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Old YouTube, Boasting, and Raccoons | Down with DP Podcast 12-15-2025
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Introduction to 'Down With DP'
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Welcome to the...
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What's the deal? Let me try that again. It's the Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Prendamano. That's you.
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Ew.
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What's up? Oh, my God. What's up? Good morning. Hi. Good evening. Whatever.
Ron's Exhausting Travels
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We have different facial expressions happening right now. Yeah, my facial expression is go fuck yourself. That's what. Oh, wow. i me Oh, man. What is today? Today is ah the 10th, which is a Wednesday. you are september ten December Yeah, December 10th. December 10th. All day. It's. You're having a little wacky Wednesday, Ron. I am having a little wacky. I'm still, I had a long work trip a couple days ago, and I'm still kind of recovering from that because the schedule, it went from like morning to night, night to morning, like very like back and forth. So I'm just kind of too old for this shit, but I did it because it was a good credit.
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So I'm just exhausted right now.
Stranger Encounter in NYC
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Where, ah where'd you go? I was in, where did I go? Where the fuck did I go? I was in Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles. Yeah. How'd that go?
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Fort Lauderdale was great. Los Angeles, I mean, I literally landed at like 1030, 11 o'clock in the morning and then had to sleep because I had to go back out at 11 o'clock that night. So, yeah. Wow. Yeah. it was The same day.
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yeah was You basically just took a long nap. Oh, was a great sleep. Great sleep. Oh, that's good. Oh, man. Well, I'm glad that you caught on your sleep. I'm a little cranky this morning, everybody. I do apologize. little cranky. Our pregame was quite hilarious because every word out of my mouth was cunt. So, oh yeah. Two minutes into the episode, I said cut. Beautiful. I know that's going to be one of the things on our Patreon. Once that is up and going, we want to start recording the pre-show, the Down With TV podcast pre-show. Pre-show. Oh God. That's the pre-show. NC-17.
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Where we start to lose fans when they realize behind the scenes where. Or gain fans. Or gain. Maybe they're like, yeah, screw the regular show. We just want
Nostalgic Internet Culture
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pre-show. Yeah, seriously. That's where like the real us comes out. I think Rosie O'Donnell, that's the name I'm throwing out there. Wow.
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Wow. she She said she had a TV persona and she had a like in between persona. Like, you know, was is yeah, which just makes sense because you're on when you're can that. Sure.
00:02:31
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You got to be so um agreed. That's just how it is. this's But um is there anything else that contributed to your crankiness? I heard you were in a bit of ah a pickle.
00:02:43
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Yeah, so um this doesn't contribute to my crankiness, but i yeah I just did that for the effect of the storytelling. That's good, though. I like what did. So when I so I got got back to New York at like 8, 830 in the morning, right?
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And um i get my Uber to go home. So like it's it's a quick Uber ride and it's much easier than taking the trains and buses. So it's like a nine dollar Uber ride. So I don't mind doing it.
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i could i could I could afford that. Yeah, that's what I'm like. It's affordable. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's like that's like nothing to me. I don't know. I'm in a weird mood. and I'm in a weird mood. You're in a cranky mood. I'm in a weird mood. I'm like, nine bucks, I can afford that. I can afford it.
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can afford it. I can afford it. Ten dollar. Anyway, sorry. This is an average New York
Standup Comedy Insights
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story. This is nothing new. Guy comes up to me. This an average New York story. I'm going to tell you. If you live New York, this is every day. This is every day life. Right, right.
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Guy comes up to me and goes, excuse me, sir. Real quiet voice. He's taller than me. He's a little larger. He's larger than me. And I don't mean like stocky. I mean, he's just kind of a overweight guy. Yeah. He comes up and goes, excuse me, sir.
00:03:57
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Can I use your phone? I have to call my father. And I'm like, father. Yeah. he guys He's got to call his father, his dad, whatever. And he's like, he's led you from the dark night. My father, my, you know where I got these, my father. And he, um, and I got these scars. Um, so he comes up to me and like, I'm like, I'm sorry, dude. I can't do that. He's like, I'm not asking for money or anything. Can I please just use your phone? I have to call my father. You can do it on speaker. You can hold the phone. I just have to call him. And I'm like,
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dude, like, no, my my my cab's about to be here, dude. No. And then I don't know where he goes, motherfucker. Like he's about to punch me in the fucking face. Oh, wow. And I put my arms up ready to for him to fucking swing at me. And I'm like, I said to him, I wish you fucking would.
00:04:40
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I wish you fucking would. Like, hu I'm in uniform. I'm a flight attendant. I'm in my flight attendant uniform. I'm white. This is not a white area where I'm getting my my boss. I do not live in a white area. So I um
'Jingle All the Way' Discussion
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he obviously thought I was a target, somebody that wouldn't, you know, would back down. for And I was ready. to like Like, I fucking wish you would.
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Some lady walked by, saw the whole thing. And she's like, right. Like, I wish you fucking would. Right. i am You know what this sounds like? I'm not a tough guy. I am. I am not anybody. i ain't shit. But i I was ready to fucking throw down with this guy like 830 in the morning. I was ready to fight.
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Dude, this kind of sounds like this is normal New York. Yeah, but it's also it's kind of funny because the whole time I'm thinking it and I believe you what you're saying, but it also sounds like the scene of a movie. Here's Ron. Yeah, where it's like I told him i told him I'm go to beat the shit out of him. Cut to with what actually happened. Oh, God, please. No, no, like real i said ah because I was exhausted. I believe you. I just think it's funny.
00:05:40
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I wish you fucking would. And he didn't, he wasn't, he wasn't going fight me. He wasn't, it wasn't that type of thing. It was just like, I'm exhausted. And here you are coming at me right now. Like I fucking wish you would buddy. Yeah, I really do. Like I said, I am not tough. i I am, I am not, I am what you may consider soft. I do not get, but I am not going have somebody come up to me at eight 30 in the fucking morning, ready to fight me. Like, no, yeah no, you're not
NYC Politics and Zoran Mamdani
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using my phone. My cab's about to be here. Go fuck yourself. Now,
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Did he need to call his father? Maybe. i don't know. I used to live by a criminal. His father. I used to live by a criminal courthouse. So guy, i would I'd be coming home from the bar like two in the morning. and Guys would get released all the time. And I would be like, they're like, yo, I just got released. Can I use your phone? Can I call somebody? And I would be like, yeah, sure.
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I'd hold my phone and they would speak into it. And you know, that, that was fine. This, this was a different situation. He was either trying to steal my phone or if he really had to call his dad, there are free towers in New York city.
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where you can go like ah Wi-Fi towers that have like free phones to it. You can go and call whoever you need to. Yes. So it's like you don't have to hit 1-800-AT&T. No, no, no. You don't have to do 10-10-220. Dial down on the center. You don't have to do 10-10-220 and one in the numbers. 99 cents on all your 20-minute phone calls and seven cents a minute after that.
00:06:53
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Yeah. Before people will get that reference. But um I know. Yeah. So it was just it was just like I said, it's that's everyday New York. Has it happened to me before? Yes. Has it been years since it's happened to me?
00:07:05
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Yes. But um New York fucking nuts. We're nuts. It's nuts out here. So when you do come here, Rob, be careful. Okay, well, I've been, mean, I was born there, so. You were born that don't mean shit, okay? And I was there lot. was in New Jersey. That doesn't mean shit. That doesn't mean I up eating pork roll egg and cheese every day of my life, okay? Uh-huh. Yeah, I've been there. So,
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one of the things that reminded me of, oh yeah, there's a thing. What is it c called? Maybe we've talked about this because there's something that my sister makes me every time I visit. She's in New Jersey and it's like an iconic New Jersey. Pork roll, Taylor ham.
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Yeah, it's like a ah breakfast. Like, yeah, so it's so good. It's a breakfast sausage, essentially. Yes. Yeah, yeah. It's sounds so good. North Jersey calls it Taylor ham.
00:07:56
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South Jersey calls it pork roll. Okay. So that's where the battle comes in. Is it pork roll or is it Taylor ham? Well, I'll have one of the package. It says Taylor's pork roll.
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Okay. They're trying
Holiday Challenges and Family Loss
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to meet in the middle. Okay. Yeah. Taylor. I mean, I don't give a fuck. I mean, personally, I call it pork roll, but if I go to like, if I'm in North Jersey and they have Taylor ham, egg and cheese, I'm just going to call it Taylor ham, and cheese. yeah You don't give a fuck about that. I i do, but I'm just not going fight because I want my sandwich.
00:08:26
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Yeah, but I fucking wish that you would, though. I fucking wish you would fight it. Motherfucker, am not in the mood right now. When we were talking and I made that joke about Heath Ledger jokes, do you remember when people were doing nonstop Heath Leather? Ooh, that's a poor name.
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Heath Leather. leather Heath Leather the poker. um Poker, I barely know her. No, the Heath Ledger Joker impressions. Um, that's like from old YouTube where people were like really getting into it and it was all super cringe and no one was ever impressed by the Joker impressions. Still aren't by the way. most still Um, um, but something we were talking about in the last episode is fun YouTube videos that we used to watch.
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And one of them that, um, I say all the time and it's all always like, um, a treat when someone gets it is like, Like, instead of saying, like, okay, let's go. Like, I'm ready to do this. Sometimes I'll be like, Hawkeye. Hawkeye.
00:09:25
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and And most times people are like, like, why are you talking weird? But yeah sometimes people are like, oh, here's the earth. It's chilling. Dang, that's a sweet earth, you might say. Round. Anyway. Group X. Oh, yeah. Group X. That group X. Yeah. Shiggity five. Shifty five. Shifty five.
00:09:45
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um The end of the world or whatever it's called. Yeah, that was a whole guy. So, yeah, the end man. if Fucking kangaroos. um That guy did do another one because there was like a little news story about it. And um it was kind of cool because he actually showed the original like, you know, back then and things were made in Flash and yes, media flash. And he showed the original file and that was cool because, you know, you saw things off screen and animated and that was cool. But he made a new one.
00:10:17
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It didn't really slap. It was kind of like too, too political. um Like, you know, I'm down to make fun of Trump as much as the next guy, but it was almost like too much. And I'm like, ah part of it was the fact that it was making fun of kind of the whole world.
00:10:33
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And this was like, see more American politics. Oh, yeah. I mean, it was fine. Like the guy still worked hard on it. And it's all it's one of those things where it's like, you're not going to get the sequel you want.
00:10:44
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Yeah. And was the world was lightning in the bottle. So yeah. Oh, I IQ 55. Did you ever um do you know the like Badger?
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One which was like, Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger. Mushroom, mushroom. So that was. snake snakena bed bedroom So that was done by a guy named Weeble, ah who I was a huge fan of. I would visit his website almost daily. On Albino Black Sheep?
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Albino Black Sheep. and that's I think that's where I first saw it, Albino Black Sheep. So in high school, I used to animate myself and I still have some of my old cartoons on Newgrounds dot com. You've mentioned this. Yeah. And i love but one of them. I did. i love this for you. Weeble. Thank you.
00:11:31
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Thank you. i appreciate that. I love you. Oh, my God. That's like saying bless your heart. Yeah, kind of. I'm sorry. I can't believe said that. We have. And I'm very upset I said it. My cat. Oh, she's very happy.
00:11:43
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Oh, she knows. She knows. Dad's a little on edge. Yeah. But um yeah. ah So Weeble had a website where he posts all his new stuff and he did this series called Dog Face.
00:11:56
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um Oh, no, no, he didn't. It's called Cat Face. Cat Face. And it was just like this cat that floated in the air and he had a huge head and his his like body would dangle and it was like weird. But I animated one called Dog Face and I gave him a really shitty Liverpool accent.
00:12:10
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And it got to the front page of his website. Nice. And it was the little it was a little, um just that ah two ah I'll tell you two um really ah kind of losery accomplishments I've had internet. Losery accomplishments. Okay, go on. Yeah, kind of like ones that only I would find cool, maybe five other people.
00:12:30
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Something you would never say on the first date. So one of them was I made it to the front page of Weeble because I animated a series called Dogface. I animated a few of them. So check that out. Check out Dogface. You know, it's your boy. um Second one.
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Do you remember a website called YTMND? which stands for, you're the man now, dog. Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. That was the most, that is prime, like early 2000s internet. All the website was, all that it was.
00:12:59
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You know, you can make fun of TikTok all day. All YTMND was, was you would upload a photo and put music to it. The end. The end. And that is it. And I remember I made one and it was just about Zelda and it was pretty clever.
00:13:16
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um It was like it showed if anyone Zelda fans, the main character's name is Link. And I posted this article about like, oh, is the Zelda franchise failing? And again, this is early two thousand s right? So um And then i I right clicked on it and you know, you can go to save link and I highlighted save link and I screenshotted it, put that put Zelda music to it. I made it to the front page YTM and d and that will forever be one of the biggest accomplishments of my fucking life And maybe I should say it around people, around women. Maybe I should say it. whoa Maybe I should brag about it.
00:13:52
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Maybe I should boast about it, which is something I want to talk about later. Boasting. OK. How does that make you feel? Are you jealous? Are you rock hard? Like what's what's going through your body right now when I tell you these things?
00:14:05
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I mean, it's cool, but I'm not like, you know, spit out my coffee. It's cool. I was expecting you to be like, that's fucking labor. You're I don't know. Honestly, it's kind of cool. It's cool. I'm not going to, I'm not going to jack off to it later. i'm pretty I was not expecting it. Good for you, buddy. like oh I love that. That was like, you know what? Honestly, Robert, that is kind of fucking cool. You know we should tell it to all the women. i mean that's see That's great what you accomplished 20 years ago. That's fantastic, buddy. it's That's really Thank you. do You know, they say people hit their prime in high school. Well, you know, I think I might have. probably did. I probably i probably yeah in high school.
00:14:40
Speaker
I was president. Nobody fucking cares. Anyway, I think it's cool. Yeah, it's kind of fun. It's a good conversation, but, you know, it doesn't mean shit. yeah i haven't planned one reunion, so, you know, I have to plan the 30, though.
00:14:53
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Oh, you got some time. Yeah, it's going to be like it's going to be it's going to 2020. It's going to 2033. And I'm going to like, oh, fuck, I got to do this. shit it's Right, right.
00:15:03
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um We should have it in. ah We should. I don't know. We should like it's going to be in Florida, though. I guess it has to be right. I mean, I mean, very few of us live out of the state.
00:15:16
Speaker
Like pretty much everyone still lives in Florida or at least somewhere in the south. You and I got out. Yeah. Um, you know, there's another, I got another, we got another buddy that lives in a Staten Island. He's there. Uh, so yeah, I mean, yeah. A few live in Texas and stuff like that, but most everyone lives in Florida.
00:15:32
Speaker
Yeah. Okay, cool, cool, cool. Um, so, uh, where's there, where there, cause I know last episode, we kind of talked a little bit about stuff that we watch. I was a big, um, angry video game nerd fan.
00:15:45
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know if ever watched the angry video game nerd. Maybe. i don't know um So, Angry Video Game Nerd, he was the beginning of um probably the angry review genre. You know when people are like, oh my god, I just played this game and it fucking sucks. Like, he was the first to do that.
00:16:04
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And I was obsessed with him. And in fact, he made a movie, and I'm i'm in the Angry Video Game Nerd movie. um That's not a brag. no I'm in it for a little bit. so I'm kind yelling my cat right now. so Okay, cool. On the blanket. Let's go.
00:16:18
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you know Okay, Ron, I'll do it. Jeez. Ron's talking to me, by the way. On the blanket, Robert. Get on the blanket right now. Do what daddy says. Daddy's going to get cranky. sorry to interrupt you, but ah now she's coming to me. I'm like, no, you can't. Oh, my baby, bro.
00:16:33
Speaker
Okay. You stay next to me. But that was a thing. And then Nostalgia Critic was another one. No, I mean, that genre. Maybe I was more into YouTube than you. I don't know. I mean, I don't watch a lot of those videos. They're cool, but I don't watch a lot of them.
00:16:48
Speaker
So you didn't have like go to Internet stuff like you didn't go on Newgrounds or anything? I did. Oh, Newgrounds I went on all the time. Yeah, I loved Newgrounds. Same. You should check out my cartoons, bro. From high school. I made them in high school and it's fucking amazing. Okay. They are Pixar level animation.
00:17:06
Speaker
I love it. and I love it. And I dragged my other high school buddies to do voices on it. um We all sound terrible. It's fine. Do I remember these guys? It's great. Um, maybe I'll, I'll put their names in chat.
00:17:20
Speaker
Okay. You don't have to do it now. It's fine. No, I'm going to it right now. Um, all right. And, um, so that's one. No. What about this?
00:17:32
Speaker
No. All right. Cool. Anyway, i got all the stars, all the stars. But yeah, ah actually that reference, all the stars is a YouTube reference as well. Uh, kind of.
00:17:44
Speaker
So there is an amazing video, one of my favorite videos of Norm MacDonald, where there I don't know if you've seen this, but there is there was like a YouTube awards, the streamies or something. Yeah. And they had like a little like kind of like red carpet lounge where they had a bunch of YouTubers with like, you know, fucking microphones interviewing people. On the couch with these YouTubers, Norm MacDonald.
00:18:10
Speaker
Who the hell hired Norm MacDonald to do a YouTube commentary for like the awards? It had to be a joke. genius Also genius genius. Because Norm was like norm just talking shit. Oh, Norm was just Norm talking shit the whole time. he There was a point where Norm MacDonald, he had like a list of all the YouTubers coming out. And he's like, oh, Dax Flame is here. all the stars are are here. birth all the Oh, and he's like naming all these like usernames. He's like, oh, all the stars are here.
00:18:42
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um And the other YouTubers are like, they're trying to keep up with his comedy. No, it's not even getting close. It's yeah. Yeah, you yeah it's hilarious. Different level. He was on a different level than everyone else. You could He did not give a shit about this award ceremony. It's the best. You really should watch it. Just just.
00:19:00
Speaker
Yeah. Next time you're on YouTube, Norm MacDonald YouTube Awards or whatever, or something will come up. um Yeah, it's ah it's great. I wish I could think off the top of my head what else he said, but I haven't seen I might watch that after this because it's so funny. But yeah, that's kind of my ah YouTube background. um But in the real news, something we want to talk about, because I want to I want to some the things we're going talking about is ah kind of like, um excuse me, um we're going to be talking about some Christmas movies. um We're going to get a little dark and ah ask about what is respecting the dead mean? um in terms of film. but And I'm also going to talk a little bit about ah boasting. I want to get your opinion on this, actually. And we've had a penetrating question. we have a few penetrating questions view as We have questions today. I'm very excited about it. I'm really into one of them because it's kind of yeah not us, but I'm going to get into it.
00:19:53
Speaker
Okay. Um, did you hear about the raccoon, ah getting drunk? I did hear about the drunken raccoon at the liquor store. Oh my God. He's a hero of mine. He is right here.
00:20:04
Speaker
Yeah. And now, you know, he's going to be coming back. He's like, dude, that, it's just funny. Like he broke into the store, drank liquor and he was just passed out drunk in the bathroom. I'm like, that's amazing. Yeah.
00:20:16
Speaker
This is why I think, um, what you call it? Like when you die and you come back as something else like, Oh God. Yeah. It's probably someone else. going to become alcoholic turtle. Yeah.
00:20:28
Speaker
Yeah. um But now video the video got gained a lot of traction. it was funny as hell. It's like, yeah, you just see the raccoon just sprawled out, passed out on the, on the bathroom floor. And it's like, yeah, I've been there.
00:20:44
Speaker
i've I've been there. Do you know what kind of alcohol it was? No, I don't. and I don't know what he was drinking. I'm curious. I feel like it was schnapps. I don't know why. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, actually, something high school question.
00:20:56
Speaker
Um, I heard that people are going to this location now to like visit where the raccoon passed out, which is something, it's something I would do that. it I admit it. i would like, yeah, I want to visit the raccoon bathroom. That's fair. I love if something happened at a place, I want to visit it. It's so weird. I am something. Yeah.
00:21:16
Speaker
Yeah. No, not, not for me. No, no. I, I do not feel ah where was it even? I don't remember. Yeah, we're bad at this game. Maybe I should have done research. That's why I want to visit QED so bad, because I see you at it. It automatically automatically. I'm like, I just want to visit it. Like that place also has a lot of famous comics that have been there as well. Like, yeah, Jim Gaffigan's performed there. um Bill Cosby.
00:21:42
Speaker
No, Bill. Bill wasn't there. No, no, no. um no Do you ever hear Norm's? Do you ever hear Norm talk about Bill Cosby? no no where he's like yeah i like bill cosby uh not a fan of his comedy but uh i like him oh it's fucking brilliant uh oh i i could talk about i could do a whole norm episode he was a genius saver for the but yeah sorry to cut you off no you're fine yeah uh save it for the year With um the alcohol, I was going to say, do you remember in high school? i don't know if you heard you would get this rumor. I did about ah was it gold gold gold lager gold lager gold schlager. There was a rumor going around that the there's this little gold pieces. Yeah. And they I was told that when you drink it, they give like little microscopic cuts in your throat to get the alcohol in more.
00:22:36
Speaker
Obviously, it's bullshit. Probably bullshit. I wouldn't be surprised, though. Yeah, that was something I heard all the time. I think Eurotrip, I think, helped popularize that liquor again.
00:22:50
Speaker
Yep, definitely. Oh, no, it wasn't Eurotrip. It was Beerfest. It was Beerfest. Oh, your yeah. It was Beerfest. Yeah, and they were supposed to um they were supposed to do like Weed Fest, I thought, after They were supposed to do a Weed Fest, a Smoke Fest kind of thing, and it never took off. But however, ah that group, Broken Lizard, phenomenal.
00:23:10
Speaker
Phenomenal. Yeah, no absolutely. yeah Love that group. Um, but yeah, i thought that was a funny story. i Just wanted to bring that up. Um, something that, um, Hmm.
00:23:21
Speaker
Yeah. I'm wondering if, uh, cause I, I have a few questions about film with you. Just something funny that happened on a film set once where we had a film at a graveyard and graveyard fun. Yeah.
00:23:34
Speaker
Yeah. Um, what was the new Orleans, Louisiana? Yeah, um it's a movie that's not out yet, ah but we were filming at a graveyard and I remember one of the 80s was just telling everyone like, um don't walk on the graves because it's disrespecting the dead.
00:23:51
Speaker
Well, yeah, um but common here's the thing. yeah Yeah, but we... Yeah, but what? What did you disrespect, Robert? I didn't disrespect nothing.
00:24:03
Speaker
Stepped on poor little Elizabeth's grave? This was like, you know a you know, a decently budgeted movie, and it was like, we have a lot of equipment, and there's really nowhere to go except the graves. But also, when it comes to respect, do you think it's disrespectful to to be filming at all? Like, haven't we all already crossed that line?
00:24:23
Speaker
To film at a cemetery? No, I don't think it's disrespectful. No, I think you can still be respectful to the dead filming at a sec at a cemetery. If you are walking on their graves?
00:24:33
Speaker
Yeah, that's kind of fucked up. Yeah, well, eventually people just- We don't want anybody walking me. Yeah, eventually people stop caring because, you know, it's long hours, it's getting cold out, and it's like, we just start putting equipment everywhere. Yeah, we just said, fuck them.
00:24:48
Speaker
basically what happened. Wow. So yeah, it started respectful. So just for the audience, a lot of our topics are kind of like things that pop in our head that I just like, you know, I'm like, what is this about? Am I crazy for thinking this? So that was like one of the random ideas I had. But something I did see yesterday that really made me think is um how do you what ah where is the fine line between celebrating an achievement and boasting?
00:25:17
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um because I saw a video yesterday was it was so I shared it on my own personal story. Maybe I'll share it on the pot. I don't i don't know. Maybe not on the podcast one. cause I think I saw it on your page. Yeah.
00:25:29
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Yeah, and it was just about... It was a guy... it was like an actor Instagram where it was a guy who was kind of talking to actors saying, hey, get off social media because all you're seeing is other actors like posting all this shit, all these highlights. So a lot of actors post their audition tapes for some reason. I never understood that. I've never done that. So it's like this middle ground of like... Of course, I've posted stuff. like what If I was doing something cool or at an event, I've posted it. So i So it's like that fine line of like, I want to celebrate an achievement, but I don't want to come off like I'm bragging or being. Yeah. Like, so how do you do that? I always found the posting yourself tape a little bit like, I don't know why you're doing this. Like, I don't yeah understand.
00:26:14
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But I feel like you're just saying, hey, I got an audition. Look at me. i don't see that. Also, I can see whoever's looking at that. I can also see somebody misinterpreting that. Like, let's say you post an achievement.
00:26:26
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But I could see somebody being who could be jealous in some ways. Like, oh, look them. Fuck them. Look at them. You know, oh, he's doing a movie. Fuck him. He looks just bragging about his movie. It's like, no, this is my life.
00:26:38
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Yeah, that's true. Because, um... I think it is good to celebrate achievements. and Absolutely. I think the the whole point of the video, though, was about if someone is posting that stuff, that doesn't mean you're doing bad. you know And and i I assume this happens probably a lot in the standup world because standup comedians, if I may speak on this, it is all 100% you.
00:27:03
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The performance, the writing, everything is all you. actors it's like we have a script the writing is usually all you yeah sometimes sometimes yeah when you get bigger you might have some writers but um yeah yeah it's pretty much all you i've also had friends i have you know most of us do post our sets online kind of thing um but then i've met people who do not post my set online Yeah. Like do not post my set online. They'll do, so they'll do skits or something like that, but they will not post their own personal set online because they feel that is for the stage. You, you know, those other things, but yeah, I'm kind of that way. I probably should post more of myself online. I, ah I always have videos of my sets and stuff, but I never posted either. I forget or I just don't do it. It is. Well, I should do it, but I do feel a bit of like, I don't like posting my sets online.
00:27:57
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yeah i just Well, the reason why i bring it up is because I assume like if another comic is you know getting some traction, you know there could be some boasting there. There could be like that feeling of like, what well, I'm not funny enough. That guy's funnier than me. And it doesn't mean that he's funnier than you. like it's like its The idea is that if you see all these highlights from comics or actors or singers, I was talking to a singer yesterday and she was like,
00:28:24
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really down to the dumps because it was a girl that she knew that's like hanging out with Justin Bieber now and she just got started as a singer and all this shit. And it's like, there's so much comparison. It's like, just because that person's doing better than you quote unquote better, by the way. I mean, I, I'm guilty of comparison myself. I think everybody is. We all are. We all are.
00:28:44
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i I've learned at a point to celebrate my friends. Yes. Even the ones that haven't been doing comedy as long as I have, I learned to celebrate my friends. I've had some friends get decently popular, decently famous. And, yeah um, and I mean, they're actual friends. Like I could message them right now and it would be fine. Um, so,
00:29:06
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yeah I learned to celebrate them. I don't look at them like, oh, they're I'm doing so much better than them or or they're doing so much better than me or they start at the same time as me. It's like, no, my friend made it. Fuck yeah. Yeah. So I so love that. i I want my friends to make it. Even if I don't, I want my friends to make it. Yeah, absolutely. and um and Now, have there have there been people I don't like?
00:29:25
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that are making it sure, but I'm happy for them. You know, they're, they're doing it. They're doing the work. You wouldn't want them to do bad. No, no. Cause one of the things I've met, I've met, so I've met someone before and I'll never forget him.
00:29:44
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Uh, I don't remember his name though, but I remember him. Um, and I've seen what happens when you let yourself, fall into that where that where you really let jealousy consume you. Yeah. And it's I i I'm like, I never want to be that guy.
00:30:01
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No, he was so miserable. He looked at everyone as competition. This guy, what I will say, he was a filmmaker. He wasn't an actor. He was just he wanted to be a director. OK, he looked at me.
00:30:12
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he looked at me as competition. I'm not trying to be a filmmaker. I actually, we're not in the same. Yeah. hate People like that. I really do. Like you find, we should be collaborating. You find those people in aviation a lot that you find these people. Oh yeah. Move up the ranks and stuff like that. And they'll rat people out for doing things. And it's like, right. No, we're, we're all one in this. We're all one team. This is, you know, this is,
00:30:39
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who we are. like We're not competition. If you want to move up in the ranks, that's on you, but don't throw everyone under the bus to do it. Yeah, I absolutely agree. That's where the problem lies. even i think I think it translates to comedy. It translates to filmmaking. you know that in That industry as well. If you are trying to make it, great.
00:30:57
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But don't fuck... you know don't everyone Not everyone's competition. You are your own competition. right so I'll give you an example ah with a comic that I was like I understand this is a huge achievement and I forget the comics name. Maybe you'll, you, maybe you'll know him when I say this is the biggest achievement a comic could ever do. And that's probably to play Madison square garden.
00:31:20
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So absolutely. um So this comic, if you can sell it at the garden, that is, that is a, yeah, that is, that is prime. So here's the thing. Tell me if this is boastful or if this is celebrating an achievement.
00:31:34
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He made a video before his show and it was him at the garden, you know, probably days before it's empty. And but he is dancing around to the song My Way by Frank Sinatra.
00:31:48
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OK, and he's just like, I did it my way. And he's like dancing around outside. And what do you take from that? Do you take that as a brother or do you take that as like, wow, that's awesome. You're singing to Frank Sinatra saying you did it your way. You're at the garden. I don't know. Like, what do you do to be able to even get stage time at the garden is an accomplishment.
00:32:14
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Yes, it's a lot of work. That's a lot. Yeah, that's why I don't want to talk down like that. It was he boasting. Maybe some may think it that way, but how many of us get to headline at the garden?
00:32:26
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Yeah, so that's that's why I'm trying to understand the difference here. Like, I don't know what I would call boasting. I don't think that's boasting at all. No. Okay. um I mean, I think it becomes boasting when you keep just going on and on about the same accomplishment that you did. Look what I did here. I'm with this person here. I'm with this person. Okay.
00:32:47
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Calm the fuck down. I guess. Yeah. Yeah. If you keep posting it, like if all you post is like you with celebrities or something. Yeah. I mean, if you just keep posting your podcast every week and stuff like that. Yeah. It looks like. Right. Because who does that? If you like leave stickers on u urinals. Yeah. that's our wars Exactly. Exactly. um and I think you're trying to start a war with a cookie company and you're trying to get them to sponsor you for the New York City Marathon. Yeah, you're boasting. Absolutely. That's weird because I don't have any wars with cooking companies. I know someone who does, though. Yeah. but Yeah. do Yeah.
00:33:18
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But um but yeah, and that's like' a Swedish music group or whatever. Yeah, absolutely. Right, right. um Well, i i I just pictured myself in a tub filled with cook crumble cookies and ABBA playing in the background. I'd say it's a tub full of Waterloo. Oh, God, fuck you. And you're just eating crumble cookie. That would be the song playing in the background.
00:33:44
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Yep. Yep. Oh, that's great. No, but I mean, I, I do. it I've done it before. I've made boastful posts. Sure. i'm I think, I think it's okay to do it once in a while, but for every little thing. No, yeah I think it's, yeah. sell friends I mean, I mean, you have to be, you have to, but like, you have to be your biggest cheerleader in a lot of ways, you know, yeah you really do. Yeah.
00:34:06
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Cause no one else is going to fucking do it for you. That's true. No one else is going to make posts like that. No. And I mean, I like to I think I like to think my wife is my biggest cheerleader, but she's like absent on social media.
00:34:18
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So, right. Right. You know, I don't expect her like, look at my husband. Look at him. I know I don't. i don't expect her. I know my mom just posted like a movie I did and like telling people to watch it. It was really cute. Oh, God. My mother would never. pop She was like, oh, that's it. My mother doesn't get half my jokes. Are you kidding?
00:34:33
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. Parents sometimes are desensitized. Yeah, I like don't. I love my parents, but like to invite them to my show, it's like they just don't get my humor. And it's I remember one time my my dad ah when I because when I got the show Criminal Minds, ah my dad was like, oh, yeah, but it's like a cop show.
00:34:55
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I'm like, Dad, do you realize how fucking hard it is to to be valet guy number one in a TV show? to so Or to be a waiter to say, may I take your order? Where you have to fight other hundreds of other actors to just to say, may I take your order?
00:35:11
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The fact that I got something like that. like i But it doesn't connect sometimes. you you don't like And I don't expect it to. What was it like? i mean- Actors, comedians, performers, we all feel from our parents, like Kathy Bates, for example. Have you heard that story where she didn't... love Kathy Bates. I love Kathy Bates. She did not um thank her mother in her Oscar acceptance speech, and it haunted her for years until someone played it back to her. And like, no, you did thank your mom.
00:35:38
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Oh, I did say, i did see that. Yeah. she yeah's like Like parents have this effect on us, like yeah as they yeah should, but yay sometimes it's toxic. It's sometimes it's really toxic. And you know, like you said, like, uh, like your dad said, like, Oh, it's just a cop show. It's like, well, fuck you. Like, you know how hard that was to get.
00:35:58
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I know. it's so competitive out there. yeah I mean, we're all the type, you know how many people look our type. Right. And it's maybe not me, but you. I mean, yeah, I'm a diamond. You're beautiful. So that's different. No, it's yeah nice hair. yeah like It's like here. It's the hair.
00:36:13
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Oh, man, there's a lot of people. but there put buts down Everyone's a type. And there's so many of our right. I mean, I mean, there are short, raspy, higher pitched fuckers, pudgy fuckers that look like me, sound like me. They're they're out there and they're all going for the same fucking job.
00:36:29
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And you know what? There's something to be said about it's it's it's you know, it's accomplishment. Hell yeah. like Like the comic who got Madison Square Garden, the fact that I even remembered that video, it's stuck in my head. So it's like maybe it is a good thing. So, yeah, um I guess there's that just fear of coming off boastful more than like, is this boastful or not? I do want it. You want to seem humble. You do. You want to seem humble. But at the same time, if people get offended by you celebrating your accomplishments, fuck off.
00:36:57
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yeah Yeah, that's a good point. That's a good point. Well, um on ah on a on a happier note, um outside of ah respecting the dead and feeling shitty for talking about yourself, um I did a rewatch of Jingle All the Way.
00:37:13
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I did too, actually. Oh, watched that recently myself. So we could talk. So I want to I want to mention my bad time that I rewatched it. And I had time. Oh, you watch I'll tell you. so and had an earthquake.
00:37:30
Speaker
I lost my popcorn. Yeah, well, it was um Dodgers. This was. um yeah Yeah, like I care if this happened in um relationships of Christmas past where I was showing it to ah ah the family of the person I was with at the time. And I was like, oh I love Jingle all the way. i just bought it on Blu-ray. We got to watch it. And we I stuck that baby in and we watched it and it went terribly.
00:38:00
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It's so it was it was a realization of just how slapsticky it was. And it just didn't. It's very it's very cheesy, but very, you know, it's a kid's movie. But it's it is.
00:38:12
Speaker
Oh, no, no, I agree with you, but it wasn't hitting with anyone. And it was like it got to a point where I just wanted the movie to be over. And but this time this time was different. want to be not with her anymore.
00:38:25
Speaker
No, no, not at all. It's because I rewatched my girlfriend. Her family sucks. I mean, hey, you know. What is this? shit that Rob, this isn't a good movie. Sweetheart, I think you should reconsider your relationship with this fucking day. And we did. um You have to get the terrible.
00:38:43
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Yes. So I rewatched my girlfriend, but it it became more like. We were building a gingerbread house at the time. And ah so it' was kind of like we were drinking eggnog and building a gingerbread house and watching. Basically, it was what a Hallmark movie. Are you on?
00:38:58
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I was a Hallmark movie. And it was great because it was like the perfect like background, you know, movie. And like, yeah, it was great. So I had a much better time watching Jingle all the way this time. Phil Hartman, I think, makes that movie.
00:39:13
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He's like the best part of that movie. Yeah. He really does. He really does. Yeah. I'm eating your wife's cookies. Yeah. She, she's in the shower. Should i go out? Should I go get her?
00:39:25
Speaker
Yeah. It's like, no, no, that's my cookie down. Put my cookies down. Down now. Yeah. ah Yeah. He's ah he's great. Rest in peace, Phil Hartman. um that's ready What a tragic story with him, too. Jesus.
00:39:40
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I forget how he died. i Whoa. You don't know if Phil Hartman died. Dude, read it. Read it and weep because it is his wife went crazy and murdered him. Really?
00:39:52
Speaker
Yes. His wife went nuts and murdered him. And ah yeah, it's fucking sad as shit. One of the co-creators of Pee Wee Herman, you know? Yeah. and mean Yeah. So Phil Hartman was such a talented writer. Oh, she shot him.
00:40:08
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Yeah, she shot him. And she was taking Zola and drinking alcohol. Recently used cocaine. Yeah, she was on all types shit. And, um, yeah. So, um, yeah, so that, that sucks. But, uh, um, but yeah, Jingle All The Way was great. Sinbad is great in it too.
00:40:28
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Uh, makes me like miss him. I know he is, his health is like always up and down. He recently did a movie with, uh, Taraji B. Henderson. Uh-huh. Uh, it was on Netflix. It was, she was like a struggling mother kind of thing. And he was, ah like one of the guys that live in her, her building and stuff like that. And he was like in a wheelchair and stuff, but it was, it was good to see Sinbad on screen again,
00:40:51
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Yeah, definitely. It was like, oh, fucking Sinbad. And he was he was, it was a small role, but it was an impactful role. yeah And he was very good at it And there's that meme where people think that there was a movie called Shazam that he was in. But it's not. People, I'm going to tell you, I'm solving it right now. You're not thinking of Shazam that didn't exist. You're thinking of Kazam with Shaquille O'Neal.
00:41:14
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He played a genie and he came out of a boom box. The movie was called Straw, by the way. Straw was the movie. Straw. Okay, cool. Very good. on Netflix. Very, very good.
00:41:25
Speaker
Intense, but very good. Yeah. um But yeah, Kazam with O'Neal. Kazam with Shaquille O'Neal. That movie sucked. I haven't seen it since it came out. I just remember the kid wishing for fast food to rain from the sky, and I thought that really cool.
00:41:43
Speaker
It sucked. It wasn't as bad as Steel. Oh, I never saw Steel. never saw. I know that. Yeah. But i I love Shaq. I mean, that's, you know, I would watch it again just because it is Shaq.
00:41:55
Speaker
I'm perfectly content with that. Yeah. um Yeah, he's he's I he just seems like a good human being. um Yeah. So. um Yeah, I always like secretly wanted to write a jingle all the way. I'm going to sell pizza to everybody.
00:42:14
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That's what want to I want to do pizza. I make everybody happy. I'm going to invest in the general and start doing general commercials. i do the general commercial. Save car car insurance.
00:42:24
Speaker
Wow. I never thought to do an impression of Shaq. That's cool. I've never attempted that before. my No, that's good though. That was, that was good though. Thank you. Uh, what, uh, there was something else. Oh yeah. There was actually a jingle all the way to, which I've never seen. There was. Yeah. There was that sequel jingle all the way to, and it was starring Larry, the cable guy.
00:42:44
Speaker
Oh, so, you know, it's going to be hilarious. It's to be awesome. um I've always wanted to watch it and review it. And just because I know it's, you know, it's trash. It's like ah christmas Christmas vacation, too. It's a straight to DVD movie.
00:42:58
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Like, yeah, they're like, who's popular? Oh, Larry, the cable guy. you know, we got to get the turbo man. We got to get her done.
00:43:08
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And then.
00:43:10
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and everyone drinking moonshine laughs in hysterics. um I like, but I would like to watch it just so I can like make fun of it. um But ah yeah, so also on the show, ah we have three penetrating questions and I have a few cold jokes for you. And you have cold jokes. Oh my God. Let's do the cold jokes first. Yeah, let's do the cold jokes. I've been cranky as fuck. didn't write shit.
00:43:36
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All right. So these ah these jokes are, I think I told you at the pre-show, they're probably five out of 10 on the funny scale. so you're you You seem pretty confident. I like this. Oh, I'm very confident.
00:43:48
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Very confident, Morty. So here, I'll send you one. I wrote some cold jokes. They're pretty good. You're going to like them. You're going to like them. They're as funny Kazam.
00:43:59
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Okay. Here's one. Here we go. Here's cold jokes that Robert wrote for i Ron. don't know. ah Netflix has offered Warner Brothers $82.7 billion to buy the whole studio.
00:44:13
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People have a lot of questions about the future, though the most concerning questions come from three siblings called them calling themselves the Animaniacs who just want to know if the water tower rent is controlled.
00:44:28
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You gotta kick him out. That's that that that's ah that's a seven out of 10. I'm sorry. You gotta give some more credit that. That's a good one. You threw Animaniacs in the water. That was good. That was good. Yeah, because they live in the water tower. was it gonna i ah because By the way, I live near Warner Brothers, so I see that Warner Brothers tower every day. And I'm like, are you going to put a giant red N now? like That's going to be really lame. That's good. Also, that show had so much double entendre. It was. Oh, yeah. as I love that show.
00:44:55
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what a great What a great animated show. All right, here is cold joke number two. It's a little bit wordier, but here we go. we go.
00:45:06
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don't know what you're going to do. Sorry, that was my wacko impersonation. Don't know what you're going to I know, I'm sorry. Wicked, the reimagining of the story of The Wizard of Oz, let some fan left some fans confused as to why the iconic ruby slippers weren't red.
00:45:23
Speaker
When asked to comment, the design team explained that it was actually... book accurate because in the original story dorothy wore silver not ruby yes of course it's always better to be accurate to the book when you know you're making a movie where every single other thing is something you completely made up about the original story That was like, oh like, cause I noticed the ruby red slippers weren't red. And then when I looked it up, they're like, oh yeah. Cause in the book they're described as like weird silver boots or something. And I'm like, dude, wicked is basically a fan film. You know, like, what are you talking about being book accurate? Just make the fucking slippers red. I'll be honest. I don't want to see the movies. I have no, it has nothing to do with Cynthia Erivo or Ariana Grande. I don't.
00:46:10
Speaker
nothing to do with that it's i just don't want to see it if i'm gonna see wicked i'm gonna go to broadway and watch it i've seen both of them i actually liked them um i liked actually we did see them more i did see them both i i was a fan okay but i have not seen the broadway one i would like to see i would rather just go see it in two hours and be done with the entire story and then dragged out uh-huh for four hours okay drag dragged out because of all the wine from the theater um You're drinking wine in the theater, Rob?
00:46:38
Speaker
That's good, though. Yeah. That's good. well you That's what you that what we do. You could buy wine in a theater. There's a bar You're right. I do not usually drink while watching the movie, though. I i get a cherry Coke. i share we we should My wife and I share a cherry Coke.
00:46:51
Speaker
And I wow eat popcorn. And we get the the combo thing. Yeah. No. It's cherry Coke. Cherry Coke. It's a treat. Wait, wait, wait. I'm talking about ah Broadway. Oh, Broadway? No, I usually don't go to the intermission. I don't go to the bar to the intermission.
00:47:05
Speaker
I usually don't because everybody's trying to get a drink and it's like, no, it's 15 fucking minutes. I'm not. I know. I know. that's Well, at the movie theater. Yeah, I do the candy popcorn deal. Hell yeah. um So, OK, well, then we can just move on to the.
00:47:22
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Ron's cranky. Yeah, you know, we we got three of these babies and, you know, I'm talking about. Talk to me. You know what segment I'm talking about? The.
00:47:41
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Yeah. OK, so um our first question, i'm going to let you read it. This is this is a Ronald question. Go. show let me pull Let me pull it up here. um I'm very. Yeah.
00:47:53
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Very. We got three, baby, three, baby, penetrating questions. I love it. i Oh, and la god thank you for submitting them. Thank you for always. We yeah, we we are always grateful when we get these. um dot that one That was last. All right. We go. OK. Alright, you're setting up that Twitch account. Here we go. This is from Lynn. Ooh, Lynn. She has worded in before. She's a good friend of mine.
00:48:18
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um What do y'all think about Zoran Mamdani?
00:48:25
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Okay. oh oh You know Mamdani is, Rob? Yes. He is the mayor-elect of New York City. Yes. So we don't get political on this show, but I'm about to.
00:48:38
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Mm hmm. OK. Oh, goodness. For those listening, this is not a I'm not going to push my politics on you, but I'm going to explain how I feel. um Just tell us how you feel, Ron.
00:48:52
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i voted for Mom Donnie. I did. i voted for Zoran. um And it took me a while because i wasn't sure if I was i was skeptical of.
00:49:04
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He's a democratic socialist, which I have no problem with, but I'm like, okay, is he truthful? What he's saying? What really sold me on him was when the New York post, when the media, Fox news, even CNN, when the media came at him hard and he, you know, responded, you know, maturely,
00:49:25
Speaker
um and He like didn't back down. He stuck what he was doing and he was, he didn't get upset about things. He just, you know, kept his vision and I respected that. That's kind of what sold me on him. Now he's got a lot of interesting ideas that I do and do not agree with.
00:49:42
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ah For example, like he wants city run grocery stores. He wants the city to own grocery stores. I don't know that's go to work in New York. I don't think so. I i know. I don't think you should do that.
00:49:56
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He wants buses to be free. I heard that could work. That could absolutely work in New York City. I mean, think when you when you get on a bus, you're usually taking a bus to a subway or something like that.
00:50:09
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The transfer is free. So you're not, nobody's getting any extra money. The transfer is there. The MTA is not getting extra money. So it's there. However, if you make the buses free, that means anybody can get on the bus.
00:50:23
Speaker
And, and I was almost, you know, some guy tried to you know threaten me because I wouldn't let him use his my phone. So you're going invite that on the bus. So that might not work. um He wants to make housing affordable. He wants to freeze the rent, which could work.
00:50:40
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there there There are conversations there. So i he's a different vision for New York City. And I think he could absolutely work in New York. If he doesn't, if he does a shit job, I'll be the first one in line to vote him out.
00:50:53
Speaker
i'll be the fruit but he But he offered something different than Cuomo, than Eric Adams, than Curtis Sliwa. He offered something different. So let's see. like I think he should be given a proper chance. Let's see what he can do.
00:51:07
Speaker
And this whole this ah whole Islamophobia around him. Like, please fucking stop that shit. yeah Please stop. So he's Muslim. So fucking what? The First Amendment is freedom of religion. He has the freedom to be whoever he wants. Let him do that.
00:51:20
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Right. But I really think he can do a decent job if if the state lets him. Because remember, the governor does control a lot of New York City. Obviously, the same state.
00:51:31
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So but if he he i hear i have real I'm repeating myself, but I really think he can do a good job. It's just people need to be more open minded. People need to look at it. Could this actually work instead of' saying, oh, no, that's not going work. Fuck you. He want one thing he wants to do is he wants to.
00:51:47
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create more of, um, he's got a lot of shit for the past, for his comments he said about the police. Now I'm very pro police. I know it's not a very democratic liberal agenda, but I am, I am, I'm very pro police. I have a lot of friends who are cops, were cops.
00:52:02
Speaker
I'm very pro-police. So downsizing or taking military-grade weapons from the NYPD, I do not think is a good idea. However, he does want to implement more community-based programs that will help with nonviolent crimes in New York City. I don't think that that's a bad idea. yeah That could work.
00:52:21
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That could absolutely work. It's like, let the and NYPD deal with the the more important shit versus little little petty stuff. Right. So I think a lot of his plans could work. And like I said, if he fucks up New York City, I'm sorry, nobody's going to fuck up New York City at this point worse than de Blasio. At least I hope not.
00:52:39
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ah but I'm sorry. I, you know, if you like de Blasio, great. I did not like de Blasio and I am a liberal son of a bitch. And I did not like de Blasio. I thought he was one of the worst mayors ever to the city. yeah right Between Bloomberg and de Blasio, horrible.
00:52:56
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So Eric Adams, also not a fan of. So let's see what Bum Donny can do. that's I voted for him. I have confidence in him. I think he's going to do a great job. And if he doesn't, I'm going to vote him out.
00:53:08
Speaker
Yeah. And I think that's kind of the thing with any politician. You know, you go with where who you who you, you know, think will do the best job. And if they don't, you don't just stay strong with them no matter what. No.
00:53:22
Speaker
No matter, you know, you move on. You're like, OK, you know what? This is not the person I thought they were moving on. I wish more people would be like that now. Oh, ah yeah, yeah. They're instead. Don't make excuses for him. You know, no if anything. Yeah. Like, did i vote for this did I vote for Joe Biden? Yes, I did.
00:53:39
Speaker
Should he have run for his second term? No, no, no. I would agree with you. Yep. No, he's so I and mind you, like. In 2008, I was a huge Ron Paul supporter. I was very libertarian.
00:53:54
Speaker
And somehow I have molded into become like kind of a democratic socialist. Not exactly, but I have molded and become that way. But if you give me a Republican who's a traditional Republican, maybe I could get behind that.
00:54:11
Speaker
Yeah. The only reason I'm so focused on one party right now is because i both parties have kind of lost their way. So i'm I lean left now, but I mean, I i could vote right. I'm not against that.
00:54:24
Speaker
Right. it's It depends on like what their policies are. like i'm i'm not like I haven't like sworn you know to any side in blood. like It depends on who is bringing better policies. 100%. it wasn't for New York City politics, I would probably be registered independent.
00:54:40
Speaker
But because the primaries are such a big deal in New York, I stay i stay registered as a Democrat. Right. Yeah. And i i you know, I used to be a registered Republican. i have no shame in saying that. um but When I was in Florida, I was a registered Republican. And, you know, just nobody from that party appeals to me right now.
00:54:59
Speaker
Nobody. yeah There's a couple here and there that I'm like, all right, they're not bad. Like, for example, the ah the as progressively liberal as Vermont is, the mayor is a Republican. No, I said not the mayor, excuse me, the governor is a Republican.
00:55:13
Speaker
And they continue to vote him in because yeah even though he's conservative, he does what's right. Right. And I think you, you can, you know, be part of your party, but you need to do what's right for your state, your city, your country.
00:55:27
Speaker
And yeah, I, I, I'm going on kind of a tangent. I think that's a, I think that's a noble way to look at it. But I'm looking at politics from 20 years ago. We're wishing it was still like that, but it's not like that anymore.
00:55:39
Speaker
It's just not. Things have changed. Just a little bit. I mean, There's yeah, I agree, but I think that's a healthy way to look at it. That's a, that's a really good question, Lynn. Thanks Lynn. Definitely wants, definitely wanted to hear Ron's take on it. We have a few other questions. Rob's like, let's get away from this. Let's get away from this.
00:56:00
Speaker
I don't know. We're losing sponsors. getting awkward.
00:56:04
Speaker
Crumble just emailed me and they're pulling out. So, um, but, uh, no, uh, we have a way they would put their cookie dough everywhere. Wait, what? yeah Put that cookie down. put the cookie down.
00:56:17
Speaker
um like So we got a question from. so very good very good other crumble cookie So we got another penitentiary question. We have another penitentiary question. Go ahead.
00:56:27
Speaker
And it's from ah Sandy Claus. Santa Claus. Sandy Claus? Sandy Claus? What does it say? yeah Am I reading it? I'll read it. okay it says I don't want you to talk anymore, Ron. Yeah.
00:56:41
Speaker
yeah You've said ah Santa Claus says, um do you think Trump is on the naughty or nice list? No, i'm just kidding. Santa Claus asked, do you think you're on the naughty or nice list? Give us give give your reasons as to why.
00:56:57
Speaker
Good question. So I'm on the nice list because I'm married and i I. do things with my wife, not with a girlfriend, so in the eyes of the Lord.
00:57:11
Speaker
Wow. I'm okay. You're objectively on the list. But I'm procreating, so I may be on the naughty list. I don't know. I do gamble.
00:57:21
Speaker
I do drink. um No, I think I would be on the nice list. I i think I would. i think I try to be nice to people. I'm overall nice sometimes. Yeah.
00:57:33
Speaker
People listen to me and say, I'm a fucking asshole. I know. Like, I would think I would be on the nice list. are on the nice list. You are a wholesome, good person. Okay. You are. Yeah, you. you Yeah, no, you're good.
00:57:47
Speaker
You're good. Oh, thanks. I'm the one we have think. I say cut every five minutes. Okay. I'm the one we have to worry about. Well, yeah, I mean, I've been ah yeah, this this year has been full of ups and downs and I feel like I'm on the up and up. And so I would like to think I handle my stressful times with grace, if you will.
00:58:10
Speaker
um And I would think that would put me on a nice list. I try not to lash out at people like, you know, I don't like confrontation. Yeah. um So. it yeah kind you' exciting For me, it's very rough. Is this time of year rough for you?
00:58:27
Speaker
Yeah. The middle of the year was way rough for me. um Yeah. But now I'm kind of going on the up. That's good. That's good. I think I speak for a lot of people when the holidays are very rough. I've had my wife and I've had a lot of deaths this time of year. We recently had yeah a family member pass and um it's always around the holidays and it's just kind of, you know, we've had some major deaths in December.
00:58:52
Speaker
And so December is very rough for us. And i as sure I'm sure a lot of people, know, we've had family members pass on two days before Christmas. So it's, it's, you know, anybody going through a rough time right now. I definitely understand. I feel you.
00:59:07
Speaker
ah It's this type year sucks, but you know, chin up. That's all I can really say. Chin up. Yeah. And I'm sure you're on the nice list, whoever you are. I, yeah, I'm not, um I'm not.
00:59:21
Speaker
Yeah. I always thought like back in the, no, I think you're on the nice list. I think you're on. Do you think like, no, You know, yeah when I think of like um Little House on the Prairie, kind of like like like living situations where the winters are brutal. Do you think like the you kind of want to be on the naughty list because you'll get some coal?
00:59:44
Speaker
It's like, yeah, we could really use coal right now. Like maybe one of our kids can be little shits. We'll let that one be a little shit. So Santa gives us some coal. um Otherwise, you know, we got to go. Never really watched that show. Never got into it.
00:59:56
Speaker
I didn't either. i heard they're bringing it back, which I say finally. um Yeah. like Everything. But OK, we're going to go on to our last question, guys. ah And that is coming from JJ the Jet Plane.
Airline Work and Layover Preferences
01:00:11
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JJ the Jet Plane.
01:00:13
Speaker
um This is ah I'll read it to you. It's a question for you. It'll say it says, ah hey, Ron, do you and your wife still work at the same airline together? Do you guys ever work the same shift? And have you ever, ah and you know, if so, did you ever make it a fun getaway?
01:00:31
Speaker
My wife and I do work for the same airline. We do. um She has seniority over me. So she's been there 10 years. I have been there even at work. Yeah, even at work.
01:00:43
Speaker
She's been with the airline for 10 years. I've been with the airline for almost seven years. um We do not usually work the same trips.
01:00:53
Speaker
She likes to do what we call turns there and back. I do layovers. However, we did have a great layover once. And I will, we, we have worked together a few times and there is one layover that particularly sticks out.
01:01:09
Speaker
We were working a flight to Sacramento, California. Okay. Which actually is a great city. I mean, downtown Sacramento is fantastic. yeah I know Sacramento gets a lot of shit, but downtown is actually very nice.
01:01:21
Speaker
There are some homeless, but it's not nothing crazy. Also big gluten free community. Anyway. Oh yeah. Fucking wild. We, so we get there and there's like a whole at the hotel where it's like a whole comic con thing or something like So they're short on rooms and they're like, as we're coming in, they're like cleaning our rooms and trying to get us things. So it's taken a minute for us to get our keys. And my wife goes up to the desk and goes, she's like, ah we just need one room. We're married. We just need one room. You don't have to worry about two rooms for us.
01:01:51
Speaker
Cause you know, we're individuals. They get each individual room. And she's like, Oh great. Thank you so much. So for some reason, you know, we're signing in for our rooms and stuff like that. We wait till the end.
01:02:03
Speaker
At the end, she goes, I gave you guys a suite. So we got a whole suite, you know living room, separate bedroom kind of thing to ourselves for the 24 hours. Wow. So that was, I think, really cool.
01:02:17
Speaker
You know, we went downstairs to the bar that was there. We drank, you know had some wine. They gave us a better discount than we're supposed to get. and um...
01:02:27
Speaker
Right, right. Went back upstairs, ate food, and it was ah so very nice. We slept like fucking champions. Like, it was a very, very nice layover. So, yeah, that was cool. Oh, that's cool.
01:02:38
Speaker
I love it when hotels hook you up. It's like, you know, no we're not in Barbados or anything, which is a very nice country. But, um yeah, it was this is Sacramento, and it was was awesome. We had a great fucking time. Wow.
01:02:50
Speaker
Like, ah I think it is cool. Like when the hotel staff do hook you up, they took care of it. Yeah. Because we were so patient and kind. They gave us a suite. Yeah, if you're if you're cool, they're definitely like I've heard other hotel staff talk about like, hey, if you're cool, I'll I'll do whatever I can to hook you up. So one thing my buddy does, he'll go to like Vegas or New Orleans
Hotel Upgrade Tricks in Vegas
01:03:13
Speaker
or something like that. And when he has to has to give the credit card and ID, he'll slip like a 20 or 50 in between.
01:03:20
Speaker
and I'll say, are there any upgrades available? They pocket the cash. They give him an upgrade. OK, well, that's like that's like the oldest trick in the book for sure. But it works. You know, it works. Yeah. where They don't have to do that.
01:03:32
Speaker
Yeah. The most I ever got was I went to Vegas and they said, hey, for 20 extra dollars, I'll give you the suite. And I was like, it was basically like instead of me slipping the 20, they pulled the 20 towards them. um And I was like, yeah, sure. And yeah, it was great. So I i love getting those upgrades for either free or cheap.
01:03:53
Speaker
um Do you stay on the strip in Vegas? I do. I love old Vegas. I love staying. I do. I love old. I think I want to stay. I think we talked about this. I want to stay at old Vegas. One trip.
01:04:07
Speaker
I want I actually want to stay at the golden nugget. Golden nugget is fantastic. I usually win a lot of money there. No, not golden nugget. Golden gate. I win money at, uh, I usually stay at the four Queens. Oh, four Queens. Okay, cool.
01:04:19
Speaker
I usually stay the four Queens. Yeah. Well, um guys, thank you for I mean, we have gone through a lot of topics. We've gone through a lot, but I have my fire oven beer.
01:04:30
Speaker
Oh, that's right. My apologies.
Birdie Juice: Gluten-Free Beer
01:04:34
Speaker
so Because we spoke about Caddyshack last episode. This is called Birdie Juice. It's an American style golden ale. It is gluten free, obviously. um And this is the can. Look at the can.
01:04:47
Speaker
Look at that. Oh, that's cute. It's cute. Yeah. This apparently is the voted America's number one gluten free beer proudly brewed in Jersey City, New Jersey.
01:05:00
Speaker
Ooh. How did they come up with that name? don't know. Yep. The brewery, I think it's called Departed Souls. I could be wrong. I don't know. Okay. That's a cool name. Sounds like a cool band name. Yeah. Yeah. um Let's see. Departed Souls.
01:05:15
Speaker
Gluten free. I think it's like five point five point two. And a best gluten free beer from USA. top USA top ten. Number one. Number one. Gluten free beer.
01:05:27
Speaker
Departed Souls Brewing Company. USA Today. Number one. Reader's Choice Award in 2024. Let's see what looks like, Rob. OK. Oh, God. Mind you, I just woke up and I'm drinking a beer, but it's after 12. So who cares?
01:05:38
Speaker
Yeah, it's five o'clock somewhere. 5 a.m. somewhere. Oh, my health. My health. health. My health. Oh, it's pretty. Does it look like beer?
01:05:49
Speaker
Oh, it does. Wow. Well, too much. Look at that. So those of you who can't see ever complained about too much head, right? Hey, we are on YouTube, guys, where we post a whole entire episode, the full video on YouTube dot
Podcast Promotion and Engagement
01:06:05
Speaker
com. Check us out. Check out our link tree on our Instagram profile page. I'll give you all the links to where you can watch us. It's a little hazy. I like it.
01:06:13
Speaker
Well, Rob, roast. Roast.
01:06:19
Speaker
Oh, my. Oh, my. Oh, my. That is delicious. That is definitely one of the better gluten-free beers I've ever had. That is, it tastes like a beer.
01:06:32
Speaker
It tastes like, you you're drinking wheat. That is delicious. So shout out, shout out. We should like tag them. We should tag these beers. Yeah, we should. We should. I don't, that's good. Holy fuck.
01:06:43
Speaker
Oh, sweet. Sweetheart, wait a minute. It's delicious. ah Awesome. Brewed in memory of our late beer friend, departed soul brews award winning gluten free craft beer so that everyone can experience the, I can't, I can't see that. Uh, yeah, no.
01:07:06
Speaker
All right. Well, it sounds like they made a good memory of this friend camaraderie. it word to camarade I can't read. come yeah i grew up in Florida camaraderie around craft beer and the memories that, uh,
01:07:20
Speaker
And so just, I got to grow. Also, also over real quick. I know it's on my mind. I got corrected by somebody Fabergé egg Fabergé. We said it wrong. Oh, Fabergé. It's a. fall ah Never talked to that person again. um So he's my best friend.
01:07:40
Speaker
Just kidding. um Well, guys, thank you for joining us on another episode of the Down With CP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Pernamano. I think our next episode might be. that It might be. It might be. It might be. It might be the next episode. Probably. It's going to be the Christmas special. Oh, Christmas time. Find not sight.
01:08:04
Speaker
Yeah. It's Christmas time in German. In German? Yeah. it's a Well, ah we will definitely let you know on our socials when that Christmas special is coming out. It might be a normal episode or might be the Christmas special. Send us your penetrating questions, guys, especially if you have any Christmas-related ones, maybe things from your childhood that are... yeah Also, we call it penetrating questions, but also free feel free to just share some stories. Absolutely. you know what It doesn't have to end with a question mark. We're all humans. We can all connect on some level. Absolutely.
01:08:31
Speaker
Yeah. 10 out 10 people die. So, yeah, absolutely. All right. And on that high note, um Merry Christmas. And um we will see you on the next one, guys. Okay. Bye.
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Speaker
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01:08:57
Speaker
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