The Daily Zeitgeist - Poor Kevin Jonas, DUMB/GREAT XMAS MOVIES 10.23.19

Episode Date: October 23, 2019

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Hello, the internet, and welcome to Tuesday's 105, episode 3 of Dirt Daily Science, guys! A production of iHeartRadio. This is a podcast where we take a deep dive into America's shared consciousness and say officially off the top, fuck coke industries and fuck Fox News. It's Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019. My name's Jack O'Brien, a.k.a. Cool Hand Jack. And I'm thrilled to be joined, as always, by my co-host, Mr. Miles Gray. And I told me not to, I did anyway. Miles is blazing.

Jack said don't, but I said I'm gonna. Miles is blazing. High on the good shit Sipping on the fifth Getting y'all mad And acting like a dick Jack had a dick Cause I ate all his crazies What a bad little podcast host

Miles of Grey is Woo! Wow. Hell yes. Hell Have No Fury off the second AKA album from Christy Yamaguchi made at Crispy Meme Donut.

Damn. I mean, goddamn. A.B. Lee and Uncle Baby Billy. Straight from Colorado. Colorado. With the power of the silver bullet. Who wants to suck on an old man's dick? That part is so amazing.

Waldo Goggins. If you haven't seen Righteous Jokes. Do they give Oscars for HBO shows? They should. He should get an Oscar for Uncle Baby Billy. I have made that argument before that they should just like some of these shows that are limited run. Basically,

you know, seven hour long movies should be up for awards. Yeah. Just stitch it all together. Make it an epic, whatever. What'd they do? Nine together. Make it an epic whatever. What, they do nine episodes? Fine, whatever.

Hell yeah. I got time. Well, we're thrilled to be joined in our third seat by the hilarious comedian Blair Saki. What's up to my pals? What's up, Bri? It's great to be back. Sick jacket you got on. Oh, thank you.

What do you call that? What's that cut of that jacket called? jacket damn i don't know it's maybe like a muted leopard or something muted leopard yeah yeah it is a muted leopard yeah yeah okay but like mixed with like a little tractor driver it's definitely got like yeah like you're working on a farm like could be a carhartt uh new jersey collab yeah with the leopard print right right right shit anyway i'm feeling it. Thank you. Everybody check out our Instagram to get a look at it. Oh, yeah.

We'll just take a single photo of the jacket by itself. We don't need your face, bitch. All right, Blair, we're going to get to know you a little bit better in a moment. Oh, please. First, we're going to tell our listeners a couple of things we're talking about. We're going to talk about the latest Star Wars trailer, the final Star Wars trailer. The final trailer for the final Star Wars. They already started talking.

They already started selling tickets, pre-sale to the movie. Is it? Good. I'm glad they're doing good. Those scrappy upstarts at Disney. They definitely need it. scrappy upstarts at Disney. They definitely need it.

We are going to check in with the impeachment inquiry. Bill Taylor may have dropped a pretty heavy dime on the president. We're going to check in with how the president's just keeping his calm during the course of this inquiry.

We are going to look at what the polls are saying about the inquiry and do a 2020 election check-in. We're also going to look at some robbery trends. Yeah. As seasonality of Robin. A candle that seems to have been designed specifically for me. A candle that seems to have been designed specifically for me. And a unconventional haunted house.

All of that and plenty more. But first, Blair, we'd like to ask our guest, what is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? Oh, my last Google search was Jordan McGraw because I was at the Jonas Brothers concert last night and I was like, who the fuck is this guy? And it turns out it's Dr. Phil's son. Anyways, it was illuminating to say the least.

He seems like he's been through a lot. No, he was opening. He's an artist? Yeah, he's a pop singer. One of his songs was like one of his songs was basically like flexible like yoga and pilates that was like a song i don't know i don't even remember like i don't know how it goes but i just remember it and i was like oh my god this poor fucking cornball but there he was you know opening

for the jonas brother so what a journey for him. Yeah. I mean. Yeah. Also, too, I mean, to really just with his own talent get there. Right. No help of his father. It's probably unrelated. Right. Oh, totally. Yeah.

But it is, in fact, Dr. Phil, and we use Dr. with air quotes, Phil McGraw's son. Is Dr. Phil problematic? I don't know. I don't know. Everyone's fucking canceled these days. I feel bad for Oprah because she always tries to endorse these people and then they all turn out to be wacko. Not like when Dr. Oz is like,

your vagina is like a self-cleaning oven. Wait, isn't that true? It was used in a very dismissive sense when it was about health. Don't worry about your vaginal health. It's me, Dr. Oz. Anyway. Your vagina's got its own back. Don't worry about it.

Put it on self-clean, okay? I'm not wearing a condom. Just throw it on self-clean. The fuck are you talking about? Dr. Oz, here to ball. Many theories about the self-cleaning of it. But I also like, when you first said that, Jordan McGraw, I was here to ball. Many theories about the self-cleaning of it. But I also like, when you first said that, Jordan McGraw, I thought it was the wildest collab between Michael Jordan and Tim McGraw.

Right. Oh, really? Are they like doing some tequila? Those are just two famous sounding names. That'd be way cooler, yeah. Yeah. And also, a lot of people pointed out to us that Michael Jordan did a great thing with his health clinics that he's opened up in North Carolina for people.

Yeah. He unfucked them kids. Yeah. He was like, help them kids. Yeah. I never saw that coming from his Hall of Fame speech. Yeah. No, and it was weird.

He's still petty as fuck. Well, did you see, because there's like that documentary coming about the 98 Bulls season. That was like 500 hours of unseen footage. Oh, no. I haven't seen it. Deranged. He was a little bit like, I'm curious to see how people see. You know, it was a different time for me. Right. He was almost being like,

uh, look man, I didn't get here because I'm some nice dude. I am mentally ill. You must know this about me. I ripped out Dennis Rodman's face piercings. Oh my god, when I saw that Hall of Fame speech, I was truly mystified. I was like, I would love to like not care about how people see me at all.

Just be like, yeah, I rule. Fuck this person. Fuck this person. And fuck this person from 30 years ago. I still remember motherfucker. Yeah. How did it taste? Didn't he bring out like the dude who was, who made the team in his place in high school or something like that?

Or invited them? At Laney High School? I think maybe. That might just be. That would be something. I'll have to look that up. Also, like. He did recently just say that Steph hasn't.

He's not a Hall of Famer yet. He's not a Hall of Famer yet. True. He's not in the Hall of Fame. Right. That's true. By the definition of it. Right. Yes. Is. He's not in the Hall of Fame. Right. That's true. By the definition of it. Right.

Yes. Is he going to be in the Hall of Fame? Absolutely. It was funny because he was like kind of acknowledging how petty he was. He's like, yeah, he's not a Hall of Famer. The other guy was like, oh, MJ, you're wild. And then he was like, ha, ha, ha.

Nobody really is. Yeah. He's like, now drink my shitty tequila. Right, right. Cheers. The other thing he said in that, because you're talking about when he was talking to Homeboy from MSNBC, right? Yeah. And then how he was like, he's afraid to pick up a basketball because, you know, my competitiveness might come out.

Oh, my God. And I don't like to do that. I'm like, is this the fucking- Like it's like a gun? Yeah, like the ring of power from Lord of the Rings. Jesus Christ. I mean, when you think about it, like it might be like the- Better for him, yeah.

Like, I mean, he was, he had superhuman abilities with that and that happened to overlap with the most competitive human that has ever been birthed onto this planet. Right. So somehow this leather sphere makes me a unforgiving,

just winner takes all monster. Well, yeah, because I mean, if you think about it, the fuck them kids moment came out with a basketball in his hands yeah yeah so um yeah maybe he's like in recovery for yeah he was like competitive competitiveness hyper competitive recovery his sponsors like like what we say about picking the ball up they're like don't even ball up a piece of garbage and try and shoot it in the trash can. Are you fucking serious, Michael? We were working on this. We clearly wanted to talk about Michael Jordan because you were talking about Jordan McGraw,

Dr. Phil's son. It's fine. I already forgot who Jordan McGraw is. He's flexible. He's a pop star, though? Yeah, he's a pop star. He looks a little too old to be. That's what I said. And look, there's nothing wrong with being old. Oh, my God.

Yeah, that's right. There's nothing fucking wrong with being old. You listen. You heard it here first, bitch, okay? But while I was watching Jordan McGraw, I was like. I was like, I hope he's not pulling for a teen audience My man is 33 years old And he's trying to be a boy band star

I mean look at his whole vibe He's kind of doing like I kind of wanted to keep it Yeah alright Mike Posner It's not as bad as I was expecting I was expecting like Dr. Phil's head On top of like a Backstreet Boys body

It was his birthday yesterday too Did he say that? He said it. And also the Jonas Brothers came and Priyanka came out and gave him a cake. Oh, really? Yeah. Was it like a make a wish type situation? Where they're like, you can open for us today on your birthday?

Oh my God, Jack. You're going in, dude. No, he was like, and I just want to say out to the Hollywood Bowl, it's my birthday. That's how he talked. Hell yeah, man. Oh, fuck. That dude rules. Dude, at 15, he formed his first band, The Upside, in 2005.

Right, because, I mean, his dad is all about, like, finding the upside in situations, and that's kind of his whole vibe. Dude, his tattoos are fucking chill, bruh. situations and that's kind of his whole vibe dude his tattoos are fucking chill bruh no that's what i said i was like he's really tatted up i know he's been through a lot i can see this like like weird alice in wonderland theme he's got going on his left arm and then he's got like a kitten with a katana yeah you guys don't have to google image search this dude just imagine dr phil's head on a backstreet court. Also, look, what's the most hardcore? A skull with Mickey Mouse ears.

He's like, I'm hard, but I'm soft. He's like, that's on my fretting hand, too. I'm a fucking contradiction. He's like, when I'm playing my guitar. I'm kind of flexible, like Pilates. I can be either a skull or a Mickey Mouse. What is something you think is underrated, Blair? Blue cheese.

Blue cheese is fucking good. I want to eat it until I choke on it and die. Hell yeah. Did you talk about this last time? No, I didn't. I didn't talk about this. Oh, man, because I feel every time someone else came in with that same thing, and I love that. Because I think fucking blue cheese is the greatest

fucking thing. It's fucking stinky. Stink me up. Oh, my God. I love it love it or like i really wanted to dive in like on a spicy wing and then you're like oh what's my saving grace i need god i need god and then you go into the blue cheese oh incredible actual chunk of blue cheese on the wing oh my god but some of these places they're fucking perpetrating and they're violating with their quote-unquote blue cheese. It's just ranch. It's like infusing the flavor.

I'm like, where is the fucking blue cheese in here? I need a chunk. That's why, yo, if you really want to go next level, that Roquefort dressing. Oh, my God. I can barely talk about this. My mouth is like a tidal wave right now. I think you're just spitting a lot. Miles, please.

Yeah, shout-out to blue cheese. What is something you think is overrated oh when Jennifer Lawrence played all those 40 year old women 5 years ago but look it's nothing against her like she obviously is an incredible actress in the way that she was able and capable to mimic and find the nuance

of people twice her age but yeah that was pretty wild they're like we can't find any able and capable to mimic and find the nuance of people twice her age. But yeah, that was pretty wild. They're like, we can't find any actresses out there to play the 40 or 45 year old. So we had to go to Jennifer.

We had to go straight to Jennifer. They gave her a funny wig and a little bit of crow's feet makeup. Yeah, yeah. And they're like, pretend like you a little bit of crow's feet makeup. Yeah, yeah. And they're like, pretend like you're an exasperated mother of three. She's like, I'm 23 years old. I just like ate In-N-Out in my Oscars dress and slipped on the ground. Yo, I'm a wreck.

That's how little I give a fuck, man. Didn't she just get married? She did, and honestly. To someone with like the most weird. Cook Maroney. Cook Maroney. Cook Maloney. But she's so hot and talented, so it's not a knock against her.

She is an incredible actress, and I wish her a lot of success and happiness, and I feel that she is pursuing that well. Fantastic. I'm glad you cleared that up. Yeah. Because, yeah, you were kicked out of one of her parties. Is this trying to paper things over? No, but I was just even thinking that.

Just like when I was just talking Jordan, whatever his name, I was like, God, if the Jonas Brothers heard this, I would feel bad. Yeah. If the Jonas Brothers heard it, they're like. How were the Jonas Brothers, by the way? Oh, my God. Incredible. They got.

Oh, my God. So sincere. I went with my mother. We had the best time. Hollywood Boy. I've never been to the Hollywood Bowl, but boy, those three men, they can really shake it. They can really sing. They got a lot of hits.

Yeah. No, that is for certain. I don't know a single song about them. Are you Jonas? Brood? What are the fans called? I'm not really sure. Bros?

Bros? I'm not deep in the Jonas fandom. So how did you end up being like, yeah, we'll go to this show? I just knew it would be a good show. I know this man can perform. And, I mean, Nick, very hot. Right.

Who's the one that, like, is the one that they just all steal on? What do you mean? Like, who's not the hot? Oh, Kevin. He's all this one. There's one named Kevin? He smartly got married when he was, like, 20

because he kind of knew what it was going to be, and he popped out kids, and I think he's very happy and still married. They seemed like they were, like, really having a great time because they kept saying, a couple years ago, a couple years ago,

we thought, what if we should do this again? And then we were like, would anyone care? And they kept saying that, and then we were like would anyone care and they kept saying that and then the crowd would like lose their fucking mind like oh good so you guys do care great great because for a while we thought nobody cared all right i'm gonna go jack off backstage now got my fill. That was literally what it was like. And then at one point, the whole crowd started chanting Kevin.

Like they wanted to know. Like they wanted him to know that they were still behind him, even though he didn't maybe have the same face. Right. Yeah. He doesn't have the same face as he used to? No, as his brothers. As his brothers.

He's not as good looking. I mean, weren't they all about like abstinence so really wasn't he just hacking the matrix being like i'm trying to fuck so if i gotta marry then let's do this right but now they all fuck they did shots of tequila on stage oh yeah it's official the jonas brothers fuck that is really funny like as somebody who's only vaguely familiar with the jonas brothers i knew that two of their names were Nick and Joe and assumed that like the other there was a third one whose name I also knew but Kevin you thought even close yeah yeah I will confess I forgot his name till at the concert

I'm not kidding but I don't want to be mean because I you know what I thought another thought I had I said Kevin looks good yeah he's like he actually seems like really together measured I don't want to be mean because I, you know what I thought? Another thought I had, I said, Kevin looks good. There you go. There you go, Kev. He actually seems like really together and measured. I don't know. Maybe that's what I'm like. Do you think after they got off stage, they were like, hey, Kev, I heard somebody say you looked good.

Like, shout it out, dude. Nah, you guys are fucking around. No, Kev, I'm dead serious, man. Shut the fuck up, Nick. I look like shit, man. Joe, tell him I'm serious. No, dude, Kev, you look great. Fuck you, dude. I'm a shit, man. Joe, tell him I'm serious. Dude, Kevin, you look great. Fuck you, dude.

I'm a nasty old fuck. You got your hot fucking wife, and you, I'm fucking Kevin. Fuck. Kevin has a nasty old... Just starts tearing up the dressing room. I'm a nasty old... Kevin.

Disgusting fuck bag, old decrepit monkey skeleton skeleton rotting fucking mummy opened up tomb fuck no kevin i just want the record to state has a really hot wife oh i'm great he did find her in whatever jersey county they grew up in but she is really gorgeous. At a certain point, was Kevin the hottest? No. Oh, wow. You couldn't even articulate it. She just shook her head like, nah. That's like a parent coming to grips like, and is your son good

at baseball? We're not going to tell him. I don't like calling people. I don't like talking meanly about people's love. I don't mean to say that. In the Lust-O-Meter for Jonas Brothers, was he ever breaking records? Was the Mercury ever?

There's a frantic head shake. Dude, you look like you're his lawyer or something. You're like, I should not be actually speaking about this. Wasn't there a point when they were famous when he was like the only one who would be legal for a woman to date? But all their fans are younger than that, right? Oh, okay.

Look, attractiveness can be cultivated by a whole number of things. I love that take. But let's be real. He's the nasty old one who no one wanted to fuck. I don't agree. I don't see beauty. Kevin, don't listen to Miles. I'm disgusting.

I'm too vain. Fuck me. What is a myth? My myth I was thinking about is if you were popular in high school that you never felt pain. And I'm here to tell you I do feel pain. I have felt pain before. And it was popping in high school for you Yeah so I just want everyone to know

Things aren't always what they seem Right People just assume You're playing varsity volleyball I'm assuming Were you the star volleyball player? You know I was I did yes You were just that DS

That libero She's digging it out like a minor. I was a minor, but I was... Digging it out like a minor. I was a minor. A minor, but also digging like an M-I-N-E-R. But I was an outside hitter at the time, so it was a Hulk

smash. Oh, because then you got to college and you're like, you're little. My vertical was out of the fucking gym. It was sick. It was sad. It was fucked. What are you talking, 42 inches? Sick, sad, and fucked. That sounds like a description of

a porn video. Santa Margarita High School volleyball player Blair Saki's vertical is sick, sad, and fucked. Oh, God. She committed to UCLA. It was popular for you? It's a local news broadcast.

They're like, what the fuck is this? And on to football. This kid's got hands that would make a motherfucking shit. They're like, you gotta talk about your articles, Phil. Oh, dear. Whoa. All right. all right you gotta talk about your articles phil oh dear whoa all right uh well anyway shout out to you bottom line you did popular girl thank you i like that but you weren't like just your standard uh popular pretty blonde girl you were pretty blonde girl who was popular because she was like the best athlete in the school. I mean, I don't know if that's why. I also have a lot of charisma and I like to read novels.

Yeah, that's true. Oh, wow. Yeah. So in your mind, I like to explore this. What do you attribute your poppingness, your popping-ton to in high school? I'm really nice to people also and I never criticize people's looks. Oh, good. Yeah.

That's true. You just laugh nervously when asked for an opinion. Blair, does this look bad on me? Were you prom queen? I wasn't prom queen. Were you homecoming queen? No. I was nominated, though.

Yo, I lost homecoming king by one vote. I'm telling you it was rigged because the deans know I was selling weed. Really? I'm going to say that right now. Yeah. Damn. I hope these deans listen. I hope the Jonas Brothers do not listen.

Yeah. I saw one of the deans, one of the dean of women from my high school at a restaurant. You have separate ass deans for women and men? Because I think because they wanted to like reprimand students, like they didn't want a man yelling at like younger girls. Yeah. So they wanted like an evil person, like another woman to be like, let me tell you why you're dressed all fucked up.

Did you get in trouble in high school a lot? Yeah. Like what? Mostly for being disruptive like one time i got kicked out of class for farting too much right at the best like i was punctuating my teacher's like lecture with farts and then at a certain point i would be like dude mr hernandez i can't fucking hold it in he's like he's like go to the dean's office now. And I'm like, dude, Mr. Hernandez. And I would get up and I was like, fine. He's like, I'm going to wait outside because I think

it's going to subside. And I'm walking up and he starts going back. That's it. Go to Mr. Saladani's office. And I had to go. It was shit like that. The real shit, I was on my grizzly. Did you fart on command? No, no, no. But at certain times, you know, like I just ate something.

It was on and popping. One time I got sent to the- That's how you were popping in high school. That's how I was popping with my farting. Yeah. One time I got sent to the principal's office for toxic masculinity. Did you really? Because you were like emasculating a dude?

I asked my physics teacher if he was on his period. Oh, wow. I know. I can't believe something so horrific came out of my mouth, but it was a different time. Right. And they're like, what happened to that Blair Saki? Face down in a gutter somewhere. No, she's actually a comedian.

Doing pretty well. Huh. All right. Let's talk about Star Wars, guys. Oh, yeah. And the first thing I asked Blair when she got here, I'm like, yo, did you see the new Star Wars thing or do you not care? What did you say? I haven't seen the last nine. I'm like, there have only been nine, guys. Oh, yeah. And the first thing I asked Blair when she got here, I'm like, yo, did you see the new Star Wars thing or do you not care? What did you say?

I haven't seen the last nine. I'm like, there have only been nine, fam. Or something to that effect. I saw one in high school because apparently there's some sort of Christian allegory involved. Oh, wow. I haven't seen it since. I do love the music at the Disneyland, right? Oh, great.

Yeah. Well, that's one thing. I bet that music is probably the music in the movie. the Disneyland, right? Oh, great. I bet that music is probably the music in the movie. So in that sense, okay, we found some common ground. But the last trailer for Star Wars came out on Tuesday. For the ninth

film. Yeah, Rise of Skywalker. Episode 9 Rise of Skywalker. My first thoughts, I just hope C-3PO is not... It looks like he's going to die. Yeah. Or how can a robot die? One last look.

Has he not died in all the other ones? He's a robot. I mean, he's been like blown into pieces and had to be put back together. Right. Like Humpty Dumpty type shit. Yeah. And they do specifically make these robots so they can experience pain. Right.

And he's like, I feel my wires being torn. No, but it looks like it's going to be a fitting end. I don't know. I like them. They're cute. Little robots. In the trailer, can I ask, is Luke Skywalker a girl? Yes.

In this version. Yes. 100%. That is Luke Skywalker. Rey is the character who fills the Luke Skywalker role. Wow. My context clues are off the charts. There you go.

Look at you. I mean, the real big thing too is that right after the trailer came out, they had the pre-sale tickets went on sale, like actually a few hours before. And we were talking about how like, I thought it was absurd to begin selling pre-sale tickets because it comes out December 20th, like a full two months before. They blew out the like single, like a full two months before, they blew out the single first-hour ticket sales record for pre-sales.

The previous record holder was Avengers Endgame. They did it by a 45% more margin. I don't know how to say that correctly. But yeah, 45% more. They beat it by 45%. I feel those fan bases probably overlap quite a bit. Right. I'm sure to a certain extent.

And I wonder how many other people, like it's time for full-on Star Wars fans to be like, we got to show these Avengers motherfuckers. No, I definitely think that is a thing. That's generational a little bit too. That is real now, yeah. People are like, they feel like they're voting. Like this is like part of their identity.

Like when Avengers was like, yeah, exactly. Scorsese is, this is cinema. When, uh, when Avengers like came back out and people were on online being like,

yo, we got to go see it again so that it can pass the record for like biggest movie of all time. Yeah. It's like, who do you think you're helping? And that will bring my dad back. No, it won't, sir.

But yeah, the past record holders through Adam tickets in terms of pre-sales, number one, Star Wars Rise of Skywalker, Avengers Endgame is number two, Avengers Infinity War, number three, Star Wars The Last Jedi, number four, and Star Wars Rogue One, number five. So a lot of variety there.

I mean, look, Disney is really struggling, y'all. I know. You guys, go out and support your local Disney. Yeah, go ahead and fucking kick Bob Iger in his dick with his $66 million a year pay package. But income inequality is something we need to watch out for. He did say that. So in that way, woke?

Yeah. Right. He was at a Vanity in that way, woke? Right. He was at a Vanity Fair conference. You other guys should think about this. Yeah. Well, I think he meant income inequality between him and Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Yeah. He's like, you see what they're meant.

Too big of a gap there. And he's like, so I hear people who are struggling with their growth. I hear you. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. In 1982, Atari players had one thing on their minds. Sword Quest. This wasn't just a new game.

Atari promised $150,000 in prizes to four finalists, but the prizes disappeared. And what started as a video game promotion became one of the most controversial moments in 80s pop culture. I just don't believe they exist. My reaction, shock and awe. That sword was amazing. It was so beautiful. I'm Jamie Loftus. Join me this spring for The Legend of Sword Quest, a podcast about the fall of Atari and the disappearing Sword Quest prizes. We'll follow the quest for lost treasure across four decades. It's almost like a metaphor for the industry and Atari itself in a way. Listen to The Legend of Sword Quest on the iHeartRadio app,

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And we're back. And it's time to check in with the impeachment inquiry started by the whistleblower. Oh. Yeah. So Bill Taylor. Yeah. So Bill Taylor, the man who described Trump's quid pro quo over Ukrainian military aid as crazy, ableist. Ableist. He was in his feelings at that point.

In his feelings? I think just had looked at what was was happening, said this is all kinds of fucked up. Yes. So he was very worried in those text messages. He was the guy who seemed to be taken aback in the text messages. Yeah. Could not believe that somehow this was actually happening. It's like we're going to blackmail you with your military aid to give us some Biden dirt. So last week we got the guy who was like, I think you misunderstand what the president says, which we found out was dictated to him, that statement by the president. Last week he testified and earlier yesterday, Bill Taylor testified. And we have a quote of one of the people who was there for the testimony. Yeah. Representative Andy Levin. Because again, all of these all the testimony

has been happening behind closed doors, which is good because it allows the Democrats to keep all this information sealed. And the White House has usually just been rebutting anything that comes out immediately. So to keep it cooking, simmering without them knowing, it's causing a little nerves, especially because Bill Taylor, as the ambassador to Ukraine, he saw a lot. He knows a lot, and who knows what he fully knows, which is probably why the president was well enough. But yeah, so a lot of people, we've seen their opening statement be made public because it was pre-written and they've disseminated that to the public.

But with Bill Taylor, we don't know anything. But the one thing we do know as of right now from his testimony is this reaction from a congressperson leaving his testimony. All I have to say is that in my 10 short months in Congress, it's not even noon. Right. And this is my most disturbing day in Congress so far. All right, drama. Yeah. All right, Johnny. Johnny drama.

Jeez, you're just hating because your brother's doing better than you. Right. Yeah. Look, I believe it. I believe there's some, I'm sure there's a lot more being illuminated, but I think it's probably just further underlining just how blatant this whole scheme was, I'd imagine. Yeah. So, I mean, we will only, I mean, again, just like in the Mueller report, we just don't

know right now. We just don't know what they're being told. Yeah. I mean, that guy could have been exaggerating. Yeah. And Trump seems to be handling it all, taking it in stride. Oh, yeah. yeah and trump seems to be handling it all taking it in stride oh yeah uh he had an interesting tweet earlier uh around the time that uh taylor was testifying yeah this morning yeah through a

little racial smoke bomb down saying so someday if a democrat morning oh i'm sorry yes yesterday so someday if a democrat becomes president and the republicans win the house even by a tiny margin they can impeach the president without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember what they're witnessing here. A lynching. But we will win. Oh, beautiful choice of words. Yeah.

Oh, my God. What is wrong with him? Jesus Christ. I mean, I think this is, again, this is part of his strategy. Yes. There's so much attention on Bill Taylor's testimony. He has to do a, hey, look over here. Let me completely watch this misappropriation of this term lynching.

I don't, you think he's that smart, do you? Well, I think it's reflexive. I think that's just the way he talks. Well, I think it is, right? And I think what he realizes is that when he just goes, wah, then it tends to take the air out. He just goes, wah. Then it tends to take the air out. And I don't know if he's going, and now I will do my tweet where I will offend people with my lack of knowledge of the nuance of, not even nuance around the word lynching,

but just do something completely inflammatory. But isn't his perspective with this entire Ukraine thing like, yeah, I did it. There's nothing wrong. Yeah. Yeah, I did it. So what's the problem? Why are we doing this? I did it. What the fuck? Why are you tripping? I'm not lying about wrong. Yeah. So what's the problem? Why are we doing this? I did it.

What the fuck? Why are you tripping? I'm not lying about it. Yeah. Because again, his strategy seems to be, well, I'm being transparent with my corruption. Yeah. So get over it, which is exactly what Mick Mulvaney said was basically like, get over it, guys.

And again, I just, you know, a lot of people, obviously, we have to talk about how just fucked up it is to even compare this like constitutionally bound process to a fucking hate crime. So entrenched with America's dark, murderous, racist culture, not past culture that and lynchings are. It's a tool to keep African-Americans in a state of terror and read and enforces this racial hierarchy that most Republicans would probably wish happened to this day. Especially when you think about how many people call police on. Anyway, look, we get it. This is a fucking terrible thing to do, which is why, again, a lot of people have been walking the line of like, this is a fucking terrible thing to do which is why again a lot of people have been walking the line of like this is what he's trying to do but again this is the focus is this because we knew trump was racist so this isn't anything new but my goodness to then see other people defend the language i think is doubly fucking terrible yeah and i do think that

whether it's because he has the perfect personality disorder for our current media environment to like propel him to just dominate the news cycle or he knows what he's doing, like when he can make something about, you know, word choice and stuff like, you know, just being racist, that strengthens his support with his base. Right. So I do think from that perspective, whether he knows what he's doing or just that's how he innately responds, that seems to be what's going on. I think you put it perfectly. Miles is a racist smokescreen.

Yeah. I mean, it's, and he always uses race. Like, you know, we've seen this pivot. Yeah.

Whether it's, you know, intentional or subconscious or whatever. He, he knows what to do. It's just, it's, it's like a habit,

right? Right. You realize, oh yeah, this way I behaving like this actually ends up working out for me. So yeah, keep doing it. He also, in other panicky temper tantrum news he claimed he wants to sue CNN for not being nice enough to him and also that he's going to cancel the White House's subscription to the New York

Times and the Washington Post right because that's how journalism works oh damn r.i.p nice try guys r.i.p r.i.p journalism right uh i mean we've been saying that for a while though but yeah the other thing that's really in this bizarre letter he got the dude who basically dismantled gawker like on behalf of peter teal like that lawyer is the one sending this letter to cnn's already we get it you're Mr. let me tear down like media outlets um but like the the arguments and like he's like you gotta pay the president man like this is just fucked up like what you're doing a like pointing to like unethical journalistic practices uh but nothing like really there he also is using like Project Veritas like gotcha video clips to try and be like, you

see what's going on. This guy who's completely discredited as a journalist, like I'm using this to base these attacks on. Um, and then said that they were violating the Lanham act, which is about like deceiving, uh, consumers like with your advertising. So I'm guessing that they're trying to say, he says, your actions are in violation of the Lanham Act, among other applicable laws, by constituting misrepresentations to the public, to your advertisers and others. Accordingly,

my clients intend to file legal action against you to seek compensatory damages, treble damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, reimbursement of legal costs, and all are available legal and equitable remedies to the maximum extent permitted by law. So saying, I guess, because they're saying they're fair and balanced and that's a lie that it's a fraud. What a loser. Why would this guy want to go down with like serving him in this way? It's crazy.

Because he probably paid his retainer or whatever to do to bring him on. That's all it is at the end of the day, which is funny because most lawyers on like in the real world, like their takes on Twitter were twitter were like dude this isn't even a fucking like yeah what the fuck do they think this is right and they're saying cnn should fucking be like yeah all right fam let's go to court right and then just have this shit laughed out the fucking court right but hey this is i mean it just shows you sort of like trump is probably asking anyone to do anything right and everything they can to maybe either cause distractions, slow people up, trip up the media, whatever. I mean, yeah, I can just picture him in court being like, objection sustained, your honor.

Objection sustained. Thank you. Thank you. I hereby declare this court kangaroos. Yeah. Wait, what? And I think also, too, the logic is I can't believe they're reporting this stuff. This is just this is terrible.

I can't believe they're telling anything I did that was bad. Right. Well, because it's all about labels, right? Like they the Republicans will say, oh, this is a kangaroo court. It's a witch hunt, blah, blah blah blah blah which is they're basically holding them accountable yeah so there's taking accountability and now making that some kind of tool of like a runaway like minor party in the government yeah and then but then it's funny you look at a lot of the things they try and paint like uh you know any kind of bills or policies from the left as being

like snowflakey or giveaways or communism. Meanwhile, the criticisms of the right are like corrupt, racist, genocidal. And there's just such a disbalance of what's going on. But hey, look. I don't have faith that he'll get in trouble for anything ever. I think that's fair to have a little faith. It's like crazy at this point. Well, we have a problem with a base that he has on fox news who could give a fuck what the law is yeah um and and senators who are too shook to do anything because

they want to stay in office so it's a perfect storm of uh letting somebody skate but we'll see you know we just don't know we just don't know yet um i mean we do know we just don't know what's gonna happen yeah we just don't know i mean yeah to happen. Yeah, we just don't know. But we do know. I mean, yeah. I mean, sadly, there's a pattern in the United States of wealth and race equals, maybe you have a different legal system you operate under. Right. So since October 8th, 538 tracks both the president's approval rating and also support and opposition to impeachment, both just like the opening of the impeachment inquiry and then also support for Trump being impeached and removed. And it's basically flattened out since October 8th.

It's been pretty steady between 49 and 50 overall support for impeachment and 44 to 43 in opposition, and opposition is currently at its low point. And impeached and removed is actually trending up in support and down in opposition. So yeah, I know in swing states, though, it's a little bit different, right? They still haven't crossed over to that majority yet and i can tell i think that's what's going on that's why nancy pelosi's putting out fact sheets of being like this is all the way as the president lied like trying to fucking you know schoolhouse rock the fucking base into being like you see what's happening guys you probably don't give a fuck

but at least swing voters that chance because i know that's you know when you really look at what that election comes down to yeah eight states i mean that's the question is it over in terms of like i mean they've admitted to the thing that they're basically that we're investigating that we're seeing the media and congress investigate they've been like yeah we did that fuck off basically so Fuck off, basically. So is it possible for this to go anywhere but just kind of hang where it is in terms of people supporting impeachment? I mean, what are the people who still disapprove of impeachment? Like, what are they? What would they possibly be waiting for? I think there may be people who are right leaning independents who probably don't want like impeachment to go through because of partisan reasons, but might be reasonable enough to be like, just show me like they're really bad shit.

And maybe you can convince me like if it's that bad. Yeah. But, you know, you never know with these people. You never know. All right, guys, let's check in with the 2020 Democratic primary. And the question is being asked all over this country. What are rich centrist Democrats to do? People are starting to wonder if this field is all the Democrats have to offer.

Quite literally, people are asking that. So are these the candidates? Right. Because I don't like any of them. Yeah, people are starting to ask. After the last debate, because Biden performed poorly, people are starting to ask, is it going to be Elizabeth Warren or Bernie?

Right. So the articles about this are basically ignoring the fact that, yeah, all the energy and money, like small donations, are on the left. And the people who are asking, is this it, are people who just can't stomach people like the energy and the candidates being the taxes right that you know that's what it is right let's be real it's joe biden who told wall street like hey nothing's gonna change with me baby right we're good and then you have warren and sanders who are like well these are the problem these people are the problem right and yeah i think that's that's where you're seeing like a lot of donors like really holding back and be like oh god like maybe uh will hillary come back they've really that's being asked will hillary come back she tells you how she seems way too open to it she's like you know uh so i don't know how open i mean she's i think she likes

fanning the flames my goodness goodness, she came back. Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Bloomberg, this is a quote from a New York Times article, have both told people privately in recent weeks that if they thought they could win, they would consider entering the primary, but that they were skeptical there would be an opening, according to Democrats who have spoken with them. So they're like, you don't think I could really win, do you? Meanwhile, being like, come on, give it to me. Tell me I could win.

Well, I guess Bloomberg would have to be the billionaire superhero for them. Right. To be like, come aboard, put your money upon my back. Yeah. And we will fly away to safety. Yeah. If he enters, then he's basically re-electing trump right because trump's base isn't going anywhere um i mean if oh god i if the fucking dnc tried to put bloomberg as a

candidate we should be fucking knocking on tom perez's door right and being like are y'all for real over here right but i i don't know i don't. I find it really hard to believe that there'd be a way to do it. But hey, I have a feeling they would rather pump up Mayor Pete. Because Mayor Pete is already in it. He has a little bit of momentum. Then just fully insert some billionaire in there. Does he really have momentum? I feel like, God, I haven't felt like that at all.

He's been growing slowly. Yeah, I mean, like in Iowa, he's definitely getting some fold. He has Iowa momentum. Yeah. The latest poll has him at 13%. He surged ahead of Bernie, who's at 9% in the latest Iowa poll. Warren, 17%. Biden, 18%.

I mean, that's just iowa but iowa is basically controls the media narrative like people who are like really into the horse race uh coverage of it all or you know yeah iowa becomes a big story and so they're like well we're to overreact to Iowa. So we have to pay a ton of attention to it now. But meanwhile, Bernie had the largest campaign rally of any candidate in 2019. I think it was bigger than any of Trump's rallies. It was 26,000 people, I think, in Queens where AOC appeared, announced she was also feeling the burn, kind of bringing an end to the just a bunch of white guys thing, or not bringing an end to it, but at least contradicting it.

And the way the media covered it, again, seemed to be all about him sort of failing to recover from his heart attack. It was kind of a weird under coverage of it. And we've actually had some Warner supporters complaining that we're not lumping her in or like saying that her coverage also should be considered as like being underrepresented. And I actually don't, I don't know.

I'm curious for you guys' take. I don't feel like there's like a qualitative difference between Warren's coverage and the rest of the candidates. Like I think when she has good news, they're willing to cover it. Yeah. I mean, I think you can just think about it like this. If you could distill down most coverage of Bernie Sanders is he's old yeah and he had a heart attack yeah it's elizabeth warren it's she's got a plan for that right and i think that already shows you the attitude towards their two campaigns it's like here's this person who has plan after plan after plan this other person will will we can talk about yeah uh but

we won't necessarily constantly illuminate like what those policies are. Yeah. And I don't I'm not saying this is necessarily a good or bad thing. I think the same was true of Trump's campaign in 2016. They like underrated his ability to motivate people who, you know, they weren't paying attention to essentially who who didn't share their values and their kind of whole, like they didn't exist in the same world as them. So they just underrated them. And I do think like when you look at the professions of people who are donating to Bernie Sanders, it's more blue collar people. And I think it's just the same bias that gave like the New York times and the Washington post, the ability to be like, that's 99% Hillary's going to win. It's a slam dunk. And then totally like miss that. That wasn't actually the case. It's like,

who do you hang out with? 99% Hillary supporters. Exactly. Right. Right. So, yeah, I'm not saying it's a bad thing.

I just do see a qualitative difference between how Sanders news tends to be covered and the rest of the candidates. And I do think there's a huge bias against Warren when it comes to billionaires, like they're fucking terrified and they're going to, you know, weigh in with their opinions in other ways behind the scenes. Mark Zuckerberg is scared shitless of her.

Yeah, because she wants to kick down a sandcastle. Yeah. Anyways, all right, let's take another quick break, and we'll be right back with non-politics shit. In 1982, Atari players had one thing on their minds. Sword Quest. This wasn't just a new game. Atari promised $150,000 in prizes to four finalists.

But the prizes disappeared. And what started as a video game promotion became one of the most controversial moments in 80s pop culture. I just don't believe they exist. My reaction, shock and awe. That sword was amazing. It was so beautiful. I'm Jamie Loftus. Join me this spring for The Legend of Sword Quest, a podcast about the fall of Atari and the disappearing Sword Quest prizes. We'll follow the quest for lost treasure across four decades.

It's almost like a metaphor for the industry and Atari itself, in a way. Listen to The Legend of Sword Quest on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This summer, the nation watched as the Republican nominee for president was the target of two assassination attempts, separated by two months. These events were mirrored nearly 50 years ago, when President Gerald Ford faced two attempts on his life in less than three weeks. President Gerald R. Ford came stunningly close to being the victim of an assassin today.

And these are the only two times we know of that a woman has tried to assassinate a U.S. president. One was the protege of infamous cult leader Charles Manson. I always felt like Lynette was kind of his right-hand woman. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI in a violent revolutionary underground. Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore. The story of one strange and violent summer. This is Rip Current. Thank you. I moved to the U.S. at 19. I spoke no English and I struggled finding job opportunities.

Everything I have, I owe to the Adult Literacy Center and getting my high school diploma at age 22. It was an honor helping you achieve your greatness. Now you're helping others achieve theirs. It inspires me. When you graduate, they graduate. Find free and supportive adult education centers near you at finishyourdiploma.org. Brought to you by Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Ad Council. Hey, fam.

I'm Simone Boyce. I'm Danielle Robay. And we're the hosts of The Bright Side, the daily podcast from Hello Sunshine that is guaranteed to light up your day. Every weekday, we bring you conversations with the culture makers who inspire us. weekday, we bring you conversations with the culture makers who inspire us. Like our recent episode with Grammy award-winning rapper Eve on her new memoir and the moments that made her. It became a theme in my life, the underdog syndrome of being questioned of the, would they say this to a man? No, they would not. Like why? That was one of those moments where you're just like, oh wow. It was a bit shocking, but it didn't take any steam away or anything like that.

If anything, it was more of the, okay, I'll show you. No worries. Listen to The Bright Side from Hello Sunshine on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back. And Miles, we've got some news from the Journal of Health Economics. Yes, it's basically that real goons don't have allergies. Right. If you're a goon doing crimes, you don't have allergies. Well, look, this is the bottom line.

doing crimes, you don't have allergies. Well, look, this is the bottom line. They've basically found evidence that crime is sensitive to health shocks more so that when there was a high pollen count in the air, that violent crime in large US cities

dropped by 4%. Right. Wow. So they're saying likely due to the impact, like seasonal allergies would be like... No, man, I can't. My fucking eyes, man. I don't know if I got a cold Right. Wow. So they're saying likely do the impact like seasonal allergies. Yeah. No, man. I can't. My fucking eyes. Yeah. I don't know if I got a cold.

I'm not going to fucking rob this liquor store. Are they going to do like pollen drops now to like. Yeah. I mean, if someone sees seasonal allergies, I get it. That's me. Oh, my God. I have so many allergies. It's humiliating.

And you don't do. And look and look at you. I know. My God. I don't do any crimes. look at you you haven't done a crime I know my god I don't do any crimes god wait what do you think

contrails are that's pollen right oh shit yeah that they're using to control us right

right go on hey we haven't heard that in a while well cause you were doing so well

um alright this next story let's just voice pass it just a fact just a fact so well, John. All right. This next story, let's just... Just a fact. Just a fact. It's the contrails. Yeah.

This next story, I'm hoping my wife isn't listening to this one because I have the perfect mood-setting plan for my Valentine's Day.

There is brought to our attention by Zach Van Nuss, a Mountain Dew candle. It comes in a Mountain Dew can. Smells like Mountain Dew. Smells like Mountain Dew? Yeah, bro.

Like what? Like glorious, delicious Mountain Dew. What do you mean? Like caffeine sweat? Yeah, exactly. I'm going to maybe scatter some hot sauce packets from Taco Bell on the floor like rose petals. Oh, hell yeah.

Do it upright. Whoever buys that candle, that man doesn't have a bed frame. Oh my god, that man has one set of sheets and definitely one towel. One towel, one set of sheets, one pillow. Oh my god. Where my goons at? The one towel. One towel, one set of sheets, one pillow. Oh, my God.

Yep. Where my goons at? The one towel gang. We've all been there. Oh, man. That's my favorite realization you have as a man when you're like, oh, my God. Oh, yeah. I should have more than one towel.

When any one of my guy friends gets broken up with or something and they're like, I want to change my life. I'm like, all right. Multiple pillows, multiple sets of matching towels, multiple sets of sheets, multiple sets of water for them. A towel is not a blanket.

Oh my God. Or a pillow. Jesus Christ. A towel is not a blanket. Yo, where my towel blanket people at? Oh man. Ah,

well, yeah. Somebody tweeted recently that, uh, something about about how guys don't wash their sheets more than every few months. And I was like, damn, I really did do that. Yo, I'm not jolting in college. Yeah. So sorry to anybody. I know, man.

Who bothered to get into that bed. Yeah. I understand that it's hot in the Valley. Yeah. You sweat a lot oh my god i i seriously don't like any of my boyfriends i don't think they like wash their sheets before yeah do you know did you in high school like have gym class and you had that one shirt you wore for gym but you just threw it in your locker and never and you kept putting mileage on that motherfucker

that's what my sheets were like men are truly sick i mean you guys know it took it took a thorough it took a thorough dressing down from somebody to be like you cannot live like this i refuse to be near this like you presented yourself one way in public and then what is this i remember the pe teachers being like look you guys need to bring deodorant to class like it's important you guys are changing and i wanted to be like no tell these fools to wash their fucking shirts okay i'm dying in here i can't play four square with these motherfuckers jesus christ they're trying to like x me out with their fucking disgusting shirt my junior high gym locker room right fam nobody washed their shirts and them shits were like

fucking i didn't paper mache yeah fucking but did you ever use a aerosol deodorant no well some people did i on the shirts you just spray no we weren't fancy the most we did was just wring out the sweat and treat that like it was a cleaning job yeah paper mache they just stand up on their own yeah yeah my god it's more armor than anything all right yeah by the way i i was just as you were talking about uh not being able to play four square i'm picturing zeitgeist babies like a muppet baby spinoff with the three of us as children oh Oh, playing Foursquare? Wow. We'll just tell. Never mind. I turned into Jordan.

Foursquare? Oh, my God. Anyone tried to fuck with me, I'd just throw them an elbow. Boom. I mean, yeah, they're down on the ground. Is Foursquare the gateway drug to volleyball? I'm not sure.

Tetherball might be. It's really confusing because I did excel at all the contact sports before I inevitably chose to do that one. Oh, man, you can't fuck somebody up in volleyball. I got a lot of red cards and stuff in high school. I'm a completely different person now. Are you allowed to do popcorn in volleyball, in collegiate volleyball?

What does popcorn mean? The popcorn where you hit the, in four square, popcorn rules? Oh, no. Oh, yeah. Is that D1 rules? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Little little known fact there is a loophole i forgot about ultimate four square rules right then when you or handball remember you do handball yo i'll hit somebody with the rainbow yeah that took a lot of rest in peace to your whole family

man fucking out of here you really needed lateral movement talent oh yeah and do it at the last second you were like oh my head is in a fucking rainbow. Come get this shit. Pick up your fucking shattered ego at the edge of the fucking park, sir. All right, guys, let's talk about this haunted house in Centerville, Maryland. It's one of many communities across the country that are being affected by the opioid crisis. And they're deciding to combine that crisis with their Halloween festivities by doing a drug den haunted house. It includes a drug den, a frightening arrest, a court hearing, a jail cell, a wrenching family crisis, a harrowing overdose. They're even bringing real prisoners who are encouraged to interact with the visitors.

Wait, hold on. What incredible escapism. Yeah. Oh, my God. There are inmates who they're being like, hey, anyone wants to volunteer for the haunted house? Yeah. All right.

All right. Yeah. Yeah. Come with me. You know, this devastating crisis you guys are facing? How about you just go use your face for a fun Halloween scare? Right. Now, this sounds like one of those ideas that would be like one person brings up and people are like, maybe for 15 minutes.

15 minutes, but this actually has a decade, like a multi-decades history because this town gained notoriety in 89 for their haunted crack house, which was housed in an old jail cell. This one's called Haunted Trap House. They're like, we exploit our dying people for our fun old holiday. Haunted Trap House?

Yeah. This year? Yeah. Oh my God. That would be one one Haunted Trap House? Yeah. This year? Yeah. Oh, my God. That would be a good one. Haunted Trap House. Well, at least maybe the name change will bring in more Gen Z kids. Yeah.

Oh, my God. Oh, hell yeah. Trap? But yeah, so the crack house one back in 89, 90 had a narrative about a girl named Liz who led you through various scenes of her life to a teenage drug party and then to jail and eventually the Morgan Funeral Home, at which point kids were invited to have cider and cookies in the treat room. That's. It sounds like the plot of Euphoria. And then at the end, they're like, they're like, what do we tell you about accepting shit from strangers?

Y'all all failed. That was poison. But it was tied to dare. Oh, it was tied to dare? Yeah, of course. God, dare worked on my ass. It did? Yeah, because I got...

We were both like, it did? Well, no, no. I mean, not... Not like long term. Weed doesn't count. But besides that... Oh, no, because when they taught it to you, it was like this scary ass man with a trench coat and then there was all

his trench coat opened up to pockets like with every drug in it. And I was like, he's so scary. Like if anyone comes at me with a trench coat, you can guess what I'm saying.

And that's no. Yeah. I think our dare officer, this dude, his name, he had the dumbest vanity license plate and he gave us a challenge to fucking figure out what his vanity license plate meant to this day i still remember it was p-r-n-c-h-a-s and he's like whoever can guess my vanity plate i'll give you

guys a little prize at the end of the dare program. Parent Christ? I don't know. That's what you think? I don't know. I was like, what the fuck is Pernchast? He's like, you get a pass to the- It was Prince Charles.

Ah! And I was so pissed off. I'm like, how? Yeah. It said Pernchast. There's no R's, no L's. This looked like porn chase, if anything. Yeah.

And fuck that. that's why i started smoking weed yeah because i was like this is fucking stupid yeah uh i'll show you also he had this box your car inconsistencies i'm gonna light up a fat blow bitch yeah like that just negated everything you say is moot now i'm doing pcp and i will throw a dumpster at a cop car like you said that's a lie though. They have found that dare actually, like this approach generally doesn't help and can sometimes be seen to

statistically have a negative impact on drug use. Well, also too, so your officer did a trench coat bit to show the drugs? No, no, it was the pamphlets. The pamphlets. Oh, got it, got it. The cops came and I remember one of the cops saying, if anyone asks you to do drugs, you say, my mom doesn't want me to.

And they're like, you know, a lot of people in gangs, when they say that excuse, then people uphold it, and they think that's a good. I'm like, if someone asked me and i said my mom my mommy said no i was like i was like no that was my first moment where i was like i think i'm being led astray because that's truly the worst response that's exactly why they say dare doesn't work because kids it's not smarter than that yeah and they're just like yo this is work because kids are smarter than that. They're just like,

yo, this is bullshit. They're not giving the tools to interact with other people your age. Not like for me as a police officer, this is what I would say. There's footage on YouTube from a 1990 haunted crack house in Avalon because it started a trend. Apparently it was this big

media. I can't believe this is real. That's freaking insane. And at one point you see a cop hauling a teenager into jail because he quote killed his best friend for some marijuana oh my gosh it's the own right that is fucking brutal i'm guessing like because the one that started um in this one is from the canard African American Cultural Heritage Center. It seems like they're starting from a good place like truly trying to provide a service

and then other people are like, oh yeah, this is a good idea and then have a completely tone deaf one that's even worse. I mean, look. They're like, let's get all our people from the hospital and then sell tickets. Right. Right. They, yeah. They actually have these things in the South that are called like hell houses where

it's just people basically reenacting sin to like scare you away from it. Really? Yeah. Oh my God. Cool. Yeah. Where there's just like stuff like truly like, and this is, these are two men holding hands. Oh God.

Did you guys have the thing with like drunk driving where they like- Yeah. Had the mangled ass car and shit? Yeah. Mangled car and they were like, come out to the- Hurry, your friend got in a car accident on the football field. Yes. Really?

Yeah. How'd they get the car there? Because we all have to park on the other side of school. And I was like, honestly- They're dead. Did they do that? Yeah. And then we laughed.

Pretend. Yeah. No, actually, wait, I don't even think we had that. I think our school just, they're dead. Did they do that? Yeah. And then we laughed. Yeah. No, actually, I don't even think we had that. I think our school just gave up on us. Yeah. And I was like, Ashley would have never been wearing that pink jewel Jessica McClintock dress to prom. She would have not been caught dead in that dress.

A prom dress from Delia's? Are you fucking kidding me? Right. No, Jessica McClintock was cool as hell oh okay yeah the cool is that a brand or a person who was dead in the car no jessica mcclintock was like a um cool it was like a dress brand oh got it yeah yeah yeah that'd be cool if jessica mcclintock was like dude they got jessica mcclintock she's in that mangled car yeah i know that does sound like a dead school girl. It's weird.

I don't know. I mean, I guess it, I think the times I learned the most is when other people my age in real life fucked up. Yeah. And I saw that shit. Of course. Oh my God, dude. That's like, you know, your friend will flip a car or something like, oh, that's fucked

up. Yeah. And like, oh, he was driving on Molly. I don't think you should like okay maybe i'm a prude ass bitch in in case there's any high schoolers listening to this do you have a high school huge high school okay well they do this to get in touch people should try like hard drugs so they're like 25 and then they can decide if they want yeah i think that's well also too like psychedelics you overdose like taking too many psych like trip is too intense when you're you

don't even know who the fuck you are boy when I thought I was cool on mushrooms I have the worst trips in my fucking life really cause I'd be like I'm not respecting my mom

enough cause you're like 16 and shit oh my god and they're like man I'm fucking taking her for granted man

my dad left me and I'm like you know she's doing a lot right now yeah teenage boys you're too shitty to take psychedelics do it

yeah you will have some realizations about yourself and then i remember right after i was like no i gotta do right it's actually kind of cool yeah that sense you know what me i always feel like when i'm on mushrooms like laughing like no i'm just like oh my god i love everyone my skin is vibrating it feels so good my body feels like a waterfall well, because you're sort of a fully actualized human. Yeah. Versus a chaos-brained teen. Now, mushrooms are great as an adult. Just not

so great when you're not still fully formed. Just kidding. I don't do mushrooms that much. Whatever. Yeah, you're a D1 athlete. Look, tell all the youth who are listening right now. I love water and vegetables. That's so tight. So tight. Let's talk about Netflix, because the race for the dumbest christmas movie is on yeah i mean and i will watch all of them thank you that's are you your

team christmas movies yeah i mean look i don't think i don't wait i don't lie and wait for them but then they pop up and i'm like here we are again and i'll finish the whole fucking thing vanessa hutchins 50 of them every year yeah exactly i'm like look another reason to lay down for 90 minutes go on right um the whole so we talked about some of the hallmark movies they were already kicking off uh they are basically from october 26th they are doing like or no from october 25th the miracle of christmas programming they're gonna do so get ready to start your shit. This is Hallmark Channel? This is Hallmark.

So this is kind of like the backdrop, right? Because they have a ton of their films and things like that. Now, Netflix is like, we too know how to make terrible Christmas films. And they have. I mean, in the past, like the Christmas Prince or whatever, all those have been quite interesting. But some of these are really out there. The Christmas Prince, I believe this is the third installment of the franchise. You're correct.

Yes. The Royal Baby. And remember how the first one was like Aldovia? We're like, what the fuck is this? Whatever. I don't give a fuck. And like somehow like all the people in like the like parliament were like asian i remember those i was like what the fuck is going this doesn't make any sense anyway i search bodies

with a commoner yeah exactly uh no that's the one with vanessa hudgens oh sorry come on get them straight i'm sorry come on i thought they all have vanessa hudgens um so in this one it's christmas time in aldovia and a royal baby is on the way. Queen Amber, still the same, and King Richard are getting ready to take some time off to prepare for their first child's arrival. But they first have to host King Tai and Queen Ming of Penglia to renew a 600-year-old sacred truce. But when the priceless treaty goes missing, peace is jeopardized and an ancient curse looms. Dang. I'm already bracing myself for some real off-color mischaracterizations of Asian culture. Yeah.

I mean, when you say Queen Ming. Yeah. We'll see. I'm worried. Yeah. The other one. The knight. K-N-I-G-H-T.

Yeah. Before Christmas. Oh, okay. After a magical sorceress transports medieval knight Sir Cole to present-day Ohio during the holiday season, he befriends Brooke, Vanessa Hudgens, a clever and kind science teacher who's been disillusioned by love. Brooke helps Sir Cole navigate the modern world and helps him discover how to fulfill his mysterious one true quest, the only act that will return him home.

Now, this literally is the same concept of a french comedy called le visiteur with uh jean renault yes it's about these french knights who go into the future into the early 90s oh well i love this movie is so funny to me because it's just like it's so actually the exact same plot that i once knew when I studied the entire French catalog back in my day. As we call it, cinema. But it's like the movie is actually really hilarious. It's like a mismatch of people who are so scared of technology. Like they don't trust cars.

They're hitting everything with their swords. I don't know if this is going to be the same thing. Right. I bet he calls her m'lady at one point. That'll be so funny. Oh, hell yeah. That's not what people call women anymore. And she will have at some

point, as in all the movies, a makeover transformation. Of him. Of her. Of her. He's like, you're from fucking three centuries ago, but I need to get my shit together and look good for you. And then there's a

fucking three camera sitcom that Netflix is putting out. a fucking full on sitcom. There's also cartoons and other shit. But this. OK, so this is with Dennis Quaid. OK. And Ashley Tisdale recently engaged to a 14 year old. Congrats, Danny.

Oh, yeah. Oh, hey, let's be fair. Twenty six years old. And what is he? Sixty five. Yeah. And anyway, it says so in this one, it's him, Ashley Tisdale and Bridget Mendler and more in their comedy series, Mary Happy Whatever.

And only, oh, sorry, blah, blah, blah. Quaid stars as Don Quinn in Mary Happy Whatever, a strong-willed patriarch doing his best to balance the stress of the holidays with the demands of his eclectic family. So that means one person is gay. Right. That's euphemistic. Wait. Eclectic family.

Is the title a play on like you can't say happy holidays or Merry Christmas? So there's a person who's saying like, oh, why is Christianity like this dominant culture and like blah, blah, blah. And there's so many holidays. Yeah. And he's going to be like, God, I just remember when you say Merry Christmas. What the fuck is a war on Christmas? I'm going to kiss this kid.

That's what everyone in Orange County always does. Dennis Quaid stars as Don Quinn. I love when they keep the initials the same. Right. It's like, I only play DQs. Yeah, doing Dairy Queen next. But also other channels or streaming services are getting in on this whole thing, too. But they're doing it in a little more of a prestige sort of aspect.

So Apple TV, they're doing, apparently, they put a lot of money down for a Christmas carol starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. Damn. I'll be first in line on my streaming app. Oh, you got Apple TV Plus? No. Are you going to get it? I don't know.

I might. To steal someone's login? Yeah. I mean, that's how we do it. And then Disney Plus has one called Noel, starring Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader. See, that one might actually be funny. Yeah.

But also, I don't need my Christmas movies to be good. The whole point is to be literally brain-numbing agents. Right. My mom's been training me with those hallmark movies for years right like i'm like i'm not fucking ready for these plotless like wild shit yeah yeah i'm ready dude just look i get it someone from the city has to move to a slower pace and figure out what christmas means and they have to slow down and remember what's important yeah it's not about money money money like hustle and bustle the city

sometimes about making connections with your family yeah it's not about Yeah, it's not about money, money, money and the hustle and bustle of the city. Sometimes it's about making connections with your family. Yeah, it's not about cachet. It's not about outward professional success. It's not about your looks. It's about old disenfranchised family that you forgot about. Exactly. And fucking a ghost

to remember what Christmas is about. Who fucks a ghost? There's one where a woman is in the house and there's a ghost who she like falls in love with. Huh. It's a little whatever. Look teach their own look. What's your favorite garbage Christmas movie? Oh man.

Like Christmas Kiss. Okay. Oh mainstream? I don't know. Bad Santa? Bad Santa. That's not garbage. No I mean no you said mainstream not like a Hallmark film right? Right right. Okay. Yeah like I like to me, I like the trash shit. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

More than, because even those movies, like, I get everyone likes fucking, what's that other one? Love Actually, shit like that. I'm not really into that. Everyone does not love that. A lot of people do. Yes. Her Majesty loves that shit.

And a lot of people dislike it. No, but people loved it and then turned against it because it got too loved. Right. You know, like Anne Hathaway. Well, and then you start, right, and then you against it because it got too loved. Right. You know, like Anne Hathaway. Right. And then you start picking it apart and you're like, is this kind of weird? Whatever. Who cares?

Do not compare Anne Hathaway to Love Actually. What is the perfect rom-com? What did you say? Is it Notting Hill? Is that the one you said? Yeah, I like Notting Hill. That's the one you always say because I know you like some Brit rom-com. Julia Roberts, she really does it.

She's a good rom-com girl. I haven't seen that movie in like 15 years, so i should probably stop citing it as my perfect rom-com um what about that movie nine months i loved that one with hugh grant can't imagine how how that fucking tracks now but i love like in the time that hugh grant was like popping off on just in every rom-com, but he was like, got in trouble for hookers, but they were like, yeah, they're like, but imagine how bashful he was. Like when he got caught,

he was like, Oh, sorry. Caught me. Hello. Excuse me. Caught me with my pants down. Literally.

How much would it be for a bit of half and half? Oh dear. Oh shit. Blair. It's been a pleasure having you as always

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Yes. Former guest. My little Greta. One of the greats. Is there a tweet you've been enjoying? Oh, yeah. It was a Sean O'Connor tweet, and in regards to Dennis Quaid and his child bride, he quoted the article, and he said, A 39-year-old Dennis Quaid sits outside a hospital's nursery.

He's approached by a new father. Which one is yours? Dennis points at an adorable newborn. In 26 years, that one. Oh, God. Sir and Sinji. Damn. Yeah.

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tell me you're gonna kill me or something damn um another one gonzalo cordova at gonzalo rc says um 30 year old tv writer my show is a neon colored teen drama about a group of polyamorous high schoolers obsessed with sexting and sending nudes who must solve a murder after their best friend dies at a sex party. Actual teen is a virgin that watches The Office. And another one is from Mike at Mike. Michael Callum says worker quits workers. Are you going to replace them? That position was important.

Company. LOL. No workers. Is anyone going to get a raise for picking up their work? Company. No. More workers important. Company. LOL. No. Workers. Is anyone going to get a raise for picking up their work? Company. No. More workers quit. Company.

Damn, everyone's leaving. That's nuts. This is how it be, man. Right. That is how it be. Damn, everyone's leaving. What's going on, huh? I don't know.

What the fuck, right? There is a video of James Harden and Russell Westbrook in the front row at the Astros game, and they both flinch when a pitch comes. And somebody tweeted they definitely high as hell.

Yeah, was it a foul tip or something? Because in the video they zoom in, or was it purely just a strike? I think it was just a strike. Because you see everybody behind them and nobody else zoom in. Or was it purely just a strike? I think it was just a strike. Because you see everybody behind them and nobody else is reacting. Or are you doing that thing where you lean because you're trying to be the person at bat? Right. I don't know. I'm just trying to be like, thank you.

But it's funny. It's like in sequence too. Yeah, they're both like, whoop. And then Jesse McLaren tweeted, men talking to female co-worker before me too. You look so pretty. Men talking to female co-worker before me too. You look so pretty. Men talking to female co-worker after me too. You look so pretty, but I guess I'm not allowed to say that anymore.

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