love you! β
Jason: β8:40 show Γ β
Jo: βGot it! β
Jo has been telling Micah how proud she is of her, exchanging the warmest mother-daughter moment imaginable β and then, without changing lanes or even tapping the brakes, pivots directly to recruiting Jason into an Elvis movie screening. Thanksgiving dinner is just the opening act.
Austin Butler as Elvis in Baz Luhrmannβs 2022 film
She asked Jason if he was ready. She answered for him. Twice. This is not a question β it's a sentencing.
Elvis (2022 film)
Blue Christmas lights β Joβs not-so-subtle holiday theme
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βShould I play Elvis' Blue Christmas in honor of your color choice? lolβ
Jo: βIt glows down 1/4 or more of the house. β
Jo: βYour little yellow box is glowing. lolβ
Jo: βhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WwdI-gbm5kEβ
Micah: βWe're trying to program it for christmas colors hahaβ
Micah: βThe red is fighting usβ
Jo is sending a barrage of photos of her Christmas light setup β the kind that glows down a quarter of the house β when she clocks that someone picked blue. The Elvis synapse fires before the LED even finishes its fade cycle. She isn't asking permission. She's announcing a programming decision.
Blue Christmas lights β Joβs not-so-subtle holiday theme
She sent the YouTube link 46 seconds later. The 'lol' was not a softener β it was a countdown.
Blue Christmas (1957)
The latest addition to Joβs Elvis collection, Christmas 2024
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βOkay, so it not size appropriate but how would that even matter anyway. It's ELVIS! ππ€©πβ
Jo: βSorry. Meant to text when I got home. I'm home! Thanks for every you guys. I'm spoiled. Feeling very blessed!β
Jo: βWell did Dannielle like her crystal shelf? Was Kim impressed with his map?β
Jo: βMik and Candice liked theirs. Mik said his cap would come in handy they take walks along Alki ππ€ My thoughts!. lolβ
Christmas 2024. Jo gets home, texts that she's spoiled and blessed β then 30 minutes later sends a photo of an Elvis gift that doesn't fit. The woman has never once let a sizing issue stand between her and the King.
The latest addition to Joβs Elvis collection, Christmas 2024
Jo's gift-receiving priority matrix: 1) Is it Elvis? 2) There is no step two.
Elvis merch: a love language
Joβs Elvis ornament β too important for seasonal storage
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βElvis isn't meant to go into a box. That's like don't put Baby in the corner. It's very super duper and totally unheard of serious!β
Micah: βNo one puts elvis in a box!β
Jo: βI dint have elf in a self. But I've got way better. ELVIS!!!β
Jo: βI'm trying him out at different locations. Looking for a permanent place. lolβ
Jo: βSo far the candle sticks are promising. lolβ
Jo: βThis is the iconic look with just a couple dark lines. It's all it takes and you know who he is. No hair needed. lol That's why I was pleasantly surprised with your choice of pics for the ornament. lolβ
The day after Christmas, most people pack up their ornaments. Jo took one look at her Elvis decorations and decided they were being promoted to permanent fixtures. What followed was a real estate tour of her own house β auditioning candlesticks, shelves, and mantels for which surface was worthy enough.
Joβs Elvis ornament β too important for seasonal storage
She also dropped this: "I dint have elf in a self. But I've got way better. ELVIS!!!" Which is genuinely the best thing anyone has ever done with that concept.
Elvis's permanent cultural residence2025
The year Elvis took over everything.
Vintage golf β Elvis played too, and Jo had to investigate
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βI never heard about Elvis playing golf. Looked it up. Yep he played in Vegas while he was in town for his residency shows. lol He'd be in disguise wearing a straw hat and fake beard. lol and always had some of his show tickets to hand out to people he golfed with or met on the course. Awkward generous guy. lolβ
Jo: βHe didn't take his Memphis mafia with him. Wanted to blend. He meet with a pro golfer at a Las Vegas golf course that was recommended by a PGA hall of famer, Gary Player. He'd team up with him to get a Tee time Apparently he was a pretty good golfer. Beat this pro a few times. Not hard to believe. He was an athletic guy. β
Jo: βThat's Elvis! lolβ
Jo: βSo not sure what you meant. I'm guessing it's how he fell off the toilet during a massive heart attack and died with the bathroom reference. Not sure tho. I see no reason to let his way of dying define this man. So I'm sharing what I've witness from so many people saying this very same statement. Most being surprised to see this happen to them in person when meeting him. Enough to mention it at interviews when asked about or just taking about Elvis like this Gary Player's story about meeting him. How he was so polite to all being the biggest entertainer on the planet while he was alive. And even today. Almost 50 years later. It's something to behold. As you can see I lean on this as his legacy. And his giving heart. He was very generous to family, friends, fans and even complete strangers. Oh and did I mention. He's HOT!! ππ€©ππ€£β
Jo: βIt's been awhile since digging into Elvis. I watched a documentary on him this afternoon. So it's fresh in my mind. Now it's on you guys too. lol You're welcome. The end π₯°πβ
Jason: βThere were no bathrooms in the Elvis golf course, coincidence!? I think not! Lol β
Jason mentioned starting a new golf course in a video game. Twenty-four minutes of silence followed, during which Jo apparently conducted a full peer-reviewed investigation into Elvis Presley's golf career. She returned with primary sources, a Gary Player interview transcript, and a closing argument about his character β then signed off like she was wrapping a TED Talk.
Vintage golf β Elvis played too, and Jo had to investigate
Six texts. Three "lol"s. One golf emoji. A PGA Hall of Famer cited as a secondary source. And a closing statement that pivots from legacy defense to "Oh and did I mention. He's HOT!!" β because every Jo monologue ends where it started.
Elvis's Vegas Years
A stadium concert stage β Jo needed Elvis content mid-Super Bowl
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βI need Elvis to get me outta that slum.β
Jo: βCringe. Maxine likes this Kendrick Lamar. Boring. I'd have to hear the words more than a few time to understand. Or have a read along. Same beat for the entire show pretty much. About fell asleep.β
Jo: βNot up best. At allβ
Jo: βDancer were militant looking and pawns. No individually vibes at all. Sending us to 'A Brave New World'β
Jo: βYukβ
Jo sat through the entire 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, live-texting a six-message demolition of Kendrick Lamar's performance β 'boring,' 'militant,' 'yuk' β before reaching for the only man who could save her. One sentence. No buildup. Just Elvis as emergency services.
A stadium concert stage β Jo needed Elvis content mid-Super Bowl
Elvis actually performed at halftime once β sort of. His 1973 'Aloha from Hawaii' special was broadcast via satellite during a pause in regularly scheduled programming, making it arguably the most-watched musical halftime in TV history at that point. Jo would have approved of the production value.
Aloha from Hawaii (1973)
Young Elvis, mid-1950s β the version Micahβs mom prefers
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βIs there a way to make it younger elvis and not Vegas Elvis? My mom is more into the leather elvis and not so much the sideburns and sunglasses elvis hahaβ
Micah: βI think it's funny I know my mom's elvis preferencesβ
Jason: βSure whatever elvis. THis is AI and it can't do "elivis", only a look alike and that is what it went withβ
Micah: βThat's so cute hahaβ
Jason showed Micah an AI-generated Elvis image for a birthday gift he's planning for Jo. Micah immediately course-corrected: wrong era. Decades of Jo's devotion have trained her daughter to distinguish Elvis eras on sight like a sommelier identifies vintages.
Young Elvis, mid-1950s β the version Micahβs mom prefers
Micah followed up with the most telling line of all: "I think it's funny I know my mom's elvis preferences." It's not funny, Micah. It's inevitable.
'68 Comeback Special β Peak Leather Elvis
A portrait gallery wall β Elvis fits right in with the family
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βLook at Elvis. He fits right in with the family. But why wouldn't he?! πβ
Jo: βMy memory wall. Or as I like to call it. Proof I made it to 70 wall. β
Jo: βI'll see this each time I come home! Nice! Thank you all again for the great memories. Love you all! π Mary, I did not know that the tiara had 70 on it too π€·ββοΈlol I feel way more comfortable wearing it now. But for now I'm happy using it as wall art. π₯°β
Jo: βIt started with just Elvis then I made it a me at 70 shrine! It happens. I can get carried away. But since I had all the stuff right there. And my clothes were already in the dryer. And I did have the time. Why not?! β
Jet: βOh a fancy memory wall! β
Jo turned 70 and built a memory wall in her home. She shared photos with the family group chat, and there was Elvis β hanging on the wall alongside actual blood relatives, no explanation needed. When someone complimented the display, Jo casually revealed the origin story: it started as just an Elvis spot. The birthday memories came second.
A portrait gallery wall β Elvis fits right in with the family
"It started with just Elvis then I made it a me at 70 shrine!" The woman built a wall to honor her lifelong companion, then thought, oh right, I should probably put some of my own stuff up there too. Elvis got top billing over seventy years of lived experience.
Graceland's walls have less Elvis devotion
An Elvis-themed cake spotted at a bakery
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βI'm just at a bakery getting tea for my throat cause I'm a little sick... and they had an elvis cake lolβ
Micah: βSo I'm sharing! β
Jo: βSorry. I didn't even get the connection. lolβ
Jo: βDoes that put me in the "barely know the man" category?! Oh no!!! π«β
Micah is out sick and stumbles into an Elvis cake at a bakery. She photographs it immediately β not because she cares about cake, but because after a lifetime with Jo, spotting Elvis in the wild triggers an involuntary sharing reflex. The real show starts when Jo sees it and somehow doesn't clock the connection.
An Elvis-themed cake spotted at a bakery
Jo β the woman who has remembered the exact building she stood in when Elvis died in 1977 β saw a photo of an Elvis cake and asked "What's this for?" She then spiraled into existential dread about whether this lapse demotes her from superfan status. The answer is no. Nothing could.
Elvis: Inescapable, Even at Bakeries
The fridge Elvis β a βreject cutβ that earned its spot
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βWait!! Did I see a flash of Elvis on your frig?!!! Kidding. It looks great! So organized! Thanks for the tour. π€β
Jo: βAre you labeling the aisles like a grocery store would? Wait! Better yet, Home Depot? I'm guessing you have no more room for more aisles. Is the disco dance floor gone? πβ
Jo: βGlad you still have that disco space. πβ
Micah: βWe're driving past your house! Love you mommy!β
Micah: βIt was a reject cut of elvis for your but now it lives on our fridge!β
Jo: βPerfect place! Have fun tonight. Send pics of your painting. πβ
Jason sent Jo a photo tour of their newly organized house. Jo made it exactly four seconds before her Elvis radar locked onto the refrigerator. She tried to play it off as a joke, but her instincts were dead right.
The fridge Elvis β a βreject cutβ that earned its spot
Micah confirmed there IS an Elvis on the fridge β a 'reject cut' originally meant for Jo. Even the Elvis memorabilia that doesn't make Jo's quality standards still ends up in the family.
Graceland: The Original Elvis-Decorated Fridge Home
An Elvis-like profile β Jo sees him everywhere
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βIt's a great 1/2 face of Elvis too. lolβ
Jo: βNext Christmas. Start over.β
Jo: βIt's getting so light at night now. I'll save up fir Decemberβ
Jo: βlolβ
Jo: βMy bad. It's EPiC. I dint notice the smaller case Iβ
Jo sent a photo of something completely unrelated β likely a decoration or sign she was examining β and then casually pointed out that it also contained half of Elvis's face. Because of course it did. The woman has Elvis-detecting sonar.
An Elvis-like profile β Jo sees him everywhere
Pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing familiar patterns where none exist. Scientists study it with faces in toast. Jo has the specialized variant where it's always the same face.
Seeing Elvis Everywhere
A carved bust β Joβs wooden Elvis gets the full spa treatment
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βI don't know? π€·ββοΈ. Do you guys think Elvis would appreciate a little touch of oil? It's wood. I've been oiling my small wood side tables. Would he appreciated being shiny? He did have that greased up hair at the age he was in this pic β
Jo: βJason says he thinks that would work nice! β
Jo: βLoved βJason says he thinks that would work nice! ββ
Jo: βI thought so. Shiny Elvis! β
Jo owns a wooden Elvis and has been on a furniture-oiling spree. Naturally, she paused mid-project to consult the group chat on whether Elvis himself would consent to being polished -- reasoning that since young Elvis greased his hair, he'd probably be into it.
A carved bust β Joβs wooden Elvis gets the full spa treatment
She asked permission from a dead man via group text, got Jason's blessing instead, and declared victory in under two minutes.
The Pompadour That Started It All
Elvis memorabilia spotted at a bar β Jo canβt miss it
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βThey have Elvis!!!β
Jo: βThe bar!! See how big it is? No one paid attention to the restaurant π β
Jo: βIt filled up on Friday's at 5:00-5:30. lolβ
Jo: βWe liked their French onion soup. They did serve in the bar πβ
Jo: βlolβ
Jo: βThey have Elvis!!!β
Jo is giving the group a photo tour of a bar she used to frequent β the enormous bar top, the Friday happy hour rush, the French onion soup. Five texts deep into a restaurant review and she buries the lede: there's Elvis in the building. Everything before it was small talk. This was the real news.
Elvis memorabilia spotted at a bar β Jo canβt miss it
Jo has never once walked into a public establishment and failed to conduct an Elvis audit. The woman is a one-person Zagat guide where the only rating that matters is whether the King is on the wall.
Elvis is literally everywhere
A Las Vegas wedding chapel β where it all went down
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βWe are getting married in Vegas on Oct 2nd @ 7pm. We will have a live stream though so you all can watch. Elvis will be tying the knot for usβ
Micah's friends: βLove it!! Yay for y'allπ thank you for sharing. Congratulations and best wishesβ
Micah's friends: βIs Timber your best manβ
Jason: βhaha! That would be fun. It will just be me and Micah as we are elopingβ
Micah's friends: βSmart! Save all that money!β
Micah's friends: βTimber would be a good best man!β
Jason drops the wedding announcement into Micah's friend group chat like it's totally normal β oh by the way, Elvis is officiating. No context, no buildup. Just 'Elvis will be tying the knot for us' like that's a thing all couples do when the groom's future mother-in-law has been in love with the King since 1968.
A Las Vegas wedding chapel β where it all went down
The friends immediately asked if Timber (the dog) was the best man. For the record, he was not. But he would've looked great in a little tux.
Vegas Elvis weddings: a tradition
A wedding chapel altar β soon to host an Elvis
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βElvis?β
Jason: βWe booked stuffβ
ArtsInMotion: βElvis?β
Jason: βYeahβ
ArtsInMotion: βReally? Cus that's awesome!β
Jason: βMr Elvis himselfβ
Jason casually mentions they've "booked stuff" for the October wedding. His friend's very first question β before venue, before food, before literally anything else β is one word: "Elvis?" When you've made your mother's obsession everyone else's frame of reference, the officiant was never really a question.
A wedding chapel altar β soon to host an Elvis
Jason confirmed with "Mr Elvis himself" like he was announcing a headliner, not a guy from a booking agency off the Strip. Jo had spent four years flooding group chats with Elvis content. The only surprise here is that anyone bothered to ask.
Vegas Elvis weddings
Elvis performing live, 1973
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βElvis needs to sing this. Send it a couple weeks ahead. He isn't Elvis.β
Jason: βI was thinking Do the Clam or Song of the Strimpβ
Jason: βShrimp*β
Micah: βMommy found the dress after I showed her pics of what I wantedβ
Five weeks before the Vegas wedding, Jo is already stage-managing the Elvis impersonator's setlist. She's Googling 1973 concert footage to find the exact arrangement she wants β because if a man is going to pretend to be Elvis at her daughter's wedding, he'd better do it right.
Elvis performing live, 1973
Her Google search for the song includes the typo 'weedubg' instead of 'wedding,' which may be the most Jo thing ever committed to a search engine.
The 1973 concert performance Jo wanted
An Elvis impersonator in full costume
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βMaybe I will go as elvisβ
ArtsInMotion: βWill your Elvis officiant feel the need to fight you?β
Jason: βI hope soβ
Jason: βBest Elvis get's to do the ceremonyβ
ArtsInMotion: βPlot twist, Micah accidentally marries the wrong Elvis.β
Less than a month before the wedding, Jason floats the idea of showing up dressed as Elvis. His friend immediately raises the real question: would the Elvis officiant feel threatened? Within seconds they've invented a new ceremony format β competitive Elvis, winner marries the bride.
An Elvis impersonator in full costume
Jo spent years saturating every family conversation with Elvis until the groom himself started threatening to show up in a jumpsuit. She didn't recruit β she just created an environment where dressing as Elvis felt inevitable.
The Elvis Impersonator Tradition
Elvis commanding the stage
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βOkay you guys I just watched the before and after show interviews of the EPiC movie. (Elvis Presley in Concert) This is the restored Elvis film of concerts and interviews by Baz. It's been in the works since the Elvis movie was complete. It was shown last night at the Toronto Film Festival. It was a HIT!!! Good to hear. I was looking forward to seeing it and now I'm even more so. Sure, the entire audience most likely were Elvis fans. But it was a big hit for that first audience at least. I'm in. I'll talk you two into it too. I have no idea when it will be released in the states. But you can bet I'll keep you informed. lol π€ You might have a new kindred spirit for him since he's gonna be at you wedding. You'll want to see him in action in all his his stage presence. And no audio corrections were used. All natural. But he didn't need autotune. Yep. It's true. He was pitch perfect the majority of the time. lol I didn't say it. Baz just did! lolβ
Jo: βIt was a HIT!!! Good to hear. I was looking forward to seeing it and now I'm even more so.β
Jo: βI'm in. I'll talk you two into it too. I have no idea when it will be released in the states. But you can bet I'll keep you informed. lol π€β
Jo: βYou might have a new kindred spirit for him since he's gonna be at you wedding. You'll want to see him in action in all his his stage presence.β
Jo: βAnd no audio corrections were used. All natural. But he didn't need autotune. Yep. It's true. He was pitch perfect the majority of the time. lol I didn't say it. Baz just did! lolβ
Less than a month before the wedding and Jo is already laying the groundwork. The EPiC movie just premiered at Toronto and Jo has turned a film festival recap into a three-act pitch for why Micah and Jason need to care about Elvis's vocal purity β complete with a Baz Luhrmann citation for credibility.
Elvis commanding the stage
"I didn't say it. Baz just did!" β Jo citing Baz Luhrmann like a lawyer entering expert testimony, as if her 50 years of unsolicited Elvis advocacy needed peer review.
Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022)
An Elvis impersonator at a Las Vegas wedding
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βI need Elvis man pics. I'm texting Susan and thought you had sent them to me. lolβ
Jo: βMy bad I misunderstood lolβ
Jo: βThanksβ
Jo: βJust woke up and the sun is hitting the birds just right to be glitzy!β
Twenty days before the wedding, Jo texts at 8:51 PM with the urgency of someone whose house is on fire: she needs Elvis impersonator photos RIGHT NOW because she's mid-text to Susan and her arsenal is empty. She thought she already had them. She did not. This is a crisis.
An Elvis impersonator at a Las Vegas wedding
Jo has a PR team for the Elvis wedding and that PR team is her friend Susan. Every Elvis impersonator deserves a publicist working the night shift.
Vegas Elvis Weddings
Elvis Presley, 1956 β that famous smile
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βJust heard this. What was Elvis' pick up line? Any guesses?β
Jo: βOkay I'll tell you.... Hello. ππ€£π β
Jo: βTruth!!!β
Jo arrives in the group chat with an Elvis joke, waits exactly ten minutes for someone to guess, and β when silence greets her β delivers the punchline herself with zero hesitation. The joke is that Elvis Presley was so devastatingly attractive his pickup line was just saying hello.
Elvis Presley, 1956 β that famous smile
She waited ten whole minutes. That's more patience than she's ever shown for an Amazon delivery.
The man who only needed one word
The Las Vegas Strip at night
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βBtw! I am getting married next week. If you want to tune in to see Elvis marry me https://www.MicahAndJason.com/β
Adam Rexrode: βHoly crap! Congrats man!!!β
Adam Rexrode: βAdded it to my calendar!β
One week before the wedding, Jason starts telling friends. Notice what he leads with β not the venue, not the date, not even the bride's name. "If you want to tune in to see Elvis marry me." Jo's decades of devotion had quietly become the entire pitch.
The Las Vegas Strip at night
When your mother-in-law's obsession is so powerful it rewrites your wedding announcement into an Elvis event listing.
Vegas Elvis Weddings
The iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign
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βI am getting married in vegas next week. If you want to tune in and see Elvis marry me you can check out the live stream here https://www.micahandjason.com/β
Derek Smith: βAwwwwwβ
When Jason texts his buddy Derek about the wedding, he doesn't lead with the bride, the venue, or the date. He leads with Elvis. One woman's five-decade obsession has officially rewritten how this man announces his own marriage.
The iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign
Notice the pitch: it's not 'watch me get married' β it's 'see Elvis marry me.' Jo didn't just get an Elvis wedding. She got a groom who sells it Elvis-first to his friends.
Vegas wedding chapels and their Elvis tradition
The Flamingo Las Vegas β Elvis visited here too, Jo checked
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βAnd yes Elvis has visited the Flamingo too. I looked it up. It had a big impact on him showing up. Not to perform in it. Went to see Tom Jones. After watching Tom Jones he knew he needed live shows again. It was 1969 and he decided he needed to get back on stage and immediately stopped all movies after his last contract was honored and followed suit when they built that monster sized International (now Westgate) with him in mind as their star residency. β
Jo: βThe Flamingo!!!β
Jo: βIt's cool you are staying there. I'm surprised with the teardown basically of all the originals it's still there. In business "The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas is 78 years old, having opened its doors on December 26, 1946. It was the third resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip and remains the oldest continuously operating one."β
Jo: βWe're in the oldest! β
Jo: βOh our way to get license! β
Jo: β One of many I'm imagining. But it's only been 50 years. Why wouldn't he be everywhere. lolβ
Jo is in Vegas for the wedding and has been at the Flamingo for approximately forty minutes before she's already researched its Elvis connection and delivered a full historical monograph to the group chat. She cannot set foot in a building without checking whether Elvis also set foot in it.
The Flamingo Las Vegas β Elvis visited here too, Jo checked
Two hours later she's on her way to get the marriage license and spotting Elvis impersonators everywhere. "It's only been 50 years. Why wouldn't he be everywhere. lol" -- a woman who has personally kept him everywhere for most of those fifty years.
Elvis's Vegas Comeback
A theater marquee β Elvis has officially left the building
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βELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!!!β
Scott Shaw: βWhen's it start?!?β
Scott Shaw: βGot it. Should have just gone to websiteβ
It's the wedding day in Las Vegas. Jason's friend Scott gets the details, then goes radio silent for hours β until 5:34 PM, when the ceremony ends and he fires off the only appropriate response. Followed by what appear to be four rapid-fire photos, because apparently one exclamation wasn't enough.
A theater marquee β Elvis has officially left the building
Fifty years of Jo's Elvis devotion led to an actual Elvis marrying her son. Scott Shaw, a man with no dog in this fight, instinctively reached for the most famous Elvis quote in history. That's how deep the gravitational pull goes.
The phrase that became bigger than the man
A wedding ceremony β the Elvis called Jo out and she missed it
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βI like the part where Elvis called you out Joβ
Micah: βMommy I'm married! β
Jo: βBeautiful!! Jason sooo handsome!!!β
Jo: βI was talking. I heard Jo but thought it was the guy officiating's name. I'm gonna watch all by myself here shortly. Jet and Mary just left. β
Jo: βOkay I'm gonna watch it all alone now to see and this time hear it all. You both look so great!!!β
Jason and Micah got married in Las Vegas with an Elvis impersonator officiating. Jo watched the livestream from home in Washington with Kelly, Jet, and Mary gathered around. At some point during the ceremony, the Elvis officiant addressed Jo by name. Jason caught it. Jo did not.
A wedding ceremony β the Elvis called Jo out and she missed it
Jo missed the single greatest moment of her Elvis fandom β Elvis saying her name at her own daughter's wedding β because she was talking. She then announced she'd rewatch the whole thing alone "to see and this time hear it all." A lifetime of devotion and she was mid-sentence for the payoff.
Vegas Elvis weddings
Watching on a vintage TV β Jo analyzed Elvisβs every word via CC
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βI watch it with CC to understand what Elvis was saying to Joe (of course in CC) Actually he did sound more like Elvis. lolβ
Jo: βI'm a big show off!β
Jo: βSeems like everything went as you had planned right?β
Jo: βI hope you enjoyed the neon light museum too.β
Jo: βI had quite the party over here too. Really glad they all came to watch!β
Micah: βI don't wanna take off my dress lol everyone keeps telling me I'm prettyβ
It's her daughter's wedding day. An Elvis impersonator just married Micah and Jason in Las Vegas. Jo is watching from Washington state with a living room full of guests β and she has turned on closed captions to conduct a frame-by-frame analysis of the impersonator's dialogue. The woman cannot turn it off.
Watching on a vintage TV β Jo analyzed Elvisβs every word via CC
"Actually he did sound more like Elvis" is the highest compliment Jo has ever given a living person. She graded an impersonator at her own child's wedding like a figure skating judge and he squeaked out a 6.5.
The Sacred Art of Elvis Impersonation
An Elvis impersonator walking the aisle
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βI haven't heard. Did you think she was pretty when she appeared with Elvis in arm?β
Jo: βCamera wasn't facing you at that moment Jason.β
Jason: βShe was beautiful!! The photographer captured photos of the first look so we'll get to see that as wellβ
Jo: βOh good. And she really was.β
The morning after the wedding, Jo is already conducting a post-game analysis. Never mind the vows, the venue, the Vegas of it all β she needs to know one thing: how did her daughter look walking in with the King?
An Elvis impersonator walking the aisle
"Camera wasn't facing you at that moment Jason" is Jo's way of saying she's already reviewed the footage and found it lacking. The wedding was yesterday. She has notes.
The proud tradition of Vegas Elvis weddings
A wedding celebration β βLove you all back, and love Elvisβ
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βLove it!!! Love you all back, and love Elvis.β
Jason: βThank you!! I loved Elvis, he was greatβ
Micah: βI'm stoked. Anticipating Elvis puns and you two glowingβ
Micah: βGuys you are stunning and radiating!!! So happy for you officially innit!β
Micah: βThe ropes on the hands almost had tears of joy; y'all. This is so wonderful.β
Four days after the Vegas wedding, Micah is texting friends about the ceremony photos β and can't help but shout out the real guest of honor. When your mom has spent 50 years devoted to one man, you don't just get married in Vegas. You get married by him.
A wedding celebration β βLove you all back, and love Elvisβ
Jason β a man who just got married β described the Elvis impersonator officiant as 'great' with genuine enthusiasm. Jo's conversion rate is now multi-generational.
The Elvis impersonator tradition
A vintage concert film poster
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βBaz Lurhmann finally has a distributor for the EPiC (Elvis Presley in Convert) film. Just Elvis talking and singing. Kinda a documentary but not. Just all Elvis. Neon and Universal signed yesterday and it will be released in theaters in 2026. Maybe early. Elvis was born in January so Baz was hoping it get out by then if it couldn't by Christmas. You guys see a lot if movies. Look for it in the previews. This should be seen in an IMAX theater if available. I'm gonna talk you guys into going!! π€π Is it a date? πβ
Jo: βIt will be!β
Jo: βLoved "It will be! "β
Eight days after her son's Elvis-officiated wedding, Jo pivoted seamlessly from ice cream cones to breaking Hollywood distribution news like an industry insider. She delivered a full press release β distributor names, release strategy, January birthday tie-in β then dropped the real ask: an IMAX date with the family.
A vintage concert film poster
"Elvis Presley in Convert" is Jo's typo for "in Concert," but honestly converting people to Elvis fandom is exactly what she's doing here, one IMAX guilt-trip at a time.
Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022)
Rewatching the ceremony β βElvis entertain with Jasonβ
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βIt was great wasn't it? Even Elvis entertain with Jason. lol fun!β
Micah: βFull wedding!! With editing! β
Jo: βIt was the most fun! β
Jo: β ββ€οΈβ to " It was great wasn't it? Even Elvis entertain with Jason. lol fun! " β
Two weeks after the wedding, the family rewatched the ceremony video for the first time. Micah loved reliving it. Jo loved reliving the Elvis part of it. She fast-tracked past every vow and went straight to reviewing the impersonator's performance like she was filing a Yelp review for Graceland.
Rewatching the ceremony β βElvis entertain with Jasonβ
"Elvis entertain with Jason" is doing incredible grammatical work. Is Elvis a verb now? A co-host? A spiritual force that simply happens near Jason? Only Jo could make a typo that accidentally elevates Elvis to a weather event.
Elvis Impersonators
Elvis performing Blue Christmas β the granddaddy of them all
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βWell the granddaddy of them all is Blue Christmas. π€ I'll have to check out his Christmas album for the other two. Can I get back to you later?β
Jason: βWhat's your top three Elvis songs for Christmasβ
Jo: βWell the granddaddy of them all is Blue Christmas. π€ I'll have to check out his Christmas album for the other two. Can I get back to you later?β
Jo: βππβ
Jason lobs a softball β top three Elvis Christmas songs β and Jo fires back in under four minutes with Blue Christmas, as if naming the sun when asked about stars. But then she pauses. She needs to go back to the album to be sure about two and three. This is a woman who does not guess about Elvis.
Elvis performing Blue Christmas β the granddaddy of them all
"Can I get back to you later" is Jo treating a casual text like a peer-reviewed submission. She won't name her second-favorite Elvis Christmas song without re-listening to the whole album first. Scholarly rigor.
Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Elvis Presleyβs Sun Records historical marker, Memphis
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βFACT! Elvis Presley has been inducted into multiple halls of fame, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, Gospel Hall of Fame, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and the R & B Hall of Fame. He is the one and only artist (to date 48 years after death) to have been inducted into so many different halls of fame for these 5 various genres, highlighting his massive influence across music. β
Jo: βElvis never wrote a song. Ever. But song writers were used and lucky he sang their songs. They were massive hits . β
Jo: βI read this. Clinical studies show that listening to Elvis sing the blues lifts mood by 100%. Got that straight. πβ
Jo: βThat's impressive for a poor boy who had a local hit record in Memphis that he recorded at 18 for his mama's birthday gift. β
Jo: βBut I'll leave you be. You got your Elvis history lesson for the day. π β
Jo: βWell that was fun. I'll have to stop. lolβ
Jason made the mistake of asking Jo for her top three Elvis songs. What followed was a 24-hour torrent: Christmas album deep cuts, YouTube links, a parenthetical takedown of Bing Crosby's White Christmas, a clinical study she found about Elvis curing sadness, and finally a full Wikipedia-grade lecture on the man's hall of fame rΓ©sumΓ©. She closed with "But I'll leave you be. You got your Elvis history lesson for the day" β as if Jason had enrolled voluntarily.
Elvis Presleyβs Sun Records historical marker, Memphis
Jo asked for Jason's top three songs as a trade. She gave him approximately fifteen. The exchange rate on Elvis opinions is not negotiable.
Elvis's Hall of Fame inductions
Aloha from Hawaii, 1973 β the first time Jo saw Elvis on TV
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βThis concert is the very first time I saw Elvis live (on the TV). His was the world's first concert ever done (in history) live from Honolulu. Satellite broadcasted to 40 countries around the world. 1.5 billion watched. More people watched Elvis than the moon landing. But we all know that was fake anyway! π yes kidding. I saw that live too.β
Jo: βI'm getting all geared up to wash some dishes. Needed background music.β
Jo: βOnly out of country concert Elvis ever did was in 3 Canadian cities in 1957. He was just a baby. Vancouver being the last. How sad is that? But the foreigners came to see him when he did the Las Vegas shows all those years.β
Jo: βNot a bad start for my love of Elvis to watch this one!β
Jo: βI'm just watching him. πI'm getting to the kitchen now!!β
Jo needed background music for doing dishes. She chose the Aloha from Hawaii concert β a perfectly reasonable, low-key selection for scrubbing pots. Ten minutes and six texts later, she still hasn't touched a sponge.
Aloha from Hawaii, 1973 β the first time Jo saw Elvis on TV
The dishes eventually got done. We think. She never actually confirmed.
Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (1973)
Concert rehearsal footage β the βsalt minesβ film Jo loves
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βIs there another Dune?! I know Wicked part deux is coming up too But save the date for: EPiC (Elvis Presley in Concert) His lost and found underground in the salt mines, concert film. From 1970. And enhanced up to today's standard film. It's gonna be shown in IMAX so maybe in GH? Word is out it's coming in February π€π€πSave the (whatever it is) date! I'll keep you posted. lolβ
Jason: βI forget what movie it is but there is a new movie coming out that I know we have to watch with you so maybe we can do pancake House then in person as wellβ
Jason: βOh, is it Dune?β
Jason: βWicked 2 comes out November 20th!β
Jason: βWe are going to take you to that once we figure out a dateβ
Jo: βThanks. That will be fun.β
Jason mentions a new movie he wants to watch with Jo. Before the sentence is cold, Jo has already pivoted the entire conversation into an IMAX Elvis event with a full title, historical provenance, and a formal save-the-date announcement. Dune and Wicked never stood a chance.
Concert rehearsal footage β the βsalt minesβ film Jo loves
The 'salt mines' film Jo is referencing is footage from Elvis's 1970 rehearsals at MGM Studios, discovered in a Kansas underground vault where studios stored archival film reels in converted salt mines to preserve them. Jo knowing the storage logistics of 55-year-old Elvis footage is the most Jo thing imaginable.
Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
Friends watching the wedding video β βElvis liked meβ
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βElvis liked meβ
Micah's friend group: βY'all. Late to the party; glad to see your wedding! We watched it over dinner and were cheesing over the corny Elvis (I mean he has to lay it on thick, right- it's Vegas! ) and the speaker was beautiful, but not as beautiful as you two!β
Jason: βAwee!! Thank you!! We have a highlight real that I need to post. Been slacking. Thanks for watching Elvis hit on Micahβ
Micah's friend group: βYes the whole thing was awesomely vegas done well and you two were beaming. Elvis definitely was Micah macking- the best partβ
Micah's friends watched the wedding video over dinner and were 'cheesing over the corny Elvis.' Jason thanked them for 'watching Elvis hit on Micah,' and Micah β daughter of the world's most devoted Elvis fan β had exactly one thing to say about it.
Friends watching the wedding video β βElvis liked meβ
Jo spent fifty years loving Elvis. Micah got married by one and her entire review was three words. The apple doesn't fall far, it just uses fewer exclamation marks.
Las Vegas Elvis Weddings
Elvis merch β the annual Christmas requirement
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βReminder to get your mom Elvis stuff for Christmasβ
Jason: βReminder to get your mom Elvis stuff for Christmasβ
Micah: βI love you so much!β
It is 4:20 in the morning. Jason is awake, and the thought that lands hard enough to fire off a text is not bills, not groceries, not anything practical β it's making sure Micah doesn't forget to buy Jo her Elvis. Three years running now, the tradition is non-negotiable.
Elvis merch β the annual Christmas requirement
By 2025, buying Jo Elvis merch for Christmas is less a gift idea and more a gravitational constant. In 2022 Micah whispered 'that's for my mommy don't tell her' while shopping for Elvis stuff. Three Decembers later, Jason is the one setting the alarm.
Graceland Gift Shop
A vintage holiday greeting card β Jo chose Blue Christmas
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βIs this your Christmas card? lol And you wanted me to think of my fav Elvis Christmas song? lol Nice!!!β
Jo: βIt's the basic one!! Hahaβ
Micah: βIt was the reason we asked yes hahaβ
Jo: βOkay got that off my chest. lol But Hugh? You shouldn't be playing a 20-30 year old in his prime and most successful days. I guess Austin Butler wasn't available lol He was believable going from 19-42 yo Elvis.β
Jason: βI agree, he looks like a middle age dad in that photo, lolβ
Four days before Christmas, Micah and Jason sent Jo what appears to be their Christmas card β and it turns out the whole thing was a setup. They'd asked Jo to pick her favorite Elvis Christmas song specifically so they could use it. Jo clocked the scheme immediately and loved every second of it.
A vintage holiday greeting card β Jo chose Blue Christmas
Jo picked "the basic one" β almost certainly "Blue Christmas," which Elvis first recorded in 1957. It's been the default Elvis Christmas answer for nearly 70 years, and Jo knows it, and she does not care. A classic is a classic.
Blue Christmas
A Graceland interior β Jo has her own Elvis room at home
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βThis works too. It's in my Elvis room.β
Jo: βI leave it up all the time so it doest smell musty or skanky. lolβ
Unknown: βPerfect hahaβ
Christmas Day, 2025. Jo is showing off something she received or set up, and casually drops the phrase "my Elvis room" like every house has one. She follows up with quality-control notes about keeping it aired out so it "doest smell musty or skanky," because even shrine maintenance has standards.
A Graceland interior β Jo has her own Elvis room at home
Most people have a guest room. Jo has an Elvis room. And she maintains it with the vigilance of a museum conservator β one who uses the word "skanky" in her preservation reports.
Graceland: the only Elvis room bigger than Jo's
An Elvis fan shrine β Joβs laundry room is next
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βLaundry room is turning into an Elvis Shrine. I think Jesus understands tho. π¬ππ β
Jo: βThat's a good size glob. lolβ
Jo: βJust got done! Only painted the ceiling haha and forgot to take a Picβ
Jo: βJust desperate to get out lolβ
Jason: βLol! β
Jo just finished painting the ceiling of her laundry room, was "desperate to get out," and then twenty minutes later casually announced she's displacing the Lord for the King. She sent photos. She was not asking permission.
An Elvis fan shrine β Joβs laundry room is next
The emojis tell the whole story: grimace, worry, eye-roll. That's not guilt β that's a woman rehearsing the argument she'll make at the Pearly Gates and already knowing she'll win it.
Graceland: The Original Elvis Shrine2026
Married, and still talking about Elvis.
A vintage celebrity magazine β Mary got there first
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βShe did. I had both already. Mary beat you guys. She focuses on Elvis when she gifting me. I got the Life magazine a couple years ago. They were in Oregon on vacation I remember And the kids book too. I don't recall when tho. lolβ
Jason: βDid Micah give you the Elvis related stuff?β
Jo: βShe's gonna regift Elvis to a babyβ
Jo: βYeah. 18 mos old. Never too soon to give a history book to a child. lol Yes Elvis is historic! lolβ
Jason and Micah tried to gift Jo some Elvis items, only to discover her friend Mary had already cornered the market on Elvis-themed gifting. Jo has apparently built such a reputation that multiple people in her life independently arrive at the same conclusion: just get her something Elvis.
A vintage celebrity magazine β Mary got there first
Jo's Elvis gift pipeline is so well-established that she has a dedicated supplier (Mary) and the newlyweds can't even compete. When your brand is that strong, duplicates are inevitable.
Elvis in Print & Media
An IMAX theater β Jo secured seats 16 days in advance
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βBut I did get my Elvis EPiC movie reservations for my friend Marcie and me for Monday, Feb 23rd at 1:00. π€π€π€ Guess how many else have theirs that very same day and time? 4. π¬π Hey, but it's 16 days away. You know me. I need seats with less stairs to get there. I made sure I'd get those! And it's in the IMAX theater. Yay!!β
Jo: βWell the other 4 tickets sold are in the very front row! 3 on one end and a solo on the opposite end. I do love me some Elvis Presley, as you know, but not that close up. I read the audiences were getting up in the aisle and dancing from those who saw it at the debut film festival showings. lol. Maybe in front of the first row is the dance floor? lolβ
Jo: βYes you needed to hear all about this! I checked. These are seats available for Saturday, Feb 21st at 1:00β
Jo: βAnd for Sunday, Feb 22nd at 1:00β
Jo: βIt looks like they blocked out those seats in the front row on all the showings. π€·ββοΈβ
Jo secured IMAX tickets for the Elvis EPiC movie sixteen days before showtime β and immediately performed a full forensic audit of every other ticket sold. She knows the row, the seat number, and the life choices of the four strangers who booked front row. Reconnaissance complete, she filed her report with Jason whether he asked for it or not.
An IMAX theater β Jo secured seats 16 days in advance
She checked the seating charts for Saturday, Sunday, AND Monday showings β not because she was comparing options, but because she needed to confirm her strategic superiority across all possible timelines.
Elvis (Baz Luhrmann film)
Event tickets β Jo was already checking seating charts
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βYou were posting seats and showings for Elvis so I thought you were talking about seeing it one of those days hahaβ
(Unknown): βOh! I'm seeing it Monday. Should I see it twice? Are you sure?β
(Unknown): βI was gonna go solo on Monday and Marcie pop in and wants to go too. So I bought 2 tickets.β
(Unknown): βOh. I was thinking you might want to go so I looked up the weekend it's showing to show you what's still available πβ
Jo is so deep into planning an Elvis outing that the person on the other end of the phone can't tell if she's inviting them or just narrating her research process out loud. She's already bought two tickets, recruited Marcie as backup, and is now scouting weekend availability for anyone else who might want in.
Event tickets β Jo was already checking seating charts
She looked up the available seats "just in case" someone else wanted to go. That's not a casual suggestion β that's an Elvis deployment strategy with contingency seating.
Elvis on Tour
Jacob Elordi as Elvis in Sofia Coppolaβs Priscilla (2023)
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βDidn't want to watch Priscilla's pitiful story of her and Elvis.β
Jo: βAre you ready to see Priscilla's Elvis to play Heathcliff?β
Jo: βHe's gonna be a tall Heathcliff lolβ
Jo: βI saw him interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel.β
Super Bowl Sunday, and Jo has her priorities straight: before kickoff, she needs everyone to know that the guy from the Priscilla movie is playing Heathcliff now β and that Priscilla's version of events remains unacceptable. Seahawks stats, TV church, Elvis loyalty updates, all before noon.
Jacob Elordi as Elvis in Sofia Coppolaβs Priscilla (2023)
Jacob Elordi played Elvis in Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla' (2023). Jo watched the casting news but not the movie itself β because if the story isn't pro-Elvis, it doesn't get her two hours.
Priscilla (2023 film)
Elvis in concert, 1970s β βIt was soooo good!!β
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βIt was soooo good!!β
Jo: βIt was soooo good!!β
Jo: βhttps://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0rChLSjG2sEwyYPSSTS3ITFZIzSnLLFYoKEotzkmtVMjMU0jOz0tOLSoBAFXfD54&q=epic+elvis+presley+in+concert&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS874US874&oq=epic&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqEAgBEC4YgwEYsQMYgAQYigUyBggAEEUYOzIQCAEQLhiDARixAxiABBiKBTIGCAIQRRg7MgYIAxBFGDwyBggEEEUYOTIQCAUQLhjHARixAxjRAxiABDIGCAYQRRg8MgYIBxAFGEAyBggIEEUYOzIGCAkQRRg80gEIMzA2MGowajeoAhqwAgHiAwQYASBf8QW7743aQnAh9vEFu--N2kJwIfbxBbvvjdpCcCH2&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ebo=0β
Jo just watched something Elvis-related and her review process is: (1) declare it good with four extra o's, (2) immediately Google the full concert footage to keep the high going. She didn't text what she watched, what prompted it, or any other context. She just arrived in Jason's DMs like a five-star Yelp review with no restaurant name.
Elvis in concert, 1970s β βIt was soooo good!!β
The Google search she fired off was for 'Epic Elvis Presley in Concert' β which likely refers to the 1970s concert footage that turned a Mississippi kid into the most filmed performer of his era. Jo doesn't just watch Elvis content. She finishes it and immediately starts sourcing more, like a sommelier who just drained the bottle and is already checking the cellar.
Elvis in Concert (1977 CBS Special)By The Numbers
Happy 71st, Jo.
One mention for every year.
(Again: complete coincidence.)
Here's to the woman who remembers exactly where she was
when Elvis died, but not what year it was.
We love you more than you love Elvis. Barely.
βSure whatever elvis. THis is AI and it can't do βelivisβ, only a look alike and that is what it went withβ
β Jason, exasperated
(An actual text message. Typos preserved for authenticity.)