Podcast: The Ride - Wild Waves Theme and Water Park with Ashleigh Crystal Hairston

Episode Date: March 1, 2024

Wild Waves has it all: chicken nuggets, towels on a lawn and tubs of lukewarm water. Ashleigh Crystal Hairston (Tiny Toons Looniversity, Fairly OddParents: A New Wish) tells us just how wild those waves really were. P:TR Post Office February 2024 episode is up at The Second Gate: Patreon.com/PodcastTheRide FOLLOW PODCAST: THE RIDE: https://twitter.com/PodcastTheRide https://www.instagram.com/podcasttheride BUY PODCAST: THE RIDE MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/podcast-the-ride PODCAST THE RIDE IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/podcast-the-ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forever Dog. All this, plus Ashley Crystal Hairston joins us to talk wild waves on today's podcast, The Ride. Welcome to Podcast the Ride, a theme park podcast hosted by three men who love lazy rivers so much they zoned out in school when learning about more productive rivers like the Mississippi or the Euphrates. My name is Mike Carlson. Joining me as always, Scott Gairdner. How productive could it have been if it didn't help anyone to relax? That's what I'm always saying. Jason Sheridan, do you agree? I would say so. I haven't thought about the Euphrates in a while.

Yeah, what a pull. I wrote Euphrates last night, and I was like, is this a Dennis Miller-like reference? It's not so obscure, I guess, so it's not classic Miller. He would have gone with something much more obscure, but it was still in the zone of like, oh, I'm really fancy reference boy here. Yeah, it made everyone believe for a second that you knew about history, unless they've heard every other episode of this podcast.

Yes, then they would know that I only know about X-Men history and different historical places that things have happened in the X-Men history and different historical places that things have happened in the X-Men universe. That's really more... Which is something. You have the ability to retain information. We all do. I know the history of various malls

that I've never even been to. Where do you know where Sail on Sailor was recorded? Well, that was on the Holland album, so it was probably done in Holland. It wasn't just a name. They did the whole record in Holland. So Holland is the answer. Holland, that's pretty good.

Yeah, hey, I did get it. Jason, do you know where devil dogs are manufactured? Oh. Usually, I think there's like regional facility, regional baking facilities for freshness sake. Okay. So you think there are multiple different locations where devil dogs are? I think so.

Okay. Yeah. That's less impressive. But still, I was going to say still pretty good. Yeah. No, he gave a specific. It's funny. Our guest was asking what is the format of the

show right before we started and now now i guess we have to break it to you the format of the show is quiz we'll be asking you a series of questions we may not uh we won't unlock the room most of them right it's gonna be location based questions based on whatever micro niche stuff you're into is what the topics of the show are. You can also take a little nap if we go off too much about snack cakes and the Beach Boys. Oh, good, because yeah, I didn't know anything you were referencing

just now. None of that was, no, we went straight to deep cuts. No, you woke up very quickly. You're a real pro. Like, oh, shit. What is this? Let's bring her in though From Tiny Toons Looniversity

And the upcoming show Fairly Oddparents A New Wish It's Ashley Crystal Hairston Woo I don't know why I'm so excited Yeah No we're excited

We're loving it That's the best That's the highest energy Anyone's coming with Yeah Despite us trying to Put you to sleep Oh gosh

Great Good good good Happy to be here thanks for having me of course thank you for doing it uh any i guess i was gonna ask any famous rivers you like you don't have to we don't have to talk about that um the nile yeah the nile's a great river yeah we're getting big river if we're doing the family feud the board of kind of like the rivers you think of I think everybody

I think you got like I think nobody got X'd Maybe Euphrates No Euphrates might be too Well usually it goes I think it's like Tigris and Euphrates They go together

Yeah So that would be a Probably a combined answer On family feud I'm guessing Sure Show me Tigris and Euphrates I think Nile and Mississippi

Are jockeying for one and two So you would have Been up there. Oh, Mississippi, right. Yeah. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I. Yes. You're fulfilling the quiz portion.

One of the main points of the American education system is teaching that little memory. It's true. And it works because that's in my head. That's all I remember. If anywhere doesn't have one of those i'm screwed i got this pile of five that i'm wrong every single time now i'm not coming up with them but i can't think of it either but how old are you how do you not know there are words that i will spell wrong every single time and will not take an extra

five minutes to learn same same so like. So like Cincinnati is probably jealous right now because Cincinnati, I don't believe, had one. And I always get confused about how many N's and how many T's there are. Yeah, I don't know what offhand. I don't want to try. I don't want to. There's this really bonkers, you know, Babes in Toyland,

the old Disney movie? Oh my gosh. There's that, but then there's this weird one from the 80s with a very young Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves. Oh my gosh. And they're from Cincinnati, and there's a song where they spell it, but it's very unmemorable, and it doesn't help that it's Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves singing it, because maybe they're a little pitchy, right? They're not known for their singing. So it doesn't help me keep the melody

in my head. Well, Keanu doesn't sing in Dogstar, right? I don't think, in his band? He just plays bass, I think. Oh, it's his band. I've not seen that movie. You'll discover that I'm terrible with references. This is when we all discover.

There's no reason why you should know Dog Star. Oh, no. Not just because. I feel like the film career is we're in the Kianasans, which has nothing to do with his band Dog Star. I love that. But they're back. They were on Kimmel a couple weeks ago.

Yes. Kianu. Dog Star band. The band. He was just on for the band. Wow. And they're playing like festivals oh my gosh they have a newer album yeah so he's he's having like kind of a moment in movies and he's also having a

music moment and uh he's motorcycle enthusiast Is that new? He loves. Well, I just watched John Wick for a few years ago, a few days ago. And there is very clearly he gets on like a racing bike or a speed. John Wick at some point gets, I'm like, oh, of course, gets on a very cool motorcycle. So were you basing his motorcycle moment on this movie you watched? Or do you know other information? No, I believe he was helping design ones and he's helped restored ones and like sells them and stuff.

Wow. He's a man of many interests and talents. I love that. Well, that's great. I mean, Keanu, I think we all love Keanu Reeves at this point. We all can agree. Yes, yes.

And we love everything he does. Yeah. From motorcycles to music. Yes. He's the motorcycle character in Duke Caboom in Toy Story 4. Oh, my God. That's right. So he's having an animated motorcycle moment.

And Scott loosely ties it back to Disney and theme parks. Sort of. Sort of. Well, I tied it back to Disney and theme parks. Sort of. Sort of. Not that, well, I tied it back to characters who you might meet at a theme park, but I don't know if there's any characters at the theme park we're talking about. Maybe you can correct us on that. Oh, I know, I know. I was looking around, but yeah. I think so. So we're talking today about a place that you've been, Ashley. Yes, yes. Wild Waves. Yes. But yeah, we could real quick just kind of feel out like what's your general theme park interests where they lie how often you go to them right do you like them now

as an adult oh my gosh i love theme parks yes grew up going we're like a theme park family i'm from seattle washington um so not much to do you know so like theme part we like go to Disneyland and Disney World like to get away for our vacations often so that's my like childhood you know vacation memories were like

going to California for Disney and Universal Studios and Florida all that stuff and then yeah oh I had family in St. Louis Missouri Universal Studios in Florida, all that stuff. And then, yeah. Oh, I had family in St. Louis, Missouri. And I remember going to Six Flags there when I was a kid a few times. Yeah.

And that was scary because there was always like twisters happening. Oh, God. Yeah. Yeah. I remember my first like tornado. Well, first, my only. I've not been in many tornadoes. I hope it stays that way.

That's good. But that was our first like tornado hurricane situation was at Six Flags in Missouri. And I remember like the sirens went off. I don't remember how old I was. I was probably like, I know I was 10 or under because my sister was like around that age and we're four years apart. But I just remember them like parading everyone into one of their like auditoriums

and we all had to stand along a wall, like along, like just like line the wall of the hole. And I remember just looking out at everyone stuck against the wall in case, I don't know, I guess that's how you hold up a structure or something. That's what they had us, because I'm from Illinois, so we would have a tornado warning once in a while. And they would take us out in the hall and you just line up against the wall. Yeah, what is that? I don't know, because I think in the old days it was under the desk.

Right. But then I think they determined that that was bad. I mean, that was also what they would do if you got the nuclear bomb warning in those old videos. You get on your desk and go like this, and you're like, I don't think that's going to happen. What do you think that's going to do? If there's a nuclear bomb heading for Schaumburg, Illinois, I don't think that's going to stop it. But I guess, yeah, I guess the feeling was like you go near the strongest wall. Yeah, for guess the feeling was like you go near the strongest wall. Yeah, for support maybe.

Like the wind will push your back up against and you'll just be stuck to the wall maybe. It'll be like a Gravitron, right? Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And then we'll all start sliding up. If you're in the eye of the storm, yeah, then you actually, maybe it's a little funny. Oh, gosh. You get a little ride out of it.

I didn't even think about the eye of the storm. Pink cotton. Wait, isn't the eye? think about the eye of the storm. Pink cotton. Wait, isn't the eye? No, the eye is the peaceful part. The eye is where it never goes down. I don't know about science, weather, or history. The eye is where the teenager working the ride would stand in the middle and watch as you were on the outside of the Gravitron having a fun time getting smashed up against the

wall. Sure. Yeah. Which was the worst ride. I'm sure you all probably fun time getting smashed up against the wall. Sure. Yeah. Which was the worst ride. I'm sure you all probably talk about that a ton on the show. I liked that ride

as a kid. You did? Yeah, yeah. I had so many like head injuries from that. It's dangerous. Because it would just

fling you up so like the cylindrical just kidding. No, what's the word? The force. The force. Whatever's pulling.

You're talking to a couple of science heads here. The cylindrical force. You could have. We would have been like, yes, you know what I'm talking about. The cylindrical force, yeah. I believe the equation for that is, no. It was awful. Yeah, and you just like, shoots you up to the ceiling and bang your head all the time.

Yeah. No, I could see how that would happen. Yeah. I don't know. I probably was very, I probably moved very conservatively in there. So I just, I remember kind of just being pressed against the wall and kind of just trying to turn upside down and not trying to like get up. Well, you're also really tall.

Yeah. So that probably, you didn't have as much of a distance to travel so if I hit my head on the metal it wasn't like 5 feet of distance it was 1 foot that could play into it I think my parents described that ride to me and I was already freaked out

and they were like yeah it's called a hell hole later on I would see the signs that said Gravitron but they were like yeah and it throws up against, well there's no seat belts or anything. No seat belts. Yeah, it's hell holes.

Sometimes the floor drops out, sometimes floor lovers can't stand it. And I'm like, I don't wanna do that, I don't wanna go to the hell hole. The hole's way worse. Like get on, try it son. I didn't know it was called a hell hole. I've never heard that either, I don't think.

I've seen Devil's Hole too. That's way worse. You're really bad in your life on Earth. You have to go live in the devil's hole. When you're a nervous child and you are told, like, you are thrown against the wall, the floor drops out, and it's called a hell hole. I was just like, well, I'll never go on that. Yeah, good.

Smart. Smart. Ashley, were you, like, into more thrill rides or more like robots oh definitely thrill rides okay yeah i feel like i i love roller coasters i love drops i love um swings big swings i assume yes yes although regular swings are good. Like the ones that swing, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I don't like feeling dizzy, though. So the Gravitron one I didn't like. I'm fine if it's the regular swings that you,

it's like, oh, this is whimsical, and I can see everything. But I don't like fast spinning. Have you ever been on that ride at Epcot that is called... Mission Space. Yes. That one. Which is, that's a round and around so fast

that you get zero Gs. It's close to actual NASA flight training. Yeah. That's similar energy, I guess, the cylindrical pool. The cylindrical pool. Yeah, we didn't like that. We were very mean to it when we did an episode about it.

They had to tone it down really quickly because it killed a couple people right out of the gate. I know. And it's still awful. Yeah. I don't even walk over to it. I don't want to look at it when I'm there. No. You got to save yourself some walking at some point.

I don't need to go near that building. I liked it when I was younger, like a teenager. And my body was like, could just be punished constantly. But I remember, I'm just recalling when we did that episode, I was in isolation with COVID. So I was like, oh yeah, I feel like I just rode Mission Space. I feel like garbage. Oh no.

Did you, Jason, I don't know if we talked about this. Did you have fun doing it when you were a teenager? Did like the forces, like the G-Force feel good? I think I liked it, but when I rode it in my mid or late 20s, I walked off really nauseous and dizzy. And I'm like, I don't want to do that. I just can't imagine that feeling fun. Because I can sometimes, if I get a little dizzy on something, I can imagine the fun. I go, okay, I could see how if I was maybe more asleep or something, that would have been fun.

Right. But I can't imagine the feeling, the pressure I felt in my skull. It's not a good feeling, yeah. That that would ever just be a fun feeling. Right. And then on top of that, like the claustrophobia. Yeah, yeah.

Part of it was stressful as well. And there's nothing fun to look at. It's just a little screen of like graphics from 2000 whatever. It's claustrophobic. It's claustrophobic when you walk in already so like all right i will be i will be feeling claustrophobia then they start it and then a whole panel comes towards you yeah like oh wait it is twice as claustrophobic as i thought it's

like an inch away from your face yeah yeah yeah and if it was terrible and if it was fun in any every element of it isn't fun right there's not a single fun part of it. Which is unfortunate because I would like to go to space one day. Okay. Which seems like it would be fun. But how would I get there, right? If you can't do that, you mean? At some point, you got to do that.

I bet it's worse. I bet Mission Space is worse than going to space. Okay. Because William Shatner went into space on Blue Origin, on the Amazon, on Jeff Bezos' rocket, and he was fine. He did it a year or two ago already. He's 92 years old. He was fine, but he might have gotten dizzy.

We don't know that. I understand that, but I'm just saying you put 92-year-old William Shatner in Mission Space, he's croaking. Right, right, right. And I shouldn't say that on this show, on Podcast The Ride, because this happens all the time. But I just mean, how much training could he have gotten to go on Blue Origin? But do you feel that sensation when you're lifting off and then you end up in zero gravity and it's pleasant? Maybe.

That's what I hope. Because when you do it in Florida, you are in a simulation of a liftoff, and then you walk into Florida humidity. Or pouring rain. So you're saying maybe that's just the payoff is the reason that you put up with the horrible skull pain. Maybe. Yeah. Yeah, it'll be worth it once you get up there.

And that's kind of like life, you know? Okay, I have a real question for all of you. Would you go to space? That's a good question. In like the sort of touristy way, just like a brief, like you're in zero G for like 20 minutes and then you go down? Yeah, if like we got to a point where it's regular, normal,

everybody can go. Yeah. But you do have to you know get there which you know whatever all that entails so it's like let's okay i'm gonna ask flesh out this question more sorry uh so it's like cheap as an airline ticket perhaps multiple companies have been doing it for a long time multiple years and it seems like very few explosions right check those yield reviews and the one stars are done on behalf of they're they're written by the widows of the people who passed away right yeah but that was 10 years ago yeah and it's not like super elitist anymore you

know it's not like but there is like a spirit airlines of space travel too. So you're like, well, maybe stay away from there. But if you do these, this one's better. Yeah, I'm kind of interested. Right now I'm hesitating because I'm a little afraid of blowing up. Okay. But if it is like multiple years. Jeez, Mike has these crazy fears. Of blowing up in space.

I've ridden some pretty janky roller coasters and some pretty janky cross-country flights. I hate to fly though, too. How much worse can space be? Turbulence and all that. Could it be a lot worse? It could be a lot worse, but maybe.

I don't know. I've rode in some bad Southwest flights. He's a pro. He's basically signing up. Jason will go tomorrow. You don't even get to pick your seat. You're fighting for seats when you get on. It made me check my bag. I had to put my bag.

I need it here, though. I'm trying to get trail mix out of there. Well, actually, that's a perk. They still have the two bags free. Not a lot of places have that. Okay, okay. I could do like an hour of turbulence without losing my mind. And then after we get into that hour on the plane, like second hour of turbulence, I start to go, oh, here comes the Joker.

I'm turning into the Joker. Yeah. So I think it's a shorter trip just to get to the like the atmosphere, like whatever the part of the atmosphere where you are weightless. So I think I could handle that. I think so. Okay. So yeah. So like if we're talking like go into space and then like kind of live in a hotel on Mars or something.

Maybe I am a little more intrigued because you get the fun of zero gravity. But then also you're like living on a planet or a moon or something. Yeah. So did you want to go in space? I would. Yeah. Yeah. space? I would, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I would.

I think it would be cool to traverse the terrain of a planet. Yeah. You're getting out. You're getting out of this shit. Yeah, I'd be out. You're going to wherever. You're going to a destination. Well, that sounds more true. Because when I was a kid, I loved Star Trek The Next Generation.

And I would, in the same way I think that- When I was a kid, you loved it. Well, I only added that- Just then. No, no. I only added that qualifier to say what I was about to say next. Because obviously I talk about how much I love it all the time on this show. But to only say that in the same way that kids would read a Harry Potter or read X-Men

and fantasize about going to a place, I would like dream of like living in a little like a room on the ship and like going from planet to planet so you wanted a cabin is what you wanted i wanted a cabin on the enterprise yes because you had there was a replicator on it that could make you any food item you wanted cool and you'd have like it was was like, I mean, it's a one bedroom apartment, essentially. You wanted a bachelor pad in Spain. I wanted a bachelor pad as an 11 year old. There wouldn't be room for a second person to sleep. I didn't even worry about having a girl.

No, I didn't want to. Where would they go? When I was 10 or 11, I was like, I would just love to have like a big room with everything in it and a fridge and all my stuff. And like eventually I realized like, oh, I'm describing a studio apartment. Yeah. Did you ever get one? No. Oh, dang.

There's still time. There's still time, yeah. Still time. Some sad changes in my life. Still make it happen. Yeah. So, yeah, space. It will be, unless the planet blows up, I feel like it will be easier to do in a decade or so.

Whoa, which is crazy. Yeah. Did you say you want to do it or no? I don't think I weighed in. I feel like I got gotta be honest with myself it sounds fine to me but i'm not gonna i'm not gonna count a bumpy flight as people know i have problems with coasters i'm being honest with myself i would just need to like hear some information what is this gonna do to my body and stomach how long are you gonna be like blasting off or you know give me some kind of thrill meter right let's put you know

rock and roller coaster where's rock how many how many numbers how many rocket ships is uh or novas is rock and roller coaster on the meter and then what's actual space okay because i fear that well rock and roller coaster is a point zero.00025, and Space is 100. But I don't know. But Shatner does. I see what you're saying. Shatner gives me hope. Yeah.

And he came back very depressed, too. Oh, no. Did he? Yeah. He was like, oh, there's nothing out there. Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. Like, everything is here, and it's not out there.

And he just was having, like, a freak out moment. Wow. So, I don't know. It doesn't sound so fun, maybe. So, maybe I don't need it doesn't sound so fun maybe i don't need to fantasize it so much because yeah it does feel like it feels like space and the galaxy you know planets it's like some cool thing we like humans made up in their minds you know like yes i guess the biggest like concept we can imagine but it really exists you know so why wouldn't we want to go and

explore it that's yes yeah i feel like but yeah i agree yeah because it might make rumblies in my tumblies that's fine jason do you say you would go i i think i would go. Oh, okay. Yeah. Look, I would also go to Federal Way, Washington. Oh, nice. Oh, is that a hell of a segue? Yeah. If Jason can handle the sharpest segues in history, he can also handle the twists and turns of space. I would go to space,

but every time we do a regional or a smaller neighborhood theme park, I'm like, go could go to Iowa. Like I could go to Seattle area. You're right, you could go to Iowa. But like, not could, but like, I would like to see this. I did feel to go in the direction you're going, it felt like I was going very, traveling very far away

because it's like, I'm from, well, so technically I'm from Bellevue, which is like 10 minutes outside of Seattle. So like getting to go to Wild Waves was like this, oh my gosh, we're going, you know, it was like maybe 25 minutes away, 30 minute drive. Which feels long when you're a little kid. Exactly.

Two, yeah, that's a giant, that is a space trip. Especially on a bus, like you're taking a cheese bus there it's like oh my gosh we're going a cheese bus yeah like a school bus oh you call cheese buses yeah because of the yellow yes that's nice that's fun that's cool yeah take a cheese bus there oh wow so you would do like school trips also to Wild Waves. Yeah. This is in the, okay, it's in the SeaTac area. Correct. And it's kind of between Sea and Tac.

Correct. It's sort of equidistant. Yes, Seattle Tacoma. And it is a, it's kind of half theme park and half water park. Correct. Is that accurate? Yeah. Because it was like both. It was in the past called like Wild Waves is half water park. Is that accurate? Because it was like both. It was in the past

called like Wild Waves is the water park part, but the theme park had been called Enchanted Village at some point, and now it's just kind of all one pretty recently they've combined it. So it's just called Wild Waves theme and water park. Oh, I didn't

know that. Yeah, they used to be clunkier with like, no, it's two things. Yes. Remember two names. And I'll tell you what happened, probably. Is that no one liked Enchanted Village. As kids, we all hated Enchanted Village because the rides

were boring and dumb and for little kitties. And no one ever wanted to go to Enchanted Village. Everyone was always thrilled and excited to go see wanted to go to enchanted village everyone was always like thrilled and excited to go see to go to wild waves because that's where the fun rides were like the freaking wave pool that like drowned people and then all the cool slides and stuff like that so yeah we all were like forget enchanted village is the boring part what age are we talking when's the first like trip or two how old are you so i was thinking about this on the way here and like my earliest memories

were elementary school so and i don't remember so i know for a fact that the math olympiad team got to go for their end of the year. Oh, cool. But then I was thinking, I was like, was I on Math Olympiad? Which seems very far off. Seems like that would be unbelievable. But I do, you know what? I know what it was. I went with my patrol team.

I got to go. I was on patrol in elementary school. What's patrol? Patrol is like the kids who wear the yellow vest and you get to like guide kids students in between classes you know to like go that way go this way i don't think i know that was this complicated enough you needed that i don't know i guess just something to do like we need kids need jobs this is gonna be one put them to work yeah patrol it was like a everyone wanted to be on patrol first because we wanted to wear the vests and then we

got to like leave class a little bit early to go and like be at your station and our school which was sunset elementary puesta del sol um is spanish immersion and english and uh um it was like outside you know like so like uh the classrooms were separate and like to go to each classroom you go outside outdoors and so it was kind of like amazing that way because all of the pathways connected to each outdoor to each like building if that makes sense. You did need to. And it was like older kids usually, right? It wasn't like they wouldn't put like first graders in it.

Yes, you had to be like fourth or fifth grade, I remember. But there would be like a kid or two in my class that would have to leave like 10 minutes early to suit up in uniform. To go direct traffic. Right, right, right. Why didn't I have this? Oh no.

They deputized the child. Was your school, was it just kind of? Fairly self-explanatory, I guess. Did you have a hall monitor? Like, that's what. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's basically sort of what it is. I'm not sure that I did have hall monitors.

I don't know. That always felt like a TV invention to me. I know they're real, but I didn't, I never had like. I think that's sort of what this is. Yeah, basically. But yeah, it would just be like to get one kid to feel superior to the other kids. Yes, yeah. To get to go and tell other kids what to do.

And then we got to go to freaking Wild Waves at the end of the year. You were superior because you made it to Wild Waves. Yeah, that is actually a real victory. So you're being sold the idea that Enchanted Village is supposed to be for you, but it's lame. So this is what I'm confused about, because there are coasters and stuff. Was that part of Enchanted Village, or is Enchanted Village purely there were some rides for kids?

Because it sounds very kid-oriented. Yeah, I don't remember any big roller coasters being there. I remember a train ride situation, maybe a carousel thing. And or like, you know, something some boring, like, you know, like gymnasia, like outdoor gymnasium thing. Yeah, I remember that. And then there were some like boring theme of the enchanted Village that nobody cared about, about bears and bear fairy tale land, whatever.

And they had characters, I remember, and it was all just so kiddy-like. No one cared about going to Enchanted Village. Just made me think how upset I'm gonna be when my son doesn't, I have a three-year-old, and when he starts thinking rides are boring, what am I going to do? The entire way we pass the time is go on various trains

that show you nothing. Yep, yep, yep. Oh, when the word boring enters his lexicon, I'm so screwed. I know. They'll want to go on. There are, you know, a few roller coasters at Wild Waves now. Oh, great.

They've added stuff in the last decade or so. They've changed owners and stuff. They haven't added a lot recently. No, they have not. But there is the, what is the coaster called? Are you talking about Timber Axe? Yeah, Timber Axe. In 2018, they added something called Timber Axe.

Oh, my God. No, is that the spinner that looks like a big axe? Oh, you're right. Yeah, yeah. That's not a roller coaster. Excuse me. That is a big axe that spins around. Oh, no God. No, is that the spinner that looks like a big axe? Oh, you're right. Yeah, yeah. That's not a roller coaster. Excuse me. That is a big axe that spins around. Oh, no.

Yes. They're like, boring. We'll show you. Axe. The most violent ride possible. Timber Hawk is the big wooden coaster that kind of goes through the woods a little. Oh, that sounds fun. It was like a

good like good old clunk when is it okay that's a that's a 2003 timberhawk ride of prey ride of prey phrase doesn't mean anything uh yeah sure yeah you know watch a ride through whatever uh um that'd be the boringest thing if Sometimes we'll play clips of rides and shows. Oh, that's bad. All right, now let's just listen to Ride or Pray. Let me just hear a clunk, clunk, clunk. Ah, clunk, clunk, clunk. All right, well, I think we got a sense of it.

It's interesting, this park, because it does feel like a smaller neighborhood park to the point that in the aerial photograph you can see online, you can see on Wikipedia, there are point that in the aerial photograph you can see online you can see on wikipedia there are houses up in the corner by the parking lot um but then there are a couple of larger coasters okay let me yeah this seems like you know just a good old clunky wooden this is the timberhawk is the tallest roller coaster in washington and that is not it sounds more impressive than it is because that's a technicality because washington as you

probably know does not have a lot of roller coasters that's i think that's our only park like our only uh theme park that's what it seemed like to me. Like other than the State Fair, which has rides. Which is Puyallup Fair. Okay. We have. All right. I think. Well, at least that's the one I grew up going to. Okay, sure.

We're in Puyallup, Washington. Puyallup. Smells terrible. Getting weird with these names. That's in that Keokuk family. I knew someone from Puyallup. Oh, really? And then a friend from high school went to Evergreen College.

Yeah, Evergreen, okay. Designed his own major sort of like. I feel like a lot of, was he involved in Evergreen at some point or went to school there for a little while? Was Mac Green involved in it? No, I couldn't remember if he taught there or if he was a student there or something. I don't know.

I'm not sure. When Mike said you wanted to do this one, I was like, oh yeah, I don't know a lot about the Pacific Northwest Parks. There's another park a little further away. And then there's, okay, there's Enchanted Forest in Oregon, which is not related to Enchanted Village. No, no.

Kind of has the bush gardens. Like, all right, there's the little town. There's the little Old West Street. There's a little variety. I like that one. People tell us to do that one. Enchanted Forest? Yeah, yeah.

You know what? When this came up, doing this episode with you, Ashley, I thought, well, that's interesting. I've never heard of that one. And yet it felt familiar to me. Then I realized, oh, I have heard of this because several years ago I did. And I'm going to enter a differing opinion. I don't know totally some of your feelings about this place.

But here's what I did. I did a call a couple of years ago on Twitter for some topics you might want us to do on the main feed or on our Patreon. And there was one that stuck with me so much. I took a screenshot. It was on my desktop for the longest time. I think the user was Diddy Thump. Diddy Thump. Diddy Thump, who seems to not have been expelled from Twitter or something I hope it was

not a bad situation but Diddy Thump said just this very blunt here's alright what should we do on the show next year wild waves in Washington suck shit it's funny it's funny suck shit it's funny that was the full review and it

really it really called to me I was i thought about pulling the trigger on this with you guys a long time ago i'm glad i didn't so we could do it with you it's actually been but now that i've thrown out kind of the like negative opinion and i don't know i was just so like entranced by the way that was of this bridge yeah do you think there's anything accurate as to what diddy thump said? Oh, for sure. Diddy Thump is right, and I hope they're out there listening today, because wow. This one's for you, Diddy Thump.

What jumps out when you hear that someone thinks that it sucks shit? What might that be for? Well, literally, again, I know they're probably referencing the Enchanted Village part. It was like such a waste of a park on the side. The Wild Waves Park side was so fun, but it was also just so, like, you have to know about what, and I don't want to rag on my own hometown. located is like Tacoma is always gets you know chitted on because no offense to Tacoma people but it like smells bad the city like

actually smells bad because of like the there's like some sort of plant yes it's a plant I was gonna say an oil plant but I don't know if it's oil. It's like old refinery plant that's there, and the smell is like sulfur that they use to crush. Ashley, there is a Wikipedia referring to this syndrome.

This is extremely sourced, and the Wikipedia title is Aroma of Tacoma. There you go. Yes. It is a, yes. Yeah, the Tacoma aroma. A putrid and unpleasant odor that is sulfury. Why is it? Is it a rendering plant, a pulp and paper mill? Pulp and paper mill. An oil refinery.

It's a lot of stuff. I think it's better now maybe than when you were growing up. No, it's still bad. It's still bad. Yeah. Wait a minute. Bruce Springsteen. This is nuts.

Mike's listening. During a concert stop at the Tacoma Dome in the mid-80s, Bruce Springsteen reported that the odor was so overwhelming he was forced to leave the town early. What is that? I thought it was going to be the show.

Oh, no. Bruce would never leave the show early. I agree. I'm just going to chill out for a week in Tacoma. Oh, my gosh. Just a real hardworking American, like, nope, never mind, out, out this afternoon, give me a flight. Just find me a Marriott in Seattle.

Bruce would not. He'd still do a four-hour show, but he'd put, like, the clothespin on his clothes or something. I owe the people that. Their lives are so hard with this aroma. He should have written a song about the smell. Yeah. You know who did? Wait, sorry, Jason.

You know who did? Frank Zappa. The 1979 Frank Zappa song, Jewish Princess mentions a garlic aroma that could level Tacoma. Oh my God. Wow. I didn't know all of this history.

Me neither. This is, you're hearing it real time. I'm glad you brought this. I didn't know all of this history. Me neither. This is, you're hearing it real time. I'm glad you brought this. I have no idea that Tacoma smelled. Apologies to everyone in Tacoma. Would there be a bigger theme park presence in Tacoma? Possibly. But like the pros,

like cheap land, cheap real estate, a large population, cons, stinky. Smells like eggs. And that's what, it literally smells like eggs like soon

you'll be driving in your car you'll be normal listening to music having a good time and then bam suddenly eggs

in your nose in your throat and you're like oh god and then you like immediately want to turn around nothing good's happening

in this city Gary Indiana is like that too oh there's a smell yeah oh boy just cause of the different like whatever like plants again Goods happen in this city Gary, Indiana is like that too There's a smell? Yeah Just because of the different Plants again This is also

There's Google results on this This must have fueled the Jackson family Aren't they from there? We gotta get out I grew up Outside of Philadelphia And all along the Delaware River, there were refineries and chemical plants and stuff.

So occasionally you get a bad smell, and then once or twice in childhood, I lived pretty far away from it, but the people who lived closer, it's like, okay, we're doing indoor recess today. Do not spend extended periods of time outside. There was a leak at the Tesco plant. Everything is under

control, but you may smell a pungent odor and do not be outside for too long. It's like, okay. What does Tesco do? Why are they stinking up your town? I don't know. There were so many. Boeing

and what's the other? Are they stinking up your town? I don't know. There were so many. Boeing and not Lockheed Martin. DuPont had a lot of plants in Pennsylvania. Delaware had different facilities and stuff. Interesting. Yeah, reading about this park was interesting. It's had a lot of owners over the years. The foster child kicked around

from home. A lot of the reviews are either four or five stars, like really fun go and manage your expectations or one star review. They are plagued by staffing issues and half the park is closed. Okay. Yep.

A lot of reviews of like, go to Silver, drive a little further, go to Silverwood. That was the other. Silverwood. Is Silverdale? Maybe Silverwood.

I don't know. Silverwood. I don't. Silverwood in Boulder Beach. I don't even know where the heck that is. That one. Yeah. It's farther away.

Oh. I have to check that out. So morale's a little low because it's getting at least half of that Tacoma stank. Yes. The water park's fine, but- Yeah, the water park was fine. Well, and then I feel like there was like teens working. Of course.

So no adult presence, really. really so you got you know grimy teens working these these uh you know rides and and monitoring safety and it's like you know and uh yeah this is the the the people that the park attracted they're from all over so i just you know i feel like no one ever really felt, you know, safe there. You know, so everyone's like looking around, making sure, you know, their kids are there, belongings are there, all that stuff. So it's kind of like you just want to you got to go there. Yeah. Manage your expectations, basically. But my favorite ride at on Wild Waves. Well, I shouldn't

even say ride but it was it was the wave pool like kids went for the wave pool like that was the big draw to wild waves was the insane wave pool that like there's probably deaths listed for that too okay yep

yeah I drowned a couple times not fully drowned, but like... Like you needed help? Yes, I need... Well, first of all, I'm 4'11", for the listeners out there. And then I can't swim also. So, well, and I should say, I can swim over water or underwater. Yeah.

But the between... But the between water is not safe for me it's also hard to swim when you're getting pummeled by waves that's true yes i'm right there with you i'm five one i've got my ass kicked by some wave pools it's so scary yeah i where the the actual atlantic ocean has not beat me up as much as like artificial wave yes yeah same i have so many memories of like i remember we got in trouble once because i was further out than i should have been and uh our or whatever the lifeguard person was like had to you know dive in and like yeah give me out was it like a situation where you could not breathe as well?

Like, is it that scary? Just like, you know, clamoring in the water and like catch a breath. That kind of situation where they see you physically struggling and know that, hey, this girl doesn't know how to swim. She should not be this far out. But it's hard to not be that far out because the waves are pulling you in, you know? Yeah. So it's tricky. It's a very tricky thing to navigate this was one of my mother's big fears and i was not allowed to do this for many many years yeah in any sort of way wisconsin dells

was yours correct yes come up before we haven't talked a lot about wave pools, I guess. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Wow. The regularity, I guess, of the machine-driven constant giant big wave is a little bit. It's like a James Bond villain torture device. Really? Just like throw Mr. Bond in the pool and we'll pummel him with waves. Yeah. And see how many of his muscles give out. Yeah. And then he just sinks and that's it.

It's so bizarre. And see how when he like his like muscles give out. Yeah. And then he just sinks and that's it. It's so bizarre. It's a torture. Like, I mean, that's so bizarre. But like it is. You think you're safe one moment. Yeah. And then once the way. And I think there was like a sound or an alarm that would go off whenever the waves.

We knew the waves were coming. So kids would like rush out as far as they could and wait. Yeah. And just wait for the wave. Yes. Go farther out. far as they could and wait. Yeah, and just wait for them. So you get the big wave to go farther out. Yes, and then they're gradual. So the waves would start small, and then all the kids are like, and then they get more and more, and then suddenly it's like

the biggest wave of life, and you're like, like dying immediately, sucked underwater. That would alarm me. Like you were saying, a partial drowning. Yeah. I believe they say the panicking is a big part of it. Yes. As a kid, those alarms that big waves were coming would stress me out so much.

I feel like I went to more gentle wave pools a few times. But every now and then, the alarm would sound. I'm like, I don't like that. Yeah, it's thrilling, but also terrifying. Yeah, it's kind of fun when you're at the beach, and it's like, oh, big wave suddenly. Right, right. It's a little surprise.

And not at the even tempo that's kind of like, oh, here's a big one, now a smaller one. Yeah, yeah. As opposed to the just drilling of – I feel like I must have been somewhere with a siren, but is this like an air raid? Yeah, it sounds usually like it's like a nuclear bomb is coming. Get under your desk. Being here, backing up from Mike, does anyone want to try and – is anyone haunted enough by one of the air raids where you feel like you know what it sounds?

Is it like Godzilla style? It's like... Yeah. That was horrible. Oh, my God. These are upset ghosts. That's good, yeah. Actually, it really is nailed down.

Oh, the moan of that. That's really... These are all terrible for different reasons. That is what you would hear, too, in the Midwest, like, because we lived right by my school, and there was the tornado alarm. Yes. It would blare through the town. Yeah, that's so scary.

And it was like that because it would go. And it would just last for a half hour or something. And that's what, yeah, you would hear in the wave pool. That's just where you are in the fun place. Everybody was afraid of you on your trips and you where you live, afraid of tornado sirens. And then for fun, you'd go to places with fun sirens. Yeah.

Which sound identical to the scary sirens. It would last, but it would be shorter. Yes. Than the tornadoes, necessarily. Yeah, scary. I don't want to delve into the death, though. We try tornadoes necessarily. Yeah, scary. I don't wanna delve into the death, we try to avoid those, but there's just an aspect of the death

that happened here that is like, well that's what happens when teens are in charge. Oh no. I know. Yeah, what happened was there's kids going like, I think somebody's drowning out there and the lifeguard said, I don't believe you. Oh no.

I know kids, you're pranking me. Yikes. And not to meditate on it, but isn't believe you. Oh, no. I know kids are pranking me. Yikes. And not to meditate on it, but isn't that shit? Isn't that bonkers? It is, but it's also like- The dull confidence. Kids. If you're asking, I mean, maybe he was lied to by 30 kids that day.

That's right. And then the 31st kid was like, somebody's drowning, and he's like, yeah, right. Yeah. I fell for it 30 times. Kids aren't going to get me. And then I would have a little more sympathy. Right. Squidward is not in the pool.

I know that for a fact. You already got it. You're lying to me about that? You're lying to me about this trick? Your dad does not work for Nintendo, okay? I went on a computer, and I looked it up. Don't play the secret games that the other kids don't get to play. Right.

That's not a real thing. I've been lied to by kids all day. I did see another, and I watched some videos of rides at the park and stuff. And a lot of parks, even at the Six Flags level, will do like for 20 extra bucks or something, you do the sky coaster or whatever,

or a zip line or likeine or like yeah yeah sky coast is the thing where they like raise you up in like a vinyl tarp and and like drop you okay so i i someone had a gopro clearly like strapped to them and was being lifted up and that uh the way that there's like a mix of the way they get people down is like there's kind of a cherry picker like a thing that rises up to meet it but then they also just kind of like hook you with a long pole and like the workers that were walking out to do the hooking part one of them was just looking at their phone the whole time while they were like lifting the person up and they didn't have anything to do.

But I'm like, if I was being lifted that many stories in the air, I would prefer the employees to be alert and not playing Tetris. The theme park should be like the set of a Christopher Nolan movie. No phones, no sitting down. Always alert and making sure that kids are okay or people are okay. The theme park should be like the set of a Christopher Nolan movie. No phones. No sitting down. Yeah.

Always alert and making sure that kids are okay or people are okay. Yeah. I love the stories of sets like that because it's like, okay, that is a director who is not also an actor because most of the job is sitting around. That's true. Yes. Let's make it very clear. Jason Sheridan refuses to be in a Christopher Nolan film.

He's turned down every movie he's been offered. If anyone was filling out an email to try, are you curious for a self-tape for Jason? He's out. I'm bringing a Coleman chair. I'm bringing a folding camping chair, Chris. Jason was set to play Alfred in the Batman movies. And he turned it down.

And they went with Michael Caine instead. I can put my little phone in the trailer, but I need at least a tiny little chair. I need a little stool or something. So you will accept the role of the elevator attendant. Yeah, elevator attendant.

Yeah, little stool. I will demand roles where i am sitting i'll be a bonville i would be blofeld if i can spin around in a chair sure yeah uh as you do remember like specific slides at all like was it were they memorable enough where you were like oh i'm going on this and you knew the name of it i don't remember the name of it but there was uh one it was closest to the freeway i remember because you would be at the name of it. I don't remember the name of it, but there was one, it was closest to the freeway. I remember because you would be at the top of the slide and you could look to your left

and the I-5 was next to you. Oh, yeah. I saw something about the I-5 in one of the Wikipedia. This park is literally just off of the I-5. It's right there. Oh, one of the thrill rides is called i-5 skydive oh is that the sky coaster yeah that's that's new is that one that's 2017 oh yeah yeah

so they're just naming it now because it's so close it's right there yeah so there was a slide that was right there and it was it was a water slide yeah um and then i remember there being like two so one was like really higher like higher and steeper and then there was one like they ran right next to each other um and then the shorter one was like for the wusses uh and um yeah that was like one of the other big attractions so like yeah there's like conga slides, they say on like, I'm just looking at the website. And then there's Pacific Plunge, which has like a couple different slides. Oh, I remember that thing.

And Zuma Falls. Maybe that's it. And that was when you were in a big tube. Oh, no, that's not it. So it's a family. It's a family. I mean, it's... Warming tubs, they say.

Well, Scott, I have questions about the warming tubs. What is a warming tub? That phrase kind of hurt my head. Is that a hot, just like a gentle hot tub? It looks like a hot tub, but it's bigger. On the website, they call it warming tubs, and it says thrill level mild. It could notch up to moderate or severe if you uh get stuck in the jet so scott can go in the warming tub yeah that no that's time for that one i'd love to has anyone seen scott oh he's

posted up in the warming tub he's probably getting some mild thrills somewhere now here's my here's my question is that it says on the wikipedia former rides warming tubs closed 2020 so it's unclear if they've reopened the warming tubs and just haven't updated the wikipedia which i guess is more maybe likely they close it because of covid people are getting covered in the warming tubs and you can't have that so they close it but maybe they just haven't put it back on the operating rides on the wikipedia somebody get on there we gotta let the world know that the warming tubs are available assuming when does this place open oh in the morning or no like in what month oh oh i see you know because what now this is may through october may through that's kind of like some times only on the weekends.

I think October a lot. They also do a Fright Fest. I don't think you can trademark the phrase Fright Fest. No. But I'm sure started. I was little. I have not been able to quite suss out because I kept seeing conflicting things. Because Six Flags at least had partial

ownership. Some reviews I watched or read about this park was like well, it never got official Six Flags branding. A former owner sold their shares to Six Flags.

Seven years of Six Flags and then Six Flags. They years of Six Flags. And then Six Flags, like, nah, they were good. They were good on Wild Ways. I think they got out of Six Flags probably at good timing because it was during when Dan Snyder, who used to own the, is it the Washington Commanders now? Formerly the Washington football team. Formerly a much more unpleasant name.

He kind of ran Six Flags into the ground for a while. And so they like just missed like that. No, I think he did. I think he was the owner then. And this was part of like getting rid of their massive debt was selling off a bunch at the same time. Because they owned a bunch of odd like this is one uh it's a frontier city in oklahoma city uh ellich gardens in denver which is a place

i was thinking about going to can i do a quick little mini rant here yeah um i i i'm thinking about going to denver and thinking like maybe there's enough for a family vacation in the year because there's that. And then there is the main attraction to me, the newly reopened Casa Bonita. Do you know about Casa Bonita? It was in a South Park episode. It's this crazy giant Mexican restaurant that's kind of a theme park too that has cliff divers and little human beings that cliff dive inside. Wow.

I think the I think they call it on their website the greatest restaurant on earth. It was so specific in the South Park episode 20 years ago that everyone was like, but did they make that up? What is it? It is real. It's this big Denver fix and I'm like

oh if we could go. And maybe I even do my anniversary, my 10-year wedding anniversary at Casa Bonita. Yes. It was purchased, by the way, by Matt and Trey from South Park. Okay. They bought it and renovated it. I love that. Yeah. That's so cool.

They saved the restaurant. Yeah, because it was going to close. Good. Then I started that. So I even bought plane tickets. I'm going to Denver. We're going to Elledge Gardens. And we're going to Let's Go, Baby.

Yeah. But then I realized, then I saw somebody, a friend of mine, Joe, say, all right, at last, my year-long wait in the Casa Bonita lottery has finished. Oh, my word. Now just to scramble and get plane tickets so I can be in the city. Like, wait, what are you talking about and i checked with a couple people about this doug jones you went to casabonita right now i've gotten the answer it is an insane lottery that takes a year to play out there's no way to

know when they'll tell you you're up you just all you the the process is you sign up for their mailing list and then you never you might never hear anything again i always went to the city and then just walked up to the door hello i'm ready to be here now no no no no no you have a year of waiting to do this might be i complain about disney booking and reservations and all this yeah casa bonita might be the most difficult place to get into in the world that's cool in the world more than club cool. In the world. More than Club 33. All of it. I hate to burst your bubble even more, but LH Gardens

days might be numbered as well. It's one that's changed. They're open this summer. They are open this summer. Okay. Because it wasn't clear what it seems like the area is going to be rezoned for, of course, apartments and mixed-use shopping and all that.

Sulphur plants. I think it's kind of falling apart, but it does have... Do you know about Beowulf, Ashley? No. It's kind of like a theme park-y art group. They have installations in, I think, Texas and Vegas. We went to the Omega Martin Vegas. And they were given free reign.

Them and a ride company redid a ride at LH Gardens. So there's like an oddball psychedelic ride in the middle of a theme park that is kind of seen better date. I know. That's the other thing. I'm looking at this website. Like, this doesn't seem that good. And if I can't even go to the greatest restaurant on earth, then what am I doing? I wonder if there's like an underground market situation.

Maybe an email was sent saying, you know, I'm an Well, I don't know. Maybe an email was sent saying, you know, I'm a influencer in the theme park podcast space. I love that idea. I don't think it helped me one bit. I sent the cockiest email like, happy to tell you more about our listenership, how many people.

I don't think anything's happening here. So listeners, and people have asked, like, do a Casablanca episode. I'm like, if only it were that simple. This is a whole process. I'm sorry. I didn't know any of that. I'm going to have to go leave and mope for about 15 minutes.

It's okay. I want to see these cliff divers so bad. Yeah. Anyway. I just sucks. Apologies. I saw the word LH Gardens. I had to complain about this.

10-year anniversaries this year. Yeah. Dang it. Get another 10-year anniversary. I have to spend it at an annoying restaurant for children. I hear you. What am I doing if I don't do that? Gotta do 15.

It's gonna have to wait for 15. Tell your partner. 10-year doesn't matter. 15 is the new. Ashley, so when you were there, do you remember like were you just like sort of was there a teacher present when you would take like a like a field trip like what were the uh what were the ways in which like you were allowed to explore they just said go have fun would you like would kids break off into little groups as well yes yes i remember it would always be you know we'd go with

our groups we'd have our like you know adult in charge our chaperone or whatever right um and then we'd get there and then we'd immediately have to go put our belongings in a locker and then we were and then i remember like we were free to roam the park. Right. And then we'd have to come back by whatever time for lunch. And then we'd get to roam the park again. Right. And when we were roaming, though, I remember like breaking off into our subgroups, our like little friend groups, you know. Yeah. Which is always, you know, kind of nerve wracking because you want to you know well i don't know for me i was always like uh you know

am i gonna be in the cool kids friend group yes because they seem like they're having the most fun at the park you know well there's politics to it for sure when you're a kid and then it's also like maybe you're friends with a couple people but they're not in the same friend group either and then you're like kids want status you're like i'd rather go with my friend who's in the cooler group yeah but then you might be letting another person down you're absolutely right so it's stressful in that way because that would always you would run into that yeah i remember that exact situation numerous times because like i was i was pretty you know fun kid i was i had lots of different friends um all different kinds of friends

but there were the cool kids quote unquote which were usually like the rich kids um that's what makes you cool but were they really that cool you You know, now that I think about it, they're actually pretty boring. But we we would like, you know, once I had my like set group of friends, we like weren't worried. But I did have one friend who was like liked by the cool kids. So she would get pulled off into the cool kids group. And then like she'd be leaving our like bff group our subgroup right now yeah um and splitting the time then we'd get like lost and separated and then it was always yeah it was weird like passing your friend at the park who you're like hey are you you're not with us okay yeah are Cool. Yeah. Are you having fun? We're not going to the warming tub.

Just all go to the warming tub. Yeah. But yeah, I had my set, my BFFs. Like I've had the same friends since sixth grade. Oh, yeah. Like my, yeah. So that's interesting. Well, sort of.

Well, I won't get into that. Anyway, I had the same friends for about 25 years, over 25 years. The same group of friends. That's cool. And so that was very long. But yeah, there was a social component to it. Yeah, it makes me cringe sometimes when I think about it. Yeah.

Because I'm like, I think I would upset people. Uh-huh. Because I don't know that I ever acted honorably in those situations. I don't know if I ever was like, hey, we can all just hang out together. I was more like, I want to go with the kids are cool. Yeah. I always chose the worst option, I think. I always just gave in to whatever.

Betrayed you, Phil? Well, yeah, on some level, I guess betrayed, but always feel like I probably was a coward and didn't try to, hey, we all hang out together. Everything's cool. Don't worry about it. It's hard to speak up and do that. At that age, it's like everything's on the line.

Yeah. I have really weird, stuff will hit me at 5 a.m. speak up and do that at that age it's like everything's on the line yeah there i remember i have really weird stuff will hit me at five i wake up at five a.m and i'll just be like remember when you accidentally called a kid's name and he thought you wanted to hang out out in like the playground and then he like you told him no you met these other kids and he looks so sad and he was a kid who was walked around alone at recess oh my gosh why didn't you just say like hey we can play. Don't worry about it.

Stuff like that will haunt me once in a while. Sure, sure, sure. And I'll be like, oh God. It's always 5 a.m. too. You're mixing things up. That happened with us. Oh no! No, I meant the other Jason. No, I meant Jason Aldean. I don't want to hang out with you.

I would sell you out for Jason Aldean in two seconds You son of a bitch I knew it It's just reality man He's the coolest singer Country singer I know I'm never going to Nashville With you now I would give up this podcast

To hang out with Springsteen I'm sorry He already has a podcast partner I know former president Barack Obama I would give up this podcast to hang out with Springsteen. I am a Springsteen story for you. I'm sorry, he already has a podcast partner. I know, former President Barack Obama. I know. But if they would add me to that podcast, I will- The three renegades. The three renegades, Barack, Bruce, and Michael.

Did I ever tell you my Bruce story? No, no, I wouldn't have heard it. This is so off topic. No, please. So off topic. Ron's is on topic. Okay, I'm so sorry to give story. No, no, I want to hear this. This is so off topic. No. So off topic. Ron is on the topic. Okay, I'm so sorry to give it. No, no, apologies.

So my ex-boyfriend went on stage with Bruce Springsteen. He's like a huge Springsteen fan, has been to countless, like every concert he tries to make um and so when he was here uh this had to have been i guess 2000 and um uh 17 right or 18 or something um and he had three concerts right before the la dome closed he was like the last person the sports arena yes yes i was at two of those yes yes i might have seen this dancing yeah you probably did so we went for our anniversary and then he went again the next Yes, yes. I was at two of those shows. I might have seen this dancing. Maybe I did. You probably did. So we went for our anniversary, and then he went again the next night.

Oh, wow. And so the night that I went, I touched Bruce Springsteen and held his hand because he came out around, and my ex-boyfriend lifted me up to reach and grab his hand, and I touched, and we held hands for a little bit. Wow. And he sang to me and then looked me in the eyes sweaty face and all and then he went back the next night and brought a sign that said

dancing is a man's man's job or something like that it had his face in the center a man's man's job well cause during that song had his face in the center. A man's job. Oh, maybe it's dancing is a, well, because during that song, dancing in the dark, he usually brings up a lady on stage. Yes, right. Like the Courtney Cox video.

Courtney Cox video, yeah. And so he was saying that he could be also someone to marry. Right, doesn't he just need to be a girl? I'll dance with you, Bruce. I'll think I can be Courtney. I love that. Exactly. someone to be a girl i'll dance with you bruce i can be courtney i love that exactly and he went to the front got and so this is where i learned all about the pool like the how to get to the

pool the front section all that in the lottery you have to be in the lottery and we did that um but so he got pulled up by bruce springsteen and not only that he gave him a guitar to play wow and they played together yeah he played guitar he doesn't play guitar but he is a comedian and an improviser and so he just pretended to play and then bruce looked at him and goes, you're good. Is this on YouTube? Have you figured that out? It has to be on YouTube, right? I'm sure it's on YouTube. I have seen this.

And I can't remember if it was the one show I didn't go to or I saw it because it was probably just like on Instagram and I saw it. Probably. It like kind of went medium viral a little bit. He got interviewed by like some news stations uh after he's from new jersey and his whole family is like you know big bruce people um and so this was like a huge huge uh deal for him like he was sick for days afterwards like just on a high like so excited like this is everything to him you know sure and uh and then you kicked him to the curb that's what ended it i was like all right well

just kidding no i was so happy for him but we did break up later but um not right away i don't know way later but um it wasn't that related. It wasn't. Yeah, he only called you Bruce from then on. Bruce or me. Yeah. He was sick at work the next day, I remember. Just like so elevated, you know. Couldn't sleep by that. It was too much.

Like a kid getting too excited and then just throwing up at work. Yeah, he threw up at work. Oh my God. I don't blame him. You think that happened to the character Courtney Cox played in the music video? That's the epilogue that you don't get to see of the vomiting at work. Yes, the post-high vomit. Yeah, you are in withdrawal.

He's got so much charisma. Yeah, exactly. And you get away from it. Yep. You had to come down. That's what happened when Jason and I met him at the book signing. We threw up the next day. Post-freeze. Yeah. Depression. It's real. It was depression. It's real, and you need to come down that's what happened when Jason and I met him at the book signing we threw up the next day post-pregnancy

depression it's real it was depression it's real and you need to get treated for it there's no shame in it there's no stigma it wasn't the eight hours

in the chaotic poorly managed groove no we've talked about that part oh what happened there no it's a long we waited for like eight hours say it again

you motherfucker dang that's heard the story a lot. A lot of fucking stories. Fluctuating temperature. Mine was a joke. This was for the book. I referenced it because it was a joke.

He wanted to retell the story. It's Jason's fault. He had a book signing at the Grove. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I remember that. And it was sort of just a photo op. It's like a Pooh bear. It was at Disneyland.

And you just kind of walked in. It was a Pooh bear. You walked in and took a photo with him. Maybe the most security I've ever been around. Wow. Is that true? In terms of like, keep moving, watch out.

His handlers, they had real handlers. The handlers were really intense. How long has it been, Ashley, since you went to Wild Waves? When was the last year? I don't even. So I would go with school numerous times, I remember. And then some friends had birthday parties at Wild Waves.

So that was a thing, too. So I'd been for a few birthday parties there, which those were easier, I will say. Yeah. But yeah, I would not even remember. It's been a while. It's been years, years and years. Yeah. My question, and I don't know when this was implemented, but I was looking at the website

and you can buy, I wonder if this is for birthdays or what, you can buy, as if it's a Las Vegas pool, you can buy cabanas and rent them at Wild Waves. I don't know if this is... Where are they located? I think this is common for water parks. Is it? No! But I don't know. I mean, I think there's probably a dozen of them.

When I say common, there's a handful of parks that have this. Well, it looks like there are 19 according to this map. Oh my gosh, how much are they? Well, you have to there are 19, according to this map. Oh my gosh, how much are they? Well, you have to call for pricing, apparently. It's probably dynamic. They don't want to say what the bottle service costs. But they do give you 25

or 50% off if you're a season pass holder. Really? Yes. And they're all around this wave pool. Oh, God. And probably you can see a little bit of I-5, too. Prime I-5. maybe you don't want a cabana because the walls block the i-5 view yes um so yeah it sounds like you were not having a birthday in the cabana no we didn't do we didn't have the cabana life then i would be

interested to know how many of these are filled on a new day. I'm curious how much a ticket is these days. Oh, well, that I think you can find on here. Well, that is one where it seems like by the season pass because it's the same or less than one day. We don't have that many days of sunshine in Seattle. So it's kind of. It seems like the park alternates between really empty and understaffed or totally packed and also understaffed. That sounds accurate.

I think you end up with... There's food lines that are bonkers. There's a lot of... To this suck shit end that Diddy Thump referred to, where you'll end up waiting in a food line for an hour and it barely moves. And then you get up to the front and one hot dog, please.

Sorry, we are out of hot dogs. I don't remember the food being good at all there. That's not what you're there for, I guess. These days or back then, do you have a go-to of crappy theme park food, like a corn dog? Is there a thing you gravitate towards?

I'm a plain old chicken tenders gal. I love barbecue sauce and I love french fries. It's my favorite food as an adult woman. So, you know, take me to a park and give me fries and nuggies. And I am a happy camper. Very reliable, but also very sick. Like, I don't think nuggies have ever made me sick. Tendies and nuggies, I don't think have ever fucked me up. Oh, this is a virus you've passed on.

This is what it's going to be on the podcast forever now, isn't it? Tendies and nuggies. Tendies and nuggies. It's so cute, though. What's weird about saying I'm a little Nuggie boy? Nothing. God, you're the weird one. Nothing.

Yeah, they're so good. And you can always, like if you're dizzy, like it'll sit in your stomach. It'll calm you. It'll calm it, yeah. It'll give you a little protein. Great comfort food. Comfort food, for sure.

Gives you energy. They seem to have something at Wild Waves that I've never heard of before that might be a fair thing or a theme park thing. I've just never seen it, which is elephant ears. Oh, yeah. I was going to ask about elephant ears. We got that. Do you remember that much? Oh, yeah.

Is that a Pacific Northwest thing? I don't know. Is it? Because a lot of the themes, I looked at a couple of the area theme parks and they all mentioned elephant ears which is flat fry bread usually cinnamon sugar sometimes fruit topping or whipped cream or stuff yep it's um so i remember getting elephant ears at the fair the the puyallup fair that was like a highlight we'd be like oh yeah and let's get elephant ears you know that kind of thing but i don't remember them being at wild waves but maybe it is a pacific northwest thing but it's they're so good it's just like yeah like you said fried

dough with cinnamon sugar freaking it looks like it's in like the non zone almost but like but like non funnel cake it's like funnel cake, but more flat. I was just going to say funnel cake beignet territory. I'd like to try it. It looks like a beignet. Funnel cake is often like, I can't finish. This is too much. But beignets or elephant ears similarly, it feels very manageable.

I think I could put one or two of these down pretty easy. Funnel cake is the size of like a human brain. Yeah. And these seem like they're a little more like a Pop-Tart. Right? Or are they bigger? I think they're bigger, like at least a plate full of them. Okay.

Yeah. I'm also finding maybe these are the same as beaver tails. And I feel like beaver tails have come up before. Perhaps what's in my head is lagoon with steven ray oh right yeah a utah park so maybe we we do beaver tails very popular in canada okay used to be in epcot uh the canada pavilion in epcot right and i think occasionally come back i don't know if they're back at the moment. It's like, what shape do you want your fried dough in? Yeah. Depending on what part of America you live in.

See this picture how it takes up the whole plate? Oh, it is bigger than I thought. Yeah. It's like a plate's worth of dough. You're showing us some pretty big elephant ears. Yeah. But less layers than funnel cake is all those. But that might be deceptive then, because if it's more three-dimensional with

a funnel cake. And then this is almost like the size of a loose leaf sheet of paper, but thicker. Right. So you might be getting a similar amount of dough. Oh, I see. That's true. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

I guess it depends because obviously there's probably different size funnel cakes. You can probably, depending on what machine you have, what funnel cake making machine. Okay, I'm looking at funnel cake. You guys have any, you have recommendations. I assume you both have funnel cake machines. Okay, look at this image of funnel cake. Sony XR27, I think, is the strongest right now. What do you actually look for?

Oh, I was just comparing funnel cake versus elephant ear. Okay. And it's basically like just a flat version of a funnel cake. Mm-hmm. Like funnel cake is, I didn't realize or process really, it's a bunch of dough like squiggled around. Yes, yeah. Squiggly, squiggled around.

Sort of rises a little more. Squirt it out. It's like kind of. Yeah, I don't actually know how it's made. I should know that. But yeah, I guess it's just whatever. I don't know who invented these brilliant food inventions, but it is just, yeah, the shape.

But whoever they are, they should be on Mount Rushmore. Yeah. Those losers we have now. Yeah, well, it should be a mountain rush more made out of funnel cake yeah take a bite out of the founding fathers the other thing um i saw that wild ways had obviously yeah we were saying pizza hot dogs dipping dots as a present they also have uh korean style yeah they do dogs yeah which surprised me uh i Those are really fun. Because they put things on the outside, like potato flakes or like hunks of stuff. The picture makes it look like it's completely plastic fake food, but that might just be the way they photographed it.

Yeah. But yes, I was that. Everything else is pretty standard theme park stuff. I read reviews saying that that seemed to be an outside vendor, and thus those were of superior quality to everything else you could eat in the park. So there's a tip if you end up at wildlife. It is very funny with most theme parks. Outside vendor either means you're in luck, it's going to be a lot better, or it's like, ooh, that's really shitty, and the park has plausible deniability

because they can go outside vendor, outside vendor. Are they even here? We didn't even see them set up. Yeah, so it looks, yeah, everything else, not that these are that interesting. There's Carousel Cafe, there's Lumberjack Burgers, there's The Wharf, there's Disco. The Wharf, what specifically says hamburgers

and chicken. What? It's not a fish restaurant. What do you assume? The wharf says chicken tenders, burgers, and hot dogs. No! Come on. Just serve some Gordon's Fisherman. Like serve some frozen fish sticks. Yeah, it's easy.

No. Dad doesn't want that. Oh my gosh. Disco eats and cool treats. What Dad doesn't want that. Oh, my gosh. Disco Eats and Cool Treats. What? D-I-S-K-O. It's all over the place. Yeah, the theming is not necessarily rooted in the concept. Yeah, so it's, yeah, it's, I think they sell, there's a place called Sharky's Bar.

Whoa. And there is a fun, I don't think I have it. Yeah. That's a restaurant. Oh, Shakey's. Never mind. No, there is Sharky's. There is Sharky's Bar. Whoa. And there is a fun, I don't think I have it. Yeah. That's a restaurant, oh, Shakey's, nevermind. No, there is Sharky's. There is Sharky's and Shakey's in LA. I think it's kind of a generic. And there is a fun shark on the outside,

but I can't pull up the photo to show everyone. But trust me, he's cool. He's fun. The other thing I have to, I built into a hill Right this park And so like The amusement Park side is kind of their stuff

Like in wooded areas And that's very pleasing And then very nice but also Due to the hill part I noticed Some pictures or videos where people Just like put their towels Down on some grass Strips and just like were hanging out. And I'm like, I see the appeal of that, but it also just seems a little sleazy.

I feel like there's a line between like, oh, this is pleasant using the the landscaping but then it's also just like we couldn't get a chance to throw the towel in the cooler down the cabanas are for the elites they're not cost they don't have anywhere else to go I think man of the people Jason Sheridan would be all for the towel on the grass

well I am I think what it is the lagoon like at the entrance doesn't have any, like the plants are very small. It looks a little like they just put it in, which is not the case. Yeah. If I can bring a little towel and put it on the grass, I will be in your movie, Mr. Nolan.

Yeah. Oh, Chris. Yeah, Chris, I'm bringing something. I need to crash a little. They have a, I don't know if they had this when you were a kid. They have a season pass dining plan. Oh, no. Which is very similar to the thing they stopped kind of doing at Six Flags, where you can

pay $75 for the year. What? And that. This is, it's maybe, yeah, you know, there was a thing where six flags magic mountain offered something like this and there was somebody out there who was like great that will be how i have every meal from now on and they wish you know if you're purely financially you know if you could do that here if you could spend if you had to go back and live in stinky tacoma i don't know what picture i'm painting of your life you gotta gotta be in Tacoma. Alright,

$75, but you do get endless chicken fingies and tendies all summer. That would... What would happen to your body? What deposits would start forming? I read this dining plan, though. It's a lot of research. You read the fine

print on the contract. I read the fine print. I believe it's one meal and one snack a day, and there's like, cannot be used. One? Yeah, that's it. So if you were visiting. What about the rest of the family? No, no, one per person.

Oh, okay. If each person had the dining plan, they can get like one meal, one snack, because they're not camping out for multiple meals. Wait, so you're saying one plan per person for $75 for the year. So I'd have to buy

one for my three kids as well? Yes, you would. Robbery. But then also like cannot be used at Soul Corn Dogs. Cannot be used here. You can't get Dippin' Dots with it either. You can't get Dippin' Dots with it either. You can't get Dippin' Dots.

One, yeah. So there are some things. That's a vendor. That's an outside vendor. Oh. Espresso on the go coffee truck? No. No.

No. You can't get it with the dining plan. Where are my kids going to get their needed dots? My kids can't get dots. They can't get espresso. What's going on here? This is not a good dining plan. I wonder if maybe i should buy this

put by wild waves by the park yeah good i feel well not now obviously but uh you know in the future invest in the in the what in the amusement park industry yeah it's you know grant all right now granted most of the previous owners have sold this place after several years but maybe you're the one to take it all the way you've got the hustle and the drive to make this place what it needs to be

like earlier this as we're recording this a few days ago it was announced like oh this historic theater in Westwood 30 filmmakers banded together. Right. And are taking it over, which I'm not quite sure of the economics of that.

I saw that. I just read that. Well, Quentin Tarantino has bought two theaters himself at this point. And this is 30 people buying one. He bought the Vista too, right? He bought the Vista and he bought the New Beverly here in Los Angeles.

You'd think Nolan wouldn't want to buy a movie theater. There's so many seats in there. Yeah. Oh, well. Maybe he's got a plan. Standing room only. You don't know how to appreciate film. I don't think he can apply that to film viewing.

I don't know. He's on top of his game. He's probably going to win Best Picture. He can start saying whatever he wants. We stand in movies from now on. Real quick, I want to say that there's a guy who, a couple of guys own the park for a couple of years, Michael Mudenbau and Jeff Stock.

And we're not going to talk too much about it because I looked into it a little bit. They also owned a place called Boblo Island Adventure Park. And I just caught a little like of this story apparently they were putting a lot of money into that park and they were like like uh getting bands to play and like very ambitious plans for it and this gentleman michael mudenbau got into a bad car accident and went into a coma and his partner and everyone completely like abandoned the plans and switched it while he was basically out of it he couldn't like and then he ended up suing his partners for

that for all the things they were doing while he was in a coma and it was a complete like huge trial thing and these are the two guys that own this at one point and then he ended up having like selling mich Michael sold his shares and it just seems like an interesting story that we'll maybe investigate at a different time that's very traumatic yes no it seems very traumatic

but then I found a picture of Michael I think he made a full recovery luckily and here he is in a suit on a water ride ah the dream go Michael so I was like okay well that's in a suit on a water ride. Ah, the dream. Go, Michael. So I was like, okay, well, that's, maybe we look into the place in a Boblo Island. Let's make a pact with each other.

If one of us goes into a coma, the other will not bail on the podcast and leave town. I would think business as usual until the party gets out of the coma is the respectful way to go. If Scott, though, if Scott goes into a coma, we're telling the Bruce is the respectful way to go. If Scott, though, if Scott goes into a coma, we're telling the Bruce Springsteen story

every episode. Oh, no, you can finally do the show you want to do. Springsteen story, Buffett Plain story, Randy talk, Randy Gerber talk. Once a month,

Tendi and Nungi review. Scott has been holding us back from putting wise on every single word and little before every other word. There's also, I'm looking through here, there's a vaguely patriotic zip line. Did we say this? It's called the Soaring Eagle zip line.

Okay. And it's got like the bald eagle on the top of the- That's our state mascot, I believe. Oh, the bald eagle is. Yeah. All right. So it's more state pride, maybe the. Oh, the bald eagle is. All right, great. So it's more state pride, maybe than national pride. I believe so.

Okay. I believe that zip line goes from the one side of the park to the other side of the park, so you get a cool view. I saw that as positive. It's an add-on, but you get to see the water park and the amusement park. Scott, you'll love this. A number of videos I watch refer to the water park and the dry park. scott you'll love this a number of videos i watch refer to the water park and the dry park now that's nice yes so that's i guess more of a work is fine it's

played a term we've discovered a word you know there's like water playgrounds and theme parks and that has led to us finding the words wet play and dry play. Thank you. The correct response. Wet play. This is for parent. No. For like, if you're bringing a family, just say, okay, there's wet play

and there's dry play. No, families should, now we're pulling families into these disgusting jerks? No. Imagine asking your child. No.

Now I'm less than ever. You want wet play or you want dry play? Hey little boy, you into wet play or dry play? Why don't you come with me? I'll take you over to the wet play area

oh okay we have to leave the park that's going off to jail everybody wants wet play surprise surprise Katie's a weirdo lies in a dry play I don't know why

it's their thing but I had in her dry park before dry park I'm just fine I'm fine with park. Wet park? Yeah, there's something.

It's not the same as... It should be wet park. But not even... That's still uncomfortable. Yeah, right? No, that is just like, yeah. No, it's a water park. We have the phrase already.

Water park, right? We don't need to reinvent the wheel in a weird way. And I guess dry park, if it's, you know, Dorney Park, two great parks, one great price. You know, Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom. Wet park, dry park. Did they give you money to do an ad on the show? No, it's unfortunately glued in my subconsciousness from watching the commercial too many times when there was only cable television, no computer.

Child Jason Sheridan, though, on the way to a park that he's never been, would be like, the commercial too many times when there was only cable television no computer okay child jason shirden though on the way to a park that he's never been would be like excuse me mother of mostly uh primarily dry play today or wet play well this is child you know child jay shirden got to hang out with like some good friends at hershey park when the you know chorus and band went to do a competition or something there. And the first year discovered that his close friend was very scared of big rides.

So childhood J's was pretty pissed by that. So the second year I said, see ya and did a lot by myself, which I was not supposed, you were not supposed to go off on your own. But enough kids. If I saw a teacher, I would just look for other students. I'm like, hey, guys, what's going on?

We're all in a group. And then the teacher would walk by. I was like, all right, see ya. You briefly pretend to have friends as cover. I was a pretty social guy. I had a lot of friends. I had a lot of friends. I had a lot of queens. But in these days, you don't want to...

Friends only slow you down from getting there. No, I wanted to ride a big wooden roller coaster and eat a chili dog. Yeah, I get it. I was like Sonic the Hedgehog in that way, I suppose. I wanted to go fast. Except for the fast. Except for the hedgehog. Well, I wanted to go fast. You wanted to go fast, but you weren't.

Just be a roller coaster. I see, I see. No, you're right. I was like a chubby Sonic the Hedgehog at 12. Cute. That is cute. Yeah, I was cute. I didn't know the power I had to be cute at the time.

Yeah, hey. Chubbiness did. I should have been telling my peers, like, I'm actually a little cutie. It's kind of adorable. With your other kids your age?

Make fun of me if you want, but I'm actually a little cutie. Do you realize that? Let's try to beat me up now. I'm a big chubby and these glasses are from Sears, but I think when I get older, this will be pretty endearing.

I love this Jason. He's a little cutie. He's a little cutie. So I guess as we sort of wind down, Ashley, do you have any big stories, big memories of any of this stuff? Now you don't have to have a big story. Or do you want to go make some new ones now that you've revisited yeah i kind of do want to go back now but now i also

i'm like wow wait what if okay the wet park idea what if they made an amusement park for only adults only adults and it's all wet stuff and sure yeah yeah you're into it i don't i just want to know what definition wet yeah it's just called wet park and it's uh for you specifically only i'm uncomfortable on the surface this is getting more and more popular in the dry play. In Vegas, I think Luxor has an adult playground with bars inside. You consider that dry play? An adult bar in a casino you would refer to as dry

play. Yes. I agree. If there's a pool within 100 feet. The pools are wet play. But there's an adult playground with bars, and then Mandalay Bay, I think, is building like a very elaborate miniature golf with bars. Miniature golf.

It's too boring. These are the loosest definitions. Right now we're doing a dry podcast because we're not in liquid while we're doing it. So this is very popular now. It's dry podcast. Okay, okay. Yeah, wet play.

I mean, wet podcast is dangerous due to electrocution. It really shouldn't be done. You got to do those with like satellite microphones that are outside of the pool pointed into the pool to record that sound. But that's not what we're doing. To be clear, listeners, this is a dry podcast. No, we're dry. We are dry.

We're not drunk currently yet. I have water. Yes, just water water yeah um but i don't know are you dissuaded by anything that we've told you about uh other other people's opinions about this or if you end up up there do you what are the odds you ever go back to to wild waves well i go back home like probably three four times times a year. But yeah, I'm curious to go back now and just see all of the updates, you know? Yeah, yeah. Everything that's changed, see if I could put my bid in to purchase the park.

And yeah, I'll be Mrs. Waves. Oh, you'll change your name. Yeah, I'll change my name to Ashley Waves. I think you could use that because we've said there's not a clear cohesive theme. Right, right. That's what I'm saying. They need a theme. They need someone to come in and really tie things together and give it a nice concept.

To be the face of it, the way you hear Dollywood, Dolly Parton, Steve Parton, you think of Dolly. That's what I'm saying. Can you be of Dolly. That's what I'm saying. Can you be the Dolly for this? Can I be Mrs. Waves? Yeah, yeah. I think so. How does that, are you just like on signs of the restaurants named after,

it's like Mrs. Waves, fine fried nuggies. Yeah, Mrs. Waves, cabana, house. Just everything's named after you now. Yeah. That does make it more appealing. For you especially. Yeah, this is make it more appealing. For you especially. Yeah, this is my face. And then like you can Google it and you'll find

fun facts that I didn't even know how to swim and I still conquered, you know, purchasing a water, a wet play pot. Wow. You'd think Mrs. Waves could never, from those starts, you'd think she'd never become the queen of wet play.

Exactly. Mrs. Waves, the queen of wet play. That's what it says on the sign outside. Oh, yeah. It says, come wet play with me. That's my slogan. Okay. Well, you've embraced it. You've got a comfort with the term i

feel like well i also i feel like you've got a plan for this place too i think i think maybe this is what it takes to to move it to to pass it forward to the next generation of c-tackers which so with i mean with that i believe ashley Crystal Hairston You survived podcast the ride Thank you so much for Taking us to this bizarre neck of the woods And to space And to the Bruce show Let's exit to the gift shop

Because I believe there's some stuff to plug Yes What's going on in your world Oh hey Well you can watch Tiny Toons, Loonaversity. It's out on Max right now. And keep an eye out for Fairly Oddparents. Yeah.

The reboot. This is just announced. It happens to be the morning that you're recording this with us. Yeah, my phone's blowing up. You ran this show and you're the main voice in the show. Well, there's four of us that created it, and I was fortunate to be a writer on it and also lend some voice acting to the new God kid.

So very exciting. That's great. Also involved in the show. My love. Lindsay! My love. My love. I thought you said my mom.

Ever since we had a daughter, I have been called like a Mike Pence style. I call her mother. Mother is also involved in the show. Yes, yes. Lindsay, Keita, yes, absolutely. Very exciting. We're both Gemini's, so you can imagine how wacky this little kid will be. Yes.

That's very exciting. Yes. You've been working on this for, I don't know, are you allowed to say a while? A long time. I posted that it's been two years, so it takes forever. Yeah, and today this will be out in a few weeks. So, yeah, very exciting. Fairly soon.

Fairly soon. You're also Babs Boney on Tiny Shoes, I want to say, as well. I know. And our former guest, Eric Bauza, is Buster. Oh, great. Oh, were you on it? I mean, was he on it? Yeah, he's on here, yeah.

Oh, cool. Wow, we've had Buster and Babs both on there? You've had Buster and Babs both on there? You've had Buster and Babs? That's pretty cool. Maybe the most starstruck when I realized you two were Buster and Babs. That's crazy. My friends from childhood? Yeah, from our mod days.

Yeah. For the listeners, Jason and I were on a mod team together at UCB Theater. Yes, you had a sketch night for a number of years. Now we're on this podcast. Yeah. Pretty good. Yeah. Come a long way.

I was expelled from University due to plagiarism. Oh, no. Oh, dang. The Dean Taz beat the shit out of me. He just spun me around. You had no clothes at the end? You know what? I deserved it.

They didn't know you were a little cutie. Yeah. I was trying to tell him. Is he devil? I'm a little cutie. I don't think you realize that. You try to plead your case, and they just respond with blah, blah, blah. There's a million devils.

Can't reason with them. Ashley, such a pleasure. So fun talking to you. I can only imagine cartoons that come from your mind and have your voice. I'm excited to check it out.

Hey, thanks. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. It's so fun. For sure. As for us, you can find us on the socials

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