First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - This is the first First Date Follow Up with a Thesbian!
Episode Date: January 7, 2022First Date Follow Up is when we get an email from someone who went on a date and the other person isn't calling back. We get that other person on the phone to see why they're "ghosting".What's a thesb...ian and why are they not getting a call back!? You'll find out in this table-turning First Date Follow Up!Leave a rating and review wherever you listen. It will help the show out in a big way. If that's not your thing, you can find us on social media here:https://instagram.com/thejubalshowhttps://twitter.com/thejubalshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@thejubalshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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First day follow-up.
This might be a first for the people show.
Time for your First Date Follow-Up.
And we've done First Date Follow-Ups
for all kinds of people.
They haven't gotten a call back
from a date that they went on.
And we call the person
and we're like,
hey man,
why aren't you calling them back?
And then they say something
and then we talk,
you know how it goes.
Anyway,
we've done that with all kinds of people.
We've done it with heterosexual couples.
We've done it with polyamorous couples.
We've done it with polyamorous couples.
We've done it with same-sex couples.
But we've never done one with a thespian.
A thespian?
What is that?
It's an actor.
Oh.
In the theater.
I was like, what is that?
But we have a thespian on the phone, apparently,
who's not getting a call back from a date that he went on,
and I'm going to guess that he's going to be very dramatic about it,
but I don't know that for sure.
Marcus, what's up, man? How are you?
Hey, how's it going, guys?
Good.
All right, Marcus, before we get into everything,
how long ago was your date?
Date, probably about nine days ago, about a week and a half ago.
What's the name of the person that you went out with?
Her name's Emily. Emily, all right.
So how long has it been
since you heard from Emily?
About nine days.
Okay.
So she stopped calling you right away.
And how many times have you reached out
to try to get a hold of her?
I've reached out to her a couple times.
I haven't heard back yet.
She did say that she has
a pretty busy schedule.
So I just, you know,
I just throw it out there
a couple times.
But I just figured maybe coming through you guys again would just, you know, I just, you know, I'm going to throw it out there a couple of times, but I just figured maybe coming through you guys again
would maybe, you know, kickstart something here.
Okay, we'll see if we can help you out.
So exactly what was your date?
Well, you know, I thought it would be a good idea
to do something a little non-traditional.
You know, I didn't want to do the classic dinner and a movie,
very, very, very tropey type of thing.
As you've already pointed out, yes, I am an actor.
I perform with a small community theater group,
and our most recent show was Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Oh.
But I invited her to the play.
I was the king in the show, and I wanted her to see me perform
and to see the group, the company, my friends and all that.
And I figured it would be nice and she could kind of get a sense of who I was.
And she could get to know me a little bit through watching me on stage in a theater.
So she would have to sit by herself?
Well, you know, I saved her tickets with all the other friends and girlfriends and boyfriends of everyone else in the cast.
That's awkward.
That's super awkward.
She had to pretty much meet the family.
Oh, my goodness.
But, yeah, so she came to the show.
We hung out afterwards.
But, yeah, no, I haven't really heard too much from her since.
How was the afterward hangout?
It was pretty cool.
You know, again, she came to the show.
She came.
I showed her around backstage a little bit. I gave again, she came to the show. She came.
I showed her around backstage a little bit.
I gave her a little tour of the theater.
After the play, she came back up and et cetera, et cetera.
You know, did the whole congratulations and all that.
And then I invited her to our little traditional after party with our group. We went to the Denny's and we all kind of dissected the show afterwards.
Yeah, Denny's is great.
They have the booths that are big enough for all of us to
hang out in. But what about
her?
Yeah.
On reflection,
I think maybe that's probably not
the best way to have her get to know
me. We didn't really have a whole lot
of time one-on-one.
Maybe she thinks I was full of myself or putting on yet another show.
I don't know.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
Did you feel like you know anything about her other than her name?
Well, I remember her mother's name is Karen.
I thought that was kind of funny.
Okay.
All right.
Yeah.
Normally, I would be like, is there anything else that happened that you think it could be?
But in this instance, I think you just made a very bad decision on how to have the date, you know.
And did she just stop talking to you after that date?
Well, you know, I sent her a text thanking her for coming out.
She said, of course, and that it was very interesting.
Oh, that's not. Oh, damn.
Yeah, that doesn't sound like a we'll see you later.
I really enjoyed myself.
And was that the last time that you talked to her?
Or that you reached out to her?
Yeah, that's the last time that I heard back from her.
And you really, the play Macbeth, you guys are performing it,
but Macbeth is in space?
Macbeth is in space, absolutely.
I don't know what that means. That's mental.
Alright, well
we'll play a song, come back, and then
call her and find out why she isn't calling
you back and see if we can get you another date, okay?
Thank you. Alright, we'll do it right after this.
In your first day follow-up. It's the Jubal Show.
If you're just joining us for today's first day
follow-up, Marcus isn't getting a call
back from a woman named Emily.
He kind of went on a date with her. Anyway, Marcus performs in a theater group, a local theater group,
and they were putting on a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth,
although Macbeth was in space, which is kind of a cool twist on it.
And he invited Emily to come out to the show just by herself.
She sat with his cast mates, significant others, whatever, family members.
And then after the show,
they went to Denny's together with the whole crew
and he hung out and he said he thought it went great.
But also now that he thinks about it,
realizes he kind of just invited her to watch him do a show
and then hang out and talk about the show after.
And probably not the best date
because she hasn't called him ever since then. So
we're about to call Emily right now and
see if we can figure out why she's not calling Marcus back
and I promise not to be so annoying when we call her.
Okay, Marcus?
Here we go. I'm going to dial her phone number
right now.
Hello?
Hark, thou is Emily.
Yes, I'm Emily.
Emily, it has been a fortnight since we spoke.
Who is this?
Who are any of us?
This is what I say.
I'm sorry.
I don't know if you have the right Emily.
Emily, hi.
This is the Jubal Show.
My name is Jubal.
It's a radio show.
Mine's Alex.
Mine's English Evan.
Oh, oh, oh, is this about my follow-up first date submission?
Because I went on a date with Nick and he hasn't called me back. And I was kind of hoping that you could call him and find out.
Oh.
Oh.
Yeah, it's a first date follow-up, but we're not calling to talk to you about your submission, no.
You submitted for a first date follow-up.
Yeah, I emailed you guys a couple
weeks ago because i went out with this guy named nick and um i wanted to do a first date follow-up
oh oh dear okay well how the tables have turned dramatic what do you mean what i mean is no we're
not calling you to check in on the first date follow-up that you wanted to do with
a dude named Nick. I feel like she knows
what we mean. Yeah, you might
know. Yeah. We're calling you because
somebody emailed us about you.
Oh.
About me?
Yeah. Any idea who
would email us? Who you've been on a date with
recently other than Nick
that has been trying to get a hold of you
that you've ghosted?
It's not that theater guy, is it?
Well, how many theater guys
have you been out with?
Did you not gather from Jubal,
thy, thou art?
Oh, God.
Marcus, right?
Yes.
Marcus.
Marcus emailed us,
told us about your date, said that he really treasured his time with
you and would love to see you again, but you're not calling him back.
And we're calling you to ask why.
Yeah.
This Marcus guy really, um, uh, he chose a really strange first date.
Um, we didn't get to talk that much.
He told us all about it.
He invited you out to watch him in a play.
And then after that, hung out with his theater buddies and talked about theater and stuff.
And we also said to him, hey, probably not the best idea.
You didn't even really get a chance to talk to Emily and also could have seemed fully yourself.
Like, come check me out on the stage.
Is that what happened?
Is that why?
Yeah.
Yeah.
That was part of it that,
you know,
it was like,
I didn't even get to have a date really.
But,
um,
also,
I mean,
during the actual performance,
he was just not that good.
He was actually bad on stage?
Yeah, I mean,
it was set in space
and it was just really
cringy and awkward.
Oh my God.
We were wondering
how the space thing
was going to work.
No, no, no.
This show is why
community theater
gets a bad rap.
It really is.
Oh no.
And then, oh my gosh,
and then the after party at Denny's was with all his theater friends.
And, you know, he was just trying to get compliments from them and from other people.
And I was just like, why?
I could have not been there and it would have been the same.
Oh, okay.
Wow.
That does not sound like a good date.
So bad play and bad date.
Everything about it, not good.
Yeah.
It's just like being around weird theater people all the time.
It's just, no.
The theater people aren't weird.
They're just creative types.
It's just, you know, we're just not afraid to be ourselves.
And I just thought that that would be a good environment for a date to just see people as they actually are instead of trying to put on this show of being impressive or trying to paint by numbers and check all the Tinder boxes.
I just thought it would be a good time.
Oh, so you weren't trying to be impressive?
No, I just wanted you to get to know me.
That's all.
Uh-huh.
You know, I'm sorry.
It was just way too pretentious.
I mean...
I can't believe that you thought it was pretentious.
Yes, it's certainly one of a kind.
We're just re-envisioning a classic, you know, with the space set.
It's a subtle commentary, a nuance of today's society
and how everything is within our reach
but out of our grasp.
Marcus, calm down.
You share a theater that the next day
is going to be used by an elementary for their
seasonal recitals. You're not
on Broadway, my friend. You're just
on a one-way road down to
Delusional Town.
Just because we're passionate about
something, it's not... I really hope you find something that you're as passionate
about. I really do. And I really thought that, you know, that could have been a good chance for us to,
to, to, to kind of connect. You didn't talk to me. You didn't even talk to me that much. How
could I connect with someone who doesn't even talk to me? It's not like you were exactly extrovert of yourself. You weren't really trying to
put in too much of an effort to really fit in either yourself.
Marcus, you did put her in a very uncomfortable position. I mean, it would be hard to
keep up with a group of theater people
right after a show. I wouldn't have brought her if I didn't think she had the potential to
engage and be interactive.
And I really thought that she had that kind of personality.
So I guess maybe now I can see a little bit more clearly about who she is.
You know what, Marcus?
I've always said that no matter how warped the pot,
there's a lid that fits, and there's a lid that fits you,
and it's just not me.
Oh, wow.
That's a misfit saying.
Yeah, there's a line from a play.
Now I'll give you the line that I don't think either
of you are going to like. Would you like to go out
on another date with Marcus, Emily? We'll pay for it.
No.
No, actually, I'm good, but
if you could get back to my
submission, that'd be awesome.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
We gotta find out about Nick.
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