Jordan, Jesse, GO! - JJGo Minisode 3-19-24

Episode Date: March 19, 2024

Hey everyone! Almost every single day of the MaxFun Drive 2024, Jordan and Jesse are going live for a mini episode of JJGo. In today's episode, we talk about legos and answer some listener questions.Join MaxFun now by subscribing at maximumfun.org/join

Give a little time for the child within you. Don't be afraid to be young and free. Undo the locks and throw away the keys and take off your shoes and socks and run you. Hey, it's Jordan Jesse Go. Yeah, we are live to all of MaxFun's YouTube subscribers and we're in the Jordan Jesse Go feed. Hi, Jordan Jesse Go listeners. We are going to have a brand new mini episode of jordan jesse go every day during the max fun drive we're hoping that you will go to maximum fun.org join and support us jordan we put out a call for q's and a's jesse should we do the intro should we do like i'm just not america's radio oh yeah wanna do it yeah sure i'm jesse Thorne, America's radio sweetheart. Oh, yeah. Want to do it? Yeah, sure.

I'm Jesse Thorne, America's radio sweetheart. I'm Jordan Morris, boy detective. Jordan, we put out a call. Worth it. Worth going back. Yeah, that was absolutely tremendous. We put out a call for questions and answers. Yes.

Both on the Maximum Fun subreddit, on Facebook, and thirdly, I think maybe on Twitter. I can't remember if we did that on Twitter, but definitely on Facebook and on the Maximum Fun subreddit. Jordan, you have the questions there. Is there anything exciting anyone has asked? I do. I've got some spicy ones. Something, something, something burrito, right? Yeah. A lot of that. We love seeing our inside jokes, but what we love more is usable questions that we can mine for content. Jesse, this one is for you. Well, it's a three-parter.

There's one for you, one for me, and a both. Jesse, best flea market deal you've ever gotten? Oh my gosh, best flea market deal I've ever gotten. Oh, my gosh. Best flea market deal I've ever gotten. The most memorable thing I ever got at the flea market was years ago, I got like when you have a public radio show, you get an infinite number of expert will show you how to buy NFTs to use as medical supplements. Sure. Put them on your show. But I got a pitch for. This dad saved money by eating essential oils.

I got a pitch for American Pickers on history. And look, is American Pickers a great work of art? No. But in the area of those types of television shows, definitely my favorite. This is like a, I vaguely know, it's like a flea market reality show where people find hidden treasures and secondhand situations. It's a couple of dudes or was a couple of dudes until one of the dudes who was an alcoholic died. But it's a couple of dudes. They drive around mostly the Midwest in vans.

And then there are collector dealers in the Midwest who have just outbuildings, just outbuildings of stuff, just outbuildings. Just outbuildings of stuff. Just outbuildings. Like if you live in Iowa and you got a small farm and you're into collecting stuff at farm auctions, you just have four barns full of shit. And they go and they buy stuff for their store. And it's a very sweet show. It's fun. It's pleasant. They're really into buying dad shit like gas cans.

Okay. Gas and oil cans. But there's a nice woman. Like beer sign. Am I getting this right? So many beer signs. So many gas and oil. Like transportation is like the big thing because dudes buy them for their garages with their classic cars inside.

Gotcha. One of the dudes, the dude who passed away, it was like a toy expert kind of thing. The other guy, he's a generalist, but he's really into bicycles and motorcycles. But they buy all kinds of stuff. And the woman from the show is like, she's uh super cool she's sort of what you might call a provincial roller derby lady okay um and uh i think they hired her on the show to to have a little variety beyond the two dopey dudes um who i love um and she was going to be in Los Angeles and I got pitched her for bullseye. And I was like, I can't justify a 35 minute interview with the third banana from American

pickers, but wouldn't it be fun to meet the third banana from American pickers? Cause I liked that show. And bananas, great source of potassium. Absolutely. So I did a thing where I was like, I have to come up with a segment and we don't usually have those kinds of segments on Bullseye, but I did a field segment with her where I brought, where she and I met at the Rose Bowl flea market in Pasadena and went out. And the idea was we had just moved into the MaxFun office. And the idea was that we would get something for

the office. And I was really striking out. I had bought a um like one of those pull down school posters uh that was about the human ear and i was like this might be the best that i can do like this is this will work for the air i'm not thrilled about it but it'll work for the air and then just about when our time was elapsing, I saw a gigantic yellow coin-operated rocket ship. Hey, okay. And that rocket ship still sits in the MaxFun office to this day. Yeah, I went up to the dude.

I said, how much is it? I think it was like $600 or $800. And I said, do you think for that price you could get it up into my office? Because I ain't going to be able to. And he said yes, because it was the end of the day and he did't going to be able to. And he said yes, because it was the end of the day and he did not want to take it home. So, uh,

uh, having done, having done that, I, I just bought the motherfucker and, uh, Danny from American pickers, uh,

was thrilled about it. She doesn't particularly know anything about antiques and collectibles. She probably does by now. Uh, at the time she really, she really didn't, but really nice lady. I really enjoyed meeting her and making that segment with her. That's probably the best thing I ever got at the flea market. Do you know that, what's the history of that rocket? Like what, do you know anything about like who made it or where it originally was? It really is just one of those, it really is just one of those things that sits out in front of a grocery store.

It still works. At some point, somebody replaced the coin-op thing with a turn timer, and it's missing. Someone also painted it yellow with house paint at some point. Yes, I can tell that the original, the coat of paint that's on it now was not its original coat of paint.

That's a positive in my book. I think that's part of its charm. But yes. And I think at some point it had like a canopy because you can see where the canopy attached. But I mean, the amazing part to me was like, it works. Like the fact that it works is so bananas to me. And a lot of times, bothseye guests are really into it. Lily Tomlin, who, I mean, now she's got to be in her 80s.

She was about 80 when she came on Bullseye. She was like 78 or nine. She just fucking swung her leg up into that children's ride and was like, plug it in. It was awesome. and was like, plug it in. It was awesome. And actually, before we went live, you were about to hold up a flea find for me and Matt to see.

And I'm like, save it for the air. This is going to be gold. Flea find reveal live. What do you got? I got a gigantic paper clip that was a promotion for Industria Alloys Incorporated. This is just the shit I bought on Sunday. I bought this oratorical medal, the silver oratorical medal that I figured I'd give to us.

It says oratorical prize. It's probably from like 1900 or something. Wow. We're great orators exactly cs i'll orate i'll orate all day cs traveling the country speaking upon uh the gold standard versus free silver um and then you know there's like a i have like a bag of stuff here but i also lately i've been obsessed with if you rode on the Concorde, you know, the supersonic passenger jetliner. Okay.

They would give you a bobble. Like they'd give you something. Maybe only if you're, I think all of the Concorde was first class, right? Because the tickets cost like $5,000 each or something. It would be wild to buy the ticket on the Concorde and then just get shoved into a shitty coach seat. That's exactly the same as just a Delta flight to Fort Worth. You buy the Concorde ticket, you have to pay 50 bucks to check a bag. And just watch The Office on a tiny seat back TV.

Um, and, uh, and just watch the office on a tiny seat back TV. I, I just, uh, I just bought, so sure. I have like a little collection of these doodads, like, you know, people post them on eBay for a hundred bucks. I don't want to buy them for a hundred bucks, but once in a while, somebody puts one up for auction and, and no one bids on it. But I bought this little tiny Concord themed silver pill box. Oh, Hey, there you go. You can keep your speed, there you go.

You can keep your speed in there. Yeah. Well, I mean, I literally have to carry pills around with me for my migraines. So it's going into my pocket. You might as well do it and make people think that you've ridden on the Concord. You don't mean to imply that you haven't. I guess I don't know everything you do. I've ridden on the Concord. I haven't ridden in the Concorde.

Okay. On the wing, you were trying to freak out William Shatner. When I was a kid, my mom strapped me up there one time. Nice. She wanted me to see Gay Paris. So yes, another part of this question. And apologies to the question asker. I actually did not write down their handle.

So if you ask this question, thank you to you. And we'll celebrate you off, Mike. actually did not write down their handle so if you ask this question uh thank you to you and uh i'll we'll celebrate you off mike uh jordan favorite lego minifig now uh i maybe the misconception about me maybe just by you know looking at me and uh you know taking in my vibe you might guess big lego guy uh not a big lego guy was never a lego kid required too much patience i was not a patient or direction following kid um video games existed we do not have that type of adhd that that subset of adhd is not the one we have. Yes, it's a rich tapestry. Jordan's hyper-focus lies in Dark Souls.

Mine and Baseball Mogul. A lot of fun things to focus on. And mistakes I've made in the past. That's a fun one. Just sit around and enjoy those. But no, yeah, I was never a big Lego kid. We had Legos around the house. one yeah just sit around and enjoy those uh but no yeah i was never a big lego kid we uh we had legos around the house um and you know i liked snapping them together and kind of riffing out

a little spaceship or something but i would never follow the directions even if you know it was something cool like um yeah something i was into like uh you know a star wars thing or something like that um so yeah and i don't have a lot of opinions on the minifigs, although I was reading a... There was a really fun book that came out recently called Collecting the Simpsons, I believe the book is. And it's like a trip through the world of Simpsons collectibles. And there's some really fun looking Simpsons Lego stuff. And the minifigs are looking great um i have a favorite lego minifig oh my god in fact it is sitting at my desk i also i'm

exactly the same as you like to the extent that i had legos as a kid i would never follow the directions and we're also just old enough that when we were lego aged there weren't as many themes in legos a le Lego minifig was a guy. Sure. Yeah. What did you have? Space? Yeah.

Possibly fireman. Fireman. Yeah. Like mechanic. I think we had a mechanic guy. So years ago, a Max Fund member and listener came to Judge John Hodgman show and brought me and John custom Lego mini figs that he had made. Oh my gosh.

Look at that. In little special boxes. Their mind has gorgeous, a Lego mini fig of my dead dog Coco. Uh, and he's holding a handbook for avoiding Dracula's at the time, the running joke on judge John Hodgman was how much I hate Dracula's beautiful. And I'm, he's holding a handbook for avoiding Dracula's. At the time, the running joke on Judge John Hodgman was how much I hate Dracula's. And he apologized that I looked like a little like circa 1900 mayor.

But apparently that was the best like necktie guy that he could come up with. But the natural answer to this question, there is a Lego guy who only sellsgo minifigs at the flea market here in los angeles very nice guy uh and the easy answer to this question is the fruit guys there's like fruit and vegetable legos i would say probably my favorite is the banana guy probably um but there's also a corn guy that's very popular. Corn guy. Yes. I'm going with banana guy. All right. And yeah, I know we want to mention the Max Fund Drive.

Of course, MaximumFun.org. One more part to this three-part question. I think we can get through it quick. Favorite Girl Scout cookie. I'll go first. I'm a peanut butter nut. So I'm getting a do-si- I'm getting a do-si-do. Love a do-si-do.

Yeah, and obviously people want to hear us weigh in on the famous Thin Mint. Do you put them in the freezer? Do you not? I like a Thin Mint, but minty desserts aren't my go-to. Yeah, if somebody's got a box of Thin Mints, I'll take a couple not made of stone but uh yeah not my you know minty dessert not quite my thing um do-si-do every time for me i uh this is a this is a really tough question it's a very tough question and i'm you know i think the fact that we take on the tough questions is the reason that people should go to maximumfundFun.org slash join.

Because we have the courage to do this. You wouldn't find this on Ben Shapiro's show. He's scared to take this kind of thing on. Coward. Yeah. I would say I do love Thin Mints. We're calling you out. Should we try and activate Ben Shapiro fans by calling him a coward?

That's probably a good move for us, huh? I feel like we can only benefit from that as long as we can deal with the lifelong nightmarish harassment. Yeah. Hey, let us know in the comments. Who should we harass online? I'll say this. which toxic fan base thin mint was always my fave is a classic fave for a reason and i'll put it in the freezer or not i'll put it in milk or not uh but i'm an adult man now right you have to put away childish things and i like coconut i have come to like coconut as an adult and so i am going to say samoa's samoa's is going to be my choice classic

choice the sophisticated girl scout cookie the cookie for the man who can jack off now. For the man who wants everything. Coconut jacking off. In the comments, by the way, and we are, if you're listening to this on the podcast, you can join us every morning of the MaxFunDrive, except the Mondays when there are new Jordan Jesse Go episodes, at 9.30 Pacific, 12.30 Eastern, on the MaxFun YouTube channel, which is youtube.com slash at MaxFunHQ. And somebody in the comments from Canada mentioned that there is a whole different set of Girl Guides cookies.

Girl Guides being the Canadian equivalents. And apparently there are only two flavors. Only two flavors. Canada, get it together. Come on, socialized medicine. We pay cash for our cookies and cash for our medical care. What are you doing up there? Oh, boy.

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It's really awesome. Yeah, let's make this a big year for MaxFun. It's the co-op year, right? Absolutely. MaximumFun.org slash join. We'll talk to you guys tomorrow. I'll hug you and kiss you and love you. Love you.

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