My Brother, My Brother And Me - MBMBaM 750: A Thrupence and Nine

Episode Date: February 17, 2025

We may not be the best at spelling, except for Griffin who once won a McFlurry with his spelling skills. But you know what we are good at? Funny sex numbers! New ways of grinding! And making up new ji...ngles for brands that are definitely not in a familiar, copyrighted tune!Suggested talking points: You Think You Know Everything Dougie, America Runs on Dunkin and So Can Your Wardrobe, Spell this in Kanji, Gyrate Queen, Lateral GrindWorld Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The McElroy brothers are not experts and their advice should never be followed. Travis insists he's a sexpert, but if there's a degree on his wall, I haven't seen it. Also, this show isn't for kids, which I mention only so the babies out there will know how cool they are for listening. What's up, you cool baby? One, two, three, four! It's the start of something beautiful A small acquaintance has blossomed It's ripened into a precious friendship
Starting point is 00:00:33 I could've never seen what was coming for me Hangs at the skate park, hangs by the beach My life, it feels like Life, ah ah ah It's better, it's better with you My life, ah ah ah It's better, it's better with you This is true, ah ah ah
Starting point is 00:01:00 It's better, it's better with two My life, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. What's good, Trav Nation, it's me, Griffin McElroy, playing sick, isn't he brave? I forgot to watch the Super Bowl. And I- This is not, this isn't gonna be bad, I don't think. The absence of comedy is not funny. Do you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:01:41 Well, I just mostly don't wanna talk about the Super Bowl, man. Oh, okay, what do you wanna talk about, Griffin? Yeah. Lost my fucking pants on that one, didn't I? Went big for the, here's the thing. I don't follow sports, and so really, the legalization of sports gambling
Starting point is 00:01:58 is especially unfair to me, because it's like, I'm gonna be bad at it. Like, I'll do it, sure, but I'm gonna be pretty bad at it, and that's not fair. I looked at the past, what, 10 Super Bowls, you know what I kept seeing? Chiefs, chiefs, chiefs, chiefs, one every time. So I was like, okay, so I'll get double my money. But it didn't work that way.
Starting point is 00:02:16 And they're not very forgiving gambling stuff. I've learned, it's like saying like, I was, but I didn't know what I was doing. You don't get the money back, which is weird. I would like to take a moment if I could, Travis, because you did miss it. I would like to take a moment to compliment Mr. Lamar on his halftime show.
Starting point is 00:02:37 Well done, Mr. Lamar on the halftime show. That was fantastic. Specifically, I wanna compliment one thing. Please. That man, and I don't, Here's what I'm gonna say. I'm gonna do a little table setting that will surprise no one who is a long time listener or even short time listener to this show.
Starting point is 00:02:50 I do not follow this cultural exchange between Mr. Drake and Mr. Lamar. I was not up to date on it. I've since tried to read up a little bit. And we've been good. Like we've been really good and haven't said anything. We haven't said anything about it. We haven't said anything about it. And musically, if you give a shit
Starting point is 00:03:08 what a 44 year old man thinks about music, I don't know what to tell you. So here's what I'd like to say. It's a good song. No one gives a shit, that's the point. Oh, okay. For you to say what you think of it is like- I learned about it from TikTok.
Starting point is 00:03:20 You're wasting air. No one gives a shit. That's good private work you did. Here's a point I wanna say. The fact that you would be at the Super Bowl. Sure. At the Super Bowl, which is like the biggest show. It's so big you can't say the name of it.
Starting point is 00:03:38 Yeah, the crown jewel of trademark sports. The biggest thing. And people would be like, so it's your moment, right? This is your moment as an artist where like, if you look at, for example, I will use Prince in his iconic halftime show. It's exquisite. Playing the guitar and it's like,
Starting point is 00:03:56 this is me as a performer, right? Yeah. I've got all these other styles, right? I'm blending rock, I'm blending R&B. Also, the weather can't stop me. I'm an immortal being. And in fact, the weather is... Is not getting better. I'm bigger than the weather.
Starting point is 00:04:10 Famously have a rain-based song, and the weather is really working for me right now. I have such love in my heart for someone that they would come to him and they would say, Mr. Lamar, how will you be spending this capstone moment? And Mr. Lamar said, well, I think what we can all agree on is I will need to spend a few minutes of it being mean to Drake.
Starting point is 00:04:32 Yeah, everyone's like, wait, what? That goes without saying, the Pepsi representatives shaking their heads, yes, that goes without saying. No notes, no pushback on that, Mr. Lamar? Of course. And how direct, will it be kind of like, about like the feeling of being an artist in the world and competing with a, no.
Starting point is 00:04:51 What I think what it will be instead is, I will look directly at the camera and I will say, hello Drake, it's me. Hi, it's me, I'm looking at, speaking directly to you at the Super Bowl. I got your ex-girlfriend to do a funny dance at you. God, that's mean. I saw a tabloid-y posting that during the Super Bowl,
Starting point is 00:05:14 Drake was in Australia. And all I could think is like- Yeah, to be as far from it. Yeah, imagine- As stupidly possible. Imagine finding out the Super Bowl's coming up and there's an element associated with it in which you Griffin or you Justin is like,
Starting point is 00:05:27 man, I gotta get to Australia during this weekend. I mean, there's probably not be in any hemisphere related to what's happening. And I had to be part of him that was like, maybe he won't do it, maybe he won't play it. Like holding that hope, like maybe he won't, like he saw the announcement, like who'd they get? Oh him?
Starting point is 00:05:46 He doesn't like me. Well, he doesn't like me. Maybe he won't do it though. Yeah. Do you think that afterwards they should have cut to like an awkward headshot for a formal rebuttal? Yeah. From the outback?
Starting point is 00:06:03 Just Drake shaking a bottle of Aquafina water as he raises it to his lips Marco Rubio style. What Mr. Lamar often forgets is as actually he is whack. I actually am cool. I am actually good at rap. I will say this about Mr. Lamar's halftime show. And people are gonna get mad at me because I say this every year,
Starting point is 00:06:28 could have used more red hot chili peppers. Yeah. How could have just used, just split the crowd at one point and just hear, wow, wow, wow. And it's like, you know, like, okay, so we do get a little bit of red hot chili peppers in here.
Starting point is 00:06:41 Just a little bit of hot spice. Do you remember when it was like a big kerfuffle that like fleas like base wasn't plugged in or something? a little bit of red hot chili peppers over here. Just a little bit of hot spice. Do you remember when it was like a big kerfuffle that like fleas like base wasn't plugged in or something. And he was like, yeah, man, I'm jumping all around. It's a soup bowl, it's right here. It's a football field. You want me to run a cable across that whole thing?
Starting point is 00:06:55 No way, man. I don't know what to tell you, bud. Do we wanna do some advice? I would love to help people. I work in retail and I've been noticing 69 come up in people's total fairly recently. It's your angel number! Sometimes I feel like I accidentally emphasize it, but maybe I'm just in my head about it. How can I be less awkward telling customers they owe 69 cents? That's from Minor 69er.
Starting point is 00:07:22 I'm assuming that you owe something that ends in 69 cents, not that you were selling any, cause I don't think anything costs 69 cents these days. These days, in this economy? Maybe one tenth of one egg. Get them. Now, oh, here's, okay, here would be my concern, is that without even a subtle nod,
Starting point is 00:07:46 now you're leaving the window open where they feel they must acknowledge it. Okay, that's interesting. There's a moment hanging in the air. You are in some ways doing a great service by taking that moment and pinning it down so that they are not expected to. You can also lie and say 70.
Starting point is 00:08:06 Ooh. And then they'll say, um, sorry, I'm looking at the total. It does clearly say 69. Would you like to round up to 70? Would you like to round up for uncomfortableness? Would you like to round up for liquidity? The kids are awkward.
Starting point is 00:08:26 They need your help. Now whatever. You know what? 68 cents and I'll take a penny from the kids and they'll give me a penny just to get out of this, please. What about you can start saying like- Don't you like at Spirit Halloween when they're like, will you be generous and as a reward,
Starting point is 00:08:38 I'll write your name on this wall. Thank you. No, awesome. My greatest wish. I've always all now the memory of me will never die that spirit Halloween has put me up on the ofrenda. Or they say here's two bracelets. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:08:55 My kids want them, but I would rather you keep them. Thank you sir, Halloween. Perhaps you could start doing like an old timey like nine and 60. Oh, that's cool. Oh, nine and three. Nine and that's cool. Oh, nine and sixty pence. Nine and three pence.
Starting point is 00:09:08 Is that right? Nine and three score. Nine and three score pence. Threepence. A threepence and nine. Ah, here's your change, my lord. Threepence and nine piece. It's a nine piece come back.
Starting point is 00:09:20 Threepence. Babe, tonight, it's Valentine's Day baby, you know what I'm thinking, a Threepinson nine. We'll get something for both of us. Maybe you could just start rounding to Nuff Zed, like your total is 13 Nuff Zed. You know what's up. I feel like this is,
Starting point is 00:09:45 we've trod this ground before, but if we just had more sex numbers, then 69 wouldn't be as noteworthy when it did appear every time. We should have them one through 100. Well, I'm not saying every number one through 100 has a designated sexual position. Cause I-
Starting point is 00:10:02 Well, which ones do you leave out? 13. I mean, I'm not saying every number needs to be one, but if there were like three or four sex numbers, then you would get- It would be less weird. Or there's, you know, they're funny numbers, right? There's 420, which is always- Right, there is 420. What we need to do is once a week,
Starting point is 00:10:18 you rotate the numbers to different numbers, but they mean the same thing. So that way you can never keep track unless you're checking my website where I will update the numbers in real time for a fee. Be like, babe, you know what I'm thinking? It's Valentine's Day. It's time for, shit, hold on.
Starting point is 00:10:37 The damn thing won't load. 75? Do you guys ever find yourself when you're out amongst unknown people and you do have an opportunity to say the funny sex number? Yeah. Or 420, do you ever find yourself putting a little extra on it just in case?
Starting point is 00:10:59 Just to see, maybe as a little feeler, to see if the other person's a fellow wanderer, like yourself, a fellow journeyman who could get a quick little bust up out of 60. You know what I mean? Maybe we could just share a warm quick chuckle. You know what I mean? That's the hardest fun.
Starting point is 00:11:16 Just recognizing that it's a funny sex number. But you just give a little like a little like... Give me an example. Show me an example. Say this egg costs... You need like, like a popcorn. Give me an example, show me an example, and say this egg costs. You need like plausible deniability, right? So this egg costs $1, 169. Like $1.69.
Starting point is 00:11:31 How much? Okay. $1.69. And that'll be 169. The laugh felt a little bit. It's the sound, I'm gonna do it again cause it's always imperceptible. That'll be 169. No, it's a tone. No, I I think it would have to be more like,
Starting point is 00:11:47 oh, that's 169. Travis, that was really good. Juice, you do it like Travis just did it. Yours is weird. Travis, yours is scared. Yours is scary. Yeah, yeah, none of those. That felt supernatural to me.
Starting point is 00:12:00 You're like a boy with his hand caught in the cookie jar. He hung the world's smallest lantern on it. I thought that that was exquisite, Travis. What's yours then? Mine? Okay. Just like a- That'll be $1.69.
Starting point is 00:12:16 You hit it up at the end and they're like thinking, why did he hit it up at the end? And then they go like, oh, 69. That was his way of acknowledging it. I no longer have to stand. Oh, can I try it again? Sure, Trev. Okay, that'll be a $1.69.
Starting point is 00:12:30 Oh, woo! Ew! Woo-ga-woo-ga! I don't, I think the second woo-ga-woo-ga was too much. That was too much. Okay, let me try again, let me try again. Oh, that'll be a $1.69. Get it?
Starting point is 00:12:42 That wasn't, okay, the get it was, you know that that was wrong. Can you just, when the number appears on your cash register, look at it and just go like, ew, gross! Like if it does appear and it's like, you're checking them out for one egg and it's $1.69, you just look at the register like, oh God, oh, get that off of there, yuck!
Starting point is 00:13:02 Is this person, sorry, is this person buying a single egg at the grocery store? Yeah. I didn't know you could do that. It's all he wants to talk about. If it's a really nice bodega. I can buy a egg.
Starting point is 00:13:17 Not have counter eggs. I can have counter eggs. Single egg. Counter eggs. Like an ostrich egg. They'll stay good for a while. I used to get a kick out of, in retail, it was very not uncommon for the total to be 666 and people to buy more.
Starting point is 00:13:33 And I was wondering if they were trying to get that going at Blockbuster. Cause I got 666 a lot and it made me wonder if they had like combos of items where that would be a very common total. Yeah. And they would try to get people to buy more stuff. Mm.
Starting point is 00:13:46 Then here's what I would say. If I found out about a company doing that, I would shut them down. And they are not currently operating. Oh, I see. Okay, so maybe they ran out of rope. It's all I'm saying. Maybe Blockbuster was an inside job.
Starting point is 00:14:02 Maybe, maybe, maybe they're, yeah. Thank you, Travis, yes. What combination of things, Justin, do you think that they could do some market research to be like, the person who cares about 666 is always getting like this copy of Mac and Me and Snowcaps? Yeah. It was usually just like a package of Act 2 popcorn
Starting point is 00:14:23 and a box of jujubes and an insistence that the jujubes tasted better when you bought them at Blockbuster, even though it was just the same jujubes far more. But no movie with it? Wait, there were people stopping at Blockbuster to get snacks? Just for the cuisine? Hey, guys, people stopped at Blockbuster for anything.
Starting point is 00:14:41 It was really a community hub where you didn't have to spend a lot of money. Yeah, kind of a mod pod general store. Yeah, it was kind of a hang spot where you could come and defraud a company until they went out of business and turned into a amp dance studio. It was great for a hub for local news. Yeah. What was going on in the community.
Starting point is 00:15:00 It was a great place for teenagers to go in and play Super Mario 64, literally for hours during the summer because they had nothing else to do. Here's another question. Brothers, my son won his school spelling bee as a fourth grader this year, and I couldn't be more proud. He's participating in the citywide bee, but I don't know how to support him during the competition. Can I hoot and holler when he spells the word right? As a terrible speller myself, I don't know anything about spelling bee decorum. That's from Rejoicing in Richmond. Yeah, I mean, it probably doesn't take too long,
Starting point is 00:15:30 sitting in one of those to figure out what the, what it's called for. Play it cool for the first 20 minutes. Like, for this first 20 minutes, you try to stay completely motionless and silent. And then after you've clocked everybody and how they react to basically any outcome, that's when you can start reacting. to stay completely motionless and silent. And then after you've clocked everybody and how they react to basically any outcome,
Starting point is 00:15:47 that's when you can start reacting. Oh, okay, but you know that there's not that kind, you're not gonna get the same level of reaction for round one words as you're gonna get for round eight. Once you get into the freaky stuff. Yeah, once you get into the five syllable words or whatever, I think that you would be saved with a superb, extraordinary.
Starting point is 00:16:09 I think you could just say superb. At room volume. Superb. Superb. Don't yell it, but they'll hear it. It's a quiet room. You don't need to project. Maybe like, like you're clapping.
Starting point is 00:16:21 Like imagine you're in the audience of an opera and the main soprano or whatever has just finished a beautiful aria and you spring to your feet, but all tightly wound, right? Like even you can't believe you've been moved to the show of passion as you clapped. Yes, excellent. I think that is typically the reaction,
Starting point is 00:16:44 but I think you have to wait until they're done with the word. I think that is typically the reaction, but I think you have to wait until they're done with the word. I do know that. You can't do- Don't clap mid-word when they hit the silent letter. It would be great. It would actually be pretty easy, I think, to sabotage other kids
Starting point is 00:16:56 if you could mid-word just bust out like a- Pfft. Oh. Ooh. Ooh. Even if they're doing it right, just to get in their fucking heads. Nice.
Starting point is 00:17:06 Yikes. I would be terrified that my kid would look at me for any sort of guidance on the spelling of that. Help me, Papa. Like, please, Dad, will the word into my head, please send it to me somehow. What's the next letter? Here's the thing, I think as a parent,
Starting point is 00:17:24 if I had to attend a spelling bee for my child, I'd be so excited for them first. But the two best outcomes, of course, best outcome, they win. Second best outcome, they go out real early, right? Because if they're not gonna win, I don't know how I feel about being there the whole time. Right? Right. And so like, I think I would more worry about I don't know how I feel about being there the whole time.
Starting point is 00:17:45 And so like, I think I would more worry about not how to celebrate, but how to lose graciously in a way that if my kid went out in the first round, I would be like, whoa, okay, bye. This is how I feel about Survivor. On Survivor, the winner is at the end, whoever gets the most jury votes. The runner up is the person who got voted out first,
Starting point is 00:18:06 because everybody else lost, but that person's time to cheeseburger was much lower than everybody else's was. They can go to outback whenever the fuck they want to. They didn't win, but neither did anybody else. So, first out's not a bad way to go. It's more video game time for both me and the child. I was in a spelling bee.
Starting point is 00:18:30 I was like, at whatever it was, county level or whatever. I won one spelling bee and then I went to the next qualifiers or whatever the fuck. And I almost made it, there was some bullshit about like, oh we can only start the last round when there's five contestants left. And so I kept spelling words right, but there wouldn't be five contestants left.
Starting point is 00:18:48 So they had to do the round before over and over again. And finally I missed a word, and that was the one where they had five contestants left. Mom took me to McDonald's afterwards. I was so angry. I got a McFlurry. I'm so sorry. I got a McFlurry.
Starting point is 00:19:00 And then I was so fucking angry. And as we were driving out of the drive-through, I saw where somebody else had thrown their McFlurry at the wall at the side of the McDonald's. And I remember thinking like, you know what? My problems aren't so bad. Because I still want this McFlurry more than I wanna throw it. I do want this McFlurry
Starting point is 00:19:16 and I'm not gonna let my impotent rage force me to not have this. Because now you're still mad and you don't have your McFlurry. I'm mad, I'm hurt, I'm smart from learning all the words. I'm not gonna use that shit again. Thank you so much, Bellingby. And you know, if you drop your McFlurry in the parking lot, I bet McDonald's is pretty forgiving
Starting point is 00:19:36 about giving a child another one. But if you're like, yeah, I dropped my McFlurry and I dropped that heart against your wall, I doubt that they're gonna be like, oh yeah, of course. Yeah, I didn't know it. No, you didn't need to be, you didn't gotta be Dexter to figure out the pattern on this one. This was very clearly a McFlurry had been needed
Starting point is 00:19:52 at the wall. Pretty good. Do you remember what word you went out on? Does it haunt you? I believe it was conscience. That one gets you every time. It's just consign. You wanna do it again now and have a bit of-
Starting point is 00:20:05 C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-C-E. Like I'll never fuck it up again for the rest of my life. Wow, dude. You've got that, huh? Yeah, I got that on Rice. Yeah, you got that. Let me make sure I do got that.
Starting point is 00:20:17 Yeah, no, yeah, I do got that. What do you think happened in the moment if you were gonna break it down? Do you think you just got the heat of the lights, the murmur of the crowd maybe got to you? Got to you. I just spelled it wrong, guys. I don't know, I got a lot of them right.
Starting point is 00:20:37 I should have made it on. I should have, can you imagine how different my life would have been if I had won that and then went to state and then went to country and then I got famous for spelling. Yeah, like at the Spelling Olympics. I bet there's an international. That must be tough though for kids
Starting point is 00:20:51 that speak different languages. Yeah, hey, how do you do that? That doesn't seem fair. That's true, they should bust out words from other languages, that would really fit. It's kids for a loop. Yeah, absolutely. Must be tough.
Starting point is 00:21:04 Spell this one in kanji, motherfucker. I doubt the Spelling Bee officials say that. The judges of Spelling Bee's- You think you're so fucking smart? The judges of Spelling Bee's should be bitter, middle-aged, former jocks. Like, you think you know everything, huh, Dougie? So this is why Chuck tennis balls are used. Like you think you know everything, huh? Dougie? You think that all-
Starting point is 00:21:26 So that's why Chuck Tennis Ball's out, you know? Hey, check this out, poindexter, pop culture weren't coming for you. What's Elton John's best song go? Wrong! It's Crocodile Rock. Dork, you're out. You got all the answers, Elijah.
Starting point is 00:21:43 Why is my marriage failing, Elijah? Why am I going home to an empty house? I mean, other than you and your sister, but yeah. I'm proud of you, by the way. You're doing great. Proud of you, so is your next word. Alamoni. Disappointment. I'm a piano teacher and I often get gift cards
Starting point is 00:22:03 during the holiday season at the end of the school year. A majority of the cards are received from Starbucks, but I'm not really a Starbucks kind of guy. I much prefer a card for Duncan, had I dropped the hint. I definitely have shown up to lessons with Dunks in hand, so I need some other strategies. That's from Brewing in Boston. I mean, I will launch out just to get ahead of this thing
Starting point is 00:22:22 and say there's a lot of Dunkin' brand and merchandise awaiting for you to help spread the word that you and this brand are basically synonymous. I mean, America runs on Dunkin' and so can your wardrobe. Honestly, there's a lot of great looks to choose from. But your position on their donuts is that- Oh, if this, sorry. The business is called Dunkin' Donuts.
Starting point is 00:22:47 I was shocked to hear you so vociferously. I think it's just Dunkin' now, actually. I think they dropped the donut. I was trying to approach this in a helpful way, but I will say that yes, Travis, it is just called Dunkin' because they realized they could no longer call them donuts with any sort of clear conscience.
Starting point is 00:23:04 It's America's worst donut. One of our great brands, but truly, truly inedible with the main product that they are named after. Just truly despicable, despicable donuts, but they do have a lot of merch. So if you start wearing their merch, then I bet that people are, it'll get to a point where it would be insane to get you anything else.
Starting point is 00:23:27 Do they have a jingle that you could incorporate into piano lessons? The Dunkin' Donuts company? I'm saying if they had some kind of Dunkin' Donuts jingle that that was like the only thing you taught your students. Yeah. Okay, yeah, I got it. Da da da da da Dunkin. Yeah. Okay, yeah, I got it. Da da da da duncan.
Starting point is 00:23:47 Yeah. That was cool. And now our third participant in the piano recital. Once again, it's Steve playing da da da duncan the third time you've heard da da duncan today, so. That hits, Juice. That has a good- Da da da duncan. It kind of sounds like- Well, hold on, I turned into Mario a little bit there. Da da da duncan. today so that hits juice that has a good that that the Duncan it called on a turn into Mario a little bit there Duncan can that a that that Duncan that
Starting point is 00:24:12 has the benefit of sounding not unlike the Super Mario Brothers music drink our drinks don't eat our eats don't worry about our sandwiches they are burned. Every food we make tastes like a break. The hash rounds were an absolute mistake. We sell eggs folded in half and bacon that is sweet for some reason. It is all so raw. Bad restaurant. Yeah, it's, yeah. How come all their drinks taste like when you drink it,
Starting point is 00:24:45 like they need to clean out the machine? That's always my reaction when I drink a drink from theirs. They need to clean that machine out. Well, it tastes like they did clean out the machine, and that's what's in your cup that you were drinking. Shoot. Anyway, now that we're done being elitist, I will say that- It's not elitist.
Starting point is 00:25:00 It's not elitist. It's not good. There's any cheaper donuts than our, the donuts at Jolly Pirate probably cost less and they're gonna be a lot better for you, any place in America, Dunkin' is not your best option. Some places in America are a Jolly Pirates
Starting point is 00:25:13 donuts desert in that they don't, it's harder. What I would suggest in those cases. Then you drive to the closest Tim Hortons or you're gonna have a lot of outlets for Krispy Kreme. This is also true. Your local McDonald's probably has Krispy Kreme, the local gas station probably has Krispy Kreme. This is also true. Your local McDonald's probably has Krispy Kreme. The local gas station probably has Krispy Kreme. Well support your mom and pop.
Starting point is 00:25:29 Your mom and pop speedways. Hey kids, it's me, Dopp. You talking about your donuts. Adopt a mom and pop donut shop and stop. That's good. No. You guys ever been to Krispy Kreme where you can watch them being made?
Starting point is 00:25:44 Oh yeah. It's like going to the slaughterhouse and picking your steak as they kill that one. You guys ever been to Krispy Kreme where you can watch them being made? Oh yeah. It's like going to the slaughterhouse and picking your steak and saying, kill that one. I get it, Justin. Yeah, you know you're watching them come out and saying, ah, freshly born donut, I'm gonna eat it. I can't.
Starting point is 00:25:56 Can you go to Starbucks, spend all the gift card, buying a bunch of drinks and pastries, and then take those to Duncan to sell to them in exchange for Duncan store credit. Mmm. Okay. Can you go to a Duncan employee and say, like, do you like Starbucks? Maybe we can do some sort of, some sort of swap. You now Griffin, can I say I would put money on the fact that there's a thing in a manager's
Starting point is 00:26:37 handbook at Duncan that has specifically had to be put in that outlaws that. It says like, we can't exchange the goods and services from can't exchange the goods and services from Starbucks in exchange for goods and services from Dr. Fenton. What I do with my money as a Duncan employee is my business. It's no one's, yeah, it's no one's business. And if I want to buy someone's Starbucks gift card
Starting point is 00:26:59 off of them for 50 cents on the dollar. Oh, if you're getting that kind of deal on it, you'd be a fool not to. Well, I never miss a trick, Travis. When there's a run on the Starbucks banks, I'm always in there buying up everybody's lots. Because then you take those gift cards and you find out what are the hot mugs and travel cups
Starting point is 00:27:18 that everybody's dying for. You get those, you sit on them. That's your nest egg right there. Hey, how kick ass would the scene in It's a Wonderful Life have been if Jimmy Stewart's guy, he didn't have money, instead he had like a Starbucks gift card with like a thousand bucks on it.
Starting point is 00:27:37 If people kept coming in and saying like, I wanna help and they were just dropping, there's like $2.50 left on this card if you wanna use it. Yeah, and someone's like, Potter's buying up all the shares for 50 cents on a dollar. And Jamie Stewart's guy has to be like, okay, hold on. Is anybody spending their money on coffee?
Starting point is 00:27:56 Yeah, I'll go out, I'll get a bunch of coffees for everybody. You guys seem really freaked out, but if coffee's all you need, I can cover that much coffee do you need and please don't be greedy? How much coffee do we have to bring you before you won't kill yourself me and my wife me my wife just big enough pile We just got married and I was gonna take her on the most kick-ass Starbucks trip ever We were guys from Starbucks to Starbucks. I was gonna take her to the Starbucks I always dreamed of. I saw it on all my Starbucks magazines
Starting point is 00:28:27 and be like, babe, whatever you want. When I worked at that mom and pop coffee shop when I was little and I'd pull on the handle and make fire come out for some reason, I'd always wish to go to that Starbucks shop. And I was gonna do it. I was gonna do it too. You need, sorry, you need a venti?
Starting point is 00:28:43 No, you don't. Hey, don't need a venti. Come on. You don't need a venti. You need, sorry, you need a venti? No, you don't, hey. Don't need a venti, come on. You don't need a venti. You need to get more sleep is what you need to do. You need to get to bed early tonight. I'd like a flaming rum punch. They don't have those in Starbucks.
Starting point is 00:28:57 All right, boys, let's take a break and we'll head on over to the Money Zone. Yeah! Whoa, Thanks. It's better. It's better with you. It's a new month. Fuck. It's a new month. Both of you do the same,
Starting point is 00:29:17 both of you do the ad the way you were going to do it. It's also not a new month. This is coming out on like the 17th. Oh my God. It's the middle a new month. This is coming out on like the 17th. Oh my God. It's the middle of the month. What, no, what were you gonna say about a new month, a new start?
Starting point is 00:29:32 Are you the only person alive in the country for whom time seems to be moving at an accelerated rate and it is not absolutely creep creeping along? We're halfway through. What about- Wild. Keep going, Justin, it's a new month. It's a new month, February, and that means it's time to start
Starting point is 00:29:54 getting your finances in order. I will say, Justin, that this attitude of it's a new month, the time to get your shit together at the 17th is how I feel every minute. I'm like, I should have gotten my shit together back at the beginning of the month. Next month I'll definitely.
Starting point is 00:30:09 Yeah, okay, so let me rephrase what I was saying. It's a completely nondescript time of the year, but it's not super late in the year. And it's a good time, it's not too late. There's still time. There is still time. When you think about your money. Rocket Money is the best way of doing that because you can sign up with Rocket Money.
Starting point is 00:30:27 They're gonna look at your subscriptions. They're gonna look at your accounts and help you to figure out the best way to save a few bucks and take control of your finances. They will not look at your private browsing history. They will not. Yeah, unless you ask them to, unless that's like part of it.
Starting point is 00:30:45 Jared No. They can be a financial accountability and a spiritual accountability partner. Jared Spiritual accountability. Jared That's right. Great point, Trav. They can monitor your spending to help you reach your financial goals. Jared And your sinning. Jared And your sinning goals.
Starting point is 00:30:59 If you have goals for how many offenses you want to commit in the eyes of our Lord. Jared I guess it could be how many or how few. I was thinking how few, but if you were like this year, I'm turning it up to 11. It says here Rocket Money has over five million nasty users and has saved a total of $500 million in canceled subscriptions, saving nasty members up to $740 a year when using all the apps premium features.
Starting point is 00:31:23 I don't know why they would say- Sorry, it says filthiest features. Yeah. And it says in your area. And it just keeps saying we have the filthiest features in your area and they're looking for you. Now, oh my God, there's an animated GIF. I need to expand.
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Starting point is 00:31:53 Rocketmoney.com slash my brother. Griff, take it away. What are, what you can't see from, so my brother just had a coughing fit, like his doctor would tell him he needs to move out West to try a good for the lungs. I was gonna- You know I just tried to pass it off.
Starting point is 00:32:13 Move it, you gotta live by the sea. It's a good joke for the three of us. It's not really for the listener. I'm glad Travis slowed down enough to explain it. Do you wanna convince a loved one that you're trapped inside of a box? Then Aura Frames is for you. Great.
Starting point is 00:32:28 You can constantly, you can constantly upload new photographs to it using wifi to make it look like you're trapped inside of the Aura Frame. Or I guess you could also give it as a gift, um, or have it in your own home. And those work too, if you don't want to do the I'm trapped inside this box kind of thing, either way is fine.
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Starting point is 00:34:05 Tell him we sent ya. Tell him I'm coming. And hell's coming with me. Tell him I'm coming. Tell him I'm fucking coming. Ha ha ha ha ha. You guys like the Lyme? Yeah, it's been a long time since I thought about it,
Starting point is 00:34:19 but I did enjoy it. It was actually like a pretty good Terrence Stamp. Yeah, it was a really good Terrence Stamp. Yeah, it was really good Terrence Stamp. You really put your Terrence Stamp on it. Thanks, Trav. You're welcome. It has my Terrence Stamp of approval. I would like to have a little rubber stamp
Starting point is 00:34:35 that's a picture of Terrence Stamp that I could put on things to show my stamp of approval. That'd be cool. I do have a Wiki out. The Wizard is here. He's come down and he is here, a bunch of people sent this one in, thank you everyone. It's how to grind. Feel like getting freaky on the dance floor?
Starting point is 00:34:55 Want to send a sexy message or just have some suggestive fun? Grinding is a form of dance that requires you to move your hips in a circular motion that matches your partner's and to let loose and have some fun. Once you know how to grind, you can show off your sexy moves at any part of your club. Read on to find out how to do it. I'm so thankful for this because when I Google how to grind,
Starting point is 00:35:16 I get such a variety of topics, and then I get very confused. A lot of business bros. A lot of business bros. I have five days in my day. A lot of skating, both inline and board. I get a lot of meat related stuff, which I think I would get in trouble
Starting point is 00:35:36 for doing that on the dance floor. Yeah. Yeah, it's not, you'll lose your food handler's license doing that. Indeed. I do take umbrage with once you know how to grind, you can show off your sexy moves at any party or club. I can think of a hundred parties or clubs where that would not actually be appropriate or acceptable.
Starting point is 00:35:58 Yeah, yeah. Most clubs, Elks Club. Elks Club. Just to think of one. Golf Club. Golf Club, can't do it. Just to think of one. Golf Club. Golf Club, can't do it. Club Dread, Club Penguin. Birthday parties of most ages,
Starting point is 00:36:15 of nearly all ages, I will say. It's not, like, that's a big one for me. Christmas party is not, you're probably not gonna do it a lot there. Depends on what kind of Christmas party is not, you're probably not gonna do it a lot there. Well, depends on what kind of Christmas party. I'll tell you, I can think of fewer parties where you can grind at than parties where you shouldn't grind. I actually am sitting here thinking, I don't think there's a Christmas party where it's appropriate because even in an office setting amongst adults, I would prefer as an HR director that they not grind. I do not want you to grind.
Starting point is 00:36:47 If the cast of MTV's Spring Break had- The cast of MTV's The Grind. If they had like a Christmas party for their company, they'd be like, let's see. But even then, you wouldn't wanna work off the clock? No. Well, yeah. But also they're wearing suit and ties in the Viacom headquarters in Manhattan.
Starting point is 00:37:08 They're not. And they haven't done it for 50 years. I'm trying to actually think. They're all pretty confused as to why they're doing MTV Spring Break again in the year of our Lord 2025. When the cast of MTV Spring Break, Travis, is working, do you think they work at the beach? Do you think their job is at the beach?
Starting point is 00:37:24 Those are young professionals of the Viacom Corporation. Well, sometimes, I mean, when they're on location filming, they're working. Yeah. That's work for them. It doesn't feel like it, though. Approaching your partner. Listen for the right music.
Starting point is 00:37:38 While you're waiting for some hip hop or house music to come on, scout the dance floor for some partners that you might want to grind with. That's insane. Uh. Uh. Uh. That's hugely inadvisable.
Starting point is 00:37:50 I mean, just beyond the pale. I mean, as a thought exercise, as a harmless thought exercise, personally? Like, I can't control what you think, man. But. But I will say this, scoping the floor for babes is one of the most highly detectable human activities that is known to exist.
Starting point is 00:38:12 We are all on a 100% stool for it 100% of the time. You will never go through that unclogged. Evolutionarily, genetically, we are good at this. And not only that but we Human beings can clock it when done naturally now add the spice of you've been told to do it by a wiki how article Oh, yeah, they'll see that all over your face, man You've got a neon sign above your head sunk already. Just reading this your sunk buddy You had to look up the final
Starting point is 00:38:44 Travis I said it should the first page should be like you shouldn't know like look how you got here and meanwhile while you're over there in the corner waiting for a hip-hop or house song to come on that you can grind to i'm on the floor i've been grinding to everything because that's the secret is consistency is You can sit and wait and wait and wait all day and miss the whole dance. But if you can't grind to some gin blossoms, then what are you even doing? Find your partner.
Starting point is 00:39:12 If you're brave, you could go to a potential partner and ask, hey, you wanna dance? I do feel like you do have to be pretty specific and say, do you want to grind? And not just say dance. Because there's lots of different dances, but there's really only- do you want to grind? And not just say dance. Because there's lots of different dances, but there's really only- Would you like to grind with me?
Starting point is 00:39:29 There's only a few that involve rubbin' like that. I would also say- Rubbin' is racin'. We need, I think that this being an optional step to ask if they want to be ground upon, it's not optional. It's not optional. It's not optional. No, I'm saying, but dance doesn't cover it.
Starting point is 00:39:50 No. Dance doesn't cover it. No, no. What if they're picturing a waltz? Yeah, a little, a foxtrot. If you can waltz and grind at the same time though. Is there music where the grind is implied? Pony by Genuine. Bump and grind? Gonna make you sweat? music where the grind is implied. A pony by genuine.
Starting point is 00:40:05 Bump and grind. Gonna make you sweat. Yeah. Rhythm is gonna get you. I want, place that booty on my groin. I love that one. And gyrate away my queens. One of Selene Dion's best.
Starting point is 00:40:25 Celine Dion presents, put that booty on my groin and gyrate, queen. And other hits to make love to. That's the album that the theme from Titanic was on. Did you know that? My Heart Will Go On. That's a track, if she busted that out at one of her shows, that building would go thermonuclear.
Starting point is 00:40:45 Holy shit, is she really playing put that booty on my groin and gyrate queen? What do you think the funniest song Celine Dion sings? Like what do you think the funniest song at a Celine Dion concert is? Oh, okay. Mack the Knife. That's the baddest.
Starting point is 00:40:59 When she does Ray Stevens the streak. Like I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, like this used to make us laugh. Ray Stevens is an comedy genius. Oh yes, Ray Stevens, the streak. The streak, don't look at him. Get into position. Usually the guy gets behind the girl to start grinding.
Starting point is 00:41:18 I don't need instructions on this, thank you, WikiHow. However, you can always grind face to face. Okay, what? grind face to face. Okay. What? Or side to side. Yeah, I guess you can. If you wanna leave room for the Holy Ghost. That's insane.
Starting point is 00:41:33 That feels like such an edge case. That feels like such a huge outlier that it's insane. You felt like you had to include it. It's like saying you can dance or you can dance on the ceiling. And it's like, yeah, I guess if I was in a special room, I can break into Electric Boogaloo, but. I would make the argument that if you are someone
Starting point is 00:41:54 who is about to engage in face-to-face grinding, you don't need a WikiHow article to get you there. There's a level of confidence and skill associated with it. You don't wanna go for that your first time. Why even introduce that as a possibility? That should say, this is possible, parentheses do not attempt, read further. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:42:15 Well, in the advanced article, we'll discuss the possibility of face-to-face grinding. Here's where the- They might as well say you could grind with three people at the same time. Exactly, yeah. No, I guess, like I guess so, sure. I guess so, there's not like a law,
Starting point is 00:42:31 there's no law against front to front grinding, but it's like, why are we doing it that way? That's so antithetical to the spirit of the thing. This is where wheels fall off for me. Part two, grinding, awesome. Step one, move your hips in the same circular motion. Well normally, I don't wanna read all this. The girl's hips should move in a circular motion,
Starting point is 00:42:51 the guy's hips should match that motion. Two reactions to this, one, if you go counter-clockwise to it, do you both burst into flames from the legs down? No, but that's just minimal contact, because then you only get one contact at the legs down? No, but that's just minimal contact. Cause then you only get one contact at one degree of the circle. Right?
Starting point is 00:43:09 You might also get stuck together. But also- What if your rhythm gets off? And now you're just missing each other. Also though, I don't think that's right. I don't think, I went to a lot of, you know, formal dances in my youth where grinding was taking place. I don't remember seeing perfectly like a...
Starting point is 00:43:35 Yeah, you don't want an NPC waiting. You don't want Mortal Kombat like before they fight. Circling. Yeah. Listen, I'm an ally, I'll just say it. I think it's gonna have to be board girl. Hey, I haven't celebrated you, Travis. Thank you very much.
Starting point is 00:43:51 Anybody can grind on anybody. You know what I mean? I think grind is grind is grind is grind, is what I'm saying. That's so good, Trav, that's really lovely and beautiful. Thank you so much. And it's lovely and cool. Yeah, anybody can dry hump anybody on the dance floor,
Starting point is 00:44:06 as long as they're consensual, you know? It's not taking place. It's not a thing where you explore the plane with your move. Like there's an, you've added an axis or two to the movement and thrown your credibility into question in a big way, WikiHow. Jucey, you look uncomfortable.
Starting point is 00:44:25 Do you not like talking about this kind of stuff? I was the generation before grinding, so there's a part of it that I was just- Before my generation invented it? Yes, when you were a generation, it would have been very unseemly when I was a child to have ground. And I feel like me commenting on it at this point is tantamount to age ground. And I feel like me commenting on it at this point
Starting point is 00:44:45 is tantamount to ageism. I feel like I'm the judgment of the old. I never had my chance to grind. You know? I didn't have that opportunity. This is why our age gaps make this so wonderful because you know, you were before grinding, I was prime grind.
Starting point is 00:44:59 All I did was grind 24 seven. And then Griffin- It was already ironic for me. Griffin was post. Yeah, Griffin was post. Yeah, it was ironic for me when I was, when we were was post. It was already ironic for me. Yeah, Gribble was post. Yeah, it was ironic for me when we were grinding, it was like, pfft. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 00:45:10 You'd yell that over the music. Yeah, right. Can you imagine? You know what's interesting is things come back around that is a phenomenon where suddenly I've found that my kids, especially Charlie, who's a little bit more trend aware, will be into stuff that was a thing that was cool
Starting point is 00:45:26 when I was a kid that I know about. And they hate that, which is so surprising to me because I thought it would be more of like a- Cool. Interesting, we have a common, no, that makes it bad. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like it makes it fatter that I know of it, it's worse.
Starting point is 00:45:43 It's like a bad, it's bad. It's not common ground, it's just that they hate that I know of it, it's worse. It's like a bad, it's bad. It's not common ground. It's just that they hate that I know of it. Yeah. That's a bummer. But it doesn't make them not like it anymore. They just hate the fact that you know about it. How- And I try to keep my mouth shut. Yeah, that's a good way to go.
Starting point is 00:45:57 Try to keep it to myself. But do they know how important their approval is to us? Yeah, they know that as well as they know their own names and they kind of dangle it in front of me all the time. Charlie and Cooper approve of me left and right because I'm not their dad, right? But they got to push me to, they have high expectations for me.
Starting point is 00:46:14 Yeah, well they push you because they love you. Yeah, but they know I'm not going anywhere with my life. Right, they've been an agent. And they provide you the support that you need to achieve those goals that they do set for you Jews, which I think is you Jews. They do not, no, they've been an agent. And they provide you the support that you need to achieve those goals that they do set for you Jews, which I think is huge. They do not, no, they don't. They yell at me for apples.
Starting point is 00:46:30 That's what I'll do. Okay, but you don't see, Justin, you don't see the motivation. They come to me every day at the end, they're like, I hate it having to yell at him for apples. They really don't. I hate it having to do it. But if I don't do it.
Starting point is 00:46:42 I hate it yelling at him for apples. I hated biting into it, but not even finishing the bite. So there's just teeth marks and then spitting it down, Dorat. And I talked about how hungry I was for an hour and a half before he gave me that apple. And then I took one bite and I hated having to do that. But if I don't do that, he's not gonna be the best Justin he could be.
Starting point is 00:47:00 Yeah. I hated screaming at him that I was missing something so I couldn't go to sleep and not knowing what the something was. Yeah. But insisted that there was something. I hated to do it, but you know, he's never gonna achieve greatness. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:47:14 Unless you're pushing him to his limits. And look at you, Justin, almost there. Almost. Getting there. So close to progress. Closer than ever, one assumes. Closer than ever. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:47:24 I do just, last thing, I wanna leave this one behind, but there is a section called improving your technique, and the first step in it is do the side to side grind. Dancing the exact same way can get old after a while, so once you and your partner have been grinding the traditional way for a while, go for the side to side move. This way, I'm gonna adjust the language here a bit,
Starting point is 00:47:43 this way the little grinder moves to the left while the big grinder moves to the right. The little spoon. Gender neutral grinding instructions. Little grinders and big grinder is on the right, so they're always on opposite sides. Though you'll be turned away from- That's just how sides work.
Starting point is 00:47:58 I don't need a wiki article for that. Is this like your challenge, one of those challenging things where you're kind of- It's almost like a grease, like a grease choreographed. I got it, I got it. It's like a horizontal grind rather than a, it's more a lateral grind. It's important you keep your synchronized,
Starting point is 00:48:14 perfectly circular motion. As long as you guys are doing the exact same motion, there will be zero friction whatsoever, and that's the goal, people. Where slippery pants is important too. will be zero friction whatsoever, and that's the goal, people. Yeah. I see so many- Wear slippery pants is the importance here. I see so many people grinding,
Starting point is 00:48:29 and you can hear the fabric rubbing together, and it's like, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. No quarter-roy, you could start a fire. You need to synchronize your circular motion so that you do not rub against each other at all. Yeah. At all. That's the way that it is intended to go. And hope no one sees you.
Starting point is 00:48:50 You can't let anyone see you do this dance. It is of paramount importance. You, this is important. If I was a DJ and I don't know how I'd feel, like would I feel respect for the first couple grinding? Like I've started the dance. But how soon? If it's like first song plays
Starting point is 00:49:09 and immediately someone's grinding, is it like, oh, I get it. Yeah, I mean, Trav, famously, most weddings do have a special kickoff event. Oh, I was thinking school dance. I wasn't assuming this was beginning at a wedding reception, not kicking off right away. That would be kick ass though, if the first dance ended and you and your partner
Starting point is 00:49:28 just ran out on the dance floor gasping for air like, oh, thank Christ. We can, oh, thank God we can grind. Now that we're married. Now that it's legal in the eyes of Christ. God, you guys picked the longest first dance song fucking ever. I was grinding in my chair. These hips gotta grind.
Starting point is 00:49:54 Duh la la la la. All right. Duh la la la la. I lied. Duh la la la la. La la la la. La la la la. I want a much squad. Squad.
Starting point is 00:50:01 Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba. I want two much squad. Squad. Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba. I want two munch squad. Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba. Took me a second. Welcome to Munch Squad. It's podcast with the podcast profile, the latest greatest brand eating Travis, go ahead. Took me a second to connect that I lied
Starting point is 00:50:16 to when we asked if you had a munch squad and you said no and not just a little confession. Travis get in there in the middle of munch. I lied about it. You're a zodiac killer. I about it. The zodiac killer. I did it. Get out of there. I just want to celebrate Little Caesar's
Starting point is 00:50:31 for returning to a grand tradition that honestly has been sadly missing a little bit, and that is the press release for the thing that absolutely did not need a press release, and certainly not one that is this long. Little Caesar's reveals Super Bowl ad featuring new bacon and cheese crazy puffs. Little Caesars, which says here, Little Caesars, the third largest pizza chain in the world and the official pizza sponsor of the NFL, is featuring a breakthrough ad in Super Bowl
Starting point is 00:51:01 licks starring Emmy winner Eugene Levy and showcasing the all new bacon and cheese crazy puffs that will leave fans saying, tastes like whoa. Long after the big game concludes. But it tastes like whoa. Tastes like, happy tastes good like whoa. Now I think you guys are saying at this point, oh, Eugene Levy and a Little Ceaseless commercial, cool.
Starting point is 00:51:19 No, no, no, they're not done, come back. The 30 second spot showcases Eugene Levy in a hilarious jaw dropping moment of astonishment where the irresistible flavor of crazy puffs causes his iconic eyebrows to comically disappear. Adding to the fun, Levy's daughter, sorry, what? To disappear? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:39 Fade from existence? You're already laughing, right? But adding to the fun, Levy's daughter, Sarah Levy, also known for her role in the emming winning series, Shit's Creek, makes a cameo, infusing the ad with a playful to failure dynamic. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha!
Starting point is 00:51:56 I can't wait to watch this fucking thing, man. Oh, you're gonna. Little Caesars has a history of partnering with Hollywood stars and top talent to deliver culturally relevant campaigns like one starring Eugene Levy and his daughter, Sarah Levy from Schitt's Creek. The spot, by featuring Eugene Levy,
Starting point is 00:52:17 an acclaimed and beloved comedian, Little Caesar's reaffirms its commitment to bold and memorable storytelling. Levy's charisma and universal charm enable the brand to connect with audiences in innovative ways, extending its reach beyond traditional food marketing. Awesome.
Starting point is 00:52:39 You know that the first- They had the fucking vision to put Eugene Levy in it. The draft of this presented to somebody, I'm like, am I making too bold a claim regarding what people associate? No. When you're like, we have a history of using like big stars and stuff, or like our commitment
Starting point is 00:52:59 to storytelling, is that weird for a pizza brand? When I saw the Little Caesars commercial, my first thought is what are the implications of this? What are the implications as a brand for Little Caesars that this happened? What's it all mean and why did they decide it? He's like a storyteller? But I was so excited to see,
Starting point is 00:53:21 because I feel like they lost their way for a while in regards to storytelling and they were mostly focused on making pizzas. And now that they've recommitted themselves to storytelling, I can't wait to see what the LCU gets up to these days. They had a story that worked and it was little Roman guy with a spear taps it on the ground and the two pizzas flip up.
Starting point is 00:53:44 And he likes both flip up them. He's excited about it. They didn't have to do Ash for the longest time because their pitch was this, we will give you two pizzas. Yeah. You know how everybody else gives you one pizza? We will give you two.
Starting point is 00:53:56 We'll give you two, that's the story. You can buy one and we will give you two pizzas. That's our model. They don't do this model as much anymore, but that was the model for a long time is that you had to take two pizzas. This spot launches Little Caesar's newest campaign, spotlighting its wildly popular Crazy Puffs line.
Starting point is 00:54:12 Joining the top selling pepperoni Crazy Puffs and four cheese varieties, bacon and cheese promises to be a fan favorite with a blend of mozzarella, muenster and cheddar cheeses, pizza sauce, and topped with applewood smoked bacon, a buttery garlic flavored drizzle, and Parmesan cheese. Now I know what you're thinking. Now that you know all about Eugene Levy and the Puffs
Starting point is 00:54:32 and the ad, there's certainly nothing else that could be in this press release. Yeah, what could there be? Here's another quote. This ad is all about celebrating the bold, crave-worthy fun that is Little Caesars. Thank God. And the addition of bacon and cheese crazy puffs
Starting point is 00:54:46 takes it to a whole other level. Fuck yeah. Said Greg Hamilton, How long is this ad? With Eugene Levy at the helm, we've created a spot that's as deliciously entertaining as crazy puffs themselves. Working with such an iconic talent
Starting point is 00:54:59 showcases our commitment to delivering not only amazing flavors, but also unforgettable brand experience Can you guys fucking imagine what it was like on that set? Just between every take first of all busting up because Eugene is doing his thing and his eyebrows are gone That's fucking well, and they're probably also tearing up because of the family element of it of now his daughters They are in a cameo and they know what they're doing is important like it's important And it's a tough time
Starting point is 00:55:28 But it's at 53 minutes long. It's seconds, but okay. Listen, here's the thing guys You won't be able to hear this. So what we'll do is anytime there's words. I'll just say him. Okay, is that Insane yeah, so so he's, he's coming out and he's, uh, he's- it's Eugene Levin, he's got some crazy puffs, he's about to bite one. Huh. Huh. Oh! Oh! Is this a bad kid? Oh!
Starting point is 00:56:04 Ah! Ah! We're not ready. We're not ready. I don't think he comes in. It is so cute in. My dad's eating crazy puffs again. Don't ask.
Starting point is 00:56:15 Whoa. Have you tried the new bacon ones? There are bacon ones? Pizza, pizza. Horrifying. It's pretty scary. I don't want my eyebrows to fly away from my face. Or terrorize the public.
Starting point is 00:56:29 I don't want my eyebrows to fly off my face and land on a strange baby that I don't know. Seek out my daughter for some kind of comfort and guidance? Embarrass my daughter at her fancy lunches she's having? I love the implications here too, the deeper implications that Eugene Levy noted, movie star, comedian, public person, has lived such a sheltered life
Starting point is 00:56:55 that eating just what appears to be the cheese, crazy puffs, is enough of an experience to drive his eyebrows off his face. Yeah. What do you think it's like having a body feature that's so memorable and prominent that it becomes the absolute cornerstone of an entire Super Bowl ad?
Starting point is 00:57:20 I feel bad, because he's got to feel trapped. He may have days where he wants to shave him off. Do you think him and Peter Gallagher ever get together and just, like, talk about what it's like? Oh, yeah. It's probably art. You ever think about just plucking him? Do you think Eugene Lovey's ever like,
Starting point is 00:57:36 no one ever talks about my huge balls? Yeah. Because his eyebrows is, like, the number one thing that people associate with him. I bet he says that all the time. But if he had huge, huge balls, and he would be angry that no one knows about that. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:57:55 Wouldn't you be so pissed? I'd be so mad, huge, beautiful balls. They're super cool and it's gonna be crazy. They have a new fucking' Shrimp Alfredo flavor! He eats them and he just hears a loud clunk. He blows his balls off his butt! The fuckin' press release is like, Family is important to Little Caesar's.
Starting point is 00:58:20 That's why in this commercial, Ryuji Levy's huge balls get blown off by our shrimp Alfredo crazy puff. His son Dan Levy shows up to be like, Oh no, dad, not like this. His best friend Martin Short is like, Oh no, not again. Not your balls, not your big beautiful balls. When his comedian son, Dan Levy from Schitt's Creek
Starting point is 00:58:41 is rollerblading and trips on his dad's huge balls as they roll away from his body because of the crazy puffs. That means family to Little Caesars. By the way, everybody from Schitt's Creek in the main cast is in a Super Bowl commercial this year. Good for them, man. Get that. What an achievement. Get that. What an achievement. Thanks so much for listening to our podcast. We hope you've enjoyed, I'm in tears.
Starting point is 00:59:06 And thank you Eugene Levy for your huge balls. We're just goofing. Just goofing and having some fun. Unless you do have big huge balls. I don't know, I don't wanna talk about it anymore. Doesn't matter, I don't wanna talk about it anymore. Hey, but what I do wanna talk about this week, my brother, my brother, me and Adventure Zone
Starting point is 00:59:23 is coming to Florida. It's our first ever live Adventure Zone in Florida. We're doing Taz versus Romeo versus Juliet and My Brother, My Brother, Me on either side of that one. So you can get all the info, get the tickets at bit.ly slash McRoy Tours. If you have questions that you want us to do at the My Brother, My Brother, Me shows, then email it to mbmbam at maximumfund.org and put which city you're going to do at the My Brother, My Brother Me shows, then email it to mbmbam at maximumfun.org and put which city you're gonna be at.
Starting point is 00:59:48 And also send in what you're gonna be faster than fear this year that you wanna be read at the show. Oh yeah? We'll do that as well. Also coming up here in May, Champions Grove 2025. We got a couple of packages left. Don't miss your chance to be a part of the fun. Justin, you were there last year.
Starting point is 01:00:08 I was, Travis. I had a great time and I think anybody that goes is just gonna have the time of their lives. And he buried a great treasure. Yes, friendship. Yeah, it's a body of a friend. So go dig it up. Friendship is the best treasure.
Starting point is 01:00:20 Check that out at championsgrove.com. Come hang out at a castle in Hawking Hills, Ohio with me and some other RPG creators and play some games and make some new friends and have a great time. Championsgrove.com. What else, boys? We got merch over at mccrorymerch.com. I wanna highlight a wonderful poetry corner bumper magnet
Starting point is 01:00:39 for your car designed by Dana Wagner. If you're a fan of my wife's knowledge of poetry and how she shares it so generously on our podcast, Wonderful, then you can make that known to the world over at McElroyMerch.com. And 10% of all merch proceeds this month will be donated to World Central Kitchen,
Starting point is 01:00:57 which uses the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies through times of crisis and beyond. And thank you so much also to Montaigne for these are themes on My Life is Better with You. If you are looking for ways to get involved, looking for ways to donate, we do have a list of the organizations and nonprofits that we've worked with or donated to over the years.
Starting point is 01:01:17 If you wanna check that out, it's at McElroyfamily.carrd.co. Do we have a wish? Well, not a wish, we have a fear. Not a wish. Well, I still call them wishes. Okay. Okay. It's a wish to get over a fear.
Starting point is 01:01:32 Justin, do you wanna read it? I'd be happy to, Trav. This year, I'm going to stop being afraid of my Pokemon team getting jealous if I spend too much time with just one of them. My name's Justin McElroy. It's a real mechanic in the game. Like if there's some Pokemon only evolved
Starting point is 01:01:49 My name's Justin McElroy. I shouldn't have to hear about Pokemon. I'm Travis McElroy. I'm Griffin McElroy. This has been My Brother, My Brother. May kiss your dad square on the lips. It's better with you. For life.
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