First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - Molly & Raef - Arcade Date Gone Wrong? Why Raef Vanished After the Retro Night?

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

Molly thought her throwback arcade date with Raef was a total win — flirty competition, a romantic slow dance by the DDR machine, and even a shared pretzel. But after a literal crash moment, he disappeared without a trace. Ever been ghosted after what you thought was an amazing date? Do you REALLY want that Second Date? The Jubal Show has your back! On First Date Follow Up, we track down the person who disappeared to get the real reason why. Awkward, hilarious, and sometimes downright shocking—First Date Follow Up delivers the truth, whether you want to hear it or not. Will there be a second date or just secondhand embarrassment? Subscribe to The Jubal Show's First Date Follow Up and find out! ➡︎ Get on The Jubal Show with your story - https://thejubalshow.com This is just a tiny piece of The Jubal Show. You can find every podcast we have, including the full show every weekday right here…➡︎ https://thejubalshow.com/podcasts The Jubal Show is everywhere, and also these places: Website ➡︎ https://thejubalshow.com  Instagram ➡︎ https://instagram.com/thejubalshow  X/Twitter ➡︎ https://twitter.com/thejubalshow  Tiktok ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@the.jubal.show Facebook ➡︎ https://facebook.com/thejubalshow  YouTube ➡︎ https://www.youtube.com/@JubalFresh Support the show: https://the-jubal-show.beehiiv.com/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Totally. Yeah. When was the last time you hit him up? Two days ago, I, okay, well, I'll tell you, my statement to him will make sense when I tell you what the date was. Okay. I asked him if he was feeling like a winner because I thought that was flirty in context. he hadn't heard anything back nothing okay

he wasn't feeling like a winner he probably tells us about it yeah tell us a little bit about the date yeah well the date I thought was great we went to this retro arcade bar so it was like totally 80 themed kind of stranger things vibes but with alcohol

but we were in like full competition mode and I bodied him in ski ball like absolutely absolutely crushed him there was maybe some light trash talk and maybe called him Grandpa hands when he missed the 100 hole

but I thought it was flirty he laughed at the time and then we shared a giant pretzel and he wiped mustard off my face so I thought he was going to kiss me I was like okay kiss me now but he didn't but we did slow dance next to the DDR machine so it felt kind of like weirdly romantic

Is that stupid? Not at all. I think that sounds fun. I mean, that feels like he was vibing with you too. Yeah, somebody else played Celine Dion Machia on DDR, which is a weird pick. But we slow dance to that. And he was just really funny. I thought the mustard thing was cute.

And I thought we were having fun playing the game. So I don't know. I thought it went great. I really had a great time. So why do you think he's ghosting you then? Okay. So I thought about this a lot. And there was one moment where I kind of tried to do like a sexy lean while I was talking to him.

I was like playing with my hair. And I leaned against this life-size Sonic the Hedgehog statue. And I kind of knocked it completely over onto the ground. Oh. Okay. You think that would be why he would ghost you? It's the only thing I could think of. It made like a really loud crash.

Like I think like it, a light flickered, a guy, yelled at me I was like I don't know if he works there he was just nearby but I'm wondering if I like embarrassed him or something I feel like

I feel like we left shortly after that so it was just like a weird shift in the energy what was he doing when you did that was he trying to help you up was he like are you okay did he walk away he didn't walk away but he was just kind of I think he was

shocked and I would we were just kind of standing there looking around stupidly and a guy who worked there ended up like coming over and picking it up but yeah he was i i apologize to him and he was like oh my god it's totally fine but we left not that long after that so that's like the only thing i can think of right i really hope it's not that okay yeah we'll check it out for you um we'll play a song come back and then call him and see if he'll tell us why he's ghosting you and maybe get you a second date okay that sounds great all right we'll get your first day follow up next Hey guys, it's AZ Fudd.

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We went to this, like, 80s-themed retro bar arcade situation, and I played a bunch of games, and I thought it went really well, but then I knocked over a gigantic Sonic the Hedgehog statue and made a big noise, and I think that's maybe why he's ghosting me. It should be so awful. Yeah, that would be weird to get ghosted for knocking over a Sonic the Hedgehog statue. I mean, it's embarrassing, but I just feel like you would have been like, oh, it's okay. All right, are you ready for us to call him? Yeah, I'm ready.

Okay, here we go. Hello. Hi, man, I speak to Rafe, please. Is he? Hey, Raph, how are you? This is a radio show. It's called The Jubal Show. Hi, Rave, I'm Nina.

Hi, I'm Victoria. And my name is Jubel. What's up? Hi, how's the calling? Pretty good. Is this a prank? No, it's not. Have you ever listened to the show before?

Yeah, I've seen the prank phone calls on a TikTok. So is that what this is? No, this is not a prank phone call. We actually do another segment on the show. It's called the first date follow-up. That's where if you go on a date with somebody and you ghost them, that person can have us call you to ask why you're ghosting them. And we got an email about you.

Is this about Molly? Yes, it is. It's about Molly. Molly emailed us. Told us a little bit about your date. It said she really liked you, but she's confused because it's been over nine days and you haven't talked to her. And she's wondering why. Would you mind telling us? Okay.

I know this sounds crazy. I'm ghosting her because she beat me in every single game. Okay. But why are you ghosting her, though? I mean, look, I'm not saying I need to, like, win all the time or something. something, but I lost ski ball, air hockey, Pac-Ban, and somehow

she got the high score on time crisis about eating nachos. I mean, it was insane. Whoa. Well, it sounds impressive, though, Rafe. I mean, she annihilated me. I mean, it was crazy. Every time I tried to make this

comeback, she'd give me this little kitty, like, aw-aw, noise. I mean, I've heard it in my sleep. She devastated you that much. that she beat you at all the games that you guys played yeah i mean you know i'm not trying to be like her ego about it but i mean she was calling me rife the redeemed once after i didn't get like a single prize from the you know the claw machine thing that's like impossible to win yeah i don't know like that's the name like mixed with you i've already get made fun of

for my name enough so getting that tagged on to it doesn't help you know so you are hurt by it yeah i mean it was i am mad about it like she you should it shouldn't a date shouldn't be this insane competition like you should be you know we're not actually trying to like beat each other so badly at these games we should let me win a little bit all right well thank you for telling us why you're ghosting her and raf i'll let you know that she's actually on the phone and wants to talk to you you really ghosted me because i'm better at ski ball oh my god you're here were you

actually scared off by a woman who can multitask nachos and a game I wasn't prepared for your raw terrifying talent okay I mean I thought we were having a good time you could have just asked me for a rematch

instead of like vanishing into the arcade mist like a sore loser ninja or something oh she right there what sore loser ninja. You're just like full of names for me. I was just, I thought we were, I thought we were ribbing. I'm sorry. It was supposed to be,

maybe I'm bad at flirting. You thought that was flirting. You thought that humiliated me in this arcade in front of all these kids was flirting. Not the kids. I really, I do, I do feel bad that I hurt your feelings. I really do. I didn't mean to like, roast you hard enough. I didn't think you were going to take it personally. I was just trying to be like fun and competitive with it but I mean I would I'll keep that in mind

I'll definitely curved it was kind of aggressive I'm just saying I'm just saying it was a little I'm usually not I'm not trying to be like fragile or whatever but remember that 10 year old was laughing

at me I mean yeah I didn't remember you remember that and you remember when you you turn to him and went keep practicing so you don't end up like this guy and that was emaculating I'm sorry, I have all brothers, so it's just like, I guess I, I think I overcompensated because I'm used to be the one who's getting teased.

I'm an only child, so. Right, well, Rafe, would you like another date with Molly? We'll pay for it. I don't know. I mean, why should I give you another chance? I mean, that was mortifying. I'm just saying. It started out fun and frivolous, but then it got, you know, kind of aggressive in a way that it just wasn't fun for me.

So, I don't know. What do you think, Molly, do you think? I like to you. I liked you because you were easy to talk to. You made me laugh. It didn't seem like you had to try too hard. I, like, went on a weird branch about claw machines at one point, and you, like, really listened to me. and you were even really calm

when I knocked over that Sonic statue you didn't make it off too weird knocked over you kicked it you kicked it because you were pissed because you lost that game finally

you said finally you knocked it over Molly I did kick it right come on but I really do I like I said I have all brothers

and I think I just got way too competitive and aggressive with it, but I really do like you, and I don't have to be like this all the time. We can do something totally non-competitive and chill if you wanted to go out on another date. What do you think, Rave? One more try. When we were talking, you were extremely affable and really cool to talk to before all the video games and me getting poned in front of children. Before that, it was really cool. I really think we were making a connection, sincerely.

So, yeah, yeah, I would go for a second date. I would. I know I messed up, but it was maybe being a little too sensitive. And, you know, I let way too much time go by. And, you know, I felt dumb about reaching back out. Like, I was going to be like, hey, remember me? Remember when I rage quit ski ball? How could you forget?

That makes me really glad to hear. I really like you too. Sweet. Thanks for being willing to give me a second chance. Congratulations, Molly. You got another day. No games, though. Maybe this time we can try something more of your speed.

We'll, like, stay home and watch a homework movie or something. Emotional. Jubel's first date follow-up. The Stuff You Should Know guys have made their own summer playlist of their must listen podcasts on movies. It's me, Josh, and I'd like to welcome you to the Stuff You Should Know Summer movie playlist. What Screams Summer? More than a nice, darkened, air-conditioned theater, and a great movie playing right in front of you. Episodes on James Bond, special effects, stunt men and women, disaster films, even movies that change filmmaking, and many more.

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