Judge John Hodgman - Judge John Hodgman Presents: Jordan, Jesse, Go! "Potions & Lotions, with Jason Mantzoukas"

Episode Date: July 7, 2025

Did you know that Bailiff Jesse Thorn hosts another comedy podcast? Jesse and his cohost Jordan Morris talk to a celebrity guest every week, and it's simultaneously absurd, vulgar, and heart-warming. We are excited to share this recent episode with guest Jason Mantzoukas! Give it a listen and subscribe!--On this week’s episode, we welcome back the one and only Jason Mantzoukas, back to chat his stint on Taskmaster (Season 19 out May 2nd!), shaving rules in baseball, and more!Taskmaster Season 19!Listen to How Did This Get Made?Big Mouth Season 8!Jordan’s new Spider-Man’s comic is out now!Pre-order Jordan’s new Godzilla comic!Be sure to get our new ‘Ack Tuah’ shirt in the Max Fun store.Or, grab an ‘Ack Tuah’ mug!The Maximum Fun Bookshop!Follow the podcast on Instagram and send us your dank memes!Check out Jesse’s thrifted clothing store, Put This On.Follow brand new producer, Steven Ray Morris, on Instagram.Listen to See Jurassic Right! Judge John Hodgman is member-supported! Join at $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join!

Hey, Judge John Hodgman listeners. It's me, Bailiff Jesse Thorne. And me, Judge John Hodgman. Jesse, we've got some nice surprise for people, right? Yeah, we often mention that I host another comedy podcast called Jordan Jesse Go. We mention that many times on the show. But we thought that we would share a favorite episode

with you, the Judge John Hodgman listener. Now, first of all, I want to tell you, there's probably swears in here. But I didn't listen back to it, but it's an episode of Jordan Jesse goes, probably has some swears. I'm gonna have some PG-13 salty words in it. That's how you can tell that it's a fun episode.

Yeah. And this episode is particular fun. I happen to know. Yeah, because it has our friend Jason Manzoukis as the guest every week on Jordan Jessigo, which is a sort of very freewheeling conversation by actual professional podcast hosts, not just random dudes. It's not that freewheeling.

We are joined by a guest. This episode has Jason Manzoukis. It was just as it was announced that Jason Manzoukis would be joining Taskmaster, the British and now on YouTube comedy game show, reality show, studio show, funny thing. That seems about right, right? Yeah, that seems about right. It's fun. Yeah. It's great. I love watching it. Anyway, it's a great episode with Jason Manzoukas.

If you like this episode of Jordan Jesse Go, make sure and run out and subscribe to Jordan Jesse Go. But here is Jordan Jesse Go episode number 894, potions and lotions with Jason Manzoukas. By the way, John. Yeah, what? Remember the Judge John Hodgman rule, which is you don't have to go back

and listen to the whole back catalog. Just listen to the new episode, it's fine. If you want more episodes, you can go back and listen to the back catalog while you keep up to date with the new episodes. You don't need to start at episode one. That was 15 years ago, John. Yeah, look, I just wanna make people understand.

I was listening to Jordan Jesse Goh before Judge John Hodgman existed. That's true. The Judge John Hodgman only exists because it started as a segment on Jordan Jesse Goh before Judge John OJMAN existed. That's true. Judge John OJMAN only exists because it started as a segment on Jordan Jesse Goh. If you love two of the funniest people who happen to be very, very good friends talking to each other in the most delightful way with a hilarious guest every week, including the very most hilarious Jason Manzoukas, you're going to love this, and I hope that you will go over and subscribe just like I do.

Let's get into Jordan Jesse Goh with Jason Manzoukas. It's Jordan Jesse Goh. I am Jesse Thorne, America's radio sweetheart. Jordan Morris, rising and grinding. Oh, I know, Jordan, if I know one thing about you, so of course that you have curly hair, but if I know two things about you, it's the curly hair and your grind set.

That's right, I have a grind set. This is gonna be my year. This is gonna be my year. I've already, I've decided, maybe a little bit late, but whatever, I'm making up for lost time. I'm rising. I'm grinding and it's all thanks to LinkedIn I mean Jordan every morning. I know you get up at 4 then you Write something in a book and need a yes. Yes morning pages Yeah, and I watch a bootleg of MTV's the grind. That's right. I'm masturbating to the same stuff

I was when I was 12. I've always said you were the downtown Julie Brown. That's right. That's right And this is the proof no, you know, I think I think you know again, I want to have a big year I want this to you know, I want this to be the year of me. So I'm on LinkedIn I'm checking stuff out just like learning from various founders You know like founders that's who I want to take advice from founders Founders exactly what you got to do is build value and plan an exit strategy, baby So yeah, and also you know or just work with your friend from college for 25 When you were 19 25 years late, we could exit this

Steven shut it down Jordan you haven't heard the sweet release of death Wow Wait a minute. 25 years later. Wait a minute, we can exit this? Is that Stephen? Shut it down. Jordan, you haven't heard? The sweet release of Diff. Wow. So anyway, so I, you know, again, I'm on LinkedIn, I'm out there just learning from founders, but there's also some good like aggregators

if you don't like, if you just wanna like cut through the mess. You're talking about NPR SkyRos? No, I'm talking about a great subreddit called r slash linkedin lunatics Oh great. I broke this coaster. That's okay. This is an expensive coaster. Oh very Fuck anyways extremely expensive. I spent $68 on my god. Well hey listen. I'm gonna be a billionaire by the end of the year, so put it on my tab right a billionaire by the end of the year so put it on my tab. LinkedIn Lunatics is a good subreddit where they catalog, and I mean Lunatics sounds kind of derogatory, I think these people

are visionaries. Right. But we- I mean, isn't it great to be a little bit of both? You know what I mean? Yeah, genius and madness. They are twins in the crib, you see. They are twins in the crib you see they are twins in the crib oh what's that in what's that in the crib twins mm-hmm is genius and bad one is genius the other tis madness and they suck at the same teeth you see anyway are they yes tar it was teet whatever so on yeah Yes, tar Was teat

Whatever So on yeah on LinkedIn lunatics. I saw this really inspirational post. This is from Vitaly dodonov he's the co-founder at Stan building a billion dollar company rocket rocket ship emoji. Oh, okay Yeah, so I imagine it's like blasting off to the stars. So wait at Stan at Stan Building a one billion dollar company Rocketship emoji. That's his Yeah, that's his affiliation. Sure Don't know really what all this stuff is Underneath there. It just says it just says right aid This is a day in the life running a 30 million dollar

Right-Aid. This is a day in the life running a $30 million ARR startup. Do I know what that is? No. Do I think this guy is smart for doing this? Yes. Okay. So this is his little like calendar, what he does in a day. I get up at 5 a.m.

Not because I like it, because I need it. Running a startup takes a lot out of you and I treasure those quiet morning hours for myself. By 15, breakfast.15, breakfast. I love breakfast. Six o'clock. Six o'clock. Lunch. What can I say?

I'm a lunch freak. Seven o'clock. Second breakfast? I'm a hobbit. No, six o'clock. Six o'clock, Jim. Seven o'clock, office. I'm often the first one there, but not always.

I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. I'm a hobbit. No, six o'clock gym, seven o'clock office. I'm often the first one there, but not always. And those days make me proud.

So yeah, he's encouraged his employees to show up before 7 AM. 7 AM to 8 AM, he's at the office. 7 AM to 8 AM, reading. I read every morning religiously. So he's just reading in the office. Okay, I was gonna guess Luxurious cranked no reading last year. I read 52 books proud of that one 8 o'clock LinkedIn no one can tell your story better than you I live an interesting life sharing what I learn is my way of giving back so the guy sits on LinkedIn for an hour

Life sharing what I learn is my way of giving back so the guy sits on LinkedIn for an hour Nine o'clock deep focus time twelve to one lunch with the team my focus time is the luxury That's probably the crank stuff. Yeah, yeah twelve to one lunch with the team my company is built on relationships laugh eat and spark joy Yeah, those are all the ways trees sure one to five meetings internal meetings, internal, external. Five o'clock, hard stop on meetings. By then, I'm running on fumes. My slack is overflowing. Five to seven, follow up on slack, clear my inbox. Eight o'clock, home. The last hour is for family, uninterrupted. Nine o'clock, bedtime. Lather, rinse, repeat. Can I note a few conspicuous tips and tricks that I'm learning about startup culture? Because obviously I'm a failed entrepreneur having converted my company to a worker-owned cooperative.

But I'm seeing a few strategies I could have pursued. First of all, I have never had that solid daily hour with my family. That's what you need to do, Jesse. Like ultimately. I mean, it's a sacrifice, it's a sacrifice, but it's worth it to spend one hour with your family. Now, another thing that I'm noticing here

is that a lot of the hours of the day I spent working. So I'm thinking what if instead of working, I read a book and then dicked around on LinkedIn and then had a bunch of meetings and then went home. Yeah, for an hour with your family and then gone to sleep. I was busy doing and making things Yes, that was that's where you fucked up. Sorry that sounds a little harsh you fucked up I thought I lived an interesting life. No, but our no Dmitri. What's this? Yes

Yes, let's say that that guy is that's why he can put the rocket ship emoji in his bio. Yeah. Because he's fucking shooting to the stars. That's another mistake I made. Yeah, you put the wrong emoji in your bio. You put Black Santa in there. I put Juju Train. Oh yeah. Hard to resist.

I make all the stops. Hard to resist. I also eat coal. Do you want to ask our guest what his grindset is like? This guy is incredible. This guy is legendary for his grindset. You know him from one of the world's most popular comedy podcasts, How Did This Get Made? You know him as one of the taskmasters of Taskmaster, Jason Manzoukas. Gentlemen, thank you. What a delight, what a delight.

To be here, this is how I wanna be executing, right? Grindset Mindset, here we are, 8 p.m. on a Sunday, recording this podcast. You know what other people are doing? You know who rested today? God. You know who's not resting today? These three bros who are here to do the Lord's Word.

Thank you, thank you. The podcast. God's at home. Steven, doing whatever the fuck it is he does. Yeah, Steven pushing buttons. God's at home watching 60 minutes. Yup. Steven, the other day Steven said to me,

he's like, can I spend 90 minutes with my family? And I was like, shut up and press the button. Yeah. Come on, Steven, you button. And he did, he did a great job. That's why you earned that rocket chip emoji next to your name, buddy. Thank you, thank you. Also, hey Steven, this is your family now. Yeah, that's why you you earn that rocket ship emoji emoji next to your name, but thank you. Thank you also. Hey Steven

This is your family now That's what you gotta start realizing And we all want a Christmas present you better get a Christmas present. You want to be part of big podcast Steven? Well be glad you move from a very popular podcast to this not that Find your birth dad and shove him. Find your birth dad and shove him down. Two hands! Wait, can one of you be my dad?

Mmm, not it. Yeah, I'll do it. Thank you. I'll do it. Jason. Gents. I can't, I fucking screamed when they announced you were gonna be on task Holy shit, and I sat on that for a long time. Yeah, very hard very hard to not scream it from the rooftops

I think given our audience we probably don't have to explain taskmaster to many people. Can I tell you something? Yes, all I've ever heard in my life from my colleagues at maximumum Fun is about Taskmaster. Right. I had a sort of reflexive resistance to it and have thus never seen it. Yeah, it's one of those things where you get the hard recommendations and then you're, yeah, you put up the wall. You're like, this cannot be as good as you said. It's also for a very long time been one of those things that people would proselytize about, but was very hard to get. And then it all became like a deluge put on YouTube.

And then it became very accessible. But before that, it was, it was something that people would talk about a lot, but that you had to kind of seek out if you were here. Yeah, and definitely like, you know, there's a certain kind of like American, like comedy fan who is like, I watched The British Office and I haven't watched, you know, like there's that kind of like American like comedy fan who is like I Watched the British office and I haven't watched you know, like there's that kind of person who will recommend it

I also I'm gonna be frank anytime. I'm watching a British comedy thing. I do like to watch British comedy things But anytime I'm watching a British comedy thing. I'm looking at it thinking is that person a turf? Are they a turf? Is he a turf? Is she a turf? Yeah, I would say no turf's involved. You're mostly just turf spotting. Yeah When you're watching British things. Yeah, I don't think anybody I don't think there's any turf's in the cast of Tazmaster, right? But it is I will say like it was a show that was Four panel shows one of the totemic shows over there. Like it is massive there. And it's a thing that we just don't have here.

We don't have that kind of a panel show setup where it is a comedian's hangout show. Where yes, there's some ostensible kind of game element to it. Don't they have to like make things out of ping pong balls or something? Absolutely, sometimes there's making things out of ping pong balls. Sometimes there's some version of what looks like a of ping pong balls. Sometimes there's some version

of what looks like a scavenger hunt. Usually there's some version of you look foolish doing a pretend play or dress up character. Eating a doughnut off a rope. Yes, all different manner of things that are meant to humiliate you, embarrass you, and otherwise make you fail at the task they've set forth. They are endeavoring to make you look foolish

and then pit you against each other in the studio. Is the goal how much of the donut you can eat? Yeah, but then your prize is a delicious donut. Oh, okay, great. I, kind of similar to you, Jesse, I had it recommended to me a lot and kind of avoided it because of that. And then, this year, rough start to the year.

But this is your year, as you're saying. Yeah, this is gonna be my year from here on now because of my new grind set. Here's the thing, what a bold thing to be like what is absolutely undeniably a year in which we are starting from a profound deficit. You are saying this will be my year. I'm gonna try and get family time down to 30 minutes.

I love this for you. And then I'm just gonna watch Family Guy. And that's it, I'm not gonna talk to my mom. Family Guy time is what I need. Family Guy time, right? Like Stewie, Brian, Lois. But I got- You've been focusing on your LinkedIn hours.

I'm all about Facebook this year. Wow, okay. Just pivoting back to Facebook, where the real menu memes are. I'm on Prodigy. Whoa! I'm on Prodigy, and I'm just connecting with people over a dial-up.

Okay, what's your number? Yeah. I think Prodigy was just a long series of numbers. Oh, absolutely, yeah. It was for sure that, yeah. Oh, this was the first time I feel like I knew someone who was online was Prodigy. Just think about the guy who invented AOL

got rich because he looked at Prodigy and he said, what if we did that, but instead of a 14 digit number, we let people use letters and choose them. Out use letters. Yeah. And choose them. Outrageous. Yeah. And we mailed everybody CD-ROMs. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. The mail is essential to what we do. I'm going to check me out on the Silk Road, everybody. Right. I became so intensely into Taskmaster this year. I love it. To the point where I'm watching New Zealand. Oh, it's good.

I'm watching Australia. Yes. So I am that kind of. Sam Campbell is like a true genius. He's so funny. True genius. Yeah, he's so, so funny. So I'm at peak Taskmaster right now.

Oh, I love it. And when they announced you were gonna be on it, I flipped out. Remember that scene in that thing you do where their song gets played on the radio for the first time? That was me Running around town. Oh, yeah, Zoeks is gonna be on task. Oh, dude. Thank you. That's how I felt That's how they kept catching me in like the taskmaster house taking selfies with things like on the walls or in the entryway

And they would be like wow you really are a fan. Yeah. Yeah, I was like yes I'm very excited to be here Did you when you're playing those games like like there's a there's a game element to it, but it's bullshit, right? It's like the points are very arbitrarily totally Yes The point values is are all decided months later in the studio by like an absolute fucking gigantic maniac, right? Greg Davis is just awarding points at his whim. When you're playing the games, are you thinking, I want to win, or are you trying to be as funny as possible?

I'm there because of the comedy show. I'm not, no, I'm trying to do well, because I'm also someone who loves puzzles, who loves games, who loves, so I like all that element of it. I'm not competitive necessarily, but when you're doing it, there aren't other people that are doing it against you. You're just against a clock or against yourself. So yes, you're trying to do well,

but you also know kind of like the baking show Nailed It. Oh yeah, sure. Nailed It is to like a great British bake-off or something. Those people on Nailed It are amateur bakers who are at a disadvantage to doing the job well, and their failure is the point of the show. And so Taskmaster has that element to it as well. Like, failure is guaranteed, it's just how do you wanna fail?

Sure. It's in England. What do you? Oh yes, if you're listening to this, get ready. These fuckers talk with those fucking Shakespeare accents. Oh my God. Don't worry, I told them, knock it off. Do you like hanging in the UK? If you're listening to this, get ready. These fuckers talk with those fucking Shakespeare accents. Oh my god. Don't worry, I told them, knock it off.

Do you like hanging in the UK? Oh, it's fun as hell. Wait, you're an England taskmaster? Yeah. There is... They had an American taskmaster. Jesse, they don't have an American taskmaster. They had for one season, right?

Yes, Reggie did one. So one and done. Reggie Watts hosted it. An unsuccessful iteration of the show that changed, altered too many of the core components of the show and just kind of didn't work. But yeah, are you the first American who's ever been on the show? I'm the first American who's gone over to do the show. There have been London-based,

there have been at least a couple of London-based American comedians who've done it, but I think I'm the first person that's gone over to do it. Something like that. Did you meet Bob Mortimer? Oh boy, do I wish. I would have killed to meet Bob Mortimer, a true hero. British comedian Bob Mortimer wrote a novel, and I got a pitch for it for Bullseye. And I emailed our friend Sarah Morgan

and I emailed Ben Partridge, a few Englandy type people. Steven Pear tree. Ben is Welsh. Ben is Welsh. And I said, what about this Bob Mortimer? Is this somebody that I should, and they were like, yes. And then I watched a bunch of a show where he and a friend go fishing.

And I was like, oh, I see. This is the greatest man of all time. He's on a season of Taskmaster that is one of the best seasons of Taskmaster. And he tells a story at one point about having a high anus that I cannot recommend that it's clipped. You can just watch that clip.

It is so funny. And he is so electrically funny. He's also, there's a season of a show right now on Amazon Prime that's another British panel show. This one hosted by Jimmy Carr and it's called Last One Laughing, I believe. Oh yeah. Yeah. Something like that, if it's not that, it's very close.

And Bob Mortimer's on this first season of that and is being so fucking funny and the whole thing of it is to not laugh and everybody's just trying to make each other laugh. Incredible stuff. Jimmy Carr, by the way, as far as I know, not a turf, just a regular asshole. Oh, boy. I love it.

And you were checking a spreadsheet? Yeah. Yeah. There's two columns. Yeah. Wild show, but Bob Mortimer, did you end up interviewing him? I did and he was a joy. Oh, that's awesome.

He was an absolute joy. It is amazing to me that in England, there are these things from like a pre-modern era of entertainment that are just still hanging around. Bob Mortimer was in like a music call style double act in like the 90s. Like that's how he became famous in England. He has since become famous again for being amazing on panel shows. But he did not like, when the double act ended, he didn't really have anything to do because the other guy in the double act was the famous one.

Like the other guy had added him into the into the and made it a double act. And then Bob Mortimer started going on like the one, do I tell a lie or whatever it's called. What I Lie to You. What I Lie to You and blowing people's minds. Grace, you can watch like collected clips of Bob Mortimer on that show that are nuts. That is what I love YouTube for, is exposing, like I feel like YouTube for Taskmaster is a great thing to recommend to people

or Bob Mortimer to people because it's just, oh, here's 10 uninterrupted minutes of Sam Campbell being an absurd genius, you know? And that's a way to get people into the show, because it can be very hard to explain some of these shows, even though they're dead simple premises, they seem overly complicated when you try and explain it. But if you can just send someone seven minutes

of very funny stuff, it's great. Did you get to do England stuff while you were there? Did a lot of, well, I was there, one of the pieces that I was there for, it was when we did a, how did this get made, UK tour, which we had never done, we'd never toured any place but North America basically. So, and that was- Just Cleveland, right?

Just Cleveland and the Cleveland suburbs. Akron, yeah. Cleveland and the Cleveland suburbs. Akron. Yeah, Cleveland and the Cleveland suburbs, you know, because we're at, we're all East Coast, you know, we came up in on the East Coast, we're all New York comedians, we live in LA now, but in our hearts, in our hearts, we're Cleveland. We feel like, and the show is Akron. The show is undeniably Cleveland. You know, Akron, absolutely, you know, you know guided by voices is a big influence on us

You know the deal sisters You know LeBron James LeBron James, of course. Yeah. Yep. Yep, Cory Snyder Cleveland baseball team. Okay. Sure. Yeah the the yes the CBT of course the Cleveland baseball I mean and lest we forget something else from Cleveland. Oh, yes something else. Yeah. Yeah another thing A local museum. That's right. Oh, yes. Yes. Oh, yes the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame there. There you go That's the one I was thinking John Wenner. Are we just doing a pattern game? Are we doing the opening of a Herald? Yeah That this is this is all the show is

Nothing else. I can't wait till second beats. Maybe you've never done real comedy Out at net What you guys do is scares the hell out of me man. Yeah, it's dangerous I have to flip the table. Oh, I wouldn't doubt it you well I was told before we started that this is a new table I am assuming it was destroyed in a flipping incident I am afflade to say are in the word afflade okay I feel like so much like improv and that like kind of like crowd work stand up it's like comedy without a net can

you imagine comedy with a net like that would be that's this. I want to see that show I feel like that show would be how about also a trident oh, yeah Swords it's Poseidon based in comedy yes, uh-huh and they released some lions at a point Yeah, yeah, yeah, I love that yeah, that's fun's what I'm into. Okay, doing England things was the topic. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah, no, we don't have to go backwards. We can keep rocketing forward. What kind of England things did you get up to? You know, I didn't get, I'll be honest,

I'm trying to think of what did we get up to England things. We did those dates. Doing the show was, as a 52-year-old man, running around doing nonsense physical tasks. Like there's a task that I did that was the entirety of the day, they just are fucking with you. The entirety of the task you had to walk on your tiptoes.

Which was funny for like a minute or two, but I had to do it for a very long time. And my legs for days, days afterwards were like, we don't want to do anything anymore. We're, we're cooked. We're fully donezo. It's like when you go skiing, like I've only been skiing maybe, I may never have been skiing as an adult. Maybe I've been skiing once as an adult, but I can't remember it. But the thing that I remember about having gone skiing is that after you go skiing, when you're skiing, it seems like things are fine. It could be challenging, but it seems fine.

But you're holding it together. Yeah, and then like 30 hours later, 36 hours later, you just fall over in a pile and can't move for four days. You're dead, you're dead, it's over. And I bet it's one of those things that it like, you realize How painful it was an hour later or the next day? Oh, yes Well, that's the the injury now as an old person

That is a just you wait 30 said 30 minutes and it just is like, oh you're done. Yeah, sit down for good Yeah, it's like it's like later in the day. I'll be like garbage can was too heavy. It was too heavy I shouldn't have taken it out. My office chair. I should have not paid, I threw my back out picking up my office chair. I was like, this is not good. This is embarrassing. Yeah, office chairs are very heavy.

Too heavy. If you get a quality office chair, to take care of your back. Yes, because your back is bad. With lumbar support, thank you. You're hurting your back moving the chair that you got to heal your back Yeah, this is why we need welcome back to middle-aged men talk about their injuries comics and British panel

Stay tuned. We're gonna be talking CPAP machines and doughboys episode We're gonna be remembering shit. We heard on the doughboys We're talking our favorite podcast. You're watching this by the way I loved it at the beginning when you guys were doing the LinkedIn thing and I was like this is why you have video So people can tune in for this very discussion. Yes, exactly. They want to see me read something off my phone This is entertainment now what we do I actually I take these clips I post them to Zillow wow this episode 4600 square feet of comedy guys our zestimates

through the roof and I looked at my phone when I did that because for video incredible object where's my camera where's my camera where's my camera yeah let's take a quick break we'll be back in just a second on Jordan Jesse go it's Jordan Jesse go I am Jesse Thorne, America's Radio Sweetheart. Jordan Morris, boy detective. With gratitude, we note that every single episode of Jordan Jesse Goh is made possible by the members of Maximum Fun. Those members, if you are one of those members, we hope you are enjoying our brand new monthly Jordan Jesse Goh podcast, which

is called Podcast Movie Movie Podcast. And sometimes we talk about TV shows. There is another episode coming soon already one in the feed. We are also this week supported by our friends at Aura Frames. Jordan, Mother's Day is right around the corner. I know that Gail wants to get a call from you, but she might want a little something more than that. Jesse, you know Gail's getting a call from me, and I think I'm going to get her an Aura Frame to go with the one she already has and loves. These things are great. They're awesome gifts. Mother's Day, Father's Day, anybody who needs a really cool gifts or frames are awesome. Yeah, whenever I take a really cute picture of my kids, I will not put

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I choose my Aura frames. I have more than one. Then I choose the one at my mother-in-law's house. I choose the one at my mom's house. Everybody gets the cute pictures. Sometimes I also do it with pictures of my dogs. Yeah. No, it's really great. My sister has two beautiful kids, two beautiful nephews,

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If you're in the Southern California area and you're listening to this the week it comes out on May 2nd, I am going to be at the LitFest in the Dena. This is Alta Dena's very, very cool books festival that almost did not happen this year, but through sheer pluck and tenacity, those folks were able to pull it off and get the festival going this year. This is going to be a very, very cool event. May 2nd at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church. I am going to be there with a bunch of cool folks talking comic books, including our bud

Elliot Cailin. LitFestInTheDena.org is their website. Find out about all the cool events, including coming to see me and Elliot. We're gonna be doing a talk and signing some books after. And also, for those folks in Southern California, on May 3rd I am gonna be at a free comic book day party at Things From Another World at Universal City Walk, baby. So grab a Mar, get at Margaritaville and come on over to Things from Another World and get some Godzilla comics signed. 2 to 4 p.m. Free comic book day. Hey, it's also my birthday, and if the turnout is bad at this, I'm gonna feel like absolute shit on my birthday, so please come out to those events and get yourself some comic books and

Hey, just a little tease. If you're out out there if you're a Canadian listener in the Toronto area I might be heading up there soon for a comic book event. So Canadians start getting excited Jordan I have something coming up in San Francisco. Oh my gosh. Tell me more. Well, it is only the most exciting fucking Well, it is only the most exciting fucking event of my entire career, which is this. I get an email the other day from our friends at San Francisco SketchFest, our friend Dave Owen of San Francisco SketchFest emails me the other day. Great guy.

Lovely guy. He says, Jesse, I think you're going to like this. We're doing an event with Kruk and Kipe and we'd like you to moderate it. Now Jordan, I wouldn't expect you to know who Kruk and Kipe are. I don't know who they are. This is Mike Kruko and Dwayne Kuyper. They are the television broadcasters of the San Francisco Giants. They have been for the last 25 years or so. Actually a little more than 25 years at this point. These guys are fucking legends. Guys are fucking geniuses.

They're both going to be in the Hall of Fame one day. Absolute inspirations to me and any right-thinking resident of the Bay Area. On May 15th, I'm going to be hosting an evening with Kruk and Kipe in San Francisco courtesy of SF sketch fest tickets available at sf sketch fest comm I'm so fucking pumped about this and All I can say is If you live in the Bay Area and you're not coming to this grab some pine meat That's one of the things they say. Grab some pine meat.

Meat? Is that, yeah, that's like an insult to somebody who's- Yeah, just like somebody who's- Who you don't like? Yeah, somebody who don't like calling meat. That's great. Call them meat. Or just a rookie, you know? Love it. Calling meat.

Apparently, Kruko's, I read this article, I was prepping for this, and there was just all these quotes from Kruko's kids about how incredible he is and what a special human being and how much they've learned about how to live life through him. One of his kids is in the Smuin Ballet, which is like one of his sons is in the Smuin Ballet, which is like one of the best alternative ballet companies in the world. Anyway, there's all this all this stuff about all this stuff about how great Kruko is. And then there's just this one part from one of his kids who just said, yeah, until I was like 10 years old, I didn't know my name wasn't Meat. That's a good one. Anyway, you can get tickets at sfsketchfest.com. It's May 15th in San Francisco.

It's going to be a really great time. I'm really looking forward to it. Say hi to my mom if you come. We also have a bunch of new stuff on the put this on shop. Just put up t-shirts, sunglasses, and pants are right around the corner. So go to putthisonshop.com. Check that out. We'll be back in just a second on Jordan Jesse Goh. It's Jordan Jesse Goh. I'm Jesse Thorne, America's radio sweetheart. Jordan Morris, boy detective.

Jason Manzuka is king of the beards. Do you? Wow. Shots fired. It's a good beard. I mean, in a room full of great beards, I'm still claiming it. Yeah, it's fair. It's true.

I'm looking around. It's absolutely true. Imagining, there's a beard on, Stephen's got a beard. Yep. Oh, and everybody's beard looks great. Oh, I'm no shade to anybody's beard. Sure. Yeah, I mean, it's no quits as we're all in a room

and a podcast is happening. Even if there was no equipment, if these four bearded men. I wasn't even supposed for bearded men I was walking by this building and a guy said hey we need another guy to podcast you with a beard get in here you guys want to rank albums later Jordan I feel like you are you're kind of being a beard essentialist here just because you have a beard doesn't mean you have to podcast as long as you're home brewing You can do anything right you're right exactly like you can make anybody anybody with a beard who knows their way around yeast You know they're gonna be fine. Even if they don't have a podcast even if they're just

Vodcasting which is video podcasting my still exploded Making a hoppy IPA? I was! I made it too hoppy! I flew too close to the sun. Jordan, can I tell you something? Yeah, my still exploded, and I blame those revenuers!

Oh, boy. Old Boo-Legger Thorn. The G-Men were back again! Do you have beard care? It's a lovely beard. Do you have oils? Do you have creams? You know I have one beard oil that someone gave me as a gift that every once in a while I put in there But otherwise no, I don't I I moisturize my face with a very normal face Moisturizer that event that mostly just gets in my beard and that's all it is. I love to moisturize my face now. That's my new shit.

Oh yeah. A few years ago, I was like, uh oh, I'm old, better have a skincare routine. You got it. Now I'm all about it. I'm basically a rich Korean lady now, the extent to which I'm committed to my skincare routine. Potions and lotions.

I saw your desk in there. It's just littered with stuff. Oh my god I don't get me started on ungulates This is you've got all this is and cells. We have a little bit up my ass right now You can put lotion on your face Wait then what's that in your beer? Sorry bros, it's cum. Yeah, doughboys.

That was like all movies from 2005 to 2009, right? Oh man, what's that in your beer? Oh yeah, you got cum on yourself. Yeah. Really, there's something about Mary really just infected us. Yeah, it sure did. With the, oh we can show this Oh, okay. Got it opened the cum door. Yes, it opened the cum door and everybody ran straight through and now all of our porn is incest

Someone stuck in a dryer But that could they give me both I guess it gives me both. You know what Jordan? I just I want to take a moment to address sure Yeah, I'm glad you brought that up If you need some help out of that dryer Sometime a costume some time ago on the program The subject of pornography involving people stuck in dryers came yes, and I claimed I had never Seen or heard of that type of pornography Right. I will say now for myself. I also have not. Oh you went with it. Oh, yeah

Oh, yes, and you all day every day, but I have also not heard of it. It's but I'm not surprised But it's so now I'm the psycho dryer guy So I just I want to go I keep I'm happy to be the psycho dryer guy I want to need a thing. Are you producing it? I want to go I keep I'm happy to be the psycho dryer guy. I want I need a thing Are you producing it? Guys listen, I bought a bunch of May tags from a guy. I don't know what to do with them And handle is psycho dryer guy. Yeah, I'm just trying to get this started so I can unload these May tags This is your plan for your big year. Yes

Pioneer a new porn as psycho dryer guy getting getting the drying machine? Okay wow. This is big. Yeah so I'm gonna you know try and get a Downy sponsorship in there get them in on it so yeah this is my plan is I got all these dryers and now I just come on my podcast to buzz market this hot new pornography category. Did you buy these dryers from a very bored repairman? Yeah, okay, so on the program I said I had never seen or heard of this type of pornography and a lot of folks in our listing audience Called bullshit on that mmm, so I just want to say to them

Fuck you. I had never heard or seen that type of pornography. However to come clean I have since seen it Now that I'm aware of it I will see it, you know, I will I'm assuming, you know, sure, but it's not no I've never I but I've got it. Well also what why? I've never I but I've got him what also what why Why would everyone have seen it and your claim that you hadn't seen it seems pretty normal And also Jesse, why are you tuning in to what the what the fan base says you have or haven't done? I just give them my email address Huge mistake. Yeah, just to correct me on identity issues, just like to let me know who I am. Like, I kind of need something to judge against.

Sure, sure, sure. It's sort of like you can't tell where your hand is in space unless you're pushing on a wall, you know what I mean? Okay. It's sort of like weighted ball training for baseball pitchers only. In my case, I ask people to tell me who I am so that I'll know. Constantly being defined by the audience. Yeah. And the part of the audience that feels like they need to be heard.

Yeah. It's kind of like a dryer with a faulty door. Oh boy. That would never happen with a Maytag though. No it wouldn't. Or do I want it to happen in my sales pitch? I don't know. I need to figure this shit out.

Yeah. Put the pieces together. I am underwater on these dryers! Oh, and you're trying to promote a porn star named Maytag? Jordan, it sounds like the problem here, if you're underwater on these dryers, it sounds like the problem is in the spin cycle on your washer. Oh boy, I'm getting fucking roasted over here and I love it! Yeah well, it appeals to your taste for dryers. That's that's true. That's true Roasted and toasted am I right Jordan? Mm-hmm

Yes, it clink clean in the lint. I'm really part of this because it's filled with come What's a pod? I think the lady was stuck in like a banister. Oh, yeah There's a lot of things you can get stuck in in this category Yeah, oh, so that's the the category is stuck in right and the dryer is just one of the dryers. I see common Yeah, I got theirs, but I thought just like a lady holding a mr. Coffee. Yeah, it's not just like household appliances It is stuck in yeah fill in the blank. It's a mad lib and if you want to get a little whimsical honey tree yeah honey tree yeah they call it yeah they call it Winnie the pooing I did watch some really good porn with like a handheld stick blender though okay brutal but excited like an immersion immersion blender. I'd rather not know where it's being immersed, but okay. You know what I mean? Oh yeah. Oh no, you know, if I'm having trouble sleeping, I just need to watch two minutes of a Suvi video and I'm done. What's that bag filled with? How is it rotating in the water?

Steven, can you do me a favor real quick real quick? You got producer notes there, right? Just make sure to mention that we handled talking about sous vide. We did home brewing sous vide in this podcast. So we should be all set. We should be fine. Yeah, I think you hit all the things. And I talked about that I'm a middle-aged man

and that I have a back problem. I mentioned that? OK, cool. Oh, and we should make sure to mention, remember when MTV played videos. OK, yeah, we'd just like to say that. That's something people should keep saying, and we keep saying it.

Videos on MTV. They used to have videos on MTV. Videos on MTV. Yeah, they used to have videos on MTV, music videos on MTV. Now it's just that one guy and his friend, and they laugh. Yeah, it's Rob Dyrdek laughing at stuff. It's better now objectively better season 28 yeah

Uh-huh. Yeah, our childhood was mostly about Being horny for the daughter of an elderly rock star is that correct? Yes? Wait, who's that Liv Tyler? Oh, okay. Wait, who's that? Liv Tyler? Liv Tyler. Liv Tyler, okay, okay. The original video Vixen, some say. Okay. Yeah, because you'd be horny for her dad

put her in the videos so people would jack off to his songs. Yes, oh yeah. And she was, I remember very vividly, one of the very first people when I came to LA for a pilot season, I still lived in New York, but I came for pilot season, I saw her checking out at Whole Foods. Wow!

And was like, holy shit. Wow. This is real. I made it. This is, they are just out here, walking around. The stars, they are god damn just like us. The only person I've ever seen checking out at Whole Foods is Ed Koch.

Yeah. Hey Mr. Mayor! Enjoy your falafel. Honey, you won't believe who I saw checking out at the grocery store. Mrs. Met. Mrs. Met. Then I had to stop by my analyst's office because I'm having a crisis. That is the mark of a New York comedian.

Jokes about your analyst. We've got it nailed. That is the mark of a New York comedian jokes about your analyst Scene and caught you at Zabars Zabars that's a funny word No, but I'll take one with locks Okay, I'm walking something that happens to you give us a call at 206-984-4FUN or how about this, take out your phone, open the little voice memo app, record it into your phone and then email it to us at jjgoatmaximumfun.org. Oh, I've got a smartphone now.

Don't make fun of the audience. Let's go to Zaybars. I'll have what she's had. Hi, Jordan, Jesse and Gus. This is Sam in Seattle calling in with some stuff I wanted to tell you about. I was driving to work listening to- You pause this for a second. Is this a new segment on the show, Jordan?

Stuff I want to tell you about? You know what? It is. No, yes. No, guys, I just want to caution you against this. What? Do not elevate the audience. Update us on your life? I don't think so. Folks, 206-984-4fun.

Just keep us posted. What are you? Why don't you call anymore? How's your Sunday going? We know you're lonely. We're here to listen. Is college fun? Are you making friends?

What classes are you taking? I would love to know how many people in this audience are college kids. And I want to know, how old are you out there? And what are you taking? I would love to know how many people in this audience are college kids. And I want to know, how old are you out there? And what are you up to while you're listening to this show right now? 206-984-4-fun. Just keep us posted.

A number and an activity. Give us a call. Did you think that Severance season two stuck the landing? We want to know. Yeah. Severance. Did you think that Bosch Legacy season three stuck the landing? I want toch legacy season three stuck the landing?

I want to know. Who has stuck the landing? Did you think Nadja Comaneche stuck the landing? Give us a call. She got her on a box of Wheaties, but was it worth it? Okay. Play the call, Steven. Hi Jordan, Jesse and Guest.

This is Sam in Seattle calling in with some stuff I wanted to tell you about. I was driving to work listening to the show and I passed a cyber chuck with a license plate that said Mega EV. The driver was a real nerdy dude, just curiously shaving his face with an electric razor. I don't know, they really delighted me. Anyway, love you guys, bye!

First of all, that's only one thing. That's one thing, I agree. It's only one thing. It's not some stuff. Not some stuff. And also, like shame on you. It's only one thing. That's one thing. I agree. It's only one thing. It's not some stuff. Not some stuff. And also, shame on you.

Thank you. Shame on you. If you get in our expectations up for multiple things, then only one thing, and the one thing was like, I'm going to be honest, medium. Yeah. That's generous. I mean, listen, I think this guy, who I think our listener was, you know, was teasing by calling in, this fucking guy in the Cybertruck, that's a guy with a grindset.

I'm sorry. Shaving in your Cybertruck, on your way to your office where you're a founder. I have to say this. I haven't always had a beard, but I haven't ever used an electric razor. I've only used a manual razor before. And the appeal to me of an electric razor is making those kind of faces while doing something else, right? Like you're driving, you're on the bus, whatever. You know, you see a guy using it and he's making those shaving things. What's a classic piece of business for a character?

If a character needs some business in a movie, I just have the guy shaving. Hold on, I gotta look at the camera. Oh, there you go. Gosh, you gotta watch our clips. Here's the thing, how come you don't act more? I know. How come you don't act more? Start know. How come you don't act more? Start acting.

I mean, we just saw it. I'm SAG eligible. A lot of people, you know, a lot of folks heard me as Hall of Mirrors guy on Archer, and they said, Jesse, why don't you act more? Are you SAG eligible? The answer is yes, I am SAG eligible. Thank God, great.

You get a letter every once in a while asking me for $3,000 to join SAG. What a nice letter to get. You'll join for the right role, right? Absolutely. I mean, Hall of Mirrors guy might get a spinoff. Or live action adaptation. Oh, yeah.

Sure, sure. That would be really good. He probably needs to shave comically. Yeah. Based on what we just saw, I wouldn't be surprised if you're in a Gillette Super Bowl commercial next year Wow, can I ask you a question Jason? Jesse, I would be thrilled if you did Why don't you get more active?

Great question, great question, I wish I had the answer for that Why are you only on 90 cartoons? Can you not make it 91? Because I refuse to shave Wow Yeah, this guy, that's also why he doesn't play for the New York Yankees cartoons. Can you not make it 91? Because I refuse to shave. Wow. Yeah, this guy, that's also why he doesn't play for the New York Yankees. Sure.

Yeah. I just got to sign that last form and I keep forgetting. They are allowing beards and mustaches now, Jordan, as long as they're carefully trimmed. Is that true? Yeah. Oh, that's funny. Yeah, it's bullshit though. It's ridiculous.

I mean... Do other sports have similar guidelines or no? No, it was... As far as I know, it was only the New York Yankees. Oh, it's just, oh, okay. And it was about how classy the New York Yankees are, which is of course total bullshit. That said, I like the idea that they think they're so fucking classy that they can't have mustaches or whatever. Like I love that as a thing about the Yankees

is that they're just sitting there jacking off to the thought of clean shaving baseball players. Right. Yeah, right, it's the Yankees and teenagers who work at Disneyland, no mustaches. Exactly. Oh, is that right too? I think so, yeah.

I think Disneyland has facial hair issues. Is that why Mickey Mouse is always going? Yeah, it is he's always shaving especially now that he's in the public domain. Yeah, right Yeah, you got a shave if anyone can put you in a movie. Have you thought about this? Hmm Steamboat Willie gets stuck in that fucking thing. He's turning Yeah, and yes, it is already up and has 50 times more viewers than this. Can I ask you guys a question? If you were gonna if you were gonna plow one of the iconic Disney characters. Oh, don't make me choose! Okay. Would it be Mickey or Goofy? The other ones aren't iconic enough. Sorry Donald Duck. Right.

Boy, yeah, I mean I'll say You know I love goofy mm-hmm is is there a funnier cartoon character Maybe not But if you're going to town on goofy Something's likely to go wrong. That's a really have you seen him learn to ski yeah You would get injured you're saying saying. You would get injured. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or, and he would probably have to play that record that's explaining how to fuck while you're playing it.

Yeah. That's tough. Yeah. Mickey is also prettier. As I said it, it seemed almost like, as the words escaped my mouth, it seemed like it was almost too obvious to say, because it seems to me like the answer is, I now realize, you would plow Mickey and be plowed by Goofy. Okay. And I just want to make sure,

Steven, you're getting that for the podcast, bingo, we are a podcast of middle-aged men talking about which cartoon characters we would bang. Oh, yeah, that was on another page. Sorry. Jason, maybe you misheard. a podcast of middle-aged men talking about which cartoon characters Jason maybe you misheard we're talking about plowing them plowing sorry Did you guys do bang already in another episode? Steve HG was here last week and we did bang and he did bang so now it's plow Keeping things fresh I think that's the only way to go though. You're right, it's a threesome. It's correct.

Everybody wins. Yeah. Steven, we got one more call in there, in the old call box. Hey Jordan, hi Jesse, hi guest. This is Emily from Ann Arbor calling in for your very famous segment, Youngest Fan Ever. I'm sitting here with my newborn

who was born at the very end of Max Fun Drive and who we've been having challenges getting him to feed. And today I tried feeding while listening to the latest episode of JJ Goh and he just housed his bottle. So clearly you've got your new youngest fan who today is 10 days old. Thanks. We love you guys. I got a question here, Jordan. And I'm worried that I'm going to be doing too much good for the world if I say this. Like other people would be embarrassed.

Just do it, Jesse. Please. We need you now more than ever in these times. Jesse, please. Never in these times, Jesse, please. You know, Jordan, your mother, Gail, is a lactation nurse. She may be retired now. Retired and retired. But I mean, I think she could get back into the game if she had one cool trick. I bet she would have some quick during tips.

One final heist. Gail's back in the game. Gail, we need you back for one final case. She plugs into the hospital PA. I'm in milks out. And then she just hits play on an ipod. Cause it's Hudson Hawk. A little less conversation, a little more action. She's like god damn it. She presses skip and then it's Jordan Jesse. Oh right right right. So what you're saying is that our podcast is the key to latching on to the podcast. And that's what we're doing.

And that's what we're doing. And that's what we're doing. And that's what we're doing. And that's what we're doing. And that's, God damn it. She press a skip and then it's Jordan Jessie. Oh, right. Right. Yeah. Okay. So what you're saying is that our podcast is the key to latching. I'm saying, Jason. Oh, yeah. I have an incredible latch. I'm just saying. Oh, yeah. I love it. My latch is breathtaking. I wouldn't doubt it. I wouldn't doubt it. I love

it. And I'll say this, you know, just in terms of youngest fans, please, I love that we're now having, because we've been doing, how did this get made for 16 years now? I think this is our 16th year. And we tour and stuff like that. And we're having people come to the podcast that are families who listen together.

That the kid is like 14. And that it is now big. The kid has been alive the entire, within the lifespan of the podcast. And they're all there together like a family of fucking nerds and it's so cute and I can't stand it and I love it. I realized something the other day

which is in the very early days of Jordan, Jesse, Go! We had a listener who was 10 years old and lived in Sweden. Gross. I know. Years afterwards, years afterwards, I get an email from a couple in Pasadena. They're looking for a unicorn.

No. Well, I'll do it. OK. I get an email from a couple in Pasadena. They say, you may remember years ago that you had a ten-year-old call into Jordan Jesse go and say he was the youngest Jordan Jesse go listener he is our nephew funny and when you are Swedish when you are 16 I believe it was maybe it was 17 you have to do a one week internship and you go somewhere to do it. And we are wondering if he came to stay with us,

could he come do a week's internship with you? And I said, sure. And this was when the company was basically just me. So I was like, just so you know, he'd just be coming over to my apartment or whatever. Where in time in general are we? Like how long ago is this? So that's the thing.

It just occurred to me that this fucking kid is probably like 30. Yeah, isn't that crazy? Yeah, this guy is like, this guy's probably a mayor. He's probably passed away. Well it's like, because I think about this all the time, well not all the time, but like lately, I feel like we just did our tour,

we've been talking a lot about like how we are unable to really believe that how much of our lives or how much of our careers has been inside of podcasting and making this podcast and having such a big podcast and blah, blah, blah. And when I think about it- And Jason, how few of the programming hours on MTV are videos? Zero.

It used to be on video. But when I think about it, cause there were so many years before I started a podcast that I was listening to you guys' podcasts, that I was listening to the sound of Young America, that I was listening to podcasts before there were podcast apps, before there was a easy way to getting people's RSS feeds and plugging them into things. And it was very difficult and it is mind blowing. You would have to get a cassette tape from a guy in a parking lot Yeah, yeah, and more often than not it was born sure

And every once in a while One time I was in I was talking to my analyst of course and She said you know Jesse. I was listening to a podcast the other day. I said, Oh, really? And she said, yes. And do you know Jason Manzoukas? And I was like, yes. And she said, he said something very complimentary about you, Jesse.

Your peers respect you. Oh, that's so funny. Isn't that nice? Oh, that's a riot. Oh, I wonder what it was. I thank God. That was how I found out who I am. Oh, that's so funny. Oh, I wonder what it was. Oh, thank God. That's how I found out who I am. Oh, that's so funny. Oh, that's great.

Yeah. Oh no. Like I really, this is one of the, to me, very, for me, very first times I was aware of and was a fan of a podcast, not just a one-off, you know, NPR, you know, audio documentary, like the last Bowery, the, what was his name, that made the Bowery Hotel, the Flophouse, last Flophouse the last Bowery, the, what was his name, that made the Bowery Hotel,

the flop house, last flop house on the Bowery. Anyway, that were one-offs, like you guys and the iFanboy guys, they were just shows that were shows that I was like, oh, they're talking about comedy. They're talking, or you guys would also be talking about hip hop, you guys would be talking to and about things that I was like, this is interesting, I wanna hear this.

Yeah. Yeah. And all these years later, you know here we are a little less popular than we were then But you know having opened no new frontiers and now it really is like we all have to figure out We now are going to be videoed while we do this. No, that's that's that's well You've been inside of this for a- Jason, I got, I'll say this. Please. So you and Paul and June, all of you obviously have to figure out

what to do about being videoed. I understand that that's your truth. For us, I mean, Jordan, I don't want to speak out of school, but we can just sort of- Oh yeah. Yeah, he's shaving. See, he's for the folks who are just listening. He's doing this. He's fine. This guy's gonna make the transition perfectly.

Oh wow. Wow, wow, wow. You were born. I just got a text from Christopher Nolan. Yeah. They want you in the Odyssey. They want me to be in the Odyssey? They want you in the Odyssey because when they finally because when they finally get back, everybody shaves their beards and they were like, Matt Damon can't shave his beard. So they're replacing him completely.

So they're replacing Matt Damon with me? With you. To be the main guy, Homer. Yeah, Homer. Yeah, to be Homer Odyssey, I think. I think his name is Homer Odyssey. Yeah. How's your Boston accent? We're gonna story on an HO scale they said Homer Odyssey scale Jordan. I don't think I get it. Yeah, what are you talking about? It's the movie the Odyssey

Directed by Christopher Nolan, right and it's a type of train scale. I think okay See Jason you went with that dryer thing despite not knowing what I was talking about me I'm just going like I don't understand what you're talking about I'm gonna need more more definition, but Jordan the joke was on you because I didn't understand No, Jesse the jokes on the audience At home, you know the joke is on you know you Joke is ultimately on Steven why because his paycheck Steven have a generation that he's like why am I being paid in checks? What is this? It's just a print out of a music video

I wrote a check recently and was like wow I do not know the last time I did this I still I still pay my bills with checks. Yeah, I like to do it It's fun for me. Yeah, is it really yeah, I like it. I I mentally keep track of it better Yeah, like I feel like you physically go through do the yeah, and I and as we've discussed on a previous episode I love running an errand like going down to the post office I love errands too. I like busy work. You're an errand guy like busy work and I like puttering. Oh Yeah, we we're Jesse and I both big errand guys. Yes. Love it. I love to do it guys. I love accomplishable tasks. Oh Something in Red Bull happened to me the other day. Wow. Okay, so

Steven take your coat back off. We're not wrapping up First of all, I took a tell your dad you'll be home to shove him later. I took a painting to the framer. Whoa That's a good errand. We don't have to know we don't have to Blow anybody up here on the show, but what where do go monster design laboratory got it oh yeah all right I'm talking to Mike yep Mike from frame monster design laboratory I tell him do whatever you want Wow so that's the first what's the what's the what are you what are you getting framed a painting okay yeah there's a painting there's a painting of El Farolito taqueria by where my my siblings

and my stepmother live in San Francisco in the outer mission. So you told the fucking guys to just riff. Yeah. Wow. By the way, shout out to that El Farolito soccer team in the fucking national soccer championship or whatever. A kind listener made an El Farolito custom soccer jersey

and sent it to me. Okay, okay. Anyway, that one really great. A kind listener made an El Farolito custom soccer jersey and sent it to me. Okay. Okay Anyway, that was that one really great. You guys aren't gonna believe this shit My vacuum cleaner wasn't working. Okay. So what did I do? Hang on? Is this a same-day errand? Yeah, Wow first of all, I I Looked up the hours of my vacuum repair guy before I went over there. Okay, so that was going to be one of my questions is, do you already have a vacuum repair guy?

Because the person that I brought my vacuum to was the vacuum repair guy that was connected to the Vista Theater in Los Feliz Silver Lake there. And it is gone now since the Vista remodel, that whole vacuum repair shop is gone. That's why I always say fuck Quentin Tarantino. Oh, that's why, because I've heard you say that so often, and I was always like, why does Jesse always say that? No, a lot of people think I'm into preserving

Uma Thurman's Health and Dignity, but no, it's all about the vacuum store right next door to the theater. It's just about him. Right next door to the theater. Him putting out of business vacuum repair people. Anyway, no, I got a vacuum repair guy. I went and looked up his hours. He's dead now.

Oh no. He died. Died unexpectedly. Oh, that's heartbreaking. But get a load of this. I found a new vacuum repair place. Drove right over. This one's in Pasadena, California

Drove over there walked in he said I'm gonna tell you right now. I don't work on those. Oh What the fuck look it's a fucking Dyson baby what else would it be? Wow, this guy wants me with a fucking Electrolux Oh, get out of town. I'm gonna use a Melee get out of town You don't need this guy Electrolux? Oh, get out of town. What am I gonna use a Melee? Get out of town, bro. Zooks, Top Aarons, what would you say? Boy, I love, so I love going to Drop mail off, pick mail up. That's a big one. Oh, do you have a, do you got a box? I've got a mailbox. I've got a mailbox because I've got a mailbox because Mostly because I don't want stuff stolen off of the stolen off of the steps, you know what I mean?

Like it's, you know, that's annoying. It's a problem. So, that's a big one because that is like, wow. What's gonna be in the box? What's in the box? What's in the box? It's always Gwyneth Paltrow's dick habitation. Because my life is the end of seven.

Sure, tell me about it. I love that errand. I keep my heads in a duffel bag I love go. This is for comics readers. I love going and picking up my pull list with my comics from the comic shop I shout out to secret headquarters That's where my pull list is shout out to secret headquarters and shout out of course to web of and shout out of course to Web of Spider Tales. I think maybe you can't get that anymore,

but hey, shout out to Godzilla versus LA, which you should be able to get at your local comic book shop. Oh nice, is that your recent book? It is, it's coming out, it'll be out when this is out, so grab it. There's a big Godzilla event happening in the Marvel universe that's pretty exciting I read that I read Hulk versus Godzilla

It's fun So yeah, I like those are those are those are still it gets gamma radiated in this thing Oh, and he turns into a Hulk Godzilla. Oh Godzilla a green Yeah, oh wow does Godzilla say Godzilla smash no it's yeah, I know I think you know We writes you can only say screent. Oh, I've actually worked now that I've worked with the Godzilla people I know some of the Godzilla rules. I love this only say screent. You can only cannot eat people You can only eat fish right and he cannot he's he's pescatarian. He's pescatarian Okay, and he cannot turn it like quinoa can eat ancient grains if it's under fish if it's part of a fish dish

Sure, so soon you can have like a rice bowl. You can have a paella. Yeah. Okay. Oh wow. Wow Okay, he's vacationing in Spain. Oh, wow, and he could get to Spain so quick Oh, it's big can he have a paella if he's just at a Spanish restaurant or like at my what if he's at my brother-in-law? Dan's wedding? If it's fish based yes invite Godzilla well he's got those with somebody's plus one They didn't fight Mothra and now it's his Mothra in-law Steven you can black it out the shows over All right shutting it down shutting it down Um, it's his Mothra-in-law. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha with John Luke Roberts. It's got clips from all your favourite podcasts such as Diary of a Tiny CEO, Leonard Sprague, Tell Me How You Make Your Money, I Go To The Beach and I Steal People's Towels, Remember Armour, Remember the trend of everyone whacking themselves on the head with hammers and mallets when they wanted to lose weight, and Elty Jom's

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Yeah. He says, yeah, you're gonna need to take that to the service center at some Santa Fe Springs. Oh my gosh. I'm not going to fucking Santa Fe Springs. to fucking Santa Fe Springs. I don't even know what that is. You get rid of it Yeah, I'm just gonna burn it Just gonna torch my house Throw like a javelin off the overpass. Yeah, I got it insured cuz I've got a broken Dyson as well I got a Dyson rider. Yeah, if you were like if you had a fix I was I was gonna get on board with it

Oh, I was gonna ask, if you were like if you had a fix I was I was gonna get on board with it Oh, I was gonna ask maybe if you would Since Santa Fe spring you got have you guys could have a little burrows weekend Santa Fe spring That's a special season of a podcast people would subscribe to on patreon It's just us going to Santa Fe Springs and getting our getting our Dyson's fixed That's it and maybe learning a little something about yourselves along the way Yes, wait a minute. How would I learn something about myself if the audience wasn't there to tell me who I am? Yeah, that's true guys. This is gonna be your sideways. Oh, I can't wait I'm not fixing a fucking Dyson. I don't know yeah trick-or-treat

Yeah, I mean it's I don't know yeah trick and Merlot. Yeah, I mean it's Boy it sideways a movie that young people even have an awareness of now great question I mean it was really really popular among people when it came I do feel like it had like a It had an impact socially you know in a way that I don't feel like it has I feel like it had an impact socially, in a way that I don't feel like it has. I feel like young people now are more into the descendants. The Alexander Payne descendants

or the Disney Channel descendants? The Alexander Payne descendants. Or Hermosa Beach's finest skate punk band. Oh, of course. A lot of great descendants out there. Or all. Or sure, yeah. Well, if Milo's going off to get his degree then Stevenson of course starts all yeah

Anyway, good podcast. I couldn't remember the name of that one where Fucking, sorry Bill Stevenson don't yell at me. No no you're good What's the one where Paul Giamatti is like a private school teacher and it came about a year and a half ago? Oh the Holdovers What's the one where Paul Giamatti is like a private school teacher and it came about a year? That's a great move I would have said the holdovers I knew when I said the descendants that it would cause the problem that it caused Which is the I couldn't think of an I couldn't also couldn't think of that one with Kristen Wiggin it with the name of that one Hold it sizing downsizing. Yeah, hold over is great crest bump citizen Ruth. You could have you could have But that's going the other way or election other direction. Yeah, Nebraska. I think we've now named them all no Jack Nicholson Kathy Bates What about him we got to watch to find out no it turns out you've got to watch New girl you gotta watch all of me. That's how you find out what is about Schmidt sure great. Well. We settled that

We found out what podcasts are who we are we made some faces We talked about Taskmaster all the good stuff. What is it? What is like one taskmaster secret that you're allowed to share? Oh wow? What's it? I don't know if I'm allowed to share. I'm trying to think if there's any secrets. There's gotta be something you can say because otherwise our listeners will not be able to achieve or guess. I see, well here's what I'll say.

We shot, I'm curious if you can spot any of the tasks that are featured perhaps in any of the clips that maybe don't Make their way into the show What was shot who did what see you overshoot for a seat Yes, you are always there is always like a lot of things You're doing more than they need right because they don't know what they're gonna need at the end of the day Yeah, no, you don't have to explain that to me. I was on Archer. Oh, of course. Well, we all know Character that you mentioned earlier a number of times no need to say the name because everyone knows it you're talking about Hall of Mirrors

One that I knew yeah HOMG So my question is because I was thinking about that the other day like you must just be making so much money at conventions And call Hall of Mirrors guy that's like everybody's gonna want that can I tell you something you know about Gallagher and Gallagher too Of course, I had to get my brother Johnny to go to cons in my view Because people were fucking tearing me up. John's bigger than me. So if they fuck with him, he can take them out.

Yeah. But he's signing things Hall of Mirrors guy's guy. Right. Which is not cool for a lot of those people. They're bummed. No, they know it's your brother that you sold the act to. No, no, they know that they are talking to the real Hall of Mirrors guy. I hope so. It wasn't a mistake for me to start saying they know. They know that

John is the real Hall of Mirrors guy. I see, I see, I see. Okay. So it all makes sense, Jason. Now that you say it that way, it makes total sense. If you think about it, it all makes a ton of sense, which is why I should be offered more acting role. Right. And the way you're slowing down right now is as we rock it towards the end of the show, you pacing it down is creating a real tension for the audience. Hello. Are you a producer on the great north Are we starting a segment right now? I should get The Molino sisters

They're waiting just outside, they usually are. Jason, so American people can watch Taskmaster on YouTube. Yes, the episodes will start airing week to week, starting on YouTube May 2nd. And British people can watch it on the National Health. Yes, yes, you can go to any, in England, if you happen to be in England, you can go to any emergency room and Taskmaster will be playing on the TV health. Yes, yes. You can go to any in England if you happen to be in England. You can go to any emergency room and Taskmaster will be playing on the TV. Unless you're transgender

in which case. I'm so excited. I can't wait for it. Thank you for having me. I'm like so excited. Jason Manzoukas of course if you want to hear him podcast you can hear him podcast on the smash hit podcast. How did this made Jordan Jesse go is of course produced by Stephen Ray Morris known for his luxurious beard the best beard in the room our theme music is love you by the free design courtesy of the free design and light in the attic records hey Jordan hey guess what I probably mentioned this during the break but remember how we just went to Chicago the other day I do remember remember that we had a great time in Chicago a blast sleeping village in Chicago rocking out with our friend Peter Sagal and our friend Sam Regal had a great time

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