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Willy Wonka, Influencer Animal Situation, and Annoying Workout People | EP41 | Down with DP Podcast 7-17-2026
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Transcript
00:00:00
Speaker
had a fucking annoying face, I'm sorry. He had an annoying fucking face and dude, people who are watching, he this...
Podcast Introduction & Jokes
00:00:15
Speaker
Welcome to the... What's the deal? Let me try that again. It's the Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Prendamano in 3, 2, 1.
00:00:38
Speaker
oh Hello. Hello. Hello. I'm here. who who is this? who Who is this? I don't know who I am anymore. i don't know either. i don't know.
00:00:49
Speaker
I don't know what's going on, guys. Wait, I know who we are. I know who we are. I know who we are. Who are we? This is the Down With DP podcast.
00:00:58
Speaker
I'm Ron Prendamano and you are Robert. Wait, the guy with the guy, Robert Dunn? Robert Dunn, that's the guy. Oh, yeah. Robert Dunn and the other guy. Yeah, I love that show. Oh, my God.
00:01:11
Speaker
Sorry. um i Hello, everybody. Hi. ah This is the most industry annoying thing I'm about to say, but I got sidetracked because I had an audition. I just got I just saw an audition and I swore it was for Viagra.
00:01:25
Speaker
But
00:01:28
Speaker
I'm not there yet, guys. I'm not there yet. you and You never know, though. You never know that they will come. If you know what
Allergies & Podcasting vs Day Jobs
00:01:37
Speaker
I mean. oh But yeah, um so that's fun.
00:01:42
Speaker
Well, ah yeah, let let let's get let's get down to the brass tacks, everybody. let me get let me get all this shit off my screen. Here we go. I do apologize. I'm having an allergy attack, not like a wheat-related thing, just seasonal allergies. So I'm a little raspier than usual. usual So I do apologize for that.
00:01:58
Speaker
um Well, and my, i actually feel a little something, something too, because my job, my day job consists of nonstop talking. Like, yeah, it's like, it's like a podcast, but not fun.
00:02:10
Speaker
And ah so, but ironically, this is fun. No pay. Isn't that funny how that works? oh No
Crumble Cookies & Expensive Treats
00:02:18
Speaker
pay. No pay. son of a bitch.
00:02:21
Speaker
Yeah. Wait for that crumble check coming in. You know, I was looking at the crumble cookies today. I was trying to think of a cold joke. And um they have a gluten-free option.
00:02:32
Speaker
oh god it's it's it's that It's gluten-friendly. I shouldn't say gluten-free because you can't really do gluten-free in that establishment. But it's the chocolate and strawberries in a cup.
00:02:44
Speaker
Wait, so it's not a cookie? No, no, no, no. Oh, they so just threw some strawberries. And chocolate in a cup. And I said, that's it says gluten-friendly. I'm like, well, it is an option.
00:02:55
Speaker
so but So if my friend Robert wants to be like, hey, I want to go to a i woulda go to crumble. I'm like, well, I can't eat anything crumble. Oh, yes, I can. I can have chocolate and strawberries. and that Oh, yeah. Never been a bad combination. I'll pay $15 for shot glass of strawberries and chocolate. Yeah, I'll probably say though the Twix cookie did look good, i'm not going to lie. Oh, yeah, the Twix is good. It looked good. It looked good. probably is. The only time that I truly was like, oh, this is too much, was in Chicago when I got the Andy's Mints one. Oh, yeah, you're talking about that one.
00:03:27
Speaker
It was too much Andy's Mints. It was just too much. so Like, I could eat maybe one, two Andy's Mints on a normal basis, but... Right. Cookie dedicated. Yeah. Like shoved with a bunch of them. It was just a little, it was a little heavy brother, you know? yeah Um, but,
Mitch McConnell's Health & Politics
00:03:43
Speaker
uh, yeah. So guys, we're going be talking about a few things. We're going talking about, uh, Mitch McConnell. We're going to be talking about diarrhea unrelated.
00:03:50
Speaker
Um, ah Kind of a horrible situation that I heard with an influencer. ah We got sports with Ron. We got penetrating questions. And we got some stuff that annoys me. And, ah I mean, without further ado, let's get into the main story today. And that is Mitch McConnell's dying. Mitch McConnell is dying. Yeah. It's a...
00:04:12
Speaker
I mean, he's fucking old. So that's what a lot old people do. They die, except for like Nancy Pelosi. She's still here. but she she She like drank the whatever. She drank some kind of potion or something. Potion or yeah. It's like death becomes her.
00:04:28
Speaker
Ha! yeah But i I mean, okay, Mitch McConnell, senator from Kentucky, extremely conservative, asshole. Not because he's conservative, just because he sided with, you know, the most ultra-conservative you can.
00:04:42
Speaker
For the sake of the party, not for the sake of the country. So, kind of an asshole. you I think he was he Senate and Majority Leader at one point. So, I mean, not my favorite person. However, it's weird that they're keeping his health so secret.
00:04:58
Speaker
That's what I find so weird about the whole thing. I have a theory. it Like, if is he? Well, here's my question. and nowll yeah Apparently there there's a photo circ circulating the internet about him. saw that.
00:05:10
Speaker
That's not real. That's AI. I feel like it was not real. it was However, i there are eyewitness reports reported by a few news venues that he was seen being taken in an ambulance, on a stretcher in an ambulance today.
00:05:25
Speaker
So something is wrong. ahha I don't think he has like you know a jelly bean lodged in his nose or something like that. I'm right pretty sure it's something serious.
00:05:37
Speaker
Because my thing was, is he still currently like in office? Yes. Yes, this is part of the this is part of the problem because this is not where the term limits conversation comes up. Like, you know, Wynn is too old, too old. But then you have people like, you know, Bernie Sanders, who's still chugging along. nancy pelosi's health nancy Nancy Pelosi's health is more or less there as far as we know. But she stopped because of the brutal attack on her husband.
00:06:01
Speaker
all chuck Chuck Schumer's old, but he's still there for the most part. like Well, I was wondering if he were to die, would there have to be a special election held And i was wondering if that was the reason.
00:06:15
Speaker
So I did pull up an article. What happens if he dies or resigns in the Senate? Let's see. Let's see what they say. We're going start off with comedy, everybody. it could spig It could trigger a special election.
00:06:28
Speaker
Ooh. Yeah. And a potentially a court fight over the timing of the vote.
Speculations on McConnell's Political Future
00:06:35
Speaker
Okay. Well, here's the thing. Do you know when his term would be finished?
00:06:39
Speaker
If he were a- Good question. Let's take a look. Let's see. Mitch McConnell. When would his term be over? Let me see. to pupa papa papa pura to Oh, yeah his his term would be over.
00:06:58
Speaker
Oh, dear Christ. Oh, dear Christ. Oh, dear Christ. We need one of those fact checkers that they have. The last election was, let's see, electoral history.
00:07:10
Speaker
My cousin's going to get 2020, so he would be this would be his last year. Okay, I'm just wondering like if they were faking him being alive, how long would they have to fake it?
00:07:20
Speaker
ah That was really... ah Why would you fake it? I would say for... this would be this would This would be his last year. I think next year would be, the election would be his final year.
00:07:31
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. So he would be up next year. Okay, cool. Well, any who's, ah I don't like to wish death on anyone. Oh, no, I don't wish death upon him. i He's old.
00:07:45
Speaker
Yeah, he' is he is a piece of shit. I bring i bring i bring it up because he... He's been to the Senate for, I think it's, i think it said since 85. um He's been 1885. Right. some He's been a big part of our, but our politics here in America. And, you know, he deserves to be recognized.
00:08:04
Speaker
I think he deserves to be talked about. um Oh, definitely talked about, you know, just because he's a Republican and I don't agree with him on 99% of the things doesn't mean we don't, you know, respect his service to the country. you know, you know, you can't say that about everybody, you know,
00:08:19
Speaker
Yeah, but i want to we it just like it just feels like a weekend at McConnell's. like like car This so would be like this. my i can't I don't know how to do a Mitch McConnell voice. Are you trying to do Mitch McConnell right now?
00:08:33
Speaker
as you look like a You look like Mitch McConnell in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas right now. What are you doing? Well... ah
00:08:43
Speaker
Okay. The fact that you paused there and did nothing. That was perfect. Yeah. That was, that was the perfect. I was to do weekend at Bernie's. but No, no. The fact you paused and just stood out into space. That was a perfect picture. Nicely done. Thank you. Thank I've been working on it for months.
00:08:59
Speaker
Um, yeah but you know, being older and being in office, you know, you also look at
President Biden's Age & Presidential Preparedness
00:09:05
Speaker
our president. He just turned 80, right? Yeah. Yeah. And apparently we were, what, shot at 11 times by the Islamic Republic of Japan?
00:09:14
Speaker
Or the Islamic Nation of Japan? Mm-hmm. Does that scream dementia to you? The Islamic Nation of Japan? i don't know, man. it's you You know what I'm talking about, right?
00:09:27
Speaker
No. Okay, he In a news conference, he called... He said we were shot ah we had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan.
00:09:38
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, I mean, I just i just think, like like, if you were running for president, you would probably want to be on your shit, right? You're like, I don't want to look like a fuck-up. I want to make sure I'm correct. I mean, basic think considering I did run for president before. And won. 2005. In 2004, technically. And No, if I was ready for president, I did nothing up to such, Robert.
00:10:03
Speaker
But no, no, it was the best scam. It was a scam that I support. Oh my God. we're For high school? Jesus. But yeah. um But, you know, if you're running for office, you'd want to be on your shit. You want to make sure you got your facts straight. If I was in office, I would want to make sure I'm telling the the public that absolute truth. I think he's past that. He doesn't care. He's like, we're fighting Iran, Japan. We're fighting someone.
00:10:31
Speaker
i don't know you know. You know they're not going to get rid of me. I'm going to be president and then I'm going die. I mean, we don't know that. We don't know if he's going to die. office If we're going to remove him in office from office. We we don't know.
00:10:44
Speaker
That's true. That's true. We don't know. For the record, I said could die, not will. ah So in case, you know. If he does die in office, we haven't had a president die in office since, I want to say Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
00:10:58
Speaker
After he was elected, he died in 1945. So yeah. um That would be something. That would be interesting. That would be it Oh, wait a second. No, I take that back. Kennedy was shot.
00:11:09
Speaker
I was going to say, i but I wasn't sure. i wasn't that i was I was thinking of dying of natural causes, not actual dying. like Yeah, yeah. yeah like Not that. Jesus Christ, not that. Jesus Christ. i also Go ahead.
00:11:24
Speaker
I was going to ask ah what the next thing was. I don't know if you were going to get into that. I was going to go elaborate one more thing here with this. One thing I can't stand about him, though, you know, just him being in office and him making these mistakes and stuff.
00:11:36
Speaker
You heard what Florida did recently, right? What?
Renaming Palm Beach Airport & Presidential Comparisons
00:11:42
Speaker
West Palm Beach, Florida. Palm Beach International Airport is now officially named Donald J. Trump International Airport. That's so gross. and the and the And the airport code will become DJT.
00:11:58
Speaker
Oh, that's gross. Now, if he died and they wanted to do it to honor him like we've done with pretty much everything else of with presidents and stuff like that, fine.
00:12:15
Speaker
Okay, i don't like it, but fine. But you're in office and... Florida voted to have it named. I just think it's fucked. It just doesn't make any sense. It's kind of dictator-like. It's kind of dictator-like. is because we have, what, Ronald Reagan?
00:12:28
Speaker
Reagan International Airport, JFK. Yeah, in Texas. But that makes sense, given Reagan's history with Texas. No, no but what? Wait, from Texas, right? Reagan is DC.
00:12:40
Speaker
DCA is Ronald Reagan Airport. You're thinking of George Bush... International. here You know what I am? Because I I worked on when I worked on the rehearsal season two, they rebuilt the Houston airport.
00:12:54
Speaker
Yes. No, they rebuilt one of the airports. And you're absolutely right. And I just remember they they rebuilt the statue and it was Bush senior, not Ronald Reagan. My bad. But I just remember but Reagan International is DCA.
00:13:07
Speaker
Yeah. And as I was saying that, I'm like, you know what? I don't remember a connection to Texas. with So until until you said, oh, no. houston there There are two airports. and But my point is that there's nothing connecting Donald Trump to to to Florida, right? It's just the fact he lives there.
00:13:24
Speaker
Yeah. Well, cool. He wasn't governor there. Bush International is IAH. That's the airport. Yeah. I mean, the closest that you would get is probably New York, but even then he wasn't in politics in New York. He just was a real estate guy. I mean, JFK technically wasn't, you know, a Senator from New York. He was a Senator from Massachusetts and he was yeah president, but he, but he was also president. So that's kind of why. yeah Yeah.
00:13:48
Speaker
i was like Yeah. Who knows? Maybe, maybe I'm a hypocrite. Maybe I just don't like it. I don't like it either. It's just weird. I mean, but like, we you know, like i was saying before, he's old, he shits himself.
00:14:01
Speaker
But apparently a lot of people are shitting themselves. Who do you think cleans his diapers? I don't know. Who do you think cleans Donald? Who do you think actually takes his shit? don't know. There's so like we all take his shit, but there's someone who actually does.
00:14:15
Speaker
So. also have a question about mitch Mitch McConnell after your thought. Okay, go ahead. No, I was trying to go on to the next thing, but you want to talk about him? What is up with ah Mitch McConnell's wife fleeting the country?
00:14:28
Speaker
I don't know. actually know how much about that. i mean This is the podcast where we just kind of like talk headlines. Kind of, you know, no, I, I didn't know. know You've, you've done your research way more than I have. Um, thank you but, uh, uh, yeah, it was just a weird thing. Um, maybe, maybe I'll, maybe I'll do research and come back on. Anyway, like I said, rap yes, yes. lot of people been shitting themselves.
00:14:50
Speaker
Yes. Did you hear about this? No. there is something that's under a rock There is something contaminated in food or the water in certain states, New York being one of a New York, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, and Michigan.
00:15:06
Speaker
Um, there is a parasitic, parasitic infection called cyclosporosis, cyclosporosis, uh, sporosis.
00:15:17
Speaker
think I'm saying that wrong, but it's fine. Um, um, Sporiasis, yeah. Anyway. Diarrhea of the mouth. Kind
Parasitic Outbreak & Health Measures
00:15:24
Speaker
of. Yeah, well, you know, I can't talk today. But, um yeah, apparently people are having, like, explosive diarrhea. Is that where the spell's coming from?
00:15:35
Speaker
Maybe, yeah. Stomach, nausea, fatigue. Basically, yeah. if ah If you could have a parasite and have it ah have it taken out, like at one of those parasites that, like, make it drop a bunch of weight, would you do it?
00:15:51
Speaker
Like a tapeworm type situation? Yeah, yeah, tapeworm, Ron. No, no. Oh, yeah, me either. That's crazy. Listen, what happens in l LA stays in l LA. um That's true. they they I remember they were selling a diet pill once. You take one pill, then they found out there was a parasite in it.
00:16:07
Speaker
Yep, yep. But they look great. But this... ah
00:16:14
Speaker
Cyclosporiasis? Sporiasis? Psychosporiasis, that's what it is. thereo psychoiasis There There it right Well, and funny enough, fun fact. ah Hold on, I wasn't done. Oh, sorry, sorry, go on. um The way to prevent it, Robert, if you are worried about getting it, if you get scared of cases break up, make sure you wash your hands before eating and preparing food. Avoid raw or undercooked produce, especially from high-risk areas. I just had a salad, I'm fucked.
00:16:42
Speaker
Cook produce thoroughly. Washing it alone is not sufficient enough to kill it. And drink safe-treated water. Well, funny enough, in all of these states, sales of Pepto-Bismol have gone up.
00:16:53
Speaker
They may have. I don't know if that's related. They may have. Tums, too. That's crazy. Tums kind of sounds like bums. It's like a few words away from bum. Well, it's more acid reflex, isn't it?
00:17:06
Speaker
Yeah, i guess so. I know they taste good, though. but here's They do. I'm not allowed to take them, though, because they're not good for people with high blood pressure. like Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah. um Ugh, Morty. God damn it, Robert!
00:17:20
Speaker
i So here's ah here's a not-so-fun story. Ow! Hey! Don't slap my tums. um But, uh... Yeah, there's a there's a really horrific story. i don't know if you heard about this, because if there's anything I'm more educated on, it's bullshit Internet news, Ron.
00:17:39
Speaker
Like you're updated with politics and what actually is important to the world. I know the drama of the Internet.
TikTok Influencer's Negligence & Ethical Concerns
00:17:44
Speaker
OK, so um there was a horrible situation with an influencer.
00:17:50
Speaker
who ah was on Rover. And so there was this poor girl. This is not the influencer. There was this poor girl. Wait, Rover. Okay. What is Rover? You mean like, Rover is a dog walking up dog walking. Also ah could be dog sitting yeah as well. Okay. this girl reached out on Rover and An influencer, this TikTok influencer, took on her husky for supposed to be 10 days while she was out of town.
00:18:19
Speaker
and so hold on. the o or The influencer took on or the rover representative? Yeah, the influencer also worked on rover. so the Okay, flu okay. Yeah. So the influencer influencer is taking care of this girl's dog.
00:18:32
Speaker
So this this husky and days go by and the influencer isn't answering the owner's text saying, hey, how's my dog doing?
00:18:43
Speaker
um She would maybe send a photo, but a dog looked kind of dirty. it was weird. And she started getting concerned because eventually she just was not responding whatsoever.
00:18:55
Speaker
And eventually, i believe, if I'm not mistaken, she had to cut her trip short and say, hey, I need to see my dog. And that's when the influencer responded that her dog died. And They took it to a vet and it just didn't. This happened in New York, by the way. And ah this ah they took it to a vet and yeah, the dog was dead.
00:19:18
Speaker
And so this influencer and her boyfriend gave her back the dog in a garbage bag in a suitcase. and gave her back the dog.
00:19:28
Speaker
Yeah. And they looked at like a map of the where the influencer lived. And there was a there's a vet literally like on the other block next to her. But they decided a New Yorker would know it better. but ah Basically, the breakdown I saw, it's a very far distance. I don't know if it's in the city. I think it is in the city.
00:19:47
Speaker
And it was a very far distance to go to this other vet. And that vet determined that this dog didn't just die that morning. It's been dead for days. And blah, blah, blah, blah.
00:19:59
Speaker
Right. And so people don't know what's going on. This influencer is back on TikTok as if nothing happened, making, and I'm not i'm not joking, hundreds of videos a day on her TikTok.
00:20:15
Speaker
never mentioning it and it's all like you know they're all like quick videos there's like it's just her kind of smiling for three seconds with text and that's all it is but it's shit like you know people try to bring me down but maybe you know maybe it's them that's the problem like oh it's i'm the victim shit how did the dog die so As far as I know, we don't know, but the speculation is it was just neglected because this girl, um one of the one of the speculations is that they notice all of her tech talks are outside. So some people are wondering if she just was never home, left out food for like a day and like just neglected the dog until it starved. They don't really know. um
00:20:57
Speaker
So it's just a really sad situation. And I don't know if there's any updates to it. i'll I'll be on the lookout for it. But the fact that there's no consequences for this influencer at all is absolutely asinine to me. So the owners ziron the owners of the dog should ah definitely open a case if they haven't already. I think they are opening a civil case. Because, well, I mean, yeah, that's technically a felony.
00:21:26
Speaker
Yeah. Donald Trump made it illegal in at the end of his first term. This is one of the good things he did. to he made it a felony if you abuse domesticated animals. Yeah. yes Cats and dogs specifically.
00:21:38
Speaker
And if that's the case, she has committed a felony. Right. Yeah. A felony. I'm a bit late to the party here.
00:21:50
Speaker
You broke federal law. Yeah, I absolutely agree. I mean, this last update. She can still run for president, though. She can still run for president. It's a last update I see is December 1st, 2025. So this from last year. This is a while ago. But I'm just hearing it now.
00:22:07
Speaker
And yeah it's ah it's absolutely crazy. And you can see them. They're literally in the middle of the city handing her the suitcase with the dead dog in it, like on the side of the road and in with the traffic. it's That's like psychotic behavior.
00:22:23
Speaker
right there. That's just psychotic behavior. So ah I don't know. I don't know what's what's the I mean, do we have to question the mental state of influencers?
Scams by Influencers & Free Services
00:22:34
Speaker
Right. Yeah. it's It's never like it's so rare when it's a good thing an influencer does. and And this girl has been under fire before because she did the whole influencer scam where she tells a restaurant she's going to do a video for them just to get out of a bill. But then just. Oh, that bitch.
00:22:51
Speaker
I know that bitch. Yeah. hate I hate her. Yeah. I mean, she's a piece of shit. I just. Most of the food and influencers I follow, they do pay for the stuff. Yeah. Most of the ones I've got. Yeah, I'm sure they get free stuff and promotions and things like that. Sure.
00:23:06
Speaker
But most of the ones I see, they pay for it. Some of them even show themselves tonight signing the check. Uh-huh. Yeah, it's also like it's content for them. So why not just buy the food? Like you're getting money anyway.
00:23:20
Speaker
i don't know, especially if you're high-end influencer. Like you're already making a lot of money as it is. But don't know. I guess you can argue it's a service. But but as long as it's it's an honest service, like I get it. You're almost like a mini ad agency. Like I'll make a video for you. I mean, she can sue Rovers. She can sue her the girl directly. i mean, yeah.
00:23:41
Speaker
I try to look for more updates and don't know if there's anyone else that an update on this. He said it's a place in New York. Let me see if there's a, let's see, New York Influencer Rover. Yeah.
00:23:56
Speaker
Let's see here.
00:24:01
Speaker
Let's see.
00:24:05
Speaker
Okay. This is from the New York Post, November 25th of 2025. Yeah. So really sad situation. um Just, I just don't know how.
00:24:18
Speaker
dog owner or lives in, yeah so this took place in Brooklyn, which I kind of had a feeling. and took place in brooklyn Yeah. okay
00:24:28
Speaker
yeah That's so fucked up. Yeah. And Huskies are awesome dogs. I know. i know. i mean, whether it was a Husky or not. I mean, this is from the New York Post, so, you know, this is something they like to cover, but, uh... Yeah.
00:24:43
Speaker
I mean, she's... Yeah, that's that's that's fucking awful, man. Yeah, that's fucked up. Uh, fuck, uh, animal abusers. Like, I don't know. That's, uh... Yeah, that's kind of shitty. Like, um... There's a wonderful place in hell for those people.
00:25:01
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Um... But ah yeah, anyway, we can, um you know, i know that, you know, we can actually start off this on a better note.
00:25:15
Speaker
I agree. So, mean, know, guys, let's get this started with some cold jokes. I like it. I like what you did there. Yeah, like what I did there. like what you did.
00:25:29
Speaker
I'm like a radio DJ now. Hire me. Please, for the love of Christ, hire us. yeah Yeah. 93.3 FLZ, please. We'll come home. I want to go on ninety seven x Yeah.
00:25:42
Speaker
i't I don't think that exists anymore. 98 Rock. 97X. I don't think it's a rock station anymore. I don't think it's, it yeah. 98 Rock is still there and 93.3 FLZ still there. Which 98 Rock is right? Yes, because you can't you can't have
00:25:59
Speaker
Oh, you can't? No. I really don't know that. Oh, wow. um Someone fucked up. But ah yeah, so you got two jokes? I have one. you I have one. Okay, I got two. So I'll do mine. We'll do a pattern. We'll sandwich we'll do a little sandwich, everybody. Here we go.
00:26:16
Speaker
We're going to do first joke from me. And hopefully there's no typos. Just roll with it, Ron. Just roll with it. Here we go.
00:26:26
Speaker
Mitch McConnell was declared brain dead by doctors last week, which came as surprise since when doctors examined his brain, they claimed it looked good as new as if it was never used in the first place.
00:26:38
Speaker
Ouch. o Ouch. As you kill your insides with Diet
Mitch McConnell: Political Jokes & Turtle Comparisons
00:26:43
Speaker
Coke. wow Yum. Aspartame is good for me and good for you and good for them.
00:26:50
Speaker
Anyone can drink aspartame because it has, because it pertains to asses. Aspartame.
00:27:00
Speaker
Get it now. Okay. And kids, if your parents critical get two aspartanes for the price of one only $19.99.
00:27:11
Speaker
just got two got a Cut to the Goosebumps board game. Nice, nice, nicer nice. got that. Nice. yeah I heard that they're making a Batman animated series board game, which I'm like, I'm kind of like intrigued. I'll be honest. All right, here we go. So Ron has a very long joke. Here we go. Uh,
00:27:30
Speaker
During the World Cup, one of Team USA's players received an unfair red card, meaning he could not play in the next match against Belgium. Trump said he spoke to the fifa he he had spoke to FIFA about it, and in the end, the red card was overturned, and he was eligible to play.
00:27:46
Speaker
So Team USA ended up losing 4-1. Trump rigged it, and he lost. This proves that the 2020 election was also rigged. He rigged it and still lost. Hey, I would be mad too. But then again, i didn't run for president and I don't have a small dick. So I have nothing to be unhappy about.
00:28:05
Speaker
Thanks. All right. And last here is my joke back at Ron. Let's do it. Hold on, my ear. It's got an itchy ear.
00:28:17
Speaker
Okay. not and we're but Another Mitch McConnell joke. What do you think about before you go to bed Hey. Mitch McConnell throughout his political career has always been compared to a turtle. That's right, he has. For the fact that he moves and looks just like a turtle. now And now, in true turtle fashion, he is all he is now also dying very slow.
00:28:35
Speaker
Like a turtle. Like a dying turtle. Slow. Slow. Almost dead, dying turtle. Who just won't die. And there we have it, everybody. Yeah, that is...
00:28:50
Speaker
um um If you have any cool jokes, by the way, guys, feel free to send in yours. We'd love to hear it, you know, because that's what we're here for. We're here to laugh. We're here to laugh. We're here to cry. We're here to do all that. as We said we don't get paid, so we just do this for fun. We don't get paid. But what we do get is a satisfaction.
00:29:09
Speaker
Some satisfaction. So let's just get on with it.
World Cup & Wimbledon Updates
00:29:13
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This is Ron with Sports. Oh, the only thing I really care about right now, Robert, is the World Cup. That's right, the World Cup going on. Right before we recorded this episode, Spain beat Belgium 2-1. Credit to Belgium.
00:29:29
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Belgium was the only team in the tournament to actually score on Spain. They will be playing France July 14th in the semifinals. We go over to tomorrow, we have Argentina versus Switzerland and Norway versus England in the semifinal.
00:29:43
Speaker
Personally, Robert, I'm going for Norway. Love me some Harland. And I am and i am going for defi Switzerland against Argentina because German-speaking nation, as in German-American, I am going for Switzerland.
00:29:57
Speaker
Even though they're nothing like Germans and whatever. Anyway, I am also, Robert, we have the All-Star break we have the all-star break coming up as well. We have a new soccer stadium in New York where the Gotham FC will play and the and NYC FC will play here in Queens. Probably Beyonce at some point. Yeah, oh absolutely. And Robert, I think that's it. Wimbledon is going on. That is a Harry Potter sport. You're making that up. No, Wimbledon, Coco Gauff was eliminated yesterday. Very upsetting. Love her. um
00:30:32
Speaker
But yeah, finals are coming up. ah you'll Keep an eye out if you love some tennis. US Open coming up in the next season. few weeks to a month or so. Look out for that. That's that's all I have for you, Rob. I just can't... I think for the World Cup though, once I think the winner... i think... I want to say Spain. I think Spain's going to do it all. We're going Spain.
00:30:53
Speaker
I don't want Spain to do it, but I think Spain's going to win it i say I was out and about in my town of Burbank ah and um i was it was it was hyped when Mexico and the UK...
00:31:08
Speaker
We're going at it. Yes. And I have to say, man, I was getting kind of into it. I'm not even lying. And I was like rooting for Mexico. i was rooting for Mexico as well. Yeah. And because, you know, it's L.A. So it's like it was Mexico. Like everyone was Mexico. I was like rooting for them, too. Like I was rooting for the people of rooting for the team.
00:31:27
Speaker
I had to cancel. i went I went to my bar to do bingo like I do every Tuesday. And I actually had to not do it because everybody showed up for the Mexico-Ecuador game.
00:31:40
Speaker
Wow. Which is awesome. And I read a joke online that... um Whoever wins gets Roosevelt Avenue, which is funny because that's that's like the main road in Jackson Heights and there's a lot of Ecuadorians and Mexicans out there. Winner gets Roosevelt Avenue. So, yeah. Hey, that's cool. But, I mean, the World Cup, the fact is I love the World Cup every time it comes around. I'm not a big soccer fan. I'm a decent soccer fan.
00:32:03
Speaker
But – the fact I played soccer. I did not play soccer. Just like fun with friends, but not on the actual team. like we have But we have, you know, it's here in our nation, in Canada and in Mexico. like The World Cup is here, and it's it's a you know and people love our country again.
00:32:22
Speaker
People love America I read something that says, oh my God, like somebody tried barbecue for the first time in Texas. And they're like, yeah why don't you lead with this? Stop with the fast food, the barbecue. i'm like, well, we know.
00:32:35
Speaker
We know where our food is good. There's some really funny videos of ah people from the UK experiencing Costco for the first time. And it's pretty amazing. They're experiencing, and I hate to say it because there are some things in British cuisine that are good. They're experiencing flavor.
00:32:51
Speaker
Yeah. It's not all pot roast and vegetables in a big thing in the oven. I mean, there's so much. everybody's good They're all trying to bring ranch dressing home. Did you see that? ah No, that's funny. So they're all trying to bring ranch dressing home. And the TSA is like telling them, don't do this because they're not bringing three ounces. They're bringing the gallon Costco container home of ranch. And they're like, you can't bring this in your carry on. This is a liquid. this stuff i get it. I get it.
00:33:18
Speaker
I don't win. Ranch is delicious. And we've, this has been our best kept secret for years. So, you know, what's a funny thing I read? was Oh, well, good thing. Cause that this is way more interesting.
American Hospitality & Media Portrayals
00:33:30
Speaker
What did you read? Robert? Um, I read with my brain and my eyeballs. Um, what, uh, the question was, what is the, most what is the like most unexpected thing?
00:33:42
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um experience you had being an outsider in America. Like they asked like people that visited. Yeah, I've i've seen a few of those videos. Yeah. and the one that I saw, it was very expected. The majority of people said,
00:33:55
Speaker
You won't believe this given what's on the media, how nice we are. Yep. The Americans were always really nice and they were, it was always like, how, Hey, how are you? Like, I i think it was somebody from Scotland and they were just, what you would never get watching the media. You would, well you think we're the most bullish assholes. I don't know who said this, but it's a good quote and I'd like to use it a lot.
00:34:19
Speaker
If you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, drive through the country. Yeah, yeah. And that's yeah I mean, considering like, know, for me as a flight attendant, like, you know, one one day I'm in Florida, the next day I'm in Oregon or something like that. Or I'm in, you know, Los Angeles and then I'm in, right I don't know, Chicago.
00:34:41
Speaker
Like, this It's a good country we have. Good group of people and the elite. I mean, people are saying like that this is proof that it's not people who hate each other. It's the elites and the leaders who make us hate each other.
00:34:55
Speaker
right Even within our own country. So I soccer, the World Cup, football, foosball, whatever you want to call it. It's bringing the world together. And yeah, it's fucking awesome. There was um I don't know if I spoke about this on the podcast before, but there was a guy who did an experiment who wore a MAGA hat around and his experience around America, around the world.
00:35:17
Speaker
No, around America. And what he experienced was. um And it kind of makes sense why maybe some MAGA people don't want to leave is that he experienced like like a almost like a support group.
00:35:29
Speaker
Like it was a lot of people that's like, yeah, we got this, like people that had this idea of, you know, you know, let's just stay strong, brother. We're going to bring this country back. And it was like very inviting and very comforting and not, but of course the views behind it are are to be questioned. It's just the emotional response was very surprising. I mean, every, I mean, every party, every campaign, every candidate always has a kind of like a way, political, like not a cult following, but like a regime, if you will, which sounds like a cult following, but
00:36:05
Speaker
I think of it like a church. Kind of, kind of, maybe. A belief system, we'll say, yeah that you want to change the country. Obama's big word was change. yeah Change has finally come to America. And people, same kind of mentality, we're going to get this country on track.
00:36:20
Speaker
um However, I doubt people who were part of that movement went to Klan rallies, unlike the MAGA movement. Right. Or, you know, so... I think, you know, people wanting the country to be for the better is a more of a commonality than anything else.
00:36:35
Speaker
um But the MAGA movement, it just shows who you support and how that's actually tearing us apart. And it's a shame that people don't see that's actually splitting us. Yeah, yeah. When we all watch soccer or football, it's not splitting us anymore. Now we're happy we love other.
00:36:51
Speaker
Do you think it would be an interesting social experiment to, because I see a lot of you know kind of more liberal people. In Los Angeles? No. No, no. But like on the internet, like I love the good liars. I think I've told you about them before. They're they're awesome, the good liars. Check them out.
00:37:09
Speaker
um But basically, like liberal interviewees going to, or interviewers, Going to like Trump rallies and talking to people and you know right of the gate they know this is gonna be like they're trying to get they're trying to get a clip for the Internet. This is a person who hates MAGA talking to me. So right out of the gate they're just like fuck you and like oh really and blah blah blah. So I wonder if you got some pretty hardcore like anti MAGA people to go to a rally with MAGA hats and just talk to people.
00:37:41
Speaker
I wonder if you can get through to them bet more so. And I'm not saying like go out there to change their minds, just more of like understand where they're coming from. Because if you, if you know, if you came in and you're like, fuck Trump, and then you're talking to a MAGA crowd, they're going to be like, well, we think he's the greatest and fuck you. It's like those answers don't do anything.
00:38:00
Speaker
Like why do you actually like him? You know? And I feel like you can't go in without kind of wearing the sheep's clothing a little bit. Maybe. i mean, i I think it's always good to sit down and have a conversation with people about those things about what, but,
00:38:15
Speaker
I mean, they're going to tell you the same thing we've been hearing from each side every year. it's you know, it's like they like what they're doing. They like, you know, I have family members who love the fact he's getting rid of the illegals.
00:38:27
Speaker
I'm like, but they don't affect you at all. Right. Like, yeah. And they also don't commit to. And unfortunately, that this person just kind of comes out more as racist sometimes now. Yeah.
00:38:38
Speaker
And. Yeah, it's. It's hard to say. it's yeah I would never go to a want to go to a rally with a MAGA hat and try to talk to people and stuff. because it's Yeah, I mean, that's not ah not my interest, but it's just interesting. Honestly, I'd rather put on a World Cup match and talk to them that way or a football game, an American football game, and talk to them that way.
00:39:00
Speaker
Yeah. You know, I mean, yeah we but there's always a political divide in this country. There there has been since day one. ah But, you know, should we leave England or should should we stay with England? You know, there's been a divide since day one.
00:39:11
Speaker
But the fact it's so divided now. I mean, it's that's obviously not like Civil War divided, nothing crazy like that. But it's so divided now. it's we We can come together. We can. but like I said before, the elite and the world leaders, or our leaders, I should say, keep putting us at each other.
00:39:28
Speaker
Yeah. So... And we we know we all have to do that. yeah Everyone else. i What I'll never get are people that like really like um like really simp for the billionaires. That's what I don't get. I don't understand that either. um There used to be a whole saying, like you know if you're a Republican, you know you vote Republican for the rich and you vote Democrat for the poor.
00:39:54
Speaker
My mom used to say, that's what her parents used to say to her. And she would always think to herself, then why do we vote Republican? Yeah. Because, you know, they they weren't a rich family, you know, middle class, you know, maybe lower middle class, depending on the year. But, um you know, it's, I don't understand why people sympathize with billionaires. Now, I don't want anything bad to happen to those people.
00:40:18
Speaker
But at the same time, you know how many people they have fucked over to get where they are. Yeah. I mean, we talked about this before. Elon Musk became a trillionaire. Yeah, for a little bit. And then he went back down. yeah you just a billionaire now, motherfucker. Yeah, go back to your shed, poor.
00:40:35
Speaker
But that's the thing. It's like you have all this money. you have money You have generational wealth. Well, you could split that up into... so And that whole generation would not have to worry about a fucking thing.
00:40:48
Speaker
her It's insane. yeah but yet But then here you are, you and you and I, you know, paycheck to paycheck. Next week. We'll have one day if we... ah got paid to do this even if it was 25 bucks an episode yeah for sure between us happy as hell yeah yeah i totally get you so i don't understand why people have sympathize for them either i mean yeah it's very strange maybe warren buffett maybe Yeah.
00:41:16
Speaker
Maybe one. mu food but um So ah there's also speaking of strange things, there is ah something that came up that you noticed new Mandela effect. I did. This has been coming, popping up on my Instagram quite a bit lately, Robert. Yeah, because I also have something to talk not about this, but kind
Mandela Effect: Willy Wonka & Nostalgia
00:41:37
Speaker
of. So so do you remember the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? I think it came out in 1971. Yes. With with Johnny Depp, of course.
00:41:45
Speaker
i will punch you in the dick gene wilder yes of course of course i they recently had some type of uh get together or something like that the original baruch assault was there one of the original oompa loompas my tv's still alive so it was kind of cool to see who's left and also sad yeah who isn't here anymore right how many chocolate bars did charlie open Total.
00:42:12
Speaker
this said This is before he found the ticket and when he found the ticket. How many total? Man, ah I feel like
00:42:25
Speaker
I'm guessing here because I haven't seen the movie yet in a long time. I actually just rewind i actually just rewatched it. kind of a I'm going to say two. So when he says two, when he's in the math class and the teacher goes, they're trying to teach a percentages and he can't do 100% of two hundred of two or something like that. He's like, I can't do just 10% of two or whatever the fuck it was. I don't remember.
00:42:48
Speaker
But he couldn't do a simple percentage. Basically, it was 0.02. percent But anyway simple out of ah whatever anyway, so Charlie only opens two. He opens a total of four Wonkas.
00:43:00
Speaker
Okay. Here's where the Mandela effect comes in. The first one he gets is for his birthday. Okay. It's not a Wonka bar. It's one of the, it's, it's one of the marshmallow delight ones. Kind of like a, like a moon pie type. that yeah's when they delight People swear to God it was a Wonka bar.
00:43:20
Speaker
Oh. It was never a Wonka book. Never. I've watched that movie, VHS, multiple, multiple times. So, it was he opens that.
00:43:31
Speaker
Then, Grandpa Joe uses tobacco money. Remember, his lazy ass can't get out of beds.
00:43:39
Speaker
And Charlie works, you know, he works with the family. He does papers, delivers papers, and he gives Grandpa's up tobacco money every week or whatever it
00:43:49
Speaker
Grandpa uses... Or the mother gives a door. Grandpa uses to buy a chocolate bar. That one was an actual Wonka bar. Okay. They opened it, nothing there. Yeah, that's what remember. remember not getting a golden ticket and then getting one.
00:44:02
Speaker
So then, then... Charlie goes to school, teacher's an asshole. They find out the fifth guy in Pedagüe, I think it pigguay was Pedagüe, was a fraud. So then, Charlie goes, he's like, oh, okay, you know, everybody's dismissed, whatever. He finds...
00:44:18
Speaker
money in a sewer drain. Puts his hand there, gets it. Um, goes and buys a Wonka Scrum de Llamptious Bar, which is the big one. Is that the one where he was like really going at it? Yeah, because he's, fuck he does he has cabbage water and bread. I'm totally on the candy shop owner's side. Like, Charlie was going to town. It's like, dude, charlie relax. Charlie's kind of starving, so yeah, I don't blame him.
00:44:42
Speaker
And then he's like, I'll get one more from my Grandpa Joe. Um... And then he's like, ah i kind of screwed up the story a little bit, but it's okay. One more for my grandpa Joe. Okay.
00:44:52
Speaker
Sorry. He gets a regular Wonka bar. Then he's walking by the newspapers and then they find out the guy was a fraud. Okay. So he finds out the guy was a fraud, opens the chocolate bar.
00:45:03
Speaker
There's the golden ticket. Okay. Those, that is the chronological events. Marshmallow Delight, regular Wonka, Scrum Deli Amstress Bar, Wonka. okay There is no Mandela effect.
00:45:14
Speaker
People who think that he opened a wall, no. that's played no the The cornucopia thing? Yeah, there was a fucking cornucopia there before. Absolutely in the Fruit of Loom. This is not it. Yeah, I agree. This doesn't feel very Mandela effect. It just fat sounds very like I thought I saw that as a kid. and So if i go if i if I go back to my house in my mom's house in Florida and I pop in the VHS, if we still have a VCR somewhere, pop in the VHS, and it's not that, I will come back on here and apologize and stand corrected. But because I've seen that movie 3,000 times, no.
00:45:44
Speaker
Can I ask a question? No. Because I remember, what is the point of... of the villain guy who was like creeping in the alleyways. Slugworth, Slugworth. Did he have anything to do with anything? Yes, absolutely.
00:45:56
Speaker
He did. Okay. Yes. Slugworth. So Slugworth would come up and ask the kids, you know, he wants his hand on the everlasting gobstop and I will pay you a bunch of money for you to be. Oh yeah.
00:46:08
Speaker
He finds out at the end, that's not Slugworth. The guy works for him and he had to test all the kids who was going to be the genuine true child, particularly the company. Okay. Gotcha. Okay. This Mandela effect. More or less Mandela effect kind of bullshit. Not real. I don't know what people, like the whole Shazam thing with Shaq as a wizard. Oh yeah. Never happened. that I don't even. not you that sha I'm sorry, not Shaq. Shaq was Kazam. That happened. I mean Sinbad.
00:46:34
Speaker
Sinbad wizard. Right, Shazam. Never happened. That never happened. Someone made, ah you know, a funny fake VHS cover, which I thought was fun. But ah but yeah, people are thinking of Kazam.
00:46:46
Speaker
Kazam with Jack. but but it isn't But it is funny because there's a part of me that's like, wait, wasn't he a wizard? No, he wasn't. Yeah. I remember I got into arguments with people on the internet.
00:46:58
Speaker
And because I always say like, everyone says they remember it, but they can't tell you the plot. They can't tell you any other side characters. All they can tell you is that him in a costume, but you can't think of anything at all. There's also this new Mandela effect of Chick-fil-A.
00:47:14
Speaker
Oh, yeah yeah. Was there a K in there or not? Right. There was always a K. The Bernstein Bears was probably the biggest one for me. Yep. That one was a little weird, but yep. yeah There's ah always a K in Chick-fil-A.
00:47:30
Speaker
Right, right. The cornucopia thing, though. Fruit of the Loom. i now I remember a fucking cornucopia. Yeah, yeah. I remember
Mandela Effect: Logos & Movies
00:47:40
Speaker
cornucopia. I would have sworn, unless it was fake, years ago someone found a Bernstein Bears like written, that it was written that way. And I actually used to have a whole drawer. So by the way, this is dating myself.
00:47:52
Speaker
There were used to be VHS tape drawers. Oh, I used to have the Bernstein Bears VHS tape. And I had a bunch of them. I had a bunch of them. And by the way, the Easter episode, fucking trippy. They were on fucking acid. If you remember the Easter special. I don't. I don't.
00:48:08
Speaker
It's fucking weird. And it even tripped me out as a kid. i was like, oh, what's going on? Like the cat, the cat, the bunny, the Easter bunny gets all like fucking psycho eyed. And like, it's fucking weird, man. um So, ah but yeah, yeah. I think that's fun, though. I do like Mandela effects. I think i think they're i think they are fun. i do. But let's.
00:48:29
Speaker
You know, this one just seemed like it was forced. Yeah. The Wonka one was forced. um parent Our generation did a lot of drugs. and the And the one before that, we did a lot of drugs. I'm guilty of drugging doing drugs as well.
00:48:43
Speaker
I don't do any drugs. Not anymore because I'm a flight attendant. I can't do them anymore. So alcohol doesn't count. Anyway, so... Yeah. Yeah. So... Well... think I think it was forced. Yeah.
00:48:55
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with you. Try harder. So something that I wanted to get your thoughts on that I found I found very annoying, but I also um I do.
Gym Culture & Annoying Personalities
00:49:07
Speaker
I've said this before. I feel like sometimes I dip into like a Larry David mindset.
00:49:11
Speaker
And, uh, and I had that moment the other day. So I was invited by my girlfriend to go to a workout class. and It was like, bring a free guest baby. yeah And, uh, it was, yeah, it was like, you know, a high impact cardio kind of class, but there yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I said. And, um, and, uh,
00:49:34
Speaker
There were a few people there that are like kind of cheerleader workout people. Okay. Where they're like, ah they like, ah you know, they're going up to say, oh, hey you got to show them how it's done. Yeah, you got to show them.
00:49:50
Speaker
And I just, it just hit me the wrong way. I was just like, I fucking work out. I wish i wish i was in a higher story of my home right now so I could jump out. Okay. That's that. Yeah.
00:50:02
Speaker
Yeah, and then you have people that are like, yeah, go, let's do it. You're doing such a good job. And it's like, shut the, look, I'm dying here with the pushups. Please, yes. yeah And then my girlfriend was like, oh, you would hate it because they're like this one lady who's like, yeah. Like there's like a lot li loud like cheer. And I'm like, I would fucking hate that. I do not react well to those like over positive like let's fucking go. You're doing it. I'm like, leave me alone.
00:50:33
Speaker
I live in New York City. Okay. I have been poor in New York City for 20 plus years. Okay. Some years are better than others. Yeah. That kind of shit pisses me the fuck off.
00:50:46
Speaker
Yeah. I don't need. I mean, I'm all for positivity and all for, you know, there's the instructor be like, all right, everyone, let's keep it going. Yeah. The instructor is fine. But when I see other people, I'm like, no.
00:50:57
Speaker
I mean, I'm going to like, you know, Stone Cold stun everybody that I see that doing that. Yeah. Yeah. Let's go kick stun. Yeah. story Yeah. It's like, lady, I don't know you. Like, don't please don't. Please don't.
00:51:09
Speaker
Um, jesus and like, I, I, there was a guy there too. Uh, this is, this is so judgmental. There was a guy there too. He just had that. He had a fucking annoying face. I'm sorry. He had an annoying fucking face and dude, I, I, people who are watching, he, he had this,
00:51:28
Speaker
I just wanted to fucking hit him in the face. just, dude, he, and I remember it was right as we got there. This guy's ready to go. He's fucking ready mentally for the class. He was probably counting down the days on the calendar. Nothing wrong with that. But he just had this fucking face and he had this dumb ass smile and he's just jogging in place like this.
00:51:51
Speaker
don't know if you see on the video. And he's just like going at it, big ass fucking grin. And I, I was, I was so, so like, I just was angering me and I'm like, stop running in place. I know you're trying to warm up. We're going to do a warmup, but at least stop, stop with the fucking face or look towards the wall and do it. Like I, I was, I was so grumpy.
00:52:12
Speaker
It was grumpy. It's what i i was, um, I was, my wife was bartending. I was visiting her at the bar and then I was going somewhere else. And, There was a bunch of people standing and just like cheering and stuff like that. I'm like, what the fuck is that? I'm like, oh, it's a run club.
00:52:29
Speaker
And I said, cause somebody else asked me and I said it kind of loud. I'm like, oh, it's a run club. and the the leader of the run club, the guy who actually organizes the club, he's like, that's right. It's a run club. It's a run club. And just, and I'm like, and then I find out I have friends in that run club and I'm like, that guy's a fucking dick. They're like, yeah, yeah he's not, he's, yeah, he can be a dick. I'm like, okay.
00:52:56
Speaker
I go jogging every now and then. Okay. But I, if I wanted to join a run club, it wouldn't be yours. Cause you're a prick. Yeah, I can't. I just can't. You know, I'm all for exercising. Like i I told you earlier, I worked out today for the first time in a while, like actually worked out.
00:53:12
Speaker
So um I'm going to be sore as fuck. Wish I didn't have stairs in my house tomorrow. But, you know, it's, you know, people that work out all the time and they love it. and That's great.
00:53:25
Speaker
That's wonderful. Working out's not easy for everybody. I'm happy you've made gotten to that point where it's easy for you. Yeah. But don't be a dick to everyone else. you You know, what some people are overly motivated to get here seven o'clock in the morning to do up, you know, high interval training. Okay. Hi. it Right. Whatever it's called.
00:53:42
Speaker
Yeah. I react better to... I'm not saying they have to be mean, but I i just react better to like normal motivation because it seems disingenuine. That's why I think. ah When it's normal motivation, it's like, come on, guys, let's go. Let's go. We we got two more left. like I'm fine with that. Same thing with like when I've gone to like acting classes. There have been very positive sure coaches, and I don't react well to them. Now, there's a difference, though, especially in Hollywood. There are acting teachers that...
00:54:12
Speaker
are, they kind of are stuck up. And then there's ones that are tough. And those I love. I love the tough ones. I like, I like the tough. I had, I had a film teacher when I was in acting school and I love the guy to death. He was fantastic. Great. But I, he just couldn't, him and I just couldn't connect. He just couldn't get there to bring it out. mean, he was a great teacher, but you know, so I had a so my final semester with the other director who was also wonderful.
00:54:41
Speaker
And he sees my my final video and he's like, Ronald, that's very good. i'm like, yeah, because I was comfortable around them. I wasn't comfortable around you. Yeah, yeah.
00:54:52
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So but like I said, he was a great teacher and he got other people really well. He just couldn't connect with me. But um as a person, great guy. One thing i want to say before I move on ah back
AI in Entertainment & Ethics of Recreating Voices
00:55:02
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with Willy Wonka. Did you hear about the new game show with Willy Wonka?
00:55:07
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something that i feel really uncomfortable about. They ended up, and of course, you know, it was approved by the estate or whatever, but they took, with approval of the role, the role doll state.
00:55:20
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Cause that's, I believe that the book comes from him. oh no and This is a speaking on Gene Wilder specifically. Oh, okay. gene They made, they took Gene Wilder's voice and put it through AI and he is announcing the show.
00:55:34
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Like he's a voice in the show and it's fucking weird. And I, I like, I know the family approved, but Gene Wilder doesn't know what fuck it never knew what AI was going to be. None of us did. And I just, I just feel like he wouldn't,
00:55:46
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one i Gene Wilder, I used to work at a Barnes and Noble in at Lincoln Center, in or Lincoln Triangle, but you know Upper West Side, 66 and Broadway. big is One of the biggest ones we had guests all the time.
00:55:58
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Gene Wilder was there one day. Wow. And I saw him walking down the stairs. i just saw him walking down the stairs. I just turn over it and he's walking. And I'm just like, oh. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. It's Gene Wilder.
00:56:11
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he was such a wholesome actor. And I mean that as an actor, he's an actor's actor, I would say. Yeah. And I don't think he would have approved the use of AI for him.
00:56:21
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I don't think he would have done that. Right. Right. I just, but then again, you know, people speak on his behalf now because he's gone. Yeah. I mean, he didn't know, ah no one did to to, to give an opinion on that. So AI is new. It's just weird. Cause I, you know, i only saw the commercial. AI is not new.
00:56:41
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Well, ah you know, in terms of... There there was a recent clip, so i and then we can move on, yeah from the Adam West Batman in the 60s. a And it talks about AI.
00:56:53
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I think it was Adam West. Could have been Batman the Animated Series. I could be wrong. But it was definitely something before we were really talking about AI. Yeah. um Yeah, there was like a really um but it was really well. It was really well made. ever ah Yeah, it was a really well made Deadpool where Deadpool is taking Tony Stark around and recruiting new people for the Avengers.
00:57:16
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And it looked really good outside of like Robert Downey Jr's. Eyeline was not perfect, but it looked good. And it was like he's like recruiting Superman. He's recruiting like everybody. And it's like It's, yeah. And, and it's, you know, it's Ryan Reynolds, it's not Ryan Reynolds, but it's him talking and it's, well, did you see that? Did you see that there is that, um, AI actress that's going to get her own movie soon?
00:57:39
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Oh, I don't know. I heard about an AI actress. That's got to be a test. And I would assume people are not going to be down for it, but i don't know.
00:57:50
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But it's going to penetrate the industry. That's for damn sure. That's true.
International Travel Dreams & Podcast Plans
00:57:55
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um So I guess we can, ah it looks like we have a few things to go over. So let's ah get right into it. What do you say?
00:58:03
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Let's do it. Penetrate.
00:58:11
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Before we do the penetrating questions, I have to comment how perfect my timing was with that music because that wasn't planned at all. No, it was not planned at all. That was really good. That was not planned at all. We do not really – I don't add any music in post. It's all live. No, and you started adding music, you know, a prelude into the actual jingle.
00:58:32
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So um that was perfect timing on our part. Let's see if we can –
00:58:37
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So I actually, I haven't really read them. i i read them. Oh, for those you that don't know, Penetrating Questions, this is a segment where you can go online and submit your thoughts, questions, ideas, curse us out. You can be a review. We don't care. We're going to read it on the air. We're going to talk about it. You don't have to use your real name. You can use a fake name. You can use your mom's name. doesn't matter. do what you want. You could use our names.
00:58:59
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You could. Yeah, you could. like You can have our identity. careful i mean, all you need is my social, which is like one, one, two, five, seven. Oh, sorry. um Anyway. ah I, know I, I have them pulled up. If you want me to read him we have two.
00:59:17
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Let's do it. Let's do it. I'm get some water first. Yeah, i was gonna say, I can read the first one. um So, guys, this is the first one is going to come from GeekyPrincess12. GeekyPrincess12, hello. That just sounds like a good AOL and some messenger names. Somebody played Pokemon as a kid.
00:59:34
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Hey. think it was awesome, though. It was awesome. But um the question is, will the will there be a time in the future where the two of you embark on a journey outside of the U.S. and share what you have learned along the way? What place would you two travel to begin the quest if it were ever come true? um Down the DP podcast goes abroad.
00:59:58
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Yeah. Yeah. um Well, I will be i will be traveling to Italy this year. So, Ron, you can come with um and we'll get some raviolis. We'll get some beefaroni together.
01:00:11
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um And ah but yeah, good question. I mean, I would say Vietnam. Oh, Viet. They love us in Vietnam. Vietnam. They love us in Vietnam. That's a good one. I wouldn't think that. I was going to say. You guys remember they love us in Ho Chi Minh City. So.
01:00:28
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Heyo. Shout out Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh. I would. Yeah, Vietnam would be cool, but something closer. um We also do a fire oven beer. So Germany, I think, would be a Germany. Yeah. Germany.
01:00:42
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Germany. and India likes us, too. I've always wanted to go to India. another one, I don't know. Those are my choices. Okay. I was going to say Ireland only because of beer, but Scotland.
01:00:53
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Yep. Technically, we have recorded abroad because I've recorded in the UK. Not the UK, I'm sorry. Vancouver. Vancouver, that's right. Vancouver. I've recorded abroad already. So we can cross Canada the list. That's true. We did it. We did it, people. Woo! What, both of us a joint trip? Oh, that's a fun idea.
01:01:13
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That is a fun idea. It's not in the cards right now, but it's fun idea. London? I don't know. London would be cool. right there. Well, hey, a shout out to vietnam el or Vietnam fans. If you guys want us in that country and record an episode, we're down. Let us know. Let us know.
01:01:28
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um But yeah, that's a good question, though. That's a good question. I like it. i like it a lot. yeah I love how they love us in Vietnam. Yeah. Vietnam!
01:01:40
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That's from Forrest Gump. Do you want to read the second one? Yeah, I do. I do. Cool.
01:01:47
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This is, you and I might have a good 20 minute tangent on this one. Okay. This is from Herr Buter. Herr Buter's written, wrote to us before. Oh. Hey, fellas.
01:01:59
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I know you're both big Robin Williams fans. If Robin could be back with us today and make one more film, what would you like to see? Comedy? Drama? and so so A specific character from existing IP?
01:02:11
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I'd like to hear your thoughts. I'm to soft pitch for a film, if you can. Bonus points if you can find a role for it and for Harvey Fierstein. Okay. Uh-huh.
01:02:22
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One Hour Photo 2. It's digital now. Oh, i love that. That's funny. So yeah does he break out of prison? breaks out of prison and meets with Harvey Fierstein, who is a cellmate, and he goes on a rampage to kill that family.
01:02:38
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That's what it is. Or yeah he could he could find, like, yeah, maybe... you all yeah In all seriousness, if he could do one more role, definitely not Mrs. Doubtfire.
01:02:54
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Leave that alone. Leave that. That's going to be like a big mama, big mama's two thing. No. Yeah. They were trying. I heard the plot was like, he was going to spy on his daughter in college or something. That's that's a big mama's two thing. No, yeah absolutely not.
01:03:08
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Um,
01:03:13
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I mean, can always bring back that poet society that you know, he got his job back. But then again, the kid killed himself. So it's a little challenging to do that. It's also like stories that had two blood endings.
01:03:24
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It's hard to like, you know, bring it back. Goodwill hunting. Yeah. Realistically, Robert. I have an answer, but yeah, go for it. I would say the birdcage too.
01:03:37
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. ah Yeah, the birdcage. That would be good. I would say the birdcage, too. Let's say it's post-pandemic. It's affected. It's going out of business. And Harvey Fierstein is the antagonist trying to take the place away. Right, right. And he also is Armand, Robin's character's past lover from a long time ago.
01:03:59
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Oh, that's good.
Nathan Lane & Humorous Grandparent Names
01:04:01
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Yeah. And they're also grandparents now. of course yeah and ah Yeah, and I could see – oh, dude, there's so many jokes.
01:04:11
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Like I feel like – Armand, who is this? Who do you think I am, sweetheart? Do you know who am? you remember me, don't you, baby? That night in South Beach.
01:04:23
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I feel like he wouldn't – like I feel like Nathan Lane would have a problem being called Grand Grand Bob. was the stage manager in Cabaret, you remember?
01:04:34
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I feel like Nathan would... I think it was Cabaret they did. I could be wrong. Yeah. ah Yeah, I feel like Nathan Lane would ah wouldn't want to be called Grandpa. I feel like he would have an
Hypothetical Movie Roles & Comedic Scenarios
01:04:45
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issue with that. um He'd probably come up with some other name that would be really funny. Call me Granny. Granny or... Yeah, yeah.
01:04:55
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Boobie or something like that. Yeah, he would have it. It would be like, would be something. Call me babushka. I love it. Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. Something like that. Exactly. Yeah. um what What was your thought on what it would be?
01:05:06
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Well, that's a really good answer because I was going to say... Flubber 2, but it's a porn anyway. Oh, right. Well, Fluffer? All right. Fluffer. Here we go.
01:05:19
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Yeah. um I was in a movie with the villain from Fluffer. From Fluffer? buffer hubber Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was really good at that job. But um I was going to say a new drama because I know he did some comedies near the end of his life that...
01:05:36
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uh they're kind of hit or miss like he did i don't know he did like rv it was a lot of like there's a lot of like eh you angriest man in brooklyn yeah so i i don't know i feel like putting him back in the drama role would have been really cool to see feel like he could really like take it on um but either birdcage 2 or a new drama that would be for me and Oh, I'm sorry. i see I forgot a part. He also said, if you could find a role for Harvey Fierstein. And then he, sorry, he wrote after that, carry gold for life.
01:06:09
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Mitzli by Herr Buter. Let's go. Let's go carry gold for life. Carry gold for life. Carry gold for life, brother. But that is a great question. I mean, that is a really good question. I will say, I'm a big
Comedian Adam Ray & Dr. Phil Impersonation
01:06:21
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fan. I know you're not too familiar. I'm a big fan of the comedian, Adam Ray.
01:06:25
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And Adam Ray, uh... you know, does a show where he dresses up as Dr. Phil and he has guests on like celebrity guests that he interviews is Dr. Phil and it's fucking hilarious.
01:06:36
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And his improv is like great. Like his, his answer is his, you know, he's just good improv, like pop, pop, pop back and forth, you know, cause usually has a good comic. There's a really great one with Will Sasso or Will Sasso does an impression of Arnold. He asked, yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a a question anyway.
01:06:54
Speaker
But Robin Williams would have been amazing on Dr. Phil Live. So any fans of Dr. Phil Live, I know that Robin Williams would have been incredible. It would have been nonstop, a back and forth. And i that's what I would love to see him as a guest on that show.
01:07:10
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So, excuse me yeah, God bless you. Well, Robert, it is it is hot in my room because i have to shut the AC and my fan off so I can record. Oh.
01:07:22
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And um so i I'm thirsty. Oh, well, maybe you should have one of these.
Cider Tasting & Playful Banter
01:07:42
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So I am very excited about this one. I've already tried it. This was my last can. It was sitting in my fridge for a while and I'm waiting to open it for this situation. It is from Barron's Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards 1911 Orange Creamsicle Cider.
01:07:55
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orange cream sickle cider Ooh, that does sound really good. and That does sound really good. Small batch hard cider, 6.9%. Orange and cream like a midsummer night's dream. Perfect for picnic days and sunny sunny rays.
01:08:13
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The tried and true flavors of decadent vanilla and tangy orange have teamed up to bring you 1911 Orange Creamsicle Hard Cider, your favorite ice cream truck classic in a can.
01:08:26
Speaker
Cool. i am It's you know New York cider. Got it in Trader Joe's, actually. Wow. But I want to show you this cup, okay? Uh-huh. I don't think this is the original one we have. the but It's from Spirits on Bourbon.
01:08:38
Speaker
Okay? This was, you know the show Bar Rescue? Yes. This was one of the restaurants. Oh. Let me guess. it It failed. It did, actually. After many years, it did.
01:08:49
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Yeah. But look at this. See you can see it. That's cool. Oh, light up. Yeah. So now,
01:08:58
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It was kind of like a whole, like, demon barber themed... Not Sweeney Todd, but, like, deie demon barber themed. and Yeah. Pretty cool. Yeah. not like Not like Sweeney Todd, but kind of like a barbershop that had, like, a demon complex. It's just like a murderous bartender.
01:09:13
Speaker
Or barber. Yeah. So, this is the color. Basic cider. Maybe an orange tint, but you really wouldn't know. um It is already a schmeckt gut. It's already schmeckt. You don't need to... And, um...
01:09:27
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roast roast here we go clo bla glo glug glug glug so what i love about the cider is that you definitely taste the orange cream the orange cream flavor you get that cream sickle dream sickle yeah the cream rises to the top i got exactly exactly what's orange cream yeah that you all i can't do the elmo today so i'm not going to but it all you also get with it um You still taste like kind of that's your go to when I'm macho man. You're like, oh, I got to respond with it. It's it's a podcast. We never got with macho man and Elmo. it's bado
01:10:04
Speaker
That would be that would be a great guest. Elmo. Anyway, the side. Yeah. OK, absolutely. If I do Elmo now, it sounds like I'm smoking. But the cider, you still taste the cider with it as well. So it's not just like a sweet trap of, you know, creamsicle. It's very well balanced. it's okay i actually I was with my wife and I actually ran to the, ah when I saw it in Trader Joe's, actually ran to it. So yeah, very good.
01:10:31
Speaker
Well, cool. I do want to try it. I'm i'm going to wait for the Flintstones push-up pop version. Oh, that'd so fucking good. Which is basically the same thing. its it was Yeah, it's a little different, though. It's a little more artificial, but you appreciate it Yeah, yeah. I want that fake shit. I want those microplastics in my ice cream. Yeah! I want the toilet paper tube.
01:10:49
Speaker
I want those American microplastics, brother. Oh, love it. Yeah. right up Right inside me. I think that's it. Yeah, think that's it. that's it. got nothing else for you
Upcoming Events & Apologies
01:10:59
Speaker
Yeah. Well, guys, ah I guess next episode we'll be in Vietnam at the studio, at the Vietnam studio. um So we'll see you there.
01:11:09
Speaker
Also, I do want to apologize. I know some of the episodes have been a little eh. One episode was... ah i think we I think we messed up and forgot hit a wrong button and it didn't go out the same day it was supposed to. Another thing was um we were traveling and just our schedules didn't line up. And then we dropped an episode randomly.
01:11:29
Speaker
so But we needed to do that for his Kickstarter. So watch that are at the interview with Travis. Definitely go listen to that. That was fantastic. And um yeah. This will come out Tuesday, the last schedule.
01:11:42
Speaker
Yeah, and ah just ah I will be, if if anyone lives in North Carolina, i will be at the, I will be in North Carolina August 7th through the 9th at the, um sorry, let me bring up my my tour dates, if you will.
01:11:58
Speaker
um It's like 90 degrees in the city. Dude, yeah, it's it's hot. It's hot here too. um But yeah, I will be traveling North Carolina for an event, a film festival, and it's going to be at the Mightier Than the Sword Awards in Ashburn, ah North Carolina.
01:12:18
Speaker
Oh, sorry, Ashboro. won it Not Byrne. Ashboro. Yeah, I was like, Asheboro, North Carolina, i will be there. So come on by. I'll be speaking um there and would love to talk to people. So i don't know if anyone from do they say NorCal, Nor, Nor, Nor, Nor.
01:12:34
Speaker
Is there a shorter term for North Carolina? i And see, come on and raise up. I don't know. I don't know. the there i don't know. Come on and say hi. ah Go to my link tree. I got tickets on sale now.
01:12:49
Speaker
And it would be cool to see you there. Maybe I'll give you a little. When is it again? It's going to be August 7th through the 9th. Let me check my schedule, Robert. Maybe Ron's going to be there. And say i'm not I'm not holding back. I will also give Ron a free sticker. if Nope. i will mention I will be in Sacramento and in Vancouver.
01:13:10
Speaker
Cool. Well, Ron's not getting a sticker, but maybe you can. All right, guys, we will see you on the next
Podcast Conclusion & Listener Engagement
01:13:18
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one. Thanks for stopping by. And, you know, always, always be down for that DP.
01:13:24
Speaker
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01:13:48
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