So... Alright - August Emails

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

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at participating restaurants in Canada. So you guys have been sending me so many emails lately. You are so good about emailing me and I am so bad about keeping up with your emails. I thought this week we would do another email episode. try to get through some of these and learn some of the insights that you guys, no doubt, have from me. I have received a lot of soda-related emails. It's definitely one of the most responded to queries I've had in quite some time. So let's get into it. This is from Tyler. Good morning, Jeff. I'm a little late to the soda episode. Not at all. No, you're not. But still wanted to share

some newer sodas that I miss. The first one is a fun one. It was probably just pure sugar. And that is the Jolly Rancher line of sodas. They were way too sweet But tasted just like the hard candy counterparts God damn I haven't thought about Jolly Ranchers In quite some time But the second you said it

I could taste a job My mouth started to water In the way it does When you put a Jolly Rancher in your mouth That was I talked a while back about my stepdad Who fucking sucks by the way Wherever you are

Total dickhead Anyway I talked about how he liked Tab a lot Well also Because that was a diet soda he also really liked Jolly Ranchers. I was a candy that we always had around for some reason. And so it's a super, super, super sugary candy if you've never had it.

So the dichotomy between Tabb and, well, what are you going to do, right? People are complicated. Anyway, I wouldn't mind tasting Jolly Rancher again. So I like try the soda because I can feel the Jolly Rancher getting stuck to my tooth the second I put it in my mouth now. And I just, after the last couple of years of mouth stuff, I just, I can't be taken. any chances with jolly ranchers. Those days are behind me, I think.

My next is runner-up for most missed soda. Mountain Dew Whiteout was a winner of one of many Mountain Dew vote by buying campaigns. I remember, I vaguely remember Whiteout. Eventually, it got rolled into the red, white, and blue flavor that was Code Red Voltage and Whiteout. So maybe technically it's not gone, but it may as well be as far as I'm concerned.

Wow, this person knows a lot about soda. They have another one, too. Lastly, my most missed soda is another Mountain Dew Mountain Dew Black Label was a premium flavor of Mountain Dew that was black cherry based. Interesting. One of my favorite overall flavors, it is normally at least a dollar a can back in the good old days, I would imagine, and it had a fun punkish design. I loved it so much that I'd buy as much as I could when they were on sale, and eventually, as they got harder to find, I'd just buy it if I saw it. Sadly, Mountain Dew doesn't resurrect flavors very often, so we may never see it again.

To wrap up, my top soda colors are probably red and white. I love a good cherry flavor. I'm right there with you. I also love a good cherry flavor. I have a bit of flavor blindness to Mountain Dew. I don't know if I've... I don't even know if I was... This is probably a story I meant to tell in the soda episode

that I don't think I did. But every summer growing up, I would always go spend two weeks at my Aunt Pam's house. My cousins, Adam and Jacob. Jacob was a year older than me, and Adam was a year younger than me. And Adam and I were very close. And so we would spend two weeks in Florida

where we were just like riding bikes and being little dickheads, right? One summer in specific toward the tail end when we were a little bit bigger, I was maybe 13, I remember. I went and stayed with Adam for two weeks in Pensacola. And my aunt Pam bought a bunch of snacks and stuff.

But I remember she had gotten a deal on Mountain Dew. She just got cases and cases of Mountain Dew, which was A-OK by me because I loved Mountain Dew. loved all soda, and Adam and I made it a point in those two weeks to tear through as much of that Mountain Dew as we could. Like, we just became our mission to see how much Mountain Dew two teenage kids could physically drink in a 14-day period. And I got so fucking burned out on Mountain Dew by the end of that trip that I have never craved it since. I was, yeah, 50 now, 13 years, it's probably 37 years since I've craved Mountain Dew. I do like a Baja blast. I will, if

I have a Mountain Dew, I'll go, like, oh, that's okay. But I still haven't fully recovered from that two-week period. And so it's not something that I think I'll ever be able to want again, at least. Here's a question from Eric. Hey, Jeff. Been listening since the early days of Achievement a hunter. Love your stuff. Thank you so much, Eric. Anyways, I was wondering if you have any sports retirements that have really impacted you. Being from Louisiana, Drew Bree's retirement mentally and emotionally wrecked me for months. And really the year or two leading up to it.

Yeah, I was pretty young when Larry Bird retired. That whole team, Mikhail, Bird, Parrish, Aange, Walton, Dennis Johnson. They were, they were like the first team

I became a fan of. And so I remember being bummed when they were all individually retired, but also I was like 13, 14 years old. I was pretty young.

And so it didn't really impact me in any way. And it was also like my first foray into fandoms. So I was still understanding how the whole thing worked, you know? And I had only been a fan

for like a few years at that point for some of them, so it really didn't, I don't know, it really didn't leave that much of an impact on me. I think the first time I remember being upset by somebody retiring was probably Charles Barkley. I was really bummed when Sir Charles retired. I loved that man on

the court. I love him off the court now. And even with my whole Charles Barkley run in, I just have always been a fan of him and I was really sad to see him leave the game of basketball. I'll be sad when LeBron retires. I'll be fucking ready for LeBron to retire, but I'll be sad to see that era of basketball closed. I was sad when Kobe retired for the same reason, you know, when you have somebody who has such a larger-than-life

impact on the game, the league, the culture, all rolled up into one. one, their career ends up being about so much more than they are. You know, the eras are defined by those people. And so when they exits the stage, it's meaningful. It matters, you know. So same thing will happen when Steph Curry retires. I'll be kind of bummed. I don't ever want to play against them again.

I hate fucking seeing him beat the Celtics. Don't get me wrong. But it'll be a moment when he leaves basketball. It's going to be crazy. And it will be sad, you know? Uh, I don't think if anybody in baseball bummed me out. I remember being sad when Dennis Eckersley retired. And I was probably pretty sad when Mark McGuire retired.

I was a McGuire fan grown up. Mark Grace. I was bummed when Mark Grace retired. Yeah. That's an interesting question, Eric. Thank you so much. This is from Megan, and this is going to be a bit of a crossover email, I guess. Hey, Jeff.

I decided to write you because of the most recent Good Morning Gustavo comeback burger episode, and your somewhat frequent talk about birds on various podcasts or streams. I work for the National Audubon Society. Wow, that's awesome. As a shore bird biologist, so think birds like gulls, turns, plovers, sandpipers. But I have also worked in wildlife rehab

with a large variety of birds, mostly native to southwest Florida, including a lot of hawks and falcons. It's always entertaining and interesting to me to hear you and the others talk about birds and to hear all of the misconceptions and misunderstandings about birds. Oh, my God, are you kidding? Yeah, I'm probably pretty bird stupid in the grand scheme of things.

It actually helps me frame my outreach educational material by telling me what the public thinks about birds versus what actual birds are like. It helps me become a better educator when speaking on birds and helps me spread the correct information. Oh, my God. I'm so glad that we're able to help. Our stupidity is able to help in some small way.

And that brings a little bit of warmth to my dumb little heart. This and a whole range of other things is what I love about the content universe you've helped to create. Hope it continues for years to come, and hopefully one day birds will be better understood by the public at large. I hope so too. I hope so too, Megan. Thank you so much. There's an email from Chris,

who had a bunch of really lovely stuff to say about A.H. and rooster teeth and our transition into regulation. And then they hit me with this really interesting question. I know you've been burned out on basketball, but I was wondering if you have or are watching the Big Three Ice Cubes League. I'm not that into basketball myself,

so I'm not sure what it's all about. I saw on the Joe Rogan podcast, the Ice Cube was promoting it. If you've watched it, I wonder what your thoughts are on it. I haven't, uh, so I say I haven't seen it. I watched a game like a year and a half ago.

It's left no impact on me at all, honestly. I'm not opposed to it. I think it's a cool idea. I think three on three basketball is fun. I know a lot of ex-NBA players, like Lance Stevenson and people like that play in it, like kind of larger than life characters. There's no reason that I have avoided it.

other than I'm just so busy with the goddamn NBA of it all that it doesn't leave a lot of room for college basketball at all. I'm trying to force myself to make room for the WNBA because I got to be honest with you. I was watching the Chicago-Indiana game over the weekend. And once again, I think the WNBA is as entertaining, if not a little more entertaining than the NBA right now game to game. I mean, when games really matter in the NBA,

when you get into the playoffs and the finals, it's a thing to behold. But if you're just watching a regular season basketball game, I'd rather watch Liberty Aces nine times out of ten than just about anybody in the NBA. Regardless, there's just,

there's so much fucking basketball in the world. I also want to see the ladies version of the big three. I think it's called Impact. Is that a fuck? I don't want to fuck that up. Let me look that out.

Unrivaled. That's what it's called. Sorry, unrivaled. There's the unrivaled I need to check out as well. It's just I'm already kind of on the outs with basketball lately, just from an exposure standpoint, I just have been, I have a tendency to do that with

things I like, just to run them into the ground for a little while, and then I need to take a step back and take a break. I'm kind of doing that with bike riding right now. Like, I took probably a good six to eight months off a ride in my bike, so I was just doing it so much. I just wore myself out on it, and now I'm easing back into it. And also, I just, I really want to get into other sports, you know, it's, you get such tunnel vision, and I'm just trying a break out of that. I really need to pay more attention to baseball, especially this year. It's been a really interesting and fun year to be a Tigers fan. And I keep, there's games on every fucking day of the week in baseball. And it's, for some reason, it's never the first thing

I think of. I'm never like, oh, right, I should check and see if the Tigers are. I got to get better about that. Anyway, I imagine the big three is good. I imagine unrivaled is good. I would love to check them out someday. I just, I'm a little overwhelmed with basketball. And, and, and, sports in general right now. Okay, this is an email from Max. This is soda-related. Favorite drink or soda that doesn't exist anymore from someone born in 1996. This is Maxwell.

Has to be sobi, tsunamis, and their green tea. Hmm. Favorite soda color has to be just unnatural biohazard neon highlighter orange and green liquids. That's definitely of an era. Give you some of that Nickelodeon Gack, TMNT, goo, any cartoon. commercial slime any day of the week. I hear you, Maxwell. This is from Gregory. My favorites were the original New York Seltzer's produced from 1981 to 1994. Hell yes, I used to drink the hell out of those two. They were glass and it would come like, it was almost like a

Martinelli's apple juice container, like almost like a little grenade. They were, they were longer than Martinelli's, but they still kind of had that. And then the rapper around it that said like New York Seltzer was like a, almost like a foamy kind of material. It was like the same thing that the hamburger boxes used to be made out of in the 80s at McDonald's. My grandparents always had them in their fridge and we would suck them down because they were so good but so small. Yeah, they were fucking tiny.

Apparently they tried to bring it back in 2015, but I had no idea and I haven't seen them around. Damn. I hadn't thought about those in a while. Oh, this is good. Don Zimmer fun fact. So we've got a little bit of insight from the audience here. Hey, Jeff, first time emailer, long time you enjoyer.

I think he's so much. Jacob, I appreciate that. The other day, I learned that Don Zimmer got married on the local summer league baseball field in the city I currently live. Allegedly, he got married at Dunn Field in Elmira, New York. When I first moved to the area, it felt like Methtown, USA. But after listening to your podcast, it was cool to learn that little connection and led me to learning more about the history of the city.

Hope you find that interesting. Jacob, six hot dogs. I absolutely do find that interesting. It's like, man, this is like Methtown USA. Oh, Don Zimmer got married on the baseball field. That's crazy. Maybe someday I'll find myself in Elmire, New York, and I can go check it out.

Pay homage. This is from Dan, and this is going back a few weeks. Hey, Jeff, greetings from Hartford, Connecticut. I cannot express how distraught I was when I learned that the float your goat hot dog from the Hartford Yard goats was only a promotion and not an actual item, us as well. I was ecstatic to hear the boys' regulation pod talk about a potential trip to the park. It's such a fun and cool experience. I've lived in the state my entire life and have been going to game since I was a kid, even when they were in New Britain and called

the Rock Cats. That's a pretty cool name, though. I was wondering if you had any funny experiences stories within the state of Connecticut, especially given that you lived in New Jersey for a couple years. Also, I remember in an episode of So Al Right a while back that you mentioned that you were listening to Fay Webster. I'm a big fan of Fay, and I thought I'd recommend the band Slow Pulp. They are an indie rock pop-based band out of Chicago that have a really smooth and distinct sound. They are currently my go-to when I'm going on a walk or a bike ride. If you like Faye, I feel like you would like them as well. I also wanted to quickly thank you for all that you do. The content that you and the boys produce never fails to lift my spirits and

make me laugh uncontrollably. Your ability to tell stories is unmatched, and your love of music and the arts is inspiring. Oh my God, thank you so much. Can't wait to tune into what you guys have planned in the future. Go Celtics. Fuck yeah, Dan. Absolutely go Celtics. I'll tell you what.

I'm going to add slow pulp to my playlist right now. So I'm going to make you sit here while I do it too. I'm not even going to edit this out. I'm going to make this a part of the fucking... I've seen this album cover before. All right, I'm going to add Falling Apart and At Home, a song called Hi. Nope, wrong year. There we go. All right, they're in my playlist now. I have no idea when they'll pop up. But when they do, I'll think of you, Dan. Now let's answer your question. I was wondering if you had any funny experiences or stories with the state of Connecticut. I lived in New Jersey for almost two years. I lived on the East Coast a couple of different times in my life. I have driven up and down the East Coast. A bunch. I have driven through Connecticut. A bunch. And

Maybe I stopped for gas somewhere in Connecticut once. I don't, I really, I'll be honest with you, I have zero memories. I know I've been through the state multiple times. I cannot think of a image of Connecticut in my head. I have zero memories of Connecticut, interesting or banal. And I feel like now it's kind of a blind spot in my life, Dan, that you have illuminated. maybe I need to find a connection to Connecticut. Maybe I need to go to Connecticut.

I think, I feel like one of those hamburgers from Latt two weeks ago was in Connecticut. Maybe that'll be my entry point. But I also feel like I read an email a while back from somebody who said those burgers aren't very good and don't worry about it. Huh. Connecticut. I need reasons to go to Connecticut. If anybody wants to send me a list of reasons to go to Connecticut, send me an email to Eric at jeffsboss.com. I'd love to I'd love to find something

that makes me say Emily, what are you doing next weekend? Cancel it. We're going to Connecticut. Oh, hi, buddy. Who's the best? You are. I wish I could spend all day with you instead. Uh, Dave, you're off mute.

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Your cold brew is ready at Starbucks. Jim wanted to recommend a documentary to me, so I'm going to recommend it to you all as well. Hey, Jeff, I came across this documentary I thought you'd enjoy. by the Boston Hardcore Crew FSU. Would love to hear about your experiences with these types of crews, gangs and the Austin scene on the pod. Disclaimer, these guys are violent idiots.

This is called Boston Beatdown Volume 2 cross-check records. I guess it's a documentary about Boston hardcore. Huh, I'll have to give it a watch and let you know what I think. I wonder what bands will be featured in there. I wonder how many of them I'm a fan of.

It'll be interested in to see. Thank you for the recommendation. This is from Devin. Hi, Jeff. Longtime listener, second time emailer. On the topic of wearing helmets while biking, skating, et cetera, I have a bit of a tragic story that ended up in Detroit. I was born in Hawaii and went to elementary school with somebody's brother. I'm not going to name names.

He was only a year or two older than me, but he and his family were famous on the island. Fast forward a bunch of years, and I got the news that he had been an accident on the way home while skateboarding late at night. A helmet would have saved his life. Helmets aren't always cool, sure. But the one time you would have needed it. it may have been on the typical drive home, so to speak. Not going to preach that everyone should wear one all the time,

but it's a nice reminder that a small dorky helmet could be the difference between life and death. Absolutely. That is a somber, but a great reminder, Devin, that think about all the things that are rattling around in your head. If you break it, it's just all going to spill out. We've got to keep all that stuff in our heads. When I was a kid, I thought that,

and I don't know how I thought this or why I thought this, but I thought that blood that came from your brain was black and it was called brain blood and it was different to lose brain blood than regular blood. If you lost regular blood you could make more. It was fine. But brain blood was somehow more important

and if you lost brain blood it wasn't replaceable and so it was way more dangerous. I have no idea where I got that from. I was probably seven or eight when I thought that till maybe 10, maybe 12, maybe a little older than that. But yeah. Anyway, everybody wear a helmet all the time, even if an old man walking his dog

calls you a teenage mutant ninja turtle, which he did not in any way do. But even if he did, still should wear helmets. Spencer says Howard Stern, hey Jeff, love the show, second time emailer here. Wanted to check in and see how you're handling the news that broke this afternoon regarding serious X-M and the Howard Stern Show,

not being renewed. I can't recall how you consume or feel about his current content, and if you're an avid listener anymore, but I know just how much of an influence and how big of a fan you are of his in general. Anyway, hope you have a good one. Jeff say hi to the boys for a little of me. We'll do, Spencer. That's a great question. I probably should do an episode on this at some point. Kind of waiting for Howard to get back so I can hear his side of it. I think that all things come to an end. I think that Howard Stern and what he does has a life cycle. And I think that Howard is 72 now or something, right?

Somewhere between like 68 and 72, I can never keep it straight. He's been going for 40 or 50 years. I think that it is the most impressive body of work in his industry by a country mile I think that he changed media a couple of times over I think that a lot of people

who listen to regulation and rooster teeth who are a little bit on the younger side have a perception of him that is not entirely accurate I think it's more nuanced than that I think that he well I'm not going to give a soliloquy

on the career of Howard Stern right now let me just say that I think that the show had to come to an end I had a feeling it was going to come to an end in December when his contract was up

because he would retire he, if you're a stern fan you know, you go through this cycle where he signs a five-year deal and then when the five years are up he hymns and haws and says he wants to retire and that he doesn't need to be doing the shit anymore

and that he's gotten old and he wants to spend time with his family and his grandkids and he doesn't need the agitation anymore and then he uses that to get more money or to get the same amount money and then he resigns and he does another five years. And then you rinse and repeat that.

I've been hearing that for 20 years from him. I got the impression he was going to let it go. I got the impression things were winding down. Something in the tone when he talks about it. There's a resignation. I think that there's an acceptance in there in him somewhere that I hear in the show now. I think the show is fine. I don't listen to it like I did. I listen to maybe an hour a week spread across the three days he's on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I don't listen a lot. When I do, it's fine. I keep tabs on it.

I'm just bummed that they chose to do it this way. I get that it's time. I agree. I think he knows it's time. But I also think that he spent 20 years promoting Sirius XM. If it weren't for Howard, Sirius wouldn't have made it to the merger of Sirius XM. He kept that thing afloat.

He made them a ton of money over the last 20 years and has been a really loyal partner to them, honestly. And so it's a little sad that they would come out and say, listen, Howard's not worth what we got to pay them anymore, which I agree, you know. I don't think the Howard Stern show is worth $100 million a year anymore, not in the current landscape, not with podcasting, not with what I'm doing,

not with the Joe Rogans and the call her daddies and the smartlases and the Midas touches and all those other shows. The landscape has changed, the appetite has changed, the way we consume entertainment has changed. Radio, digital, satellite, or analog, is dead. It is a dead medium. Howard drug it along as far as I think it could have gone. Get credit to him for keeping it afloat a little bit longer than I think it probably would have without him. But I get it. I get that he's not worth the money that they would have to pay him to keep him. I think that makes total sense

I just think that you the way to do it is that you go to Howard and you say this privately and you say listen man we don't want to lose you but 100 million a year to produce this show is not going to work it's honestly somewhere more in the 20 million a year range which we know you can't

abide by and Howard goes thank you so much I think you're right I don't want to produce the show at that level or you know it's not enough to or whatever the number is I'm just throwing out numbers that I'm making up numbers in my head. I have no insight into this whatsoever. You know, whatever the number is. And he goes, thank you so much. I appreciate it. I agree.

I think it's probably best for me to ride off into the sunset. Let me announce my retirement. We'll have a big send-up. We'll spend the last month having goodbye shows. We'll bring in every great guest we've ever had. We'll bring in feuds from the past. We'll tie a big bow around my career and my 20 years. It's serious. And we'll go right off into the sunset with fanfare. and love and balloons and streamers, and it'll be a great story that we can tell to the Howard Stern audience

and the serious XM audience. That's the way to handle that. Instead, they leak to the press. He's not worth what we got to pay him. We're going to offer him an amount that will be insulting to him, hoping that he doesn't take it

so that we can cancel the show. That just seems unnecessary. He wasn't feuding with them. He wasn't fighting was serious in any way. It wasn't like his days on terrestrial radio where he was always at odds with the radio station. By all accounts, it was a really mutually beneficial and amicable relationship.

So I just am bummed for him that he has to go out after that body of work and that length of time of a career. It would have just been cool if they would have let him retire. And it doesn't ultimately matter, one way or the other. Just seemed unnecessary.

I guess that's how I feel about it. Maybe I don't need to do an episode on this after all. Shutt says, Hey, Jeff, the early part of today's episode really had a morning radio host feel. Wow, that's funny. I just talked about Howard Stern. I thought I'd throw out the suggestion

of doing type of thing for an episode. Tell your anecdote to throw to a song. I don't know that that would work with streaming and monetization. I would love to be a DJ. Eric and I talk about it all the time. I don't understand the legality of it. If I could play songs for you guys, if I could turn so alright into an hour and a half radio show where I play punk music or reggae or whatever I want to listen to and then I talk for a couple of seconds between it and then I queue up the next song and I play it. And I could monetize and release that. I would do it in a second. Are you fucking kidding? I would love to do that. I would absolutely delight in doing that. Or even as an additional product, even if I, on top of, on top of,

of this, I would do that. I just don't know how to do that. If you know how I can do that, if you know the actual legality of it, send me an email to Eric at jesboss.com, because I don't. Coke had a coffee again in 2020 to 2022, maybe. It got discontinued yet again, though. I had no idea that they had a Coke coffee in 20. What was it called? Do you know? Was it Coke black again? Then he says, I think my favorite color of drink is green. And I highly recommend you try green rover next time you're in Chicago. The lime peppino Gatorade is also one of the best flavors out there, but it is admittedly a little odd. I don't think I've ever even seen Lime Papino Gatorade. I'll have to check it out. And Green Rover, if I find myself in Chicago again,

I'll do that. Man, I'm just trying to go back through these, through emails to get a variety of things. I'm telling you, it is a wall of sodas, just an absolute wall of soda emails. It is insane. Okay, here we go. Dylan says, hey, Jeff, I want to take a vacation to Mexico and I would love recommendations on Isla Muharris. I recommend Isla Muharris in the off season. That place has gotten incredibly busy in the time that I started to go there. I haven't been there in a few years because it got a little busy to me. I would stay on the south side of the island in a house if you can, do an Airbnb. There's a lot of those available. If not, the hotels around the north end are great. They're fine. You can't go wrong. There's a couple of cute little boutique

hotels like in the city, like central, in the city proper. And those are awesome too, because what you're going to do when you get to Isla Muharas, no matter where you stay is you're going to rent a golf cart. Do it ahead of time. Book one ahead of time. As soon as you get off the ferry, you're going to walk over to the golf cart place. You're going to say, here's my reservation. They're going to give you a golf cart full of gas. And then you're going to drive that motherfucker with all your bags to wherever your hotel is anyway. You can drive the length of that island in about 20 minutes on a golf cart. It's not hard. and then you're just going to love the next however many days you're there. Congratulations,

wherever you end up staying. I will say it's quieter on the south side, much busier, a lot livelier on the north side. Hope that helps. This is from Philip. Hey, Jeff, as in Arkansas, I wanted to let you know that you don't need to apologize. A couple weeks ago on regulation, I was in a mood, and I talked a bunch of shit about Little Rock and Texarkana, and then I recanted my shit talking. But, it seems that Philip says, Little Rock is a dog shit town. I hate any time I have to drive in and around there. Yeah, there are a couple of cool places, but you can say that about anywhere. So you don't need to apologize.

It is dog shit. We know it's dog shit. We hate it too. Sorry you had to experience it. Luckily, I now live in Fayetteville, and I don't have to suffer it much anymore. If you or any regulation crew are ever in town, feel free to give a shout. Maybe we could go get a dog at my favorite place, provided you still aren't dogged out. then he sent me a screenshot of the menu of the Fayetteville Beer Works.

Anybody here ever eat at the Fayetteville Beer Works? They got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven different hot dogs on the menu. They have one, two, three, four, five, six different kinds of French fry on the menu. They have bottomless popcorn. They got a meat and cheese board. They got a soft pretzel. Cinnamon sugar pretzel. pretzel tower is a pretzel heavy menu they also have chips and salsa i'm looking at the

chili cheese dog though smothered chili and melted colby jack hot dogs man what are you gonna do what are you going to do about fucking hot dogs louis lunch review this is from ryan this is going back away oh here we go connecticut this is a good going back to our connecticut issue earlier i'm a connecticut native and i live just outside of new haven i have a huge amount of pride in my state and everything that was invented here. Maybe you can tell me about all the reasons I should visit. It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that Louis' lunch is not great. This is one of the two places I talked about recently. One of them, I believe, was in Memphis and was the longest used that of Greece in American hamburger history. And then the other place was the very first hamburger,

I want to say, in America, or the longest operating hamburger restaurant in America. And that is Louis lunch and this person says it's not great. The burger itself is bland and you are not allowed any condiments or additions. Huh. The white bread instead of the bun is barely toasted and results in the sagiest sandwich you will ever eat. The restaurant itself makes you think, were people so much smaller when this opened or did I suddenly get bigger? I do. Anytime I look at old photos that are in black and white, I go, goddamn people were tiny back then. If you win, if you win, to visit the great state of Connecticut, then visit for the proper reason. You are answering my question in the episode without even knowing I asked it. Thank you so much, Ryan. Here we go.

Our pizza is world-renowned for a reason. Gotta be honest with you, until this sentence, I did not know your pizza was world-renowned. I'd never heard of Connecticut pizza before. I'm excited for the next few sentences. The three best pizza places in the country are within walking distance from each other in New Haven. The pizza is the sort of thing that reminds you pizza can be made like art. Oh. Okay. The tradition and the love behind every slice makes them so good.

There's a line out the door every day of the year. Go get some pizza, then drive about an hour and change and go see the yard goats play in Hartford. Thanks for everything you do. No problem, Ryan. Thank you for the pizza recommendations. Now I have a reason to go to Connecticut. We've got to do the pizza triangle. All right.

Let's do one more email and then call it an episode. I need to come up with a song of the episode for you guys. This is from Derek. Hey, Jeff. Well, watching the flattest sandwich video. I had to explain to my partner why you requested no mayo. She wants to know if the no white condiment applied to Alfredo sauces. Absolutely.

I do not like Alfredo sauce. It is white. It is creamy. It is a no-go for me. Definitely sits squarely in the disgusting zone for Jeff. And that'll do it for this. email episode, I think. Still a ton, ton, ton of emails to get to, but we got to cut it off somewhere, so it might as well be here. I cannot thank you enough for sticking around, for

coming back, week in, week out to listen to me, vomit into a microphone over and over again. You have my eternal gratitude. Thank you also in advance for listening to the Regulation podcast and Good Morning Gustavo and my wife's podcast, Clutch My Pearls. I owe you, I owe you a song of the episode. And I'm going to deliver, God damn it. I'm going to deliver just because I saw, I was browsing YouTube and I saw the video of this randomly. And I hadn't seen a video, music video in a long time. And I enjoyed it so much that I immediately added it to my playlist. Anna NG by They Might Be Giants. Old awesome song, wonderful band. Everybody knows them for their later, more comical stuff. But their early,

just weird stuff is really, really good. Probably their best stuff, actually. Hopefully you enjoy it if you aren't intimately familiar with Anna NG already. I feel like that was a pretty popular song back in the day. And I hope I'll see you here next week for some more of this bullshit. All right.