Bad Dates with Jameela Jamil - Khaleesi Eyes (w/ Faith Ladzinski, Vinny Thomas, and Brooks Allison)

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

On a new episode of Bad Dates, host Joel Kim Booster welcomes comedians Faith Ladzinski, Vinny Thomas, and Brooks Allison to discuss their most iconic dating fiascos. Faith’s date is really into fantasy but possibly not the kind you’re thinking of, Vinny’s nose is running but it’s his date’s mind that’s jumping to conclusions, and Brooks reaches a crisis point before he’s ever even heard of Murray Bartlett. If you’ve had a bad date you’d like to tell us about, our number is 984-265-3283, and our email is [e-mail], we can’t wait to hear all about it! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video clips. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video clips.Merch available at SiriusXMStore.com/BadDates. Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual, Fire Island, Loot Season 2Faith Ladzinski: @faithladzinski on Insta for shows and ticketsVinny Thomas: @vinn_ayy on Insta, Platonic Season 2 coming soon on Apple TV+Brooks Allison: @brooksallison on Insta Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Bad Dates ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Smart. Less. Neon. When I came out to my Aunt Suzanne, like my great aunt, she got really excited and then she called me two days later and she said she was picking up a prescription from the pharmacy and she was talking to the pharmacist and the first thought she had was gay gay gay hello hello hello and welcome to another episode of bad dates I am your host Joel Kim booster and for those of you who are just joining the podcast now today on Hello, hello, hello and welcome to another episode of Bad Dates. I am your host, Joel Kim Booster. And for those of you who are just joining the podcast now today on this episode, this is a podcast where we talk about, you guessed it, bad dates.

That can be bad first dates, bad second dates, bad third dates, bad hookups, bad relationships, bad marriages. We cover it all here on this podcast. It all falls under the same umbrella, which is people desperate to find love and instead coming up with an interesting funny story that they can cannibalize on this podcast. Doesn't that sound great?

Before we introduce our guests though, normally this is where I do listener mail, but we're gonna try something a little bit different today at the top of the episode. And that is a lot of the bad dates that we get around here are botched first dates. You only get one chance to make a first depression, but help is out there.

Here are some of the 150 best questions to ask on a first date, according to the relationship experts at Women's Health Magazine. Bad dates. Today I'm gonna start with a very simple one, which is describe the kind of person your family would want you to date. If someone asked me this question, and I had to answer

this question, it would, of course, be a youth pastor. That is exactly who my family would like me to be. If someone, a person of God, more preferably a woman of God, you know. So yeah, a young, hot, female youth pastor is somewhere in the world of where my family is. So this signals to my first date that I'm not speaking to my family anymore. So there's a lot of information gathered in just this one first question alone. But today I am not the only person

who's gonna answer this question. We've got an amazing panel of guests today that I'm not the only person who's going to answer this question. We've got an amazing panel of guests today that I'm very excited to introduce. Joining me today is a comedian, improviser, writer, and actor who has appeared in Ahsoka, Platonic, and You're Cordially Invited. It's Vinnie Thomas, everybody. Welcome, Vinnie. Welcome. We also have a comedian and writer who has worked on Family Guy. Her full set on Comedy Jam, which is available on YouTube now, it's Faith Ladzinski everybody. Hi.

Hello Faith. Good to see you. Thanks for having me. Of course. And finally, last but not least, we welcome a writer, music producer, and comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central, Adult Swim, and The Tonight Show. It's Brooks Allison everybody. Hello Brooks.

Hello. Thank you for having me. Thanks so much. So first off, what do you think of this question? Have you ever been asked this question on a first date before? I've never been asked a question on a date. I know you're very close to your sisters

and your family as well. Do they have any specific ideas around who they want you to date? They would love if I was dating anyone, I think anyone with a pulse. They would be excited about my mom. She saw a guy on the news, sent me a picture of him. Genuinely was like, he looks like your type.

And it was, of course, Luigi Mangione. Um, she's like, write that letter. Write that letter. She would just be happy. She'd be shocked, girl. Yeah, not bad. They would like you to be dating a hot domestic terrorist, basically. Yeah.

I think domestic terrorist is nice. Doesn't everyone want that vision of domesticity for their lives? You know? Yes. Yeah. -♪ Bad Dates! -♪ -♪ Bad Dates! -♪ In the hot seat is Faith Ledzinski.

Faith, again, you've alluded to it in the question up top, but you are single currently, but what is your vibe sort of globally in terms of dating? Are you a monogamous, a serial monogamous? Are you like one, go on a lot of first dates and nothing else? Like, what's your vibe? I go on like a few dates with a lot of people and then I learn more about their

personality and then I usually move on. I feel like that's what's been happening. So where in your timeline does your bad date story take place? I had never been on an app before. It was in the first six months after that I started getting on apps and just like seeing. I still was very optimistic. I was like, look at all these hot people. What an awesome resource.

Yeah. What an awesome resource. No one has said ever. Literally no. A dating app. I learned very quickly, yeah. But yeah, it was during that time. So you're swiping away.

Yeah, so I match with this guy just essentially because he's attractive. He gets like wearing a suit in one photo. I'm like, that's huge to own a suit. He does the hottest thing a guy can do, which he picks the date and the time immediately. That's huge.

There was one thing in his profile that I remembered that later that said, like looking for a girl who's into the fantasy genre. And I remember seeing that, but I didn't really think like I'm not into that, but I didn't think, oh, I shouldn't go on a date because of that. People have a lot of stuff in their profile. He's a Renaissance fair guy. Yeah, no, literally. Renaissance fair guy, red flag.

He said he had come from that. We meet up and one of the first things he says to me is he's like, oh, you have Game of Thrones eyes. He's like, you have Khaleesi eyes. Khaleesi eyes. He's like, you have Khaleesi eyes. Khaleesi eyes. He did not use the phrase Khaleesi eyes. No, he did. And I did not watch all of Game of Thrones,

so I didn't know what that meant. And he's like, this is like right as we sit down too, he's like asking if I watch House of Dragon. And I'm like, I know I'm like new to dating. I'm like, is this what I have to do to find love is like watch Game of Thrones spin-off shows. Kind of, kind of. Yeah, yeah, he's like, and he's really hot.

So I'm like, oh, totally. I watched House of Dragon and he's like, who's your favorite character? And I'm like the dragon. And I love the dragon. And I love the house as well. It's a tie. It's a tie between the house and the dragon. And he's like, well, actually the dragon hasn And I love the house as well. It's a tie. It's a tie between the house and the dragon.

And he's like, well, actually the dragon hasn't come in yet. I'm like, okay, this is a weird pop quiz. Like I didn't know what I was gonna have to do. He's also like, he's super touchy and affectionate, which I'm not usually like on a first date when I'm first meeting someone. And we both order wine. And when we order the wine and it comes,

he turns to me and he's like, let's intertwine. And I'm like, what? Not the word intertwining. Wine is in the word intertwining. And he takes his fingers and he's like, let's intertwine our fingers through the wine glass. And I looked at him and I was like, we'll have full sex before we do that.

That's crazy. That is way more intimate than penetration. No, that's level 10,000 of intimacy. But you could see the light in his eyes after I implied we might have sex. So that did bring a life to the date again. Um. Let's intertwine as soon as possible.

The word intertwine is crazy. I'm like, keep trying to figure out what his job is. I can't figure out what his job, like everyone in LA, it's very vague. He's like, I used to do improv, then I got hit by a car. And then I made a bunch of money from getting hit by the car and then I quit improv and I would love to just empower people,

you can't just quit improv, you don't have to wait. You don't have to get hit by a car. You don't have to get hit by a car. You can't just do that, you know? But you know what, honestly, I think there's a lesson there that if you're driving outside of the UCB, hit the gas pedal, honey, you might save someone's life. Yes, by hitting. Pedal through the metal right around the groundlings, okay?

If you're at that light, just ignore it. You could save someone a lot of time and money by getting them to quit and move. And he's like, oh, he doesn't do that stuff anymore, but he does keep bringing up that like years ago, he had an audition for SNL. And which the first time he says it, I'm like, oh, you know, that's great that you had that opportunity. But he brings it up like multiple times throughout the day.

Like the TV is on in the bar, it's on NBC. And he's like, oh, man, you know, he's like, could have been me. Can you say his name and we can bleep it out? Wait, really? Should I? I don't think you know him. I looked him up, I don't have mutuals, but his name's H-.

Isn't that a crazy name? Yeah, we definitely gotta bleep that out because that is way too easy. No, it's crazy. Yeah. Yeah, bleep. Kind of a hot name though. No, I know I would is way too specific. No, it's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of a hot name though.

No, I know I would have loved to talk about it in the story, but I was like, that's so specific. Yeah, yeah, I know. It fits the fantasy thing. Very like fantastical man. No, of course it does. Yeah, it sounds like he's like 70 years old, but. Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.

That is so funny. And I just wanna say, just sort of contextually for the audience listening at home, it's not that hard to get that first round audition for SNL. I have to say, it really is like, I have done that first round of SNL auditions like 17 times. And obviously, like, I'm so sorry that you have to bleep

all of these references, but it is a name that requires you to say it, but I'm sorry to him. Like him, it went nowhere, but I would never bring it up, except in this context. I know, I know. To say that it is not, it's not like a career milestone, I would say, for most people. It was like a weird brag.

It's like getting a Burger King crown or something. Yes, oh my God, exactly that. You just stick around long enough and you will get one. You'll get one. It's a waiting game, really. But to him it was huge, you could tell. Of course. And later, we get fries and he's like,

oh, I haven't had fries since I was in the cafeteria at 30 Rock, like. No! Waiting for my SNL audition. Like how did you make the fries? That's so funny. About the SNL audition. Come on, Lauren Freigals. Get some more fries, there are better fries out there.

I know, I just was like, please don't do an impression. Like, please, I would love to still be attracted to you. Anyway, eventually we do go to his home, I have to say, and it's nearby, and I am just kind of curious about this person, and the fantasy thing is in full swing. There are Lord of the Rings posters everywhere. There's like every fantasy book you've ever seen. He has a closet of cloaks and whatnot.

Whoa. Funko Pops, are there Funko Pops, Faith? No, I didn't see that. That's shocking. That's actually shocking to hear. Yeah. And I'd like to remind the listener, just for your sake,

faith once again, that this band is incredibly hot. Yes, please. I can't emphasize that enough. You know? The reason you're in the house is half because of the story and half because of the general comedian curiosity and then half because he is a smoke show. Oh no, I was blinded by hotness. Yeah, obviously. We do make out and then I'm like, I can't possibly

hook up with this man. He gives me a forehead kiss, which I do think is the kiss of death, right? I think when a man gives you a gentle forehead kiss, that's like he doesn't care if you live or die. Yeah, that's like for daddies and daughters too. Yeah, you know, like that's like he doesn't care if you live or die. Yeah, that's like for daddies and daughters too. Yeah. You know, like that's like where you kiss your young daughter. That's him giving you his blessing before the chastity ball. Yeah. Or something like that.

It's very strange. Yeah. He like knighted you. I think he knighted you. Magic touch. Yeah. And then he sent me a long text afterward being like, you know, I think you're great, but I'm looking for someone serious who's into fantasy,

and I really need someone who's more into the fantasy genre. So I got rejected by a guy who has a wall full of swords, and I just texted him back, best of luck in your quest, and that was it. Oh wow. That's a great response. And maybe he'll be on SNL one day. So, yeah, I can't wait to hear Darrell Hammond say, oh, yeah.

That man, first of all, is addicted to pornography. That man is absolutely addicted to porn. When he says he's looking for a woman who's into fantasy, what he wants is specifically a woman who's into doing the fantasy role play because he sexualizes Game of Thrones. And that's all he can think about. So now he's got this weird disease where when he dates, he has to find a girl who's into that

because his whole theory of romance centers on someone being able to pretend they're Daenerys Targaryen so he can get hearts. It's very strange. You had the eyes, he had the wig basically. Like there was a light wig somewhere in that house that he was just waiting for you to put on. Oh no.

I feel like he probably uses that Khaleesi eyes thing as like a test up top. No, I'm special. Oh yeah. Okay. Bad dates. Oh, yeah. Okay. Set us up with some context here, Vinny. You are single currently. Are you a relationship person?

Do you have a lot of experience in the dating world? What's your story? I think I've been on a lot of dates. I've dated a lot of people. I've never been in a long-term serious relationship before, which I think, perhaps, says more about me than it does about other people. Yeah, yeah.

How long was the longest situationship, would you say? Ooh, probably like six months? Or like six months? Six months? That's a long ass time. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so maybe I have been in a long relationship. Yeah, I would say that is especially for a gay person, gay guy, specifically grading on that curve. Six months is an eternity. So place this in the timeline. Where is this date that you're going to

be talking about today? Okay, this date is in Los Angeles, I think maybe two years ago. It was maybe my fourth or fifth date with this guy. And let me preface this by saying the date was bad, but this guy is not bad at all. Okay, so not a villain, just a victim of circumstance. Not a villain. The date itself was bad, had nothing to do with him and everything to do with me. Well, this is a refreshing change of pace for this podcast, I have to say, because usually the people who come on

are either the villain themselves or talking about a deep dark-sided villain from their past. Nobody's in the wrong except for the world. This concerns like an act of nature. So I do think, yeah, this might be a first. Yeah, so I was going on like a fourth date with this guy. It was on Valentine's Day, which neither of us at first even registered

it was Valentine's Day, but it was. And so we're going on this fourth date. We found this restaurant that did one of those like multi-course deals for like 60 bucks. It's like four courses. Yeah. Prefix with the E at the end, so you know it's fancy. But before we even go to the fancy prefix restaurant place,

I was sneezing a little bit, right? I was sneezing. I very rarely sneeze, and usually when I do, it's just allergies. But just in case, I had taken a bunch of COVID tests, they were all negative, and I texted the guy, I was like, hey, just heads up, I'm sneezing. Usually just allergies, But just in case I had taken a bunch of COVID tests, they were all negative. And I texted the guy, I was like, hey, just heads up, I'm sneezing. Usually just allergies,

wanna let you know in case you wanna bail. He said, no, it's totally fine. We get to the right gesture. Like, hey, I have never thought about a sneeze and then felt the need to alert someone that I'd be seeing socially. Yeah, I do think maybe it's a sign of some larger mental thing going on.

I hate to talk. Yeah, so like do that. But I did. And yeah, so then I go to the restaurant, he picks me up, we drive over there, it's outdoor, it's really pretty, but it's a little chilly outside, right? We get the first course and all of a sudden

my nose starts running. Like just liquid starts pouring out of my nose like a faucet, just all over the place, man. I'm like soaking napkins, like super embarrassed. It's like just pouring out of my nose. I keep running to the bathroom and running back, sopping it all up as if I'm like a plate of water. Unfortunately, at this point, if I were your date, I'd be like, well, he's a cokehead. He's a coke head. And this is like a telltale sign that he was blowing lines right before our date. And now he's going in the bathroom to do it again.

Yeah. Yeah. The only thing that will that will help is nature. Sudafed cocaine. Truly just trying to get through this date by doing bump after bump in the Valentine's Day bathroom of this restaurant Unfortunately, that does sound like a very familiar story for this podcast But but the such was not the case you were sober as I assume not doing lines just the allergies killing it No, the only line I was doing was a line of guacamole on my tortilla chip. Oh

Mexican prefix. So yeah, my nose started running. I was like, holy shit, perhaps something is wrong at this point. So we're just chatting. I keep like apologizing for how disgusting I am and what a, like a slob hog animal I must appear to be. He was like, no, it's totally fine.

Then I tried to stand up again and my joints hurt so badly. Like really badly. And I was okay. So at this point, I know I'm sick. So I asked him, I'm like, hey, I gotta go home. I can Uber if you want, or you can drive me. I just, I gotta go.

He was like, okay. So we don't finish the meal. We drive back to my place. I'm like trying to look away from him so I don't finish the meal. We drive back to my place. I'm like trying to look away from him so I don't get him sick or anything. We get back to my apartment complex and he stops the car and I get ready to get out and he goes, wait, can I kiss you?

Oh, hey. I said, I don't think you want to, man. It's kind of, it's draining down my face. Like I've got a runny nose. I'm trying to wipe it up, but I've got a runny nose. And he starts saying something. He goes, oh, never mind. And I said, never mind what?

What are you going to say? He said, I don't want to. It's gross. OK, you said at the top that there were no villains in this story, but unfortunately, we are tiptoeing into maybe not villain territory, but sort of a neutral freak of the story. He said he didn't want to say it. I encouraged him to say it.

He literally registered that it might be weird and said, no, but he did. You can't do that. You can't start saying something and say, I'm sorry. I can't say it. It's sure gross. Like you can't say that, especially to a comedian. No, to me, that's a great point. Yeah. I mean, we're comedian is a great point. Yeah. We're gonna dig baby. I knew who his audience was, like unfortunately

all of our brains work differently. And it's like, well, a normal person wouldn't want to hear the gross thing. Unfortunately, I know I'm going to need to be invited on a podcast someday. And I will need to know what the gross thing you were about to ask is. I was showed tonight.

I have nothing to say. I guess in that sense you're right. I thought to myself. I was showed to tell this story. I have nothing to say. I guess in that sense, you're right. I thought to myself, I was going to be on Joel Kim Booster's Date podcast, and I would need to hear this. And so he did say it. And what he said was, I'll just slurp it on up. And he did. He kissed me and I went in there and I went in my apartment.

Two days later, he texted me. He was like I'm sick So yeah, and he's a bug chaser. He's a bug chaser But it's just it just is the common cold a bug chaser a bug chaser Joel Yeah, that's a specific ass audience. You assume they know what bug chaser That's crazy. I got it That's so specific. That's crazy. I got it. Makes sense to me.

Everybody gets it. Everybody gets it. I would just slurp it on up. So this man was in love with you, Vinny. This man was deeply, deeply in love with you. I'll say in that moment, like on the surface level, it was like disgusting. But then I thought for a second and I was like,

wow, you know what I mean? Like I'm that hot to this man that I could be covered in mucus or whatever. And he's like, I'll slurp it on up. Beautiful. Whatever. That's totally fine. Yeah.

I mean, you feel like a queen. Did he slurp it? Like actually like taking some? No, there wasn't like enough to slurp. I was doing a pretty good job of like wiping it, but it's not like all of it was going to get wiped. You know what I mean? Sure.

It's simply not possible. I try my best. The willingness to slurp was there. Yeah. Faith, have you ever met a man who would slurp you? You know, I was like, am I, is something wrong with me that I thought that was kind of hot when you said that? It was the same.

I thought it was gross at first, but then I was like, wait, this is insanely attractive. I was like, what's wrong with me? All things considered, I mean, like yes, you had to abort dinner. Yes, you were very sick. And yes, it was gross and embarrassing what was happening to you.

But sort of a net positive coming out of this bad day, Vinny. Like you left feeling like a queen, like a sick queen, like a sickly queen, the product of incest or something like that. But it is, you were actually quite flattered and I would be too, I think any of us would be. Yeah, I entered the data comedian and I left a Habsburg. Yeah.

Is there anything that you learned? Now normally because of course we deal in villains and heroes on this podcast and there is none in this story. But did you learn anything about yourself or about dating? Did you put any rules in place for future dates to help you avoid a situation like this? Yeah, in the future, if I sneeze at all, I simply will not go on a date. You know, I won't text, I won't check in.

What's the point of that? Because my checking in ultimately was like, of course, he's going to say yes. Who cares? Who's going gonna say yes, who cares? Who's gonna say no just because someone's sneaky? You are a prize to be won, yeah. But yeah, I think it did set a standard. Like if someone's not willing to kiss me when I'm covered in my own goop. Hey! Totally.

Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. That is beautiful. That is actually beautiful. And I'm gonna steal that for my wedding vows, actually. Final story of the afternoon. It's Brooks Allison Brooks. We're what's your current

relationship status right now? I'm in a relationship now going on three years. Okay, congrats. With a, yes. I am a bisexual man, dated men and women. I'm dating a woman right now and we have a good thing. And yeah. Yeah, three years is a good thing. It's a good thing. And yeah. Yeah, three years is a good thing. It's a good thing.

So where in your history is this dating story taking place? This was like, I want to say eight years ago, eight to 10 years ago. And it was like, shortly after I had come out as queer and was like, oh, I'm like ready to, you know, date around, not just like feel like I have to stick to one thing. I can kind of explore what I want to do. And there was this, you know,

I was pursuing comedy at the time too. I was like a new New Yorker, like wanting to get into the comedy scene. And there was this guy that was, I saw his like above me in the scene, and I had gotten word that like he, I don't know, thought it was cute or was interested in me in some way through a mutual friend,

and we got each other's numbers. And I texted him and was like, hey man, I introduced myself and was like, I'm looking for a community. Like I just came out as queer and I'm trying to find my way. I haven't met a lot of people, whatever. And he was like, oh, totally. We used to do a movie night,

but then everyone started hooking up with each other, so we haven't really done that in a while. So. And I was like, oh fair, fair, totally fair. It sounds like a really bomb movie night, I gotta say. It's bomb movie night. I'm looking for a community. We used to do a movie night,

and we were fucking each other. Yeah. I was like, okay, great, cool. And then a couple weeks go by, whatever, he invites me to come tan on his roof. Okay. And I was like, okay, great, cool. And then like, you know, a couple of weeks go by whatever he invites me to come tan on his roof. And I was like, oh, okay. You know, in my head, I'm like, that sounds like a fun thing that two guys

that are trying to become friends do together. So I agreed and agreed, I want it, you know, it sounded fun. So I was like, yeah, let's do it. And I, so I go over there, he lived there with, I think it was his husband. It could have just been a partner, but he lived it. But his husband wasn't there, you know, it was cool. I was like, oh my God, this is like amazing.

Like I said, he was like, I seen this guy perform a lot. I'm like, yeah. He was a junior and you were a freshman. I think that's, you could almost say senior. Oh wow. We're there and like like he's showing me around and I'm like, oh, this is cool. And I'm like, this is like 2014, 2015.

I'm like, think it's so cool that I'm hanging out with him. I'm like trying to take selfies and stuff to be like, we're chilling, where, you know. And I like, my girlfriend now is like, be sure to let them know that selfies were new. So I don't seem to. But I, cause I just thought it was cool. And he was like, we don't have to take selfies, you know?

And then there is somewhere that exists a picture of me and this person in his bath tub. Because he was showing me around his bathroom and he's like, I don't know, I can't, I don't know. So we take this- Showing you around his bathroom. How big was this bathroom that it required a separate part of the tour? I don't, I do not know.

But we ended up in there somehow, and it was a selfie, and so there's a selfie somewhere that exists of me being like, ah, and he's like in the background, like confused at what we're doing. So, you know, and he's like, oh yeah, so you want to go to the roof,

and then we gather some things, like drinks and stuff, go up to the roof. And we and when we get to the roof, we he has like a this like tarp or like patch of like fake grass that he was going to lay out for us to like sit on or whatever. And it had been a while since he used it, I think. So there was like dust on it. So I like hit it to get the dust off. And it went been a while since he used it, I think, so there was like dust on it. So I like hit it to get the dust off and it went in his face, some of it went in his face. And he was just like, don't do that.

And I was like, oh yeah, sorry, sorry. So there was like a sticky little moment. And after a little bit, I'm just like. Well, the last thing you wanted was to sneeze and then become a faucet and then have to put you through the test. Absolutely. Slurp it all up. Slurp up the dust from the tarp.

Yeah. So we're up there and we're just like soaking up the rays, talking and like, I think we're talking, we were just talking about like dicks. I think that was kind of the topic of conversation. You know, talking about liking dicks and stuff like that, which is what you do, I guess. So as I got to say, as a dick liker, it's never quite come up in conversation. Oh, okay. Sure. Isn't it cool that we both like dicks? Yeah, it kind of feels like a bad improv scene of like,

pretending to, you know, be on it on a gay date. I guess talking about dicks is like akin to gay guys zip zap zop before you enter the scene. Yeah. Yeah. I guess what I'm speaking to is like, it was just like an odd, like just strange like vibe, just like not a super nailed down vibe ever.

So like every little thing was just like a little weird from the bathtub to the kicking of the thing to talking about dicks. And then we're like, so we finish our drinks and then we go down, get another drink, come back up, talk some more, go down. And then like by the second or third time we're down there, we're like a little, little drunker. And we're like sitting in his living room and he's telling me, we're just, and we're a little drunker. And he's like, then he starts like, he's like rubbing his dick. And I'm like, okay, I think this is, I think I see what's like going on here now. And like, I, mind you, my phone is the one that's playing the music.

So that's all happening while Black Sabbath is playing. I was like going through a, I just moved to Bushwick and it's like, if you live in Bushwick, you have to like Black Sabbath. So like, imagine that happening during, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. So that was happening. Honestly, I'm hard.

I know, I'm saying this as if it's weird. I'm like, oh, I'm describing like the hottest thing ever. And then we, so, and then eventually we start like kissing and then like he picks me up and we're like making out. And then it just kind of like, my brain is just like not there. I'm just kind of like so like distracted by like, oh, I didn't know that this was gonna be this. Like, am I, like, is this guy's partner gonna come in? Like, I don't know what their situation is. And like, so I'm like, okay, stop, stop.

So he like, lets me, lets me down or whatever. And then we're talking and I say all that to him. I'm like, is, you know, and he was like, no, don't worry, he's chill, he's chill. And I was like, I don't, that's he's chill, he's chill. And I was like, that's not enough for me. I don't feel like- Yeah, that's not 101 shit. For somebody who just came out to sort of manage

is that situation. Right? You really jumped into the deep end of queer sort of dating habits here. And then we're up there and I start crying. Then I'm kind of like, I totally was just like, then I like turned it on myself and was like, why can't I just like hook up with you?

Like I have all these hangups with like, this would be cool to do like, whatever, whatever. I was confused, I was confused. Yeah, this is an interesting turn. But he's like, he was like, it's fine. Did he offer to lap it all up, your tears? He didn't, that's the thing. And it was, they were fake tears and I was testing him.

He said, you know, what would be so wrong with, during this, he's like, well, what would be so wrong if we just like went into my room and like fooled around? And I was just like, I don't know. And then I was like, okay, I think I should just go. And then, so I left and like, you know, I was like, okay, I think I think I should just go. And then so I left and like, you know, I was like, what the like, what was that? That was crazy. Well, to be fair, I don't even think looking was out yet, you know?

And so how are you to know how gaming operate? If there were there was not enough representation in the media. You didn't know, you know, like, I didn't know who Murray Bartlett was yet. Yeah, exactly. If you don't know who Murray Bartlett is, you have no business going out on a gay day. You know, you hadn't done the read it. So, you know, not necessarily your fault.

Bad dates. That's the show everybody. This has been so illuminating, so fun. Faith Ledzinski, tell the people where they can find you and what are you doing these days? Oh, you can follow me on Instagram at Faith Ledzinski and I'm always posting shows that I'm doing in LA. Get out to see Faith, one of my favorite new comics

in LA, in the world. So, so funny, I cannot recommend highly enough. Vinny Thomas, where can the people find you? What are you doing these days? Oh, thank you, Joel. You can find me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. And you can see me on the second season of Platonic, which is coming out this summer. Oh, yeah. That's so exciting. I loved you on Platonic. I love that show. And so glad to hear that it's coming back. And one thing that wasn't in your bio up top for those of you who, maybe the few people

listening who don't know, Vinny is an incredible front facing video artist. And you really, you know, we ask you to check out their socials all the time, but you really got to check out Vinny's TikTok or his Instagram or his Twitter. You post those videos there too. But seriously, one of the funniest who's doing it really one of in my mind, really one of the ground floor creators of the form of the funniest who's doing it. Really one of, in my mind, really one of the ground floor creators of the form of the front-facing video impressions. So check out his work there as well.

And finally, Brooks Allison, where can the people find you? What are you doing these days? Instagram and TikTok, you can follow me, find me, Brooks Allison, that's my first and last name. I am currently writing at The Tonight Show for the man Jimmy Fallon. I often will perform on the show,

so if you feel like watching, you might see my face. Very, very cool. Well, as always, I'm your host, Joel Kim Booster. You can find me at I Hate Joel Kim on all social media platforms that I happen to be on still. And we will see you next week with another full episode of Bad Dates. Goodbye.

Bad Dates is a production of Smartless Media created by Robert Cohen. Executive producers are Robert Cohen and Stuart Bailey produced, edited, and engineered by Devin Torrey-Brien. Produced by Anne Harris. Edited by Kyle McGrath. Associate producer is Maddie McCann. Social media producer is Tommy Galgana. Executive producers are Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, and Jason Baitman.

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