The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Precap | Desi Lydic on the Met Gala, the Kentucky Derby, and Meeting Meryl Streep

Episode Date: May 4, 2026

This week's host Desi Lydic sits down with Daily Show writer Nicole Conlan to recap the latest news, and preview what's to come. They tackle the Kentucky Derby's first win by a female trainer, King Charles lecturing the U.S. Congress on democracy, the recent rulings restricting abortion access in Louisiana, the downfall of Spirit Airlines and the rescue of a stranded whale. Looking ahead, they preview the Met Gala, and what to do for Mother's Day. -- Head to https://Quince.com/dailyshow for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. To get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://Hims.com/dailyshow -- The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Stream full episodes on Paramount+ Follow TDS: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hello, and welcome to The Precap, a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host and recap some of the news from last week and talk about what's coming up next. My name is Nicole Conlin. I'm one of the writers at the show, and I am here with this week's host, Desi Lideck. Hi, Dezzie. How are you? Nicole. We get to do one together.

I know. I'm so excited. I haven't done one with you yet. I know. I love an excuse to hang with you. Yes. Now, we're going to get into the news of the past week in a second. But the most important thing that I want to talk about from the last week is that you were on Jimmy Kimmel this week.

It is the most important thing that's happened in the last week. And the reason it's the most important thing is that I saw that you were there the same day as Merrill Street. Can you even believe? First of all, I got to follow John Stewart every week when I host. And then I go to Kimmel and he makes me follow Merrill Street. How close up is that? So messed up. That just shows that you have an incredible star power that they're like, we can trust Desi.

to go up after screen legends. Hardly. But the bigger this star, you could just ride those coattails. Yeah, I think that was my move. Did you get to meet her? Is she cool? Okay. I am still having a complete out of body.

I didn't think I was going to get to meet her because I was walking onto the stage as she was walking off of the stage down two separate hallways. So I thought, I kind of went like, oh, there. And then, well, that was my chance. I never got to see her. And we finished up. I went back to the green room. and said my goodbyes and walked out.

And she was standing there, signing autographs because she's a queen. Yeah. Signing autographs from people outside. And I was like, okay, I have to introduce myself. So I was like standing by. You got into the crowd with people. Yeah, I have an autograph. I grabbed a Sharpie and started signing as her.

They won't notice. So I'm standing off to the side and I'm waiting for her to finish. And she comes over and someone that she works with introduced. me to her and I put my hand out and I go I am such an admirer and before I could even finish my sentence she goes oh I know who you are I watch your show all the time and I about like I don't even remember anything that happened if Merrill Streep said that to me I would I would dissolve into a fine mist yeah float away like then she gave me a hug oh I haven't showered since That's normal for you, though, right?

Yeah, no, this is totally on brand. Well, that's so cool. You were so great on Kimmel. You're so, thank you. What a weekend. He made it very easy. I hate you for it. I want to meet Merrill Street.

That sounds awesome. Okay, now that we have the big news of the week out of the way, there's another exciting story that is somewhat personal for you because you were from Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby was this weekend. The Kentucky Derby was this weekend. And for the first time, a female trainer. Yes. The horse won the derby. Won the derby.

First time ever, which is kind of remarkable, isn't it? It's super remarkable. Now, it's worth noting that she didn't win the derby. The horse did. The horse. Yes. But she did train the horse. Yes.

She also was not the jockey. She did not ride on the horse. But it was also the jockey's Jose Otee. Horsay. You can say that again. Wait, this jockey's name was Horsese? Yeah, that's really funny. What are the odds?

Jose Ortiz was the name. of the jockey and I think he's been in the derby like 11 or 12 times and this was his first win so that's exciting for him too um and I was looking at pictures of sheree DeVoe who is the horse's trainer and the horse afterwards and they love each other and the horse was like nuzzling into her and they were hugging each other it was really sweet that's really odd it was a huge win that was a huge moment for her I know that that was her one like that was her dream ever since I don't know since she was a little girl but like since she decided to become a horse trainer she said I want to be the first woman.

to win the Kentucky Derby. So that's great. We have a little bit of good feminist news this week. Finally. Finally. Can I tell you this is a total tangent, but I'm, fans of mine will know that I'm a huge Murder She Wrote fan. Oh.

I just constantly have it on TV in the background. There's like 11 episodes of Murder She Wrote where she solves like a horse racing related murder. I don't know if it was just like a producer on the show, like loves horse racing. and was like, do an episode and this will be a tax right off for me. Yeah, maybe they have a pretty hardcore horse racing gambling addiction. Maybe. That's where my mind went to.

There's so many episodes of it. It's wild. The other thing that I want to talk about with the Kentucky Derby is usually there's so many fun horse names. This year, there were a lot of regal horses. Yes. There was one called intrepido. Oh, and for the record, the horse that won the derby is named Golden Tempo, which I think is fun. It's a great name.

Intrepidot is good. My favorite of the horse names is Danin Bourbon. Dan and Bourbon is a great name. Because it feels like whoever named it was like, shit, I got to name the horse. It was just like looking around in their fridge and was like, I've got Danin. Yogurt. Bourbon. Fine.

Do it. Run with it. Put it together. It's got bourbon. People will be happy. Kentuckyans love it. Yes. Incredibolt is good.

Chief Wallaby is good. Now, there was a horse called Great. White who fell. Who fell and couldn't even race. Yes. So I guess the Great White race is no longer. I mean, the horse is okay. The horse is fine.

The horse is not going anywhere. The horse is fine. But the race didn't happen. The downfall of the Great White race. It truly was a downfall. Wow. That's really tough for Kentucky. Yes.

Yes. So that was a big blow. Plus the female trade. They were very excited. It was tough. It's where being Kentucky is being pushed into the future against its will. Yes.

I do think there is something to be learned about the Kentucky Derby with the midterms coming up. I think about this sometimes. They are doing something right in terms of it's a short race. You don't have to run a long campaign. Yeah. They have hard age limits. Yes. And you can't win more than once.

Wow. Right? This is such an insightful point. Don't you? We need all of our like House and Senate. races to operate by Kentucky Derby rules. That's right. I think we could rip a page out of the Kentucky Derby book. And if a candidate falls for their own safety, they have to be out of the race. They have to be out. You fall, you're out. And most importantly, you're not allowed to start a

podcast. I'd listen to a horse podcast. I would too. I would be fun. Speaking of horses and podcasts, producer Alan, would you mind pulling up this video that I have? There was a trend on TikTok a while ago that I'd love to get just your quick reaction to, which is, and by the way, I looked this up. Everybody, whenever there's like an animal video, everyone in the comments is like, these animals are suffering. I looked it up. It's because they're excited. Okay.

These are retired racehorses who are just hanging out and they are reacting to the Kentucky Derby trumpet sound. Alan, will you play this for me? Oh, no. Is it PTSD? Do you eat? It's not. It's them. Like, they're bred to run. So I think all of them are like, oh, shit. I got to go. I got to get hydrated. They're reacting the same way that like when you're in Penn Station and you hear your train is like about to leave and you're like, oh no. You're like in the Dunkin' Donuts line. But yeah, I read the comments and I read like horse trainers and they were like, it's because they love running.

Oh, that's so funny. I will say I have a very similar reaction. My husband and I got married in Kentucky. And we had an outdoor wedding. And right before I walked down the aisle, I thought, you know, it would be really funny is if I got the guy from Churchill Downs to come over and do the call to the post. That's amazing. And we hired this guy. It made us so happy. It was so ridiculous.

We thought it would just be a funny joke. But then, like, everyone who was sitting down waiting for the wedding to begin, they were like, oh, my God, are we going to get trampled by horses? So that horse look, that's like the look on everyone's face at my wedding when that happened. Did we need to move? Do we need to? I thought it was fun that you sprinted down the aisle. I did. I did. And then I ran right out of there. We actually never got married. Never looked back.

Yeah. Well, it seems like a nice guy. My husband and I walked out to our reception to the Godzilla. Bam, bum, bum, bum, which was a lot of fun. I fully support this. Yes. It was great. Yes. So congratulations to Sherry DeVoe and Golden Tempo and Jose Ortiz on your big Kentucky Derby win. And I hope all three of you got a nice bag of oats at the end of it. You all deserve it. As the season shifts, many are becoming more intentional about their daily wardrobe,

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before they return to our regularly scheduled Jim Crow policies because the Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana's congressional map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, which, side note, is kind of. of crazy because this is the same court with the same justices that in 2024 ruled that Louisiana had to create a second majority black district. So they were like, we're going to start this and we're going to finish it. It's just crazy. And so they make this ruling. And according to precedent, it should obviously apply to the next election cycle. But now the governor of Louisiana has put

House races on hold so they can implement this ruling right away, which is crazy because early voting is already underway. Some people have already sent their ballots back in. It's wild. And I was listening to this story on NPR and this reporter was like, there's a ton of confusion. I went to a polling site. There were people who weren't sure what to do because the house races are on the ballot. It's too late to take them off. Officials have said that the votes cast won't be counted. At the poll, there was no big signage explaining the change. Just a sure. sheet of all of the races that were supposed to be happening that was up on the wall and it had been updated in pen in pen.

I said that too. Somebody was just like this one, it's like when you run out of a special at a restaurant. And you're like, I guess we're just not doing this one anymore. 86 the soup. Oh, wait, I can't say that. Yeah, you can't say 86. The FBI is going to come after you. Watch out.

So that whole situation is crazy. And that is like ongoing because obviously we don't know what's going to happen with that because they're facing legal challenges and hopefully. this will work out, but it is crazy that they're trying to implement it while voting is already happening. It's so, like, grossly undemocratic. Oh, yeah. And what do you think is inspiring it? Could it be that they're not particularly popular? Is that? Do you think maybe they suspect that voters are not in favor of what the president is doing right now? Yeah. I don't know why they would want to gerrymander away a congressional district that would probably be represented by somebody

who would oppose the president's actions, we may never know what the reason is. Right, right, right. But we can insinuate it, certainly. Well, I guess we'll never find out. We'll never know. And this is like so undemocratic that last week when the king of England was here, even he was like, you guys got to watch it. Yes. Like, I'm a king.

And even I'm like, this is kind of crazy, right? This is a little cringy what's happening here. It was amazing how he came in and gave that impassioned speech about checks and balances. And then all of Congress gives him a standing ovation. And I'm like, bitch, you are the ones in charge of checks and balances. You are not upholding the balance. Everybody in Congress is like, yes, somebody should do something about this. Someone should do this is, he's on to something.

Someone should look into checks and balances. Yeah. That is you. It is insane. Yeah. It's crazy. It's crazy to have to be told by the king that we overthrew. The country who's king we overthrew.

Totally. Like, you guys need to, you're really not being fair to your citizen. He goes back to the UK's like, really glad they're not our problem anymore. That was a good outcome. He came over and he was doing like a little stand-up routine. Oh, I was impressed. He doesn't want to be the king. He wants to be like, you know.

Paula Poundstone? He wants to be Paula Poundstone. No, he wants to be like Jimmy Carr. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Being the king is fun, but he wants to be like on a panel show weekly on the BBC. Someone give this man a platform. Truly.

I'd watch it. So thank you to King Charles for your dire warnings. I'm positive. They won't be heated, but it's still nice to hear. Still nice to hear. Yes. So that's a story out of Louisiana. And Louisiana gave us another L this week.

Oh, God. Because the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based. in New Orleans has restricted access to Mifapristone, which is one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. It's sometimes referred to as the abortion pill. And the way that they did it is by blocking the mailing of Mitha Pristone. So now it's required that the abortion pill be distributed in person at clinics with people physically there. Yeah. So I guess we can't be sending loose pills in the mail anymore. I don't know what I'm going to get my grandma for her birthday. Right before Mother's Day. Right before Mother's Day.

Yeah. Yeah, this is horrific and not surprising. We kind of knew that this was going to be next on the docket that they would hit this as well. Yes. Meanwhile, like, by the way, erectile dysfunction pills are so readily accessible. I feel like at this point, they're on like an opt-out system. It's like a West Elm catalog. They send you 10 a month and you have to call and say, stop sending these to me.

I don't even remember subscribing to this. How am I getting this? I get all this. Just getting the little blue pill in the mail. Funny. What drives me crazy about this is that this in-person ruling, like the arguments about it were about whether or not telehealth is like adequate to, you know, treat a patient's condition. And they're forcing me to defend telehealth a system I hate. They don't make it easy.

No, if you have an insurance plan that's like you can pay a co-pay or for free, you could see a doctor on your iPad. I'm like, I'm not seeing the iPad doctor. It's so, it's the whole thing is so stressful. I mean, I don't mind. I appreciate the convenience of that. Totally. If I'm like on the road or something and I've like twist my ankle and I can see my doctor,

that's great. I just am bad with technology. So to get into the portal and then be on the right. And it's not, they don't ever use like Zoom or FaceTime. Like it's some other platform. It's always a portal. It's always download. Yes.

And it's a whole thing. And then I'm worried about being late and I'm sitting there. And it's like, am I in the waiting room or am I in? And is she waiting for me? Am I waiting for it's a whole? I feel your pain. Yeah. It's, it's. So look, I will now defend telehealth to the death. Hell yeah. Because it is clearly an important service that we need. But if I have to download one more portal. Yes. I'm going to throw my phone into the ocean. I understand that. I understand that. I totally understand. But there is some good news because the Supreme Court has put a temporary hold on this. So they are going to review it. There is a chance that it won't. you know, stand. I don't, I'm super not a lawyer. I can't, I can't tell you what the legal terms are. Alan. But there's a chance that this, this won't last. And it has been overturned. So, um, Miffa Pistone is still available in Louisiana and across the country. Maybe the Supreme Court took a, took some advice from King Charles. Maybe those checks and balances really got through to them. Yes. Let's hope so. For this brief moment. Yes. So for until we hear otherwise. On Saturday, recurring daily show punchlines, Spirit Airlines, announced that it's suspending operations effective immediately.

Immediately. Like right the second while travelers were like at the airport ready to board their flights. And they were just like we're not doing it anymore. And in true Spirit Airlines fashion, they will stop operations mid-flight. On brand all the way to the end. You're halfway to Des Moines. They're like, get out. Yeah.

Eject. Oh, spirit. Yeah. That's a bummer. It is, especially because, like, there is, look, for all that we can make fun of spirit, it like... And we can. And we can and we have. Nobody else was flying people to New Orleans for $35. I mean, it's, you can't argue with those prices. And in today's economy. Yes, truly. Yeah. It was great for the consumer.

I don't know if I would say great. Okay, maybe not great. But it was available. It was available. It was an airline. Yeah. It certainly. was mostly an airline. Yes. And so I was like, okay, so if you were on a Spirit flight, like, what do you do? And apparently, customers who booked directly with Spirit using a credit or debit card will be automatically refunded.

But if you purchase tickets through a third party, like Expedia or whatever, then you have to, like, deal with them. And Spirit's like, you're not our problem. Wow. It's crazy. I'm such a tightly wound freak about travel. Same. that I never book with a third party because I've too many times I've seen people like have a last minute flight change and not be able to get customer service.

And so for me, like this is just me getting to be like, I told you so. This is the whole spirit thing is very sad. It's it's unfortunate for consumers, but it is great for Frontier Airlines who celebrated by canceling your flight. Yes, yes. No matter where you are, that's where you are forever. now. So who will our new punching bag be? I think Southwest. Okay. I've been thinking about it because Southwest was just bought by a private equity company. And it's so funny to me because Southwest, I don't know if you've ever flown them, but of course I have. They have the weird like seating

system where it's just like a cattle call and you don't get to reserve a seat and it's chaos. Pure chaos. And then now this private equity company bought them and they're like, we're going to get rid of the cattle call seating system. And everybody's like, I love the seating system. I love Not knowing where my seat is, people are, it's so mad over it. There's a hyper competitiveness to the process of getting that A. You got to, you got to like be right on the trigger. You got to be first and people get extremely competitive about it. I understand that.

Yeah. So it's, I think between like that and whatever other changes, private equity is going to make, I think it'll be Southwest. That's a pretty good prediction. Actually, there was a spirit pilot who it was going to be his last trip and he was flying home. And he was retiring. he was like this Spirit flight home's going to be my retirement flight and then Spirit was like, we don't exist anymore. So he was like, okay.

And he just booked himself a ticket on a Southwest flight just to go home as a passenger. And the Southwest crew found out, I think his son was also a pilot and like contacted Southwest. And the Southwest crew found out he didn't get to have his retirement flight. And so when they landed at the airport, there was like a big celebration for him for his retirement. That's very sweet. It's very sweet. Did they have everyone on the plane applaud? They had everyone on the plane applaud.

And then the pilots on the flight were like, he didn't even land it. I don't know why he used me applause. But I guess they did. I don't remember what it's called, but it's like a water cannon salute or something where like they set off water cannons and the plane drove through them. Is that true? Yes. They set off water cannons? Are you sure that wasn't just like the plane ran into it at Newark because something went awry?

I feel like that's something that would happen at Newark Airport. There was a fire at the airport. In inadvertently. He was just like, I can't believe you guys did all this for me. That's very sweet. It's very sweet. It's very nice that this guy still got to have like a retirement even though his company dissolved in the middle of his trip.

Oh, God. That's a beautiful silver lining. Okay, so who, so we have to decide who our punching bag is going to be. You think Southwest. I think Southwest. I think maybe Frontier is a pretty good contender. So tell us in the comments. Who should our punching bag be?

Yes. Tell us in the comments. We'll count. Yeah. And then that'll be the new default daily show. You get to help us write our show. So we have less work to do. Thank you very much.

Love less work to do. So, yes, I'm sorry if you were on a spirit flight and you've become stranded. Good luck getting home. But I like this transition. Speaking of stranded travelers, there's one traveler that I'm very excited to say is no longer stranded. And that is a humpback whale named Timmy. Oh, Timmy. A juvenile humpback whale who has been stranded for several weeks off the coast of Germany.

And they finally got him out. They got him out. And they've been trying for weeks. They tried, they untangled him from a net. Wow. They've tried to guide him out with boats like sheep dogs. They tried to dislodge him by using a big boat to like make waves to shake him loose. They got like back hose and dug a big trench to like help push him out.

And this is really funny. The whale made it away from the coast only to become stranded again almost immediately. Which is. Oh. Which if you've ever had a pet of any kind is like, you know, they get their foot like stuck in a box or something and you dislodge them. And then immediately there's a new problem. Oh, no. Unfortunately, Timmy threw himself into a cave in Thailand.

So we're kind of back to square one. Yeah. We got to get Timmy out of that cave. But what happened is, I mean, these were like long, like longstanding well publicized efforts over a span of months. And then eventually a couple of German millionaires teamed up. And they funded the creation of like a giant barge that was like suspended between two ships. It was like half the size of a football field or something. And then they were able to use the barge to kind of lift Timmy up and like finally take him out to the deep ocean where I guess he immediately like went under and then came up and like did a big like spray out of his blowhole as if to say thank you.

And then he dove dove down and he was off to see. Wow. Yeah. That is not something you hear awesome. and a heartwarming story out of Germany. That is. It's nice. That's so sweet.

They've really turned things around over there. It's great. Yes. One thing that was funny, there's a whole New Yorker article about this that I lost my entire morning to reading. I'm obsessed with this story. But I guess, so related to the Thai cave thing, when the soccer team got stuck in the cave and then like Elon Musk and other millionaires and billioners were coming out with like crazy ideas for how to fix it. apparently the same thing was happening with the whales and there were a couple weirdos uh Wallace who's a veterinarian told me that another member of the rescue operation who called

himself the whale whisperer insisted on being near the animal to form a spiritual connection with him the whale whisperer was joined by among others a YouTuber who went by Danny first class both the YouTuber and the whale whisperer think they can talk to the whale Wow. Which is so funny. To imagine a group of like very hardworking, like you've got like backhoe operators. You have ship captains. You have highly trained veterinarians.

And then you have a guy who's like, I need to talk to the whale myself. I'm a YouTuber. I got this. That track. That tracks. Yeah. Okay. Cool.

Thanks for your help, man. We're going to keep trying to push this 12-ton whale out of here. I do appreciate that germ. billionaires are using their money for good. That is what we should be doing here. Truly. Instead, we're shutting down newspapers and... Whenever I see a really rich person doing something like that, I'm like, the wrong

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Thank you. Yes. Yeah. She's doing it right. She's the only one who's doing it right. Yeah. It's crazy. So, so best wishes to Timmy, the German humpback whale, who has been released back into the ocean. You have given us something to be happy about this week. Thank God. When it comes to sexual health, receiving care from licensed professionals is essential. HIMS connects users with health care providers online, offering simple access to legitimate erectile dysfunction treatment options without the need for traditional, often awkward, clinic visits. The HIMS experience begins with a simple online intake. A medical provider then reviews the information to do. determine if treatment is right for the user.

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And kind of the big thing that I'm thinking about for today is the Met Gala is tonight. The Met Gala is tonight. I can't wait. The Met Gala traditionally is like an annual fundraiser that supports the Met Museum's costume institute. And so this has been going on, I mean, decades at this point. But now it's become weirdly, it is still making money for the Met, but it now is like sort of its own like business and advertising operation. Oh, yeah. And one of the big controversies this year is that Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are going to be the co-chairs.

Yes. What is the theme this year? It is income inequality. Oh, no, sorry. You go. I mean, loosely every year, I think it's income in quality. It's the same theme. I personally think that if Jeff Bezos is going to go to the Met Galley, he should have to wear clothes from Amazon.

Of course he should. Yes. That should be required. That is. Of course he should. You got to back it up. Wear a weird plastic shirt where one of the sleeves is like a little longer than the other. It's your business.

You got to stand by it. Stand by it. Go all the way, man. All the way. Or they got to start selling Prada on Amazon. Yes. If that's, if he wants to wear that tucks, then he's got to supply it on his website. I do love that the Met Gala comes around and everyone suddenly turns into a fashion critic.

Like, I'm sitting on my couch and sweats, eating flaming and hot Cheetos being like, that drop waist bodice is all wrong. Like, we don't know what we're talking about. But look, if I can judge somebody, I will. One thing that personally drives me a little crazy is when people don't dress to the theme, which by the year the theme is costume art and the dress code is fashion is art which can be interpreted in a lot of ways but like sometimes like I remember when there was the Americana

theme and people came like in various iterations of like the Statue of Liberty or historical figures or like things that represent Americana and then some people just come in like a nice dress play it safe you can't play it safe at the net if you're going to go you got to go all the way yes that's how I feel you know who kills it every time is Janelle Monet. She always looks incredible and her outfits at the at the Met Gallo are

always so she is gorgeous so she can wear like a crazy outfit like if I went to the Met Gallo I would dress to the theme but I would be like but I want to look pretty but since Janelle Monet always looks pretty she could be like yeah I'll wear a crazy like Zoot suit or whatever she looks amazing but for fashion is art I'm interested

to see what they how people play with it because there's a lot of like Oh, I can't remember if it was Cavali. I don't know. I'm so not a fashion person. I'm already impressed. You already know 100% more than I do about it.

There's a very famous dress that is like a Mondrian painting. And Mondrian is that artist who does like the blocks of primary colors. And so I think there's probably going to be a lot of that. I'm guessing somebody is going to probably look like a statue. Of course. But I'm really interested. There's so many like ways to make cool structural garments. That part of it I get very excited about.

The Bezos of it all really is throwing me for a loop here. Absolutely. But the fashion candy I get very excited about. Yeah. We do kind of forget, we get so caught up in the pomp and circumstance of it all that we forget that this is actually a museum fundraiser. So I'm wondering if this is how we actually fund the Department of Education. Could we do it that way?

Just have celebrities show up and like a fur and a bustle to Roosevelt Elementary. Truly, if we did that, I would be fine with it. If we did anything to actually fund social programs and some of it was just like continually throwing parties for these rich people, fine. Come on. I'll take it. Let's turn it into a whole thing. Yeah. Nobody has a reason to get dressed up anymore.

So this is, this will be an opportunity for rich people to get to show off the way too many clothes that they bought. And then also maybe kids will get school supplies. Yes. Plus, I have never been invited to the Met Gallo, but I feel like I might get invited to the education fundraiser. That I could probably get an invite to you. I'm, tell you what, YouTube commenters, I want us to all start a campaign to get Desi to the Met Galla next year. Was you guys, sponsored by Elon Musk. Figure out the hashtag or whatever we have to do.

We're going to get Desi to the Met Gallo next year. Thank you for this. But only if you wear something crazy for the theme. Oh, are you kidding me? Okay, great. You don't have to ask me twice. So we'll keep an eye on the MetGala tonight. Whatever crazy updates come out of the regular news.

I don't even want to bring anything up because it's like every night at all. 11 p.m. I'm like looking through the news and I'm like, well, tomorrow's show's going to completely change. So we'll see what happens in the news. The only other thing that I know for sure is coming up is Mother's Day. Oh, yeah. Your mom, do you have any plans? I want to keep it simple this year. I think I just want to sleep in, wake up late to a new administration. And that's all. It's what every mom wants. Just a very simple ask. What every mom wants. Get your mom what she wants this year. Yes, please. New administration. That would be nice.

That would be nice. No, I actually, my mother-in-law is in town this weekend, and we're going to go see the devil wears Prada. Oh, that's perfect. So we're watching Merrill. That'll be great. Yeah. Everyone's mom.

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Sign up for free at rbc training ground.ca. All right, that brings us to our final segment of the podcast, which is our recommendations, things that we want to share with our audience. I'll go first this time because I have something that's sort of Mother's Day adjacent. And I always recommend this for like a movie to watch when you're visiting your parents. Oh, always looking for that. I need to put on something that is like not too racy or too. Two, like, structurally confusing for them, but also something that I'm, like, vaguely interested in.

And this is a documentary that came out maybe about 10 years ago. And it's called Tim's Vermeer. And this is about the whale again. It is not about the whale. You are obsessed with this whale. It's not about the whale. I promise. Different Tim.

It's called Tims Vermeer. And it's about this guy who's, you know, maybe in his 50s or early 60s. He's independently wealthy. He lives in Texas. And for, like, a long. time there have been some art critics who have analyzed the paintings of Vermeer and been like, there's evidence that he may have been using like early camera technology to make these paintings. And this guy, Tim, who lives in Texas, became independently wealthy because he made

like a visual effects company. So this is something he's interested in. And he was like, I'm just going to try to use my money to fully recreate Vermeer's studio in a warehouse in Texas. And I'm going to see if I can recreate this Vermeer painting. And he does this over the span of like three or four years. He like goes to Amsterdam to like purchase authentic like props and stuff that Vermeer would have had in his studio. He learns how to speak Dutch. Oh my God.

It's it's wild and spoiler alert because the documentary is really about the journey, not the destination. He creates a painting that looks a lot like a Vermeer painting. It's really interesting. It's produced by Penn Gillette. So there's a lot of Pendjolette. Interesting. It as well. This is when you're independently wealthy and you live in Texas, this is what you do.

When you're a millionaire, you recreate Vermeer's studio and you're like, yeah, I'm just going to paint. And he has no painting experience or anything. So the fact that he's able to do this is like really pretty a stag thing. That's incredible. And you watch this with your parents? It's the perfect movie to watch with parents. So if you're visiting your mom for Mother's Day or like my dad's birthday is coming up, I'll probably throw it on when we're home. This is like, I cannot tell you what a perfect movie.

movie it is for parents. Excellent recommendation. I saw something over the weekend that I do not recommend that you see with your parents. Highly recommend not seeing it with your parents or a lot of dildo jokes. Awesome. Well, just the right amount of dildo jokes for me, but too many if you were to watch with your parents. I saw Titanic over the weekend. I've heard nothing but good things about it.

It is so funny. Is it, well, you tell me about it. Marlon Mendel stars in the show, also co-wrote the show, and she's going to be a guest this week. So I went. I had to go for research, but it is totally a show that I would have gone to on my own. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It is nothing

but just pure, ridiculous fun. So Marla plays Celine Dion, who has a very different interpretation of how the events played out on the Titanic as Celine Dion who was there on that day.

It's kind of like an O'Mary. It's funny, alternate history. Very much in the same in the same vein as O'Mary, for sure. And it's like a big, wonderful queer fever dream. And it's so much fun. It's a musical. Okay.

The music is excellent. Like a jukebox. Great. They use a lot of Celine songs. I don't know how they got them cleared, but they did. I mean, maybe they just wrote to her. And she was like, have you seen? Selent Dion is very, like, kind of funny and weird.

And you wouldn't know it because she has the voice of an angel and makes, like, you know, music your mom listens to. Yes. But did you see a few years ago, she, for Christmas, got, like, spent fully just hours in a makeup chair to get made up like the Jim Carrey Grinch and just walked around all day like that? And she, like, does an impression where she sounds just like him, where she's like, am I just eating because I'm bored? Here we go. Yeah, this is, look, there she is. Ellen, can you play the video? Never those who's inviting me down there on such short notice. even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it.

I love her so much. I would say quirky. Like, I always knew she was a little quirky. That is a new level. That makes me love her so much. Oh, my God. Yeah, it's really funny. Okay, Titanic, I'm going to go see it.

Now, you had to see it if anyone's in New York. Is there a way that I could also have to see it for research? I'm sure. We could try to. And write it off on my. my taxes because it's for work? It is worth a shot. Okay.

All right. I will work on it. I'll call my accountant. I'm going to need you to help me write questions. Thank you. You guys heard it. So it's a legitimate business expense for me. Got to go see it.

Tell the IRS, it's legit. Yeah. If anyone's in New York, go see that. It's highly, I highly recommend. So much fun. All right. That is all the time that we have today for the precap. I have been Nicole Conlin.

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