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Bowl Game Previews and Fat to Fast Finale
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The boys break down some of the biggest news stories of the week, give their early thoughts on the bowl slate and which games they are most looking forward to, and Zack gives a full recap of his half marathon in the Fat to Fast Finale.
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Podcast Introduction and Upcoming Topics
00:00:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What is up? Welcome to the next ah podcast today. We have a great show for you. We are talking some college football.
TV Series Finale Comparisons
00:00:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're talking some NFL. We got some playoff talk a little bit, some bowl talk. We are going to hit some fat too fast. The finale today.
00:00:34
Mason
The finale it is here Yes, yeah, I think the
00:00:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
uh seven months in the making the finale is upon us everyone so actually tonight is uh Yellowstone finale as well much like Yellowstone I took a little bit of a break and uh really slow rolled the very end of it um
Holiday Season Indulgences
00:00:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
it started off hot and uh really we drug our way to the end but here we are so we'll hear about that today
00:01:01
Mason
I think I'm looking forward to the fat to fast finale more than I am the Yellowstone finale. I'm going to be honest. so where
00:01:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It could just be a disaster for all yeah, it very well Look I'm a big eggnog guy I've been training for this half marathon for the past couple weeks pretty pretty heavy and I
00:01:12
Mason
Well, before we get started on that, and Zach just took a, took a swig of it, I wanted to bring it up. His reward before we go into it was the famous eggnog. Zach, how how's that, how's that tasting there? We've talked about this before. Give everybody a rundown of the eggnog.
00:01:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I decided I was going to not drink any eggnog this season until after the race. So I went and got myself some from Waggles tonight. I'm drinking on it. Um, this court that I have in front of me has like 1300 calories in it just by itself.
00:01:53
Mason
Hmm.
00:01:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So we are going to not drink all of it in one, in one go, but that's my reward. So 11 eggnog and, uh, feel good about it. It goes down smooth.
00:02:05
Mason
You said that's one of the, yeah, you said that's one of the things you will like a seasonal thing. You make sure you, but you don't drink a whole lot of it. You'll get, you know, is that probably the only one or maybe one more during the season?
00:02:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I hope it's the only one and we'll see what my self-control looks like. Needs to be the only one probably.
00:02:24
Mason
Well, it's yeah.
00:02:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know, I love an eggnog though, it's but it's very heavy.
00:02:30
Mason
Yeah, Jalen, my wife was like, do you want to, while we were at the store, do you want to get an eggnog? And I was like, my biggest fear is I always
Winter Spice Cranberry Sprite Review
00:02:39
Mason
like think that I want it and then I drink some of it.
00:02:42
Mason
And, cause if you drink that whole court, I don't know. It just seems like a lot to me.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, you can't.
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Mason
Like I, yeah.
00:02:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, it's you'd be cooked.
00:02:49
Mason
But you were talking about a seasonal drink. I also, and I was going to ask you, Zach has no idea what I'm talking about, but the winter spice cranberry Sprite, I literally opened this up right before,
00:02:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay.
00:02:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:03:00
Mason
Uh, right before, uh, we started the pod, but Zach, have you tried it before or any takes?
00:03:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm. I'm not.
00:03:04
Mason
I'm going to, I'm also going to take a, take a swig there, huh?
00:03:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Can you give us a review? Give us a review.
00:03:10
Mason
It is. So the review is, I see more of the spiced, the cranberry is like a hint, but I understand like the spiced part
Personal Race Experience
00:03:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm Wow, pretty good.
00:03:21
Mason
little bubbly still tastes like the Sprite.
00:03:23
Mason
I'm going to give it a 7.5. It's good. I like it.
00:03:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay. That's solid. Well, we may as well go ahead and ah get this out of the way on the front.
00:03:32
Mason
um Yes, let's let's do it.
00:03:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. I told the boys I was going to give a shout out to everyone out there.
00:03:37
Mason
Right off the bat.
00:03:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Shout out to my guys, Kyle and Josh for the support ah yesterday. um So I ran it. Here's a little bit of backstory.
00:03:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Couple weeks ago, I decided I was going to do it on this date. I signed up for a race. That race got canceled. And then I signed up for another race, which is the one I actually ended up running. um And so the track was not ideal, to be honest with you. I ran it once before just to make sure I knew what was going on, but it is extremely hilly. And it's like a loop, just three loops, which kind of sucks because it just.
00:04:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you gotta see the same stuff over and over again.
00:04:16
Mason
Yeah.
00:04:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, I mean, it is what it is. It's kind of a, it was, there was only like 120 people, I think, for doing the half marathon. So it wasn't a huge race, but it was fun. So Thursday night before the race,
00:04:27
Mason
Hmm.
00:04:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I get sick and I'm like throwing up and my stomach is just destroyed. And so I texted the boys on Friday. I said, this is gonna be my flu game, my flu race. And it ended up being okay. I really tried to hydrate. My wife did not want me to run. She was afraid I was gonna die, I think, but we did it anyways. We made it through. And so with all things considered, well, let's walk through the race here.
00:04:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you guys have followed me this long, we might as well just we might as well do it.
00:05:01
Mason
Might as well.
00:05:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So um everything was going good. Saturday before the race, I was stretching, I was warming up feeling pretty good. It was a little bit cold is about 30 degrees at start time.
00:05:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And it warmed up a good bit throughout the race. Like it started off at about 30 ended up like 43 ish, like when I finished so warmed up a good bit.
00:05:20
Mason
wow
00:05:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I shaded a couple like I shed my gloves off about halfway through. Um, cause you got to go back by your car and I just like threw it at my car as he went by it. Um, so like I said, it was three laps around this kind of park and you're on the road. Some you, the park, the park section was, was not bad. It was mostly downhill, honestly. But then the second half of each lap was, was almost all uphill.
00:05:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And it was terrible. Like it was, um, if you just look at my elevation tracker, if you're looking on like my phone where I was tracking it, it's, it's miserable. And so it made for like one half of each lap was pretty, it was almost downhill than the other half was just all uphill. I mean, the whole thing was either going up or down. So it made for a tough race. Honestly, my first two laps. So I was about nine and a half miles in and I was perfectly on my pace. I wanted, I was shooting for a 10 minute pace the whole time.
00:06:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
which should have been about two hours and 11 minutes. Um, my first like nine and a half miles were dead on it. And I was, I was cruising. There are these two clowns that were next to me.
00:06:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, these two guys, they, I was, well, there actually was a Santa that beat me by a little bit.
00:06:33
Mason
I imagine them actually dressed up as clowns running next to you.
00:06:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So that made me feel pretty bad. He was dressed in like a full Santa outfit and I was like fighting for my life. Um, he beat me, but it's whatever.
00:06:46
Mason
Back to the clowns.
00:06:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So these two guys were. Uh, so my, my goal, all the whole race was like, I'm going to keep it really steady right at my pace. I started off, I didn't start off fast. i I started off right at my pace. I'll let everyone get ahead of me. And then I passed the people who kind of started off too fast. And I was just dead, dead set. And these two guys, both of them.
00:07:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know that I was using, they were using these like a pacer kind of because I was running steady and these guys would like pass me and then they would stop to walk. And then as soon as I, as soon as I got past them, they would like speed up again.
00:07:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And they were just like playing hopscotch with me.
00:07:23
Mason
Oh my gosh.
00:07:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Both of them were doing it. Like as soon as I passed them, they're like, ah, shoot, I can't let this guy beat me. And then they would go, they would start running again. Um, And I ran into one of the guys at the end and he was like, I was like a good race fan. He was like, yeah, you do. He's like, I was using, it's like, you're motivating me out there to keep going. And I was like, I know I was, you chump. But, uh, so I got that far in and, um, I started at about nine and a half miles. It was right before, um,
00:07:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The last like big uphill section and my legs were just, they were cooked. They were done.
00:08:01
Mason
Mm.
00:08:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, I had been up to ah like one 99 heart rate at one point in the race already. The Hills just made it to where your heart rate just like spiked every, every lap. And so it just made it so hard.
00:08:10
Mason
Yeah.
00:08:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, but my legs were like lead at this point and I was struggling. So I knew I was going to have to stop her. I wasn't going to make it to the end. I knew it was going to have to just take a ah quick, I didn't stop. I mean, I was like walking quickly, but I knew I wasn't going to make it up this heli section. And so I stopped and got, I got a couple of drinks and walked for a little bit.
00:08:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And that same guy I was talking about actually, he was like, he passed me and he was like, he liked motion for me to come on. He's like, come on, you got it. Cause he knew I was struggling at that point. I think he was just mad that I wasn't there to pace him anymore. And it's like, ah, shoot. Um, so.
00:08:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But I kept going. I will say I started like doing, I had some cramping going on for the first time, like my whole training. I i hadn't cramped at all.
00:08:59
Mason
Hmm.
00:09:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah But I mean, this was the furthest I'd ever run. My furthest I got in training was like 10 miles. And so every step I took past 10 miles was like my furthest run ever. It was kind of what I was, you know, just to motivate yourself in the moment.
00:09:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and ah I physically, my body was like, as it was my legs were done. There was a certain point where I ran the past the last like mile fully out, which I felt good about.
00:09:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But it was it was a struggle the last the last couple of miles, which I never, and I mean, I just never trained that far into it. I feel like I was lied to a little bit. A lot of the articles you read and people you talk to are like, you know, you get to 10 or 11, you're going to be good.
00:09:37
Mason
Oh, false.
00:09:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
your Your adrenaline will carry you the rest of the way. I found that to not be true. I got to 10 and I was like, Oh, I've never run further than this. and My legs are just de destroyed.
00:09:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, I felt like I had the motivation to keep going, but, uh, my legs just didn't have it in them too, especially with how the track laid out. I think if it had been a really flat check, I'd have, it I'd have had a shot to get the whole thing done.
00:10:03
Mason
Yeah.
00:10:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, but my final time was like two 15. So I was only maybe like four minutes over my goal time. I don't feel horrible about that.
00:10:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
My pace was like 10 20. So I guess I was like right at 10 through nine and a half miles and then I ended up at 10 20. So it wasn't bad. it It ended up being fine.
00:10:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm i'm i'm okay with it. Um, not perfect conditions. It wasn't the perfect race, but it is what it is.
00:10:35
Mason
Well,
00:10:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I got it done. I feel pretty good. So
00:10:39
Mason
Yeah, no, that's, uh, that's awesome.
00:10:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I was happy with it.
00:10:41
Mason
Zach, I was going to say, you mentioned the cramping. I feel like the dehydration station that was going through your body with the, uh, the, uh, stomach bug a couple nights before probably had something to do with it.
00:10:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:55
Mason
If I had to guess.
00:10:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Definitely I.
00:10:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They had a lot of aid stations and I was trying to get the Gatorade and the water in me throughout it. It was just not and enough. i it I couldn't get enough and I was pounding some of those gummies and stuff like that.
00:11:09
Mason
Mm hmm.
00:11:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah little gels just to see but and that it helps some at the end of the day it was mostly just that my legs I mean I'm super sore today and last night just ah my feet are sore but my legs especially I could just tell that they they weren't prepared for that so
00:11:29
Mason
How's the walking and limber? Have you been a little lumber in a little week throughout the.
00:11:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh yeah. I've been, um, I'll take it as a ibuprofen today for sure. And, but I'm, I'm definitely sore. This is the source I've been since I started training for sure. Um, but it was a good, uh, I'm happy I did it. Thank you to everyone for, uh, for being along for the journey. It's been, it's been fun. Um, yeah.
00:11:55
Mason
The finale clap one out for Zach everybody He did it You broke your own record that's what's most important um With it being your flu game your flu run should have wore a Michael Jordan jersey that was my yeah should have should have could have would have and then um
00:11:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's it, folks. We we did it. At the end of the day, we're half marathon finisher. So didn't break any records, but I got it done. So I feel good about that. Broke my own record. That's true. I set a PR.
00:12:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm. Should have. I would have maybe I would have beat the guy in the Santa Claus outfit. That'd be me.
00:12:27
Mason
And then I even suggested taking a ah page out of Michael Scott's book with the ah the ah Chicken allfredo feticcini Alfredo, There you go, okay.
00:12:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sucks.
00:12:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I did have some spaghetti the night before. I feel like it helped me some.
00:12:40
Mason
Could have. All right, there it is.
00:12:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There it is, folks.
00:12:43
Mason
The finale, everybody. Put it in the books. The record book, Zach's record book.
00:12:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's good stuff. Probably not going to run again for a while. That's probably we're probably good. I'm good on that.
00:12:54
Mason
That's it for the rest of your life. He's done everybody, one and done.
00:12:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Probably never again No one day we'll get back probably not soon Probably never marathon I I've talked to some people.
00:13:06
Mason
Marathon, everybody needs it.
00:13:10
Mason
Fat to fast volume two, season two.
00:13:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think if I were gonna do something else, I think I would like to try a like sprint triathlon They do something around the area
00:13:20
Mason
There you go.
00:13:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And I mean it's all like a 5k, but it has a biking and it has I think that'd be fun a fun uh test to see So, I don't know maybe maybe that'll be next year's challenge Definitely
00:13:31
Mason
I'm here for it.
00:13:36
Mason
With some of these like iron man's and stuff, I'm like the swimming part would probably get me.
00:13:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
not an iron man. Yeah now a sprint triathlon is only like a couple hundred yards swimming and then like 12 miles biking and then a 5k basically it's not bad
00:13:46
Mason
Yeah.
00:13:51
Mason
Yeah.
00:13:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
A full like Olympic triathlon is much further. And Ironman is like half a mile swimming, and then like 117 miles biking, and then a full marathon.
00:13:57
Mason
Mm.
00:14:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ironman is just like the absolute most insane thing.
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00:14:07
Mason
Wait, there's gotta to be smaller versions of that.
00:14:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can't imagine there's people that are doing that out there.
00:14:12
Mason
Cause I, I think, uh, I think I have, okay.
00:14:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There is, yeah.
00:14:14
Mason
I know some people said they've done one and there's no way they'd done the, uh, the one that you just mentioned.
00:14:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's not that many of them that actually happen. There are big events when they do happen, because there's not that many.
00:14:23
Mason
Yeah.
00:14:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But that's a full Ironman. It's like half a mile swim, 117 mile bike, I think, and then a full 26 mile marathon.
00:14:26
Mason
Okay.
00:14:33
Mason
It's insane. Hmm.
00:14:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, it takes you a probably like eight hours or so to finish it, I think. it's I it's like a full day. People who train those a lot of times are like pros, like the people who are getting sponsored and paid to be athletes.
00:14:41
Mason
Okay, so. Yeah.
00:14:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and participate in those kind of events.
00:14:51
Mason
So is that a season 23 of fat to fast?
00:14:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can't even imagine. Yeah, we'll we'll get there.
00:14:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, I would die so fast. I can't even imagine doing that.
00:15:04
Mason
All right, so let's get into some, well, you wanna do some, ah well ah while we're here, should we do some food for thoughts?
00:15:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:11
Mason
I got, i did you have, I have one.
00:15:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I've got I've got one ah food for thought.
00:15:16
Mason
Okay.
00:15:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
critically acclaimed.
00:15:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not actually sure it's critically acclaimed, but YouTube show.
00:15:20
Mason
It is to us.
00:15:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's fun. I've critically acclaimed it. We're a media source.
00:15:25
Mason
Mm.
00:15:30
Mason
That's right.
00:15:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hot Ones got purchased from BuzzFeed. I didn't even know BuzzFeed owned Hot Ones until this happened. But um apparently Sean Evans, the guy who hosts it, ah bought hot ones along with some other investors from Buzzfeed who originally owned it for $82.5 million.
00:15:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
dollars That's a lot of money.
00:15:57
Mason
Dang.
00:15:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This guy really made an $82.5 million dollar show just by eating hot wings with celebrities and cartoon characters sometimes.
00:16:02
Mason
Yes.
00:16:06
Mason
And what are we doing with our lives? Huh?
00:16:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and Cartoon characters, I mean they're fun.
00:16:09
Mason
It's pretty entertaining. Yeah.
00:16:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I watch a lot of them <unk>s kept There's probably be some spin-offs and there's gonna be like a cold ones.
00:16:12
Mason
Yeah.
00:16:21
Mason
Cold ones.
00:16:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I Don't know how that would work
00:16:24
Mason
Or are they eating like ice cream? Getting brain freezes maybe?
00:16:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I did, I did see, I kind of stole that from a tweet there.
00:16:32
Mason
They're just like drinking slurpees. ah
00:16:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I saw, I saw a tweet. I'll give credit for whoever it is. It it was like, I want to start cold ones where instead of hot wings, you just drink, uh, beers the whole time and you just get really drunk through an episode, which that'd be pretty entertaining probably too.
00:16:51
Mason
ah Are you technically giving credit if you're not giving credit to anybody?
00:16:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't even know who it was. I'm not exciting anything else.
00:17:00
Mason
I know it's just funny that you said I'm giving credit to no one.
00:17:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm just not claiming it as my own intellectual property.
00:17:04
Mason
like
00:17:08
Mason
Well, there you go.
00:17:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, yeah. Shout out.
00:17:13
Mason
OK, let me do mine now. ah Would you taste or try or have you heard of this Pizza Hut launches pizza wine, a tomato wine as bold as your favorite slice.
00:17:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay.
00:17:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No.
00:17:27
Mason
What are we doing here? I think it's more for just like clicks and people to try or just to buy it, just to say that they bought it. But I can't imagine that being very good. And I've never even had a Bloody Mary, but I feel like the tomato juice and like something like that would just be what that would taste like.
00:17:45
Mason
Tomato.
00:17:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um
00:17:50
Mason
Yeah.
00:17:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i yeah I don't know exactly know what they were shooting for with that.
00:17:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I feel like we are marketing could have been like cheese and wine and then dead like cheese. Pizza cheese.
00:17:55
Mason
I don't either.
00:18:04
Mason
But there it is right there.
00:18:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think that's a bad marketing move there. Pizza head.
00:18:07
Mason
For sure.
00:18:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sorry, guys.
00:18:09
Mason
Sorry, guys.
00:18:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Swing and a miss.
00:18:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um
00:18:14
Mason
Let's see, limited edition gift set for $60.
00:18:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow.
00:18:19
Mason
Two bottles for $60, so a bottle for $30.
00:18:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
wow
00:18:23
Mason
There you go. All right, you're up next.
00:18:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
OK, I have a couple of press releases, actually.
00:18:29
Mason
All right, let's do it.
00:18:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um I'm hoping I'm pronouncing his name correctly. We've got the next guy up situation here. 16 year old. This happened a couple of weeks ago, but it's my first time back on ah Gout Gout is his name.
00:18:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
G.O.U.T. G.O.U.T. I don't.
00:18:48
Mason
Sounds about right.
00:18:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. 16 year old from Australia. Broke the Australian record for 200 meter dash with 20.04 seconds. If you haven't seen it, look up the video because it is just like unbelievable seeing him ah race.
00:19:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's only 16, so he is he is faster than Usain Bolt was at 16. And this is an Australian country record. Pretty big deal.
00:19:15
Mason
Crazy.
00:19:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
people are People are kind of looking to him as the next guy up in the running community to be the the fastest man in the world. so Keep an eye out for Gout Gout. Pre-Sick name as well.
00:19:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know if that's like his first and last name. I don't know how that works because they're the same name. But I think it's like his real name.
00:19:34
Mason
Good job, Zach. They are the same name.
00:19:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I don't know. Don't ask me. ah Next, Jeremy Allen White of the Bear fame.
00:19:45
Mason
Mm.
00:19:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Will officially star as Jabba the Hutt's son in the Mandalorian in Grogu.
00:19:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, yeah, that's pretty much all I know.
00:19:59
Mason
Fascinating stuff.
00:19:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So be on the lookout.
00:20:03
Mason
Be on the lookout for that guy.
00:20:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I hope he's like cooking stuff. That'd be hilarious. Um, next.
00:20:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Greta Gerwig. Uh, who, who is the like director of the Barbie movie has done a lot of kind of artsy type stuff is directing a Chronicles of Narnia film.
00:20:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and it's going to start recording or filming in July 2025. Listen to this quote as someone from that was someone involved said about this movie. It's a very new take. It's all about rock and roll, says Amy Pascoe.
00:20:45
Mason
Conical's Narnia is all about rock and roll.
00:20:50
Mason
Makes complete sense, I'm here for it.
00:20:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah This might be horrible, truly. um
00:20:55
Mason
Is this like off the books still or are we done? Are we doing a remake?
00:21:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Um Oh, yeah, it's totally fresh take on it. It's it's not a it's not ah it's not continuing I don't know.
00:21:05
Mason
Okay.
00:21:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay. I see what you're saying now. I think it's gonna be based off the first book if I had to guess I Don't know the way from everything I've heard about it.
00:21:13
Mason
Okay.
00:21:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm very nervous. That's what they have been plans and Cause it does not seem to be a faithful adaptation even, or even planning to be close to one. So it could be a train wreck for sure.
00:21:28
Mason
When we see things like this, yeah.
00:21:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know why we, why we needed this.
00:21:31
Mason
I just think like that it's just money grab.
00:21:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:35
Mason
And when's the last time any of this like ever panned out of like a remake or anything?
00:21:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, rings of power went pretty poorly.
00:21:40
Mason
I'm curious to see how... Do what?
00:21:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're still making episodes of it. Rings of power.
00:21:46
Mason
Oh, yeah.
00:21:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Was the last one that was kind of similar to what was happening here, I think.
00:21:47
Mason
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:21:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think this is going to be a Netflix film, though.
00:21:54
Mason
They're doing the Harry Potter series on HBO, where it's like each season is a book.
00:21:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Correct, which some of the casting has been very interesting. Yeah.
00:22:01
Mason
Yeah.
00:22:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um That's going to be crazy because I saw some I wasn't going to talk about it today, but now that you mentioned it. um Season one is going to have eight hours. And that's the shortest book by far.
00:22:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like that's like a 300 page book, and it's gonna be eight hours.
00:22:17
Mason
Yeah.
00:22:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The sixth book is like 900 pages. Okay, they're gonna have a 24 episode season just over one book. And this is gonna be a very long, like a longer than any HBO shows been recently.
00:22:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So if they can, I mean, that would be awesome. I wouldn't mind if if they were going to be really faithful out of adapting the books. That was one of the cruises in the movie is that you should have enough time to get all the details and stuff in.
00:22:47
Mason
Exactly.
00:22:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not sure that's what they have in store.
00:22:48
Mason
Yep.
00:22:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If I know they just people just don't do that, typically. um I mean, it works for the like Lord of the Rings.
00:22:55
Mason
Here's the thing though.
00:22:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They did a very faithful adaptation and it was hugely successful.
00:22:58
Mason
Yeah.
00:23:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maybe that's what, maybe they're just like, let's do it page by page.
00:23:02
Mason
you
00:23:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're gonna hit all the high points. But they're casting a lot of younger actors, especially for the professors. They're doing some some weird stuff. So umm I'm not extremely hopeful, but I hope it's good.
00:23:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, I would i would really enjoy a really faithful adaptation, so.
00:23:23
Mason
I think they can do, um, this much. So how many books were there? Total. I always throws me off cause the do it.
00:23:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
11 books. Seven.
00:23:35
Mason
Okay. It throws me off cause there's a part two, one and two.
00:23:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Eight movies.
00:23:39
Mason
Yes. So seven books, but you're talking how many actual episodes could they have in this because of the fan base is such diehard that they could probably. Have a hundred episodes of this and people would watch it because it's such a die hard fan base The amount of money Uh that they have made off of merchandising still every year like I see this stuff popping up And how long ago did the movies come out and you're still talking about them?
00:23:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's the thing is, I think there is a potential people would watch it for sure. hum
00:24:08
Mason
Uh, you could go down to walmart and there's still like a whole section of just harry potter stuff that people are buying So I think that's such a die hard fan base and you're going to only gain more fan.
00:24:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:24:16
Mason
You already have People that watch the the movies and read the books and you're going to gain more fans. So I could I could see them doing as many as I could get out of it and it being beneficial.
00:24:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Agree.
00:24:30
Mason
So there you go. OK.
00:24:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Agree. um I think one of the big concerns there as well is that JK Rowling has come under so much criticism from
00:24:41
Mason
Yeah, takes.
00:24:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think they might they might try and zig instead of zag and try and make everybody happy. and um
00:24:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I don't think that would go well. We'll see. We'll see.
00:24:58
Mason
We'll see.
00:24:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll see.
00:24:59
Mason
Okay.
00:25:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Last one, Malcolm in the Middle revival series in the works at Disney Plus.
00:25:03
Mason
Hmm.
00:25:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Were you Malcolm in the Middle fan?
00:25:07
Mason
We just need, I've seen, I've seen a little bit of it. We just, why we need more of this? They had the, uh, yeah, we did the boy meets world and then girl meets world.
00:25:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bryan Cranston.
00:25:19
Mason
And then they've added what other series of they did it.
00:25:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, but a lot of those actors kind of like didn't have any. The thing that makes this and interesting, I think is the Bryan Cranston of it all. um He obviously left the show and became a humongous actor.
00:25:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like his career skyrocketed where Frankie Muniz, his career kind of just went nowhere. I mean, he was,
00:25:39
Mason
He does like racing, right? Doesn't he like race?
00:25:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's a child actor and yeah, he's kind of a weirdo probably like all child actors. He'd made a couple movies, but. Uh, Brian current stamp was in the star and one of the like highest rated TV shows of all time. And so they're both coming back together along with, it looks like the mom's character.
00:26:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
At least those three are are coming back for the revival. So I don't know exactly how that's going to work.
00:26:06
Mason
Hmm.
00:26:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't i don't know if it's like Frankie Muniz's character is Malcolm is struggling through life or recently divorced and living with his parents.
00:26:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know. They're pointing to something stupid like that. Has to go back and live with this, live at home with his parents. That's probably what they're going to do.
00:26:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But um maybe just for Bryan Cranston, potentially.
00:26:27
Mason
You're going to watch it. Potentially. He says, all right.
00:26:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um I feel like I had one more thing I was going to say.
00:26:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
One more.
00:26:45
Mason
Well, yes, go ahead.
00:26:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, this is OK. I have one more thing. ah We're going to this is kind of getting this football stuff so we can make the transition. We're going to save a lot of playoff talk for our Thursday episode.
00:26:59
Mason
Yep.
00:27:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll see if Tinsley is back on, but that's going to be a big episode for us. ah We will be covering all of the playoff matchups, and we'll do some previews of those four big games.
00:27:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um there's There's kind of a funny story that I'm sure a lot of people have been locked into, but if you're not locked into the Tennessee ah sphere, some fun stuff has been happening with the ticketing for the Ohio State game.
00:27:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mason, are you familiar?
00:27:26
Mason
Mm-hmm Yes, I've seen a couple things out there of the you sent one as well once she's over.
00:27:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I probably did.
00:27:34
Mason
Yeah Yeah, the guy that photoshopped yeah, go ahead
00:27:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I was I was pretty locked into it. um
00:27:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's so there's been a lot of stuff about there's been a lot to be said about these home games, who's hosting them and. um The the home playoff environments, apparently the casual playoff is having a little bit more control, people would like about what's happening at the stadium, controlling what goes on the video board and and how players get announced and kind of doing a little bit more than most people would like.
00:28:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
if you're a home team especially. ah But ah Tennessee has taken it upon themselves to try and get as many people into Ohio State Stadium as possible, going so far as to steal the code meant for season ticket holders for Ohio State and start buying up tickets that were allocated towards season ticket holders for Ohio State. And it went so far that the athletic director Ohio State had to come out and make a press conference or how to make a press release that.
00:28:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Please do not sell your tickets to Tennessee fans because they are trying to invade our stadium, which is definitely happening, which is going to be hilarious. I saw someone else pulled some, ah someone with some insider knowledge pulled, got some data from like SeatGeek and said that 42% of tickets sold to the game had come from the state of Tennessee so far.
00:28:59
Mason
Holy cow.
00:28:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
On the resale market. So I'm not going to say there's 40% of the stadium going to be orange because that's I think it's only the resale market. And who knows if that data is it's fully accurate.
00:29:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But it's but it's purely conjecture right now. Obviously, my side of the Internet is very UT heavy. So it seems like there's a lot. I would not be surprised if it was about 30 percent, though, and it's all said and done.
00:29:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
About a third of the stadium was orange.
00:29:24
Mason
Didn't you?
00:29:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I wouldn't be shocked by that.
00:29:25
Mason
Yeah, didn't you send something about someone photoshopped a ah Indiana jersey on them so that they could get the To prove that they were Indiana fan or Ohio State fan Yeah
00:29:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:29:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think for the Ticketmaster or whoever it was that was selling it, you had to verify you were an Ohio State fan. It was like password protected, but the password was literally like OSU FB. And one person found it and just put it all over the internet and then all the Tennessee fans had it. So I think they eventually shut it down because they knew they realized it was like being hacked basically. but You had to prove you were in Ohio State fans, so they were just like Photoshopping themselves in Ohio State gear like using AI.
00:30:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Truly a pretty hilarious story. We'll see how it all pans out. It may be much to do about nothing, and it may just be a pretty normal game, but would be pretty ah electric if it was a large amount of Tennessee fans in there.
00:30:14
Mason
That'd be awesome. And and you're not going to be there. It's a shame.
00:30:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I will not. But tickets are pretty cheap. um If I did not have a small baby at home, I would be seriously considering it.
00:30:28
Mason
Are they actually cheap?
00:30:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I will tell you. Look less than 200 bucks. That's the thing is that Tennessee fans have been paying $600 to go watch Tennessee play like garbage teams.
00:30:36
Mason
Yeah, regular season game.
00:30:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Tennessee tickets are some of the most expensive in the country. So 200 is nothing for Tennessee fans.
00:30:44
Mason
Yeah, it's true.
00:30:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They've been paying more than that all season. And so that's why I think the biggest reason why it's like a lot of Tennessee fans are like, I'll drive seven or eight hours and pick up a hundred bucks to go watch my playoff game.
00:30:46
Mason
They'll pay that in a heartbeat.
College Football Bowl Games Discussion
00:30:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And really, and truly, if I didn't have a baby that I would probably try and make the trip because I think it'd be
00:31:01
Mason
You'd be going.
00:31:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
00:31:06
Mason
All right.
00:31:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but
00:31:06
Mason
So speaking of college football, we want to finish up with, um, and we're going to trademark this as Zach's top five bowl games segment.
00:31:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ye
00:31:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah so
00:31:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
who
00:31:18
Mason
Ooh, I E that's it. I'm not going.
00:31:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah There is a lot of bowl games out there um I didn't want to necessarily talk about all of them ah Because there's a lot of garbage bowl games In fact, um we you saw that one team completely dropped out of their ballgame. That would be Marshall. Which is kind of a bummer for those people who are Marshall fans. I don't know all the details. Apparently they're their. Their coach. Got a new job. At a bigger.
00:31:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like a bigger school and he's taking like 24 of his players with him.
00:32:01
Mason
Hmm. Hmm.
00:32:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And so I think they literally just like almost didn't have enough players to feel like a team.
00:32:07
Mason
Well, that's a good reason.
00:32:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So it looks like it they've been replaced with Louisiana Tech. So shout out to Louisiana Tech for getting getting your ball spot.
00:32:19
Mason
So I'm sure in your top five, you're gonna have Georgia Southern and Sam Houston, I believe.
00:32:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Could be electric.
00:32:26
Mason
Or Coastal Carolina and UTSA, Myrtle Beach Bowl.
00:32:33
Mason
I don't know, some of those are actually kind of fun.
00:32:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's gonna be some bad balls out here, I'm gonna be honest with you. um Okay, i' I'm starting off with this one.
00:32:38
Mason
Well, let's hear them.
00:32:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Iowa State versus Miami. You know which bowl this is, Mason?
00:32:47
Mason
Is it the ah The Kellogg's bowl, the Pop-Tart bowl.
00:32:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's the Pop-Tarts Bowl, baby.
00:32:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They released the trophy today.
00:32:57
Mason
Electric.
00:32:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The trophy is has a a working toaster built into it that you can plug in, and it fits a full-sized Pop-Tart into it. This game's going to be fun.
00:33:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, obviously, a Miami team ah that just missed out on a playoff Iowa State team.
00:33:12
Mason
You've been trashing on all season long.
00:33:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, they're playing the Pop-Tarts Bowl now and not the playoffs, so who's their winner there?
00:33:18
Mason
Wish Tinsley was here right now.
00:33:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but Uh, it should, I'm not going to spend a lot of time here talking about some of these games. We'll, we'll do some more, uh, ball talk once tens is here and we can, we can, we can discuss them some, uh,
00:33:32
Mason
Because this game is even after Christmas. This is on the 28th. So we got some time.
00:33:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, we got plenty of time. Yeah. I kind of just wanted to see it once ah now that all the balls have been, I've been, have been released.
00:33:39
Mason
Yeah. Time for fun time.
00:33:43
Mason
Released. No.
00:33:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I kind of wanted to give some of my ones. I thought were more interesting.
00:33:45
Mason
For sure. I'm here for it.
00:33:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, Texas A and&M versus USC. I think that's gonna be a fun one in Las Vegas. That is the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl. That is the worst ball name I've ever heard. um But anything that's playing USC, and that one, I think that's gonna be a fun one. Low key, a fun game here, Birmingham Bowl. Georgia Tech Vanderbilt.
00:34:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Both these teams had some huge upsets or some huge almost upsets throughout the season.
00:34:16
Mason
o
00:34:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Actually, they both had really big upsets. Both of them kept the team out of the playoff, really. Georgia Tech kept Miami out. Vanderbilt kept VAMA out. ah They are playing each other.
00:34:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's actually going to be a very fun ballgame. There's some fun quarterback play going to be happening there. um Expect that one to be good.
00:34:40
Mason
Hmm Georgia's two and a half point favorite. So kind of like Vandy there be honest.
00:34:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Georgia Tech, I know. If Diego Pavi is for sure playing, I think I'm kind of surprised he hasn't popped up in some portal situation yet.
00:34:45
Mason
Yeah
00:34:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That'll be fun.
00:34:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
A quick shout out to Butch Jones in Arkansas State, playing in the 68 Ventures Bowl against Bowling Green. What a great season for the boys down there for Butch Jones.
00:35:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just kidding, Butch Jones sucks.
00:35:11
Mason
Was that on your top five?
00:35:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I just wanted to give a shout out ah Yeah, he deserves it um Okay You feel good I'm Shonda Duke Ole Miss will be interesting in the tax layer Gator Bowl.
00:35:14
Mason
Or you just want to throw a shade?
00:35:29
Mason
Love it. I feel great.
00:35:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Duke had a low-key very good season. It's going to be a question of whether Ole Miss comes out in is the pretty much with all these games and why. Predicting bowl games is is just one of the most impossible things to do these days because of the opt-outs and because of the transfer portal.
00:35:53
Mason
Yeah.
00:35:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and It's like who's actually fielding real teams out here? I don't even know the answer to it. um So you're kind of doing some storyline work and seeing which it's it's pretty much a question of which team is given up in which team There's a huge letdown factor where if you had playoff expectations and you're playing in like the tax layer bowl, you're like, what? What are we doing here? You know um Two more and these are gonna be real games and then we can be done here ah The rely a quest Bowl
00:36:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This is the funniest of all the polls. This is Alabama, Michigan, folks. And no, we're not, this is not a playoff game. This is the ReliaQuest Bowl. ah
00:36:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Alabama should win by like 25 points, at least. Michigan is terrible. I don't know how Alabama got this poll. They get to take a trip to Florida, I guess, and and spend some of your, some cold weather down there. It's on New Year's Eve.
00:37:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
From what I've heard the Boers got the boys ready Jalen Hurts is gonna play the rest of the guys are gonna play We'll see if that pans out if they all play Michigan doesn't have a chance at that one.
00:37:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So And the last one one, I think is actually what's this?
00:37:12
Mason
10 point favorites, Alabama.
00:37:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What's the spread?
00:37:15
Mason
10 points.
00:37:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that makes sense last one here the Cheez-It citrus Bowl South Carolina, Illinois
00:37:23
Mason
Yep.
00:37:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If these teams are actually intact at this point, this is probably the best game, the best ball game. Illinois battled through some tough, tough Big Ten games. I mean, they played most of the contenders in the Big Ten and South Carolina ah debatably, arguably should have been a a playoff team was playing like a playoff team at the very least at the end of the season. I think it's going to be a question of whether they come out swinging, ready to show the world they were wrong.
00:37:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
or whether they come out kind of like florists they did last year and just kind of roll over and die and say, well, machine's over.
00:38:04
Mason
Okay. My bowl of the, uh, what I'm looking forward to the most is the Snoop Dogg Arizona bowl.
00:38:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay.
00:38:13
Mason
These names Miami, Ohio, and Colorado state.
00:38:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who's playing in it? Shout out.
00:38:17
Mason
Yeah. Shout out Snoop Dogg, Arizona.
00:38:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's not even their whole name. It's the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by gin and juice by Dre and Snoop.
00:38:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's the worst name.
00:38:27
Mason
These are just commercial ads at this point. I saw the Tony, the tiger sun bowl on here.
00:38:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh yeah.
00:38:34
Mason
Kenders, Texas Bowl.
00:38:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What about the go bowling military bowl?
00:38:36
Mason
It's pretty fun.
00:38:40
Mason
I didn't even see that one.
00:38:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
East Carolina versus NC State. NC State, how did they even get to a bowl game? They're horrible.
00:38:48
Mason
Yeah.
00:38:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, we need to, I think what we should do on a Thursday, let's, let's write this down.
00:38:53
Mason
Okay.
00:38:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think we need to power rank all of the bold names.
00:38:56
Mason
The names.
00:38:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
not Nothing but shifted names.
00:38:59
Mason
Just the names. It doesn't have to do with the matchups. I love it. Let's do it.
00:39:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Nothing about the matchup.
00:39:05
Mason
Okay. Deal. Have some, I look forward to.
00:39:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, well let's write that down somebody. We'll we'll save that.
00:39:11
Mason
hip
00:39:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll make our lists.
00:39:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I think it's gonna be fun. Bowl season is one of those interesting things that you're almost wondering if it's gonna be a thing of the past soon, whether it's how long this kind of extended bowl season is gonna last.
00:39:21
Mason
Yeah.
00:39:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're turning into like exhibition games as it is.
00:39:28
Mason
Hmm. Yep.
00:39:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's gonna be a question of whether or not the sponsors are gonna continue making money or not. I mean, I think most teams are happy to travel to Florida or to Arizona or to somewhere nice, California, play in a playoff or play in a ball game and just kind of get get you to get a chance for your younger guys to get some reps.
00:39:40
Mason
Hawaii.
00:39:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Let your fans travel if they want to. And, you know, I think there's a chance that that's the case. But I've also heard that a lot of teams lose money going to big ball games. Like financially sending your whole team to a destination game, um you don't have a lot of fans travel if it's not a big ball game and you lose money sometimes, so.
00:40:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's also potential. Where these are, especially if the field gets expanded any further than it already is, where these other bowl games are going to start floating away.
00:40:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Which would be a travesty of the Pop-Tarts Bowl.
00:40:23
Mason
Mm, travesty.
00:40:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're doing some good marketing over there at Pop-Tarts Bowl.
00:40:25
Mason
We definitely do a, we need to do a name ranking for sure on Thursday.
00:40:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, what's coming up?
00:40:32
Mason
So we'll have to, we'll put that in, we'll put that on the schedule. Um, yeah, so we'll definitely do a deep dive on some of the games closer to time and then playoffs of course, for sure.
00:40:43
Mason
Uh, but, um, Zach, is that an episode? That seems like an episode.
00:40:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Feels great.
00:40:48
Mason
All right. Perfect. Well, we appreciate you guys listening and, uh, just showing your support each and every, uh, episode and week. Uh, we ask that you just check us out on socials if you haven't already, and then also our discord, uh, Tinsley, maybe be back next week or next episode possibly.
00:41:06
Mason
So we'll have them back, but we appreciate you guys and y'all have a good one. See ya.
00:41:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So yeah.