The Neighborhood Listen - Paintings Large and Small with Jeremy Culhane

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

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This is the podcast that looks at the neighborhood of Dignity Falls through the eyes of its residents. Bert, you kind of had like an old timey radio announcer sound just then. Did I really? You're like, I went to that neighborhood, Dignity Falls. Well, that didn't seem flattering. That wasn't nice.

That came out wrong. I'm so sorry. Really? I mean, I hope so. I hope it came out wrong. It came out wrong. It didn't come out right. That is not what you sound like.

I enjoyed it. And so I was trying to imitate what I enjoyed, not make fun of what I did. It didn't come off that way. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry to starch it off this way. Starch. All right, now are we even? Yes. A truce has been achieved. Okay. You are burnt me a payday. Yes. I mean, you say what you do. Not yet. Go ahead. I was too

busy listening to how I sound. I have the farm assistant chief of the Dignity Falls. Missy here in Dignity Falls. And I am Joan Pedestrian. I'm the top realtor here in Dignity Falls and also a local actor. That is correct. And I think a terrific one. Well, I appreciate that. You say that every time. Star of the stage. He knows I'm very self-conscious about it. Why do you say that? Well, I just. Isn't it funny that someone can have.

He put his fingers to my lips. It was a little bit intimate. Well, I did too. Is that more or less intimate than one? No, it's worse than one. OK, let me do one. Way worse than one. Let me do one. I also don't like that.

How about three? Did you have tuna? I'm about to. But wait a minute. I open the can first. You like to let it rest? I like to let it rest. To let it rest.

I like to let it rest. I open it at home, let it rest, and then I come back from the recording and then I'm ready to dive in. That doesn't seem sanitary. I wouldn't let it, I wouldn't leave it out. I wouldn't leave tuna out. I'm talking just about it being in the air to expose to the elements. It's going to get a warm... You don't like the smell of tuna? Well, I mean not warm tuna. You don't like the smell of warm tuna fish right from the can. This is not a hot take, Bernd, I've got news for you. I think everyone is nodding their head who's listening along. I mean, we're going to have to ask Doug.

Doug, our engineer, who is Joan's husband, who is in another room in the house. Doug, first of all, where are you? And second of all, don't you like the smell of warm tuna? I'll answer that in reverse. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. I like this press conference style. Sure.

I'll answer the second question first. I, geez, I've never thought about that before. Oh, he doesn't have an answer. I love it. Why would he go to that first? I think I love it. I don't know, because it seems like you go to the one you can answer right away.

Exactly. When he got to it, he had nothing to say. Where are you seems like home run. I don't think that order worked out for you, babe. So can you take a step? Well, the last one was fresh on my mind. I wanted to tackle that while I still can. You wanna tackle it, all right, tackle it.

I think I love it. Especially when it's mine. I think you love it. I only like it when it's my tuna. Especially when it's mine. I think you love it. I only like it when it's my tuna. Not someone else's tuna. Someone else's tuna. It's like, all right. Oh my gosh.

Everyone loves their own tuna. Enjoy your tuna. Yeah. Can I have some? What? Babe, are you asking me? Now you want some, don't you? Well, at first I give them the cold shoulder.

Yes. And then if they don't take the hint, I go, I mean, can I have some? You're not going to turn down tuna. Tuna fish? I'm right here. And where are you? I am in the hall. Oh,

Whoa. The hall of Hapsburg jaws. I'm sorry. You're going to have to explain that. Wow. Hapsburg jaws? Do you not know what the Hapsburg jaw is? Oh good, Brittnose. Actually, okay.

And he said it in a way that made me feel, I feel dumb that I don't know it. No, Joan. Because I just learned about this. They don't teach it in school. Should they? What is it? I don't think so.

I think they're fine. Okay. What is it? Doug? I just learned about this and it's fascinating. Okay. The Hapsburgs were a royal family going back. That I know.

Okay. Yes. Well, say keep going for listeners. I don't know what you know or not. I know, I'm not. Okay, Joe. Babe, let me cook. Oh, I love when he says that.

I love it when he's on a roll. I feel like I had burnt sear for a second. I feel like you're getting that, let me cook in just under the wire because if we're still saying that by the time this episode comes out, I love it when he's on a roll. I feel like I had burnt sear for a second. I feel like you're getting that, let me cook in just under the wire because if we're still saying that by the time this episode comes out, something's wrong. Okay, keep going, keep cooking.

Okay, the Habsburgs were, I'll try and make it short, heavily incest-u-ized. Uh-uh, nope. Somebody did it to them? We're not gonna do that. We're not gonna use that word because I don't think it's a word. Lots of incest in that family. Inbreeding. Okay. Say no more.

And they developed this signature jaw that protruded out. Okay. Yes. It's called the Habsburg Jaw. Why in the world is there a hall dedicated to this? What does this mean? Well, it's like a series of portraits along the hall. You know, very beautiful. And did you give us all the jaws? I'm sorry, when you say along the hall,

you mean literally a hallway? Not a hall like the hall of presidents. Oh yeah, hallway. So you're walking along the Habsburg hall. So you've done this to one of our hallways. And you see the Habsburg jaw developing as you walk. Are there paintings of us that you've given us the jaws on? Is that what you've done?

At the end. Oh my God. Wow. I don't want to see myself in a Habsburg jaw. We are all Habs you've done? At the end. Oh my God. Wow. I don't want to see myself in a Habsburg jaw. You and the family. We are all Habsburgs. Well, we're not. Let's make that clear.

No, it's not. Jeez Louise. Obviously this is- We have none of that in our bloodline. This is an audio medium. Everyone has a standard jaw. Thank you for that. I appreciate it.

Well, you know, I'm very, very self-conscious about this. You know, I almost two seasons ago got a total face change. Everyone knows this. I'm so glad you didn't do that. So I don't want to hear about, I don't want to see myself with like a big jaw or something. Is it big? Is that what they are? They're big? Yeah, they're big and kind of bulbous.

Why would that be the thing that becomes bulbous? Why would that be the thing that really stands out from everyone running around together? I don't know. I don't know. I guess it was if you if you if two of you have a strong jaw and you're related, oh, and if you if you it's got to double up, I guess. Yeah. Wow. Okay. The more strong jaws that are interbreeding with each other will create a stronger. I mean, I don't understand how they breed certain dogs to do certain things.

That is true. You know what I mean? I do know what you mean. But I don't want to spend any more time on talking about the people that are going to be, you know, getting jaws together. So what does this entail? You just have paintings.

That sounds like you for this one. Did you paint the paintings yourself? Oh no, I've collected them. I've started a collection. Where? They're knockoffs. Knockoff Hapsburg portraits? Yeah.

Where is that even a thing? Oh, you can find anything on the internet. That's true. Or pawn shops around town. Oh, babe. Okay. There's a lot of art in the pawn shops around town. There is a lot of art. There are.

But, you know, they say that every, they say that, well, there's the one one. Hey, what's going on? I love the one one. There's the one one. The one one is the best pawn shop in town. Because it's one to one. I like the- You only are trading for a thing you're getting rid of.

Right. And an older version for some reason. Yeah, that's right. But in the one one, everyone says that there is a Van Gogh hiding in there somewhere. So everyone goes looking for it. That's right. And you have to bring a Van Gogh to get it. That's right. Nobody's been able to do that. It's the one one. Yeah. So the guy is Mort who runs the one one and he knows which painting has the Van Gogh. He does. Yes. But he, but he, he says he gives, they say he gives little clues, but you had to be very tuned into them.

That's right. He's been buying bags of Hershey Kisses, unwrapping them, putting the clues in there, rewrapping them, and then distributing them. I mean, you can get them at all the stores. I mean, like, I don't know how he's done this, but- Hershey's Kisses aren't very secure when you think about it. I've never thought about it, Doug, but don't know how he's done this, but- Hershey's Kisses aren't very secure when you think about it.

I've never thought about it, Doug, but I'm not surprised you have. Anyone could peel off that aluminum foil and put it back on. Well, it's a pretty elegant design, I have to say. Elegant in its simplicity. It really does. You just pull and there it goes. Is she closing her eyes as she says that? Yes, I am. How did you know? She loves that elegant design. Oh, I love the elegance of a Hershey kiss.

She always holds it up in the sun. I love the way it catches the light. Of course, it's gorgeous. The sparkle. How do they get that thin tip to hold? I don't know, and I love it when they all play jingle bells together with that tip when it's a Christmas commercial.

Oh, it's so cute. You know what I'm talking about? They've been running that same commercial for a million years. It's a great ad. And at the end, I love that one of the Hershey Kisses takes that tab and wipes it for it and goes, whew, like that was hard to do.

Well now I don't like that because, oh, I'm supposed to eat this? It's alive. It knows that it made an effort. Right, it's been given some sort of sentience. Yeah. Like Elsa did with those snow monsters is frozen. That was a big storyline.

I don't think it was addressed at all. That's true. All I remember is the rock people. They were strange too. There were trolls. There were rock people in there? Yeah, I believe that they rolled around as rocks and they would pop open and be people.

Wow, I don't remember them at all. You don't? Oh no, we're already on a movie and we always say strictly this is not a movie podcast. But Burns and I seem to have only like five minutes remembrance of old movies and they're not the same five minutes. It's very true. They never line up.

So, Bert, can you tell us, last time we spoke about you and Gabby, has she completely moved in? She was moving in box by box. She has three boxes left to go. Wow. Yes. And you, has she completely moved in? She was moving in box by box. She has three boxes left to go. Wow. Yes. And you know, that's going to be over the next three weeks. I want to address something.

I was listening to a podcast, our podcast, an episode from a little while ago where you mentioned that you actually said she sleeps on a ton of pillows, but it's actually true that you do too. Well, you had said in this episode that you don't, you know, you sort of took make up for the Murphy bed. You sleep on a bunch of pillows as well as on an angle. So are you all just sleeping on just a huge heap of pillows now? Both of you? No, no, no. We have a bed now.

Oh, that's right. You have a dignity falls king. I eventually Dimensions of which are not seen anywhere else in this country. No, it's, it's five feet in length. And then the width is off the charts. Good luck getting a fitted sheet. Yeah. So the Murphy bed, I eventually abandoned because I just, it was never going to get fixed. But I thought you still like to sleep at the same angle. Oh, yes. That I did. To put you at. Yes, yes, yes. So I would, I would.

This sleeping situation sounds very crazy to me. It's, it's, we're, we're meeting in the middle. Okay. So we have a bit. Meaning you both slide off of the pillows into the middle of the mattress. It's it's where we're meeting in the middle. So we have a meeting. You both slide off of the pillows into the middle of the mattress. That's exactly right. There's there's mounds of pillows on either side. We climb up on those.

Yeah. And then as we start to doze off, we we we just roll gently. It is kind of sweet. So how we do wake up when we bang together. Oh, that's rough. Yeah, because that's hard that you bang together. It's really it's blank. It's it's really Our skulls do hit each other Pretty hard that's gonna clank pretty hard. So so how is it going? How's it going? It's going pretty well

I don't have the hives anymore. That's good because you were breaking out in wild stress sort of like reactions. Wild stress hives. I would lose the taste in my mouth. I would start seeing black and white. Oh God. What? You didn't mention that one. Well, so many, I didn't feel the need to list all of them. I've never heard of that one. It was very specific. Yeah. I started to hear words out of order. Oh dear, like when people were talking to you? Or just someone's voice was saying words to you out of order?

No, it was when people were talking to me. Okay, all right, all right. I don't think you need to act like I'm- I wasn't going crazy. I don't think I'm the one saying strange things here. Well, I'm trying to... I feel like I'm saying these things. So can you give, I'm gonna call us such such as here on this podcast when we want examples,

we call us such as. So could you give me, could you give me a such as of the words that you heard differently? All right. Give me a short sentence. I have to go to the veterinarian. Go veterinarian I to have. Now is that just, is that just an example just now, or is that how you heard it from me? That's an example just now or is that how you heard it from me?

That's an example, Joan. I'm just making sure. I want to have your back to me. How would I set it up? And then all of a sudden it happened just then. I don't know how often it's happening. I'm just trying to assess the situation. It's not happening anymore is what I'm saying.

Okay. And so have you already sort of come around to like finding some fun traditions or habits as you're co-living together now? Do you feel like you've found a groove? Yeah. I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation.

I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation. I'm just trying to assess the situation. come around to like finding some fun traditions or habits as you're co-living together now? Do you feel like you've found a groove? Yeah. Yeah. Joan, we have found a groove. Good, I'm so glad.

That's wonderful news. It really is, it's lovely. What we do is, you know, when we both get home from work, Gabby of course is a smoke jumper. Yes. And, but she keeps roughly the same hours as me. That's interesting. Nothing's happening after the time of what, 5 p.m.?

Well, if it does, somebody else is on that shift. Oh, great. Okay, good. Yeah, she's a daytime smoke jumper. A daytime smoke joker, okay. I know, it didn't come out right. I let it go. Thank you.

And, Elsa. And so we will greet each other at the door, whoever gets home first. The other person waits at the door behind the closed door for the other person to arrive. Okay, that's a little different. So you're just waiting there nose to the door, you're just waiting.

Not nose to the door, because it opens in. Oh dear, you don't want to do that. No, you don't. And so you wait the distance that the door to allow the door to swing in. Do you have a little piece of tape down just so that you know? We have pieces of tape all over the place. Now why is that? Why is that? Well, we're doing some choreography. Really? Yes. Oh, I want to hear all about this. Yeah, that's a fun thing we do at home. Okay. Is we will watch television.

Okay. And then, you know, remember Auto-Tune the News? Oh, I sure do. That was fun. That was fun. We'll Auto-Tune anything. Doug loves it. And then make a bit dance for it.

Oh, like again, what would you Auto-Tune? What's the dance you're working on most recently? Let's see. There was an episode of Land Man. Is that one of those like Yellowstone type shows? Oh yes, the genius Tyler Sheridan or Taylor Sheridan. Who doesn't matter? Who cares? Oh, he makes this beautiful television where, you know, this, this iconoclast who is, you know, sort of,

you know, you might think at first blush, oh, these are the kind of people that are ruining everything. Okay. But then you get deeper and it turns out you the viewer are ruining everything. No, you're kidding. Oh, I don't want that. I don't want the finger pointed at me. And there's a beautiful song that you're choreographing to or what are you choreographing to?

Oh, an auto tune of... Yeah, one of the hallmarks of Sheridan's work is that it will have this iconoclast explain to someone who is essentially the viewer surrogate. Is the iconoclast like an old grizzled white man? Yeah. Okay. And the viewer surrogate is somebody who says things like, isn't oil bad? And then the iconoclast will say, actually, this is your fault.

Yes, oil is bad, but it's all we've got because you haven't come up with anything better. Now we'll sidestep the idea that people have tried to come up with something better and the oil companies have stopped it every time. We make it so that it's your fault. OK. Yeah.

And then so we set that to music. OK. It's your fault. Like, it's just, you know, I don't know how to do it. It's your fault. I'm playing it in the divorce because I can't sing. That's right. So, Bryn can only sing on one tone.

And then we'll do a little dance to that. Really? Yeah. And what are the spike marks for? Because I will tell you, sorry, and I'm just gonna let you know, and anyone listening at home, that is what we call them in the theater.

We call them spike marks. You might not have heard that before. Have you heard that before? I haven't. Okay, well now you have. I thought that was a heroin term. It might be, good Lord. But no, in the theater, it's much more innocent.

It's just different colors of tape. And you know, like in a blackout, you might have to rearrange the scenery. Well, the crew comes out, the way you do it is you have this glow in the dark tape. What? Yes, and it might be just a little corner and that's where the right corner of the chair goes.

You have G-I-T-D-T. I'm sorry, what, what? You have G-I-T-D-T? Could you tell me what that stands for? Glow in the dark tape. Yes. Now, is this commercially available? Where can I buy this?

No. I want it because- Doug comes in like he's in a commercial. Doing our choreography in the dark would be so exciting. No, you don't need to do it in the dark, but please tell me- No, we don't need to. OK, but why do you have the tape on the- You don't need to go on a roller coaster.

OK, but please tell me why you have the tape down for choreography because generally you don't need that for choreography. You know, you're using like the time signature and the beats like you know eight counts of this eight counts of that that's how you know how to keep track of your choreography how do you do it with tape because that's where we put our feet oh that's interesting you never saw your floor has like footprints exactly Doug knows what I'm talking about. Yeah, left, right, left, right.

Like, no, I've never seen this before. This is, wow. You're not familiar with this at all? Dance training with the footprints, going where you're supposed to go. Are you talking about like one of those Dance As Revolution type of games where it's like you would know where to step?

It predates that. Okay. Maybe that's where they got it. I only used it for, you know what? Maybe I'm just thinking about it as Spike Marks as to where to move because, and I don't mean to segue, but this is kind of a good segue because we have them all over our house right now.

I don't know if you've noticed, but that is because my twins, again, revisiting the idea for anyone who hasn't been listening, they are back at home now because their Chick-fil-A streaming pilot, Prank Your Parents did not go, and they're now home. They're doing kindergarten with Scrimshank, old Mr. Scrimshank is still coming here

every weekend teaching in kindergarten. I can't believe he's still alive. Yeah, he's, well, I mean, it's questionable. We actually thought we lost him yesterday. Really? Yes. But he was just taking, well, cause he was, he laid down and he was like,

I'm just gonna teach laying down today. And then, and then he started calling for his wife, Matilda, and then he started having a conversation with her. So she came over. She came over. Matilda is still alive. Anyways, they're now working on- And then we thought we heard a flat line.

It was the flat line sound, but it was just him. That's his noise he makes when he's sleeping. Oh, okay. He just goes, ooo. It was really confusing and scary. Is he hooked up to a machine room? Well, sometimes oxygen, yes. Sometimes he'll bring his oxygen in.

Anyway, so what the boys are doing now, of course I'm talking about my twins, my twins Matt and Mark Spike. And Mark Spike. And that's been very confusing this week. Because, as you can imagine, what they're doing now is they wrote a pilot for me to star in and it's Mrs. Mr. Doubtfire. Sorry, I always get

it wrong. Um, where I'm playing sort of, I'm doing the gender bending. Uh, and so now what they've decided to do, cause they've been very inspired by recent works that they've been watching. They want to do every episode in one shot. And let me tell you, these boys are not organized to pull this off. You have, that's the number one. My God, they are, we have broken lamps. They have run into things that constantly forget that that's happening and they'll be eating in the kitchen.

Cause we're trying to shoot it. The first scene here in the house. They're eating in the kitchen. Who's shooting? Their friend Buzz. Buzz? Yeah. Have we talked about Buzz before?

I don't think we've talked about Buzz. His nickname was Buzzkill when they were kids. Oh no. He would ruin every party. Wow. Cause he had this crazy disease where he would vomit every time he was having fun. That is a crazy disease.

And so sad, he was an only child. And you know, it just, he really, really loved being over here. But after a while I was like, we've got to get this figured out because I'm just cleaning up after you all the time. Cause he did have a lot of fun here. There's actually, that is a, that is a, it's a rare condition, but people do have it. And it's called, it's called spew to joie. And you know what you take for it.

Well, what, what, what have you suggested? We had a ginger ale. Oh, that's great. We did try that sometimes. We did try that. Oh, well, the problem is it was, it was Canada wet. No, no, you can't, you can't pinch pennies. But Costco lets you buy them by the pallet. I know, I know. They shouldn't do that by the way. It is more gel like to be honest when you drink it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he went away for a while. We don't even know what happened to him. He was gone for a couple of years and all of a sudden he came back into town, like come strolling down the street, just like, hey, if it isn't old bus kill. If it isn't old bus kill.

And he needs a job and the boy said, okay, we'll pay you if you'll be the cameraman. He's like, I don't know if I'm good at that, but, and you know what, so far- If you have to say that, then you're not. You never know until you try. Well, that's true. Well, the good news is that whenever he gets really dizzy,

he does not throw up, you know what I mean? So mostly he's just been dizzy and unhappy. So he's actually been doing great with his condition. What's making them so dizzy? Because they keep on wanting to do, they want to do shaky cam. They want, they're trying to do all the boys. Shaky cam and one shot. Yes, they want to do shaky cam and one shot and then zoom in and then zoom out.

And so, so yes, they keep on not staying over where they're supposed to stay in the corner. And then, yes, they'll go into the kitchen and help themselves with something. I'm trying to start a scene and they're there. They're like, oh, you know, and so I've tried. The spike marks are mostly for that. They're not even in video village. No, they're not a video village.

They're just having lunch. That's right. They don't seem like very hands-on producers. Well, they're just not professionals. You know, I keep trying to tell them, like they're just going from things they see on TV that are about the industry, you know? Right. They did one shot where they went to the swing set and Buzz got on the swing to do like a zoom, zoom in and then zoom out.

A very quick zoom in. We tried to tell him that there's a zoom feature on the camera, but he wanted to do it practically. So the spike marks are mostly for the boys. So that's like, that's where you stand That's who you stand for the scene and you cannot move, you know, otherwise we will see you in the shot. Yeah, so it has just been It's been the worst. I really have to tell you I'm proud of them and again, like I always say I will always say this I'm just glad they're alive, but it's been hard I'm sure it has been and I I

Boy, I hope those boys catch a break. I really do. Including Buzz. Oh, sweet, but he's so sweet. He's the sweetest. Oh, what? He's a good kid. Oh, I thought you said he's okay. Oh, no, no, he's a great kid. Yeah, he's a great kid. He owns it. You know, he owns his condition now. Yeah. Good for him.

When he, when he spews, you know, he keeps laughing. He tries to laugh through it. Wow. Well, because he's still having a good time, right? That sounds terrible. Yeah. Somebody vomiting and laughing. That's really scary to me. We've gotten so good at it at this house.

We're just so like, you know, set up. So good at what? He set up for success. We've got buckets everywhere. Oh, I see, I see. You know, we're a really, um, it's a, it's a safe place for him to be. Gosh. Remember when you were a kid and it was time to get the bucket? I know. You know, it's interesting.

Lay here on the couch. My family wouldn't do a bucket. They wouldn't do the bucket. You had to run to the bathroom. You had to go to the toilet. There was no, you weren't allowed. You were not allowed. Wow. I know it was rough. I mean, you can't have made it on 100% of the time. I actually can't remember. I can't remember. Not even buckets on the way. The only time I remember throwing up and not making it in time was when I was at a showing a Pete's dragon with my with my father. Sure. And I was wearing a terrible purple and black stripe, the Lord jumpsuit. Okay. And we had to find a, I went into a vet, the next door, next door in the, in the, in the

shopping mall, there was a vet and they had a bathroom in the back. And I was really sad because he said, we can't go watch the rest of the movie. And I would have done so because I was really loving it. He's like, no, we have to go home now because you were sick. So why couldn't you use the bathroom at the theater? Never been able to answer that in my memory. I don't know. But you do remember that black and purple velour jumpsuit?

I sure do. Can't forget it. OK, I seem to have brought the podcast to a dead stop with that jumpsuit. What is what are you so hung up on, Bert? You don't know why I was included in the story. And I don't know why. I don't know why you can't remember why you had to go to a veterinarian. It might have been a pet store. It had something to do with animals. I just remember the overhead lighting maybe even more sick.

Oh, sure. I don't know. I'm not sure because we did have that one. Listen, you know what I think it was? We did have that one movie theater here in Dignity Falls that only was around for a year or two and it was around that time when I was a kid. I've never asked my father about this, but it might've been that one. It was a movie theater. There was only one screen.

There was only, there were no bathrooms and there were, and they, and they literally, there was only one row and it was, it was like perpendicular. So it was the stupidest thing. It was like a very, you literally just had to lean over everyone What even one sir? Everyone leaned on either side just to watch the screen because what the attempt was You know how they have those movie theaters where you like sit in a big chair and you're sleeping. Yes You're almost reclined flat. What's the point? They built like little tiny apartments instead of individual seats and

instead of individual seats. And so you couldn't, there was not that many people could go in there. You were not allowed to go into other people's apartments. It was supposed to be the idea of like a drive in, but instead it's like you're in your house and you happen to look out and go, oh look a movie's playing. That's the experience they wanted people to have.

So they'd have like little walls with a window so you could get the sense of, oh I'm in my apartment. And there were bathrooms in those little apartments, but everyone was too self conscious to use them. They were for sure. Yeah, because nobody, that's why, because nobody knew if they were real or not.

And they said, I can't take this chance. That's right. So, so that's, does that answer your question? It does, Joan. Okay. Doug, how long have we been talking? Welcome to the family. Oh no. No. Are you doing like a voiceover in the hallway?

That's terrifying. Yeah, when you enter the hallway. Oh, I don't care for that. It says welcome to the family. Is it motion censored? Yes. Oh no. How would I know otherwise?

Wait. Actually, that's a good idea. I could just keep playing that on repeat in the beginning of the hallway. I'm still hung up on how would I know otherwise? How would the voiceover know? You're not monitoring this. You're doing a set of it and forget it.

Yeah, right now I am, but until I would love to get it to a place where it's automated. I would do motion sensor rather than play it on a loop because you know how when you, if you go through a haunted maze or something like that, and then you the people are too close together. So you see the people, the ghouls resetting. It's always disappointing. How I would love it. My suggestion would be to do away with this hallway altogether. I have not seen it, but it's interesting.'s, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it need to take a break and get to our guest. It's been 27. Oh, well that's. Minutes? All right, we should take a break.

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Here's what we do, folks. We scour the NeighborHap, the social networking application for neighborhoods, and we look for interesting neighbors to talk to. People wanna tell their stories, they have a problem, they have a solution, they need advice, whatever it is. They really have a solution. Boy, that's true.

It's really true. I don't know if we've had anyone here. I don't think we have. It's helped in any way. That's OK. And we've tried to help. We sure have. But not successfully a lot of the time. I know some people are troubled. That's all right. Maybe today.

Maybe today will be different. Maybe today's the day. If you see a post that perhaps you think we've missed, why don't you screenshot it and send it to us at burtandjohnatgmail.com. Now this we found in the for sale and free section. And there's a picture of a lovely picture of a painting. And then this is posted by Erica. Erica says, give the gift of custom art for the holidays.

I create paintings large and small based on your mantra for extra impact. I'm curious as to what that means. Same. So here to tell us is Erica. Welcome Erica. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, it's Erica. It's Erica. Oh, sorry. No, no, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's okay. It's okay.

Thank you. Yeah, no, it's good. it's good, it's okay. Okay, no, I wouldn't have known that, thank you. Sorry for the- So should there be a space in there? Yeah, yeah, I could not figure out how to do that. Okay. Just like I did on my phone, it keeps on correcting.

Like I think it just auto-corrects. But is that how your parents named you? How is it spelled when they named you? Eric, uh, so my last name is uh. So it's like, so A for my family is really important. Okay. So it's just really important. Oh, really? Yeah, what does that mean uh, so a for my family is really important. Okay. So what does that mean? What that means is like, it's just like a really important letter. Like, you know, like, well, like, you know, families, like every family has an important letter. Like some

is like, yeah, like a family that's like, yeah, like, so like for us, like a is like really important. So like every kid has an a following their name, right? Because like well, well actually what happened opened up a beer. Yeah. So yeah, is that cool if I drink here? Yeah, that's fucking awesome, this is actually my family's beer we make beer We're home brewers. We like love hops. We love that shit. We love all that stuff And I and I see that it says a beer a beer like crack open a beer home brewers. We like love hops. We love that shit. We love all that stuff. And I see that it says a beer, a beer, like crack open a beer, but it's because of the A. Oh, sorry. A beer. Was loving hops what got you into making beer?

Yeah, that's exactly it. So like my family loved hops and we're like, well, what do we do with this? You know what? Do what you love. You'll never work a day. Yeah, literally. That's great. So like, yeah, like so my sister, Shannon, she was like, Shannon, she was like, well, what if we start a beer? And we all like really racked on her for a while. What if we start beer?

Yeah, yeah, we were not on board. Now Shannon, she loves 50s music, is that correct? She loves 50s music is like her love. I think I've seen her at the tavern. I think it was Wednesdays. She goes like a 50s night. Yeah, yeah, she does it. Oh, that's fun.

Everybody complains it's some of the worst music you'll ever hear at a bar, but she loves it. She just sings at acapella. Yeah, she sings at acapella. She's out there for three and a half hours, no breaks. Wow, no breaks. Good Lord. And she repeats a lot of the songs.

Oh, yeah. She has a playlist and she repeats it, but it's not like, oh, I'm going to do lot of the songs. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's like she has a playlist, she repeats it, but it's not like, oh, this is, oh, I'm going to do the same five songs. It's like 10 songs. Then one repeats, then three songs, then three repeat. And you're just like, sometimes you'll do one song on in repeat the whole time. I remember being there one night and I heard Rockin' Robin, I think eight times. Oh, yeah, she was going through a divorce.

Like that was like, oh, OK. Well, that I a divorce like that was like She was like ripping rockin robin non-stop Yeah, I remember she did the tweet tweet elite part just on a loop like an extended bridge You could do that. You could do that part tweet tweet. There you go. See really burn really matches up with 50 style So it could actually be her backup. You really could I'm good. You could do get a job for Shannon. All right. Well, as much as I love hearing about her, I can't go further. The beginning of Blue Moon.

Because it just stays in the same place. That's right. Bop, bop, bop, bop, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang So, which is fascinating hearing about your family. Can you tell us what maybe the mantra was that you based this painting on? Cause this was probably for like a client, right? Or I guess, I mean. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So like right now, like I'm trying to get more clients. Like, is there like anybody that comes in

and it's like really fricking awesome. Like we, we try to figure out your mantra if you don't have one. Like, we're working with you to try to figure out your vibe. Your mantra. What about in this case? So that's a guy named Nathaniel. He was struggling.

He did not have a mantra. Oh, that's hard. And I said, stop being such a little baby bitch. And so that became his mantra, like a little bit like. Was he okay with that? He seemed to like it. He kept on saying, okay. And this is what this painting is what came out of.

Yeah, yeah. So if you look at that, if you look at that painting, it's like. I'm not sure I would get I'm not sure I'm getting baby bits from it. Well, actually you can see. So like it's a mother holding a baby in the womb. Oh, I thought it was, I thought it was just to me, it just looks like, I don't know, like a, like a fish covered in a sea anemone or in some hay. I'm not sure. Huh? That's interesting.

I don't really, huh? I don't really see that. I think that, huh? Let me know that he's upset. Huh? No, no, it's fine. It's like, fine. He's trying to be don't really. Huh. I don't really see that. Oh, I think that huh. Huh. Let's me know that he's upset. Huh. No, no, it's fine. It's like fine. He's trying to be polite, but it's huh. Ooh, he just keeps saying it. Huh. Really interesting.

Huh. You see a fish in anemone. His head is cocked so far to the side. It looks like it's going to snap off. The huh. It's higher pitched. It's just, oh, huh. Okay, sorry.

Eric, uh. Uh. Eric, uh. Let me just step. Let's take a few steps back. Yeah, okay. Normally, normally when you do this, you said they have them come in.

Do you have an office for this? Where someone- Joan, this is a great question. Thank you. Does this person come in? I realize that makes it sound like it's a great question because I was gonna ask it. But that's not what I meant.

Right, and I got there first. No one is disputing that. I want everyone to know. No, no, no, you planted this flag. Okay, great. So do you have an office? Does someone come in and you make an appointment? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work?

What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work?

What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work?

What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work? What's your favorite place to work and I really, really love it. It's on the corner of Sumac and Jacaranda. It's this beautiful little... That's a beautiful street. That's a lovely street. Oh yeah, gosh, it's crazy right now.

People call that rural dignity falls. There's a stretch of pavement that doesn't have pavement on it. Yeah, and that's exactly, so that's where I've set up my studio. It's like, I kind of like... Right there in front of the grass! Yeah, right there in front of the grass. You kind of like wander in and it's like a beautiful little abode. I've like kind of created like a beautiful little abode.

Like I got- You live there as well? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. So like it's like a really cool place. Like it's like awesome. An abode, right? Cause I'm sure that is part of it.

Fun. Is that part of it? I didn't like that. Oh, wait a minute. What? Oh dear. I will say this. Thank you for being so direct.

Yes, thank you and also I'm sorry. You know what my family has had to put up with for our favorite letter being A? Oh, I wouldn't have known that you were discriminated against. Oh, you wouldn't? No. Privileged. To be fair, I mean, I guess I'm privileged too

because I wouldn't have known. Yeah, you both are privileged. Okay, what kinds of, I'm not disagreeing, but maybe we're disagreeing about what the privilege is. Oh no, there he goes again on the other side. His head is going to snap off. I'm very worried. It's like a haunting of Hill house. Yes. It's like a pest dispenser. Now what, what is an example? Well, it's just,

if the pest dispenser Pits are open sideways, that'd be horrifying. Oh, terrible. Wow, never thought about that. What's an example of that kind of sort of like discrimination you would get for loving the letter A? Well, yeah, like my family, like, well, like, yeah. So like when I was like young, like everybody would be like,

Erica, Erica, Erica. And I'd have to be like, no. No, my name is Erica. They didn't pronounce your name the way you wanted them to. Okay, but can you give another example? So yeah, so like- Because you said your family. Yeah, and then my family,

so when we would get our driver's license, that's a really, and they would look at me going, Erica? That's back to you. So that just sounds more like someone being confused about how to pronounce your name. I'm not like walking around saying they love the letter A and so they must be, you know, singled out.

Well, like agree to disagree. Cause I see like the family lineage being attacked almost like, like, like my dad. Like actual attack. Yeah. What? Yeah. Like my dad. Okay. What happened? Man, like it's really even hard to talk about. What's his name?

Oh, okay. His name is... Take your time. Alexa. Okay. Alexa. Alexa. Alexa, got it, got it.

And everybody's like always calling him Alexa. And like one time, like... One time. It's all right. Sorry. Oh no, oh no, he's starting to cry. One time like... Huh? Oh no. Here, have a Kleene no, he's starting to cry. One time like, huh?

Oh no. Here, have a Kleenex, have a Kleenex. Take a breath, take a breath. Thanks, thanks. Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. One time, uh huh, uh huh. One time, uh huh. Oh, I feel like we shouldn't make him do this.

One time we were at a baseball game and my dad's coworker seemed to be sitting in front of us because they got tickets from their work. And he turns around and goes, whoa, if it isn't Alexa and his good boy, Erica, and that just broke me in half. I don't get it. And that just broke me.

I don't get it. Like is the good boy something specific? That sounds actually like a nice thing to say. I mean, I understand these pronunciation names. It split me in half. It split you pronouncements. It split me in half. It split you in half? It split me in half. What does that mean?

Wow. I had a sexual awakening in that moment. I was so devastated, but also it got me going in a way that I've never experienced before and it was so uncomfortable. Wow. Do you know what this reminds me of? Hellraiser.

Because of the final line between pleasure and pain. Literally. I should not have written another movie. I do apologize. I have not seen it. All I know is Pinhead. Oh, please, let's do that one. That was one of my mantras.

That was my mantra for a little bit. Hellraiser, raise hell. Oh. So like I did a lot of art about that. Like so many cool stuff. Like I wish I could show you guys. So many cool stuff. I wish I could show you guys.

Well, I mean, do you have? Pesino bites. What, babe? Sorry. That's my husband, Doug. He's in a different room. Hall at this point. What did you say, babe? He said, you know, by the seno bites.

Those are the creatures that come from the dimension. OK, they all have their own thing going on. Oh, geez. And seno bites always will make me think of cinnamon. And there's nothing that can be done about that. Which is weird, because recently we were just talking about how alienation they have heads like Dutch hot crud spread. Oh my gosh.

Why? Why are, okay. Hang on. Let me go back. What happened? Is your family's favorite baseball team the A's? I didn't like that. Oh, come on.

Now you have- What's with her? What's with her? I'm really trying to like find a common ground and like lead into the A of it all. You said the letter A is very important to your family. It's really important to us. So I don't think that's an insulting question to ask. Oh, you don't. Oh, you don't.

I'm not teasing you. I'm actually, what I'm trying to do is participate. Well, teach the controversy. Yes, let us learn. Yeah, exactly. I'm trying. You guys are just not listening. I wish I could paint this. God, you'd understand. Well, go ahead, paint it. Here, look, I have a canvas because we've been using it

to give myself better light during our shooting. So just do this. The bounce board. The bounce board, yes, you can use the bounce board. It feels very expensive to use the bounce board, but that's cool. It is, it's fine. That's fine.

All right, so he's drawing. It's a lot of stick figures, which is surprising. Yeah, I don't see any in the example of his art. No, it doesn't look like this other painting. What is he singing? Freedom, freedom, I can't live. Freedom by a, who sings that song? George Michael?

Yes, that's what it was. No, it's a different freedom, I think. Freedom. Oh, okay. I said Beyonce. It's a different pre-dawn. Pre-dawn. Okay. I said Beyonce. It's Christmas. It's not that. I heard of Christmas. I was singing last Christmas.

Okay, I'm done. Is he singing a bunch of Wham songs? Look at that, Joan. Yes. That's incredible. That's amazing. So wait, under all your art is stick figures that are doing things.

Yeah. And then you layer the images on top of each other. Yeah, I get really confused once I start using the paint. So what happened? What, what were the stick figures doing before you covered them with the paint? So like for this one, like this is me trying to explain something. Right. And this is you two throwing batons at me. And me going,

I'm so sorry. That's how you felt. A bunch of A's above it. Yeah. And it's just. We can see it. You can put it down now. He's holding it above his head like Lloyd Dobler and say anything. And I just feel like you guys can't see it. It's another movie. Can you guys see it now? No, we've been able to see it very clearly.

You can put it back down. Yeah. Okay. But I'm sorry. I do think that it's interesting that like, I almost think more interesting for you art wise might be not to draw the people's mantras, but to channel what it is. What it is you're experiencing this anger, this frustration into art because that is what sorry, sometimes, sometimes it happens to burn. So don't be alarmed. But I think that that's very interesting. Now, can I walk back for a second and ask you how much business you do?

Is this, do you get a lot of clients? You were posting about this. I don't know how long ago this was. It's talking about the holidays, but that could be any holiday. How is your business? Is it thriving, would you say? Oh my gosh, it's like booming.

Oh, it is. Yeah, like every couple of weeks, I get a very sad kind of stranger that walks in and we do it. And we like, we do it. A sad kind of stranger. Are they always sad people? I mean, there's nobody with a, with a mantra who's happy that says I want to. You wouldn't believe people that have mantras are usually the saddest people. You're kidding. I wouldn't have guessed that. I think all the go-getters have the mantras. Well, yeah. Well, a lot of these people are looking for me to help with them with the mantras.

But like, if you have a mantra, like, you guys have mantras? Like I don't. I don't believe I have one. I do. You do have one. Cardinop! That's great. Yeah, but I usually think it in my head.

That's good. Do you think it that loud? I do. I absolutely do. Babe, do you have a mantra? I have a new one. Oh, okay. Oh, congrats. Like just now?

Yeah, what is it? No, as I was working on this, it's gonna come at the end of the hallway. Okay. Listen to this, I already did a voiceover. Wait, for what I understand, your mantra is supposed to be a very private thing, but you're gonna have it on the voiceover

at the end of the Hall of Habsburg Chins. I'm pumped for this. Oh yeah. Jaws. Jaws. Well, you almost gave it away. Oh. Keep your chin up.

Oh no. Oh, wait, okay. Keep your chin up. Normally a mantra also doesn't have a creepy laugh at the end. Yeah, why? I like keeping your chin up. I like the laugh. That's a good one. Sounds like positive advice. But the wah-haha at the end,

I don't see the need for that. Why is there a creepy laugh after it, babe? It just feels right after a haul of... Why is there a creepy laugh at the beginning of it? That's true. There was. Yeah, there doesn't need to be. It could just be, welcome to the family.

Absolutely. Keep your tune up. That would be so funny. See, for a second I thought he was gonna play the Jaws theme in the hallway. Right. No, but I do have- That's actually a great idea. It's not bad. That's a good idea, Joe.

Now you're getting on board. Oh, I wouldn't say that. Are there other songs that have Jaws in the title? That's a good question. What do you think, Erica? Is there a song called Jawbreaker? Jawbreaker. There has to be a song called Jawbreaker. Oh yeah, Jawbreaker. I'm sure there is.

Or the soundtrack to Jawbreaker. You can just play that whole thing. Well, I think we're getting away from our topic here. I think that we are. Which is Erica. That actually gave me some time to draw. Oh, look at that. I've been actually adding a little bit of oil paint to.

Now this just says help all over. Jaw rule. Jaw rule. OK, thanks, help all over. Jaw rule. Jaw rule. Okay, done. Thanks, babe. We've moved on. I had to get one. Okay, that's our couple that you did.

And am I, now that I'm looking closer, is it help but it's spelled help with an A? Yeah, help. Help. Oh, okay. Okay, I get it. So like this is like important. Help! Help! Yeah, with an A.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Help! Sure. Yeah, that's good. That's really good. That's really good. Try it. Help! I didn't like that. Nothing? He doesn't like anything I do.

Do you want to say, Joan? I'm not to victim blame, but it did sound like help. Oh my gosh. Thank you. You know what? My voice is tired from having to sing my mantra. I impromptu, okay? Unprompted. Unprompted?

I think it's both. Now I'm splitting in half and it's not sexual. All right. So that is an interesting one. But you were saying that you have sad people come in all the time. How much do you charge for these paintings? Great question, Jo.

This is a great question. I love this question. She likes paintings? Great question, Jo! This is a great question. I love this question. She likes that. Everyone likes that. It's such a good question. Usually how much I charge depends on the mantra, the size of the mantra. Oh, I wondered about that.

Yeah, like more words is a little bit more expensive. You might have to do more work. Uh-huh, like, yeah. What's the longest mantra you've ever held? I always think of them as very short phrases. Same, I think you put it in a studio. I don't know a lot about this. This must be easier to remember.

You think so, but sometimes the person is going through something and I got to really help them find like a long mantra to just like to say in front of the mirror, like, Hey, you got this. And that's the only thing that you're going to focus on right now is getting this step up, step out. Let's do this baby. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. That's too many. Hey, it's not done. Interior. You're at a cafe. Wait a minute.

The bartenders, the cafe person and the bartender are talking about how much you rock and you walk walk up and say, yes, thank you. Blackout post credit scene. You're at lunch with all the Avengers. Somebody says, are we getting a falafel after this? Everybody laughs and they love you because you deserve to be there because you're a superhero. Is that it? Is it over? Cut to black.

Oh, my God. Whose mantra was this? Who was this? This couldn't have been a sad person. No, this person was very sad. A guy named Gregory Hines. Gregory Hines. No, was it? Yeah, I was just guessing. Gregory Heinz, do you know him? The dancer? Well, he's not with us anymore, I don't think. Yeah, so this must have been another Gregory Heinz. I think this killed him. Oh my. I wouldn't have thought that to be Gregory Heinz's mantra,

I have to be honest. If there's any confusion for the listener, there is a famous dancer here in Dignity Falls named Gregory Hines. Yes, there is. Very famous dancer. And he's the one who's no longer with us. Yes. No, the other Gregory Hines is also no longer with us. That's so sad.

They're dancing together in heaven. Wouldn't that be so lovely? Could you paint that? I would love it if you painted that. Okay, yeah, I would try. Yeah, hold on, let me try. Oh, he's gonna do it. He's now just drawing on my kitchen island, but it's okay.

It's waterproof. Little lines represent movement. Uh, uh, uh. The noises are so interesting. Wait, did I hear a fling? A fling, fling, fling. Don't go breaking my heart. I couldn't even try.

Gun gun. Okay. Laughing. Oh, you are sweating. I'm trying, okay. Oh, you are sweating. Sorry, my dreads are getting in my face. All my dreads. Yeah, I didn't want to mention it, but. Yeah, it's not good. You never want to mention it.

No way. Hey, why didn't you want to mention it? Well, because it's not, why would you comment on someone's hairstyle? I comment on yours. What? Did you? When did you do hairstyle? I comment on yours. Well, did you? I think I did. I said your hair looks like Slinky.

What? I don't ever. I swear to God, I must have said it while I was channeling art. Oh, wow. I've got to tell you, I am turned around and upside down right now by this guest because I feel like we've lost the plot a little bit. I don't, I even been asking a lot of questions and they've been good. Do you have any?

That's a good idea though, to put a slinky in your hair. I have to ask. Why? No, please hang on. Why would that be a good idea, babe? You put a slinky in your hair. You get like a really flowing, you know, like curl going. You know what I mean?

Like the Superman curl or like a wave, you know, but like it looks like really natural. I think I know what he's picturing, but it's not at all what would happen. When you whip your head around, it would just look so bountiful. Are you saying that your hair is sort of wrapped around the slinky so it looks like hair?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it looks like hair. I think that would look weird. Yeah, I think it would almost look like an elephant's trunk rather than anything because it's like he does exactly that. Oh, it would look like the Ghostbusters guy, you know, the front of his hair, the cartoon. What? No, I don't know it. Yeah, I'm not familiar.

I know the cartoon you're talking about. Eric, are you familiar with the Ghostbusters cartoon? No. Literally, it looks like he has a slinky in his hair. I'm really young. You're really young. How old are you? Can you guys guessinky in his hair. I'm really young. You're really young. Can you guys guess my age? Oh, I hate doing this.

Guess my age. Guess my age. Let's just price it right in. Twenty five. So close. Twenty four. So close. Twenty six.

So close. Twenty three. I'm twenty one. Wow. Really? Yeah, you are young. You're a young guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How long have you been doing this business?

I've been doing this for a while. So what happened is I went to the big music festival in town. You guys ever been? Oh, yeah. Coo-coo-coo-chella. Yeah, Coo-coo-coo-chella, Mushroom City. Well, Mushroom City is that one year that I went. It was like Coo-coo-coo-chella presents Mushroom City.

And I just had this moment. Have you guys ever experienced an ego death? Okay, that's the photo. You know what, Doug just texted me a picture of what he's talking about from that cartoon. It actually does look like a Slinky is in his hair. I'm not gonna lie. Speaking of ego death, do you know who has died?

It's the actor who played Ego from Ghostbusters. Oh no. I thought it was Egon. Yes, it is. Oh, okay. I was trying to relate it. I, it is. Oh, okay. I was trying to relate. I can't believe you. Eric, uh. What's her deal?

I said ego. What's her problem with me? Wow. I missed that. I don't know how you could. It was so clear and straightforward. It was so clear and straightforward. It was so obvious. And it was really worth saying.

And I appreciated it. Yeah. And, uh, okay, so. Wait, wait, wait. Tell us about. We it was really worth saying. And I appreciated it. Yeah. And okay, so. Wait, wait, wait. Tell us about, oh, what? We were just talking about something very interesting. What happened? We got distracted.

Yes, but before then, I asked you how. Cucucatela. No, no, yes, that's right. You were talking about Cucucatela, Mushroom City. And you were there one time. Yeah. And when was that? That was 2016.

I feel like I'm in like a John Grisham novel right now and he's on the stand. I'm really having to stay focused here. But you know what you sound like is? What? You sound like the bad guy lawyer. Yeah. And that's what I feel like. I feel like I'm just...

I sound like, who would it be? It would be like Kevin Spacey. Yeah, you sound like Kevin Spacey. I sound just like Kevin Spacey. Glad we brought him up. I am so fucking sorry. What are you going to do about it? Huh? It was honestly not too bad of a depression.

It was good, but let's stop talking about Kevin Spacey. Okay, let's definitely stop. That's the sequel to We Need to Talk About Kevin. Okay, so you went to this festival and you went to Epiphany. When did this happen? So like this happened 2016, 2017. And like I just, I, I, You were really young. You can remember the exact place. Listen, what happens in mushroom city. Thank you.

Happens in whatever year you want it to. Yeah. It doesn't happen in mushroom city. Thank you. Happens in whatever year you want it to. It doesn't happen in a year. If you were, if you, if you can remember what your mushrooms, anyone, you were there. That's right. You were about like 10 or 11. Yeah, I was like 11. I was 11. Had to take mushrooms to walk in. You do. That's that point of entry, that's what you do.

That's the payment. Yeah. Instead of a wristband. They give you drugs. They make you take drugs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I took a bunch of mushrooms. They're like, wait, aren't you 11?

I said, buzz off. And they asked the question after he ingested them, which is wild to me. You said buzz off. I said buzz off. I kind of intimidated them at that time. Because I used to be so different. Like I'm like a really chill, like relaxed kind of like

Zen guy who's like into Chris. Like I'm a really chill guy. But I used to be super aggressive and super like, I used to, yeah. And I used to, I used to like wear, yeah, it was super in the past. Like it's so past me. Now it's different.

Now it's different. Oh wow, okay. Now it's different because I used to slip my hair back and wear like black leather pants and like carry like a switch comb. At 11. A switch comb. At 11. Do you know a switch comb?

I mean, it's like a switch blade, but it's a comb. Exactly. And it would be like this. Buzz off, say. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, that voice. It was not a good look. And like, so I went... A lot of kids were intimidated by me.

It was mostly because I was getting bullied for my name. So I had to kind of create this persona. Getting what? Bullied. Bullied for my name. I can't unpack that one, Bernd. I don't think we should. It sounds like he still has a little touch of a childhood speech impediment.

That's what's kind of happening to my boys. We talked about this. Yeah, they're regressing. Yes, they're regressing. Mark, Spike and Matt have really been like not doing their good L's or their good R's, you know? So they're like, hi, boy buddy, I love you. I love those good L's.

I mean, to be honest, I love it. It takes me back to a happier time. Can I ask how old they are? Well, they're 22. Yeah, okay. They're twins. Yeah, got it, got it, got it. Cause it's certainly like right around my age. That's true, actually. That is true. 21 and 22. Yeah, okay. They're twins. Yeah. Got it.

Got it. Got it. Because it's like right around my age. That's true. That is true. 21 and 22. That's interesting. That's really interesting.

Huh? Huh? Huh? Interesting. Huh? Indeed. So you went to this, I think we haven't really gone through the story yet. Yeah.

We're just trying to nail down the specifics, but you're in there and something you're clearly on drugs as a 10 year old is concerned. 11. Well, we're not sure. I'm, I'm Okay. So you, you know, the, the, which festival it was, you know exactly how old you were, but you cannot tell it to me here. It was around 2014 to 2018. I cannot tell you.

I cannot remember. Further back in time. And then what, can you just tell us the epiphany? So yeah, so yeah, I'm in there. I'm like, I'm greasing it up. Like I, cause I was kind of like a greaser vibe and I was yelling about, get? So yeah, so yeah, I'm in there. I'm like, I'm greasing it up, like, cause I was kind of like a greaser vibe and I was yelling about, get out of my way, see? I'm trying to enjoy the festival. It's more of a 30s detective, okay. Mushrooms hit and I just realized

I've been living life wrong. Like I look around and I see the vibes and it's all love and it's all spirituality and it's all nexus and it's all vibes and it's all nexus and it's all vibes and it's all this feeling. And I realized in that moment that I was projecting who I thought I needed to be to stay safe. Wow.

Geez. Heavy for a 10 to 11 year old. Yeah, this is big. Yeah, well, yeah. My guru tells me I've lived about 17 lives. And your guru. What's your guru? Do you guys know Guru Joshua?

I've heard that name. I think. Yeah. Guru Joshua. What's his whole, his whole thing. He's really fun. He, he's kind of the fun guru. You never hear that about gurus that they're fun.

Oh, is this the guy who has the drive through coffee place? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You can drive through, but then you can also just get a little bit of advice and whatnot. Okay. Yeah. So like he's in life Okay. Yeah. So like- Latte's and life lessons.

Yeah. He's been really instrumental to my change and like helping me out here. And he's just so fun. You know? What's fun? What does he do that's fun? What's an example? You know, he can, one time if he like gives you like good advice, they'll throw in a cookie and you'll be like, guru, Josh, what are you doing? That is fun. I love an extra cookie. And he's so unexpected. You know, he's kind of like he looks like a pencil pusher guy, like buttoned up straight laced.

Like you wouldn't think of him as a guru. It's like a real dork. Yeah, like a real frickin nerd. I'd really beat up if I was still 11. Let's walk it back. If I was still 11, I'd frickin pummel his ass. Oh, dear. Yeah, you're not. And so you know, I've changed.

So what did the rest of your family do? Do you live with them still? Yeah, lightly. So like when I'm not living at work, I'm living with my family. Oh, that's right, the emboge. Yeah, yeah. Okay, and what do your parents do?

So my dad is an airline pilot, and my mom. So is mine, that's so interesting. That's so crazy. Or well, was, he's retired, dad. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, no, my dad can't retire. He won't, he refuses to. Well, I think at a certain point he's gonna be made to. No, no, he's gonna fly.

I mean, they take his car keys away to start. It's not up to you at a certain point. No, no, he refuses to. Well I think at a certain point he's going to be made to. Nah, nah, he's going to fly. It's not up to you at a certain point. No, no, he's threatened. What? He's threatened to crash a plane if they try to take it away. Oh, that is. So they'll keep him on. That's like the show Paradise. Yeah, yeah. Exactly like the show Paradise.

One of the characters has a father who won't retire being a pilot. Really? Yeah. That's for real? That's crazy. That's for real. And he has... He's on the same thing. He has early on.

He has Alzheimer's beginning to show up and he still won't retire. Who plays this character? I don't know. Oh, okay. I'm going to say this is spoilers for the show Paradise, which I've seen the first episode. OK, spoilers. I loved it. Oh, because it slides back and forth in time. This is before they live underground, I would assume. Oh, wow. That is a spoiler. Wow.

So he's on a pilot. Sorry, guys. I hope you turn it around underground. Oh, yeah. That's yeah, this has been the before times. Before times. They live underground. Have you not seen it? No. Oh, okay.

Dang, I was gonna watch it tonight. Oh no, please don't get upset. You were literally watching it. What a terrible timing. They do, it's covered in the first episode. I mean, it's the end of the first episode. Okay, it's their big cliffhanger at the end of the first episode to get you to watch again.

It's a big reveal, but honestly, I think it helps to hear that in advance. Literally, I'm more hooked than ever. It's a big genre shift. I thought it was just a guy working a job. It kind of is for a while. Yeah. Okay, so your dad is a pilot. We've established that he doesn't want ever. You're going to have to rip the plane out of his cold dead hands.

And what does your mom do? My mom is a nail technician. Okay. Oh, you crushed your camera. He's crushing his camera. I'm pissed about it. Wow, why are you pissed about her job? I hate nail technicians.

Why? Because nails shouldn't be touched, they're natural. This is an interesting take. Oh, you never heard this before? Someone had a left nail, well for you, I think. I don't like people who dye their hair. I don't like people who dye their hair. I don't like people who touch their nails. I don't like any of this.

Keep it natural. Keep it clean. He's looking at me while he's saying this. How do you feel about tattoos? I love tattoos. Oh, okay. Because I saw you have only henna tattoos. That's different to me.

No, not henna. That's unnatural. What is the differentiation in your mind? So for me, a tattoo is art. A tattoo is art. It's beauty. You're adding something to your body that represents something else for you. But you don't feel that way about nails.

No. Look at Cynthia Riva, the lady from Wicked. She has art sculptures on her nails. That's not artistic. They're getting longer and longer. They're getting longer and longer. They are getting longer and longer. They're getting long, too long. And you do feel that Dredzer art with hair?

Dredzer's hair. All right. I think that we're again, getting off the beaten path a little bit, but- Adding all these crystals to my hair, that's art. Yes, it is. Cause they're natural. Cause they're natural.

Yeah. They come from the earth. You are an interesting person, Erica. Because they're natural. Because they're natural. Yeah. Uh-huh. They come from the earth. Mm-hmm. You are an interesting person, Erica. I have to say, you're an interesting person. I do feel like maybe you're a little unstable. Huh? Me?

Huh? Just maybe, just a tiny bit. Wait, why? I'm just concerned that like you had an epiphany when you were on massive hallucinogenic drugs as a child and it could have had a profound effect on your brain because you know that that frontal parolobus not fully formed yet at 10. Oh, I think it damaged your brain.

Yeah, definitely, definitely. No. I'm not a doctor, I'm just a pharmacist. That's right. Well, I trust pharmacists. From hearing this story and from listening to you, it does sound like you have some kind of brain damage. No.

Now maybe that has contributed to an incredible ability at art. Couldn't be. But I... Couldn't be you. Couldn't be me. This couldn't be, okay. This is really interesting.

Interesting. Oh, so you see, he says it. It's all interesting. There goes the neck. There goes the sideways pez. Interesting. Interesting. I would actually love to help you guys with your mantras

because I feel like maybe are you guys going through something? I'm getting a vibe. Do you know what? I think we have just enough time to do that if you'd like to give us mantras. Yeah. I mean, I guess I already have mine.

I'm happy with it. Oh, you have your, I don't have one. I guess I'm the only one. Well, why don't we do burnt? Ducks gotta keep your chin up. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha.

Okay. Yeah, let's do burnt. Okay. Do you need to know anything about me? Yeah, I would love anything. All right. I'm born and raised here in Dignity Falls. I'm a pharmacist. I have a square food. That's probably important to mention. I cannot eat square food. I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in ghouls. I just moved in with my girlfriend and I have red hair. Are you eating something? It helps me think. He just has some tobacco in there.

It's chewing tobacco. I don't think you're supposed to actually chew it. He just has, he has some tobacco in there. It's chewing tobacco. I don't think you're supposed to actually chew it. It's chewing tobacco. I'm going to chew it. Wow. I would not cross him, babe. I never thought about that. Did they used to chew it in the old days in the wild west? I feel like they did a little bit. Those idiots. I feel like this has been longer. It's a miracle we're here. I feel like they did a little bit. I thought you just stuffed it. Those idiots.

I feel like this has been longer. It's a miracle we're here. I feel like this has been longer than the Jeopardy theme. Are you ready yet? Yes, I am. Say it with me. Okay. Say it with you.

Say it with me. This is gonna be interesting. Here we go. You don't just say it, repeat after me. Oh, okay. That's easier, that's easier. I am the best at everything. I have big dreams that will come true.

The wave of life will not stop me. I will surf on top of the wave wave and and when when it crashes against against the rocks rocks I will will learn learn the lesson lesson of of Repeating repeating waves waves life life is is multiple multiple waves waves I is multiple ways. I am merely the rock. The rock. Wow.

Full stop? Wait. Oh, it's not over. You're the rock. Is there gonna be a blackout or an interior? Interior. Interior. Interior.

China town. China town. A guest patron sits at a table eating delicious duck. I sit at the table. He looks at me. Edwin. Edwin? This is the title of the name, Edwin.

Oh, okay. Hey, you seem good. This feels different. You say I do feel different. Because. Wait a minute, he split up the word because. That's weird. Split it right in half.

I've realized that life is merely waves crashing against rocks. And I am merely water flowing, period. Wow. Wait, shh. Cut to. Oh, this can't, this is too long. I wanna know what happened to Delicious Duck. Peter Stuck.

Pfft. Interior. Interior. No. Detective's office. Detective's office. Detective's office. Detective's office.

Detective. Detective. Marshall. Marshall. Stands. At a desk. At a desk. At a desk.

At a desk. Detective Marshall. Detective Marshall. Standing desk. We've got to figure out who murdered all these people. We only have 48 hours to accomplish this goal. You walk in. It's amazing to watch. I know the answer. The answer is life continues. Life continues. Life continues. Life continues. Life continues. Life continues. It's amazing to watch. It's like the way he's like, I know the answer.

The answer is life continues as the precipice. Merely we are at the end. If we wait, we will solve the murder. Detective looks at you. Murder? Where did the murder come from? Dang, dang, that was smart. You got it. You're a detective now.

What? Waves crash in the distance. Period. Blackout fade to white. Oh, cut out fade to white. Cut to fade to black. So you can just say that to yourself. Bird, how does that feel? What's going on with you right now? They both started like closing their eyes and the whites of their eyes.

They just started really going into this trance almost. I felt like it was wild. Yeah. You started talking at the same time. What we really did. Wow. That's crazy. Thank you for that.

Hey, no, you can just repeat that whenever you can. And come here or like whenever you're feeling low, I'm going to like factor into my commute to work. That's a great time. I sure hope you solve that murder. Yeah. It's a bunch of murders. Well, Eric, that was fascinating. That's definitely a first for the podcast.

Thanks. No one has ever hypnotized Burt before. And it was very entrancing. It was very... It really was. It was something else to watch. Yeah. So you guys thought I was insane. I'm actually a genius, huh?

Oh, well, okay. It's got a point. I will say this. This was a unique episode and I'll never forget it. I'll never forget this. This is awesome. Thank you guys so much for having me. Thank you.

Thank you for coming to my workshop. Like you've been great and I'm such a big fan of you. Wait, what? Thank you so much. Oh, a fan? Yeah. I used to watch you do like acting when I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've been a huge fan of you. Maybe I was like a little like angry at you because I was so scared. But like, Do you remember seeing a little greaser in the audience? You know what I do? I remember we were doing Steel Magnolias and I'm old enough that I played

Shelby and Malin, but I was probably playing probably playing Shelby when you were so good. Oh, thank you so much. I love it. But I remember, yes, he was yelling, give her the juice. Just drink the juice. I just was obsessed. I got locked on. Yeah, yeah. I got locked up to the juice part of it. Well, thank you for coming on. Listen, like we always say, we wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors. You're a very talented artist and I just want you to take care of

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Bernd, that was something else. What a turnaround for me. I did not see, I gotta tell ya, I did not see that coming. I want to turn around for me. I did not see. I gotta tell you, I did not see that coming. I don't think I get the new badge on it. My big, I don't know. This is something other than Frankenstein throat. I'm just excited.

I'm just excited to have this new thing in my life. Wow. That, you know, I, of course I, I will have to say it every day to myself. Do you think you have it? Remember? I mean, do you, do you remember it? I do. Oh really it every day to myself. Do you think you have it remembered? I mean, do you, can you remember it? I do.

Oh really? Yeah, I do. Oh, so much confidence. Okay. Okay, sure. I won't ask you to do it right now. No, I shouldn't do it right. I mean, it's private.

No, you should probably, it is private. It's meant to be kept inside. I think we should probably cut that part out of the episode. Oh, I don't know about that, Bernie. It was so magical. I don't think we should. What do you think, babe?

Already too many people have heard it. I can beep the whole thing. That would be great. If you could just beep it. That would be great. Why would you do that? Why would you just cut it, babe? Why would you just beep it?

Cut and beep. Are you gonna do a cut and beep? A cut and beep. I don't cut and beep. Oh, let it Are you gonna do a cut and beep? A cut and beep. I don't cut and beep. Oh, let it be known. That's his mantra. Doug will not cut and beep. If I'm beeping, it's for the full length of the beep.

If I'm cutting, you'll never know. If I'm beeping, it's the full length of the beep. Is that what you said? Yeah. Okay. Of the beepable content. Of the beepable content. Of the beepable content. Okay, I can't with beepable content.

To me it's like movable feast. Beepable content. Beepable content. So how about this? It's fun to say. I'll tell you that. It's really fun to say. It's fun to say.

It is fun to say one more time. Beepable content. Beepable content. Beepable content. How about this during the- That could be its own show. Beepable content. Beepable content. Beepable content. How about this during its own show? It sure could actually. Oh it could. Yeah.

Can it be a t-shirt? Please. That's a good t-shirt. I mean once it's a show. There you go. What would that show be? What would beepable content be? Like maybe exploring, you know, scenes in shows

that are for whatever reason not appropriate. I don't know. Scenes in shows? Do you mean like not appropriate. I don't know. Seen said shows. Do you mean like television programs? Yes, or movies. Or Broadway. Sometimes I say shows. Yes, just because I am theatrically minded. Oh yeah, this is what I know is that from Gabby, of course,

cause she's very into the entertainment. She's very into the industry. That movie people refer to movies as shows. Like I was working on this show. That's right, that's right, they do, they do. Okay, all right. Well, I have a post, should we do that? Yes, we should.

Okay. This post comes from Hunter. Hunter. Hunter. Oh no. Who? Not from a certain laptop. Oh, Bert, what? Listen to you making a political joke.

Where did that come from? You are a new man, this mantra, my goodness. Speaking of beepable content. I watch Bill Maher and I just think that looks like fun. Oh boy. It looks like fun to make those political jokes. You watch Bill Maher and you think that looks like fun. That's so interesting.

Yeah, he's having a blast. He's having a great time. My favorite is when the audience is really there with him and they kind of groan at a thing he's saying in the news, but then he scolds them because he always treats that as them booing him. Exactly. Oh boy, he's just not. He's having a good glass.

He's having a good glass. He's having a great time. Well, good for him, I guess. All right. Now Hunter, a different Hunter, says, I saw a lot of parakeets at the circle. They were squawking and I was scared. Sad face. Oh, now this is of course, that's the whole post. Can you repeat that one more time? I assume this is an adult as well. Burt was really ready for more.

I saw a lot of parakeets at the circle. They were squawking and I was scared. At old fashioned, colon parenthesis. Emoticon. Emoticon right there. So we know this is an adult. He's a grown man. That's right. Now of course he's referring to the dignity circle,

which is kind of like, they wanted to have like their own like sort of big Ben, like that big round, you know, but it is, it's absolutely a mess. The big round, you know, but it is, it's absolutely a mess. The big round. You know, in, um, what is it? The European vacation, you know, with Chevy Chase, the Griswolds. And they get stuck in the turn. What's it called? Turn roundabout. That's right. Thank you. And they just keep going. Hey, look, there's big Ben, there's parliament. They just say it over and over again. I love it. what? I've never seen that film. I love it.

Let's add it to the list. We'll show you that scene. We don't have to add that with the list. Just so you can keep that off. Remember when they created the circle in Dinney Falls and they used that giant compass to create it? Well, that's what I'm talking about, babe. The circle, and it was meant for cars.

Did you think a different circle? No, I was on the same subject. You were on the same? It just sounded like he was on a totally different subject. It sounded like a totally different subject. It on the same subject. You were on the same. It just sounded like he was on a totally different subject. It sounded like a totally different subject. It's the same circle. I just meant the creation day of it. Yes.

The creation day. We still celebrate. We still celebrate creation day. And you know what? A lot of religious people show up and they're mad. Oh, yeah. They think it's something else. They should have called us something else.

Remember those guys? They were building that life-size Noah's Ark, and then we had to explain creation day to them, and they got so upset, they moved out of town. And the circle was meant to just be for cars, but then pedestrians wanted to have a go. So now it's just, it's- They saw those cars going, they're like,

I gotta get out of this. It's car, pedestrian, car, pedestrian, and everyone's honking, and the pedestrians just say honk, and it's a mess. So I, you know, I can't even imagine that he could hear parakeets squawking over all that noise, you know? Because it's the-

You have cars honking and pedestrians yelling honk. Yeah. Yes. Those parakeets must've been loud. And cyclists are like, you know, doing bells or some version of it. And so I can, I'm surprised he heard it over the din, frankly. It's quite a din. It is quite a din. What I like is the parakeets, they're seasonal.

They're not here all year round. We do have seasonal parakeets. So maybe Hunter's not familiar with that. Yeah, maybe not. Maybe he's new to town. But they, the thing about the parakeets is we don't know which season it's going to be. That's right. They'll show up any old season, but just for the season and then they go away. But they'll never do two in a row. No, they don't back to back end. So you'll get winter and then you might get, what would be next, spring? You really are turned around from this mantra thing.

My goodness. I get so many words, so I can think about them. What would be next. Then of course, um, sprun. Well, yes, of course. That is the only exception. They might back to back a sprun, right? On the, on the beginning end of the backend. Yeah. That's right. That's right. Go spring into sprun or sprun into summer.

Yeah. Uh, there's more of them every time. Yes, there are. Yeah. Um, and, uh, they really, it is, it is a lot of them. And sometimes you think you're looking at a tree and it's actually like, if it's in the winter, you think you're looking at a tree, it's just a bare tree. And it's just all parakeets. And it's quite scary.

Sometimes I don't think there's a tree under there. I think it's just parakeets making the shape of a tree. Yeah, it's a lot like ants. They have a queen parakeet and she's actually gigantic. There were two pets, two parakeets, and this is in 1910 this happened. And they got out and every year they came back, there'd be double the amount.

Yes. And so now it's a lot of parakeets. It's a lot, it is, but you know, I find them charming. I don't find them, I've never been scared by them. I'm not scared by them. If anything, I feel sort of, there's like a feeling of awe that comes over. Yes, yes.

Well, I wish Hunter would have that instead of a emoticon scare. But it looks, it sounds like. Honestly, get the keyboard emoji. The emoji keyboard, you know? Just do it. Or get the keyboard emoji. If you play keyboards,

it's a great way to sign off your text. Yeah. Put those little music notes about it. I think you need to sit down and drink some some electrolytes. I have been standing this whole time and I. Yeah, they were standing in the middle of that monster. They stood up too. I didn't realize it. I honestly swear I would have sworn to God they were floating as well. I didn't realize it. But yeah, you really were.

We should have filmed it. When you listen to it back, I'm very interested as to what happens when you hear it back. Well, you'll have to talk about that. Doug, I hope you'll send me the unbleaped version so should have filmed it. When you listen to it back, I'm very interested as to what happens when you hear it back. We're gonna have to talk about that. Doug, I hope you'll send me the unbleeped version so I can hear it before it's bleeped or cut out. Discreetly, it'll arrive at your door.

Please, please, please, please, please. Arrive at my door. Ha ha! What are you gonna press this on the bottom? Very discreet. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. It'll be a USB key.

Okay. Oh, great. Which I'll put in the wrong way first. Okay. Oh great. Which I'll put in the wrong way first. Probably. Of course. Covered in, you know, foam peanuts. Keep it safe. Covered in them.

Yes. All right. Well, that sounds like a good plan. Slaathered. Liberally sprinkled. Oh, by the way, before you leave, just, will you just do a walkthrough of the hallway? Just to test it out? I don't want to.

No, I'll do it. I'll do it. All right. She's my buddy. You know, what am I going to do? Oh yeah. I forgot. You guys are buddies now.

You just weren't for so long. I know. Yeah. And just know that the eyes shifting are mine. Oh, you're going to see me do it the whole time? But you're going to run behind each one as I walk down? Yep. Yep. I also cut out the chins. Oh no.

For some of them. So you can put, like if we have a party, everyone can choose their own Habsburg and shove their chin in there. But now when I'm walking down on the outside, I'll just see holes where the chins are? That's somehow more horrifying than what it already is. Only on a few of them. Okay. So I'll know which ones. He's making this one up as he goes along clearly. It really sounds like it. All right. And I don't even want to know, I don't want to ask what you hollowed out on the other

side of the wall to be able to find a crawl space to run through and do this with. And I don't want the answer. Running around through the walls like EB.B. Farnham. All right, go ahead. I know you want to do it. Hey, look, welcome to the hall. This is of course the beloved character of E.B. Farnham from Deadwood, which of course I have to answer back

with Calamity Jane. Oh, please, please. You fucking business shit, you bloody French and I still love you. I can't f- I believe it. Oh, God damn it. What if they had a show together? That would be called Bleepable Content.

Joan, you have cracked it. Bleepable Content, hosted by Edie Farnham and Calamity Jane. From Deadfoot. From Deadfoot. All right, well, stay tuned for that folks. Thank you everyone for listening. We'll be back next week with a new episode. Of course, if you'd like to hear ad free content. What is going on?

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