This Is Important - Ep 136: A.I. Wrote This Episode

Episode Date: May 23, 2023

Today, this is what's important: C&C Music Factory, Rae Sremmurd, Coachella on Youtube, sleeping in the car, the pronunciation of Nevada and Zebra, the WGA strike, AI, cars, the Oakland Athletics, the giveaway winner, and more.  You can now purchase live streaming tickets for our live show on 6/7 at 8pm pst! The stream will be live for 7 days after the show's air date. Tickets available here: https://www.moment.co/tiiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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what's obviously most crucially integral to the fabric of our very nature. Today we talk about odorsus laying down, spreading cheeks for these robots. Yeah, I sleep in dog crates. I've done that. It's so important to crack that back end. You think Blake is a good name? You fucking piece of shit. Here we go. Start your engines. We're live. Guys, we're live. We're live right now. We're live. Oh, my God. D-Generation X, baby. Interesting. That's all we got. D-Generation X. Oh, my God. Dude, were you playing that off of party radio B96, Chicago's very own? Oh, I wish. I wish I knew that reference.

Be my lover, got to be my lover. I wish I knew that. It was, I think it was that song on an old clip on Arsenio Hall where the woman is the woman who starts off that song. No, different woman. It's the woman who was singing for, I believe, C&C Music Factory. It was like C&C Music Factory, right? Yeah. So there's a whole story behind that where that woman who was the voice of the like, everybody dance. Yes, it was her. It was her. Yes. That's right. That's right. That's right. Different song, same vibe. Whoa, wait, it was Ders. That's the doc. No points. No points. Ders did that. He's being hard with those little stingy points, sir. What are they singing?

So she was the one who sang, but they put a little skinny girl in the video and I think that woman sued and won, I believe. Oh, is that right? That's right. I didn't know. Yes. And that's probably why she was on Arsenio, because Arsenio was all about giving the spotlight to the people. Yep. That's why he did still have a talk show. I wanted to get on it. Did the Millie Vanilly bros get the same treatment? Did those guys get out in front of the camera? Because... You mean the guys who were actually singing? No, but did you ever see the Super Mario Brothers cartoon about it? What do you mean? Not about it. Okay. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good.

What do you mean about it? About what? About Millie Vanilly? There was an episode that was kind of like the Millie Vanilly story in Super Mario Brothers, the cartoon where it was like two pop singers and then like they were fake and there were other people that were really singing for them. Oh, they took it off. Well, I dreamt this up, but I'm pretty sure it was real. They were getting pretty polycharged there with the Super Mario Brothers cartoon. Charbroil. I mean, do you have anything else around here? Cartoons or, you know, the original satires is the drawing of humans.

Okay. I love it. Let's go. The original impression. Everybody dance now. Dude, I knew today was going to be on fire. You felt it? I knew today was going to be on fire.

You felt it and woke up hot? Did you wake up hot? What up? I just knew my boys were nuts. You wake up sweaty? You didn't even know where the AC buttons are at Kyle's house? I just knew my boys were coming on fire today. We were coming on fire, dude. Uh-huh. All right.

Yeah, dude. That's how he says it. That's how you're on fire. Yeah, that means you're hot and charged. Yeah, all right. Yeah, that's a fun way to put it. Coming on fire. CNC music factory.

Pretty good though, right? Yes. I don't know. It was the album solid. Millie Vanilly? Pretty good. What's Millie Vanilly? I don't know Millie Vanilly song.

Yeah, they're all great. I feel like do we go back to that era of music where it's just fun and we have beautiful people doing it while the talented people are behind the scenes? That because admittedly pretty good era. Pretty good era. Great era. I feel like some people are taking that sound back.

Blake sent me a new album the other day that sounds like it's from the yesteryear. What was that? The new race rumored album. Oh, Black Beatles in the city. Yes, yes. It's got a little bit of like two live crew tracks on there. It's pretty good. I met those kids once backstage at Ellen.

And it was the first time I ever did Ellen and they were race rumin. Race rumored, yeah. Race rumored, yeah. You met Swae Lee and the other guy. The other guy, exactly. That's all right. I'm trying to remember. It was the first time I walked into Ellen and the place

of weed. And I didn't know that race rumored was the musical act. So I was just like, damn, Ellen throws down. Right. You thought those were just like her crew? Like Ellen just gets fucking ripped before a regular Tuesday show. That would have been really cool if you rolled into Ellen and it smelled like fucking Seth Rogen's office.

Yeah. I was like, not the energy I was feeling. You know, like a lot of too much high intensity dancing to be that stoned. But like Rosie O'Donnell had the kush balls. Ellen had that. Yep. Kush. That kush balls.

She has a kush, kush. There is well done. Way to tee it up. That's a reach. But then I'm standing in the hall and someone told them that the guy from Workaholics is on the show and I'm in the hall talking with Isaac and I'm right down the hall from them. They come out and they go, oh, shit.

Where's the guy from Workaholics? And I like turn and look at them. They ran right past me. Ran down the hall. Looked both directions. Looked back past me again to their publicist, whoever. And they're like, where is he? And they go, he's right there.

And then they look at me for five seconds. And then they were like, oh, shit. What's up, man? Where's Derzak? Yeah, I know. And I'm sorry about that. They're like, where's Carl, dude? Where are you?

We trying to free Carl, dude. I'm assuming they were expecting Blake. Yeah, that's for sure. Looking for Blake. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They come out stoned and high. I'm assuming they were like, the hair. Yeah, they're looking for Blake.

Just could not compute that a guy without Blake's hair was in Workaholics. They just start hugging a mop in the closet. There you go. There you go. My guy. Black Beatles. Delft burn. Burn.

But then, you know, they're very cool. Once they clocked, once they registered that it was a, I was a human being with feelings. Once they remembered you were on the show too. No, no, no. Adam, if anything, this was, this would only solidify that you've had a glow up. Okay. Oh, what's with the glow?

They were looking for that season one gray camera. Maybe a little here. Yeah, a little low. No, no, no, no. Hey, Derz, no. If anything, I had a glow down by the time they were seeing me. No, no, no, no, no. Do you think?

Because I was, oh yeah, because season one was peak P90X. Season two is where two into three is when I let things slide a little bit. And then you won five when I was doing, then I got it back together. But I think. I don't know, dude. You were young and in shape when we started. Okay, but everybody's in shape when they're young, right? You know what I mean by that?

No, not everybody. We all worked the fuck out before season one. Sure. Yeah, man. We were all hot as fuck when we were children for sure. All of us were. We were all so hot. We were.

Oh my god. The four of us were hot as shit. But not everybody. Not talking about us. Yeah, but to keep that alive over the span of, you know, seven year career means you must have had a glow up at some point in there. Yeah, you know what? I'll take it.

I don't want to argue my glow up, but yeah. Okay. But by the way, why do you associate glowing up with your body? I don't know what is happening. Oh, he's got a workwrap. Okay. There's a bagel. What the?

I'm currently icing my groin. So I'm not currently living my. Adam is pulling his cock out and it's in a bag. He has his cock in a bag for some reason. No, I'm currently icing my groin. So the glow up is still not, is not happening. What Blake is trying to do is have us say something about body shapes and sizes being more beautiful than others.

And I agree. Skinny's hot. Adam was associating the glow up with his physical transformation. I say Adam glue up in several other ways. He grew up in ways. It's so hard to see him glue up. He's glue up. Right, but we're talking about him being unrecognizable and not.

But go ahead. Hey, I like it. No, man. I'm saying he. You had a personality glow up? Every day last real piece of shit. He glowed as an artist. He glowed as an artist, man.

He glued. He's the one he was just kind of like. And I was, I was so bright that they didn't even look at me. Oh. I was glow, I was glowing so, I was so luminescent that they couldn't even see me, dude. I was blinding and standing in that hall talking with Isaac. They were high looking for Blake.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's be honest, Adam. I mean, for sure. Yeah, they were very stoned. Exactly. But anyway, that new album, I'll just say. New album's good. That's good shit.

I'm going to check it out. And they were super cool. And I ended up working out at the same gym with them like a year later. They worked out at that unbreakable gym. What? Wait a minute. And then I got to know them a little bit.

And they're at least sway Lee. Very nice, dude. Are you on this album? I'm not normal. No mom. Yeah. My favorite new line of any song. Right.

I'm not normal. No mo. Yeah. He's like, it's over. I'm not no more no mo. That's cool. I know they performed at Coachella. Do you guys watch Coachella on YouTube?

Do you do Coachella or do you just skip it all together? Coachella. I did not do it. I can't check. So I've done it. I didn't. I didn't watch any. I watched part of Blink 182 set, not live, but just afterwards.

I didn't watch shit this year, dude. Nothing. I couched last year, though. I did the Coachella last year. How was it, Blake? Yeah. Did you do it, Blake? It was kind of fun.

It was tight, dude. I actually love watching Coachella from YouTube. It decreases my FOMO. As you guys know, I have insane FOMO for a lot of events. Yeah. It's up there. Yeah. Any event.

Yeah. So to be able to watch it live. Really? Any event. Any event you have FOMO for yourself. I just didn't even like clock. I didn't clock like, oh, I got to watch it tonight because I got to see.

Metro booming. Hello. I wanted to watch Frank Ocean set. Look, okay. I'm not mad at that. Oh, yeah. Frank Ocean. Did you watch Frank Ocean set?

Was that, I mean, he only did one. No, it wasn't. Dude, that was the thing. The one night. I thought he did the first weekend, but not the second weekend. Yeah, but Kyle, what? He cut the feed for his YouTube. You couldn't even watch it.

Oh, my God. He was like, so he wasn't allowing the couch heads. You lose. Wait a second. I feel like we just don't want to do spoilers. We don't want to spoilers in case like no one's talked about this. Yeah. Yeah.

In case by the time this hasn't been covered. In case this hasn't been covered in mid-May. The end of May. Yes. This may be May 20. We may be 2000 and late to this one, but. I feel we're a little 2000 and late with this hot hot Coachella talk. I just fear that some of this stuff was covered moments

after it happened and I want to make sure everyone knows what we're talking about. Even that we're talking about it right now is very late. But that's the thing with our podcast, dude. They love that we talk about it. We should rename it 2000 and late for sure. Who cares? Who cares? Yeah, we are way late on this one.

Yeah, but go ahead. You enjoy it. Yeah, but it's still interesting. It's still interesting though. Is it not? It's still stupid. This is interesting. It's interesting.

Interesting. Shut the fuck up. All right. So there's drama with Frank Ocean. All right. Look it up, my guys. Check it out. Look it up.

How many times have you been to Coachella, Blake? I want to say I have been to Coachella like. We were working a lot every April. We were. Yeah. We were. So when did you go? It always, I just want to say I went like four times.

I'm not sure what years those aligned with, but I want to say I went four times. One time I even like slept in my car in the parking lot because I didn't have, I never had like a room to sleep in. I really roughed it. You just bombed down there. Yeah.

It was par for the course, right? Yeah, but that's like, I feel like you just do that on a Thursday night. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Sometimes just like you come home and you're like, I don't want to walk up all those stairs. I'm just going to sleep here.

Or just like my driveway or something. Why is he smiling like that? Blake, why are you smiling? It's too real. It's too real. That's a good question. Are you still doing that, Blake? Are you still like crashing in your car?

Like when you. Crashing in my car? Not crashing my car, but. No, crashing in your car. I mean, I think it's a safe thing that you do because you're a little inebriated. You tossed a couple back. You're pretty slam dunk.

No, Michael Jordan's dad was murdered that way, but yeah, I mean, it's not super safe. Getting a hotel. What happened? Michael Jordan's father was murdered that way, that very way. Fair enough. Okay.

Yes. Maybe it's time to stop. Adam brings up a very valid point. Yeah, I feel like getting a hotel would be the more responsible choice. But that's what's cool and edgy about Blake. He's not as edgy as you think he is, but he might fall asleep somewhere he should not be sleeping.

That's one of the cool edgy things. That's so edgy. Honestly, if I know I'm going out and I'm going to have some drinks, I definitely Uber. I do not drunk drive. That is a very silly mistake to do. With that said, the last time I fell asleep in my car,

probably two months ago because I had drinks and I didn't know I was going to have them, so I slept in my trunk. I did. So that's where the smile was coming from. In your trunk? Wait, the trunk. The trunk sounds pretty brutal.

Exactly. And then you call him out on it and he's like, what? No. Oh, and then he tells you. The trunk sounds brutal. The trunk? Put an SUV trunk.

I'm not going to sleep in my back seat. Dude, you just recline your front seat as far down as it'll go. You don't curl in a plane. No, no. You can get a DUI that way. No, you climb in the passenger seat. If you sit in shotgun.

Yeah. Yeah, you sit shotgun. You sit shotgun. I don't know all this stuff. He's like, you put your driver's license on the dash, you go back. Dude, I've slept in the car before. I mean it's.

Why would you not fold your back seats down and put your legs in the trunk and then sleep on top of the fucking folded seats? Like so you can lay down. Slogan like a true Kyle. That sounds like a lot of work, Kyle. That sounds like a lot of work. That's a sober man's logic.

Yeah. That's a sober man's logic. Yeah, we'll think about it. OK, fair, fair. Yes, fine. Yes. So you're like in the size of like a dog crate back there? Just curled up?

Yeah, I sleep in dog crates. I've done that. Have you? Wait a second. Are you lying right now? No, I never have. I wish. Tell the truth.

I was lying. That's when he was going through his kinky phase. Do not let me out. Yeah, I'm like, baby, put me in the dog crate. Baby, put me in the dog. I'm a bad boy. Baby, I'm in the dog house. I'm in the dog house tonight.

You paying some little cute whiskers on your cheeks? Rope. Oh, I got a full furry costume, dude. Come on, let's go. Yeah. I believe that. Thank you, God. All right, don't believe it.

That's a lie. I don't. Let's see. We could dedicate the rest of the episode to this. Go ahead. No, I'm not a furry. I wish I was. OK.

I would totally, even if I was drunk or not, it's been a long time since I've been drunk, but I would fold down my seats, I think. And that's a lie because I did wake up having kissed myself in my driver's seat before. So like, you know what I mean? Yeah, come on. Wait, did you say pissed yourself?

I did say that. I did say that. I didn't know that was part of the story. No, that was sad. I also didn't know it was part of the story either. I feel like you just. This story is growing. We've heard this story a lot.

Hey, what better time to bring it up than on national television? You know what I mean? This isn't national television at all. It's a podcast. It's a cast. It's a cast. It's not national.

It's worldwide, baby. Brought to you by Depends. We'll be right back. Did I not tell you guys that? I didn't tell you guys that part of the story where it was I had to having. We didn't hear that you pissed yourself. Oh, really?

I mean, we heard it was a gun store. Yep. But we didn't hear that it was pissed yourself, which is a fun. That was embarrassing. And the McDonald's. There's a McDonald's right there, too. So I have McDonald's wrappers all over me, too.

Oh, shit. So you last meal. No, don't cloud. Don't cloud this. We're focusing on one thing here. Yeah. Well, and I did piss myself in my fucking seat. Did I mention it was a Wednesday?

That's pretty crazy. In my driver's seat. So I guess I could have got a DUI in that position. Is that what you're saying? Yeah, absolutely. Not smart. With the keys not in the ignition, though? No, it doesn't matter.

I still think you can. Holy mackerel. It's definitely a WAPAP and not a good WAPAP. No, that's a bad WAPAP. Wait a second. Is that that can't be true? If the car's off and you're sleeping. I think it is real, Bam.

I really do. I think that is a real thing. You're fucking disaster, my guy. Yeah, I'm questioning this logic, too. I know our laws are fucking, they're wild, but this seems a little wild, okay? Kyle, you got to run for mayor up north and fucking change that shit, dude.

I'm running on that platform. I would love to drive through Kyle's wacky town where he's the mayor and all these. He's made a lot of new, different rules. Wacky town? No, I'll be buttoned up at that point, bro. I'll be like, still conservative. The whole world got crazy.

No, that's what I mean by wacky. I think it'll be wacky in a way that it's a militia. Yeah, it's so conservative. It's the most conservative spot. You run like a very, very right-wing militia. Yeah, better taxes. But I still smoke a lot of weed. You know, that's not true.

It's like when you go right on the map in Washington. So that's where Kyle's holding it down. Yeah, that's where the, yeah. Or anywhere. I feel like if you go right on the map from LA, you're like... Well, that's Nevada. You're in some shit. Nevada.

Nevada. Yeah. I've never heard anyone say Nevada like that. Nevada. Oh, Nevada's true. You mean the place where everyone I know goes to shoot machine guns? Yeah. How do you say Nevada, Blake?

How do you say that state? Nevada. That's how you say it? It is definitely Nevada. You think it's pronounced Nevada? I certainly do. Who cares? I do, too.

Nevada? Nevada. Nevada, yes. Well, he's from California, Adam. They say avocado. Yeah. Yeah, but I wouldn't say Nevada. We're from the Midwest.

We say Nevada. We say... Yeah, Kyle wouldn't say Nevada. I say I'm going to Nevada. I've never heard anyone pronounce it. Yeah, it's Nevada. Kyle says Diablo. So we even know that.

Yeah. I say Diablo. Now I've changed my ways on Diablo. I have changed my ways. Helicopter. How do you say helicopter? Helicopter. I say helicopter.

And there's nothing wrong with that. Right. Right. That's a hill of beans. So we're not piling on Kyle. We know he says things in a funny way. Thank you. You're piling on Blake.

Yeah. We're piling on Blake. We're piling on Blake a little bit because he said Nevada. And I'm just saying I've never heard it pronounced that way. I feel like that's Cali-speaking. Okay. It's the same as you know how everybody says Zebra.

It's definitely Zebra. It's definitely Zebra. It's not Zebra. Oh, you're... I don't know why you're doing this. I know the podcast. I'm saying... We're supposed to be funny.

No, I... And this is not funny. Just imagine you're just with your friends. This is when you find out like your friends are... Hey, what happened? Hey, what happened? Can you just... Can you just turn it off for one moment?

Are you always joking? Can you just turn it off for one moment? I'm not joking, dude. It is definitely supposed to be pronounced Zebra. Dude, motherfucker. So if you're in a safari and a lion is chasing its prey and you're like, dear God, I hope that lion doesn't get that Zebra. That's how you would say it.

Well, I think it's actually Leone. I hope that Leone doesn't get that Zebra. Lonin, I think if you're from South Africa or Australia, they say Zebra. God, I hope that Leone doesn't grab that Zebra. Well, why didn't you cry about it? You're fucking with us, right? No, it's definitely Zebra.

Because what, Debra is Debra and it's not Debra? There you go. And Derz is proving my point. I know, but that's why the English language is a very confusing language to learn. But you, as a person who has grown up in America as English being their first language, should know that it's Zebra.

Okay, you want me to draw? I didn't want to drop the freaking bomb on you guys, but you don't want to pronounce it Zebra. Shit, that band is in the building. Charge. You want it straight from the freaking authority? Charge. What is the name of the Daily Show, dude?

Trevor Noah says Zebra. So that is the right way. I know, I just said if you're from South Africa. He's from South Africa. He's from South Africa. Where are Zebras? Okay, how many Zebras do you encounter in California? You'd be surprised.

But don't they also say other things? Don't they also say other things that are a little bit different than how we pronounce them in South Africa? They say a lot of shit, we don't say. Okay, don't do that. I promise you South Africa's saying a lot of stuff. We don't say.

They say a lot of things. So you're aligning completely with South African and how they say all things. Yes, where the animal is indigenous. Yes, that I'm going to side with them. Okay, I'm not going to side with them. First of all, I don't think Zebras are indigenous to South Africa. I think they might be.

I think they are. I think they are. Are they? I think they are. They're there. They're South African out there? You lose. I think that was a good job by Blake.

You lose. I mean, yeah, they're up in Kenya. They're up in Kenya, but we went on safari there. We saw them. Way down there. They didn't wrangle them in. You idiots. Great migration brings them down.

I thought they're more like Sudan or Sudan. No, they're not there. Oh, really? Regardless, they're definitely closer. They're not all up in Chad. They're more indigenous to that area than to freaking Nevada, which is crazy. It doesn't matter. I've actually seen just as many Zebras in Nevada as I've seen in Nevada.

Okay, Blake, so we're supposed to believe in this made up world. We're supposed to believe that you watch The Daily Show. Daily. Enough to know that that's what Zebra says. No, I don't. I didn't believe that, man. No way. So one, I don't think you watch The Daily Show.

I think I call bullshit there. Okay, okay. You got me there. And two, you've been saying Zebra forever. Then you hear Trevor Noah once on The Daily Show, a show I know you don't watch. Like a commercial for it, maybe, right? Rinse and boots. Yeah, probably on a TikTok or something.

And then he says Zebra, and that climbed into your brain for eternity, enough to tee off on your three best buds who obviously are right in this very instance. Yeah, yeah. I'm taking it back. I'm taking it back. No, dude. You hear it, and it makes sense to you. Definitely is not Zebra.

There's no way the word is Zebra. And why not, Blake? It's Zebra. Because what Terz said, Zebra. Zebra, Zebra. I don't understand what you're talking about. Is it Blake Anderson or is it Blake Anderson? Yeah.

It's how it's how we pronounce it here in America. So how many words can you think about that start with ZE that are pronounced Z? Z lot. It's always Z. What? Like a like. Zeppelin. I know a guy with a last name, Zeeman.

Zip lock. But it's not Z. That's an I. That's Z I. It's not Zebra either. Yeah, Z E. It's Zeppelin. Zeppelin, Zeppelin, Zeppelin. Producer Becca has how to pronounce Zebra.

Oh, I love these. I know how to pronounce. Where you click on like the YouTube thing and it's like Zlubra. Zlubra. Blake should do it because he's got board control. Zebra. Right? Yeah.

Can you play it through yours, Blake? Where is it? Can you play? It's in the link. You play it. Okay. Yes. And the audience at home is waiting with bated breath.

I'm waiting with bated breath. Like, God damn, I hope I'm not wrong. I know how to pronounce this fucking thing. I don't have Google Chrome. This is Google Chrome. Blake, what do you mean you don't have Google Chrome, homie? Get your life together. Hold on.

Here we go. Are you ready? Here we go. Here goes the reveal. Are you ready? Yes, we're ready. We don't puke on the microphone. Oh, wait.

Hold on. Oh, the commercial. This is an ad for the ad. It will play over after the ad. Okay. Here we go. Here we go. Okay.

Here we go. All right. Here we go. And Zebra or Zebra? Zebra. American Zebra. Thanks. Oh, American Zebra.

Oh, American Zebra. Hey, motherfucker, you claim to be so patriotic, okay? You claim to be super American. That's kind of your whole thing. You had an American flag. You're not that guy, pal. Trust me. You lean in to being super extra patriotic.

To the red, white, and blue, baby. Hey, here's what I'm going to change right now. Being American doesn't have to mean being ignorant. And the way it should be pronounced is. No one's ever said that. Yeah. Well, you guys feel pretty ignorant to me right now. Huh.

Well, you, I feel like you touched a nerve there. And maybe you feel ignorant. I'll just touch it. Yeah. Touch it. It's a bagel. Can we watch you touch your nerve? You feel like I'm betraying my country?

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I have a question for you, because I am about to go to France. Okay. France. Okay. Oh, dude, let's get into it. Okay. Cannes. Is that how you fucking pronounce that festival?

How do you? He said Cannes. How do you pronounce that name of that? Cool, Flex. This looks a little bit of a glow up right here. Okay, you're going to Cannes. Yeah, you know it, dude. You know it.

Yeah. But how is it? Because I don't really know. I think it's... Cannes spelled C-A-N-N-E-S. C-A-N-N-E-S. Well, I know how I've been told to pronounce it, but I've never been there, so...

What is it? What is it? How have you been told? Cannes. Because I don't know. I've been told it is Cannes. Cannes. Cannes.

Just Cannes. Not Cannes. Yeah, don't put any extra stonk on it. It's not Cannes. It's not James Kahn. Isn't that so fucking weird though? Because it's like Kahn is... Kahn's.

It's just Cannes. It sounds like... Well, you think like it's in France. Zip it. You want to put some extra stonk on it, you know? You want to judge it up a little bit. Cannes. Cannes.

Yeah, it's weird that it's the most boring... I would say it's probably pronounced Cannes. Cannes. It's Kahn. Word. K-A-N. Cannes. K-A-N.

Cannes. Wait, so how do you fucking... So Kahn or Cannes? Yeah, it is Cannes. Cannes. K-A-N. I don't give a fuck! According to Google, it's Kahn.

Hey, when it comes to France, I don't give a... Hey, straight up, I don't give a fuck where France says it, bro. Yeah, that's right. We got some Cannes. We got Cannes. We got Cannes. It's Cannes. Okay, great.

Yeah. All right, all right. Kyle, why don't you just go there and report back? I'm going to do that. I'll definitely call it Kahn's at least four times. Like bring a microphone or like record... Like interview people on the street and be like, how do you pronounce it?

Hey guys, how do you do it? Yeah, dude. When do you get to go there, Kyle? Yeah, when are you leaving? I'm going out there in May for the market, for the film market. Like in a couple of weeks. Nice. That's a sick butthole, dude.

Yeah, that'll be fun. Moving to the nightmare. Yeah, me and Baby Newtch going out there. It's going to be sick. That's pretty cool. Dude, it's so good if you need recommendations, holler at me. I do. I do.

You've been to Cannes? You've been to the film festival? I didn't go to Cannes, but I've been there for not for the festival, but I've been there. He's lying. Oh, cool. I want to go. Just down the road.

Yeah, all right. Like when Nice... I'm flying into Nice. Blake thinks you're lying, dude. I've been to Monaco. That's also down the road. I've been to Monaco. Yeah, Monaco is right there.

That's not too far. It's like an hour or 45 minutes, maybe. My French, guys. Yeah, the South. Trunks. Trunks. We miss you. We know how worldly you guys are.

Zebra. Zebra. Well, that sounds very, very cool, dude. That'll be fun. It's going to be dope. I guess the thing to do is ask French people how they say zebra. They're going to fuck with me. I've been to France before, and they laughed at me for asking for almond milk.

Like, they don't, they don't. Oh, fucking American. Your boobs are huge. Definitely wear a bra. Do you want some almond milk? I feel like no one drinks that outside of California. Like the rest of the country is like, what? What the fuck is this?

Yeah, it makes sense. Dude, Kyle, you know in France what almond milk is. Almond brothers? Right. I know almond brothers. Yeah, more like the almond brothers. What's almond milk? Blake, hold on.

I'm interested. What's almond milk? You know in France what almond milk is, right? What is it? Oh my god. You don't know? What is it? Almond to come.

Zebra juice. Bro, you know what you're asking? Oh, to not come. Not Zebra, Zebra juice. Oh. Lady Anderson, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, you were asking for something. Oh, Deborah, Deborah's juice.

So the strike, the Writers Guild of America strike. Technically, dem boys are on strike right now. Is it still going on? You guys think it'll still be on by the time this? I do. Yeah, in two weeks or whatever, what is this? What's the over-under on this strike? I think it's, I think three weeks.

Dude, did you try it out? I never understand what over-unders mean or how to even do those, but I think it's going to last a long time. So you say over nine months or under nine months? Yeah, it's pretty self-explanatory. Okay, so I'll say under three months, under three months. You think under three?

No, no, no, no. Somebody picks, you pick the over-under as in like. Oh, you pick the line. So, okay, so I will say four months. Over under four months. So I would say under four months, but that's very much wishful thinking. It's Science Lake.

What are you saying? Under four months for sure, yeah. We're going to get this figured out for sure, I think. Well, the last time it happened in 2008, it was a hundred days, I guess. Yeah, so it's about three and a half months, or a little less. And there's so much more at stake.

Oh, yeah. I think it's going to be over, I think it's going to be over four months. I think it really is. Just with the AI component, me and Derz think that. Yeah, no, I'm kind of with you. I read the shit that like the producer's retaliation. Well, are you kind of with us,

or you think it's going to be under? You can push. I don't want it to be. I said it's wishful thinking under four. Like, I don't want it to be over four. I want it to be resolved, but. Well, dude, I don't want it to be. I would love to be wrong, and it's over tomorrow.

Hey, Kyle, don't, yeah, you don't bet with what you want. Yeah, you bet with what you think. You would be a terrible sports bidder. You have to go with your gut, not with your feeling. Do you guys want to hear a cool theory of mine that's kind of involved in this? I would, Anders. Here's what I think.

We're kind of, we're fighting against this, but I think that at a certain point, it's going to be cool. Is like the AI stuff that's being introduced to like writing and whatever. But also at some point, film making, right? You'll be able to type something in, and then the images will appear, right? And much like stand up and how stand up

is like a singular mind, right? And a singular opinion that doesn't get noted by like these corporate entities and all that. You're going to get some of the greatest films of all time when we get to a point where someone can just create a movie with just like writing their own script out or helping, having AI help them write something to create a movie fully from a singular vision

that doesn't have all the like hangups of like, oh, corporate's got to like sign off on this, that and the other. You're going to get some amazing stories and some horrible shit. But goodbye. Well, yeah, like how many filmmakers have like made an animation

where they're the animator as well? You know what I mean? Like those, you know, I don't know of how many. Well, the issue is with the writer's guild and what they're fighting for right now and what the studios won't give them essentially is they're saying like, you can't have AI write a script. It has to be through the WGA members.

And they're saying no. And they're saying like, I'm still going to send it. I got to go with the studios on this. Durs, what? This is the way. Okay. And this is Durs. He's our writer.

So we're safe here. This is safe fate. Okay, go ahead. I think it's cool. I think it's interesting. I think like. But then all writers are going to be out of jobs in five to 10 years.

Look, look, writing movies can't last forever. I'm sorry. And this is somebody who writes movies. Wow, bullshit, man. The caveman wrote stories, Durs. Stories are infinite. I'm not saying that stories didn't begin at a certain time. I'm saying that like this is over.

I'm going to come. I don't want people mining for coal all the time either. I'd rather get to solar. But we can put things in place so it isn't. So in the movies that we make, aren't done by AI. Right. I know, but what are you fighting? AI and everyone's job.

I know, but like, I guess I'm just kind of. I know, but I guess I'm just kind of like, this is it's going to happen. So like when I read the negotiations this morning, I read like what the producers were like, not willing to give you anything, not willing to budge, not willing to do this.

The one that I zeroed in on. And of course, that's just the negotiation tactic. It's like, of course, you're going to say nothing. Yeah, for sure. You got to go hard. But I'm worried that people are going to lose sight of like the back end and the residuals and stuff. And this AI thing is going to be the big thing that's like,

we can't let robots take us over. Who fucking cares? Write better movies. It's the whole world gone crazy. The big thing is more of like the residuals in the fucking, you know, the livelihoods of the writers and the times that they get to work and the humans. Well, I think they're both.

It's a two headed monster. It's a two headed monster because it's that's obviously very important. But hugely important. If no one can have a job in five to 10 years, because this AI is growing so fast and so quick, then what's the point anyway? Time's up.

You know what I mean? I don't. Move on. Freaking see ya. It's over. I don't think that I don't think that the robots are going to tell stories. Durs, you're going to just give in to the robots? The hell?

Oh, Durs is laying down, spread in cheeks for these robots. Durs is not afraid. He's not afraid of the robots. And I like that because fuck the robots. The robots are not fucking human. I know why. No, Durs is not not afraid. He's a fucking cyborg.

He's going to fuck robots and he's going to create cyborg Durses, dude. Durs is AI. No. Durs is AI. Yeah. He is. Holy shit. I always thought you were.

Now you're just proving it, man. Absolutely. Dude, that's like that movie we almost did where Butt Mersters, where Durs played the- Oh, no, don't give away that. We didn't write this. Don't give away this story. We're back.

Oh, all right. Okay, true. That's not ours. That's not ours. That's not ours. Still good. It could still happen. It could still happen.

Very funny movie. Wait, but you guys aren't interested in like a script that's written by a robot? Who's not interested in that? No, I'm interested in it because it's tech forward. I'm interested because it's tech forward. Like, what the fuck? I guess I'm just saying like,

we can't just keep fighting the inevitable by being like, no, it can't happen. Write better movies. Write better than the robots. Durs, you can. That's it. Bro. That's it.

All you got to do is do that. They used to say like, be 10% smarter than the machine. Okay? That's all you got to do. Dude, sometimes you have to unplug the robot before it surpasses you. That's what I think too. So then do that when you unplug the robot.

Then you can be like, all right, I'm going to go only watch movies written by people. And I'm going to be partying with all the people watching the movies written by robots. Who cares? I think they should be able to help. Like if you, but to cut their writer out completely. It's science.

A writer needs to get credit for every movie that's written. Wait, Adam. But so then what is writing? What is writing to you? Like we have to define what writing is then. Because can writing be? Well, because if a writer can guide the AI to help them in certain ways,

but if the studios can just- What's the definition of guiding? I just say, what I'm saying is it's all gray. So you get hung up like Kyle's talking about, on fighting AI instead of making sure we get paid for our fucking clicks. It's science. I don't care.

Well, absolutely. We need that too. We need this. Just, you don't need just one thing. You need multiple things. And if Netflix wants to go all robots, great. Well, what if you take this out of Hollywood? I know, but there's distractions.

It's right out of politics where it's like, we're fighting for abortion. And it's like, yo, there's no bridges right now. Yeah, exactly. What if you take this out of AI? What if you take this out of AI or Hollywood? What if you, sorry. What if you take this out of Hollywood?

Like technically when you self-check out groceries- I already did. I said, I don't want people to call mine. Wait, you call it Hollywood? Hollywood. It's Hollywood. What are you saying, Blake? What's going on?

What if we take this out of like- Where are we? Hollywood. What if you take that out of- It's Hollywood. Hollywood. Hollywood. Hollywood.

Hollywood. Like when you go to the grocery store and you self-check out, that is, it's not necessarily AI, but it's still a machine taking a person's job. At what point do you say like machines, what jobs are okay for machines to take? Only- All of them.

There you go. You fucking cyborg bitch. I'm just saying like- Yeah. We're all pretending like we're concerned, but like these things are already working on like everything we're doing. Like people used to get headshot.

I worked at a headshot place in 2005, right? Everyone got headshots. You take it there, you get it developed. And assassin, he used to shoot people in the head. He used to execute people. What I'm saying is like that place had to completely change its business model because people were like, you don't bring hard copies of headshots anymore.

And they're like, yeah, like we will take all the pictures and put them on this hard drive. And they're going to be high res pictures and da-da-da-da-da. Yeah, but that was one little subset of the industry. This is the entire industry. And then also- You just got to evolve. No, I mean, this is going to consume the industry.

There's lots of areas where AI is fucking it up. You know, like all the dubbing, all the fucking editing. Yeah, and it'll get to a point where it'll be- The sound design. Okay. The assistance. You just- The studio's putting out movies that was written by AI

starring a 19-year-old Brad Pitt. And, you know, like no one gets paid. But you guys are missing the point. If that's what everyone wants, then it's inevitable. Everyone has to not want that. Like ballet, guess what? Nobody goes to the fucking ballet anymore, except for the 10 people who still like ballet.

It's still there. You can be a ballerina if you want to, but it just isn't a thing anymore. That's fucked up. Time marches on. Yeah, exactly. Things move. Because what? People don't care?

Like, dude, think about movies already compared to what they used to be. If you want to be a movie writer now, you better be ready to fucking adapt a book or a fucking play- a fucking toy. Otherwise, you're out. You better be able to write Gremlins 5, motherfucker. And fucking draft a thousand drafts. I'm just saying, you can't come to Hollywood now and go,

dude, I've got this idea about this dude buried in a coffin and it comes back. No, then nobody wants it. They want Avatar IV. They want a reboot of Play-Doh or whatever. The problem is really in the demand. The problem's in the demand. That's the issue right now. Exactly.

And if people want fucking Gumby, they want Gumby. They don't want whatever's cooking in your brain. But they want whatever is given to them. So they want what is being given to them. I don't disagree. Yeah, but the studios don't. They don't care, bro. Money, bro.

Dollars. Money talks, man. If it's cheaper to use AI, then fucking... Yeah, but you guys are losing the human element. I know this, Blake. I completely understand this. And I believe that that will prevail. That will prevail.

Even when Derz said, like, ballet. Like, okay, so I never gave one fuck about ballet. But I am allowed to say... This is news. Yeah, what? Oh my God. I'm going to tell Jeff Fahey. No, but I am willing to say that ballet

is extremely fucking hard. It's crazy. It's an insane thing to put the human body through. Like, if you are good at ballet... Thank you. Like pickleball. Yeah, to you. Not all the way like that, but similar.

It's like pickleball. This is where I'm getting to, Kyle. Sports. So as soon as we just watch a all-robot basketball game, we're not watching humans elevate beyond what they're even capable of, because the moment and all the things that you add on. Well, that is what's cool about movies is because it's crafted by artists.

And that is what's awesome. Well, we don't know any better. We don't know any better. We don't have anything to compare it to yet. These other movies might be fucking great. And we might have to go, this is better. This is great. Well, I will say, I've seen some AI art that's very good.

Yeah, I don't know. I just have some empathy. I have some empathy for our whole industry in this town, Los Angeles, that I love, and all these people that work for movies and television, and to see that the whole industry just gets decimated. That's the residuals. We need to crack the back end.

The streaming is what fucked that up. Well, why didn't you cry about it? This is life. I just worked with the Muppets. And they don't, that's it. I know. There's no puppeteers anymore. It's just these guys.

And people who love it, tune in. That's how they stay alive. A human built the Muppets. I think it was mostly always the Muppets. No, it was like if you're doing, if you're making creatures, if you're Stan Winston or Adam, these other guys who make these creatures. But that's a subset of the entertainment industry.

It isn't the entertainment industry as a whole. You know what I mean? And movies are a subset of entertainment period. You could do that forever. What I'm saying is that this is just what happens. But movies and TVs are a pretty large piece of the pie compared to Muppets. I understand.

And guess what? We used to drive only gas cars. Now we drive electric cars. And then at some point, I'm not a bitch, dude. And guess what? Who will drive an electric car in the next 25 years? Especially in California, baby. Yeah, in 25, for sure.

I'm just saying. And everyone who made money off of gasoline, guess what? Your fucking time is up. It's just what it is. I look, I don't know what to say. I don't know, dude. No, gas is a fucking, what is it?

A fuel source. Let's say a natural resource. We are talking about human beings, dude. We're talking about the human experience. I mean, Adam was talking about jobs and industries being overturned. And I'm like, this is what happens. It's fine.

No, I do get it. I do think there should be some fail-saves that we put in and meet in the middle. So it doesn't. So it's not just within the next five years. LA is just a fucking ghost town and the worst scariest place to be ever. Because I like living here.

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Listen to Queen Charlotte the official podcast, Thursdays on the iHeart radio app. Apple podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts. Speaking of gas, though, I do remember how a few weeks ago I was saying that I want to get a new convertible. Dude, they are a dodge challenger. But like how Kyle used to have. Dude, get a souped up dodge challenger.

I guess just in August. They released, you can now get it as a convertible. Like they send it to this convertible shop. Ooh, I always want to chop the top of the fucking chali, dude. Yeah, dude, you can do it now. You can do it through dodge. All right, is this a Hellcat? It's the 707.

It can be a command. It can be whatever you want it to be. Top of the line, Craig. Yeah. That's cool. You should definitely get it. And dude, look it up. Look up dodge challenger, convertible.

Look it up. Look up dodge challenger, convertible. Here, I'll just look it up and put it in the truck. Look it up. Because it is very tight, but hold on. I will say this. The challenger was designed by robots. I will say this.

The challenger has the best daytime running lights in the automotive industry on the road today. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, it looks super tough, man. I love me some fucking car top. When it pulls up behind you with those little orange circles. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It's the best.

That's the best looking, best daytime running lights. I loved it. I fucking loved that car. It was sad to get rid of it. I traded it in for the Tesla, for the Model X. But that was my fucking nightcrawler car, dude. I had the one that was in nightcrawler. Very shaggedylic.

God. That's sick. Written by a human. Yeah, dude. I actually just looked this up last night and put this all together. But it's pretty, dude. The convertible. I'm like, yeah, look at that.

Look at that, boys. It looks a lot like your Camaro, dude. That's interesting. How much, when you take the top off, it looks interesting. Yeah, it looks exactly the same to me. But that front looks really tough, though. Yeah. And this is not an insult to your current car.

I feel like this is of stronger lines. I like this car. Oh, dude. I like it, too. You know the hips on the Challenger are so good, dude. I'm a man. Love those hips. Them hips don't lie.

And it looks like a Bentley from the side. I'm a dude. Kind of squared off. I'm a dude. Yeah, I'm liking it a lot. I'm leaning real heavily towards this gas guzzler. You know, they will make you sign something, Adam. I'm a dude.

They will make you sign something when you leave the lot. It's called a gas guzzler tax. I had to do that back in the day. I stay signin' those, Kyle. They say, you realize as soon as you pull off the lot, you're ruining the planning. Yeah, I stay signin' those. You're ruining the planning.

Are you cool with that? I do that with the Camaro. I had to get that for the Grand Cherokee SRT. And you say, hey, man, ruin this dick, bro. Here we go. Ruin this frickin' dick. Are we doing car talk? Because by the time this airs, I think...

But I hope not. I think a Rivian SUV is gonna be in my driveway. Ooh, that's the way. Shut up. Shut the fuck up, Anders. Are you serious? Fuck up. Do you want me to talk or not?

What is it? Shut the fuck up. I do. It's just, I'm being like, I'm excited. I'm excited. It's Zebra. I'm a man. I'd rather talk about Zebras, but go ahead, go on.

Not I. I'm a dude. Not I. Revive. Revive. What's a Riviera? I'll tell you right now. I don't like the name.

Why? Rivian. Oh, Rivian. Have you not seen them? They look really cool. They're sick. Yeah, they're sick. Rivian, that's a...

To me, that is a bad name. Rivian. They always remind me of Gucci for whatever reason. I see like the fucking... You think Blake is a good name? You fucking piece of shit. Fuck off. You think Rivian reminds you of Gucci?

No, I don't. Just like a word? A word that is a little too fancy for you to say? No, no, no. The car itself. The car itself. When I see like the brake lights, like the one single light going across,

and the like... I don't know why, but it reminds me of Gucci. You're scared. Like Robocop masks. But like Gucci. Gucci doesn't make cars. Maybe it had the colors of Gucci, you know? Red and green?

Gucci's a cool word. There's what color are you getting? Red. We got a sick red... We're a red car family. Gucci. Gucci red. That's cool.

Do you have all red? We're getting a red Rivian. Yeah. Yeah. I like those. I'm a blue car family. Okay. Okay.

Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Oh. Blake? What does the word Rivian mean? I think it's some sort of Native American Indian term, or like a river or something. It's a place.

We'll back a pretty river. Will you please? Rivian, Rivian. Oh, yeah. The name comes from the Indian River. Indian River. Yeah. Dude, those Polestar cars are kind of tight too.

The what? What is it? Polestar. Polestar? Yeah, Polestar's are great looking. Yeah, Polestar's are pretty cool. I just wish they got more miles per charge, but they are super sweet looking.

I don't know anything about that. No. You've got to get the miles per charge. That's a big, big part of these electric cars. What I'm saying is like, you just want to at least have 300 miles per charge. Yeah, fuck yeah. I don't think they do.

Yeah, don't go west of that. But yeah, car talk. Funniest episode yet. Hey, Thurs, what's your freaking dream car, bro? What's your number one freaking dream car? My station wagon. My AMG wagon. I have it.

Okay. That's freaking sick. That's your dream car? Yeah. I mean, what else do I need? That's the car that if you had everything, that's it. That's the one. I do have everything.

Okay. That's not a happy guy. I have my health. I have my family. Do you love him? I'm warm by my side. He no longer has a job because the robots are about to take it.

That's why he, that's why he has no empathy. He has everything. I don't have my job. I'll teach children how to swim and save lives. How's that? A robot can teach people how to swim. I doubt it. Not in this speed though.

We should put up regulations against AI. Adam, I don't want it to sound like I'm against that. I just don't want to get lost. I don't want to take the high off the prize, man. It's all about residuals in the back end. Yeah, no, no, no. That's why I said it's a two-headed monster. You got to attack both things.

It's, you know, they're both coming for you. It's so important to crack that back end. You know what they're going after? Money. One thing, one thing. Money had me. Do not come. Money had me.

But was this poly charge? How much do you think you got to pay AI to do a script? Nothing? I'm going to go. Oh, yeah. Big fat zero, baby. So once upon a time, you might have been like a writer, but just go create the program that creates all these stories.

And then you're a good, good, good Gilean. Yeah, dude. Don't be a bitch. Just be a pro programmer, dude. And then go, and then take your good Gilean dollars. Who cares about your dream to be a writer? It's over. Oh, great.

And then you buy all of Oakland and you just fucking kick every human out? Fuck that, dude. Go on, belly fuck. Fuck all these fucking geeks, bro. These nerds, bro. Whoa. What about the culture, Derz?

Come on, man. I love it. I love the culture. Come on, man. Blake, would you like to talk about that? Because I don't really know a lot about it, but they are moving the Oakland athletics out of Oakland. Is this right?

Oh, yeah. This is a heartbreaker. Dude, this is fucking. I haven't even talked about this at all with anyone, because I heard it and it's just very sad, bro. This is a real fucking thing. Yeah. Yeah.

It's the worst. It's the worst thing. Are you hearing it now? Wait, are you hearing it just now for me? No, no, no. I've heard it. It's May 23rd. All right.

I haven't had the discussion about it because I'm just like, I'm burying my head in the fucking sand on this thing. Yeah, because it sucks. So Blake, because I didn't really, I just sort of saw a headline and was like, and I don't have any sort of affiliation with athletics. So I was just like, that sucks for Blake and Kyle. Yeah, and Andy Sandberg.

What they are, what they're talking about and dancing around is the fact that the Oakland athletics are basically pretty much moving to Las Vegas instead of staying in Oakland. I love it. I love it. I love it. Basically pretty much, or they are doing that.

Yeah, this is what I want to know. I want to know what's that. What's the basically pretty much part of it? Because they've been moving since I was fucking 15 years old, quote unquote. Well, I think it was this year, didn't they have like a game where there was like 30 fans or something absolutely absurd? No one goes. They had a game where there was like a very, very small amount.

It's like 3,000, but when you're in that stadium, which is massive, 3,000 people. Which holds 80,000 or whatever. And it's insane. Or 60,000 probably. It's insane, but the politics of it all is fucking weird, dude. It's like a lot of like just rich people just moving money around in weird ways and like trying to like, that's why I'm saying they're not officially moving to Las Vegas

because they're kind of banking on the fact that if they move to Las Vegas, they have to get this like $500 million tax break. It's all it's it's just fucking sure math and what Blake's trying to say is he hasn't understand it, but she's going down. He has no idea. I don't know. Yeah, Blake has no idea. I don't understand it when it gets that big.

He's like, it's it's just ugly. I don't even want to get into it. It's disgusting. He read the same headline that I read and did zero more research. I don't like it, but I also don't exactly know what's happening. Understanding any of it. Adam, in that headline, did they give a date in that headline? Do you remember?

I'm just a cave man. Blake, I was like going to ask Blake on the podcast because I figured he would have looked into it even the tiniest bit because he posted. Sounds like he did. He did. He did. Give him credit. He posted many things about the athletics over the years and even recently about like

his moments in the stadium. And so I was kind of excited to hear what he had to say. If you give him a chance to speak, he did read the date and does not remember what it is. I'm just a cave man. We read things. We see things and then we don't know. This is important. It's super confusing, dude.

Like because no one wants to tell the truth. A lot of people point fingers at the city of Oakland. A lot of people point fingers at the fucking owners of the A's, but nobody wants to accept blame for why the team is leaving. Yes, no one goes to the games anymore, but it's kind of in protest because the ownership trades away their players. This is why we get rid of humans. Yeah.

Yeah. It's just, it's just a fucked up situation. But maybe it is time to move on. Who fucking knows? Like, but then it just, I get super existential because I'm like, why did my childhood doesn't even matter anymore? I can't bring my kids to the game. Dude, yeah, you can.

Yeah, you can. And you go right to Vegas. You live closer to Vegas than you do to the Bay Area. Yeah, but you can't walk through the shitty cement, fucking dirt, gross, fucking stadium that I love, that I went to and had a blast. Yeah, dude. Yeah, dude. Yeah, dude.

It's fucking stupid. I get it. I get it. And you know what? Old Comiskey Park, gone. Never going to go back. Is that right? We knew Comiskey Park that was built when I was a kid.

But you stayed in Chicago. Stayed in Chicago. Stayed in Chicago. It's not a bitch ass time. I'm just kidding. But people went to games. Okay. Yeah, people went to games.

And that's essentially. The only people to blame for the A's moving are the A's fans. No, that's not true. That's tough to swallow, but it's the same. No, Derz is putting it all in supply and demand today and I like it. He's at the fundamentals. No, that's what an outsider would say. No, he's at the fundamentals of business right now.

And he's being, yeah. Moneyball. It's not baseball. It's moneyball. It's not moneyball no more. If they were selling out, if people were there, if people were there, if people were going to the Coliseum, they would not be moving.

Yeah, exactly. If there was 80,000 people. True. At the, like when we grew up, people went to the fucking games, bro. When we grew up, people were at the games, right? Yeah. Thursday night, people were there. So Todd just dropped in the chat.

Last year, the team set a new 40 year low when only 2,488 fans showed up to a game in May. Now in 2023, they're logging similarly low numbers. That is my high school class. And that's a shame. That's too bad. Yes. There are two things that account for low attendance. That's my place in my high school class.

Go ahead. Get them. A1. A1. The fucking Coliseum is super old, outdated. Like the average person does not. Like Wrigley Field. Go ahead.

The average person with less history. They're from the 60s. The fucking Cubs have existed forever, forever. It's an established place. That's not true either. But go ahead. Okay. The Coliseum is not up to snuff.

It's not great. It's not great. B, the roster, the ownership trades away anybody. Why are we talking about sports even? The roster, they trade away anybody who's any good because they're trying to tank the team. Because the ownership wanted to get the fuck out of Oakland. And they did it. They succeeded.

They succeeded. Yeah, sounds like they got it. Yeah. The fans get fucked. So fuck that. It's not on the fans. That's what I'm saying to Derz. It's not on the fans.

But it is on the fans. That's bullshit. Well, I'm with you. You need a good owner. No, no. The Cubs were bad forever. You can't pull up to a shitty Coliseum with no team. It's the atmosphere.

They always tried to compete. It's the atmosphere. Hang on, hang on. They always tried to compete. The Cubs have been bad. When I was a kid, the Cubs were always bad. Shout out Andre Dawson. He was good.

I don't know. Andre Dawson. Ryan Samburg. Yeah, it was the shit. Ryan Samburg. Okay. That was their one year. I got a baseball somewhere where they're all signed up.

But they were bad until like four years ago when they won the World Series. They were bad the whole time. But the atmosphere that the fans created was what it was. And that's why it's a WPWAP and not a Naked Grandma. That is so true. Okay. I guess I'll give you that. That's simple.

You know what I'm saying? Dude, wouldn't you put it like that? I mean, I think it's all the factors. It's all the things you guys are talking about. I guess I'll give you that. I'm with you, Blake. I think it sucks. Hey, what happened?

What is the fan experience when they go to the Ace Games? Are they fun? Are the Ace Games fun or not? I love them. Ace Games rock. Yeah, they're great. So you make a crack off. So what's going on with the people?

Well, they're fun, but there's only 2,400, 2,500 people and everybody's spread out. So you're not even around other fans, really. Well, you get to hang out with your friends and the people you came with. It's all good. The problem with the Ace is that they do shake up the team and then it is, it's a problem. But that doesn't matter. It does. No, it's a problem.

No one goes to baseball games to watch the sport. You go to drink beer, kick it, and then be like, yo, home run. No, I'm completely only there for the strategy in the game. That's the only, that's why I'm there for strategy in the game. You're cutting out half, some people do go for that reason. You're cutting out that fan base. So it, dude, it's not the fans' fault. It's not a, it's not a.

It's gotta be. Okay, there's a part. I think there's part fan and there's part owner and there's also part tax incentives. It sounds like like $500 million worth of tax incentives. It's part fucking business. Yeah. And Blake, you could still be, I understand the nostalgia factor of like going back to the same place and taking your kids to the same baseball stadium that you went to.

But it is the same team and they're moving to Vegas. Technically, that is closer. They're going to have a brand new stadium. To me. Closer to you, exactly. That's what he's saying. That's what I'm saying. Farther from me.

Farther from me. I'll go to opening day. I'd love to. It's further from Alaska though, dude. Yeah, so are you still going to be a fan or are you like, are you, are you? Will I still be a fan of the A's? Of the A's. Yes.

If they move to Vegas. You want to know the truth? I'll probably just stop watching baseball. Fuck that. Really? I'm done with that. Or are you finally going to be a dinosaur? We're both going to get through athletics, man.

Awesome. They're fun. No, also like baseball is dying. The whole entire sport is dying. It's just the A's are the first example of it. So we're just talking about another industry. I agree. We're talking about another industry.

It is true. Well, yeah. It is. And do we need baseball? It's because the demand isn't there anymore, man. Hey, you know what's not dying? Basketball, baby. Basketball, the playoffs, the playoffs have been fucking popping.

I don't know how many weeks I had before. The playoffs have been unreal. And I cannot wait. We have to drop this episode next week. This one jumps the line. This is not a whopap. This should jump the line. Come on, Bunga.

Blake went in on Harden's outfit, and then he put 45 on him. Dude, Blake comes in swinging with Coachella talk three minutes in, and set us on a path. And guys, can you guys turn your headphones off real quick? I just want to talk to the listeners. Absolutely. It might have been off. Okay.

Interesting. Okay. Interesting things. I just want to say that. Guess what? Listeners. Sorry we're not talking about cars. You fucking piece of shit.

Come on. We're the fucking engines, bro. Jesus. Hey, I thought they're supposed to be off. Turn them off. Come on. Oh, yeah. Sorry.

Sorry. Turn them off. Have some respect for games. Mommy. This podcast is called This Is Important. It's not called This Is Funny. It's not called This Is Cute. Sometimes we're going to get on here,

and we're going to blow some fucking smoke. Okay? It's going to be a little out there. A little, maybe not even interesting. But we have to talk for an hour, and sometimes shit goes down. Can we come back, or what's the deal? Yeah.

Come on back. Come on. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I liked it. I thought it was fun, man. Oh, we're back.

We're back. Is there any takebacks, any epic slams, any apologies for this? I do have an announcement. Yes, please. Yes. We got our winner. Oh, my God.

Now, this is huge news from several weeks ago. From several, several weeks ago. And you're going to have to hold on a second? Maybe this episode is coming out tomorrow. I don't know. Let's ask Isaac. I don't think so. I don't think so.

Hold on. I got to navigate to where this goes. And we're going to ask that this winner sends us a picture of them holding it so we can maybe post it with this episode. And do they have to be nude, or are we going not nude, that the winner has to be nude or not nude? Up to them, but hopefully Instagram-friendly. Yeah, Instagram-friendly, so.

That being said, we've always said hashtag free the nipple. Oops, winning. It's my present. I'd prefer them to be clothed. But that's weird coming from you. Kyle's present now. Yeah. Yes, it's my present.

I'd make the rules. And the winner. Oops, winning. So for people that are listening, audio on, sorry, sorry, Blake, audio. Yes, how do you pronounce it? Audio. Audio.

Audio. Audio. What they're listening to, audio. Explain what giveaway this was. A few weeks ago, what did we do, Kyle? This is, we gave away the Christina Aguilera signed drumhead that my parents got me when I was about 13 years old. And we said that the six.

Was Christina Aguilera even famous when we were 13? No. Maybe it was 15. Yeah. It's right after Genie in a Bottle. Well, yeah, maybe. I'm seeing holes in your story. Yeah.

Well, that'd be good to get those correct before I broadcast them. Yeah, no. On live television, geez. But go ahead, go ahead. Not television. I think when you were 13, she had done Genie in a Bottle. Yeah. No.

Yeah, she had. It was Blink 182, right? Because Blink parodied the Blink album. Because I was 15 or 16 when she was. Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot. Yeah. Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot. What year did you in the Bottle come out?

Can of Venice. Actually, you know what? I think. Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot. Britney Spears was my freshman year in college. Because I was like, this seems weird that this fucking half naked school girls running around. OK. Weird or?

Taupe. For us, we were school guys, so it was cool. Well, see, we were in high school, so it was good. So 1999, we would have been hit me one more time. Freshman. So I guess 14 or 14 or 15. So I probably got this when I was 15. Great.

Yeah. Great job, Adam. And I got to the bottom of it, dude. Dude, this is why he's part of the team. I caught you being a fucking liar. Great job, Adam. Great. Kyle, don't shut up what he brings to the table.

Wait, dude, I got you, dude. Everybody, he has to read who won. This is huge. I'm waiting. That's why I'm holding this fucking thing up, dude. Drum roll, please. OK, the 69th commenter on. Wait, hold on.

Let me. Can I look up? Can I look up a drum roll? Drum roll. Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, Phil. Just push it. Yeah, yeah.

And hit it with the drum roll. I'm my hand. Guys, Phil. This is not a heavy item, but this is. It's now feeling very heavy. That sounded like a helicopter. OK, wait. OK.

Dial pads. Wait, wait. Wait, hold on. That's our team. We have an ad. We have an ad. Wait, what was that? What the fuck, man?

What the fuck is a dial pad? No, no, shit. We have an ad. Skip ad, dude. We have an ad. We have an ad. We have an ad. And drum roll.

We've been usurped. OK, go ahead, Phil. There it is. And worth it. Is that worth it? Worth it. Worth it. It's the ninth commenter.

How long has it gone? Commenter was. Is it going to go particular? Or do I just go? Thank you. Just go. Judge Miller. Judge Miller.

What is his name? Is Judge? Yeah. He's a judge. Judge Reinhold? Yeah. Judge Miller, dude. Nice.

Judge Miller. Miller time. Nice. The guy's name is Judge. That's a hard name. Oh my god. Judge Miller. Congratulations.

You got it. That's a cool name. Looks like a good guy. And this was another episode of Judge Miller. Congratulations, Judge Miller. Here it goes. Thanks, guys. Important.

More giveaways coming soon. More giveaways. Stay tuned. Yeah. Yeah. Congratulations, Judge Miller. OK. Bye.

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