The Breakfast Club - Spaghetti For Thanksgiving?

Episode Date: December 2, 2024

The Breakfast Club Discuss About A Woman Who Couldn't Afford Thanksgiving Meal, So She Made Spaghetti for Her Family. Listen For More! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Wake that ass up in the morning. Breakfast Club. Morning everybody is DJ Envy, Just Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club. We're taking your calls 800-585-1051. We were talking about this woman who hosted Thanksgiving dinner at her crib. She said last year it cost her over $500 and she couldn't afford it. So this year she did spaghetti. So we're asking 800-585-1051. What are your thoughts on that? What'd you think, Jess? I know some people probably got there like, is this a baby shower? Like,

you know, cause spaghetti and spaghetti. Cause I expected a spread. I get it. This the thing I would have been mad She could have told them before they got there to be honest with you I mean cuz maybe she did not have it y'all like to be honest spaghetti That's a struggle that was a struggle meal like growing up for around my way You know what I'm saying and and I think I felt like if she didn't have it She just didn't have it Why didn't y'all bring food?

But she could have told them that before they got there. Only thing y'all gonna be eating is spaghetti. Like if y'all can pitch in to help me cook or help me buy stuff, that's better. I never looked at spaghetti as a struggle meal. I looked at it as a delicacy. That was a gourmet meal with two pieces of white bread

and some corn. Then it's not spaghetti no more. That sounds different. No, like spaghetti and there's some corn on the side. You know what I'm saying? There's corn on the side of some white bread and some corn. What? Then it's not spaghetti no more. That sounds different. No, like spaghetti and there's some corn on the side. You know what I'm saying? There's corn on the side and some white bread. But we were struggling, so we didn't have the corn.

We just had the noodles and we didn't have the ground beef. Now noodles and butter? We just had the noodles and... This noodles and butter is a struggle meal. But if you got the noodles with the ground beef and the sauce and some white bread and corn, oh, that's a full course meal. See, I don't eat red sauce, so I eat spaghetti with butter. That white breaded corn. Oh, that's a full course meal. I don't eat red sauce. So I eat spaghetti with butter.

That's what I like. Oh, wow. That's what I like. I don't eat spaghetti. I don't eat lasagna. With a little butter, I'm good. Okay. As a kid.

Y'all was struggling hard. No, we wasn't struggling. I just didn't like red sauce. Oh, that's just what y'all like. I didn't like it. You're not black either. Yeah, I'm like, huh? He's at a more than this.

Oh my goodness. You keep forgetting that he's not black. I am black. And funny, I posted a picture of my dad. They was like, you must be adopted. No, I'm black. That's messed up. I am black. And before they posted pictures of my dad, they was like, you must be adopted. No, I'm black. That's messed up. No, you might be adopted.

I'm not adopted, I'm black. They ain't telling you. They not telling me. I'm black. He's not like us. He's not like us. I'm about to sue you. Hey, yo, pervert.

I'm about to sue you. I'm about to sue you. Defamation. Hello, who's this? Hello, good morning. Hey, what's up, man? What's going on? I didn't even know y'all had connected, man.

Good morning, gonna teach you the God. What's going on, King? Peace, King, how are you? How you feeling? Peace, peace. I'm good, bro, I'm good. Man, man, where's Lauren at, man? She was here.

She's fooling around here. Man, shout out to Lauren, man. That's my girl. I was enjoying her, man. But look, right? What's up, back now. She's in the back now. Man, shout out to Lorde, man. That's my girl. I was enjoying her, man. But look, right? What's up, Lightscan? Peace, peace, peace. But, uh.

Lightscan. Tell them keep they ass home, man. Keep they ass home. Even if they're not grateful and they're not thankful, keep they ass home. You're not, keep your ass home, man. That's how I'm looking at it, man. Family is everything.

I think you coming over to celebrate family, give thanks, or praises, you know what I mean? You can't contribute. You don't like to keep your ass home, man. That's something, man. I'm with you. It's about family. Forget all the food stuff.

The fact that you got family alive and healthy and together, that's the most important thing. Not on their given. Stop for short. Let's take a short. What you mean? On their given, the most important thing is the food. Family together and then the food second.

That ain't true. Y'all don't want to sit around standing in each other's face starving. Y'all don't like each other that much. But I do feel like you should cook what you can afford. You know what I'm saying? You don't got to jump out the window. And in this case, that's what she did. That's right.

Britney. At least you turkey ground beef for Thanksgiving. My turkey ground meat. Jesus. I hate that. Good morning she did. That's right. Brittany. At least you turkey ground beef for Thanksgiving. Morning. Turkey ground meat. Jesus. I hate that. Good morning, Brittany. What's your thoughts?

My thoughts is to walk in on Thanksgiving and to see spaghetti, that's kind of disrespectful. If she needed help, she could have asked someone to bring a dish. Everybody understands that times are hard. But to sit up there and to just serve spaghetti and to not even give the option to offer to help. Yeah. If I walk in and ask for spaghetti on Thanksgiving, I'm knocking it over because what is this?

Oh, now we fighting in the house. You know, now my mama's spaghetti over, now we fighting. We not fighting nothing. I'm knocking it over because you should have asked for help. It's about being thankful. It's a family thing. We all could have contributed and came together. Don't just take it upon yourself to ruin everyone's Thanksgiving because you broke. She's a stud. Damn, yeah, she definitely a stud. You a stud, yeah.

You a stud? I'm definitely not. I have a hole in my voice for a deep and raspy. Y'all got a lot of nerve trying to sit for me. Did you see them just identifying you as a stud for no damn reason? Just put them following you. Don't do that.

Nobody, nope. Y'all just go try to sit for me. I live in Detroit. We got snow, it snake with a little raspy voice. Damn. It's all right, my bad, yo. You right, you right. That's what you get for profiling people. I know, you right. She said, I'm a snake, I'm in Detroit, snow, Brittany. I'm sorry. Labeling people snake.

My bad, my bad. Okay? She was just so aggressive. She got a strap on in her back. I got a Brooklyn story, they said I was gay, and they said I was the man one. I'm not a stud, I'm just a snake with a little raspy voice. Damn. I'm not a stud, I'm just a snake with a little raspy voice. I'm not a stud, I'm just a snake with a little raspy voice. I'm not a stud, I'm just a snake with a little raspy voice. Damn. so bad out here. My bad. OK? She was just so aggressive. You just assumed she got a crap on in her bag.

They said I was gay, and they said I was the man when, you know, 800. Thanksgiving, I'm naturally aggressive. But Thanksgiving is my favorite. So to disrespect one of my favorites, it's got to go there. All right. My bad. The phone didn't even hang up on it.

You see how aggressive she was? Thanksgiving is one of our favorites because we like food and we like fellowship. You know what I'm saying? That's the reason. It ain't because of, I don't even know what the hell Thanksgiving, I don't know what the meaning of Thanksgiving is.

I don't know either, but I love the fact the family come over, we watch the game, we play cards, we play board games, that's what it's about, what else? Who cares about the food? 800. No, the food is the most important thing next to the family. Stop saying who cares about the food,

because if you didn't care about the food, you'd have your family over all the time. You wouldn't even go to the buyout. Yeah, you wouldn't go over there. What the hell is you talking about? 800-585-105, what a magic on a Thanksgiving dinner. And when you get there, it's only spaghetti. How you feeling?

Let's talk, it's the Breakfast Local Morning. I don't know. Is it turkey in the spaghetti, turkey ground turkey? I don't know. It just look like spaghetti spaghetti. We'll talk, That's the breakfast. Morning everybody is the DJ envy Jess hilarious. Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club. Now if you're just joining us,

we're talking about this woman who said she wasn't paying for a Thanksgiving dinner anymore. She said last year was over $500. She couldn't afford it. So this year she did spaghetti. So we're asking 800-585-1051, what are your thoughts? We got the pre on the line, the pre, good morning. What up, breakfast thug? You. Good morning. Man, this is the pre from one of the baskets, man.

We is not doing spaghetti at the Thanksgiving dinner table. The pilgrims was not eating spaghetti, man. We going that way. Damn. Not damn, you just going with she already broke. You gonna waste the food that she struggled to buy? No, we can help out now. We can help out. You just gotta say something. We can help out. But we is not baked beans and spaghetti. I think given. No, bro. You must not the whole menu, bro. We need to him. We need the polygreens. We need the yams, the candy yams, that thing.

You better put some more sauce on it. Love candy yams. Yeah, I agree with you. Yeah, they messing up the whole thing. They should've said something. Yeah, she just should've said something. Now, if she, do you have at least a little bit of understanding toward the fact that that's the only thing

that she could afford? Afford. Yeah, and I mean, and she can afford something different, you know what I mean, bring some fruit, you know and I mean And she can afford something different on me bring some food. You know, I mean, yeah Yeah, no, no you try to do something quick and easy we need you to get the kitchen okay in the kitchen I appreciate y'all though. Thank you. Hello. Who's this? Hey, this is Bobby from South Carolina. How are you? Hey, Bobby from South Carolina. Good morning.

What part of South Carolina are you calling from? Most corner. 8.3, what's happening? I was there last week. I know. I missed it, but I know. Great job. So what you thinking?

Talk to us. So I'm just applying to her for bringing the family together. Had we'd have known, I would have brought the garlic bread, somebody could have brought meatballs or something, I don't know. But the fact that she did that and her family was together, that's all that counts. But like y'all say, nobody eatin' turkey, nobody eatin' ham, so too many leftovers. You say what you had to do. Now, you absolutely right.

Why they didn't do a potluck? I just thought absolutely right. Why they didn't do a potluck? I just thought about that. Why they didn't do a potluck? Everybody bring a little dish. I literally said that for the last 10 minutes. You did? You said potluck? Yeah, well, I didn't say those words.

I'm like, why? You said like 10 minutes ago. Why they just all bring food? That's dumb. Hello, who's this? This Lamar. Lamar, what's up? What you calling from?

I'm calling from Jersey. All right. Talk to us. Yeah, I'll be honest with you. Like, if there's no food, it's the different ways you can look at this. If she cooked the spaghetti from scratch, I'm kind of good with that. You know what I mean? If she gave me like ravioli or anything like that

Then I'm gonna have to ask questions like are you being funny? Yeah, you know me or maybe you're being creative. I don't know I don't know You know I'm saying but at the end of the day She got some food on a table. That's right That's right, and it's up and it's about being thankful for the fact that she got food on a table. That's right I'm with you. You know, I'm saying Christmas is coming up And it's about being thankful for the fact that she got food on the table. That's right. I'm with you. You know what I'm saying? And Christmas is coming up.

So that, you know, November, Thanksgiving's like the buffer. You don't want to spend too much money on that holiday. I'm with you. We gotta save all that for Christmas. We gotta get the gifts for Christmas for the kids. You right. You feel me? So it was like, I'm good.

I'm not spending that bread. I'm spending the bread for Christmas. I do wonder why she didn't tell the rest of the family though. She spent $500 the previous year and she didn't have it to spend this year. Why not just say that? Yeah. Why not just tell the folks like,

hey man, you know things tight, the cost of everything is up. That's the only thing. So y'all gonna have to chip in or y'all gonna have to bring your own dishes if you gonna have Thanksgiving dinner. You should have said something. Cause I ain't gonna lie,

if I walk in the house and I only see spaghetti, I'm like, yo damn, I had my mouth set on turkey wings and all that. Like, and you only got spaghetti. So, and they must go to her house every year. Like she must be the one that always hosts, but she ain't have it this year. About as if that's a mother in law though. You go to your mother in law's house,

you walk in and there's spaghetti. Damn. And also too, now you're realizing why those turkey drives and those food drives that people be knowing just why they mean so much during this time of year, because people don't be having. All right, well let's go to one more caller.

Hello, who's this? Aisha from North Carolina. Hey, Aisha from North Carolina. How you feeling? I'm great, I just got from work. Good, now what's your thoughts? Now you get to the house and there's only spaghetti there. How you feeling?

So, yes, I'll be upset, but at the same time, yes, groceries do cost money. And if you really want me to cook that bad, then just pick 10. Everybody, you know, family coming over, give me about 30, 50 bucks per family and I'll make something happen. That's right. All right. Well, thank you. I agree. You're welcome. You all have a good morning. You too now. What's right. All right. Thank you. You welcome. You're welcome. You too. Now, what's the moral of the story? Man, do what you can, but definitely look out for your family. Help your family. You feel me? Don't don't don't be upset about

don't get too upset about it. Like you said, in my opinion, Thanksgiving is about coming together. You know, like you said, the fellowship, I take both of which are said and put it together. You know, like you said, the fellowship. I take both of what y'all said and put it together. Yeah, it's about food, it's about the fellowship, it's about the family, and what you're most grateful and thankful for. You feel me? And if you don't have gratitude, like if you go to somebody's house and you're like, oh, so you got a spaghetti? Yeah. You're turning your nose up at it? You missing the whole reason for the season. Isn't it about gratitude and thanks? Yeah. And not only that, and that's why, you know, in this time of the season, it's always a blessing to be able to give back.

And that's why those turkey drives, those food drives where people get those foods. I know a lot of times they be like, oh, they just doing a turkey drive? But as you can see, that is well needed at times where people can't afford it. So if you can, make sure you do give back, or even if you just can just go to those events

and be a volunteer as well. And we got just with the mess coming up? It's a little DBT too man. Yeah, nah for real. For real? But also, no the moral of the story is they could have went to Golden Corral this year too. Can't open on Thanksgiving?

Yeah, this year they did it's their first time doing that where they had Thanksgiving dinner and it was like discounted, crazy. Word. Turkey, yams, everything like traditional Thanksgiving soul food, they had that. So if somebody come in my house, oh yeah, you only got spaghetti here,

take your ass down the street and play. How much you think a plate cost? $3? Yeah. Cause they got everything there. They got the yams, they got turkey, they got ham, they got mac and cheese. And you can take it to go.

You could have took it to go. You couldn't have sit there. I mean, you didn't have to sit there if you didn't want to, but you could have took it to go. Yep couldn't have sit there. I mean, you didn't have to sit there if you didn't want to, but you could have took it to go. Yep. Commercials was all over the place for that. It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here? Viasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election,

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