The Basement Yard - #512 - We're Forming A Boy Band

Episode Date: July 21, 2025

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seen you wear it. Yeah it was sent to me by the company that made it. It looks like the Grinch's heart. Mmm before the love. Right. Before the love. Yeah. Struck his heart. Yeah. Yeah yeah I could see that. I kind of if I'm being honest with you mm-hmm I know we haven't gotten too much media post love Grinch I Kind of like the Grinch when he was an asshole. I Yeah fun. I kind of like Jim Carrey Grinch being a little mean guy Yo, you know what's crazy about that movie. I didn't expect the Grinch to have such a fucking fat Wagon dude this guy badass in that I I know what expect the Grinch to have such a fucking fat wagon dude this

guy badass I know what he did with all his presents he stole he threw him in his fucking back trunk cuz he was walking around with a whole Christmas morning of ass literally yeah Christmas Eve he already had Santa's sack in his ass oh my god forget that and he knew it too remember when when he's getting dressed. He's like ooh ah That guy was they why'd they give him such a fat ass dude Thicker than a bowl of syrup with oats in it. You know what I'm saying I don't even know why that would be necessary to give him such a fat ass, but I was distracted I

Were distracted staring at the Grinch's green hairy ass Really there was something else. I know you. There was something else in that movie that was a little more distracting. And it has to do with one Mary Lou Who. Yes. Or is that the older one? I don't know. No, something.

What's her name? Who is a kid? Because- Yeah, let's get that out of the way. Let's get the kid out of the way. We need to make sure we're specific. Cindy Lou Who. Cindy Lou Who is the kid. That the way. We need to make sure we're specific. Cindy Lou Who. That was a child.

Mary May Who? Mary May Who might have been the one. She might have been the one that had the Who bags. She did have Who bags. She had Who bags. She had giant Who tits. Giant Who tits. And they knew it too

yeah they were like playing in a corset what are we doing yo I'm telling you first of all it was curves in that movie I watched I watched that movie didn't the mayor wear a bra on his head? uh you're talking little Nicky that's so bananas that's crazy yeah that is that is from little Nicky he was wearing something on his head though when they found him sleeping. When was the mayor? Martha Mayhoo. That's the big kid woman's name. Martha Mayhoo is the one that's got the who nips. Yeah. You know?

Yeah. And then she shoots the lights and she's like, huh huh huh huh huh. And I'm like, bro, you guys know what you're doing. doing yo I watch that movie almost every year because the kids love it I love it I know I do too but adult eyes watching that movie sees a lot of stuff that we didn't catch as kids yeah they they go to a key party yeah like the swingers they have a swingers party in how the Grinch stole Christmas yeah and like fire the the Grinch was a baby then but like it was the two old ladies bro that's kind of crazy too because they were not like 40 50 those bitches were like 70 and trying to get deep well it was when the no it was it was it was when the Grinch was a baby so like presumably like they were old though 30

years prior yeah so like they were in their latest they were in their 40s maybe 50s oh maybe I'm remembering the movie wrong I thought they were old then too uh maybe actually you know but but they were clearly were going to a fucking a whoreville key party a whore villorgie legitimately to get their who vag stuffed by some hoody And you notice after that that's when all the babies start landing. That's because people are getting Ridiculously real also you remember that guy who comes out on his front doorstep he goes. Oh my god this baby looks like your boss What was that? Yeah? Yep, yeah necessary There's a lot of stuff in there. Fucked up.

A lot of stuff. What a great movie. It's also censor- like, sensory, like overload, like the sound design on that movie. Like when he chews on the glass. Yeah. I love that sound. Yeah. It's made me want to chew glass.

Obviously I haven't and won't. I've chewed fake glass. You know, sugar glass, that's not- that's- that's nothing. Yeah, sugar glass. That's not that's that's that's not glass. It's not glass. Yeah, it's like rock candy. I mean, I'm not gonna chew glass. If no, all right, we're not gonna Okay. You know what's weird? I don't know why I like this. Because I'm not this guy. Like I don't I'm not a big on like blood. I don't want to get other people's blood on me. Strap in folks. Here we go. But for some reason, you know when people like cut they get a cut in their mouth and you can see like blood in

their teeth. I kind of like that. Why do I like that? I don't know. I'm kind of like I like it's not that I want to like lick their teeth You're some shit like I just think it you must have been pumped watching sinners boy Let me tell you you must have seen that and just been like oh look at those bloody teeth Yeah, I think because of like the juxtaposition of like white teeth I feel like and then there's just like red lines. You just wanted to say that word I don't know what word you're talking about I think because there's white teeth and then in between them There's just red lines and you like seeing the color disparate gee. I don't know

I don't know but it's something about that is like you remember in Fight Club Where like the guys like is this yours when you know that movie way better than I do I've seen it a handful of times, and it's a good movie But like you're like horny for that movie Not anymore like I used to be horny for it You were one of those guys That's the thing that's when I stopped. I realized like oh, there's a pattern. There's a like I'm like Gotcha. I'm good on it. It was like you you loved Limp Bizkit. You loved first of all that's you chief you love Limp Bizkit Did you say love or loved love?

That's you, Chief. You love Limp Bizkit. Uh uh uh. Did you say love or loved? Loved. You're right, honestly. But I like three songs for Limp Bizkit. Okay? I'm not sitting here, I don't have their full catalog in my fucking head. Also, I will say this about Limp Bizkit. Or Fred Durst, rather.

Guy looks good. With all the white hair, it looks cool. He's probably riding those checks, man. I mean, I imagine they did well in the early 2000s, and if they invested their money correctly... They were rolling in. They were rolling on his way or the highway. Yeah, exactly. You know, I recently started watching.

Did you see? It's a documentary on Netflix. I think it's called Dirty Pop. Is that about the NSYNC guy? The NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys guy. Yeah, yeah. Bro, crazy stuff! I mean, I only watched the first episode. I hear it gets crazier. Don't tell me, because I really don't know the story.

Okay. But like... It brought me back to such a specific time in history. That like... Bro... It's so weird watching that first episode, because he's like forming the boy bands and stuff like that. First of all, forming both of them crazy say what you want about the guy which I don't know what you can because I haven't I don't know

the whole story yet okay there's some stuff you could probably say for sure clearly knew what he was doing in forming boy bands yeah because he formed Backstreet Boys then in sync and then O-Town, which... Had a hit. They had some hits, man! Yeah, they did. But... It was so weird to watch, cause it was just like... Seeing these 17 year old boys, Whether they be from the Backstreet or they're all N'Sync together,

Right. Like... Their manager being like, dance more sexy. Like, that's so fucking weird like you see them practicing though like Yeah, you know and it's like crazy cuz like they had your haircut That's not like a knock on you, but they literally all had that like I thought you I thought you were oh well I don't have a part right now do I know but I'm saying had the part in the curtains you kind of look like what's

His name not a not CJ AJ one of the AJ AJ McLean age not AJ. Who's the other one Kevin CJ? Howie? Who's the guy in Ryan and Nick? Oh and in sync? Yeah, and in sync there's like there's JC JC Yeah, look like JC Shazay. I'm just saying your hair looks like JC Shazay but I think I look more like a like a more rugged like a like a Dad like a like You know like none of us all right? Well, didn't you think that the tall one from the back sheet was so out of place dude

I thought that guy was 40 and he kind of looks like a dog. Yes. Yeah, I don't need to suspect at all I love the one he's laughing his way to the bank if Kevin I know all their names Kevin Kevin Kevin what Kevin Kevin yeah if he sees this he did look like he was significantly older than the rest he did and he was like seven foot nine he felt ten foot tall and he does look like that dog. You know that dog that's like... You know the one that smiles?

The one that smiles. That like Italian dog. Yes, yes, exactly Joey. But just like, it was weird because it would be like, you gotta dance more sexy. Who's your favorite Backstreet Boy? AJ's pretty sick. I guess by, I mean Nick, he was like the Backstreet Boy. Yeah, I'm going Chalk. I'm going Nick and Justin, you know? Well Justin, I mean, was the clear front runner. I know, that's why I'm going Chalk.

In sync, it wasn't even close. Like you could have argued who was the biggest Backstreet Boy. The boys from the Backstreet. I kind of fucked with Brian, dude. You kind of look like Brian a little bit me yeah you have that whole like I'm waking up look I'll take that you know I mean I don't know what he looks like now I don't I think he looks exactly the same there was a video of them like recently performing Brian in some from good none of that offends the way he looks I mean dude I fucked with Brian Brian Bro, my sister was obsessed with the Backstreet Boys She had the fucking posters and cutouts for magazines

My dad took us out of school to go to TRL to see them one day What? Yeah, dude That is... I've never experienced that Well, it was a sidewalk like, hey! Yeah, that's exactly... Well, I was a fucking fourth grade or whatever however old I was I didn't know what the fuck was going on. I didn't know like I you think I would first of all Joey Yeah, 2002 2001 let's go to thousand

2000 grade was 2001 just say I know but it was 2000. Let's say 2000 third grade. Yeah, whatever year it was. Yeah What do you think would have happened if the boys found out that I went to see the Backstreet Boys? Like our friends yeah First of all we were in third grade nothing was gay yet, so I would've been high first of all I fucked with in sync Frank hard I Right there with you. I like loved I remember being at the TRL thing and just being like I don't know like and I remember It was packed. Yeah, I remember my sister Screaming yeah, and my dad you know what's even funnier than

Both of my parents to bring my sister to see the Backstreet Boys If you would ask me to guess a million times Every single one of those guesses would have been my mom bringing her your dad could you imagine my dad being but I guess you know did what he had to do yeah he knew that it would make his daughter happy um but yeah it was just it's so weird watching it because the Backstreet Boys they're like dancing all sexily and like they're doing it with the idea that like their fan base is like young girls and it's just icky I don't like it and it's strange to me that they're appealing to young girls that like they're trying to like that's

the part and again I don't know where the rest of this documentary goes so it might shed some light on some stuff I don't think there's light shed on that okay, but there's light shed on the dude I've heard I've heard he and he like took all their money. Yeah Yeah, yeah, but and like quite a bit of it too by the way yeah I heard that it was like upwards of like one of them was like one of the bands it was upwards of like 265 million or some shit couple bucks We score in Like one of the bands it was upwards of like 265 million or some shit couple bucks Which is in 1995 and they're all still rich, which is crazy Well, I probably got some money like the lawsuit came early on

So like they probably got some stuff back and then they were able to make the residuals after bro imagine being like 17 and like Working your ass off like that? That's why a lot of them don't come out doing well. I mean, I believe Nick Carter had a pretty public battle with substances, didn't he? I think anyone who's like young and like that's your life is like, it's rough. Bro, look at the Disney Channel stars. Yeah. Any of the stars, man man being young and just not falling into

that is probably very difficult you have to have like you have to get lucky with the people around you because you're a fucking child bro and not only are you a child but like everyone's trying to take from but not even just that but like people start treating you like the center of the universe at the age of 12 not only that but if you're a backstreet boy and in sync you are the center of the fucking universe But like that and that's gotta fuck but they were a little older now if we look at younger kids like a Bees do Bees yeah Bees listen Bees is having a crash out I don't want to sit here and plant my flag in the ground and what's going on with that

Becca made a great point when we were talking about this. She's just like, not a lot has come out. Something tells me he deserves a crash out because this guy has been through it probably. Bro, he's got like 13 and like the biggest thing in the world. What does that do to a purse? Not only that, but like the music industry. He spent a lot of time with certain people in the music industry that might have just be to rap. Not only thing, not only thing, what am I even saying? Not only that, but like you've

seen videos of just weird moments. Yo, I don't know, ugh, there's videos of people asking like Britney Spears who's like 15, like you got boyfriend do you kiss I get it it was a different time but that's not a gimme. That's still gross. That's a gimme bro. It's a layup you don't ask a 15 year old man. Bro there's a lot of examples of that and like more recently people have been getting called out for shit like that have you ever seen the clip of I don't want to say I'm not gonna reference it but like someone asks a very popular actress about like how did you get in that skin tight suit and it was just like that or they asked about her underwear they were doing Hanson okay I didn't want to say it because I don't know who the interviewer

is and I don't want to make them uncomfortable but like they asked me who the interviewer anyone involved in that uncomfortable that's a stupid question yes I agree but I'm saying like fuck if they're uncomfortable it was They asked me who the interviewer anyone involved in that uncomfortable. That's a stupid question. Yes I agree, but I'm saying like fuck if they're uncomfortable. It was just like oh What was your super superhero suit like to like I think it was Jeremy Renner was in it And then he was like I was doing and she was and then they said to her like what about your underwear? And they were she was like what the fuck it's just so weird like it's weird and listen I I I I Don't people don't always have and

especially in like the early 90s there wasn't this movement of just like don't be so stupid right it was kind of still coasting off of like men are men are stupid and they're gonna like they're complimenting you by asking that it's just like it's so weird it's so weird and you're right the Bieber stuff is weird. It is really weird. Oh My god, dude, so were you more of an in sync fan, bro? This was me. I was the doll. I was in sync all the way I feel like but I will admit that now I think that the Backstreet Boys probably have more hits than in sync But I loved it

I wonder if you if we pull up the top five songs from each of them who has the better top five? I will say the fucking Merry Christmas Happy Holiday song is a banger But like Backstreet Boys don't have a holiday song which they might but I don't know I mean if they do it's not one that We know They might, but I don't know. I mean, if they do, it's not one that we know. It ain't Merry Christmas, Happy Fucking Holidays. Bro, you think about it.

Most Christmas songs that are like popular are from the fucking like 50s and 60s. The only like modern ones that are in there are Mariah Carey and N'Sync. And Mistletoe by J-Babe. What song is that? Mistletoe? Yeah, well, I don't know what song that is.

Frank. I'm dead serious. I do not know what song that is. That's crazy. Can you sing it? I don't wanna. Come on. Help me out here. Well, now I'm blanking because you like freaked me out. Mistletoe. Yeah. It's called Mistletoe. Oh baby. That's it. I don't know. I imagine it's Justin Bieber. But like, this is tough, man. Merry Christmas. Yo, that song is so good. But like, N'Sync doesn't have I Want It That Way. They have other hits. They have Bye Bye Bye.

Crazy Bang. They have Tearin' Up My Heart, which I think was like their debut single. Tearin' Up My Heart is so fucking good, dude. This is- it doesn't- it doesn't make sense. Tearin' Up My Heart! I gotta look up. Top five- Top five Backstreet Boys songs. By the way, again, Ant isn't here today, that's why we're- that's why. Yeah.

He would have had this lined up. Ant, we miss you, bud. Uh... In Sync Top Five Songs. Alright. So... Give me them. Top five songs all right So give me them top five songs For in sync I want you back

Insane insane yeah, yeah Tearing up my heart yeah, that's a banger. It's gonna be me obviously it well. It's gonna be May But the song is it's gonna be me obviously it well it's gonna be may but the song is it's gonna be me it's gonna be uh this i promise you this i promise you that's a good one too that's in the top five though and then uh not even in the oh number five bye bye bye that's bananas that's five and then gone i don't even know what Gone is. You're gone, but the truth is... Is that in sync or is that just Justin Timberlake? That felt like Justin Timberlake. I know, that's what I'm saying.

I don't know. Pop? Dirty Pop. I thought that was also Justin Timberlake. That's 100% whatever. Oh yeah, me and Tonga Bow. What's the song that's like, oh, just got paid, Friday night. Oh, I don't know I drive myself crazy Girlfriend here we go see like they don't we go

Here we go one more time everybody's there and here we go yes. Yes. Yes here we go I Think that uh fucking in sync has like hits, they're not, they don't have a deep bench. They don't, you're right. Like Backstreet Boys got a BANG song. The starting five is- Yeah, that's a crazy starting five. But you need a deep bench if you're gonna win the finals. That's what the deal is. Uh, let's see top ten, uh, top five Backstreet Boys songs.

They're probably nuts dude. They're probably bangerangs. Uh, number five larger than life Crazy dude as long as you love me as long as you that's oh my fuck I know you're gonna be pumped for this one, and this is a later entry incomplete I Know I know I know how you feel about incomplete a good song everybody backstreets back. I remember that music video being so sick It was like Halloween. Yeah, yeah, they were like they were like

Like the Phantom of the Opera yeah, yeah Came around I was a ninja I was like yo, I want to be a mummy number one came around and I was a ninja number That was a ninja like every year of my life Something about that though that doesn't necessarily feel right but swords and ninja stars. Yes sue me What's the last with the first one? I want it that way. I want it that way so I Want it like that I feel like for top five. It's way better. It's way better for Back Backstreet Boys yeah but it's not like like in sync has they have legs they just had the sauce they have legs yeah they felt like a like they felt like a more polished version of the

Backstreet Boys so you said this would be the summer of you but then you remembered you have kids and now you spend every sunny day at water parks and petting zoos. So be it. We do the prep, so you can get your you time back with freshly prepared, ready for you dishes from Sobeys. Like they felt like the boy band of the new millennia, where Backstreet Boys were the 90s, you know? Yeah bro. And then you you had s Club 7 That was like the British version fucked with s club. Were they British? They yeah I remember one by the but I remember one song one of them might have been like Irish or something. Well, that was uh, what's their names? Oh

bewitched bewitched Banger Irish as hell dude s Club 7 top songs Never Had a Dream Come True. Remember that one? Fucking crazy! Never had a dream come true, till the day that I found you. Uh, Bring It All Back? That sounds like a juvenile song. I think... It doesn't sound like... Bring It All Back? Oh my god, I know that song.

S Club Party? That shit is crazy banger dude. Underrated. It doesn't sound like bring it all back. Oh my god. I know that song s club party that no party like it's crazy Banger, dude Underrated don't stop moving that one. I don't know. I don't know and then what's the other one? There's one more that reach reach have you ever Have you wait you ever is that the brandy song I'm thinking of maybe I don't know Is that the brandy song I'm thinking of? Maybe, I don't know. Have you ever loved somebody so much?

I think that's brandy. Have you ever... There's another song that they have that's like very popular. And it's like them in like white and they're walking around on snow. Have you ever loved somebody is a song by Freddie Jackson. That sounds like a good one. Maybe they did a cover. But uh, dude.

What is it? What is it s club seven songs? There's a song. That's like There they're all they're all wing it I Don't I don't know what's the song then you had old town you had 98 degrees Yeah, uh you maybe it was never had a dream come true Maybe Uh, you had- Maybe it was Never Had A Dream Come True. Maybe. Damn, yo. Ass Club. That was my shit for a little bit. I was not like an Ass Club boy.

I get it. But that was the- Duh. That was the second CD that I ever ac- Get. The first one was obviously Good Charlotte. Ye- Oh my god, yeah.

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous! I remember one of the first CDs that I can actively remember having was the to be a master Pokemon CD Obviously and then I had the offspring CD Wow My friend has a girlfriend and he hates that bitch. I used to replay that over and over again It's like oh my god. Yeah, uh and then What did I and then what's next

that i remember having chocolate starfish in the hot dog flavored water you had that of course i had that joey you love libiscus whatever wwe albums were out at the time they made albums yeah dude it was just like the music for like the like they made one called wwe anthology it was like three discs the first one was like the 80s and 90s the second one was like the like they made one called WWE anthology it was like three discs the first one was like the 80s and 90s the second one was like the late 90s and then the third one was like today so it would be like I could put on sexy boy Sean Michaels and like I was like 12 years old in the car like I'm a sexy boy sexy and my dad was like driving smoking Marlboro Reds very confused. Yeah, that's a that's a rough car ride

Good luck explain that song comes on Yeah, I think I'm cute. I know I'm sexy. Yeah, man So are you going I just want to make sure we could put a cap to this conversation Top five Backstreet Boys top five in sync not counting because the by the way the the Christmas song Wasn't top five it definitely should be top five easily If we put Christmas song in top five for in sync who has the stronger top five catalog? I think it's obvious that it's a Backstreet Boys like it is it is right it is I don't think it's particularly close, but I do think that for those couple of years there in sync was the big brother

They probably had Yeah, I could see but also the name was cooler Back Street boys. Yeah, I'm good on who are you who are you from the backstreet? What are you supposed to be? Carter does it even mean who are you fighting Nick Carter? Yeah, how we we know you got ten foot Kevin over there, but he can't protect all of you He might be able to He might be able to at the reach and AJ looks like he could throw a couple fist the cuffs, you know He's got interesting facial hair. Remember Eminem wanted to fight one of the guys from in sync That would have been interesting to watch he said in his song Chris Kirkpatrick. You can get your ass kicked. Yeah

Is that in sync or bet that's that's in sync. Yeah. Oh, yeah, JC Joey Fatone. Yeah, Justin Timberlake. I used to fuck with the fact that Joey Fatone had my name I was like damn, bro. I'm basically an insane you were You were basically an insane and I've obviously tried to do the dance in my mirror Back then which one the the I don't know bye bye bye. No not bye bye bye. Oh the The one that's like they're on they're like this. Oh the marionettes. Yeah. Yeah, that's bye bye bye. Is it? Yeah, that's the bye bye bye music video. What a great video by the way great video two stellar videos you got larger I know what is it everybody and then bye bye bye. Yeah, those are bangers dude. What a time boy bands every little thing you do

For you you don't want to Maybe when you finally Get to love somebody That's a good song That is the song, yeah It's gonna be mad Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah What's bye bye bye again?

Bye bye bye I wanna make it up I wanna tell you that I had enough they were like sit there like do me But it ain't no lie, baby. Bye. Bye. Bye It's crazy like our parents had like it's funny when we were kids our parents our parents Well, not even just littered skitter, but like they'd be at like a dance or like a wedding and it would be like stop in the name of love Which one is that? Yeah stop in the stop Yeah, they'd have put your hands up babe that was like my mom fucking loved that song

They had that as adults yeah or the electric slide electric slide. That was a big one still big The white and we had By by by by by yeah and lean back. Oh Now we're now you know we're talking now. We're getting into my territory. We get to plus-size Joe I get to I Was leaning back. I was walking it out. Yeah, I mean, where were you walking walking it out? I was walking it out. Yeah, I mean where were you working walking it out? I was walking it out really I was a little tougher than leaning it back I was walking it out. No the jerk was a little tougher jerk was impossible. I could I used to be able to jerk Yeah, I used to be able to I don't know if I could I haven't done it in several years yeah

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responses, stories, what have you, and maybe we'll talk to you about you and with you. All right, go check it out I love you guys. Go check it out. I feel like those are getting longer now. You got a problem with that We're gonna talk to me. You budget good You got a problem. Give me a minute. This is you know, you what? Let me ask you a question. You go to your favorite restaurant. Do you judge the chef on how quick he brings you your food? Yep. Not if it's delicious. Because you need to let a master do their work. And I think at this point in time, I am a master. I am a master of my craft and my craft is aimlessly talking and starting a sentence with the idea of where I want to go and then

seeing if I get there eventually but stumbling along the way. But the stumble is what life is. Yeah. Life is not a smooth road Joey. It's got bumps. Life is a collection of stumbles and picking yourself up. Yeah, I mean if you stumble you're not falling down. You could. When was the last time you fell down and like hit the deck? Like not that long ago. You fell and hit the floor? Yeah.

In pub? No, at home. Oh, okay. Have you done it in public, like, recently? I almost. I went to a rest stop on the way in, here. Today? No, not today. A couple weeks ago. And it was rainy and wet outside.

And I slipped on a grate and I went... Oh, fuck! Oh my god what was that what happened i know you saw that what happened you're done

don't you ever i don't know i don't know that's a crazy way to slap dick on you oh shit I see I slept and went yeah you know what things probably worse than falling because like I like you like lose your balance I did one of those and like my foot like went out far Oh like ahead of you. Yeah, yeah, like I would have went down. Yeah, are we officially in the age of like falling is scary? No, okay, not yet, dude, okay, like if you fell down you'd be fine I Might you. I mightn't. You might. I mightn't.

You think that you'd fall down and you'd be like hurt hurt? Depending on how I fell? Yeah. How? Bro I remember- You're not brittle. I know I'm not brittle but I'm a man. A larger man than you are. So? So if I fall it could be bad. It could be bad It could be it might not be and hopefully wouldn't be maybe if you fell on a spike Crazy

I'm just saying like I think it's like when you get to a certain age, and you fall down It's like oh well. have Osteoporosis and my shit might turn into like dust. Yeah, I'm worried about that, but like I'm also Bro, I went the last time I can remember falling I was like I had to stay down cuz I was like whoa like yeah Cuz it's one of those things where you know remember I used to work in the insurance industry and a very Common thing that you're taught is when you get hurt you fall something happens you pull something whatever you sue well, not just that but like Immediately your your reaction is to be like I'm good. I'm good. Yeah, I'm up

I'm good, and you might not feel it right then and there it's when it's I'm up. I'm good, and you might not feel it right then and there it's when it's Two three four twelve hours removed that it's like oh fuck now I got a big bruise now I got a big ol fat problem on my hands, and it's my hip right but I Like stayed down just to make sure like my body was not playing tricks on me, and it's like you're really okay Wow, you don't remember last time you fell The last time I hit the deck and fell? I don't know. I mean, I've definitely, I don't know.

I almost fell on a run the other day. Like, I did one in my ankle. That'd be bad because you had, you had. Bro, I have these stupid ass shoes that I, they're not that stupid. Honestly, you should, you should jog in high tops, dude. You're going to hurt yourself. Not a chance. I'm doing that. That's bananas. Why?

jogging in high tops ankle protection there's also like not I Like read a study once I like that's not a thing It's a myth like you could play basketball and like running shoes and it's your ankle is not like more supported in a high top I struggle to believe how that's true when there's just literally a part of the shoe is gripping your ankle. Because if you land on your foot like this, the part of the shoe isn't gonna stop your foot from going like that.

The whole weight of your body is on the edge of your foot. Yeah, but it might prevent a little more resistance than if you had not had it. I'm looking up. I'm just saying. I'm looking up. But I have these shoes that are like really light. So if I...

In the way that I run, there's like a street that's like slightly slanted. I hate that. So like it like slants into the bike lane. And this one particular time, I don't know, I guess I just judged the road wrong. And I hit my... I like landed on my foot like that. And it kind of like made my ankle kind of whatever for a second And then you do that, but you're going like I thought I was in a sprint But I was like already like in a run So I like did that and then the next like five steps were clown like yeah

Oh, oh like you start walking like a like a cat if you put like boots on him. I was just like Like my legs just like it's it felt like my legs came over my head and I was like walking like that. But then I held my composure but I almost went down and it was raining. I do the I do the like I catch myself and I'm like whoa and the little playful jog. Yeah. You know like whoa and I look around and see if anyone saw because that's a big thing. If you trip in public you need to make eye contact with someone so they know you're okay.

Like you didn't fall and trip like a loser. Why are we so worried about that? I don't know. It's so embarrassing though. But it's not like I like really worry. It's just like a thing that we like just do. It is embarrassing to like trip and like lose your footing. And it's like, we all do that.

It's way worse when I'll be walking and my ankle will just go Like out of nowhere and it'll just and I'm like what the hell like why it's not like I was walking like the fucking the mask Like I was walking regular, you know, and then just one will just yeah just for some reason It doesn't make any sense to me. I Don't know but I think if I hit the deck right now fell hard it would probably hurt my like am I falling on my butt like my cox it fall right now no thanks sit on this and just fall no sit on the desk and fall and oh no submit N? Oh, no. Submit. But if I fell, when you fall on your asshole, that hurts like hell. I'd rather fall on my hip than my asshole. One of the worst falls I ever had was like

a cartoon slip on a banana peel where I went up and came right down on my butt. Yeah, dude. Falling on your asshole, there's no resistance my butt doesn't help Well, your butt doesn't help my butt at least breaks the fall a little bit. All right. You're built like Gumby I don't need I don't need to be disrespected with a hurt ass. You're built like Angela Anaconda Your son of a bitch I hated that you hated it you have the body shape of paper Mario still going what's your body like I'm I got curves baby I'm voluptuous like what like an hour

glass an hourglass. An hourglass? Mm-hmm. I don't have the tits. I kind of do. You have an hourglass figure. Closer to an hourglass. Maybe like a thinner hourglass, but like you're built like a pencil. You're built like a VHS.

VHS. Like sideways VHS? Yeah, sure. And you're an hourglass. More hourglass than you. Well, I'm not an hourglass. You know what I'm built like? I'm built like a really sick vase.

Like a Greek vase. I was thinking more like a vanilla cone with rainbow sprinkles well I look like the mayor from the nightmare before christmas I'm just built like a diamond what the fuck is that? you just called me so many things well not in like in jest joey I wasn't calling you something like seriously. You said I'm-

You had to figure out what I looked like. Because you said five examples! Joey, I didn't say five examples. Angela Anaconda. Hate that show, and I can't believe you said that. Two, Gumby. Three, VHS tape. That one I don't even understand.

But I will take it as a compliment just because I like going on the back of VHS tapes and turning the things. Yeah, so ruining them is what you like to do. I do. You're built like a thwomp. I don't know what that is. From Super Mario. Is that the brown things that you...

No, those are goombas. Oh yeah, that's right. You wish you were built like a goomba. Why would I wish that? They're like half an inch... They're rounder. Wait, what's a goomba. Why would I wish that? They're like half an inch. They're rounder. Wait what's a Goomba? Or what? It's a little like the little like mushroom looking ones. Oh that's pretty similar to a Goomba. Oh no what's a

Thwomp? Oh that's the blocks. The ones that in Mario 64 go ARGH! You think I'm square? I think that you have the body definition of a low-res TV. I used to say you see me as square. I think like you're in shape. But I'm square. Yeah. And you have an hourglass body. More of an hourglass body. I don't think it's astonishing to think that I just have more curvature to my body than

you. I don't think that's being disputed here. If you were built like a Mario Kart track, you would be... What kind of sentence, what kind of comparison even is that? I'm like Rainbow Road, and you're like the one that is in like the park that is just an oval. I'm trying to understand how you view my body. And what I'm getting is that you just think I'm an unsculpted chunk of something.

I don't think- Like you know when- No, no, no. You're in shape. You're sculpted from the gods. You remind know when I- No, no, no, you're in shape. You're sculpted from the gods. You remind us every day. No, no, no, no, no. Every time Joey will sit at breakfast at the Airbnbs or hotels that we're at,

he'll just have his shirt off. We're like, what are you doing? He's like, what are you talking about? And you could do the- Yo, your shits are moving. Take it easy, you might rip your shirt. But so are my shirts though. I'm no Terry Crews, but I'm on my way but your titties are speaking the language I can't I can see that but

joy will remind us like oh my god I'm so shredded I'm not shredded whatsoever you tell us that you're shredded I don't tell you and then the one time someone said that you aren't shredded well that's not that's not what someone said. What someone said is that I'm built like a VHS tape. I'm joking, obviously, and a thwomp. Which I did. I just learned what that was today. And I just want the record to show that I have been body shamed on this podcast. I've been body shamed. No, he hasn't. And I literally just had therapy this morning and now now I'm gonna know no no no no no I'm Joey. I just said you're in shape you take this is me talking cuz I am NOT taking care of my body

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disclosures so there you go folks all right and I mean I think we should end this on something that I know that you're dying to talk about your panties are wet because you want to talk about don't talk about my panties you see what he just did your panties don't there wet as hell Apparently and I didn't know this you knew this that Chuck E cheese is coming out with a an adult version they are yeah and Frank's Chomping at the bits wait a sec. This is shown this mind-blowing news

Why don't you, the most iconic, fun place to be a kid as a kid, is now coming out with something to make us feel like kids again? The most iconic is bananas. First of all, the tagline was literally where kids could be a kid. And we know that's all you care about in this life. No! Let's be playful, let's remember to be kids, and whatever. Now you can go to Chuck E. Cheese and now it's for adults. So there's probably beer, you can eat pizza, and maybe they'll let you fuck the rat!

Backyard baseball! Backyard baseball, Joe! Things that made us happy as kids are making a return, okay? Which, thank God! Because we as a society used to be a lot more fun and take things less serious. I used to be able to pop on a fucking baseball game or a football game and rock bottom somebody. I used to be able as Warren Sapp to rock bottom fucking Jeremy Schocky in the end zone. Okay now I play a football game and I gotta worry about signing a contract and play and working out. What is this shit?

You think I want to think about fucking staying in shape while I'm playing video games? Why do I need to do that? But now you wanna go to Chuck E. Cheese. Which is- what's it called now? It's Chuck's Arcade. Chuck. It's not Chuck E. anymore, it's fucking Chuck. Well, cause Chuck E. grew up, Joey.

I know. As Joey grew up to Joe. Right. Oh, I'm Joe Sinegato now. No, you're still Joey. Okay? I'm still Frank Alvarez. How about Frankie?

Right. Okay? I mean, you tell everyone how about Frankie right okay I mean you tell everyone your name is Frank yeah you tell everyone your name is Joe yeah but what I'm saying is this is a good thing you're gonna go to Chuck's imagine getting hammered at Chuck's let me be very clear about something I had the dream at the age of 16 and getting drunk out of Chuck E Cheese the fact that it might be possible now I'm hammered at Chuck's you gotta pick me up, but here's the thing I love arcade games arcade machines They should not do there are some things that Chuckie Chuckie

You listen dude. It's Chuck Chuck. Are you listening? This is someone who has been to over two Chuck E. Cheese's in their lifetime Okay, I love you. We're gonna make it seem like that was a lot. I's been to over two Chuck E. Cheese's in their lifetime, okay? I love that you were gonna make it seem like that was a lot. I've been to over two. Have you ever been? To Chuck E. Cheese? No. Place was nuts, dude. I mean, it feels like mayhem. It was within the play place area where like the tubes and slides were.

It was the wild fucking west. I imagine that like you go, you eat a lot of like old pizza, and then you take a picture with a rat, and then you get a fever and you go home. I feel like that's what Chuck E. Cheese is. The fever comes a day or two later. It was literally show up, we're sitting here, let's leave our stuff here go and run as Fast as you can for two hours come back and eat a slice of pizza and drink a glass of red fruit juice and Then go back and do it for another two hours. Yeah

I've seen pictures of Chuck E cheese pizza. I Think I'd rather eat. I think I'd rather eat a rat. I think Chuck has probably heard the feedback and applied, you know, as responsible business rats do, applied the feedback to their establishments. Chuck's arcade, if they want to succeed... Do you know anything about the arcade? Like what's going on? What's going on? Yeah, like is there like a menu or... I mean what menu do you know anything about the arcade? Like what's going on? What's going on? Yeah, like is there like a menu or? I mean what menu do you need for Chuck's Arcade?

I mean are they going to have a liquor license? So ten locations have already opened across the United States including... Please say there's one in New Jersey. Is there one in New Jersey? St. Petersburg, Florida Tulsa, Oklahoma El Paso, Texas and St. Louis, Missouri We were just in St. Louis. Each site is uniquely decorated with original artwork highlighting the franchise's history so cool with the Kansas City location featuring a pizzeria

Missouri having two of Chuck's arcades makes sense it serves beer and wine wine at a Chuck's arcade I'm playing asteroid with drink of your finest house red to pair with this pizza I would love a Cabernet Sauvignon and some This comes just over a year after reports surfaced that Chuck E. Cheese is launching a squid game inspired

TV show for adults. Chuck E. Cheese has a production house? They're launching a new TV show? This is crazy. Described as modern-day love letter to the games and people that built the brand. US! You. You. The adult focus arcade feature a blend of retro and modern titles, ranging from Donkey Kong and Mortal Kombat, to Halo and Connect 4 hoops. What the fuck is Connect 4 hoops?

This is so sick. Oh, I know what that is. It's like you have to like hit a basketball shot and like that's a kid for Dude, this is sick. You love arcades. I do I would bring you bro, bro I know bro people say this all the time, but I think that you can say it you were born in the wrong era You should have been back like ten more years. Oh I'm very content with how my life has led me to wear really yeah Really are you because all you talk about is how you wish you're a child I mean, but listen I would have thrived in that arcade setting and they were arcade we went to his kids But did we yeah, I mean I did I don't know about you you were you weren't going anywhere

You were fucking sitting home winding up VHS tapes while I'm having fun at Chuck E cheese another part playing basketball and stuff I'm sure you were hanging out with people. I'm sure you were I was at the park playing basketball and stuff. I was hanging out with people. I'm sure you were. Trade of thought. No idea either, honestly. Left the station. I have no clue.

Left the station. Oh, I'm just, what they need to do is they need to make it not just like those arcade games where it's like, hit the jackpot and you get 500 tickets. It needs to be games that are just fun to play. Yeah. That you don't need to like win tickets from. I don't wanna go and spend 5,000 tickets

on a fucking pencil topper that looks like, you know, a fucking Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas. Great movie, great character, great song. Joey, there is an arcade I wanna bring you to that you will lose your mind. Yeah. It's called Yesterkades.

And it is awesome. There's one by us, you know, in Jersey, not far from where we are. Let me ask you, can I say, is it okay if two adults are there? That's a serious question. What do you mean if two adults are there? Like I wouldn't go with you to Chuck E. Cheese. Well, we'd go to Chuck's Arcade you'd fucking know I'm saying like there are fun

There are places that are geared towards children. No, this is it's like I'd say Dave and Buster's kind of thing It's not Dave and Buster's but it's it's similar. It's its own thing No, Dave and Buster's is like you go and it's like oh shoot the hoops and you win ten prizes You know, you could win an iPod touch. It's like it's 2025 Who needs a fucking iPod anymore? A pair of headphones! No, the place Yesterkades is so sick. First of all, they do after 8 p.m. on weekends it's BYOB. You pay for it by the hour and you can bring beer and wine and liquor.

Can I say something before you continue? If on a Saturday after 8 p.m. I'm at an arcade Find me and put three in the back of my head It's fun so like it has like the classic arcade machines, you know NBA Jam TMNT for Turtles in Time You know like a Galaga, Mrs. Pac-Man, all that good Galaga, but then the walls are Just a ton of TVs and each of them have NES super NES Nintendo 64

Gamecube PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Original Xbox 360 and you can literally go on the wall they have them on the wall and pick out the game you want to play and Pop it in and fucking play that's crazy. That's so cool. I think PlayStation 1 games or PlayStation 2 that was like the big Sure, yeah, okay, but or a guitar hero they have you could play I've gone there and played guitar hero. Yeah Why are you smirking? Cause it's a crazy thing for an adult to say.

I've gone to the arcade and played Guitar Hero. Just so much fun. Yeah. I remember I went to, the last time I went to a Yesterkade's, I went in. And there were some kids playing Guitar Hero and I went. Oh no, Frankie, please don't tell me you went over there. Did you go over there? I don't want to know if you went over there I went over there and I was like oh no can I get a song I said sure let me tell you something she's like put on expert no like what no way no one can do that

expert hyper speed get the cliffs of Dover you and I both know that you can't do that right now. Right now I can't. At some point I could have also. Not expert. You were never an expert boy. I was definitely an expert boy! Not Clifstead Dover. I could do expert. I definitely can't do it now. Or battling Tom Morello. That was awesome. Yeah, my sister was a mad guy. Yeah, she was the one that was like the first good player at Guitar Hero I ever saw.

Yeah, that's all she did. I just think that this is a huge opportunity for Chuck... Chuck A! ...to reinvigorate. Look at what is happening to big massive brands right now. I don't need this whole thing again. But if it's not going to be pizza, what's it going to be? What's there like fruit? I'm sure it could be like bar bites, you know?

Wings. Wings, pretzels, mozzarella sticks, potato skins, mac and cheese bites. Anything of any sort of health? Grilled chicken salad. Cauliflower bites. Cauliflower fried bites. I just think that like there's a real cool opportunity for Chuck to reemerge along with other

juggernauts of Casual dining from the 90s. I you read lobster to reinvent themselves Mars remember that restaurant No, no No, remember. What was it called something Mars? It's like the whole place look like Mars No, I don't remember that not that we know what Mars looks like I was gonna say I Remember you know what I do remember quite a jackal on mr.. Hyde Frankie what you never went to Dr.. Jekyll's my whatever no dude you would walk in and it was like a whole thing it was like a like a show at dinner Dude, you would walk in and it was like a whole thing. It was like a like a show at dinner

No, but it was dr. Jagger was I think it's so I could be making this up. I don't remember that I went once I thought you came with me. I don't think so. I remember Planet Hollywood. I loved Planet Hollywood I don't think I've ever went Planet Hollywood. It'd be like oh my god. It's the Terminators jacket So oh shit. Those are Rockies gloves. Yeah, and then I'm eating a fucking Burrito right that was made by a Like 18 year old kid yeah, you know Chuck the other days Chuck has the opportunity to do something really cool. Do you remember for your birthday? Oh, I was it your birthday or my birthday where we went to the wrestling restaurant. Yeah, WWF New York Yeah, and got in for free cuz my dad helped build it

Was it your birthday yeah, and we ate in like a cage Yeah, we were surrounded by like fence And it was the night and it was the night that the Rock returned to save the WWF against the Alliance and test was there Test was there RIP all coming back RIP test oh test is that been dead brother for how since like 2009 you're you've been out has died in 2009 I believe so yeah and then Go cheese whatever he says the song yeah great song though. It was a good song damn Yo test was there test was there. I went another time, and I think big show is there

What a great idea. I mean it was and then it wasn't it was it failed It wasn't very quickly it feels pretty quick Okay, I think it was a good idea to us I think all like the information that has come out about that in hindsight was that it was a bad idea from the jump. The restaurant? Yeah. Because you can go and get table breaking quesadillas! Oh my god! Have the figure four mozzarella sticks! Well fucking... Waitress brings out the food and the power box is on the table!

What's our dessert special? A Swamp Ton Cherry Bomb fucking Ice Cream Side Day! Flips onto the table. Yeah, right? Enjoy your food! Yeah. Good times. Yeah. Good times. But... Chugs. When the time comes?

No, no, can I ask you a serious question? Yeah, I'm being really really serious. Okay, put your take your rectangular hat off bitch and Put your bit close your eyes again. You haven't said to close my eyes close What was that close your eyes, what are you doing just say what to close my eyes. Shhh. Close them. Shhh. What was that? Close your eyes. What are you doing? Just say words. Just close your eyes.

Tell me! Put your business hat on for a sec. Seriously, think business minded, okay? Do you Joe Sanagato think that it's a great idea that Chuck E. Cheese is creating adult themed arcades? Absolutely not. Why? Because it's not for adults. But it was.

Yeah, but how many people are willing to be like, yo, I really want to go to Chuck E. Cheese. The same amount of people that are going to Dave and Busters. Dave and Busters has had the adult arcade scene on lock. That's... yeah. I mean, I just... you know what it is? I'm not the demo. I don't want to go to Dave and Buster's.

I don't either. I want to go to Dave and Buster's like once every three years. But what does Dave and Buster's have besides a stupid logo? Nothing that appeals to us. It just showed up one day. I agree. Now, do you remember ESPN Zone? Yes, and that was cool. That was way cool.

And then Dave and Buster's were like, this is our space now. I just think that nostalgia is massive, whether you agree with it or not. Right. It is massive. So being able to tap into that market right now. Bro, look at what Pokemon cards are doing. Look at like collectibles as a whole. People used to shun and laugh at stuff like that and think it was just the nerd in the basement. Now it's not sounding derogatory to the people that collected previously, but it's regular pop culture that people collect

and get Pokemon cards and get Funko Pops and stuff like that. Maybe there are people that take it a little more extreme, but if you can figure out a way to tap into that market with the power of nostalgia, the way that Chuck E. Cheese is doing, I think it's a great chance to at least take. Yeah, if I was them, I would probably try to do it too. I just, I just don't think. And I mean, my opinion means nothing, but like, I don't. I think your opinion means everything to me. I didn't like, even if I grew grew like I'm trying to think like I loved

A DZ Discovery Zone, but if they opened up a bar. I Wouldn't be like damn. I got to get in there and zip line and have a fucking daiquiri You know like I'm just not when I think of Chuck E Cheese. I think of the rat mascot We I don't like the way you said rat by the way that felt a little charged say it again rat That was a little softer. I like that. It's just the way the word spelled. Yeah, I guess so But like I don't know for me. I'm not I Wasn't really tapped into the Chuck E Cheese

Once the last time you drank and play video games Serious question, and I'm not talking Command and Conquer Joey. I'm talking like competitive video games like air hockey or You know like I've played ping-pong. Is that a video game? I guess air hockey isn't a video game either but like a fucking time crisis or Remember time crisis one that had the foot pedal and you would hide behind the thing and you'd pop up and you'd shoot? Ah! With the light gun?

Yeah. You know, or the one where you're, you know... The Jurassic Park one. When's the last time you did something like that? I was like 17? It's okay. Hey! It's okay. What's okay?

It's okay. Same question. No one's gonna laugh at you okay? It's okay. Same question. No one's gonna laugh at you for wanting to feel like a kid again. I'm not saying that. No one's gonna- I'm saying I just don't wanna play. Hey, put down your glass of Chardonnay

and go to Chuck E. Cheese and get another glass of Chardonnay. Get a Chuck's Chardonnay. You don't have to keep talking about Bitcoin I don't talk about Bitcoin go talk about halo right live a little I would play halo war to the halo 2 is great hello one was great to hello 3 I didn't play as much I know Keith was very good at it. Yeah just just Just just indulge a little bit Joey. It's okay

Yeah, I'm just saying I don't need to go to a place on a Saturday night and bring my own beer So where are you going? Where are you going on Saturday night? I'm restaurant. Yeah Guess where you could get food also Chuck's arcade. That's right. And maybe it's not handmade by a, you know, a former Vietnamese war veteran in the basement of Brooklyn, but it might still be good. I think you have a very skewed ver- like view of Brooklyn. I- Frank, I'm- you asked me if I thought it was a good idea and I said no.

Why? I think I explained that as well. Do it again because I forgot. I just don't think there's enough people... I get why they're doing it. I don't think there's enough people that are like, I loved Chuck E. Cheese so much that now as an adult, I am very interested in going back to Chuck's arcade. Well.

To eat pizza, drink beer, and hang out with the rat. Wasn't there a recent study that showed that people our age are getting married and having kids later? So our age is the demographic that these people are trying to target. Yeah. So they're not very busy on a Saturday night. They can go over to Chuck's arcade and get that very busy on a Saturday night. They can go over to Chuck's Arcade and get that party started on a Saturday night. Yeah, but you're like asking, you're like, you just said fuck Dave and Buster's.

Because Dave and Buster's, their logo is stupid. Right, but like, how often are you like, oh Saturday night, let's go to Dave and Buster's? Not me, because I am, I'm married with children I'm saying the normal Single man woman or whomever however they choose are gonna go to Dave and Buster's you never know Yeah, I mean, I'm sure those places are packed all the time Joey people are going I know so then I think it's a good place If you have children I Think you can bring kids to Dave and Buster's really I don't think so I I don't think you can bring kids to Dave and Busters. Really? I don't think so.

I think it's a good date spot for like a younger, you know crowd and like tourists because it's in Times Square They also have them elsewhere. I mean I I just what I just it's not of interest to me. That's all I'm saying. I'm just saying There's a solid chance that I find a way to drag you to a Chuck's arcade I wouldn't need to be dragged. I just won't be there on Saturday night Okay There's there is a really has to be a happy hour on a Wednesday or something. I would be fine with that Yeah, I'm just saying there there is a potential that you go to a Chuck's arcade and have the time of your life. I believe you would have the time of your life. There are places like Barcade. We've been there. Great Great place, lot of fun, super cool. But yeah, you go there and it's like a bar,

and there's also like arcade games, but it's a bar. I've been violently drunk at a barcade. Have you? Yeah, I went to one in New Haven with Becca, and I was hammered. Why, you got too many shots or something? Maybe. Things happen, but like

You see how animated I was getting in Kansas City playing miss pac-man imagine if I had a beer in my hand doing that yeah Yeah, I also figured out in that in st. Louis because in our green room in st. Louis they had an arcade game and they had Galaga and I've never been I haven't been that fucking angry in a while you might need to get an arcade machine for here I can't why not I've already made that mistake in my life. I Don't it gets play. It's a lot of money. You can't make a mistake twice You can People can absolutely no they make cheaper ones now now they make one for like two

three hundred bucks all right I feel like you that's something that you should get for your house and maybe I will yeah but maybe we should also get one for here so you could never go anywhere without it give me the company card why you can't spend three dollars fuck you just give me a company card you could write it off You could write it off.

You could write it off. I would love to be audited by the government. So they could be like, what about this? It's team building. Send Frank in there, he'll explain it. Team building? Oh you got a fucking basketball thing over here? Hey, hey, hey! It was a pop shot.

Don't get me started on what else you said you wanted to fucking put in here. I would never write you're being honest. What do you work for the government? Stop talking to me. Well, I think that's all for today. Is it? I don't know. Very nineties. Love it. Very nineties. What else did we talk about oh backstreets back all right all right all right Yeah Um, but for that was their move what do it again? Unbelievable stuff really good. Uh unbelievable stuff really good uh guys go to the base me are dot com get tickets to our show yeah yeah but what if okay we're not done what if they revived the Backstreet

Boys I know that they're still doing shows but it's like it's called the new Backstreet Boys and it's me and you Danny he could sing. Ahmed. Is this thought gonna go far? Or is it just you're gonna name people

and say what if we did that? That's what I was afraid of. A Santa Gata Studios boy band would kinda crush. We can make such incredible songs. Yeah. You know? That's all I got. I know.

I was waiting. I'm not an ideas guy. You started one, but I don't know where it was going. I brought the idea to you, now you do something with it. Got it. You guys can go to TheBaseMeArr.com to get your tickets to these live shows. There's still some tickets in select cities. Also by now you guys know we're doing fucking Madison Square Garden, which is the craziest

thing that I've ever said in my entire life. But we would love it if you guys all came out for that show. It would mean the world to us. We can't believe we're even getting the opportunity to perform there and it's such a huge deal and yeah if this is this could potentially be you know the the last show we do for a very long time so we want everyone to pop out if you haven't been to a show yet or you need an excuse to come to New York or if you live in New York definitely pop out show some support for your boys we're excited, but you can head on over to TheBasementYard.com for your tickets there.

And I guess that's all. That's it. That's all we got. That's all we got. That's all we got. We'll see you at Chuck's. Tear up our hearts. No.

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