Klein/Ally Show: The Podcast - HOUR 3- A John Williams Performance, Gen Wars and MORE

Episode Date: August 13, 2026

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Who knows how it works around here. Allie, quick question, something that we got into yesterday. As we spun the wheel of reveal and we determined exactly how you would be doing the gender reveal of your baby that's growing inside of you as we speak. We don't know yet. We've all got our bets placed. We all think we know. But we will find out officially later this week. I think Friday is going to be gender reveal day, but it's all going to be about us getting Johnny in the chopper

because that was the overwhelming crowd favorite is putting Johnny in the helicopter and he'll throw something out of it that will determine whether or not Allie's having a boy or a girl. But this guy brings up a good point. Hey, guys, what's going to be the theme for the gender reveal? Like, I know that one popular theme is, like, touchdowns or 2-2s or something, but Allie's son already wears a 2-2 when he's supposed to be scoring touchdowns. touchdown. Supposedly he scored one but we've seen different proof

that he's wearing two-twos. I don't know. So that could be confusing. Is there going to be a theme or are we just going to go with the traditional something pink or something blue? Something pink or something stink. Something pink or stink. You know, I think what could happen is maybe Johnny could throw either hot dogs or hamburgers

out of the helicopter. And that's how we'll know. Johnny, are you ready to go? Because you said yesterday you had no problem getting in the chopper but now you've said off the air that you don't want to do it yeah no i don't want to do it no but you said yesterday over and over again yeah that's fine i'll do it no problem but it didn't make me feel comfortable doing it and then i was like and then i knew you guys wouldn't like coerce me to do it so i was like all right like

he's scared yeah most definitely yeah oh you're a sky pussy yeah don't worry he's also a land pussy i'll take every name like it's very warranted so like no no johnny johnny hold on If we put you in the chopper and we have a lead on a couple of choppers and you just all you do is you go. This isn't like you're wasting your time. No, I don't think he understands what we're asking from him. I think he thinks we wanted to fly it for hours. You're going to hover. You're going to go above.

Let's call it the Hollywood sign or something. And you just launch. You're either going to launch out hot dogs or hamburgers and we'll know whatever falls. Is the hamburger supposed to be a vagina? Yes, that's right. We can go with a different theme. I'm not married to it. I think that, no, Ali's right.

The blue, the blue pink thing's a little played out. The hot dogs or hamburger. And that's, I'm going to tell you right now, when I went in for, I think when I went in for the pictures of a second time my wife was pregnant, I think the person literally said, let's see if there's a hot dog or a hamburger down there. Yeah, and, or we could do the theme of money, where if it's a girl, we throw out money. 75 cents on the dollar. Yeah, we throw out more money. So it's just coins if it's a girl or bills if it's a boy. People get struck in the head by a dime.

So, Johnny, you're back in now? I got to think about it. No, he's not thinking about it. He's out. It's not a waste of our time. Friday will be the big reveal day here on KROQ. That's tomorrow. Wow.

Bragging rights for you and your entire generation. That's a lot of people that are waiting for you to call in right now and join us for the return of Generation Wars. Last week, I believe, Millennial. Now, hold on. Did Millennial finally get the win again? It's been a while. I know Gen X was. God, I can't remember.

Gen X was on the rise. Definitely was not Boomer. If you remember last week, we had that Boomer was rather aggressive. Boomer Gregg, I believe. Boomer Gregg was not happy with the way things went last week in Generation Wars. And I understand why he was upset about it. There was a lot of complaints that went on. And this was just a little flashback to a week ago.

Boomer. Boomer. Boomer. A lot of boomers after the fact. And then he declared that we never called on him, even though he yelled out Boomer first. That was Boomer Greg. Boomer. Boomer.

Boomer. So if you're a boomer and you think you have, check the tape, he said. That's right. He was so mad. He said, I was definitely first. Check the tape, which we're unable to do in real time. This is how he said it. Do a playback on that.

Do a playback on that. He was not happy about the way things went. Pause the live radio show. He was convinced. So if you were up to the challenge and you're a boomer or a Gen Xer or a Gen Z or a millennial and you think you can answer some questions about your generation and the other ones, we invite you to call us now for Generation Wars. Do a playback on that. And we will get into that in just a moment. So once again, looking for all generations, it's open casting at 800-520-1067.

Your questions, your bragging rights, and the song of your choosing are all on the line after this quick break on KROQ. Are you a Gen Xer? Perhaps a millennial Gen Z Alpha A boomer Perhaps you're a zenial And you don't believe you belong to any of the actual generations

And you've created your own Because of when you were born And you feel like you can sometimes You can straddle a few different generations Based on exactly where you were Some people are like I think I think to me Jake is like Gen X through and through

Oh yeah He's everything about Gen X Proud of it Stubborn Stubborn as hell Always right Although people do say that Gen X got all the money before the money was gone. Jake definitely missed out on that part.

That was the one thing about the Gen X that Jake missed out on. But the other stuff, he's got it all. And then you look at other people, you go, yep, that's a millennial right there. Johnny's a poster child for Gen Z. Yeah, he is. He's got the Gen Z stare and everything. Whatever generation you think you're a part of, it's time for you to prove why yours is the best. It's a fight that's oldest time.

It's time for Generation Wars. We welcome to K-Rock and to Generation Wars, representing the generation known as the Boomer. They were born in 1958 And they used to smoke cigarettes Which are back now, by the way Smoking cigarettes could be a boomer thing Could be a Gen Z thing now I know, Johnny said he has cigarettes at home

Just sitting on his countertop We say hi to Matt Hey Matt, welcome to the K-Rock You are our boomer today So please play the game well For all the boomers listening, alright? Good morning, yes What was your brand of cigarettes?

I would imagine no filter involved, right? uh some of that a little marlboro a little camel straights you know and when you quit since you're a booner and boomer i imagine it was either cold turkey or the patch cold turkey yep they did it like that back then they didn't wean themselves off they didn't do gum they didn't start vaping nope they didn't switch to vaping or zen right usually if you quit it was because of uh cancer Yeah. No, luckily not. All right.

My family, that doesn't even stop you. Matt is, yeah, he smoked right through the cancer. That's Matt right there. He's the boomer. Matt, if you know the answers to these questions, please yell out boomer. Wait for Allie to call on you. If you feel like you're being treated unfairly, just yell out, tell us to run the playback. We say hi now to our representation from Gen X.

This is Veronica. Veronica is born in 1977. Even though she claims she is Gen X, she still struggles with her phone, which is starting to kind of make its way into boomer territory. But, Veronica, welcome to KROQ. Welcome to Generation Wars. Hi, welcome. What is the biggest struggle you have with your phone on a regular basis? You know what?

Just downloading apps sometimes or trying to post stuff on social media. Yeah, that's okay. It's all fun to laugh at ourselves. We don't judge here. I'll tell you who will judge you, though, your millennial and Gen Z counterparts that are battling. We said George from the 310, born in 1983, is a millennial, used to play video games in black and white Game Boy. And I would argue that is when people try to explain how video games used to look. And I know, Matt, you'll try to one-up him and say, I remember playing with the hoop in the street with a stick.

And you're going to win that battle. I played Tetris with actual boxes. Right. Real actual bricks. I'm just moving. Chris, welcome to KROQ, and you're representing all millennials. Were you any good at Tetris? Good morning, indeed.

I was amazing at Tetris. That's in California. The best in California? Wow. Like you won a competition? I did, actually, yeah. Wow. Believe it or not, they used to do those things back in the day.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm not starstruck often, but you're telling me you won a competition as the best Tetris player in the state of California? When I was 13 years old, there was a competition using the black and white Game Boy. And I happened to be at some, I don't know, it was like a flea market or something. And there was hundreds of kids performing, and I beat the hell out of them. Wow. Great. Does this bring back the glory days?

I mean, you peaked at 13. It's all been downhill since there, I guess. That's right. That's right. I'm here to rap hard for the millennial gen. Did the color throw you off when that got introduced to Tetris? Yeah, that's right. I'll tell you, I threw Matt off when the color got introduced.

Well, we didn't like that. Right, Matt? Yeah, you know, we started out black and pong, you know, black and white. All right, we say hi to our representation now from Gen Z. This is George, born in 2000. He thinks that he was born in the wrong generation. I'm trying to figure out why you would say that. What is it?

George, where do you believe you belong? I feel like I'm a millennial, man. There's too many genders in this generation. Too many genders in this generation. All right, we've offended all kinds of people in this introduction. I believe, hands on your buzzers, the game will officially begin now. It's time for Generation Wars. Here we go.

Question one. This was the nickname for the television channel officially called Cinemax because of all of the adult content they would show. Oh, I heard Gen X first. I heard Gen X too, barely. Yes, Gen X. Skinemax. Skinemax is a correct answer.

Is that still a thing? I don't know if that's a thing anymore. Omar, you would know. Is Skinamax still a thing, Omar? Is it HBO Skinamax now? I don't know. Man. We move on to your next question.

Go find out. We'll see you in five minutes. No less, perhaps. Question two. What does it mean if you have tea to spill? Gen Z. Gen Z. Oh, man.

Yeah, you have, like, somebody else's business to tell someone. Gossip is the word you're looking for. Hot goss. Yeah, hot goss. I will accept that. Gen Z, good job. You have tea to spill. And Boomer remembers when they were spilling that tea right there in the old Boston Harbor, don't you, Boomer?

That's right. Question number three. It's Generation Wars. This was the name, specifically, of the device that you would use for math, algebra, and calculus. But you could also play games like Snake and Drug Wars on it. What was it? Millennial. Yes, Millennial.

It was the Texas Instrument 83, TI-83. I went full birth name, Texas Instrument 83. This guy is a Tetris champion. TI-83 plus graphing calculator. You can even program those things to cheat on your test. That was great. I remember when they got banned from school because of the cheating that was going on on the TI-83. Man, what a great piece of technology that was.

I remember when everyone got them in classrooms, it was like, whoa, we are in the future. And when pizza's on a bagel and you can eat pizza anytime, what are you eating? Pizza bites? Boomer. Boomer, go ahead. Pizza Bites? No, I cannot accept Pizza Bites. Yes, Millennial.

Bagel Bites. That is the correct answer. Bagel. Sorry, Boomers. Bagel Bites. We move on. It's Generation Wars right now. You got it, brother.

It's okay. I like that they get along, but also, guys, it's all... I think they're just being overly nice to the Boomer. Okay, that's all right. I don't want him to snap like last time. Your next question in Generation Wars. Boomer, we're coming your way. Get ready.

What safety drills did schools practice to prepare for a potential nuclear attack? Boomer. Yes, Boomer. Boomer. Air raid. Air raid. Tuck and drop. Drop and tuck.

No. I cannot accept drop and tuck. Millennial. Yes, millennial. Get out of the desk. I'm dropping a roll. No, that is fire. That's if you're on fire.

You stop, drop, and roll. What is the... Yes, Gen Z. Oh, get into the bunker. Get into the bunker is a fun one, but also not easy to do in school. Anyone? Three, two... We were looking for...

Duck and cover. Yeah, that's the one we were looking for, Boomer. We can't have the answer twice. The old duck and cover hiding under the desks waiting for Russia and or Cuba to drop missiles upon us, I believe. What the hell is that going to do? Well, you're right. That's what I would have said if I was a student. I would have said, excuse me, teach, what the hell is this going to do?

You've got a nuclear. I ducked and tucked, and now I'm just confused. All right, moving on, guys. Here we go. What is considered to be the breakfast of champions? Gen X. Yes, Gen X. Wheaties

Wheaties is correct Gen X on the board Allie what's the score right now Gen X and Millennial are tied 2-2 Wow here we go moving on What hairstyle known as the Rachel What was this named after Gen Z

Gen Z Is the Rachel from France That is correct Nice job. Okay, now we have a three-way tie. Jennifer Aniston. Allie, who's losing, Jen Wars? That would be Matt the Boomer.

All right, moving on, and we go to this next question. It's Generation Wars. If you are skanking, what music are you probably listening to? Oh, my God. Oh, man. Gen Z? Yes, Gen Z. It'd be like New Rock?

No. Come on. Gen X. Yes, Gen X. K-pop? No. Oh, my God. Millennial.

Yes, Millennial. Booty dancing. Oh, I'm so sorry. If you're skanking, you're probably listening to ska. Goddamn right. We move on to your next question. In Generation Wars. Here we go.

What animal? Who is the official mascot of Energizer batteries? Gen X. Boomer. I heard Gen X first. Barely, yeah, by a pube, yes. That's a Gen Z, all right. Yes, Gen X.

Replay the tape. We're not replaying the tape. We're not replaying the tape. Do a playback on that. No, no, no, you're not even in this one. Where's that guy coming from? Gen X, what is your answer? Energizer bunny.

Say what? Energizer bunny. That's the right answer. I will accept that. Allie, we only have four questions left. Where are we at right now? Yeah, this is tight competition. We have Gen X in the lead with three, and then Millennial and Gen Z are trailing with two each.

Okay. Boomer, still nothing. We go to your next question. A question in Generation Wars, and we move on. It's another mascot question. This mascot of what product was a white glove with a red nose that was always holding a wooden spoon? Gen Z? Gen Z, Gen Z, Gen Z.

The Helping Hand. Millennial. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Millennial. The Helping Hand. I cannot accept the Helping Hand. Millennial for the steal. Millennial for the steal.

Hamburger Helper. That's the one. You got it. Hamburger Helper. I know what you're thinking. It's frustrating, Gen Z. I know. We go on.

Another food question. Here we go. If someone is having a, quote, girl dinner, what are they probably having for dinner? What would be a girl dinner? Jeremy Z? Yes, with confidence. Oh, man, actually, coffee, matcha. Matcha, that is not right.

Close. Yes, Boomer, Boomer, go ahead. I'd like to hear this. Wow. Wine? No. Millennial. Yes, millennial.

Two raisins and some nuts. Do you guys not know girls? Girl dinner is a collection of random items from the fridge, like pickles, cheese, crackers, rather than cooking a traditional meal known as a girl dinner. It's a very Gen Z term, supposedly. I don't stand for it. I find it to be sexist and unacceptable, but Vanessa loves it. Well, then there's the equivalent, which is boy kibble.

Right, boy kibble, which is just protein on top of protein on top of protein. Guys, this is it. The final two questions. Does it even matter? Yeah, it does. Millennial and Gen X both still have three points because no one got the point on that one. And Gen Z, he's got two points. So still, potentially, anyone could win.

Who is Captain Kangaroo? Boomer. Yes, Boomer. Well, he was at the kids' TV show with Mr. Green Jeans. That is a correct answer. I will accept that. Captain Kangaroo, that was a softball for you. And it comes down to this final question, Allie.

I can't believe we've burned through so many questions and so much time in Generation Wars. Who's up for the potential win right now? It's between Millennial and Gen X. If they each get it. Okay, here we go. If you are gatekeeping a restaurant, what are you doing?

Gen Z. Gen Z. What are you up? Gen Z. You're not telling anyone where it is or what restaurant it is. That's right, keeping it a secret. Okay, now what do we do?

Because we've got a three-way tie. We have a three-way tie. We need one more question. All right. So I've got the next question, and we're going to say goodbye to Matt the Boomer, who is not eligible to win this anymore. Matt, thanks for playing, and I'm sorry that you didn't win, but I appreciate you getting the Captain Kangaroo question right. All right. Thank you, guys.

Have a great day. You too. Bye. Do a playback on that. No, no. We don't need to. It's down to three. Gen X, Gen Z, and Millennial all battling it out, Allie, with one question.

Give me one example Of a dirty soda Oh my god You gotta I have an idea in my mind of who was first I heard the G of Gen X First by a second Three people

Hold on she may not get it Veronica go ahead Sprite with heavy whipping cream I will accept that as a terrible disgusting beverage That is also known as a dirty soda That is a right answer Dirty Soda, very trendy with Gen Z, but now it has spanned all generations. Boomer wanted to throw in 7-Up with Ovaltine.

Sorry, we already have an answer here. Originated in Utah, Dirty Soda is made by flavored syrup, splash of creams, half and half, carbonated sodas. Doesn't matter at the end of it all. Congratulations, Veronica, brought the glory back to Gen X. Gen X can hold your head a little higher this week. Everyone did a great job, though. Victoria, to all of our contestants, I like that. I like a good battle that goes down to the end.

And, Victoria, in addition to winning in the bragging rights, what song of any of the songs in the history of the world do you think we should play on KROQ right now for you and your entire generation? Go ahead. Let's do No Doubt, Sunday Morning. Here we go. It's a new one. This is Dominic Fike, Baby Doll. Because that's what was queued up. So, congratulations.

KROQ, we are a Klein Alley Show. So if you'd like to go see John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl playing all of those music anthems, movie anthems you've enjoyed for over the many, many years, from E.T. through Jurassic Park through Home Alone. I mean, if it was a monster movie that you saw, you talk about Generation Wars. These are songs that meant a lot to a lot of people our entire lives, and you get to watch it all happen before your very eyes underneath the stars of Hollywood at the Hollywood Bowl. and we are looking for you right now to give us a call at 800-520-1067 as Jake the Nerd is going to enter the studio with his recorder

and attempt to play you a song. Earlier this week it all started with Allie who was playing this on the drums. Clearly that is from Star Wars. Oh, that's the big march. The big beat of March. I don't know how that woman got it, but she got it. So that was a success early in the week.

The first contestant was able to correctly identify what song Allie was playing. And then it was this one on day number two, Allie. And that was a combination of Vanessa and Johnny performing together. And caller was able to identify that was the John Williams classic from Jurassic Park, which I was surprised about. I'd like to see that opening sequence with the dinosaurs and everything with Johnny and Vanessa's rendition of the song. It's a little less epic. This was yesterday, and this was me with the harmonica. That was so good.

No. That was yesterday. It felt like it was a really cracked out church. Today, Jake, and that was Jaws. Of course, I don't need to tell you that because it was pretty obvious, but that was Jaws. So today, Jake has another John Williams score that he's been working on for the better part of the show today. How many hours did you spend on this? Oh, since the beginning of the show.

He tried way too hard. I was like, remember, this is supposed to be funny. He's like, I can't. I was like, okay. Yeah, people get really into it. Also, Jake doesn't want to be the guy to ruin this streak we've got going. I mean, if we can do a five-day streak of first contestant getting it right every time. Yeah, if they get yours and you don't get mine, I'm going to be kind of pissed.

Jake's going to take this as a personal L, and he doesn't want that at all. And this is the world's most annoying instrument, the recorder. Yeah, and do you need to warm up at all? Also, the number one instrument for pervs. Yes, it sounds like it. Just follow me to this van, kids. Jake, do you need anything else, or are we going to get right into the game? I'm ready.

Okay. The great John Williams. The maestro of the movies. at the Hollywood Bowl. We'd love to send you there. These tickets ain't cheap, but for you they will be because they're going to be

absolutely free if you win. It's happening on September 4th, celebrating the great music and the catalog of John Williams' Hollywood Bowl. All right. Contestant number one. Hopefully that's all we need.

This is Alberto and Reseda. Alberto, you're going to hear Jake the Nerd play a song. Let me say good morning to Alberto. Hey, Alberto, welcome to K-Rock. Hi. Hey, good morning.

Good morning. Have you heard us do this throughout the week at all or no? Yeah, I have. And were you able to identify the songs you were hearing just to get a sense of kind of where your skill level is at before Jake goes? For the most part, yes, except for yours yesterday with the harmonica. Okay, thank you. How does that make you feel? That doesn't matter because the contestant got it right.

So here we go. This is Jake the Nerd with the recorder. Let's keep the streak alive. I'm nervous. Really? It's their first recorded performance in decades. Are you going to get the nervous poops? How many poops have you had this morning?

I don't even know. I lost count. I'm going to try real hard. Just keep it together. Whenever you are ready. All right. This is now Jake the Nerd. All right.

that's all I got any ideas there I actually think I know I know I can hear it Allie running behind him in slow motion would make this whole thing come to life. Alberto, it's your opportunity now to shine and win your way into the Hollywood Bowl

to see a better version of that same song. Barely, man. I'm going to guess Jurassic Park. Come on! Oh, dude! Are you kidding me? Man. I spent hours on this.

Man, the streak. I'm the first one not to get it. The streak comes to an end. I feel like this is the one that's been clearest to me. Believe it or not, I think this was the best one, too, so far. Crap. Sarah in Long Beach. Hello, good morning.

You want to take a shot at what you just heard on K-Rock? Yeah, was that Indiana Jones? Yeah! Congratulations. Sarah, enjoy yourself some Hollywood Bowl. And well played. Hold on one second. But not well played.

Not well played, but also well played. Quick break, back with some ADD news. More tickets for you to go to Six Flags. And let's go ahead and clear our ears of everything we just heard a moment ago on KROQ. K-Rock, we are Klein Alley Show. Finding what's happening in the world together. Take a look at the ADD news. Of course, a lot of concern, wellness checks for DJ Omar Khan on the GOAT line.

Uh-oh. Omar Khan off. straight by relapse and getting the full key. Okay. Hey, hey, hey! Okay, guys. Omar is back on meth. He's back on the show.

It was a quick relapse, only a day. Yep. We've got our theories as to why Omar had to take a day off, but I believe, you know, a lot of people

don't know this, Ali, but he tried to follow in your footsteps and run in a 5K, and I think it almost killed him. Yeah, maybe. That three miles really put you over.

3.2 to be exact. He came in very proud of himself on Monday. I did the 5K. Decent time. I was number tops in my age group, the whole thing. And then right to the ER on death's door a day later. Just stop trying to be healthy.

Yeah. And if you had done meth, you would have run that. You would have beat your time by like 10 minutes. You would have run a whole marathon, dude. It would have been amazing. Especially running for the cops. We get into a brand new hour of the show in moments. First, though, let's find out what's happening in the world with your news.

Grab your Adderall. It's time for ADD News. If you're stressed about school, apparently you are not alone and people are no longer able to handle the pressure of getting good grades. So what are the options here? Do we give the kids better tools to handle the curriculum and to handle the stress? Or do we just change the curriculum and get rid of grades? The University of Michigan has decided to do exactly that. They're getting rid of grades for the first semester and they think it'll help all the kids with their mental health. The University of Michigan is getting rid of some final grades for the sake of students' mental health.

The university announcing it's dropping first semester grades in an effort to, quote, curb the mental health crisis faced by many young college students. Now, class results will be displayed as either pass or no credit on transcripts, and students will still receive grades in the class as the semester unfolds, but final grades will not be recorded. So they think from transition from high school to college, it's too much to have grades right away. Well, it's funny how they no longer use the word fail anymore because fail apparently is damaging everyone's eye. You know how many times I've heard the word fail, failure, failing all my whole life. X, red, red. The amount of red Sharpies my teachers had to go through just for me. I just don't understand why.

Yeah, like it's been the same for so many years. Right. And we've all had bad grades, bad things happen. And you have that moment where you're like, wow, I suck. I failed. Oh, yeah. And then I imagine for a lot of people, then you are better because of that. Or you learn to work through that. I don't understand how now nobody can handle that.

Nobody can handle, I did bad. Right. I'm a failure. I need to stop. I'm crumbling. Well, yes. Pull the clip of Ali saying she's a failure. We'll use that a lot.

But the reality is it's not. Like you don't have the tools to handle the failure anymore. This is the problem. People can't compartmentalize. They can't say I'm a failure at this quiz or this test or this stupid paper that I didn't really care about. But that doesn't mean I'm a failure in life. And that's all part of, I would think that's maybe the most important thing you get out of going to college is some controversy, some trouble, some, you know, classes. You've got to figure out a way to work.

I had to take understanding music, which apparently was an easy pass. Someone told me pass, fail. I failed it. Had to take it three times. It wasn't no credit. You failed. That's probably part of the reason I hate music still. I had to take understanding music three times.

You couldn't understand it and you couldn't like it. I just assumed I just had to show up once in a while and take a couple of quizzes. I'd be fine. It was not easy. They would ask me, who invented the cello and crap like that. I don't know. I didn't know that. Some bored grandma probably.

But when I would see fail and I could see my test, whenever they would hand out the papers or whatever, I could be like, oh, mine's coming because I could see one with red, so much red on it. And that sucks. That's a sucky feeling. Every once in a while, though, I'll tell you, when I would get like an unexplained good grade or something, I would be like, so shocked. It would feel more like a win, right? And think about all the fails we've had just in our careers as well.

Oh, my God. On top of it. You have to fail. You must fail. You really do have to fail. And I think it also starts with the everyone gets a medal mentality. Yeah. And I see it, too, with parents.

It's like, everything's good. You could try. Everything's great. You tried. You tried. You're doing awesome. And it's like, but what if they're not doing awesome? And they didn't really try.

My kid got a paperback from school. And now they don't do grades at all. They don't do A through F. I remember seeing a lot of Fs and Ds and D minuses and stuff. They got rid of all that. Now it's like one, two, three or something like that. What? They do one, two, three.

And I don't even know what means what anymore, to be honest. But all I know is she got a paperback. Like a Google review? I think it's like three is exceeding and two is grade level and one is trash or something. But they don't say trash. They say like work harder or something. But regardless. If you really suck at it, you'd probably be like, yeah, I'm number one.

Yeah, I don't know. I don't even understand how the system works, clearly. But all I know is she got a paperback or assignment back. It was the lowest possible score. But it still had, like, five stickers on it. And I'm going to myself, you don't get stickers for one. Right, and then you don't really think you failed. Right, exactly.

Like, you can't write, like, do better, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. And here's five stickers. Apply yourself, damn it. Failure sticker. Yeah, you don't get these stickers. You got to earn the sticker. You should get a failure sticker. I don't know where Bumble ranks among dating apps these days.

But I imagine that it's a good option for women who don't want to constantly interact with creeps. because they're always the first to reach out. But apparently that's about to change. Bumble is moving away from the exact thing that defined them. Their signature rule is going away. So now men can make the first move on Bumble and all users will also be able to respond to messages within 72 hours instead of 24 hours. So I guess there was a time limit before where you had to respond within 24 hours

or the message went away. Listen, I haven't been on any of the dating apps, but apparently, just according to the success Jake had on Bumble, I mean, Jake is not a lot to look at or to experience, you know, personality wise. And he's smashing right now. He is. He's like beating Bumble somehow. So for anyone out there, for anyone out there that is struggling or feeling lonely or desperate,

I don't know, maybe you should try that one out because it worked for Jake somehow. I don't even know how that's possible. But I'm not saying it worked one time, like worked multiple times. But it is good for Jake because she reached out first, right, Jake? Yeah, yeah. You can swipe on people and let them know that you like him or whatever. or you find them attractive, but then they have to, like, message you. Right, so that's a good self-esteem booster for Jake, right,

that this woman went out of her way to reach out to Jake first, and it's not just Jake perving out and messaging every single woman that he possibly can. Which is now going to be the switch. Right. That's the change now. It's just going to be every guy messaging every single girl. And even then, I talked to numerous women on Bumble,

and they told me, like, the amount of D-pics they get is, like, staggering, even on Bumble. Yeah, I think what happens is... Hey, you're cute. Ah! I think that the reality is most women are on the defense all the time because you have to be in society and it's a terrible thing. But I think you're constantly thinking, I'm going to get attacked or whistled at or my ass pinched or whatever. Or if I don't F you on the first date, I'm a loser.

Yeah, I'm not worth hanging out with. Pull that clip. And the D picks constantly. I mean, you've got to be on defense. I remember when Omar got that accidental D pick from the guy that was doing his driveway. And he forwarded it to me. It was so jarring. It's a violating feeling.

It ruined my day. It ruined my whole day. Like, I didn't know what to do. And women can experience that right from the jump now. Yeah, they get it constantly. I feel so terrible that you have to see that all the time. But it really is a day ruiner. We'll move on from D-Pix to hot dogs.

Finally. Pink's Hot Dogs. It's a nice transition. It's great. One of the first drunk meals I ever had was Pink's Hot Dogs, which was followed by my first one-night stand. And people in Japan will soon be able to experience this for themselves because Pink's is opening a location in Japan. You think they're going to bring the hand dogger? That's what I was wondering.

So I didn't realize they already had locations. They have three in the Philippines, one in South Korea, and then, of course, they have L.A. and Vegas. So the Tokyo location, they said, will offer 15 varieties of hot dogs, and then they'll have burgers, sides, and drinks. But I wonder if it's going to be the same menu items as it is in L.A. or if they'll be custom to that city and the famous people in that area. We're so much fatter here. I couldn't imagine that they're going to enjoy the Rosie O'Donnell dog that's got nine onion rings on it and coleslaw. Like, I feel like they would have too much respect to eat that. Like, we'll be like all three of those.

Yeah. Hey, Tokyo, you don't have enough heartburn. Hey, Vanessa, check in with Richard Pink. He's still alive, right? I love the hot dog. Oh, yeah. And maybe see if there's any chance that we can look forward to perhaps the ham dogger making its international. I mean, we created that thing for Pinks.

They should. If they're doing a limited menu, maybe they'd bring our very own ham dogger over to Tokyo. And then we can go there for the big opening. That would be sick. That would be so cool if we could go to Tokyo and try the ham dog. Because the last time we celebrated the ham dog was on 420 at Pink's on La Brea. And the concept that we could now celebrate it again going all the way to Tokyo. And Pink's has money.

They'd probably fly us over there. I know our company wouldn't do that. I wonder if they celebrate 420 in Tokyo. We could have a 420 big celebration in Tokyo. We could make it happen. Vanessa, make all these notes. Write a note.