The Golden Hour - Know Thy Enemy | The Golden Hour PATREON #74 EXCERPT w/Erik Griffin & Chris D'Elia

Episode Date: December 3, 2025

Erik and Chris are back to talk road stories, parasocial fame, and why so much pop culture feels different when you revisit it years later. They also attempt the Whitney Houston Challenge, discover Nick is actually a middle‑aged aunt, and check out one of Robert Irwin’s standout performances on Dancing With the Stars. Get this episode AD FREE + 2 PATREON ONLY episodes/month only at https://patreon.com/thegoldenhourpodcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Discover why there's more to imagine when you listen at audible.com slash best of the year. So Whitney Houston goes on their senior hall show, and I remember watching at home, and I was like, oh, she ghetto as fuck. Like, you did not know at the time. You didn't know because she was just this, this creation that they made with this beautiful voice. and she was always put together and everything and then she was on Arsenio and I was like oh this like that chick from around the block like she just ghetto as fuck

and then when that show came out being Bobby Brown oh my God then it was just like okay this is who she really is but that's what this reminds me of I'm still Jenny from the block used to have a little now have a lot dude that song fucking banged huh I know that's not

Whitney Houston but that song that wasn't even yeah yeah that was terrible but that song fucking banged huh i'm still i'm still jenny from the black i used to have a little but i have a lot dun dun dun dun it's like you know what sucks about that let's say she really is doing it because let's say she's doing it really because to protect her vocal cords you put a video out like that and then it just becomes something else yeah dude i remember whitney houston did

That HBO, she did an HBO special, and it was live, and she was drunk. Oh. She was drunk, and the next time it was aired again, it was cut up, you know. Interesting. Yeah, we found out that she was, uh, she was talking a lot. It was a lot of talking. I was like, yeah, drunk people, they'll be pontificate, man. And you know, another thing about the government is, she's like, uh, sing body.

Bodyguard. What song is bodyguard? You know, fucking. You guys think you could do the way? This is funny. I like this. Let me see. This is good.

I like this a lot. But I don't know how do you lose? It's just, it doesn't have to be, it's great. It hits on an offbeat, so it's just. I know, but you got to be kind of brain dead to not be able to do it. You never seen this? No. Oh, he'll love it.

Oh, he gets it. That's because that Asian work ethic. Oh, I missed it. That's good. You missed it, but wait, you ruined the video. And I don't like that at all. I don't go fuck Here we go

Here we go Watch him Watch us Here we go Watch us here we go Oh He's running everything I want to see the fucking Asian kid

Succeed dude I gotta get it Look at ESPN posted it What the fuck has ESPN become That's cool He wins nothing Who cares Oh amazing

Life is the same Hey cool One zero dollars It's not good Yeah, cut to Calvin wanted to do the Whitney Houston challenge and you're loving it

you're tearing up. We practiced fucking eight hours a day. Calvin, it's, boom. And I, she blinks softly

and then boom. It's like that scene in whiplash. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, early. Yeah, yeah. The end of whiplash is actually really great.

Never seen it. You've never seen whiplash? Do you have to watch that? I will. I'll watch it. No, no, you got to watch it.

That's a great. I will watch it. like you think what is your bloody hand I always say for whatever you do I have to be in a certain mood to watch a movie like that but I do want to watch it really why

is this too just too much bro you know if I want to veg out if I want to veg out like chill I'm not going to watch whiplash bro I don't know what's wrong with you oh you know this this this this right here I want to see if Chris can get it on the first try

what you said you got to be brain dead to not get it oh got it I didn't Okay, I see. No, no, no, no, no. Let's see. Yeah. Oh, no, no, let's see you.

What about all this? You're going to ruin it. Thank you for watching Golden Hour. Oh, shit. What? Yeah, bro. That was really good. He has eyes closed, almost went early, and he held him.

That might be the most impressive thing I've ever seen in my life. I got the fucking music in me, bro. Clearly. Hell yeah, man. You got lucky. If the cards fell differently, I would have been on fucking penitonics or whatever that thing is. I love penitonics. Pull up some of that shit.

What is it? Penetron. What is it? Penitonics. That fired me up, Chris. Yeah, well, you're welcome. I was a little bit down from that burrito But man, that got me

I could understand that back Look at this shit Pause it Is there a More of a white lady Gay guy thing than this Yeah Honestly

Like like like like Imagine any other race looking at this Imagine them Imagine black people being like And then imagine Mexicans be like and then imagine I made a video a long time ago about this

penitonics thing and then imagine Asians just being like what the fuck do you play it this is hilarious where are they dude hey get out they're in a cave

oh it's a oh me that's actually Casey the other guy there's Nick Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on daughter? That's good for Christmas, I'll be honest. This is a nice Christmas jingle.

Hold on, here we go. This is where really... Oh, shh. Okay. Enough. It's okay. You know, there's guys who do the fucking drums, too, though. That's just like the beatboxing shit. The Scott Hoying on there, he's been on Dancing with the Stars, which I've watched this season.

Oh, really? It's fun to see him. Nick, you're a white lady. It's fun to see the guy from Penitonics on dancing with the stars. Nick is a portly 48-year-old white lady from the outskirts of fucking

Iowa, Minneapolis. Somebody's auntie. Yeah, you're an aunt. My grandma called me last night to ask what happened, but I was like, it's tomorrow. She was a day early. Dude. She was so happy.

New lives on life. I don't know about this story, man. I don't know about it, man. You got to see Robert Irwin, the crocodile hunter's son on it. He's a fucking star. Well, okay. He is. That's fine.

And his sister won it three years ago. That kind of... Wow. You know what I'm going to be. Thank you.