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  • 10 years ago, this scared me half to death. 10 years ago, WNEP introduced the world to a legend right here.

  • I've never been on live television before, and apparently I've never been on live television.

  • Noah Ritter, dubbed the apparently kid my grandpa gives me the road every time we watch the Powerball is now 15 years old.

  • No, how do you feel saying that again?

  • 10 years later, feels pretty good.

  • I feel feel nostalgic about it.

  • Makes me makes me reminisce about being here in this exact spot. 10 years ago, and that's right.

  • A decade later, Noah is still coming with his Grandpa Jack to the same Wayne County Fair that made him famous.

  • And again, I want to trade my buddy for the world.

  • Grandpa Jack was deeply involved with Noah's upbringing and faithfully stuck by Noah's side every step of his wild journey.

  • He stayed with us when he was first born and I used to keep him on my lap.

  • I read to him and it turns out that Noah's grandparents have been deeply connected to the fair.

  • Grandpa Jack's late wife worked for Holly Diner, a food vendor that proudly serves meals every year at the fair.

  • Yeah, she used to work for them years ago as a waitress.

  • Grandpa Jack was involved with the fair since his childhood too.

  • Yes, when I was a kid I used to show cattle here at at the fair.

  • I that's why I brought him here because I came here as a kid and I said we will go up to the fair.

  • You know, and I'll show you the animals and stuff.

  • You know Noah's exposure from his viral interview at the fair led him straight to Hollywood.

  • He became close friends with Ellen DeGeneres appearing often as a guest on her show.

  • Thanks, we're in the dressing room at Ellen's.

  • A lot of a lot of the stars like Jennifer Garner and stuff like that.

  • They come to our dressing room just to meet Noah.

  • Noah and his grandpa met many other Hollywood stars and important figures.

  • Chris Pratt, Bill Clinton, Sophia Vergara, Jim Carrey, Bryce Dallas Howard, a lot of people.

  • Ariana Grande.

  • Almost forgot about her.

  • I met her.

  • Almost forgot about her.

  • And he was even cast as a judge on ABC's reality TV show The Toy Box, similar to Shark Tank, where child judges tested and voted on new toy inventions presented in front of them.

  • He had to go to school out there for four hours, right?

  • And then then he worked eight hour a day shooting the show.

  • You know, that's a rough schedule.

  • Yeah, he had a for an 8 year old Noah continues to share his adventures alongside his grandpa.

  • On the Internet, he keeps me young.

  • Well, we go to movies all the time.

  • Whenever a new movie comes out, we like to.

  • We like to review it posted on my YouTube channel.

  • Now I'm juggling YouTube, school, football, track, a bunch of other stuff.

  • I'm going into my sophomore year.

  • Getting ready to drive.

  • Noah may be growing old enough to get his driver's license, but he will never outgrow the Wayne County Fair that seems to course through the veins of his family coming here, enjoying the rides, enjoying the food, seeing all the animals and stuff like that.

  • See, I think I'll I think I'll come here every year when they have it.

  • Look, I'll keep the street going.

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  • Apparently back in Wayne County.

10 years ago, this scared me half to death. 10 years ago, WNEP introduced the world to a legend right here.

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