Duncan Trussell Family Hour - 709: Responding to Elephant Graveyard

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

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What's up? YouTube. It's me, your host, lover, friend, D. Trucelle. And it's a beautiful thing to be back here with my dear friend, Josh, back in Austin, just got back from an incredible tour of Australia. If anybody's watching who went to those shows, thank you. My God. That was the most fun I've had in ages.

Like, incredible. I'm jet lagged as fuck right now, though, man. Like it's just insane. My brain is mush traveling around the planet, going to the other side of the planet and back. And you just, it just fucks with your head. I don't know if you knew this, but time zones are not just in the United States. Did you know that, Josh? They're actually, yep, they got them in Australia.

Got them in Australia. So you fly from one side of Australia to the next. You land, you go to your hotel, you do a show. Then boom, you're back on a plane and your head just gets. It's mushy and I'm so fucking tired. And also, ever since I got back from Australia, I have been working nonstop on an incredible video. I'm not going to, I don't want to build it up too much.

I just want to say in advance, I think some of you might think that, you know, it's unethical to, as they say, docs people. And I got to say, I agree with that. But, you know, sometimes you have to, ask yourself, is anonymity good for people all the time? You know? Maybe sometimes when someone is trapped in anonymity, you free them, you liberate them, you rescue them from a self-imposed prison. And so the video you're about to see, I've worked on it nonstop. It's long,

but I figured we could just show it. It's about an hour and a half long. It took me a long time to I'm nonstop, man. Look at my eyes. If they seem tired, they are. So not that video, Josh. Don't play that. Go ahead and play the video itself. They sent you.

Do you have it? What's wrong? I'm getting. Get ready, guys. No, that's not that one. Not that one. Don't play that. All right.

Play the video. We went through it a million times. been working nonstop on this you guys this one yeah that's it let's roll penguins i mean what are they they're cute but are they evil

kind of like lizards i remember penguins yeah that was when i used to play hollow night i think there were penguins in there can't wait for silk song shot by a switch for that seems crazy isn't it going to be on place station. They've added a new cake pop at Starbucks, a raccoon, or something that is trying to be a

raccoon. And yet, look at that poor thing's eyes. It's like it knows it's a smowcureen, always seeking realness, wanting to be authentic, and yet doomed to forever be a poor imitation. I'm thinking a lot about doors and walls. A wall without a door sends a message. It says, you can't come in. Add a door to it, and the wall changes. With enough force, any wall becomes a door. Any wall can be overcome.

And in this overcoming, we merge with the wall. We become forever part of the wall's story. Penguins. I mean, what are they? Penguins. I mean... What the fuck? What are they? Pangolins. Josh, what the fuck? Penguins. I mean, what are the fuck?

Hold on. What the fuck? Oh, shit. Let me... Hold on. Are you... Sorry about that. What? Are you kidding me?

What happened? I got a little rusty. You left to Australia. I got drunk a lot. I'm getting used to doing this again. Dude, I worked on that. I've been up for two nights working on this fucking thing. Played again.

All right. Did you just? Hold on. I'm refreshing it. All right. From the beginning? Yes. People are coming in right now.

You can't. Just do it again. Penguins. I mean, what are they? They're cute, but are they evil? Kind of like lizards. I remember penguins. Yeah.

That was when I used to play Hala Night. I think there were penguins in there. Can't wait for their silk song. Should I buy a switch for that? Seems crazy. Isn't it going to be on PlayStation? They've added a new cake pop at Starbucks. A raccoon.

Or something that is trying to be a raccoon. And yet, look at that poor thing's eyes. It's like it knows it's a smowcure come, Simulam. Always seeking realness, wanting to be authentic, and yet doomed to forever be a poor imitation. I'm thinking a lot about doors and walls.

A wall without a door sends a message. It says, You can't come in. Add a door to it, and the wall changes. With enough force, any wall becomes a door. Any wall can be overcome. And in this overcoming, we merge with the wall. We become forever part of the wall's story.

Penguins? Panglins. I mean, what are they? Penguins. What are they? What are it? Maybe it was the video you sent me. It's not the video.

Penguins. I watched the whole thing. What are they? It's going to cut out. Oh, shit. That's your shit, dude. That's not the video. All right.

All right. You work on it. We'll just work on it. We'll come back to the video. No big deal. It's cool, man. Look, guys, having a little tech issue here. You know how it is.

You never know, like, with, like, Mercury is not, or it is in retrograde. It's, Mercury's in retrograde. somewhere. And so that means you're going to get like tech issues. We will fix it. This video is going to blow your fucking mind. It is a powerful expose. And it sends a message and it's important. It's an important video that people need to see. You didn't ask why I'm so dressed up, Josh. I just, you know, I need to ask why. Why are you so dressed up? Well, I went to mass today. Yes, I went to mass. Because, uh, you know, that horrible fucking thing happened.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, my fucking God. And, you know, it feels weirdly tired. Like, I just, for those of you who are just catching up, I had a bishop on, and we talked about how Christians are the most persecuted religious group on the planet. And then this fucking happens. And it's the most fucked up thing of all time.

it happened during a mass while people were fucking praying this piece of shit came in there and like it's so unspeakably horrible like it's it's like atom bomb level fucked up the guy was like definitely possessed by demons if you you know 4chan has a great like if you like you can see the manifesto and all the crazy shit the son of a bitch drew him looking in the mirror and like a demon looking back. And like, so yeah, I just, you know, I figured I should like go to the mask, show solidarity. People were scared to go, you know, but it was the most beautiful. It was beautiful.

It was so sad and beautiful and sweet. And just the difference between those two energy forms. You know, it's like polar opposites. And it's so sweet because, like, you know, something like that happens. And like the demons in me are like, man, it sucks that guy is dead because it would be nice to, like, torture that person forever. It would be nice to just ceaselessly torment this person, infinitely torment them. And then you go in and the whole message was just love. Love, love, love, love.

All you can do is love. Whenever anything like that happens, whenever there's some horror, whenever there's a personal affront, or whenever there's something on the global scale, where Christianity becomes Christianity is the response, is love, instead of punching back, which is so beautiful. And like, just something about being in there and looking around and like it's all these kids and like, you know, just, I,

it's just the sweetest, most beautiful thing. And do you know what today is in the Catholic Church? You should know. I don't. It's the day they chop, they cut fucking John the Baptist head off. Which is so funny. I'm with my kid. You know, they read.

It's like there's no way to tell the story without mentioning decapitation. So, you know, they read the part in the Bible where if you don't know the story, basically there's a king and essentially an amazing stripper comes into the party and dances. And she's so fucking hot. The king's hammered. And so he does the thing that so many of us have done when in the company of strippers. He said to her, I'll give you anything you want, whatever you want, name it. I'll give you half my kingdom.

Give you anything. Just drunk dummy at a strip club, basically. And so she goes to ask her mom what she should ask for. And I guess her mom's pissed at John the Baptist. I don't know the gossip, but she's like John the Baptist's head on a fucking platter. So the stripper goes back, which by the way, idiot stripper. Because if like some king is offering me a bunch of shit, I'm not going to ask for some old, fucking desert hippies nasty ass decapitated head like give me half the kingdom yeah you said it give it to me

well anyway goes back to the king says john the baptist's head on a platter and the king because he said all this shit in front of his friends his egos involved sends his executioner out they chop off john the baptist's head bring it back on a fucking platter it's so death metal and i looked down to my kid and he's just like What the, he's like, they chopped off his head. I'm like, yeah. They did, Baba. They put it on a platter, like a cake. And so is weird timing, too, because John the Baptist is like, you know, I guess one of the first Christian martyrs.

Like, yeah, one of the first Christian martyrs. And it's just weird timing. And then they sang this song about the martyrs and you're thinking, like, technically, like, for sure, those kids you guys. murdered are now martyrs. Like they just joined legions of murdered Christians who are murdered for nothing, no reason, other than some fucking psychopath on SSRIs, like, decided to send an idiot message. Which, by the way, to me, like, those acts of violence paradoxically seem to emphasize the veracity, the truth of Christianity

because like, you know, like people aren't doing that shit to mall sanas. You know what I mean? People aren't doing that shit to other, like, quote, fictional characters. You know, it's like something about the church and something about what's happening there is so offensive to people

and the pathetic response. All they have is violence. It's like the story of Christianity. You know, if all you could do, do it's crucify some hippie who's like up your ass it's pretty you lose the argument man i think it's because they know that we won't do anything back to them like that's why saddam had only christians around him that is a very cynical take josh i know you think the reason they do it is they're like yeah well they're not going to fuck with like scientologists they'll fuck you up they're not going to fuck

yeah they're not going to fuck with like i don't think so ma'am i don't think so man i don't think I think so. I think it's like it just gets in people's heads in the most, and I think that people who are the most opposed to it are the ones closest to it. This is like in, um, are you, why are even talking to me right now? Are you not working on fixing the tech issue? I was a, it was a, okay. No, I mean, I love you, man, but we got to get the, we got to get this studio, uh, we get this studio fixed up, man. Look my fucked up hair line. you know how much it sucks getting old, man? It's like you're in between a rock and a hard place.

Like your options are have a fucked up receding hairline or do the full bald. And like neither is good or go hat. And it really is like it is like being cursed by the gods. It is like I don't know. Like if you had to choose between like Sisyphus pushing that boulder up and down the hill forever or like having like a receding hairline. I don't know, man. You're going to think about it for a second.

You're going to think about it. Like, I don't know. Boulder sucks, but if I have a nice head of hair, it's still, there's probably people down there. Probably women down there. Did you fix it? I re-exported it, so it should work. Okay.

All right, guys, here we go. From the top. As I said, you know, I'm addressing everything in this video. Go ahead and play it. Hey Ontario, come on down to BetMGM Casino and check out our newest exclusive. The Price is Right Fortune Pick. Don't miss out. Play exciting casino games based on the iconic game show. Only at BetMGM. Access to the Price is right fortune pick is only available at BetMGM Casino. BetMGM and GameSense remind you to play responsibly.

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I remember penguins. Yeah. That was when I used to play Hollenite. I think there were penguins in there. Can't wait for Silk Song. Should I buy a switch for that? Seems crazy. Isn't it going to be on PlayStation?

They've added a new cake pop at Starbucks, a raccoon, or something that is trying to be a raccoon. And yet, look at that poor thing's eyes. It's like it knows it's a simulcureen come, simulam, always seeking realness, wanting to be authentic. And yet doomed to forever be a poor imitation. I'm thinking a lot about doors and walls. A wall without a door sends a message. It says, you can't come in. Add a door to it, and the wall changes.

With enough force, any wall becomes a door. Any wall can be overcome. And in this overcoming... Get ready. We merge with the wall. Right after this. We become forever part of the wall story. Get ready, friends.

about to drop the hammer. I mean, what are they? Pangolins. Fuck. What are they? What is it, dude? I have no idea. That's weird that it just repeats and repeats.

What are they? Is it your computer? I have no idea. What the fuck, man? You got to fix that. People are going to be pissed. A lot of people came here for that. Maybe if I exported in a lower...

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I was going to say that. boarded a lower thing. Sorry you guys we're working on this. Hang in there. Hang in there. We're going to make this work. Guys, if you're bothered by this, I am bothered by this. I've been working on this. Look at my fucking eyes.

Look at them. It's like something's missing a little bit. No, it's like I'm tired. Oh, sorry. Nothing's fucking missing. I was reading. I'll tell you something's missing. What's missing is the gear I need to run my at this fucking studio.

But yeah, I'm exhausted. I poured my heart into that video. And everybody who's like, you know, waiting here for it. It's coming. This is coming. And Josh is going to fix this. I've been working non-fucking stop on this. Like, you don't even know.

Like, when you fly across the country, you're exhausted. You're exhausted. I mean, across the planet and the country. I flew across the planet and the country. I flew across the planet and the country, and you're tired. I have a friend, he says that the reason that you get so tired is because your astral body doesn't travel as fast as a plane. And it's like a rubber band effect. So your astral body, it's still back in Austin.

My astral body is probably, it's probably in L.A. by now, but it sort of slowly catches up, which is why you get tired. And so I knew right away for all my fans that I had to, you know, I had to make this video. I had to be transparent. I had to let people know what's going on. And I did, I did. I, like, one, I had a fingernail issue from editing. Like, I fucked up one of my fingernails. I bled into my computer.

I thought it was good, the blood was gonna fuck up the computer. But yeah, so Josh, come on, man. Did you- Maybe the blood got into the, when you exported it, it messed up. Maybe the, man, yeah, yeah. Did you just, come on. Let's. I'm exporting it again. It's almost done.

You know, the, the, um, it's crazy, though, because, like, I'm used to go into, like, Ram Dass retreats and stuff. And, you know, it's just weird to be in a Catholic church. And there it is. There's that same kind of energy that shows up at, like, other places I've been to that are, like, I don't know, I guess you could say a little cooler, like, more socially acceptable. It's way more socially acceptable. to go to like a Hari-Christian temple than it is to go to a Catholic church, you know? And but there's that exact same vibe. It's like the coolest thing.

It's, I don't know how to put it. It's like clean or something. It's like this very clean, pure, beautiful energy. And you do get a sense of like, God damn, everything's going to be okay. Not goddamn, but you know what I mean. Like, it's going to be fine. It's not going anywhere. You're not going to like, there's no way you're going to stop it.

And then it was just so sweet, man. My kid, because I don't usually, I don't, you know, I'm not Catholic, but my kid looked at me and goes, you can come here every Friday and Sunday. Ugh, just so sweet. Just to think about that psychopath doing that. What the fuck, man? What the fuck? It's just, it's so perplexing that that that,

is to this day that's still happening. Like, it just really, like, my brain just keeps going back to that. Like, how is there, how, like, there's still essentially, like, throwing Christians to lions. Like, why? Like, if you go to any church, like, at the very worst, it's annoying. It's a very, boring, I guess. I'd rather be annoyed than bored.

Like, at the very worst, it's fucking boring. stuffy I don't know you just want to get the fuck out of there I have a beer but did they have police at your church yet fuck yeah I mean this is fucking Texas dude yeah I don't think things are gonna work out

the same way if someone tried to do that shit in Calais Church in Texas but shit man it's the fact that there has to that has to be there is like I you know there's certain places where of course there should be armed guards

brinks truck Brinks trucks. It makes sense. You got guys with like combat shotguns and Brinks trucks because they're filled with money. You steal money. Brinks trucks. It makes sense. There's arm guards. Strip clubs. Arm guards. Makes sense. Orny psychos, you know? But a church where like they're not, all they're saying is like you should just love everybody. And my dad's church, a lot of the older men stand in the back right where the front door is at, which in case anybody comes in. But I don't think any of them are armed. So it's just going to be a bunch of old men trying to tackle a guy with a, you know, a weapon.

I don't think it's going to go as well. That's not going to go well. No, they're all in their 60s. It's not going to go well. No. And it's also like just so paradoxical to have to have someone with a fucking gun at a church. But, you know, what are you going to do? What are you going to do?

Some fucking Looney Tunes gets a, the. a misfiring of their fucking neurons. And next thing you know, they storming a church. All right. I re-exported it. Okay, great. Play it.

Okay, I renamed it too. Great, play it. All right, got you. That Peter, wanted to say, you're having a great day. No. I don't. No, not.

That's obviously not it. I don't play that. I sent you guys I don't play that. Turn that off. Oh, fine. It's not the video at all. I didn't even think that was a video. Because I renamed it

and I guess I renamed it the wrong thing. What the fuck, man? It's nothing. Don't play that. Again, that was a private message to a friend. Look, I will, let me re-export it, and then I'll send it to you. Okay, hang on. Sorry, guys.

I know you guys, many of you are here to see this, and I will say this. You, your patience is going to pay off today, because this is going to, this is hardcore. I would say this is the most hardcore thing that I've ever done by far. And I feel weird doing it. Honestly, I feel a little like uneasy doing it. But I feel like it must, it has to be done. I have no choice. You know, there's armed guards at Catholic churches and sometimes, you know,

the best defense is a good offense, as they say. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but if this person that you're going to do this to is as powerful as we think they might be, maybe they're messing the video up as I... Shut up! That's just crazy. Now that, that's what we call cope.

You think that they hacked you? You think you're getting hacked? They hacked your editing? I don't know, possibly. Do you think you're getting hacked? I don't know why it keeps doing that. That's what the same part. No, it's your fucking gear, dude.

You got to upgrade, there's shit in the studio that needs upgrading. We might have to do a Kickstarter or something. Hold on. Let me re-export this. I'll let's give it to you right now. Hold on. Sorry, you guys. Hang on.

Sorry, chat. Everybody's pretty pissed at me. Guys, we're working on it, all right? Hang on. Hold on. Hold on. Let's see this. Hang on.

Re-export this fucking thing. I'm sorry, you guys. This is mortifying. I know a lot of you are like taking time. off work and stuff to watch this. I fully respect that. And just, hang on. Honestly, it's stupid to re-export it because it's literally the, I'm just going to send you the exact same thing that I already sent you. Um, you know, you know, Josh? I know what? You know that I'm sending you just the exact same thing that I already sent you. Yeah, but sometimes when people send files,

they get corrupted. So, you know, that could be it. Because I've, I've, sometimes people don't have the gear they need in that and so that that that also happens sometimes right well you know um you were gone i took a little time off a little vacation yeah but that's fine i'm glad you took a vacation i'd love to take a vacation that would be fun i love a little vacation got all these kids so i kind of can't but um here i got a lot of kids too yeah i know you do josh but um yeah i i i i i had a lot of kids too but um yeah i i i i had a lot of kids too i i i i i i had to take a vacation. I would love a vacation, especially right now. There you go. Try that one. All right. So I can't fuck this up because you send it to me. Play it. Penguins. I mean, what are they? They're cute, but are they evil? Kind of like lizards. I remember penguins.

Yeah. That was when I used to play Hallenite. I think there were penguins in there. Can't wait for silk something. Should I buy a switch for that? Seems crazy. Isn't it going to be on PlayStation? They've added a new cake pop at Starbucks. A raccoon. Or something that is trying to be a raccoon.

And yet, look at that poor thing's eyes. It's like it knows it's a smowcure. Come. Simulcom. Always seeking realness, wanting to be authentic and yet doomed to forever be

a poor imitation I'm thinking a lot about doors and walls a wall without a door sends a message okay pause it there pause it there pause it there

all right get ready guys so again a lot of you are going to judge me that I did this a lot of you were going to say this is fucking unethical you shouldn't have done this. Not cool, Duncan. And I thought about that. I talked a lot of people about it. And, you know,

honestly, when I, today in mass, when they were saying, you know, you should actually just love. That's the, that's the Christian way. It moved me. And I, and I would thought, you know, maybe I won't, maybe I shouldn't do this video. Maybe like it's not the right move. And this is a message from God to saying, don't, you don't, there's no, you know, we're talking about, I think one thing all of us have in common is we want harmony in the world. And we may have different ways of looking at that. You know what harmony is. I just think there's a general sort of human impulse that is the opposite of the things that cause violence and war and suffering and in hatred and division. There's a human impulse. It's a beautiful thing. Some people say it's the soul, the fruits of the

spirit. And it's inside all of us. And we all want that. And you think about it, the cycle of violence in the world that's been going on and on and on and on, it's always happening because someone feels justified in what they're doing and hurting someone else. They think that what they're doing is right. that there's some justification in the violence and the aggression, some justification in the attack, that they're good. And they don't realize that the reason almost becomes secondary to the aggression itself, that the aggression is the root cause of all the problems. Here we are on this beautiful planet.

Here we are in this incredible planet, a Garden of Eden-style planet, and we're always rubbing shoulders with paradise. We're always one collective realization away from dropping the swords, putting down the guns, stopping the violence, stopping the infinite, never-ending aggression against each other that we think is so justified, giving up on the dream of revenge.

Always right there. And that being said, I'm still going to do this. this fucking video play it get ready come in add a door to it and the wall changes with enough force any wall becomes a door any wall can be overcome and in this overcoming we merge with the wall we become forever part of the wall's story here we go hangling get right i mean what are they come on man i i'm you sent me the video video. Penguins.

I mean, are you doing this on purpose? No. I mean, what are they? This is you. You're doing this on purpose. Are you sabotaging this for some reason?

I'm not sabotaging anything. I'm telling you, like, you sent me that video, and then it just, it keeps looping and playing and stuff, and I didn't even do it. Play it. What the fuck?

Don't play that again. Delete that from your computer. That's a private message to a friend. Look, we're going to work on it. Keep working on it, Josh. Use your other computer. Transfer it to your other computer and use that. Look, Josh's a great guy. Don't get mad at him. You know, he's one of the coolest people I know. So please don't chat. Please be cool to my producer, Josh.

He's a wonderful dude. And please stop attacking him in the chat. I am going to address the allegations. It's coming up. It's in this video. I have poured my heart into this. You know, I've been doing so much thanking and reflection. And I've been really, truly, like, I have an answer. And it's important. And I don't want to be like, I don't want to pat myself on the back or anything like that. But as you can see from the beginning, it's a fucking incredible.

It's, when I was doing it, I'm like, oh, my God. It's like, I kind of have this feeling of like, Am I can, I feel like Kim Burns or like it's just something moved through me like a spirit move through me. And, um, yeah, it's, I feel like it's, it's an important thing. And more, more of us should be doing things like this. You know, we can't just ignore, you know, when Buddhism ignorance is one of the root causes of suffering, you know, and ignorance, what is ignorance? Ignorance, uh, it's not just dumb. It doesn't mean like, you know, you know, you're ignorant like you're an idiot.

Ignorance means actively ignoring. So even though something's right in front of you, you try not to see it. Now, usually, you know, something is in front of us. It's more inside of us. You know, there's some feeling that we have that is just unbearable. And why wouldn't you have that feelings? The world, if you really open your heart to it, is almost unbearable. You know, if you just expand the circumference,

of your community outside of you and your friends or you and your family to just your neighborhood or a little further out than that, then suddenly, like, if everybody's your kids, you know, everybody, all the kids out there, those are your kids. All the mommies are your mommies. All the dads are your dads. All the wives are your wives. Oh, I like that one. I don't mean it sexually, man. I didn't either. Yes, you did. See, that's, you. You Okay, so here's the thing. I know because you do podcasts, I know you do comedy podcast. I know that.

And so I know part of a comedy podcast is that, like, play of, God damn it. Play a fart sound. Like, how does my watch? I have it on an airplane mode, but she can still get through. What is that? I don't know how to stop it. God damn it. As I was saying, what was I saying?

Oh, comedy podcast. you probably what you want to play a fart sound okay let's do that here this is the this is what Josh would like to be doing hold on here we go uh no no don't was it use an app if you're gonna do that i like to vocalize my fart is that what you like Josh you feel uncomfortable now yeah this is what you like this what you want in this fucking podcast you're feeling good now? This is what you want? Fart sounds? This is what you fucking want? Yeah, wow, this is great. This is fucking great. What's happened to comedy? This is what you want. Fucking disgusting. It makes me sick. You know, the, we just can't ignore, you know, if you, if you, um,

it takes courage to turn and face those parts of ourselves that are kind of hard to accept. It takes courage to reflect. It takes courage to look within. And it takes courage to sit with the pain, not tell a story about it, come up with a reason for the pain. Not even come up with an explanation for all that suffering, but just sit with it. Like, you know, if you ever seen a mother with a crying child, you know, they just hold them, love them, and the child calms down.

and that part of yourself that just doesn't want seemingly doesn't want to be held that's the part of you that wants to be held the most that's the part of you that needs love the most and until you have the courage to turn and face it we have the courage to be with it unconditional love then it's always just going to be squalling and crying like a baby be on a plane, squalling and crying. Did you fix, tell me you fucking fixed it. It's so exporting. Okay.

You know what I, you know what I? Speaking of exporting, do you know what I have? What? I have exported a pyramid tape. Oh shit, okay. I got it. So I don't know if it fits in with today. I would love to just wrap up this part of it.

The problem is the video I made is very long. So if we're going to watch the whole fucking thing, it's, You know, if people have time now, they're on break from work. Should have played this on Monday on, on, um, should play this on Labor Day. Somebody said Red Bar, God, I hope Red Bar is watching. I made this for Red Bar. Is it exported?

Yeah. Play it. All right. This is for Red Bar. What do you mean? Mm. I'm just, uh, what do you mean?

You're just, um, How is this so hard? You've played a million videos. Just play it. Panglins. I mean, what are they? They're cute, but are they evil? Kind of like lizards.

I remember penguins. Yeah. That was when I used to play Hala Night. I think there were penguins in there. Can't wait for Silk Song. Should I buy a switch for that? Can you stop right there, Josh? Stop.

Stop! I would, before you keep playing it, just while we have this on, I would love to know in the chat, how many of you have gotten the new switch? Do you think Silk Song, do you think it makes sense to buy the switch just to play the next holiday? I'd love to see that in the chat. Can you pull the chat up real quick, Josh? Yeah. No, somebody's saying no.

I got a PS5 pro just for death straining too. didn't ask that how all. Yes. Tours only saying yes, why do you think that? Because it seems like a lot of the, the, it's going to be on PlayStation. And I'm just trying, you know, what is the reason other than you can,

I guess, haul the thing around with you? But I'm over 50. I can't be on an airplane, playing a switch. Fluriter says response, it's coming. I'm going to play the rest of the video. I think you will, I think you'll be pleased with the response. Is it Switch 3 or Switch 2? It's two, right?

I have no idea. Is it three or two? There's no reason just use your PlayStation. Steam deck. You know what? Penn 7-8-1, I got to say, I got a Steam deck. And I was excited as hell about it. But it just can't play any of the new games coming out.

Like, I just wanted to be able to. But that being said, I've been playing this game, Factoreo. Oh my God. It's like it looks like shit, but it's the most engrossing, incredible game I've ever played. But Hollenite. Now that, that's like up there with Eldon Ring as far as cool games go. That's the kind of game where you feel like you're in a dream the weeks that you're playing. So Silk Song, I've been just waiting for it.

And I've been looking at that switch. And I've just been thinking, I'm going to do it. I think the new Donkey Kong game looks okay. but I don't know, two games, is it worth it? And I'm assuming there's going to be other cool shit, but then I've heard the frame rates on the Switch, too, are dropping off on Eldon Rings, so I'm a little worried about that. And there's probably going to be another handheld console coming out.

Like, I heard Xbox is releasing a handheld. So, which you'll be able to access Steam. And, you know, it feels like if you just wait a year, you're going to be able to play AAA games on a handheld, and it's going to look incredible. with super high frame rates. So thank you so much for the input, guys. Go ahead and finish this.

All right, let's drop the fucking mic on these motherfuckers. Here we go. Isn't it going to be on PlayStation? Start it from the beginning. Okay. They've added a new cake pop at Starbucks. Penguins. I mean, what are they?

They're cute, but are they evil? Kind of like lizards. I remember penguins. Yeah. That was when I used to play Hollywood. I think there were penguins in there. Can't wait for Silk Song. Should I buy a switch for that?

Seems crazy. Isn't it gonna be on PlayStation? They've added a new cake pop at Starbucks. A raccoon. Or something that is trying to be a raccoon. And yet, look at that poor thing's eyes. It's like it knows it's a smowcuren cum, some like, simulcure, cum, always seeking realness, wanting to be authentic, and yet doomed to forever be a poor imitation.

I'm thinking a lot about doors and walls. A wall without a door sends a message. It says, you can't come in, add a door to it, and the wall changes. With enough force, any wall becomes a door. any wall can be overcome. And in this overcoming, we merge with the wall. We become forever part of the wall's story.

Pangolins. I mean, what are they? Penguins. I mean, what are they? Penguins. I mean, maybe this is a good thing, you know? I mean, what are they?

And it's like it's happening for a reason, you know? Maybe it's a good thing. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like, maybe it's good that, like, because you don't know what can happen. Hey, what's up? I came to, I get my car fixed, and you didn't fix the car. Maybe that's a good thing. Yeah, because then you can drive your car and get into a car accident.

It happened for a reason. Yeah. Maybe that's a good thing. Hey, what's going on? I, uh, I wanted to have an operation, but you remove my kidney. and I just needed to have knee surgery. Maybe that's a good thing. Maybe it happened for a reason.

That's more of a mix-up. I mean, you know, listen, from what I'm trying to learn right now is, you know, the parameda of patients. In Buddhism, the parameda, they're fairly similar to the Christian fruits of the spirit, generosity, patience, discipline. And I'm working on the parameda of pay. Where are you going? Are you walking out?

No, no, no, I'll be right back. All right. Listen, guys, this is, we're trying right now to fix this thing. I guess there's some kind of party happening out there now. And just, here's what you do, Josh. Switch it to your other computer. transfer to the other computer, connect the computer to the internet, and then we will play the video that everybody's waiting for. And for those of you who came here just for this, I can't apologize enough.

I see there's 555 people in the chat right now, angel numbers, and a sincere apology to every single one of you who came here. you know, for my response. Sometimes, I don't know. Yeah, sure, I could fucking just say it, but like, I show it. I show it. I break it down. And I'm not going to just, I'm not going to throw away days of work. So that I can't do it live.

I can't do it live, Matt Crats. I can't. I'm not going to do that to myself. As an artist, I can't do that to myself. It's like, you know what? Picasso, can you describe the picture that you, that you, the, the, the guy running the fucking art museum shit all over? And now we can't see it.

You know? Can't do that. I'm going to repaint the picture. I'll go back. I'll redo the whole fucking thing if I have to. I'll figure it out. Did you switch computers? It's still turning on the other computer.

I was off. So I have to wait until it turns on. All right. Well, how much time do we have? How long we've been doing it? Yeah, how long is it? 45 minutes. Okay, good.

All right, I guess while that's happening, I'm just going to read some dates I've got coming up. I'd love for you guys to come out to the show. Let's see here. Great. Dates aren't coming up on the computer. See, maybe your computer, when you send it over. Yeah, but my computer isn't the one playing.

The video isn't... That's your computer. This is your client's computer, you know? I thought of you more as a friend than a client, but... All right. Play it. What the fuck! Dude, seriously, man, now I think you're...

Oh, here we go. It's comedy podcast time. Okay, turn it off. Turn that off. And think it about you. Call you later. Turn it off. Turn it off.

Don't play that again. Comedy, Austin Comedy Podcast. Whoa! I'm gonna, September 4th, I'm gonna be at the Hollywood Improv. September 5th, I'll be at the Irvine Improv. September 6th, Irvine Improv. Come see me at Cobb's Comedy Club, September 13th. And September 12th, on September 26th, I'll be at the Four Winds Cases.

Four Wins Casino South Bend. Come see me October 2nd, 3rd and 4th at Wise Guys Comedy Club, Salt Lake City, October 9th through the 11th at the Tacoma Comedy Club. October 17th. Wait, October 17th of the Omaha Funnybone, October 8th, Omaha Funny Bone, October 8th, Omaha Funny Bone, October 8. You love it, Josh, huh? Woo! Austin Comedy! That's what you like. Austin.

Oh! I like my fart's a little wetter. Oh, boy. Great. Grow up. Grow up. Grow up. Well, I guess since that's not working,

for those of you who are just joining us, you know, one thing that Josh and I have been fucking around with on the podcast is I got a box of tapes sent to my house. And you can go to this. Pyramid tapes subreddit if you're interested in it. I guess trigger warning, this is honestly kind of disturbing. And because I spent so much time working on this fucking video, I...

Come on, man. You're going to laugh. That makes you laugh, huh? Little fart sounds makes you laugh. It does something to your soul. Okay, for the adults who are watching and not the children, I received a box of tapes at my house that are fucking weird. And I have been sort of going back and forth on playing them on the podcast. But I did have a little bit of time and I managed to export one of the tapes that I could play for you guys.

Do you guys want to hear one of these tapes? or should we like try to play my response video? Yes. Okay. By the way, monkey fire lord, a self-banned. Self-ban. Self-ban five minutes. Anyone saying suey-eye self-band five minutes?

I can't believe this makes you laugh. So hard. Yeah. You know, Josh, I spent a lot of time. trying to create a vibe in my podcast. And today I really wanted to like seriously connect with a lot of people who are confused. And I wanted people to like hear my side of the story. And so I spent a lot of time working on that video. And because of some technical error here at this podcast studio or you should be able to play videos,

I have not been able to play it. And though I guess, like, fart jokes are funny, I'm just a little, I'm going to say I'm a little disappointed because sometimes I feel like it's time to put the comedy thing aside just for a second. And I feel like these days especially what the world needs from comedians, more than anything is for us to put the comedy aside. And for us to get real, get serious, and use our platforms for good,

recognize what it means to have a platform. Yeah, sure, as a comedian, I could shake my fart thing all day, and I could make fart sounds, and this is the fart cushion app. You know, I could do that all day. Or I could make the right choice and protect people of the world. And that's what I was trying to do today with that video, Josh. And I guess for you, you're just like, fuck it. You know, fuck it.

We're in Texas, right? Did you get the video? Should we try one more time? Yeah, I got the video. Seriously, man. Hey, whatever happens. If this doesn't fucking work, people are going to fucking, They're going to be furious.

Whatever happens is supposed to happen. Play it. Penguins. I mean, what are they? They're cute, but are they evil? Kind of like lizards. I remember penguins. Yeah.

That was when I used to play Hala Night. I think there were penguins in there. Can't wait for Silk Song. Should I buy a switch for that? Seems crazy. Isn't it going to be on PlayStation? They've added a new. cake pop at Starbucks, a raccoon, or something that is trying to be a raccoon. And yet,

look at that poor thing's eyes. It's like it knows it's a smowcuren come, simulcom, always seeking realness, wanting to be authentic, and yet doomed to forever be a poor imitation. I'm thinking a lot about doors and walls. A wall without a door sends a message. It says, you can't come in. Add a door to it, and the wall changes. With enough force, any wall becomes a door. Any wall can be overcome.

And in this overcoming, we merge with the wall. We become forever part of the wall's story. pengolins. I mean, what are they? Penguins. I mean, what are they? Penguins. I mean, penguins. I mean, what are they? You know what, fuck it. Okay, maybe if we... Have a nice day, Josh.

Well, no, but if we keep letting it play, maybe it'll... All right, so, I'm just afraid to play the video, because if I play the video, I've seen the full thing for it. Oh, now he's locked out. Let me get a little minute. I'll be right there. So I'm fast-foring through the video. I'm looking at the end of it. And let's see. Just forget it. No, just forget it. It's a sign. Just forget it. Forget it. It's a sign. Yeah. I mean, sometimes this is how it works. I guess like the idea what I was going to do is probably fucked up. So I mean, it looks corrupted. I mean, you, yeah, it looks corrupted, Josh. It looks corrupted. Sometimes people very close to us become corrupted. Yeah. Or they're just looking out for your best interest sometimes, you know?

Yeah. Well, look, I can see a lot of you are upset. You know, I feel like some of you are, like, it's the first time you've come to the podcast, and I'm mortified that this is what I do. that this is what you get. Usually it doesn't, the podcast is actually, believe it or not, very professionally produced and well done.

And these things, uh, don't happen. So I, you know, I see a lot of you guys. I see what you're posting there. And, um, it,

some of it is, I'll admit, it's hurtful. And, uh, I, I really want to respond to this, but I want to do it in the right way.

So here's what we'll do. Come back. Come back. next week. Josh, after this, let's work on whatever's going on here. Come back next week. Yeah. And we will play this video and you will get the response that I think you deserve and that I know you want. So for those of you who stuck through the whole thing, I just got to say, I applaud your patience. And like Josh said, sometimes things do happen for a reason. You know, I guess the best way to wrap this thing up is to think a little bit about. patience. Most importantly, to think about the fruits of the spirit, which are, I'll look it up. I haven't

memorized, but I got jet lags, so my brain is just mushy right now. See here, the fruits of the spirit. It's from Galatians, but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. That's really beautiful. What's the whole verse? Galatians 522. 23. Galatians. 522.

Can't you just give me the fucking verse? Here it is. Back a few. I don't know what's going on here. Mercury is like definitely fucking with me right now. See? So it's not just my computer. No, no, no, no.

This is a totally different thing. I'm trying to find a Bible verse. For those of you just joining us, we try to do a little Bible verse every episode. Here we go. Ah, here it is. Okay. Now, the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these. Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry,

witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations. What's that? Like, emulators, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murderers, drunkenness, revelings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, they do, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such, there is no law. And they that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in spirit, let us also walk in spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one, in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear you another burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden. Wow, that's very beautiful. A lot to swallow there. And, um, come on. I was trying to refresh the other video.

Or there's the other video that was. To continue, I think that these days especially, if you want a reason to hate somebody, you want a reason to attack somebody, you want a reason to divide and to think you're part of the right team, you can find it. But if you have the courage to look within,

to reflect and thank, And maybe you'll notice something. There's a kind of not great feeling that goes along with that, a sense of self-imposed smallness, feeling that you've sort of shriveled yourself down. And I think that that feeling is related to the reality that this beautiful technology that is causing so many problems in the world is also the doorway to a kind of never-before,

foreseen harmony, unity, and connection between human beings, something that transcends the state, the government, and whatever the zeitgeist happens to be. Any time we decide to put poison into that beautiful, incredible tapestry, then we just become part of the entropic force that is keeping our planet eternally away from what it could be. And so, let us end in prayer.

Thank you, God, for this beautiful platform you've given me. Thank you, God, for my wonderful family and for Josh, even though he fucked this thing up brutally today. Please, God, forgive me for my transgress. and let all of those who have ears to hear connect with your light, your beauty and your love, offer solace and peace to the families affected by that brutal horror that just happened,

whatever it may be, probably a lot of horrors honestly happened. I mean, probably something every five minutes, terrible happened. So for whatever happened, not just in this last five minutes, but in the previous five minutes and all the five minutes before, bring comfort to those who need comfort. Please God help Josh upgrade the studio, help him realize that he is a producer of podcasts and that probably his equipment should be capable of playing simple videos

and help him understand that he should apologize to me publicly for what he did to me today. Amen. Amen. Anything to say? Oh, you got a bunch of super chat. Oh, let's go through them. Great. But you might have something to say, Josh. It's been, my birthday's tomorrow. That's great, but I turn 40. But really? Yeah, turn 40 tomorrow. Congratulations, Josh. Thank you. Well done. 40's a big year. I hate C4-864 says please address the elephant graveyard episode. I'm not sure what that is. Can you send a link?

Getting some Harmony Crew Invice. Thank you very much. Thank you. If you could see the little video that Josh fucked up, you would probably get other vibes, more of like a Ken Burns kind of vibe. But I appreciate that because I do think he's a genius. Dalton says, we're connected by two degrees.

I did not know that Dalton 994, but you could let me know what those degrees are. Haley, Jan 63, asked if I've ever laid across a shockty mat. Let me look that up. I'll let you know. Shockty mat. No, but that looks incredible. Probably need it.

My back's kind of fucked up right now. All that flying. Accupressure mat. I do have nails that I stand on. Like somebody brought this really cool board of nails that you stand on them and it's the craziest shit ever. I'll bring it if you want to try it.

It's like you feel it through your whole body. It's amazing. Is that better than walking on Coles? Yeah, I would say so. The Walking on Coles thing seems like horseshit to me. No offense, anybody out there who does that or who is currently walking on Coles. Hey, Duncan, you got to check out Jared Wright

from Australia, creator of animated series Sasse the Sasquatch and the Big Legs show. I've heard of the Big Les show. I'll check it out. Stax and Malik is saying, we still love you, Duncan, thank you. Just worried teal defense was such a strange thing to see come from you.

This techno demons want to destroy our world, Dunk. You know, coincidentally, if Josh had not fucked up this video, I think you would actually hear what I have to say about that. And I think it might, it might change your mind a little bit about what you're thinking there. I really appreciate those super chats. Thank you so much. And guys, again, I can't apologize enough for the mess that this

episode was. I've been just know that I've been really fixated and working on this, trying to get this to work. For those of you who really want to know what's going on and like, honestly after this I think I'm going to add some things to the video but please come back next week we'll be here on Wednesday we will have for you a working video I don't care if Josh and I have to spend the next spend his whole birthday working on this we'll figure it out we'll figure it out come back next week Wednesday I will show this video and we will get everything out in the light because I think that's just the best thing to do in situations like this so I'll see you you next Wednesday. I love you guys so much. Thank you for bearing with me. Remember the fruits of the

spirit, specifically patience. You know, we have to, if we can learn patience with each other, if we could just stop that reactive thing that just makes you want to lash out, you know, the thing that makes cats bite little kids, you don't want that in you. We could just learn some patience with each other, kindness with each other, generosity with each other, then this world that we're in it. It doesn't have to be such a miserable place. I believe it's possible. I think world peace is possible. And I'm teeling you the truth. See you guys next week. Don't play that. Don't play that. See you next week.