Stop Podcasting Yourself - Episode 234 - Pat Kelly

Episode Date: September 11, 2012

Pat Kelly of This Is That returns to talk mortality, Madden, LebowskiFest, and Wes Anderson dialogue....

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hi, he's Dave Shumka. And he's Graham Clark. And together we host Stop Podcasting Yourself. Woo! Hello everybody and welcome to episode number 234 234 Of Stop Podcasting Yourself 5678
Starting point is 00:00:30 Chorus line edition My name is Graham Clark and with me as always is the musical director And also talent scout Mr. Dave Shumka I am the talent scout and you've got it Am I my resume? Chorus line. Now, Dave, you said that we should plug stuff off the top.
Starting point is 00:00:50 Well, let's introduce our guest, because he's got stuff to plug, too. Wait, wait. Who's this guest? Well, he's got it. He's not his resume or whatever. I've never seen a chorus line. Our guest today, very funny comedian, one half of the
Starting point is 00:01:07 hit CBC radio series, This Is That, Mr. Pat Kelly. Gentlemen, start your engines. You're damn right. Two, three, four. That would be a way to start it. Days of thunder, days of thunder. Gentlemen, start your engines.
Starting point is 00:01:25 I've got a need. A need of Thunder. Gentlemen's torture engines. I've got a need. A need for speed. Does he say that in every Tom Cruise movie? He says it in Days of Thunder, no? He says it in Plane Flying. Plane Flying Air Force. Kite Runner. Kite Runner.
Starting point is 00:01:42 As we mentioned, let's plug some stuff off the top as both uh uh there will be both a live stop podcasting yourself yes and a live this is that yes at the oleo festival in vancouver uh you guys are on the 22nd nope nope 20th we're on the 20th. We're the 21st. We're on the 20th of September at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver. Big deal. Plush seats. What can people expect?
Starting point is 00:02:17 What we do on our radio show, but live in front of an audience for the very first time in Vancouver. Okay, here we go. And we will be the following night but live in front of an audience for the very first time. Really? In Vancouver. Okay, here we go. And we will be the following night at the Oleo Festival at the Electric Owl.
Starting point is 00:02:32 Yeah. None of this old-time crankshaft owls. Yeah, no steampunk owls. Although that is half of the internet. One, either steampunk owls or Steampunk Owls. Yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:02:47 And our guests will be Ms. Alicia Tobin, Mr. Kevin Lee, and it's been announced elsewhere, but let's announce it here. Juno Award winning singer-songwriter Danny Mangan. I mean, Dan Mangan. Danny Mangan. Danny Mangan. So get your tickets for that before his fans. That's going to be a...
Starting point is 00:03:07 Go to both. Yeah. Go to both. I mean, oh, you're talking about Dan Mangan. Yeah, yeah. I mean, absolutely go to both. Yeah. What's wrong with you?
Starting point is 00:03:14 That is a perfect double night of fun. Come see our show, then go to your show. Well, I feel like I just said something that sounded negative. Get your tickets before his fans get the tickets. What I mean is, this thing's going to sell out. Right. His fans are called Mangaloids, right?
Starting point is 00:03:35 Okay. So that is one plug. Both of those things are available at oleofestival.com. Absolutely. Absolutely. And then the following week in Calgary, at oleofestival.com Absolutely. It's a.com. Just Google it. And then the following week in Calgary on the Wednesday night, the 26th.
Starting point is 00:03:51 Yes. We are doing This Is That in Calgary as part of, and you're going to have to help me with this, the name of the festival. YY Comedy. But it's a, see that's a play on the airport. It's mostly on the airport.
Starting point is 00:04:06 It's mostly at the airport. All the shows are at the airport Brewster's Pub. Yeah, we are performing at Wolfgang Puck. So we're on the 26th in Calgary. And we are the following night on the 27th at a place called the Voodoo Lounge, which is named after a Rolling Stones mid-90s album. Cool. We've heard that
Starting point is 00:04:30 Mick may or may not be in attendance. Cool. Yeah. So tickets for that are available at yycomedy.ca.
Starting point is 00:04:38 .ca. Absolutely. That's a.ca for sure. All right, guys. This is going great. Smooth sailing.
Starting point is 00:04:44 Let's get to know us. Plugged. Get to know us. Pat. Yes. Welcome. Thank you. Thanks for being on the show.
Starting point is 00:04:54 Thank you very much. What's new and exciting? It's exciting, and it's new, and it's fresh today. You knew this was coming. Yeah, no, and I'm excited. I'm as excited as anybody. I had a minor operation today. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:11 And it, you know, I'm still just recovering. I had a cyst removed from the back of my neck today. Now, for the listeners at home, a cyst is like a cyst-er act. This is basically like a large marble. Oh, man. Filled with cream cheese. Filled with... Oh, man!
Starting point is 00:05:38 Not necessarily cream cheese. Mine was more like it was a chicken nugget. Oh, yeah. Good for you. Chicken, bacon, and chicken bacon but it had been there for years and so my uh loving girlfriend had asked me politely this year to have this removed for her birthday present you hid it in her cake so yeah you had a surprise she actually wanted it in a jar to as. Sure. But that was disgusting.
Starting point is 00:06:06 Was the scar on your shoulder not proof enough? Well, now it is, yes, today. So I got that removed, and it was very bizarre having a guy cut open your neck. Now, Dave had, we were talking, this was ages ago, you got something removed. In April. And we were saying it was like Quatto from Total Recall. Yeah, it was a cyst as well. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:29 And it is... I found... Like, my mother, for years... Abby didn't like it. Abby wanted me to get it removed. My mother... Rock the Casbah. My mother personally wanted to remove it.
Starting point is 00:06:42 What? Yeah, she was like, I want to pop this thing. But it's not poppable. Anything's poppable if you squeeze hard enough. Oh! I thought you were going to do anything's possible if you believe in it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:56 If not, can we start that as a little pitch that we might put forward to TV? Anything's poppable? Yeah, nothing's impoppable. And it's a game show where they try to make an old song and see if they can make it poppable? Yeah, nothing's impoppable. And it's a game show where they try to make an old song and see if they can make it poppable. Oh, that's pretty good.
Starting point is 00:07:09 And they use... That is pretty good. And instead of spinning a wheel, they use a pop-o-matic bubble. Yeah. I was going to say, when you press down on it, it didn't make the sound
Starting point is 00:07:16 of a pop-o-matic bubble. Yeah, and then we come up with a number from one to six. Do you think somebody owns the patent on a pop-o-matic bubble? And that's why they've sort of protected it and it hasn't been everywhere? Yeah, yeah. That's why every game doesn't...
Starting point is 00:07:30 We will not allow you to have a Pop-O-Matic bubble in your... Where else do you see it? You see it in Trouble. And that's it. That's about it. Well, you see it... I mean, sure, on the black market there's some dice games that use it. I think there's a game that's like trouble as well.
Starting point is 00:07:47 I think there's a couple. Does Boggle use a dice? Boggle Bubble? No, Boggle is just a shake. Bubble Bubble. Shake Bubble. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, there's Bubble Boggle.
Starting point is 00:07:55 Bubble Bobble. Buggle Bar? Somehow. Rubber Baby Bubble. Rubber Baby Bugle Boggle. This is great. So you had a piece of yourself removed today. Are you worried that that might be the soul part?
Starting point is 00:08:10 No. I'm happy that that was removed for me. Yeah. As the years progressed, I became so uncomfortable with this thing because it was a direct just even touching it was a direct uh um i guess a wire to my brain to remind me of my own mortality oh so so now you don't have that now i don't have that so now it's uh yeah it's time to get into some shit yeah now i'm just gonna party yeah immortal um but um no it was really weird like i would just i was i was so aware of it and i you know i kind of knew what it was but it would freak me out and i just was it
Starting point is 00:08:52 hard yeah and then i touched it freak you out like you thought somebody was coming up behind you like it almost was like there's this constant reminder in the the you know the back of my neck that maybe you're going to die one day. Well, no, I can up that baby. Let me jack that up to definitely. Definitely that's going to happen. Yes or no.
Starting point is 00:09:16 Yeah, absolutely. One day? Maybe over two days. Yeah, I'm going to take like ten days. I'm going to take like a year to do it. One day. I'm really going to parse this out. One year you're going to die.
Starting point is 00:09:31 Actually, maybe I'll take the next like 60. Yeah, just slowly. Just slowly die. Yeah, like one of those calendars that's got the chocolates in it. Only death. What are those called? Advent calendar? Advent calendar.
Starting point is 00:09:46 Oh, so you're going to eat a chocolate a day I thought you meant if you left a calendar An advent calendar alone for the next 60 years And then ate it That would surely do the trick That would be a good business we could get into For when children are born You sell the parents a 100 year advent calendar And every year
Starting point is 00:10:03 The kid eats a chocolate No every, the kid eats a chocolate. No, every day the kid eats a chocolate. That's big. This thing has to be wheeled in via forklift. It has to be a house. I think I'm not very good. I'm not very organized. Growing up in school, they gave us these
Starting point is 00:10:20 agendas so we could write down homework assignments. How fast did you lose those? I just left them at the bottom of my bag and ignored them. Yeah, yeah. But I think if there was a chocolate every day, I would have gotten into – I would have been a much more organized and fat person. What if there was just a spearmint gum every day? Would that have done it?
Starting point is 00:10:39 No. No, you would have let that – So you are a – you would have been an excellent dog To Pavlov Yeah yeah yeah I mean basically He was real kinky And also Pavlov's dog wasn't allowed to eat chocolate Because it would kill him
Starting point is 00:10:54 Every time I get out chocolate My dog's mouth starts dying So Cyst free Since mouth starts dying. That's right. So, cyst free. Yeah. Since? I'm a new man.
Starting point is 00:11:08 3 p.m. Yeah. Since this morning. Ah, that's fantastic. That's great. Whole new life, actually. Yeah, you know what? You look...
Starting point is 00:11:16 Thank you. Like you got a good kick in your step. Yeah, I got a new lease on life. Did you weigh yourself before and after? No. Now, that would have been something. 21 grams. Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:11:31 So you're that. You're living life. Yeah, living life to the fullest I've decided today. And I'm going to live like no one's watching. And I'm going to dance like everyone is. So you put a lot more effort into your day yeah yeah crew big finish and life i'm not even like i'm just gonna go to the store without pants and yeah yeah do live for the first time in my life i've decided to live what is what is one idea that you have of like if there were no rules like you know if it was in your last year what would be something where you're like i've
Starting point is 00:12:04 always just wanted to do that oh you know like george costanza wanted to just like bite into a thing of cheese yeah do you have something well that's a pretty you know i think as a kid it's always like uh that that kind of dare was i want to do heroin oh really yeah but i don't know if i would do that now well no you know you've only got you've got no. You've only got a whole new lease on life. You don't care. You don't care what's going to happen. Yeah, no matter what. Do some heroin.
Starting point is 00:12:31 No matter what. The heroin's not going to shorten your life. Yeah, exactly. I mean, you could just do it. Yeah. Not get hooked. Worried about it. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:12:40 So heroin's the thing. Well, wait. I'm not kidding. That was when I was 12 I said that. Yeah. We all went through it. The heroin phase at thing. Well, wait, I'm not kidding. That was when I was 12 I said that. Yeah, we all went through it. The heroin phase at 12. Yeah, I was big into Lou Reed at the time. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:12:52 To get a hobby? A craft? Really? No, that's not at all what I would do. How about yourself? What would you? There's this guy that owes me money from a long time ago. I would go up and punch him in the face in front of his kid.
Starting point is 00:13:08 I feel like that's something, like, if there were no real... Like, if I wasn't worried about going to prison... Zero repercussions. Do I know this person? No, this is from, like, many years ago. But a dude that owes me money. But I don't just want to punch him in the face. I want to punch him in the face in front of his kid
Starting point is 00:13:22 so it leaves, like, a long, like, I remember my dad got punched in the face by this guy yeah a fear yeah yeah exactly you know what i zero repercussions yeah i would start a restaurant a heroin only restaurant just a restaurant because i don't want to have to start a restaurant and worry about it being my living. Oh, okay. It's too hard. But if you just, I want to start a restaurant. What would the restaurant, is there a particular food theme?
Starting point is 00:13:55 It would just be a fantastic restaurant. It would just be fantastic food, great atmosphere. We wouldn't worry about charging you. This is very responsible. This is a very fun, great place to go for a meal. No repercussions. It's the last day on Earth. I feel like garbage that mine
Starting point is 00:14:14 is beating up a guy. Dave, do you have... I guess go somewhere really cold and have them increase my credit limit and then just buy all of the cashmere
Starting point is 00:14:30 just cover myself in cashmere yeah absolutely pants and cardigans a pair of eyeglasses made out of cashmere yeah everything iPhone made out of cashmere I just want to roll around for a while. Now, why can't you just do that?
Starting point is 00:14:51 What are the repercussions? Bad credit. Yeah, I guess paying it back. Yeah, bad credit. Where are you going to put all this cashmere that you've bought? Yeah. It's very hard to store. Yeah, mobs.
Starting point is 00:15:03 Absolutely. I mean, it's not as lofty as yours. It's not as horrible as mine. It's a... Having that year, you're asking, what bad investment would you make? Because you... Facebook. It's got to be such a short payoff.
Starting point is 00:15:17 Yeah. Something that, in the long term, is going to make you look like a fool. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Yeah. I like, what would your restaurant, what would it be named?
Starting point is 00:15:29 Do you have a name? Probably my name. Yeah. Pat Kelly, the restaurant. Yeah. Pat Kelly, the restaurant.
Starting point is 00:15:36 Formerly known as Wayne Gretzky's. Yes. Wayne Gretzky's, 99 Blue Jays Way. You've eaten there. Oh, yes.
Starting point is 00:15:44 What would you recommend from the Wayne Gretzky menu? His All-Star Burger. Absolutely. What is on the Wayne Gretzky's menu? I don't even know. I think hamburgers and nachos. But is the food hockey themed?
Starting point is 00:15:58 Is it like Glenn Anderson chicken wings? Yeah. Dave Semenko jalapeno pop like like traded to la crazy fries oh like it's the history yeah yeah yeah it's not my daughter's a slut yeah something's my married to janet juice yeah he's an athlete Absolutely Is it only stuff that Wayne Gretzky would eat
Starting point is 00:16:28 Before the game Well I think athletes can eat garbage Because they Exercise 24 hours a day Didn't Wayne Gretzky have a thing Like he would drink a coke And then another coke or something Or a Pepsi
Starting point is 00:16:43 Right before he hit the ice. Well, this is going way back, and I'd be surprised if anybody gets this name. But Mel Bridgman, ring a bell? Oh, mustachioed man. Yeah. He played for the Calgary Flames very briefly. He also played for Vancouver Canucks, and I believe the New Jersey Devils for a long time. I think his most recent involvement in hockey is maybe he's a general manager or something.
Starting point is 00:17:10 Well, he's done okay for himself. But he lived briefly down the street from us. A what? A Walt Padubney-like character. What does that mean? He was just another guy who had a mustache. It just sounds like you were a guy who didn't know how to pronounce Walt Disney's name. Okay.
Starting point is 00:17:26 So he lived down the street from me. Oh, I can't wait to watch that new movie by Walt... Padovny. Yeah. Are you trying to say Disney? Padovny. Yeah. P-what?
Starting point is 00:17:38 P-do-p-you-p-mean. So he lived down the street from me. So he lived down the street from me, and he was only there for, he played for like a year in Calgary or something. So he was only our neighbor for a year. But every kid in the neighborhood was just awed that there was a Calgary Flame living on your street. That's crazy. So he would invite us over to look at his sticks. You could just look at his sticks in the garage
Starting point is 00:18:06 and also watch him eat before the game. And it was always just a big bowl of spaghetti. Yeah. And he'd eat and then I got some chicken and then he'd say to all the kids in the neighborhood, well, that's it. I got to have a nap. And we'd all get kicked out of the house.
Starting point is 00:18:25 Oh, like you'd go over to his house? We'd go over to his house and sit and watch this man at the kitchen table eat his thing. So the game would start at 7. Yeah, he'd be eating this meal at like noon. My pregame meal. He'd spend a six hour nap. Yep, have a nap and then he'd head to the rink. Oh, love it.
Starting point is 00:18:44 So all the neighborhood kids, would he, like, did you guys just know, and he would leave the door open, and the kids would just filter in to watch him eat? You know, my memory of it is probably more aligned with that. But I think what would happen is he would get so sick of every kid just sort of standing on his front lawn, like, pointing and looking at his house, that he arranged these sort of events. He would say to the parents, like, tell them they can come over during this time. How great is this? This is pretty great.
Starting point is 00:19:15 Do they do that anymore, do you think? I remember trying to get Tim Hunter's autograph at a soccer game, and he got mad at me. I think hockey players are a lot um a lot better paid in this day and age so uh they only live in neighborhoods with uh billionaires yeah but also they'd be eating something maybe a little fancier than this fancy feast yeah some some top line what if you were super rich but you were super gullible? So you're like, oh, this is the only thing that says fancy on it. I only want to buy things with the words fancy and excellent on them. Isn't there like a fancy ketchup?
Starting point is 00:19:54 Or like, isn't some condiment known as like fancy, I don't know. I know there's French's, which sounds fancy. Are you referring to Dijon? Are you trying to say Dijon? I am not. Oh, good. No, there's some kind of fancy condom. Guys, I'll get to it.
Starting point is 00:20:13 Don't write in. I was asking because for years that's how I used to say Disney. Walt Dijon. Walt Dijon. This childhood, this idea of going over to a hockey player's house is very... Yeah, it was mind-blowing. Yeah, that seems huge.
Starting point is 00:20:33 And now, who would have that effect on you now as an adult? Nobody. Hulk Hogan. If I got to see Hulk Hogan... You'd be starstruck. If I saw Hulk Hogan eating a plate of spaghetti I might have a heart attack Because that would be amazing
Starting point is 00:20:48 I think I could still get starstruck But the idea of hanging out With someone Especially a hockey player Who is just a regular guy Who happens to be good Who's like 20 now Who's younger than me
Starting point is 00:21:03 This guy seemed like An ancient warrior when I was a kid. But he was probably... Mel Bridgman at the time was probably 21 years old. Yeah. You know? Wow, but the mustache aged him. Yeah. Did he have a mustache at 21?
Starting point is 00:21:17 He did, yeah. But I feel like everyone did back then. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, man. Yeah, who would make you weak in the knees? What if you saw Regis eating like a yogurt before everything?
Starting point is 00:21:36 That's all he does. He's like, this is my pre-nap meal. I nap. I eat a yogurt. Then I nap for a few hours. And then it's time to nap. Yeah, get up for a brief yogurt, then go back to napping. Yeah, no, that would be great.
Starting point is 00:21:52 I would love to watch him nap. Would Mel Bridgman let you watch him nap? No, I think that's where it would probably get pretty creepy for all the parents. I don't know. It was a different time. That's true. Kids want to watch me It was a different time. It's true. Kids want to watch me nap. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:22:08 That's what's happening. Yeah. You can watch the couch naps. You can't watch the bed naps. Yeah. When I go to take a shower, you kids are going to stay on the other side of this curtain. Yeah. Promise you don't look at my wiener.
Starting point is 00:22:22 Oh, man. Bridgy. You know, I think Bill Murray would make me feel a little uncomfortable. Oh, man. You know, I think Bill Murray would make me feel a little uncomfortable. Oh, man. Starstruck, in a way. There are many people I admire, but it's like the idea of hanging out with someone where it's... And it'd be the greatest day of your life. Where they're a celebrity and you're just...
Starting point is 00:22:40 Yeah. Yeah. Do you know who wouldn't make me feel that at all? Sting. yeah yeah yeah do you know who wouldn't make me feel that at all um sting like if sting was in the same room as me i bet you i wouldn't even think twice about it like oh you're stretching again who would you be super critical of who would you like not not there would be nothing between you would just like you'd make a point of saying to them you're not impressing me yeah not impressed by you being Yawn
Starting point is 00:23:06 Oh like somebody who would be like I'd just rather just have the spaghetti Than the celebrity Are you going to finish that Do you know what anybody I can honestly say like anybody who's a star On the food network Any of those people I would rather just have the spaghetti
Starting point is 00:23:22 I think What Oh yeah well I mean if they prepared it Absolutely Any of those people, I would rather just have the spaghetti, I think. What? Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, if they prepared it. Absolutely. Oh, well, absolutely. I know who mine is. I don't want to look up Mario Batali when I'm eating.
Starting point is 00:23:33 I think I would do that for anybody, but particularly the drummer in Blink-182. Oh, wow. Yeah. Travis. Very specific. But remember years ago he had that TV show where it was about him and his wife just like living their life. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:49 And I decided that then. I decided that that's what I would do to that guy then. When that TV show was on, I said, if I was ever in the same room as that man, I would pretend I'd... You would just yawn right in his face? And ask him and get the name of his band wrong aren't you from three doors down yeah are you the guy from chamber warmer yeah who would it be for you dave gotta be someone well one time i was at virgin mega store
Starting point is 00:24:17 and corbin bernson was uh in line beside me and he was like hey can i look at those cd players and i was blocking the display case, and I was like, oh, sorry. He stuck it to Corbin Burns. What's the guy, Maroon 5 guy? Adam Levine. I would do that to him, too. Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:24:39 I don't think I would know him. No. Some of these would just happen i would pretend i would be like uh if i was hanging out with maroon five i would uh pretend that i was super interested in everyone else like all the no-name people in the band yeah the maroon four that seems like a like a promotion asking which one of you is the singer. Yeah. And what is your song? What is your hit song? Yeah, keep walking up to the janitor and being like, I love your voice. That seems like a promotion Skittles would put on.
Starting point is 00:25:13 Like, hang out with Maroon 5. Yeah. For a week. Get marooned with Maroon 5. Yeah, it's just you. That's happened, I'm sure. What? Where people have just been on a desert island with Maroon 5. Well, that had to have been a contest somehow. Yeah, it's just you. That's happened, I'm sure. What? Where people have just been on a desert island with Maroon 5.
Starting point is 00:25:26 Well, that had to have been a contest somehow by Kool-Aid. Get harpooned by Maroon 5. Yeah. Get poo-dogged. Yeah? What did she say? Poo-dogged? Get poo-dogged.
Starting point is 00:25:39 What is that? Get poo-dogged by Maroon 5. What is that? Use your imagination. It's a contest. You have to decide what Poodog is. It's an essay contest. First of all, you've got to tell us.
Starting point is 00:25:54 There's only three rules. Name all the members of Maroon 5. Tell us what you think Poodog is. Name the island you want to be marooned. Marooned. Get marooned and poo dogged with maroon fire. Don't forget harpoon. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:26:13 Maroon harpoon. Brought to you by Walt Dijon. Oh, wow. Yeah. So we've covered a lot of good ground so far. I mean, who we would ignore. Yeah. So we've covered a lot of good ground so far. I mean, who we would ignore. Yeah. I don't think...
Starting point is 00:26:30 There's very few celebrities I would feel compelled to go up to. Yeah. You know what I mean? Who would you feel bad if you didn't? Like you saw them and you're like, ah. This was my once in a lifetime. My one chance. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:26:44 To have them forget who I was instantly. Yeah. I don't know that I need to have that connection. No. Yeah. It's true. Well, what if you could? I saw Keanu Reeves once in the, like, peak of the Matrix kind of success.
Starting point is 00:26:59 You were in the Matrix at the time. Yeah. I was living in my own Matrix, you know, with a cyst and everything. in the Matrix at the time I was living in my own Matrix with a cyst and everything and I saw him in a bar in Los Angeles
Starting point is 00:27:12 and we were about as far away from each other as we are in this room and I often think about that night what would have happened if I had just gone up to him and said something to the effect of this is what I think I would have happened if I had just gone up to him and said something to the effect of... What would you have said? I would have... This is what I think I would have
Starting point is 00:27:28 said. I thought about this. I'm from Canada too, eh? And then that would have cascaded. Cascaded into him inviting me to sit down. We would have been best friends. You'd be good
Starting point is 00:27:44 in The Matrix 2. We're thinking of getting rid of Lawrence Fishburne. What movies has he made since that time? The Lake House? The House House? The House Bunny? I could see him pulling one of these things that he's been trying to get into character
Starting point is 00:28:02 for the last five years. Oh, really? And something will come out where it's like like he was working on this character piano reeves is an anteater and he just comes out and it's like eating ants with his face absolutely we gotta work up to that absolutely there's this commitment to a character. You used to just eat a bowl full of ants with a spoon. Neighborhood kids would come by. Can't eat some ants. Out of Mel Bridgman's mustache. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:31 If he wanted to eat something spicy, he'd eat some fire ants. Yeah, etc. Other ants. Dave, what's going on with you? Oh, not a heck of a lot. What? Well, here's why. with you? Oh, not a heck of a lot What? Well, here's why I bought a video game
Starting point is 00:28:48 Mmm Yeah, I bought Burger Time Can I guess? No, I didn't buy Burger Time Guess The new NHL? No, it's not out yet Oh, okay
Starting point is 00:28:56 But you will be buying Is it the 16th NHL? Is it NHL? Oh, they name them after years Oh So it'll be like the... What am I thinking of? Something else.
Starting point is 00:29:08 Something I invented in my head. Okay. Is it a sport? It is a sports. Soccer? Nope. FIFA? No.
Starting point is 00:29:13 Football? Yes. And NFL? CFL? CFL? Do they do that? They should. They should.
Starting point is 00:29:20 Absolutely. No one would buy it. No. Oh, everybody in Saskatchewan would buy it. Yep. Yep. Absolutely. Absolutely. No, it was the John Madden Franchise, which doesn't involve
Starting point is 00:29:28 John Madden anymore Is he dead? No, he's still alive, against all odds Driving across America This is such a duckin' mobile I had the first Not the first, actually On Sega Genesis, I had the second John Madden first actually On Sega Genesis I had the second
Starting point is 00:29:45 John Madden football Which was John Madden 1992 So that's 20 years they've been doing it And would he be in it? And you haven't experienced this in between? No, I've had a few But back then, he was on the cover Right, yes
Starting point is 00:30:00 This was before they figured out how to sell video But now it's like Tim Tebow Was he suited up in a football? It's a Tennessee Titan I think I don't know, I don't really follow the sport Okay, so you bought a video game That's all you've been doing I had an urge
Starting point is 00:30:15 I don't play video games very often I will buy one video game a year Usually the hockey one Looks like I'm buying two this year Because for some reason'm buying two this year yeah because for some reason christmas came twice this year um uh yeah and here's what's up first thing you do you gotta make yourself because you're just gonna play as yourself yeah so here's here's who i am Who I am currently. I am 6'5". Sure. 225 pound.
Starting point is 00:30:50 Starting quarterback for the Seattle Supersonics. Wow. Which are a former basketball team. Yeah, absolutely. So I opted for the Seahawks. Yeah. I am the best player in the league. Wow. I look just like me.
Starting point is 00:31:01 They have a thing now where you can upload your photographs Oh goodness And it'll make a face for you And then you can sort of adjust and be like You want to make yourself less chubby You should put a photo of you as a little kid That would be great Oh it would be fun
Starting point is 00:31:17 And so I So that's me I'm very good at football And the season's going well Yeah Yeah, so that's me. I'm very good at football. And the season's going well? Yeah, so far I'm 6-2, which is close to my height. Who'd you lose to? Oh, I lost the first two games because I couldn't figure out the best way to... Basically, I learned the plays that work, and then I just repeat them over and over, and then I realize pretty quickly that the game's kind of boring.
Starting point is 00:31:49 Is there a special... You know how in those games there's special mods, right? You download them and they're like... Big head mode? Yeah, exactly. I think you could be in the DeLorean from Back to the Future. Wait, while playing football? Yep. You can go in and out of time. You can go to the end of the game, find out who won and how.
Starting point is 00:32:11 Come back and do exactly what. I remember in NBA Jam, you could be Bill Clinton and Al Gore. And there were a few other ones like that. You really can. You could be the DeLorean in What's More You Steal Cars. Oh, Grand Theft Madden. Yes. Oh, right.
Starting point is 00:32:31 Is there, would there be a mod where John Madden comes out and dumps a Gatorade on you or goes on a slip and slide if you win a game? Those would be great mods. Hey, everybody. Look at me. great mods. Hey everybody! Look at me!
Starting point is 00:32:50 Look at me! That's pretty great. That's John Madden's catchphrase. Hey everybody! Look at me! I've played the Madden games in the years in between. Every three or four years I'll get one of these games. He's just been phased out of them. It used to be like
Starting point is 00:33:06 he'd talk, he would do all the commentary. He would do the commentary, he would give you a rundown before the game. If you didn't know what play to choose, ask Madden. And now it is ask the other guy. Ask Benji Madden from
Starting point is 00:33:22 Good Charlotte. Ask Boomer Esiason. He says, apply more mascara. Thanks, Benji Madden. Hey, everybody, look at me. Here I go. Whee!
Starting point is 00:33:39 Yeah, if you win, you get to watch Chug like an entire liter of gravy. Fancy gravy. Yeah, absolutely. No skin. So that's been your...
Starting point is 00:33:53 Your life's passion? Yeah, that was how I spent Labor Day weekend. That's how I celebrated the unions in this country. Yeah. Do we have Labor Day in Canada? We do, right? Labor Day? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:34:04 It's not just an American... I would have guessed that it was started here. Is that a thing? Is that possible? This is uncomfortable. I just thought America celebrated the 4th of July twice. Once on the 4th of July and then on the Labor Day weekend. It was like a callback.
Starting point is 00:34:25 I can't remember how great it was. Yeah, do you... I mean, the only significance that Labor Day ever had for me was the day before school starts. Yeah. Also, the idea of why you weren't allowed to wear white.
Starting point is 00:34:39 That was a big... Because I would see it in a clueless or something shirt and be like, I don't know what that means. I still don't know what it means, actually. That was a big thing. Because I would see it in a clueless or something. Sure. And be like, I don't know what that means. I still don't know what it means, actually. Why you're not allowed to wear white after Labor Day. White after Labor Day. Yeah. Because people wear white coats in the winter and stuff.
Starting point is 00:34:56 Yeah, I think it's like white pants. Oh, well, you know what? Then these rules do not apply to me. What is that for? Why? It's like a uh because everybody's getting married in pants after no no it's not that's what i thought it was it was a virginity it's not like purity you know i don't know exactly but it's like the bad luck for the upcoming labor um no it's because it's the end of summer And these are summer clothes So just don't stop wearing shorts Yeah, I guess so
Starting point is 00:35:28 I mean, there really aren't You know what? I'm looking at you like I'm mad at you for this rule Like you made it up You're wearing white right now Why? A shirt It's after Labor Day
Starting point is 00:35:38 I'm wearing white shoes And shoelaces One thing I remember about Labor Day Is like, you would get all of your back-to-school clothes on Labor Day weekend. And they would be like fall clothes. And you'd wear them to school the first day. But it's still... It would still be really hot.
Starting point is 00:35:59 It's not like a light switch. And there's also a period, too, where going back to school, like, for example, my niece and nephew are still, you know, fairly young. Going back to school is exciting. They're, like, ready to. It's a party. Yeah, they're going to see all their friends again. And they're going to get new shoes. Yeah, new shoes.
Starting point is 00:36:20 Oh, man. Get new pencil crayons. Backpack. I don't know. Do they use that anymore? Come on. Pencil crayons? I think so. No, you're right. They use internet crayons. Yeah, pencil crayons. Backpack. I don't know. Do they use that anymore? Come on. Pencil crayons? I think so.
Starting point is 00:36:26 No, you're right. They use internet crayons. Internet crayons. But then there's a period where, you know, I'd say it's around grade 6, 7. When going back doesn't mean anything. You're not excited. No. For me, it was grade 1.
Starting point is 00:36:43 I would apparently, I don't remember this very well, but like my siblings went to the same school as me. And they would tell me that as soon as the bell rang, I would burst into tears. I hated school so much. Oh, man, that's really sad. I hated it. Would it have been better if you had like a You know like a John Madden on your shoulder Sure Here I go
Starting point is 00:37:08 Yeah give me Ask Madden Don't cry Dave Are you Goliath Yeah yeah no I'm John Madden John Madden actually did the voice for Barney Yeah yeah
Starting point is 00:37:22 Take it easy Is that how Barney. Yeah, yeah. Take it easy. Is that how Barney sounded? Don't take drugs. You sound like Barney Rubble. Is that the Barney you meant? No, I meant Barney the Dinosaur. He sounded like this. Hey, Fred.
Starting point is 00:37:38 Yeah, right? Yeah. Oh, you're going to the quarry, Labor Day. Wife swap, Fred. Friday night. Really? Why would Barney want a wife swap We need a new day called Labor Day All we do is work It started in the Flintstones
Starting point is 00:37:56 A lot of good things did Well it was a living It was started by dinosaurs and birds Yeah The birds union Yeah. The birds union. Yeah, they formed a union. I don't want to be used. I don't want...
Starting point is 00:38:09 You're using my beak for... Yeah, we're the record playing birds union. Yeah. You want to listen to a stone record? You're going to have to pay a fair wage. Yeah, by the... I don't know, friends. Isn't that how we would laugh?
Starting point is 00:38:24 I guess. Anyway, so Labor Day is great. A lot of sales. Oh, yeah, right? Not on video games. Yeah, back to school video game sales. Get your John Madden
Starting point is 00:38:40 tutorial video game. You can do it. The Coles Notes. Oh, goodness. Yeah, you? How's you? How is me? Oh, I'm fine. Woe is you?
Starting point is 00:38:54 You're right. Woe is me. Here's the thing. I feel like I may have stumbled upon, very accidentally, a new policy when dealing with hecklers. I've only put it into effect once, but I really liked how it turned out.
Starting point is 00:39:12 Are you getting heckled more than in the past? Yeah, and I think it's either because I as a person am just generally inviting it somehow, or people are getting generally worse. One or the other is happening. Thoughts?
Starting point is 00:39:28 I don't think you deserve any of it. So I think I'm siding with the fact that people are getting worse. That's what I feel like. So I was doing a show and there was a table and I can, sorry I'll interject the beard I think indicates that maybe
Starting point is 00:39:43 this is a guy who can take it. Yeah. I think your beard sort of gives this off. And I can. You know. I'm fine with this. Well, you've got a new, you know, Graham Clark policy. This is my new policy.
Starting point is 00:39:55 And I told this to the audience. There's a table of very drunk Irish gentlemen. Irish from Ireland? Irish from Ireland. Or just drunk apparently vancouver right now is having full of irish full of irish yeah a lot of people from ireland are here doing trades lots of plumbers welders whatnot uh the city is potato peelers potato mashers yeah potato mashers uh irish dancers Hop crushers. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:40:25 Yeah. All the important traditional Irish positions. Jiggers. Yeah. Yeah. Fight an Irish. Luckies. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:40:37 Charm collectors. Lucksmiths. Yeah. Yeah. Gold. Sorrowful poets. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:40:45 Yep. Um... Uh, quaint village upkeepers. Emerald Eilers. Uh, Colin Farrell. These are all sweater-wearing, uh... Cap-having, sheep-tending, Guinness-drinking... Motherfuckers.
Starting point is 00:41:04 Motherfuckers. So these guys were fuckin' just drunk and ruining the show. Sheep tending Guinness drinking. Motherfuckers. Motherfuckers. So these guys were fucking just drunk and ruining the show. And after the show, I dealt with them. But then after the show, I went straight to their table and said, You're buying me drinks because you fucked up the show. And I'm not going to go to the bar and pay for my own drinks because you made it hard. And they agreed to it.
Starting point is 00:41:27 And that's my new policy. As soon as the show is done, if you've been the shitty table, I will be at your table and I will be demanding drinks from that table. So have one ready. I'll tell you. Mostly beer. But if you have a fancy shot, I'll also do that. You're going to get roofied. You know what? I'm alright with that.
Starting point is 00:41:43 Because these guys weren't, you know, and for the most part you have way more experience of this than I. These people are not necessarily doing this because they're not enjoying the act. They think they're allowed to do it. They're having fun. They're taking the piss.
Starting point is 00:41:59 As they would say. But now you owe me drinks. That's my new look on it. And are you going to announce this from the stage? Yep. If somebody starts getting out of joint, they're going to have to pay the piper. Roddy Roddy Piper.
Starting point is 00:42:18 Yep. So anyway, so I just stumbled upon a new policy. I'm pretty happy about it. I'm excited to put it into full effect. I'm going to be doing shows in Victoria this weekend. It's too late. Like the podcast has already happened. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:42:36 But I'm going to give it a road test this weekend. And I'll give you a full report on how drunk I got. You know how in companies or offices when a new corporate policy comes into play, someone will often put notes around. What if you put this in a note form on every table in the bar? Oh. Oh, yeah. Like attention, please. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:43:01 So people come in. They're like, oh, we're excited. They look. There's a piece of paper on their table and it's a new policy. Man you're not wrong. From the comedian that's going to be up on stage. I feel like people would then compete to be the second drunkest table.
Starting point is 00:43:13 You might be welcoming trouble there. So then you need another policy of like don't try to use this first policy. Yeah. Then you have to buy me a car. Yeah. Pay my rent. Yeah, it should be like
Starting point is 00:43:29 Glenn Gary, Glenn Ross. First prize is a car. Second prize is set-as-stake night. Third prize is you're fired. Yeah, you're fired from the audience. I like that as an idea. If you're the third drunkest table. Oh yeah, would I reverse?
Starting point is 00:43:46 The first drunkest table has to buy you a car. The second has to buy you steak knives, or in this case, alcohol. Third table's fired from their jobs. You call their employer and they're fired. Now here's another thing that's gone on this week. I got an email inviting me to go to the very first Vancouver Lebowski Fest. Okay, you seem like you'd get that email. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:44:12 I don't remember signing up for the list, but this is, again, these are things that can happen post demanding drinks from strangers who have heckled a show. Now, I've heard of other cities with Lebowski festivals. Right. So you go, and I guess they show the movie, and maybe there's bowling. And white Russians. Housecoats. Housecoats, yeah.
Starting point is 00:44:35 Pendleton sweaters. But from this email, this is happening in Vancouver, but it was like the admission price was $25, but I was like, but just to go watch the movie with people who will just ruin watching the movie. Is that a thing? Can you just show a movie that people like and say dress up like a thing and then charge them $25 to go see it? Is it just the movie? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:00 Do they do it? There's no other events happening around? Well, they said there would be white Russians.ians i mean obviously but at the concession but it didn't say like 25 dollars gets you sure oh yeah you're now able to spend more on white russians yeah yeah it just said like 25 dollars that's do you think they um uh like rocky horror picture show it up like uh i'll give you like scripts? Say the lines? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:27 If it's your first time seeing the movie, they draw a big L on your forehead. Yeah. They cut off your toe. They pee on your rug. Yeah, exactly. When I read the email... Ooh, maybe in the bathrooms,
Starting point is 00:45:42 rugs in every urinal. Oh, that'd be fun. I mean, if they're going to do stuff like that, that would be great. Right? Yeah. And then they're going to beat up a nihilist in the parking lot. See, Bashemi's going to die. Yeah, they're going to throw ashes in your face out of a folder again.
Starting point is 00:45:59 They're going to find a stranger in the Alps. Absolutely. But the whole thing I have with an evening like this, it goes back to several years. I don't understand the fandom around The Big Lebowski in the first place. Oh, you don't like it? I like the movie. I enjoyed it.
Starting point is 00:46:18 I don't understand why so many people have glommed onto this thing thinking that it's the best thing in the world. You're the same. You're just like, it's a movie. Yeah. It's just a movie that happened. It's a fun movie. It's, you know, Coen Brothers.
Starting point is 00:46:34 Yeah, like, why isn't there Fargo Con? Yeah, exactly. Or Brother, Where Art Thou Con? Or any other movie. How great would that be? That would be really great. It would be just as great. It would be really great. I would be just as great. It would be any greater.
Starting point is 00:46:45 I would be just as angry about it. I would be asking the same question. I'm glad you're asking this question. That's very interesting. Where did it start and why? Because the character is compelling to a certain group of people? A terrible person. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:47:02 He's not admirable. No, yeah. He's a lay-about. Is it the not admirable no yeah he's a he's a is it the lore around the idea that it's a real guy like the character is am i right based on a guy but he's not based on a guy who is like the guy in the movie he was the guy who was a guy who's just went by dude yeah but it was like super rich and like a movie producer wasn't he he wasn't he wasn't i don't know the story i like don't care enough right yeah um thanks barney why isn't there barney fest uh well it should be a flintstones fest i mean if i got an email for that because you know
Starting point is 00:47:40 what eat pray love fest uh no no just scratch that no but you know what? Eat, pray, love fest. No, just scratch that. No, but you know what would be great about that? It's got the three. You easily know what's going to happen during that night. There's going to be a dinner. Absolutely. That's the best festival. Prayer time.
Starting point is 00:47:55 And then free sex. Free sex. With Javier Bardem. The lights go out. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Sorry. Javier Bardem.
Starting point is 00:48:04 I hardly know dem. Oh, there you go. Yeah, you can't Javier your bar dem, I hardly no dem. Oh, there you go. Yeah, you can't have your bar dem and eat it too. Have your bar dem, I hardly... Great work, squad. Anyway, so it's weird because... Where is this thing happening and why wasn't I invited? It's happening at a theater, a movie theater here in town.
Starting point is 00:48:24 The East Van Cinema? Does that still exist? Yeah, I movie theater here in town. The East Van Cinema? Does that still exist? Yeah, I didn't think so either. Maybe that's the problem with a Lebowski Fest. Booking into a place that's been torn down. Anyways, it's weird. It's weird. I've never...
Starting point is 00:48:38 I've been to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I've been to a midnight screening of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Yeah. And I get that that because it seems like the movies were made specifically for that, in a way. For that participation.
Starting point is 00:48:53 When Rocky Horror Picture Show was originally released in theaters, did that happen at screenings? Like every screening? People just came with toast. A Tuesday 2pm matinee of the Rocky Horror Picture Show it would be a very slow
Starting point is 00:49:08 weird start to getting that going because it would involve like two or three people doing like the most random weird stuff
Starting point is 00:49:17 while watching a movie and you'd be like what are you doing this is part of it part of it and no one knew and then the next time there'd be a guy who'd
Starting point is 00:49:26 join the team yeah yeah of doing all this if that movie ever comes on tv are you ever like why why would anyone watch this on tv i would turn the channel yeah i would watch it but i would also then i would just wish i was watching it in the theater wearing yeah you know uh thigh high fishnets yeah you understand i've only seen it in the theater I've only seen it once and I enjoyed it but I would never think to watch it on TV but anytime anybody starts I have the same reaction to someone singing
Starting point is 00:49:55 songs from that or referencing it as I do when a gaggle and I'm going to call them a gaggle of girls get together and start singing songs from Grease. Oh, sure. I immediately have to leave the room. Oh, I thought you were going to say join in.
Starting point is 00:50:11 No, I get completely uncomfortable and have to leave. Hmm. I would have thought I would have pegged you as the one that I want. Yeah, like would have been in maybe a Zupo. You seem like you were born to hand jive. Really? Yeah. In a junior high or something.
Starting point is 00:50:27 No. I thought you were a theatrical lad. No. No. Oh, my goodness. You've got me all wrong, Graham. I thought you were just, I thought you had the bug early. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:35 No. No. No. You know what I think would be a good midnight film? Like it would be fun to go see with people and and shout out lines and stuff, Napoleon Dynamite. I think that would make a perfect... Yeah. Right?
Starting point is 00:50:49 Because it's not too good. Yeah. I mean, it's people wearing the costumes and then you could throw... When he tries to feed that llama food, you throw food at the screen. Yeah. Yeah. You know who you'd think would have this kind of thing going, too, would be Wes Anderson. Yeah. Although he's a little precious yeah and they go to bed at like a tenth yeah yeah it's kind of a chamomile crowd there's not enough corduroy in the world yeah would there be
Starting point is 00:51:17 like a corduroy screen like uh curtains that would open up they'd be be like a nice beige corduroy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The participation for that would be like, get the soundtrack, put it on medium to low volume, and then get the books that are on the shelf in the film, get into bed, wear a nice warm coat, with the family,
Starting point is 00:51:41 make some tea, and then be dissatisfied with your marriage. Yeah. Right? That's about right. You know, it'd be fun if you guys are up for this. I don't know if we can do it on the spot like this. My girlfriend and I often will partake in this game of having Wes Anderson dialogue.
Starting point is 00:52:03 Okay. game of having Wes Anderson dialogue. Okay. And so you have to imagine someone pick a song that could underscore our conversation. Heroin by the Velvet Underground. Okay, I'm trying to hear it in my head. Dave, if you would. Okay.
Starting point is 00:52:28 And then what? So then you have to sort of, we'll still be each other in this scene. Okay. So, Graham, there's something I need to tell you. What? David and I are no longer going to speak during this podcast. Why? Sometimes that's just the way the things work out, Graham.
Starting point is 00:52:58 Have you always worn spectacles? Yeah, since my vision went. You're stepping on my cape I think that's basically that was really good that was really good I wasn't sure where it was going to go I thought and then I'm not going to lie I was going to try and cap it with a John Matt
Starting point is 00:53:23 here I go here I go you guys watch me I'm not going to lie. I was going to try and cap it with a John Madden. Here I go. Here I go. Are you guys watching me? It would just be someone forlornly looking out the window and saying, I think I need to stop playing John Madden. Yeah, yeah. Oh, right. Oh, boy.
Starting point is 00:53:39 Wes Anderson, we love you. Yeah. Big Lebowski fest. Maybe I will skip it. Maybe I'll go. Maybe I'll go to say that I went, we love you. Big Lebowski Fest. Maybe I will skip it. Maybe I'll go. Maybe I'll go to say that I went, right? Sure. You got $25.
Starting point is 00:53:51 Boy, do I ever. Yeah. I got nothing but $25. I don't got $26, that's for sure. New policy. You're saving all that money on drinks, on hooch. Absolutely. Do you want to move on to overheards?
Starting point is 00:54:04 More than any. Overheards. Overheards. Things in the general populace. You know what? People can't stop talking. They can't stop saying dumb things. Word on the street.
Starting point is 00:54:16 Yeah, leaving dumb things around to oversee. And we collect them, and then we present them. Hey, Graham, before we move on to overheards, it's time for my favorite segment in the show. A segment called Celebrity Birthdays. It is. Now, every week, if you're new to the show, people clamor for it. People want to know which celebrities are celebrating their birthday this week. Not even this week.
Starting point is 00:54:43 Just on the day that the podcast is most likely to be listened to. Yeah. That is the Tuesday of the week. And this week we are talking celebrity birthdays for September 11th. Lest we forget. It's not lest. It's never. Lest we forget is the war.
Starting point is 00:55:02 Yeah. Come on. You look like a real 9-11 dummy. Lest we forget is the war. Yeah. Come on. You look like a real 9-11 dummy. Lest we never forget. Now, I like to mix it up with a different kind of celebrity birthday every week. And this week's, I checked out the celebrity birthdays this week for September 11th, and it was the most boring celebrities. Sorry, Amy Madigan.
Starting point is 00:55:26 I don't even know who that is. She was the wife in Field of Dreams. Oh, wow. Sorry, Christy McNichol. Also the wife in Field of Dreams? Wow. Jeez. Sorry, Harry Connick Jr.
Starting point is 00:55:40 You're boring. Apologies to Ludacris, who's a real interesting dude. Absolutely. So I've decided to... I noticed that there were a lot of semi-famous people with very cool names. So, this week's Celebrity Birthdays is Celebrity Best Names. Celebrity Best Names. I will tell you the famous person celebrating a birthday this
Starting point is 00:56:07 week, and you will try to guess what they do for a living. Oh, okay. Oh, that's kind of fun. But Dave, before you do that, if you could just zip it up for a second, it's time for my favorite segment, a little thing called Hulk Hogan News. It's a Hulk Hogan News. It's a Hulk Hogan News. It's a Hulk. Hogan. News. This week, we're talking politics.
Starting point is 00:56:37 And, you know, the Republic National Convention just happened. Republican. That's correct. Not republic. Republic National Convention just happened. Republican? That's correct. Not republic.
Starting point is 00:56:50 And right now, as we speak, the Democratic National Convention is happening. And Hulk Hogan cannot wait to weigh in on all things political. What does he weigh in at these days? I don't know. That's a good something 90 stone. Let's say. Oh my god. That's over a thousand pounds? Yep.
Starting point is 00:57:08 That's like ten candle power. Yeah, ten foot candles. Now, Hulk Hogan, here's the thing. This is unfortunate to report that he is boosting for Mitt Romney. Why is that unfortunate? Mitt Romney is the best hope this country has. Canada? Yeah, that's right.
Starting point is 00:57:32 So he is boosting. He was originally a Barack Obama guy in 2008. Weren't we all. Now, lest we forget. Hope? Yeah, lest... Hope we forget. Hope we forget. Hope we forget.
Starting point is 00:57:49 Um, Hulk Hogan is excited. He says America's getting a chance to reinvent itself, kind of like I have. Quote him. Bollywood. Yeah, he says this is some exciting stuff. Now, this... Now, that's... Whatever.
Starting point is 00:58:04 Whatever. So, he has a political leaning. He goes, obviously, whichever is some exciting stuff. Now, that's whatever. Whatever. So he has a political leaning. He goes, obviously, whichever way the wind blows. Any which way but loose. It would be amazing, though, if Mitt Romney used that in a speech saying, it's time for America to reinvent itself like Hulk Hogan. Yeah. Yeah, it would be.
Starting point is 00:58:21 He'd get votes. I am a real American. Yeah. Now, this is a weird thing. Now, this may just be this report. This comes from the website Politico. Which I believe is a crafting website. Yep.
Starting point is 00:58:38 It says in the article, it says, Hogan now owns a beef shop. Now, that might be a typo, but that's news to me. What would the typo be? Well, he has that shop that he's opening up on the beach. A beach shop. Yeah. Oh. But I wonder if he's been owning a beef shop all this time.
Starting point is 00:58:58 Also known as a butcher shop. But wait, what's the shop on the beach? Like a Hulk Hogan memorabilia. You know this for sure? Oh, absolutely. Or is it a beef shop? No, you're right. Now everything's thrown into question.
Starting point is 00:59:11 You don't want to sell beef on the beach, though. Yeah, you do. Fair enough. Yeah. Kebabs? Give me one or three good reasons why you don't want to open up a beef shop on the beach. Okay, you're going to get sand on it. That's one good reason.
Starting point is 00:59:28 You asked for three. That's a pretty good reason. Yeah. It's not a good... Okay. I'm going to struggle to get the next two. Oh, no. I got one.
Starting point is 00:59:35 Okay. You're going to ruin your beach towels with barbecue sauce and such. You guys are assuming you're going to take that beef and then go bathe with it on the beach. No, no. You're taking that beef to go eat it. Well, what do you think? You're just getting some fresh cuts on your way off of the beach.
Starting point is 00:59:51 There's that option, for sure. There's a luau option, but with beef. Exactly. Instead of pork in Florida. The other red meat. Humans being the first. in Florida. The other red meat. Humans being the first.
Starting point is 01:00:06 And you're going to do a visual gag for a girl you're trying to impress by putting that beef on your biceps and saying, look, I'm a beef cake. Yeah, throwing that beef on her birthday cake. Saying, enjoy your beef cake. And if you bring the beef into the water, another bad reason, sharks.
Starting point is 01:00:21 Oh, absolutely. Have you ever seen a way a shark looks at a cow? You're not wrong. They just want them. Yeah, if you wheel them up in a tank in a field. So were those two separate news stories? No, that was all one story
Starting point is 01:00:39 because Hulk was saying he's very interested in the way that Mitt Romney's gonna... I'm a small business owner. Yeah, that's exactly it. I own a beef shop. It's a few months ago, and this was when Hulk Hogan replied to your tweet. Yeah. He wouldn't allow, or he didn't cotton to Newt Gingrich using the real American Hulk Hogan theme song.
Starting point is 01:01:03 Let's back up here. What happened? Oh, how many months ago was this? It was in 2012. It was during the primaries, so maybe January, February. Newt Gingrich used I Am A Real American in one of his stump speeches. And around the same time, Hulk Hogan was doing a thing where you could write Twitter him a question. And this was like the week after Hulk Hogan was...
Starting point is 01:01:31 They released a sex tape that Hulk Hogan was in. Oh, yeah, that's right. And so Hulk Hogan said, ask me anything, and everyone just asked him about that. But Graham was like... Yeah, he said, how do you feel about uh dude gingrich using your song during uh one of his uh speeches and he responded via a youtube clip saying this was gimmick infringement and then he talked about how he was planning on running for president but all inspired by your yeah yeah no yeah it was a big day but Were you feeling a bit weak in the knees?
Starting point is 01:02:05 Yeah. Are you kidding me? I told you, if he was eating spaghetti, I'd pass right out. Holy moly. That's amazing. That's like Mel Bridgman inviting you over to watch him eat spaghetti. Anyway, I wonder if Hulk Hogan would
Starting point is 01:02:22 allow Mitt Romney to... Not that Hulk Hogan owns the music. He didn't write the song. No, that's true. He's not Rick Derringer. Anyway, this has been Hulk Hogan News. People are dying.
Starting point is 01:02:35 Because this week's celebrity best names is one of those... This is exciting. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Because these are some top quality names celebrating their birthdays on September 11th. Okay, there's a bunch of these. So please tell me the occupation of the celebrity turning 25 years old today, Robert Aquafresca. He runs a gelato stand.
Starting point is 01:02:59 Celebrity gelatist? Yeah, he's... That's a hairdresser. He trained alongside Vidal Sassoon And he's turning 25 Yes He is an Italian soccer player So Gelato was pretty close
Starting point is 01:03:14 Absolutely So was Vidal Sassoon Yeah, you're right We were both in the right football park Happy 26th birthday To Chili Boy Ralli Pelli Oh, that's a soccer player Chili Boy Ralli Pelli. Oh, that's a soccer player. Chili Boy Ralli Pelli?
Starting point is 01:03:29 Yeah. Oh, no. That's a guy from the ATL who sings one of those songs that's like, Get it going, get it, get it, rip it down, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it Chili Boy. Yes. Chili Boy Rally Pelly is a South African rugby play. Chili Pelly Rally Boy. Happy 37th birthday to Elephant Man. Oh, he was the Elephant Man. How old is he turning?
Starting point is 01:04:03 Is he dead? 37. It's the same guy. Same elephant. John Mack. Oh no, he's got a giant penis. No, Elephant Man is a guy from the ATL who sings a song. Elephant Man is a Jamaican dance hall musician.
Starting point is 01:04:22 Pretty good. Also known as Energy God. Absolutely. Pretty good. Also known as Energy God. Absolutely. I used to drink that, Energy God. Happy 34th birthday to Dijon Stankovich. No. No. Really?
Starting point is 01:04:36 It's probably not pronounced Dijon. It's spelled D-E-J-A-N. No, it's probably Dijon. Last name Stankovich. Stankovich. He's an entrepreneur, an impresario. Dijon Last name Stankovich He's an entrepreneur An empresario Dijon Stankovich
Starting point is 01:04:49 I am going to say invented Porn tennis In the Ukraine He is a Serbian soccer player Oh You were closer Happy birthday 31st birthday to Luscious Lopez
Starting point is 01:05:04 Oh, he's a DJ DJ for sure You were closer. Yep. Yep. Happy birthday. 31st birthday to Luscious Lopez. Oh, that's a, he's a DJ. DJ for sure. Yeah, DJ. Like at like a, like a hot, one of New York's hottest clubs. So he's a DJ? Oh no, I'm thinking radio DJ, like hot 75. Oh, but I think he's a DJ at one of New York's hottest clubs called Scoop. Okay.
Starting point is 01:05:21 Scoop. Scoop. Let me tell you something about Luscious lopez she oh nuts is a porno star yay so you were both right any tennis porn in her yep um happy 70th birthday to lola falana lola oh she owns her own uh nope she owns her own rice company called Lola Falanas. Lola Falana. Falafels. No, you're in the right ballpark.
Starting point is 01:05:55 She owns a fleet of snack trucks. She turns 70 today. She's an American entertainer, singer, dancer. I think like a Rat Pack ingenue. Oh, she would have had her own line of rice, though.
Starting point is 01:06:15 They all did. Happy birthday to Jim Shoulder. Oh, political cartoonist. Are you kidding? He was the guy who is famous because John Madden lost it on him one time in a football game. Hey, look at me. You know what? Jim Shoulder and the Bulls.
Starting point is 01:06:34 You're pretty close. He's an Australian soccer manager. And what is a soccer manager if not a football coach? Yeah, absolutely. And what is John Madden? Chef of some sort. soccer manager, if not a football coach. Yeah, absolutely. And what is John Madden? Chef of some sort. And finally, this person is long deceased, but it would be the
Starting point is 01:06:51 241st birthday of Mungo Park. Mungo Park. Oh, that's easy. It's why we have things called parks. Yeah. It's named after Mungo Park. It's an adventure of the called parks. Yeah. Adventure of the Park. Named after Mungo Park. I'm going to go with that.
Starting point is 01:07:05 It's Adventure of the Park. Scottish explorer. Who found an open area in a city. He found a playground. And reported back, there's a place for kids. We will call it a Mungo. This has been Celebrity Best Names. Now it's time for the realsies, overheardsies.
Starting point is 01:07:29 Now, overheardsies, we like to start with the guest. Pat, if you would be so kind as to lead the way. Okay, very brief, very quickly. This one happened to me, or I overheard this, at a bagel shop here in Vancouver. Solly's Bagels. Oh, yeah. You guys been there?
Starting point is 01:07:48 Yeah, absolutely. Try the babka. Why not? I would say one of the more authentic of the Jewish delis in Vancouver. Yep. They're hard to come by. It's your Solly's. Your Siegel's.
Starting point is 01:08:00 Yeah. That's it. Benny's has the best bagels. Not really Jewish, though. Then it should be, I should send these people here that I overhes. Yeah. That's it. Benny's has the best bagels. Not really Jewish, though. Well, then it should be, I should send these people here that I overheard. Okay. So this was what seemed to be a couple that maybe was new to Vancouver, but definitely had a sort of an urban sway to them that they had maybe lived previously in a place like
Starting point is 01:08:23 New York or Montreal. Kind of had a bit of a... Hotland. A bit of a holier-than-thou kind of... Sure. Essence to them. I know what you mean. Vancouver is a city, but it's not a real city.
Starting point is 01:08:37 Yeah. So they were sitting down to enjoy the food that they had just ordered, and the woman had taken a slurp of her matzo ball soup and looked at him and said, not bad. And then it was his turn, and he took a bite of his bagel and kind of was overcome with this look of disgust on his face. And he said, Just once, I'd like to find a bagel in Vancouver that would pleasure me. Maybe the holes are too big. Yeah. Yeah, stop blaming the bagels.
Starting point is 01:09:21 So that's what I heard. Yeah, wow. How withering. Just once. The matzo ball soup, they sell it frozen. Or I think they sell the chicken soup, and you buy the matzo balls and you put it in. Anyway. What is a matzo ball?
Starting point is 01:09:39 Is it a cheese? It's like a starch ball. Yeah, it's starch. It's just sort of a dough ball. All right. Unleavened. But at Solly's Bagels, on the container, it says chicken soup. Jewish penicillin.
Starting point is 01:09:54 Oh, wow. I don't feel comfortable buying that. Yeah, well, also, you should probably get it from a pharmacist. Yeah. A Jewish pharmacist. Dave, do you have it over here? I do. This is one. I was on the bus the other day. Oh, do you have one over here? I do. This is one.
Starting point is 01:10:06 I was on the bus the other day. Oh, I'm on the bus every day. Look for me. Say hello. Don't say hello. No, say hello. Dave likes it. Say hello.
Starting point is 01:10:14 Watch me eat a bowl of spaghetti. Hot matzo ball soup on the bus. And there was this sort of sketchy looking woman. And there was this sort of sketchy looking woman. Looked like she may have been... Of the people who are addicted to drugs that are on the bus, she was on the, you know, up and up. Outward scale. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:10:38 The on the way out. Like, oh, maybe, or just recently addicted. Oh, like new to the sense of reality. Yeah, like she had pretty good skin. Right. But her mind wasn't there, and she had maybe done some things that were regrettable. Sure. Who hasn't, though? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:10:56 And she... It was weird, because she was sitting in a seat that was, I think, a better seat. So weird. seat uh there was i think a better seat and then so weird and then she got out of that seat and sat next to this guy and uh i was uh sitting right behind them and she sat next to this guy who was reading uh lord of the rings oh fellowship of the ring yep and uh she looked she knew the book and she looked over to the guy and the guy was like a nerdy guy in his 20s and she said to him can you believe it a nerdy guy in his 20s yeah yeah yeah what um she said to him that's such a big book and he was like yeah uh and she said uh when they made the movie did they do it word
Starting point is 01:11:39 for word and the guy said i guess and she said that's a lot of lines yeah yeah she made a real connection there yeah um he what what what is his next move in that uh keep reading yeah keep reading don't say anything what would the what would that the pickup line book you know what is that book called oh the game yeah what would it say what would that book called? The Game? The Game, yeah. Yeah, what would it say? What would be the next? Oh, yeah, you've already got her. Yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 01:12:09 She's on the line. Yeah, you were peacocking by reading a book on the bus. Then you did a card trick in front of her. Yeah, and then you talked to her less attractive junkie friend to lure her into... You sort of gave her a backhanded compliment. Yeah, and then what do you say? I'm getting off at the Jiffy Lube. You want to come?
Starting point is 01:12:30 And then you buy her drugs. Yeah. Sold. You find out her interests, and you participate. Is the game the guy that's... This is the ones that there's like three of them in the air... No, that's a different one. Have you seen those where it's like, I hope they serve beer and hell or something oh yeah it's got like a series of these
Starting point is 01:12:50 yeah that's right tucker max isn't it like uh being an asshole is great yeah yeah like party party for life yeah i did it do it too roofie talk yeah um the game is about this guy. I haven't read it. Have you? Yeah, when I used to work at the book warehouse. You don't need to make excuses. No, I feel like I do, because it's not... I would read it. It's like a...
Starting point is 01:13:14 But it's a hand guide to how to pick up girls. The weird thing is, is it isn't written like that. It's written like a story. It's a study of this guy. Garbage is in there. Mystery, isn't he? Yeah, but he's narrating. He hung out with these dudes that...
Starting point is 01:13:30 And it's Neil Strauss who wrote it, who wrote the Dirt, the Motley Crue book. Yeah. Which, by the way, one of my favorite books of all time. Unputdownable. Yes. Fact. But he hung out with these guys,
Starting point is 01:13:44 and so it's a narrative It's not like You know chapter one Breaking down the wall Like you actually have to read these And the characters are really Yeah yeah Terrible
Starting point is 01:13:55 Yeah they're hard to root for And then as you read it It's hard to root for you as a person Really For participating in reading it Yeah yeah You're like I don't feel like I'm any kind of underdog. No, you're reading a book.
Starting point is 01:14:08 You're the best kind of person. Don't you feel better than everyone? Yeah, I guess. But, you know, it's like, it's the book is... I played Madden all weekend. Yeah, and I was out practicing the game. It's made like the Bible, like it looks like a Bible. Like it has a gilded
Starting point is 01:14:25 It's got gold gilded Pages Check it out at your local bookstore If you're only going to read one book for your life Then it might as well be the game Yeah If you find out you have one year to live I'm not reading any books
Starting point is 01:14:41 I don't have that kind of time I can read maybe a book a month I think I would read the whole phone book Just go through every page Look at every single name Graham do you have an overheard? I do! I was at a city park Founded by
Starting point is 01:14:57 I think you guys may or may not know this Joaquin Park or whatever Mongo Park No relation to Mongo Jerryo jerry no uh summertime in the well though some relation they both enjoy a hot summer park right in the summertime when the parks are so nice get a sprinkler out and spray yourself twice it's a mungo park in a mungo park in a mungo um sitting in the park uh i was sitting uh on a bench that was right next to the monkey bars the mungo bars the mungo bars founded by monkey jerry yeah um and these three little girls came up and one of them was way ganglier than the other two girls.
Starting point is 01:15:45 And the two girls jumped on the monkey bars right away, and the ganglier of the three stopped short and said to herself, I'm a real failure at monkey bars. Wow. Yeah. She was really self-aware about it, too. How old was she? She couldn't have been more than seven, let's say. Oh, boy.
Starting point is 01:16:06 Gangly? Yeah, all her friends were super tiny, so she was like an early sprout. And you'd be worse at monkey bars if you were tall? No, I think she'd be amazing at them. Yeah. Monkey bars are a difficult thing to navigate. Yeah. Absolutely.
Starting point is 01:16:21 Not with that bad attitude. But monkeys are gangly. Like, they've got long arms. She was the most ape-like of the three. Yeah. Absolutely. Not with that bad attitude. But monkeys are gangly. Like, they've got long arms. She was the most ape-like of the three. Apes and monkeys aren't the same thing. Oh, yeah. No, but apes would be good at monkey bars. Sure.
Starting point is 01:16:35 They mostly get angry at them. Yeah. Well, she didn't look like a monkey, though. She did look like a chimp. Okay. Like, she had longer arms then, and she had a hairy face. Maybe she was a chimp. Did she have a tail?
Starting point is 01:16:49 No, she didn't have a tail. Okay. But she did... Speak English. Yeah, she did speak English. Like human language. But you know what? She was wearing clothes that it looked like you would put on a chimp to disguise it as a human.
Starting point is 01:17:03 Was it a hat? Like a party hat on top? Yeah, a party hat. And was wearing a tie and a vest. Did she fox the fox? Rat on the rat? You can ape the ape. I know about that. I don't know what this is! There is one thing you must be sure of. I can't
Starting point is 01:17:18 take anymore. Monkey. Don't you monkey with the monkey. I still don't know what you're doing. I still don't know what you're doing. I still don't know what you're doing either. What is that? Monkey, too much at stake. A monkey, ground beneath me shake. What?
Starting point is 01:17:37 But what is it? Monkey, and the news is breaking. Shock the. Shock the monkey. Oh, shock the monkey. Oh, goodness. I thought it was a musical or something. It's theatric.
Starting point is 01:17:51 Yeah, absolutely. Oh, boy. That was a real journey. I know. I didn't know if we'd get there. Shock the monkey to life. Now, we also have overheards Sent from monkeys all over the country This country and elsewhere
Starting point is 01:18:06 If you want to send one in You can send it in to stoppodcastyourself At gmail.com This first one comes from Marissa P More than anything I like the setup To this overheard Okay don't bother with the punchline then Okay
Starting point is 01:18:22 I was asked to help a goth band film a music video i'm sold yeah yeah after filming was complete me the band and a random friend of theirs were all sitting outside in the darkness eating pears the setup keeps getting better and better sitting in a graveyard eating pears eating carrot sticks uh To set up a visual, one band member was wearing a top hat, was topless other than a shirt of black paint, and had fake blood dribbling out of his mouth. The other band member had red eyes and fake blood in his hair, and the random friend was sitting in the corner looking shady, not talking to anyone.
Starting point is 01:19:03 While discussing their upcoming album, Bloody Hair Guy, we'll have a secret track called Victorian Virgin Dads and Their Secret Elegance. Me replied in a joking, exaggerated tone, What? There's nothing secret about their elegance. Bloody Hair Guy, no, you're wrong. No one knows about their elegance because they are virgins. They haven't yet had an opportunity to share it with the world. Random friend.
Starting point is 01:19:31 Virgin dads can exist, you know. You can be a dad and a virgin. Sure. Me. I don't know what anyone is talking about anymore. So, there you go. Marisa's, um... Man, oh man, what a night.
Starting point is 01:19:41 So there you go. Marisa's, man, oh man, what a night. Well, in the story of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we know that Mary was a virgin. Yeah. Was Joseph? Yep. And that's one of the things. He was so excited.
Starting point is 01:20:00 He was so elegant. Yeah. Well, this was his prom. This was totally going to be his night. He was so elegant. Yeah, well, this was his prom. This was totally going to be his night. He and a bunch of other disciples had made a deal that they were all going to lose their virginity by Christmas Eve. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:20:13 And his father walked in on him having sex with a baklava. It's Greek, but, you know, find me a pastry. I like that Goths are being really Goth. Like, if you're going to be Goth, go 100%. You like that they're still being Goth, or just that those Goths in particular are really Goth? Well, I'm glad he didn't back down. Yeah. Yeah, like, yeah, they can be.
Starting point is 01:20:41 You know what? I believe in this Goth stuff. If you don't stand for something yeah but what does it what does it truly mean to be goth anymore i mean or has it come back onto itself i think i think it's probably more goth like you've got to be more yeah like it's being goth the new being like a punk you're sticking to it i think so like yeah yeah because i think it was easier to be goth back when everything was terrible yeah i think now like there's the steampunk guys maybe are making the guts feel uncomfortable yeah right those are our frilly yeah frilly costumes are our domain yeah we're wearing black stop wearing copper um this next one comes from Anna M.
Starting point is 01:21:25 And this is just really short. A girl on a cell phone. Greta is so fake, and she looks like soup. That's all she heard. It's true, though. Yeah, right? That sounds like the first part of a burn, where it's like, you look like soup. All onions and no carrots.
Starting point is 01:21:47 Yeah, like what are the qualities of soup that could be applied? You look like soup, you know? Good for you. Your face looks like soup. Kind of good for you. Comforting on a warm winter's night. What if it was the soup like the skin that forms on the top of a soup? You know, like when you leave a soup out?
Starting point is 01:22:04 Like cream of mushroom soup. Yeah, or like a tomato soup gets like the skin that forms on the top of a soup. You know, like when you leave a soup out. Like cream of mushroom soup. Yeah, or like a tomato soup gets the skin. Then it's like, ugh, she's got soup skin. You look like soup. All broth, no alphabet. Yeah, because you're not educated. Guys,
Starting point is 01:22:20 I'm looking for the last one. You look like soup. That's it. That's it. That's it. Yeah. Yeah. You got it. You'd be good with crackers.
Starting point is 01:22:29 Because you sleep with white guys. Yeah. That's pretty good. Yeah. This one comes from... I'm actually going to say his last name because I like it so much. It's from Jay Duckworth. Pretty great.
Starting point is 01:22:44 My wife was strolling along the street I'm actually going to say his last name because I like it so much. It's from Jay Duckworth. Pretty great. My wife was strolling along the street when she was stopped by a man who, after smacking his lips and letting out a mm-mm-mm, introduced himself as Coffee because he grinds so fine. See, that is exactly what Soup should have been. Yeah. That's pretty good, right? Hey, I'm Soup. should have been yeah yeah that's pretty good right yeah i'm hey i'm soup oh she looks like coffee because she grinds so fine yeah she looks like a compliment though yeah i know because she can stir it up because she's overpriced yeah slurp it i could so she could spoon looks like a spoon she looks like soup because i could you're really you're really trying to wrap your head around the soup
Starting point is 01:23:25 She comes in a tetrapack Yeah Alternative to salad She looks like soup I like those cans Cause she's like a chowder Cause she comes in cans That's pretty good
Starting point is 01:23:43 Not really In addition to these Over overheards that are written in, we also accept overheards that are telephoned in. If you want to call us, the number is 206-339-8328. Hey, Dave and Graham and guests. I have an overheard. This is Dan from Dallas. I was coming out of a concert not too long ago when two people on the narrow walkway out of the venue
Starting point is 01:24:14 started almost to get into fisticuffs. There were two big burly men, and one of them was, several other men were trying to keep one from getting into fisticuffs, and they said, John, don't do anything. And John said, drunkenly, Joe, I was born to do something. Yeah, exactly.
Starting point is 01:24:34 Do something or you'll fall for everything. Yeah. Wow. Have you ever gotten into a fight? Never. Well, never. Well, never. No, never. Never say never.
Starting point is 01:24:47 Never say never. Now that the cyst is out, I want to live. Yeah, that's true. I want to live. Right. Well, before you were probably worried, like, someone would just grab onto your cyst the whole time. But now, you know, I'm born to do something.
Starting point is 01:25:01 Yeah. You were born to do something. Everyone's born to do something. Absolutely. Never, no. I've been punched in the face before. Yeah. It's the worst.
Starting point is 01:25:12 Well, no, getting punched in the balls is the worst. If I had to pick, if somebody said face or balls, I would say face all the way. It'd be five times in the face to every one ball punch. I've, yeah, I know I'm begging for it by saying this. I haven't been punched in the face to every one ball punch um i've yeah i i i know i'm begging for it by saying this i haven't been punched in the face well i hope you never do no well no i mean i do i hope you do on like you know an anniversary or something like that like a special occasion i mean i've been hit in the face with like like by accident like dude catch. Yeah. A lot of that. So I know what it's like. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:25:46 Somebody thought you were ex-president George Bush. It's both blinding and the brightest thing you'll ever see. It's like so dark and so bright. Yeah. Okay, fine. Unbelievably loud and something. Incredibly, et cetera. Ouchy.
Starting point is 01:26:03 Next call. Yep. Hey, guys. Jared in Sacramento Next call. Yep. Hey guys, Jared in Sacramento with an overseen on Target. Just saw a guy in a brand new ZZ Top shirt in 2012.
Starting point is 01:26:16 That's all. How does he know it's brand new? Did it say ZZ Top 2012 on it? Class of 2012? ZZ Top school? There's a quality to a ZZ Top t-shirt. A ZZ Top 2012 on it? I mean... Class of 2012? ZZ Top School? There's a quality to a ZZ Top t-shirt. A ZZ Top t-shirt. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:26:32 That dinginess, I think. That's true. That sets in pretty quick. I have a ZZ Top t-shirt from their last... No, not their last tour. From their Recycler Tour, which I believe was in 1992. That could not be their last tour. This guy's got a newer shirt 20 years later. That was the name of their tour? Recycler Tour, which I believe was in 1992. That could not be their last tour. This guy's got a newer shirt 20 years later. And that was the name of their tour? Recycler?
Starting point is 01:26:50 Yeah, the Recycler Tour. Is that what they were promoting? They were promoting recycling. Like recycling? Did that album have that song, Pincushion? That was after. Oh, that was after. Because that was on...
Starting point is 01:27:04 I can't remember the name of it. Yeah. After that one? That was way after that one. That's about the body of work of ZZ Top that I'm familiar with. What about Shark Dress Man? Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:27:19 And Legs. Oh, yeah. Well, now you start legs recycler do your recycling produce reuse yeah it was a trilogy of albums
Starting point is 01:27:35 reducer reuser so is there new to her compost yeah absolutely the compost doer yeah it's the first stage that's been all the heat and lights Absolutely. The compost doer. Ka-com-pow-pow-pow. Yeah, it's the first stage that's been all the heat and lights have been generated by compost. That guy's brand new ZZ Top shirt was made out of some kind of... Reusable material. Yeah, like old pop bottles.
Starting point is 01:27:57 Old pop bottles. Or water bottles, yeah. They make shoes and tennis courts out of that. Absolutely. Those are the only two things. Yeah. Two things we shoes and tennis courts out of that? Absolutely. Those are the only two things. Yeah. Two things we're always running out of. Shoes and tennis courts.
Starting point is 01:28:10 We need more tennis courts. Drink more water bottles. Yeah. Finally. Hey, Dave and Graham. This is Tara from Edmonton, and I have an overheard. I saw a girl on the weekend who had the Mockingjay symbol from The Hunger Games tattooed on her arm, and I overheard
Starting point is 01:28:28 her say, The Hunger Games will still be cool in 2065. I thought it was pretty funny because she was so certain and so precise in the date. Yeah, she's wrong on both counts. That's the unfortunate thing. 2065? Nothing
Starting point is 01:28:43 has been cool that long. Yeah. Except CC Top. Rock and roll barely made it 50 years. Yeah, exactly. Is rock and roll even still cool? I think it's still got some... It's got more juice in it than The Hunger Games.
Starting point is 01:28:59 The Hunger Games petered out after that first film, though. Isn't it kind of... Guys, the Bible. Oh, right. Oh, yeah. True. I find that The Hunger Games is like my new Bible. Kind of like the Bible.
Starting point is 01:29:11 Yeah. There's, you know... For me, it's the game. I don't know anything about The Hunger Games franchise. Cat must be cat, something. Books or movies. This is my impression, not knowing a thing about The Hunger Games. You do a lot of good impressions.
Starting point is 01:29:23 This is what I think it is. You ready for this? Yeah. Let the race begin. One of you will get eaten. Yeah. I just think that's what it is. Do you think people eat each other?
Starting point is 01:29:36 Yeah. Yeah. Or something eats them. Let the Hunter Games begin. The Hunter Games. Oops, I meant hunger. I meant hunger. I've been up all night.
Starting point is 01:29:46 But just someone, does someone say that in the book or movie? Let the race begin. Yeah, they use a big pop-o-matic bubble. Right. What is the thing that they say in it? May the odds be ever in your favor. Oh, yeah, yeah, sure. That's the big takeaway. I'm wearing a wig of
Starting point is 01:30:02 weirdness. Yeah, yeah. Welcome to the... Who's at the place the host Not John Turturro Oh Stanley Tucci But could you swap out sort of scenes From Mad Max If they were Mad Max babies maybe
Starting point is 01:30:18 They'll make your dreams come true I'm obsessed with the idea of a Muppet baby Version of everything Book, movie, TV show Just like I want to see what the babies were like The game Babies
Starting point is 01:30:34 Still works Show off your rattle Show her an Uno card Show interest in her blocks Have you seen the hunger game i saw the movie yeah abby's read just the first book i i will not read the books as i mentioned very slow reader there's a lot i have to pick and choose what i'm gonna read there's a lot of wigs in that movie and and not all of them intentionally silly, but I feel
Starting point is 01:31:06 like Woody Harrelson's wig in it was pretty. Anytime I see him with hair, it makes me laugh. He didn't even wear a ridiculous wig. He was just ridiculous because he was Woody Harrelson with a wig. Yeah, I feel like... Because it's not like... They're not making Statham or... Whenever Bruce Willis wears a wig, I can't.
Starting point is 01:31:25 Yeah. That's the end of the movie. The movie's over before it begins, as soon as I see a wig. Right? Yeah. Or a fake mustache. It's like, you couldn't have just grown the mustache? Where do you see a fake mustache?
Starting point is 01:31:36 Oh, I don't know. In this movie about this guy who let kids watch him eat spaghetti. The Mel Bridgman story? Yeah. The Hunger Games? The Mel Bridgman story. The Hunger Games. The Mel Bridgman story yeah the hunger games mel bridgman story the pre-game hunger games oh yeah what do you eat before a hunger game oh yeah i don't know but let it begin uh you're not that far off yeah yeah you're in the yeah you could have written it now uh
Starting point is 01:32:02 pat kelly yeah we we promoted your upcoming appearances with This Is That at the top of the show. Okay. Where can people... Oh, and also, new season of This Is That. That's it. Coming at you. When is this on? When are we talking right now?
Starting point is 01:32:16 This will come out around September 11th. September 11th. Okay, so... We told you to never forget. Lest we never forget. you to never forget. Lest we never forget. We just started, so we would have
Starting point is 01:32:28 just started our brand new season three days ago. Okay. Congratulations. On Saturday the 8th. Saturday the 8th, and now we're just starting new episodes on the radio here in Canada every Saturday at 11
Starting point is 01:32:43 in the morning. Can people outside of Canada find it? Yes, they can. Podcast. Tell us about it. You know, iTunes, This Is That podcast. Or go to the website cbc.ca slash thisisthat. And you've been on the show a couple times, but if people are new to us, Describe what This Is That is. This Is That is basically, in a nutshell, it's satirical news. But it's a parody of basically public radio in Canada.
Starting point is 01:33:13 But it also, you know, if you live in the U.S., it can be comparable to doing sort of a parody of NPR or BBC or something. Yeah, it's really funny. And it's me and another guy doing all of the characters and voices. And it is really funny and worth checking out. And you can go. You can get it on cbc.ca. And if not, iTunes. Get the podcast.
Starting point is 01:33:39 And come to those shows, too. I mean, why wouldn't you? Why wouldn't you? So that's the Oleo Festival and the YY Comedy Festival. No. The 20th for the Oleo and the... 26th for the YY. We're doing it.
Starting point is 01:33:55 Yeah. Home, home, home, home. Dave? Yeah. Anything? I think just the shows we announced earlier that we had been plugging for a while the Oleo and Calgary shows and
Starting point is 01:34:10 yeah that's about it that's going to be some top drawer stuff and you know what head on over to MaximumFun.org check out some of the brother and sister programs that are in the Maximum Fun Network you're throwing shades.
Starting point is 01:34:25 You're my brother, my brother, I mean. Jordan, Jesse, go. Bullseye. Coil and Sharp. International Waters. All great stuff. And go to the blog recap page at MaximumFun.org. Dave will
Starting point is 01:34:41 put up pictures and videos that related to this here episode. Surely John Madden's going to be on there somewhere. Mel Bridgman. Yes, absolutely. I did this motion as though it was a twirly at the end. He was just a mini Lanny McDonald. Absolutely.
Starting point is 01:34:58 Maybe a ZZ Top song. Lagrange. Yeah Yeah Lagrange Yeah Lagrange Absolutely And join us Next week
Starting point is 01:35:10 For another Thrilling edition Of Stop Podcasting Yourself Thank you.

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