Hey Riddle Riddle - #408: Le Fridge

Episode Date: May 13, 2026

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This is a headgum podcast. And can you tell me, in your own words, why you want to be a exploratory deep sea diver? Right. I thought this was going in the opposite direction when I signed up. I thought this was going up into space exploration. But sort of the same, though, right? It's sort of the same. Yeah, it's all kind of like intense pressure, both physically and mentally.

And you're exploring like an unseen darkness, yeah. Great. Then I guess I want to be one because I want to meet an alien and see the stars. Great. And how long do you think that you can hold your breath? Let's see. One, two. Two seconds.

Okay. Two seconds. Pretty good. Pretty good. You're so far the best I've seen today. Thank you. Just a little joke because you're the first I've seen today. Okay.

And you, sir, why do you want to be an exploratory deep sea? diver. My mother was a exploratory deep sea diver. Was. Yeah. Yikes. The Eels got her. Yeah.

Eels can get you? Well, the band. Oh. She was killed at an Eels concert. Oh. Yeah, they did a band. No, they did a concert, 10,000 leagues under the sea. And a bunch of eels broke and killed everybody.

Huh. Why? Just a huh? Oh, no, I mean, aw. Thank you. It's an awe-worthy story, not really a-huh-worthy story. Sorry, yeah. And I can hold my tongue for probably two days and that I want to tell somebody something. Okay.

Are you sitting on a speaker right now? How long have you been sitting on it? About, okay, almost 48 hours. Okay. You just, do you want to just tell us? Okay, can I tell you? Yeah. You've made it about two days.

You can tell us. Matt Damon had that leg lengthening surgery? With, with both legs? Huh? Huh? Yes, with both legs. You're telling me, super crooked Matt Damon, had the leg lengthening surgery? Yes.

Huh. Yeah. I mean, aw. My cousin's wife is a surgeon. the kind of a doctor was the mother situation. Yeah. Yeah. So do we get in this and then we go to space?

Or no, this is deep sea. I got in the wrong line. This is deep sea. And I'm sorry, but unfortunately, neither of you made the cut. What? Nurtz. Yeah. We're actually almost full on the staff.

We're just looking for someone who has a PS5. That's the one thing we don't have. under here. And so kind of the one thing we're looking for to kind of round out the rest of the deep sea exploratory crew. Yeah. But feel free to grab a bagel and a coffee on your way out. There's no bagels.

There's no bagels. Yeah, there's a donkey. Half a block down. Oh, just feel free to go to a restaurant. Yeah, go there, pay money. And yeah. And I'm just telling you where it is, basically. Except I didn't tell you where it is.

But now I am. It's about half a block. It's about three blocks down. Three miles. What am I say? I say blocks three miles down. Huh. Well, good luck.

That's at least worthy of an awe. Aw. Thank you. And thank you for listening to a riddle riddle. I'm JPC. I'm Adel Rify. And I'm Adel Rify. Wait, what?

Who do I kill? Who do I kill? Aaron, have you seen Project Hill Murray? No, I'm looking to go see it. Next week, I have a couple days off. And I'm, I think I might go to like a morning movie. Yeah, morning movies are fun. Although I heard about a little character in it that is sort of a puppet.

And I'm actually quite scared to get emotionally attached to a thing like that. I don't trust that it will live. So I'm actually kind of a little bit scared. You're, you've been kind of scared to get emotionally attached to puppets in the past. Yeah. Puppets are a big trigger for you. Anything that's like, yeah, any like guy that keeps you company that's little that you get emotionally attached to that was. with you in your hour of need,

and they're at risk of dying or dying for you or going home or whatever. E.T. etc. So this is probably from, I think, in the last season of Andor, didn't they blow Babu Frick to bits? Yeah, they exploded Babu Frick. They melted him down into a watch,

and I believe someone swallowed the watch a la Pulp Fiction. Yeah, I think someone swallowed the Babu Frick watch a la Pulp Fic. His last word, words were, or whatever he does. I forget his thing. Or whatever it is that he does.

Eric, I got a question for you. So you love puppets. That's been more documented on the show. You love puppets. You have, have you ever, I don't want to say met, but are you, do you know any puppeteers? Because I believe that you are in a field so adjacent to puppeteers that certainly you must have crossed paths with one before.

But do you have any puppeteer friends? I actually have just recently put out, like, I'm looking for a puppeteer for a project that I'm working on. Okay. Oh, very cool. And so, yeah, I saw the Brian Henson puppet show that was at Sketchfest. And I was so blown away by the performers that were in that show. Like, of course, they're like Henson puppeteers. Like, they're going to be the best in the business.

But I was like, yeah, why aren't I? I wish my entire friend. group was puppeteers. I don't have a dog in this race. And I think it's unethical to get dogs involved in races because humans are faster. But I think, Aaron, I would love to see you in a room full of puppeteers. I would love to see you ingratiate yourself into like a puppeteer social circle. I think that would be fascinating. I think that would be a great boon for you, right? I think you'd have a good time in it. But I want to know the inside scoop about like what puppeteers are like socially. They seem really nice and funny and kind of assuming. Everybody seems nice from the

outside. I want you to get inside, okay? I know, but I fear I'm an embedded journalist here, Eric. Yeah, it's like Gorilla's in the Miss, but with puppets. Yeah. I introduced myself to Brian Henson, and by that I'm a friend of the pod, Paul Saboran, very kindly was like, tried to get me to talk to him, and I was so nervous because I was like, well, this is my number one hero, number one in all time. Um, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, Didn't you say you wanted to meet a puppet in the wild? Yeah, you guys, you're not going to believe it. But any time I'm in sort of a high pressure situation,

and again, you guys are not going to believe this. I blow it. And as someone who's haunted by telling Lorne Michael that we're both Scorpio's, I sort of have a new version of that where I told Brian Henson that it is my dream to talk to a puppet. I said, it's the last thing on my bucket list is I want to talk to a Muppet.

And then he went, okay. And then I said, well, I kind of, I want to like meet one at the airport or something. Like I wanted to happen organically. I want to run into one. Yeah. And then I walked away and sort of stared at the wall for a minute. I think your issue, Aaron, is that you shot too high. Like if I wanted to introduce myself to sex, I wouldn't start with Jenna Jameson.

Okay. Right. Topical. You said right like you knew what I met by any of that. Yeah. I didn't even know what I had. You don't want to have sex with the person you want to have sex the most the first time you have sex because you want to be good at sex by the time you... You're right that I don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

All I'm saying is that you, instead of introducing yourself to like, you know, someone whose last name is Hinson, for instance, you need to start with like someone who was on like the off off Broadway like touring cast of Avenue Q, right? Like you need to get in with like a baseline puppet person and have them like open your podcast. puppet world up. I can see you in the bat from Eureka's Castle getting along pretty well. Well, if anyone knows any puppeteers that you think I should be friends with, but here's the, I don't want to be irritating. Socially, I go, can you bring your

puppet over when you come over for a drink? And now I'm a pariah of a friend that you never talk to again. I know exactly. Actually, pariah. Puppet Mariah? JBC, you think about it. Think about it. Yeah, JPC, think about it. Aaron, I have the exact prescription for what you need.

I like to see a scene. Aaron, you are at the airport. Great. JPC, you are a puppet. And Aaron, you were going to meet JPC. You're going to meet his puppet at the airport. Sorry, I think I just picked up your bag by accident. Oh, my God.

Hi. I'm sorry? Hi. You're touching my bag? Oh, sorry. No, I accidentally are we. I have my headphones in. You're touching my head phone.

bag? This is my bag. Yeah, this is your bag. It looks so much like my bag. I accidentally took it for a second. I got like one foot away and then I looked down. I have it kind of wrapped under my foot and you came and pulled on it hard. I thought it was my bag because I was sitting here a minute ago and I'm just looking for my bag. I've been here for an hour. I've been here for an hour. Right. Yeah. Are you a Muppet Chaser? Sorry? I'm not interested. I'm you're a Muppet Chaser. No, no. You like to fuck Muppets in the airport? No, I'm open to fucking. Do you see my wedding? You see my wedding? ring? I'm married.

Yeah, but like, are you married or is the puppeteer married? There's a lot of other puppeteer, lady. If you want to fuck a puppet, there's a lot of other options. Yeah, I'm not trying to make a scene. I'm so sorry. I almost try to take your bag. I see that you're married. You know how many 5-8 wannabe blonde women come over here while I'm sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to Denver to see my sick puppet father? Try to grab onto my puppet dick.

And I just didn't know what the one is saying. I'm so sorry. Let's stop for a second. Aaron, is this how you wanted it to go? Um, did I want a puppet to say I was a 5-8 want to be blonde? Let's restart. Let's restart. So take it on the top. And Aaron just really, um, it's like when you're dreaming, lucid dreaming, really take control of what you want your experience to be like. I can make this. Yeah. Put it into the ether and sort of manifest it. Here we go. Totally. Because it's my dream and it can be anything. Here we go. Great. Hi, could I buy you a drink?

I never usually do this, but I'm going to Denver on a business trip. Hold on. I'm on the phone. It's puppet leukemia? Oh my God. Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can. Isn't leukemia like a bone or blood thing? I'm sorry? What did you just say to me? I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to myself. You're trying to fuck a puppet.

No, I'm not. I wasn't trying to pack up. I'm trying to fuck anybody. I didn't know your dad was dying. Oh, so now it's my fault. No, no, no. So now it's my fault. I was just going to offer to buy you a drink. I am interested in how puppet leukemia works because I'm pretty sure you don't have any of the parts that require.

Fine. You know what? Meet me in the bathroom in five minutes. Pull that skirt up. Shut that mouth. Into this. Into this. Adel, ask your question again.

Yes. Ten out of ten. The scene. Woo! Okay, exactly my dream. Eric, I think you're, I think, look, live your life, but I think you're going about this in the wrong way. Do you want me to live my life? A little bit.

I don't think you should be like, hey, puppeteer, bring your puppet to this thing. I think you should get to know the puppeteers. That's weird. That's weird. Exactly. But as far as a strategy goes, you're going to catch more puppets with honey, you know? Get to know these puppeteers, listen to their bullshit lives, like learn about their blah, blah, blahs. and then eventually you won't even have to ask them to bring the puppet around.

The puppet will just be around, right? Like a guy with a guitar at a college party. Why don't, I feel like if you're in college right now listening to this, instead of going to the quad and busting out an acoustic guitar and playing Dave Matthews or something, swap out the guitar for a puppet. Let's normalize people taking puppets out in public. I, you know, this is very nurturing.

This is very sweet. You're pushing me. to follow my heart, to get out of my comfort zone a little bit. I think that you're right. I think I just need to be braver. And I don't need to, outside of professional context,

I can just go up to puppeteers and say, hey, I don't do what you do, but I'm into what you do. And I think you're interesting, and I'd love to support you. Yeah. Now let's go to that bathroom. You shut your mouth.

Oh, my God. I'd love to support. you is something that every puppeteer is dying to hear. They're like, oh, thank God. A potential patron, a potential mate. Like, who knows what this is? But, oh, finally, I can just pop it all day long. All right, do you guys want to get into some

fucking riddles? I'm ready. Yes. I'd love to rock your worlds with some riddles. These riddles are going to come from, and this should be no surprise to anyone. 2019, this riddle is from Johanna. Okay, so Joanna writes, I am made of four parts. A vowel at my end, a vowel at my start.

Part one, I can be used as a noun. Part two, I am the first sound of coal. Part three, I am said before down. Part four, I am found at the end of a circle. Put me all together. Popsicle. Popsicle. It is, ooh, it's not popsicle.

Right, can you redo them again? I'm made of four parts. A vowel at my end, a vowel at my start. Okay, so we have a vowel at the end and a vowel at the start. Part one, I can be used as a noun. Part two, I am the first sound of coal. That's the easiest one to get. Part three.

You know it? Volcano. Part three, I am said before down. What's said before down? Up side. There's a lot. It's good, a lot of things. And then part four, I am found at the end of circle. Well, circles don't have an end.

Oh, E. Cool. Yes. So it starts. So, okay. The vowel end to the vowel. It's not just E at all. I am found at the end of circle.

You're halfway there. Cole. CLE. Well, if E was halfway. Ellie? Ellie. Yes, Ellie. So Ellie is how this word ends.

So that you got part four. And it's four syllables. Uh, yes. Yes. Yes, it's four syllables. Alcoholie. Alcoholie is not right, but that's like, I mean. Blank, no, it's.

Yeah. Yes. Yes. You have the c. And the whole is. Oracle. No, I am, okay, I can be, okay, here's a final hint.

There is a final hint to this. I can be found in nice weather. Hmm. I think you have the cull and the lee circle. And the first one's a noun. The first one can be used as a noun, yeah. But it could also be used to something else. Yeah, yeah.

And it's a vowel. It's a vowel that can be used as a noun. Oh, E. It's not O. It's not E. It's not I. Y. Y.

U. You. It's you. You. Kalele. Eucolalee! Ucalae! Yucolet.

Yes, yes, it is ukulele. It can be found in nice weather. Oh, I love that one. Thank you, thank you for sitting. I can't believe you guys went through all the vowels except me. That was truly very fun. That was tough. We have another one.

This one is from Richard Payne, and Richard did say that I could use their name. Richard sent this in 2019. Then at some point I must have asked if people were still listening because in 2021, Richard sent an email that said, hey, JPC, I still listen. This is still a riddle. Then in 2026, I sent a riddle to Richard, and I said, but do you still listen? And Richard sent back an email that said, yeah, dude, still here. Oldest living listener. Also, the riddle I sent it sucks. So we're going to use the riddle that. Oh, I love it. I love that you're still here. That's so awesome. What a happy ending. I was like, oh, he's long gone. It's still here. He sent it a

Journal seven years ago and we're going to get it. And I have asked for people to let us know if they're still a listener. You're still here. Thank you. You're not to a seven-year itch. Now, seven years of anticipation, Richard has said, does suck. But we're going to do it. Anyway, here's Richard's rental.

Ritty Kitty has to take a ferry for her daily commute. On one particularly foggy morning, she wanders up the top deck with a grizzled old filthy captain is leaning on a railing overlooking the cars on the ferry. However, it is so foggy this morning that the cars are practically invisible. As the ferry pulls into the dock and the cars begin to pull forward, the captain turns to Riddie Kitty and says, cars with manual transmissions are becoming quite rare. In fact, there are only seven on the boat this morning. If the captain couldn't see the cars, how did he know how many were stick shifts? Now again, This is kind of lesser riddle and more of do you know a specific thing about manual transitions,

transmissions versus automatic transmissions. Is it a sound that they make? Aaron, great guess. It's not a sound that they make. It has nothing to do with sound. Well, I guess it's not smell. This is you all over again. It's not touch, but I do love, if you keep going down this road, you're going to get information.

Okay. Touch, sight, sound. Wait, who said sight? Taste. Sight. Did someone guess sight? Sight. Sight, yes. It has something to do with sight.

Something that he's seeing has something to do with sight. Hmm. He can see. It is foggy, so you can't see the cars, but he can see. Like a light? Does a certain light go on? And let's just, Aaron, that's yes, it is that. And let's just do a quick sidebar break.

Just as me and you here, Richard. Is what we wanted? Did we think after seven years it would be like this? He wanted this to be read in 2019. He wanted this to be burned through quickly. He didn't, this wasn't supposed to age like wine. He never asked for this attention. This is, this is, this is not what I wanted.

Richard, I'm so sorry, you deserve better. It is lights. There's a light, lights are a component to this. Well, I did that, so. Mm-hmm. Well, I did my lift. Do you guys want to have the answer? Yes, please.

Okay. So as the cars with automatic transmissions shifted down into drive, the reverse lights briefly came on, and the captain noticed whose backup lights didn't come on, and that's how he knew how many manual transmissions were on the boat. I still don't think I totally understand, but I trust you. Okay. Well, hey, Aaron, that's all that we needed out.

Have you guys ever driven manual? Adel, you drove manual before, right? I went to visit my dad in Ohio, and he promised me. He's like, come visit me, and I'll buy you a car. And I went to visit him, and I was like, oh, my dad's going to buy me a car. He gave me his old car, didn't buy me into it. And it was manual, and I didn't know how to drive manual. He said goodbye to me and gave me like a 10-minute instruction in a parking lot.

And then I drove from Ohio back to Illinois and with the car continuously stalling out. And I had a bit of a mental breakdown. that hey I gotta say there are lots of wrong ways to learn how to drive a car that's got to be one of the wrongest trial by fire trial by fire but also on a trip that you're not

on unfamiliar roads the one thing I'll say if it's all highway miles driving a manual is kind of the same as driving an automatic if like once you're in fifth gear you're just like going 60 miles an hour but that sounds like a nightmare as a person who knows how to drive a manual brutal

also every time I've ever driven a new manual, I've had to teach myself how that specific clutch works to know not to stall it. Like, I don't think I've ever gotten into a manual that I've never driven before and not stalled it the first time. What is actually happening when you're stalling it? Is it like a liquid? Like, so an automatic transmission just automatically switches gears, but a manual transmission, you manually switch the gear. And if you don't switch the gear, the engine just stalls out. So the engine just basically stops. It like shutters and stops because it's not.

not in a gear. It's not, there's no, um, a propellant motion moving through, you know, the drive train. Hmm. Uh, how do you fix it? Uh, you, you restart the car. You turn the car on and then try to put it into gear again and then try to start it from there. Um, that sounds scary if that happens when you're in a busy area. Yeah. Uh, a lot of times it happens when you're at like a stoplight because you stop, you know, the car, you're not in gear or you're in first gear, like, holding it at a stoplight. And then the light changes. And then you stall your car. And then you stall your car. And then, And then that is very, like, nerve-wracking because then everyone behind you starts, like, laying on their horn because you're not moving when the light is green. And then you have to, like, restart it.

And now you have to, like, put it into gear under pressure of everyone honking at you. Yeah. Yeah. I like to see a scene. We're all, um, uh, JPC and I are a NASCAR kind of pit crew comms. Aaron, you are a new NASCAR driver. Um, you've never driven manual. And the race is, uh, just starting.

Um I'm looking at your dashboard All your gears All your lights are green You are good to go driver So I don't know Actually who to talk to about this So I just need you

First of all I just need you to believe me Just give me the benefit of the doubt Have you ever seen the movie big Uh driver we have Yes we have seen the movie big With Tom Hanks Tom Hanks

Um I That happened to me last night I'm a kid right Um I'm a kid and I made a wish And I'll never make a wish again Three, two, one, and driver, go. Driver, you are in the front position.

Cars are swerving around you, driver. Go, you go with now go. This is your crudship, driver. I'm sorry. I'll listen to my mom. I'll be nice to my mom. I'm sorry. I learned to listen.

You're doing it. Driver, you're, whoa, you're drafting. Oh, you're passing. Oh, you're doing it. My eyes are closed. My eyes are closed. Oh, my God. You're going as fast as I've ever seen the car go before driver.

No, no, probably not. I think I'm going to head to bed. I'm tired. Being a grown-up, it hurts. No, driver, you're off the track. Driver, oh, you're merging onto the $294. Driver, please. Yeah.

I'm going to go to Chuckie cheese, and I'm going to go to GameStop. And then I'm going to go to bed and I'm going to wake up a kid. Driver, you do not have turn signals. You should not be driving on the road. What's a turn signal? Even kids know what turn signals. Are you the wizard that changed me? I'm your crew chief.

I'm the wizard that changed you. Oh. Yeah, why the hell is there two people on this line? Sorry. All right, I'll change you back. The crew chief and the wizard coming this fall to nothing. To nothing. We just looked, oh, it's coming to nothing.

Dang, okay. Okay, we have a riddle from Ryan, they them. Ryan asks, who knows what other people are missing? Apparently this is a riddle that Ryan's grandfather used to give them. Or maybe not. Maybe this is like a riddle that Ryan's

grandfather used to give them. Who knows what other people are missing? Is it the guy, what's the TV show where he's like, if you have any information, please call us now. Oh, my God. We watched an episode of this, didn't me? Every episode was about missing people. Is that? Robert?

Did we watch an episode of that? Unsolved mysteries? Unsolved mysteries. If you have any information. Well, but that guy doesn't have the information, whoever that guy is. Because he's asking me for it. But he might be asking this person for it, the person who knows what other people are missing. A person who knows what other people are missing.

I have a hint that I could give to Adel for this one, but I think it would be like a giveaway. So walk me through your process before I give you my giveaway hint. I'm kind of in the weeds here. Yeah, the weeds. Can you read it again? Other people are missing. Who knows what other people are missing? So this is a, oh, go ahead.

Like a doctor, like someone who can see inside some X-ray technician? That is so, that's such a good guess. An X-ray technician is a really good guess. I could see you've had your gallbladder out, etc. Yeah. Are you missing your car keys? I have found them inside your chest. Yeah, it's not that. It's not a doctor. Is it like longing for missing or misplaced? Like what? It is not longing for. And it's kind of like misplaced. It's like some person had it, but it's not there anymore.

And there's someone who knows where it is or knows what it is. probably both probably what and where oh is it like a card dealer interesting no it's not a car dealer is it a car dealer okay you are missing out on a great deal with this BMW 490X

it's not a car dealer but car dealer does have to do with the hint that I was going to give you because the hint that I was going to give you and this may not be helpful to you but I was going to give you think James Kahn James Khan The original James Cun artist

I do Yeah Famous Most famous For playing Buddy's dad And Elf And then secondly

Yes In Godfather Okay Yeah Having a bad attitude On the set of Elf First and foremost Did he have a bad attitude

On the set of El Yeah I think he was like What is this? Yeah That makes sense I guess you kind of Don't cast James Con If you're like

Let's get somebody with a really good attitude. Then you go to Scott Con. Yeah. Scott Con absolutely thrilled to be there. James Con absolutely over it. Rest and power. It's a different James Con role. Adel, I think it's for a movie that you've never seen, but I think you want to see this.

Thief. It's a thief. It is a thief. Michael Man's thief. Michael Man's thief. I would like to see a scene. Please. JBC, you are a thief that has broken into someone's home.

and you're going to actually wake up the person that you were robbing, played by Adel, to, like, tell him to get his shit together and get his life together. Like, there's too much that's a miss in this house. Gotcha. Hey, wake up, wake up. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm not here to hurt you.

Take whatever. No, no. Yeah, I was. I was going to. I broke into the house to rob you. Yeah, I figured. Yeah. Yeah.

Of course you broke into the house. Could you... Yeah, and I was... I was on... Fist back like that? No, no. I'm not going to... I just want to make sure that you stay calm.

I broke in here to rob you. I want to make sure that you understand that. I was on my way out, and then I saw you in here, and you're... You're a little older than I... You're... What? Are you 40? You look 40?

43? 43? Ugh. What the fuck? Hey, man. This... Denise? Denise?

Denise? Oh. No, sorry, never mind. Did you think there was someone else here? A woman would... My ex-wife. Yeah, ex. Yeah.

I'm sorry. A lot of the furniture that you have in here is like... It looks like stuff that was like bought at Target like 15 years ago. Really? Yeah. Is that surprised you? It was bought at Target 13 years ago. Yeah, about 13 years ago.

It's like a lot of it. It's pretty shabby stuff. Denise had mostly stuff from Anthrop. Apology, beautiful furniture. Anthropology's nice stuff. I would definitely steal some of that. Like, I'd still, like, get a nice anthropology face. That would, you know, get me a considerable amount.

Um, no, I don't need it. And you shouldn't. You shouldn't have it from memory or anything like that either. That's, you know, um, there's not even anything on the walls, you know, like, posters are not, like, expensive. Do you have, do you have a taste for anything or? Hmm, maybe like a Braveheart poster? Is that fun?

That's not good. The fridge is also, like, empty, empty. Like, I've seen fridge. Sometimes, like, the thing of, you'll open a fridge, there'll be, like, a thing of ketchup in it or, like, some, like, sauce packets from, like, delivery or something like that, and that's it. You don't even have, like, an empty water filter.

It's just, like, empty, empty. And it's still dirty. It's dirty and empty, which I don't know how that happens. Yeah, I mostly eat DoorDash, kind of exclusively DoorDash. Yeah. No, I can tell. Anyway, I just wanted to wake you up and let you know that, like, I didn't take anything, not that there's anything really to take. I actually was going to wrap up the stuff that I took in some curtains, and I just hung the curtains in your house.

Thank you. I've been meeting to get, yeah. Yeah, you should have curtains. Sorry, thank you. Thank you for that. Open windows is insane. Can I, if you grab my checkbook from the nightstand, I could write you a check or something. No, no, yeah, I did.

I grabbed that. That was one of the first things I grabbed kind of. leaf through it, all of the checks say void on them as well. So it seems like you went in like... No, that stands for Virginia. Yeah, it doesn't. Automobile. Automobile.

I'm broke. Yeah. Well, here is... Let's see, what do I have on me? 21, 22. 26. I have $26. You don't have to do this.

No, I absolutely am going to. $26. This is a starter for you, you know, for like maybe a non-Mell Gibson poster that you can hang up here. or something just to kind of get your... Apocalyptico? Okay, that's... He directed it.

He directed it. Yeah, he directed it, and that's not even... I don't even think that's the name of the movie, but it is... Apocalyptic? It's, you know what? Apocalyptic? You figure that out. I'm going to get out of here.

I do have to punch you, in case you call the cops or whatever. To make you one conscious. Not really to make it look real. More just so... I get like a head start. Yeah, you know what? Grab a drink or something? I'm up.

No, I'd love to, you don't have a drink here. You don't have a single drink in this house, so I don't know. I figured maybe you would. Yeah, get out here. Yeah, I'm going to go. I'm going to go. Thank you. Oh, you punch yourself.

Perfect. Seems like old-handed that. Well practiced. Okay. A lot of people, a lot of people can't get that much power into a self-punch. You really went for it. I have, well, he's out. He's unconscious.

Holy shit. Apocalyptic. Oh my God. Have either one of you ever seen Apocalypse? No. No. I never saw Pachypso. I never saw Passion of the Christ, right?

Passion of the Christ? Yeah, I think those can be a skip. I don't think I need to fill up my Mel Gibson watching. Bracket. What was the other one? He did a war movie with Spider-Man in it, with Andrew Garfield, right? We were soldiers once and young. That sounds like a Ben-Gibson title.

he directed one Haxar Ridge Oh I didn't know who he directed that I never seen it but yeah Good marketing for Haxar Ridge that you don't know that Mel Gibson directed it They kind of keep that out of the Keep that out of the main focus of it

Yeah I don't know Having kept up with Mel Gibson Passed one specific thing that happened With him What? I don't know I definitely remember that's where my interest with him Kind of stopped

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I'll go first. I want to crush. All right, we're back. We're back from break, and we're back with some. Just it. Riddles. Would you guys rather do some more one-off riddles or like a series of frills? I don't know. Are you a preference?

Yes. Okay. Okay. What if we went to Culver's? Oh, yes. And we got like butterburgers. Oh, yeah. Maybe like a malt.

Yeah. Or a malted on something sweet treat. You guys look back. I'm gone. I'm at Culver's. Yeah. I mean three. Okay, oh, come on, boo, his, boo.

I want a series. A series. I'm going to be taken away. I don't want a small bite. I don't want a quibby. I want a movie. Oh, a movie, not a quibby. Okay, so prepare to be transm-

or smobby. Thank you, Adolf, for our little history. This is our culture. We're smobby coded as a podcast. These are what am I style riddles from Chris? So, Chris, this is the first one. I think you'll be able to pick up. Armored and tall, I stand alone. My head and heart, more cold than stone. As hunger

enthralls my back to the wall, I'm waiting for you at home. Oh. Statue of Liberty in your house? Refrigerator. You're both right. It is a refrigerator, but what is the refrigerator, if not? The Statue of Liberty of your house. Wow. Give me your tired, huddled groceries. Aaron, yes, it is the refrigerator. You are absolutely correct. You did, yeah. I would like to thank my co-host, JPC, and Adel, for something, I'm sure. I would like to thank God.

I'd like to thank the entire Chicago comedy community. Casey Tony, Arnie Parrott. The music's playing. I was just about to ask Adel for Casey to play music. It's got to rock. But, hey, can I say, can I, Casey, if we had asked for music, is the only music that you have at the ready, then, yep. Oh, my God. Yeah, I would like to thank the Academy.

I would like to obviously also thank with my family. I love you. Wrap it. Oh, right, that's a good point. Wrap your speech. I want to thank you. I want to thank you. I want to thank you for all that I have.

Stop diving off the screen. I didn't even get to do one rhyme. This is what I mean. You cannot have to be. You cannot have me wrap and have these two on the screen. No, I, no. Can we talk about when you started, you put your hands up? I don't think I've ever seen a wrap.

I was stretching. You turned off our cameras. What rhymes with Academy? Are you mad at me? Oh, yeah. Thank you. I'd like to ask, ask the Academy, ask the Academy if they are mad at me. Why'd you do this to me?

I didn't earn it. I didn't learn it. I didn't stop. I can hear Adel. All right, this is a sensory nightmare for me. My palms are sweaty. That's just aeroscaping. Pals are sweaty.

Use it. Mom spaghetti. Poms are sweaty. Someone already did this wrap. I want to nap. I want to go. I want to clean my house and take a rest. I want to nest in my house.

And then I'll come back to record. Set a record Record Set a record Win a award Record and award Hit it And now Aaron

Do that Do you like what Ariana Deboz did Adel did the thing Adel did the thing Angela Bassett Did the Thing I still do say

Angela Bassett did the thing In my house quite often I love saying that Yeah I like to have fun I do like to have a good time I want to see a...

I think I got hurt by that. I'm physically hurt. I just love that that's the one thing that we have ready on this for Aaron. I do want to see a scene. So, Aaron, you're going to be at home. Adel, you're going to be playing Aaron's refrigerator. But much like the Statue of Liberty,

this refrigerator was granted to Aaron from France. Ah, downstairs in the middle of the night. Hey, uh... This is already humiliating. I don't really need, like, condescending French judgment. No condescension, champagne, paté, macrons. Loose cheese, please. Loose cheese.

Oh, like shredded cheese. I want to eat it like a raccoon. Wow, wow, wow. You have given me on wheat. Okay, can I have two olives, a sip of LaCroix that I put back in the refrigerator? earlier when I didn't Mered. Your life is Mered. No, just like some deli meat.

Can I get some soy sauce and I'm going to mix it with ketchup? I'm going to put some cup tea chips in it. You know what? Just give it to me and you don't even have to look. I'll go in the other hand. Unplugs myself. No, come on, please.

I'm going to head out. No, come on, please. Please. I was made from stainless steel to hold culinary delixtel. lights the sights that France has never seen. But you, you eat like a pig. No, come on. Hey. You eat like a rusted pig. Am I saying that right? Translation. When I went grocery shopping, I was a different woman. I thought I was going to cook things. I thought I was a person.

And now I just have a bunch of ingredients. And now I have to eat them like a rat in the middle of the night. This is my God given right as a person in my own home. Now please. A rat tried to eat some of the stuff you mentioned, and they threw up and died inside me. I took care of it this morning. Awesome. All right. Well, give me my taco bell hot sauce packets.

I thought those out. Oh, my God. Listen, this has been sort of a ratatooie situation where I'm sort of like... Brings in my guillotine from the other room. Keep going. Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa. Do you hear the people sing?

Singing this song of angry men This is a music of a woman Who wants to eat again And the shredded cheese is good And the thing it's always good Oh, C, T's easy Erin, you did it, La Fridge Le Fridge

La Fridge Arab Aaron, you might not be able to rap But you can always limit is. Oh, thanks. Was that me say? Is that a compliment? Hey, she took it as one. Here's your next one. The fridge door open. Here's another one from Chris. She almost got it.

Another snack, another lunchable. You don't want to have fun? GPC. Isn't this the point of the show is we talk and talk and talk until we stumble upon something that's fun? You don't want to do fridge, laymiss? You don't do lay fridge? I was thinking, is this the point of the show? And I feel like we've done so many versions of Le Miz on the show that it might be. The point of the show might be just to get to Le Miz and whatever way we can and then do it.

We either need to get to a version of Le Miz or a type of Venom. And that's our M.O. I'll be over here thinking about that. Tomato on the bread. There you go. Pizza on the sauce. Javert. Take the bread.

Le Vennem. Is there I was trying to think of it Cued Isn't there a cheese That sounds like Javert Chevre? Chevre

And I am Chevre Do not forget my name Do not forget cheese Friere Grier I am Grier I am warning you Grier

I will cut off all the mold See aren't you happy You had fun Aren't you happy You had fun. The whole time I was trying to think of I'm warning you gray hair.

Here's the next one from Chris. When I was small, my voice would ring. High and bright when I would sing. As I grew large, my voice turned low while my brothers sat in their row. They hung me high up in a church where I was left to swing and lurch. Though all could hear me far and wide,

there were no words and my helpless cries. Bells. Bells. Yes, these are. Bells. These are church bells. I'd like to see a scene. Casey clip that for me. I'd like to see a scene.

JPC, you are Beast from Beauty and the Beast. Aaron, you are a townsperson. And the Beast has just entered a bar that you're at, Aaron, and brought in his new wife that's an actual bell. She's a big bell. Hey, bonjour, come in, come in. Make yourself at home. Warm yourself by the fire. I'm keeping on my cloak.

Oh, yes, that is fine. A table for one, monsieur? A table for two. I'm obviously here with my beautiful wife. Dong. Something is going to miss. This miss is a bell. Oh, I see. Ah, so you've met her. You've met my... precious bell. Oh, so it's the witch's curse.

She became an object when she came to your home, monsieur? Nope. Nope. Just, this is her. You just made love to her fell in love and made it your wife? Not in that order. I waited. I'm a gentleman. We were married first. If you must know, we

consummated the agreement. Oh, wonderful Hey Gaston's not here, right? Uh, no. Oh, my ears burning. Oh, she, hide me. Hide me, hide me. You're impossible to hide, monsieur.

You are gigantic. I got beat my ass and he stole my real wife. I had to marry this fucking bell. What if we hear? Oh. This is another bell. Jesus Christ, but... Oh, hey Gaston.

Oh, man. Hey, long time no see, dude. How's a, oh, what was her name? Bill? That's her, yeah. Good, she's a published author now. She wrote the story of my love for her. I look out to the window at the bar.

I still see the, across the street, they're still doing the lame-miz fridge game. I slowly sneak out of this scene. I tiptoe across the scene. Barman, barman, barman. Oh, no, no, no, don't. Around. One second one, monsieur. Let me buy around for my friend.

Great, help yourself, monsieur. No, no, no, stick around. If you want to do any, like, if you want to do any, like, hey, stick around. I dreamed a dream of frigidette. We have songs, too. We can do our songs, you know? Yes. There's a great that can be spoken.

We can do our songs. We can do our songs. And empty drawers. No one. Eats like guest on. Yeah. See, see? Someone do be my cheese or whatever.

No, no, I'm going over here. See, See. See. Um, okay. As a verdant sentinel, I spur you on, until with gold I ply for you to stay. I hold you beneath my bloodied eye than once more sinned you on your way.

Whoa. Yeah, this one's a little lighter. It's not a ring. The sun? The sun? No, it's not the sun. Bloody eye. Yeah, bloody dog.

photo is it like like an x-ray it was like a dark room dark room no so here's remember here's the first line the first line may have escaped you but i think it's it's pretty key here as a verdant sentinel i spur you on until with gold i ply for you to stay i hold you beneath my bloodied eye then once more send you on your way okay the order of that is also the order of this thing It's the order. As a verdant sentinel, I spur you on, until with gold I apply for you to stay. I hold you beneath my bloodied eye, then send you once more on your way. It's like a shot?

Oh, interesting. No, it's not a shot. Is it a medical thing in any way? No, this has nothing to do with medicine or medical anything. Is this some sort of monster? No, it's not a monster. Like a checkpoint of some kind. A checkpoint of some kind

Is the closest, I believe that you have been Yes, I guess it is kind of a checkpoint Not really, but it's like Once you get the answer, you'll say like, oh yeah, I guess What's the most helpful part? Hmm, hmm, hmm, I hold you beneath my bloodied eye Is the most important part

Oh, Sauron No, it's not a literal eye And it's not literal blood I would say that this is an object and this is a... Stamp? Blava lamp. No, it's a routine object that I think that you two would encounter in your normal lives, you know, throughout the day. You would encounter this object.

Phone. No. What room in the house would it be in? It spurs you on. It plies for you. It's not in the house. It spurs you on. It applies for you to stay.

And it holds you beneath its bloody to eye. Oh, is it a stoplight? It's a stoplight. Oh, good job. Sorry, guys. It's hard. It's hard. It actually is hard to solve it.

You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to give Chris my award for the best one I've heard in a while because I think that this is a good one. I do love the imagery of bloodied eye for the red of a stoplight. That's very fun. I'd like to see a scene. Oh, please, yes. I will be the red light.

Okay. JPC you will be the yellow light. and Adel you'll be the green light and we are all trying to give our fourth friend advice on dating. You just got to put yourself out there, you got to go, go, go. You got to, you know, speed dating is a good

situation, I think. I don't know. I think try to be single for a while. It's really way too vulnerable to be in love. And then you're sort of tied to the choices they make and what if they make a chaotic choice? or, you know, I just, I wouldn't. I wouldn't.

I'd call it. Why make any choice? I'm sorry. I don't mean to take control the conversation, but why make any choice when you could just kind of wait for a choice to be made for you? Don't worry. He only talks for like a second and then he. Okay, back to me. So I think you should, if you want something, get out there and grab it.

You need to ask for forgiveness, not for permission in terms of dating. Yeah. In terms of asking someone. you scrap what I said. You know, I don't hate what you said. So, I mean, think about it. That could be an area. Don't make any decisions right now.

No. No. And, you know, Gary, Mr. Yellow over here is always like, he always says to maybe, like, slow down or stay in the middle area. But what you end up doing, Gary, is you rush into things. That's what you actually do, right? This wishy-washiness makes it so then you just hurry up and go. Go, go, go, go.

Get out there. Park your car right now. Get out of here. Go, cheat. Do you hear about that kid? There's a kid who was cursed by a wizard to be a NASCAR driver. And he went to Chucky Cheese, something else, and then went to bed. That's what you need to be doing.

Pursue your dreams. But we don't know what actually happened to that kid. Because as far as I'm concerned, the story remained a little bit unfinished. No. No. No. No. We know exactly what happened to that kid, and he regretted every choice he ever made.

He died in that car, obviously, because he was a grown-up who was actually a kid in a grown-up body. Guys, guys, guys, I appreciate all the advice. I think I'm just going to keep fucking my bell. It feels really nice. Stop. See, yeah, I agree. All right, we have two more of these left from Chris. Silent I stalk in the dead of night

Then in a flash I strike and bite My roar shakes with terrifying sound Yet I soar and never touch the ground Lightning and thunder It is a thunderstorm You got it right on the money Okay well that leads me to the last one That christened in and I think

I think we'll all enjoy this one Invisible our voices come With a click of your mouse or thumb We'll joke and jape while we address the puzzle of each wordy mess. You'll hear us banter and improvise, laughing till tears are in our eyes. Upon the middle of the week,

you'll get your chance to hear us speak and play along with all the fun. Oh, and please join our Patreon. My brother, my brother, and me. Yeah. Unfortunately, it is my brother, my brother, and me. That is a devastating one for me to read at the end. I didn't even look at that answer until I got there.

And, oh, fuck, Chris. Brutal, absolutely brutal. brutal Chris. I want to do one more. This is one that Josette sent in. And this has been on my list for a while. So I wanted to move it off. It's a pretty simple one.

I think you guys are going to do fine. What serves on either side and if you wish to hide may protect you from your foe or show him where to go. Racket. Ooh, I love that answer Because you could like see through it You know No, it's not a racket Do you say this is from Cosette?

Is that what you said? Yeah Yeah, why not? It's from Cozette A fridge full of food Um Do you read it one more time? I know a fridge that's full of food

See? Yeah, see, it's fun. It's fun. Empty shelves on empty. What are the shelves on shelves? I don't know. Empty shelves and empty drawers. Master of the sauce.

Keeper of the sauce. Condiments and also sauce. I would see an all food version of Le Mizz provided that they were not allowed to think about it before they got on stage. Master of the sauce. Just finding it. They're just constantly finding it. Bouncing around. Can you read it one more time, do you?

It's from Josette. I want to give Josette a proper attribution. What serves on either side and if you wish to hide may protect you from your foe or show him where to go. Oh, boy. This is another thing that I would say is, oh, please. Oh, no, I was going to say, I was thinking about like bumpers, like bowling bumpers. Oh, yeah, that's a great one. This is a very common, common object you'd interact with it in your normal daily life, yes.

Stop-line? I wish it were a stoplight. What serves on either side, and if you wish to hide, may protect you from your focus on. I mean, like, yeah, there's a way that stoplight fits that, yeah. A fence, a... Addle, you're closest with fence, your closest with window. Door? It's a door.

Wow. Yes, it is a door. Thank you for sending that one in. And that is all the riddles that we are contractually obligated to do today on the show, which leads me to my favorite part. And that is asking, Casey, do we have a voicemail? 805. Whoa. Wow.

Is that Dragon Force? Right? It definitely felt like that. That was awesome. Sounds amazing. Yeah, that one was from Ryan Hanson. Ryan titled That 805 Metal One. That was great.

Thank you, Ryan, for sending that in. If you wanted to get a voicemail theme featured on the show, 30 seconds or less, as a wave file, H.RR podcast at gml.com. Casey, do we have a voicemail? Hey, Clue, crew. This is Sam. I just moved to Chicago from Hamilton County, Indiana. And I am walking on my way to my level two showcase at the IOS Theater.

I feel like in group work, I'm always in my head. And I'm very curious how you guys get out of your head and focused on the scene when you're doing improv. So I would love any advice from three I.O. Alon's. Yes, that's it. Love you guys. Bye forever. Sam.

Congratulations on your showcase, Sam. That's awesome. Sam, I think I speak for all of us when I say. We have never encountered this problem before. This is unique to you. You have a mental defect. It is nothing that can be... I would be a few words saying something so awesome and funny.

That is really hard to do. I did a Harold for the first time in years recently. And group work, especially when you're having to do pattern group work, I would say is the most universal time that people get stuck in their heads. Yeah. Is like Harold Show group work. So you're in good company, despite what JPC just said. And that is a common problem that you will have to face for a long time.

I don't know if this is helpful. to you. In fact, I know that it won't be, but I have, I guess it's like a little like focal stem thing that plays in my head, but whenever I hear someone say, how do I get out of my head, get out of my head, get out of my head. I always go, get out of my head into my car. So I don't know if that's useful to you to use it any way, but I, but feel free to do it, you know, if it does have a use to you. I would say in group work, as much as this is helpful, I would say, try and mirror someone else and or use repetition to your advantage. I think a lot of times people get stuck in group work because they're trying to figure out what the next thing is, where I feel

like if you just commit to what is currently going on, the next thing always comes. There's no group that's still performing an opening from eight years ago because they're stuck in the moment. Something new always comes. That's fun. And then for scene work, I don't know if this is helpful, but I was trying and say like if you treat something as if it's important and meaningful it becomes it important and meaningful. So in a scene, I think what's what's good is just taking everything that someone else says as if it's a clue or a key to what the scene is or what the scene can become. So if Aaron sits down next to me in a scene and says like, beautiful morning, isn't it? I can be like, fuck, what's the scene? I'm so in my head. What's this? What is she going for? What does she want from

me? Or instead I can treat it as if it's something important, meaningful. And go, yes, it is a beautiful morning. The hawk flies at midnight. And then suddenly we're like two secret agents exchanging briefcases or something. Yeah. Or have it be like it means something emotionally to you. Like if I go like, it's a beautiful morning, isn't it? Like start to get like emotionally moved and be like, oh my God, it is, it's so good to see

you in a good mood. This is the first time you've woken up in a good mood. Our marriage is going to be okay. Like having an emotional reaction to something helps. Yeah. I also think when people say stuck in their head, what they mean is that they are trying to actively figure out what is going on. And I will say in improv, there is no one right answer. So instead of trying to figure out what's going on, frame it as you are now in charge of making a decision about what is going on. If that is in a group game, do something, right? Mirroring is a great way to do something. The physical action of you doing it, saying it moving, you will propel yourself towards further movement. If you are in a scene and someone says something to you, and you're trying to figure out what the context of that thing means,

you're using this editing part of your brain. You need to just ram through and like write, right? Whatever you say will be true. So let's build off of that. It's always going to be better to provide whatever that, you know, information that you can add to it is going to be than to sit there and try to figure out

what the other person is. You're never going to figure out what someone else has in their head, right? It's better to just kind of like work through it physically than to be internal and thinking about it. So, I don't know, yeah. I contact helps a lot too. And the other thing I was going to say is when you start group games, the number one thing I want you to be focused on is clarity.

Is this going to be clear to the audience and at least half of my teammates of what I'm doing? Like if you think of your initiation as you're trying to clear something up and not that you're just going out and going like, blah, blah, or whatever. Like, you know what you're going for and if that changes, fine. but if you have a clear, complete clear picture of what you're initiating, the scene is always going to end up better. Because if you go out for a group game and someone goes, I'm going to put something confusing forward. And then someone else is going to figure it out,

you're coming from a deficit. Even if it changes, the person initiating, come in going, this is exactly what we're doing. We're a bunch of dogs pulling a dog sled. And if it turns in something else, great. But try to be as clear as possible going in. And then I contact. Yeah.

Those are my advice. That's my advice. And if you're ever at a loss, go either Le May Ms. or Venom. Yeah, Lea Miz or Venom. That's going to help you through 99% of the time. The one thing I'll say, and this is real, I believe, and I'm looking at this up,

there was a big study done that if you were born or lived or spent any time in Hamilton County, Indiana, there was something in the water that's going to make you worse, an improv forever. So that's going to be sapping away. Anything that you have that is going to make you propel you forward

in this line of career. It says go to dental school. So whatever that means to you, I don't know. Bummer. But you're going to be a great dentist, Sam, and we really look out for you to fix those teeth. Aaron, do you have anything that you would like to plug? I would like to plug Sam at I.O.

Future dentist and fantastic improviser. Adel, anything to plug? I want to plug Ryan in that Dragon Force-esque theme. Yeah. And I kind of want to do like a metal lay-mise now. Has that been done? I don't know. Kind of like what Mannheim Steamroller did for.

Christmas. I want to do for Les Miss with Ryan. GPC. I would love to read a review. This is a five-star review. If you want to get one featured on the show, just leave one wherever you leave reviews. This one's coming from Noodle Dance 26. The title of the review is Potato Ebb.

I've been listening to the back catalog. Yes, from episode one, I will be doing this forever, and finally came to write a review 10 minutes into the episode where you start by deep diving into potato formats. Me, not skipping through a second of that absurd opening is a real testament to how incredibly funny and delightful you all are. Thank you for all the once and future laughs. I don't, do you

remember the potato format? No. Hey, I believe you, but I believe you. We believe you. We believe you. And while we might not remember an ep where we talk about potatoes, Aaron, I think we remember an ep where we talk about hot potatoes. Hot potatoes. Why don't I even say it when you have the thing? I like to layer it sometimes, like hot dogs and potatoes. Casserol. And John Patrick Cole And are he parents in the music One, two, three, four, hate... Hey, wait.

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