This Is Important - Ep 305: Adam & Anders Explain Prom To Blake

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on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to This Is Important, a production of IHeart Radio, the show where we only talk about what is most obviously very crucially important. Today on This Is Important. I'm going to be a gentleman tonight. Let me fuck your brains out I'll see myself out Alright, sorry

Well, of course You're gonna want to go home at the end of the night And get a robot blowjob Let's go Yeah Oh dude What a week it's been Oh what a week

What a week, I tell you What a week I did two weekends in a row Back to back of just stop I did bottle rock, and then last week I did big slick. I gained 16 pounds. Hey-o. 16.

I can't stop eating. I'm so fucking hungry. That's a lot. You got to poop. Why is my body like that, though? Well, you probably, what were you grubbing on? I mean, that's Kansas City. Were you eating some barbecue?

I only ate barbecue the last night in Kansas City. And dude, this place called Slaps. It was called Slaps barbecue. And it was fucking great. But they, yeah. Slaps smack. We talked about it last week, but Big Slick, it's a huge fundraiser for Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

Adam gave money. It's a, that's right, I did. And it is a Children's Cancer Research Hospital. So that's very cool. But the last night, like for all the celebrity guests, they got 15 different barbecue spots. So it was like every name barbecue spot in Kansas City was there. So you just went and did a taste test. Wow.

Dude. That's amazing. And that was, we ate at like 11.30 at night because that's when everything wrapped up. And that's when we, and we'd been drinking for most of the day. And then, you know, that I'm in like in bed. We had to, you know, flight the next morning. But I'm still up to like 2.30, 3 o'clock of the morning. The cause of diarrhea.

Dude, I was up all night long. I didn't sleep. because my stomach goes wild. But it tasted so good. And this is no shot. I can't believe I called out Slaps and then told that story because Slaps was delicious. And then there was a lot of other names that I wish. Arthur Bryant.

I've been to Arthur Bryant when I was out there. That place was really long. Arthur Bryant is the classic, the classic old one. But everyone was like there's some new joints that are on the scene. are doing some big, big thing. I love Kansas City. Kansas City's a fucking cool town, man. Yeah, they got a cool town.

They got a good scene over there. It's in Missouri. I brought clothes that I fit in on the first day. I was there for three days. Yeah. And then I tried to wear the same pants that I wore on the way out there. Couldn't fit in them. Your boobs are huge.

I'm going to give it to you? Couldn't fit in the same pants. Yeah. Damn, dude. Yeah, dude. I don't understand why my body does this. You just grow in the butt. I don't know why I know this, Adam.

You famously do not wear a belt. Famously. Why? What's up with that? It's such a... I'm famous for it. You can match it with your shoes. I'm famous.

I feel like a nice belt. It's like a watch. Doesn't that top button just got a lot riding on it? Hang on for dear, dear life. Would you bust a button? Yeah, well, my ass holds up all pants. I've never had a problem with sagging. Because the ass will hold it there.

Right, right, right. That shelf. So... You know, Blake, his pay, you know, which I don't understand because you have such a top ass. Thank you. But he doesn't bring it over the ass. He keeps it under. You got to pull it up.

He keeps it under. Yeah, just pull it up. I like to keep it under the butt chooks. That's what 50 is going to be for, Adam. Yes, thank you. Right. Now, when you sit down on a chair, aren't you like my asshole? His underwear.

His underwear. Yeah, the cotton, the cotton, like my asshole is literally just pressed against this chair. moments away. It's just a thin piece of cotton away from the chair that I'm sitting there. Yeah, it's probably not kind. Which, Adam, I would assume you don't have a problem with

because you enjoy sitting bare ass on any toilet seat anywhere around the world urine or no urine. My asshole is not touching that. Right. Well, your asshole isn't touching. My asshole is... Well, Blake's asshole isn't touching it. When you sit down, your asshole's not puckered up against the plank.

But it's... It is so close. It is so close. Mine's up in. Well, I have a wallet that I sit on. So that kind of is like. Mine's up in. Blake's isn't it?

Blake's is on the outside. When I sit down, I kind of sit with my like one cheek first, then like open my butt, then sit down. So it's like kind of I sit. Famously. Famously.

You're famous. You're known for it. I like to keep it spread. Is that why when you get up in a hurry it goes like this? similar I don't think the microphone picked that up

but he did the he did the pop thing where you put your finger in your mouth and flick your cheek get your 1940s guess what I just discovered is is Foley works still a thing that's such a cool

that's the coolest job in hall I think AI has taken that son of a big that's down really I think that's some of the coolest stuff like watching the behind the scenes on how they would make the noises.

It's just guys just punching. There's funny comedy sketches about making Foley, right? And they're just going to make fun of people. Todd, I know it's still a thing, but I'm saying, it's gone. It's gone. Within six months, no one's going to get paid due to be a Foley artist. Sure.

Unless you're like, what film and television is going to be is like most of it is done with AI, with the help of AI. There will still be actors and there will still be these things. but like the folie artist, he gone. But then it'll be the type of thing where it's like bespoke and it'll be like the hipster version of filmmaking. And they're like, we still use real folly artists. Right.

You know who's going to be heading that up. Not you, dude. You're not going to head it up. I know. It's not going to be me. Yeah, head up. The person you're suggesting is also not going to be heading it up. I already know who you're coming up. No.

Kyle? Not going to head it up. See, he's not going to head it up. Kyle's the opposite. No. No. He's going to go. for it.

Are you kidding me? He's already doing like the gray stage stuff where he's like, I don't want anything. That's kind of cool too, super minimal. And by the way, this is the hilarious thing about like we're all dialing things back and jobs are always changing. Obviously like we do more CGI. There's no more like. Famously. Puppetry.

Famously. Hollywood is always shifting, moving, shaking, going this way. Famous. Creating jobs here. Jobs are extinguished over here. Okay. Got no words. Got no book.

We got this idea. Can we talk about Blake's asshole again? But this idea that like some jobs are just gone now and like we have to move on. We're doing something where all the jobs are going to be gone. You're talking about Foley as if no one needs Foley. No one needs any of it. But that's not just our business. That's not just movies and television.

That is everything. But the way we talk about it. The way we talk about is like we can free up the budget and it's cheaper and we can do more. and we can do more, and we don't need set decoration. We don't need any of it. So any time you go, we're going to do without that, just be ready for the set decorators to go, I'm actually going to build the set.

It's going to be sick. And then I'm going to have AI write a story and put actors inside the set I built. Yeah, that's right, you bitch. It's science. Be ready for that. Let me ask you this. Let me ask you.

You're nice for it. Okay. I didn't mean anything about the Foley artist. I like Foley artists. I think it's tight. Chabah! What will be the very last job on Earth? What will be the final job?

The oldest. The oldest profession, baby. Yeah, that's right. You're not wrong. No, there's no way. There's no way. There's going to be sex robots that are all going to live in all of our house. Yeah, robots are going to be chorging your shit, brother.

Stand-up. Stand-up, stand-up think it's going to be a stand-up. And I'm like, guys, no, you have to stop. You got to get out of your bubble. No one gives a fuck. No. You think the last job on Earth is going to, going to be stand-up comedians?

I have heard many stand-up comedians on podcast be like, well, no one can do what we do. And I'm like, guys, stop. Stop. Well, no, I think live entertainers will be one of the last because I think people are still, the more AI, the more it goes down the road of AI and fake, slop, the more you're going to want to pay money to go see someone talented doing their talent. Until no one wants to go see it. Right.

There's nothing, there's nothing like being it a lot. stage show. A little black box theater. It is just... I'm telling you, I'll just watch. There's one on my phone I'll watch. There's one on my eyeball contact lens in play. No, being there with an audience.

It's just, there's nothing like it. You guys are fucking thinking so 2026. You tell me that someone in like a lazy boy with their dick-sucking robot wants to leave that and go watch live entertainment because it's so electric. They're going to be watching a stand-up made by a. eye on their goggles getting dome from a giant skunk woman with tities. It's a half carrot top, half simbad.

I guess when you put it like that, I'm just saying. When you put it like that. Famously. Okay. Yeah. So, okay, stand-ups out, but I think there's gonna,

there's gotta be some job out there. What will be the last job? You know what? Anders, I guess I will wear a belt. What? Why? Pizza pizza. Just to bring it full circle, you know?

Wait, yeah, that ball. You know what? I guess I'm going to start wearing a belt. Good call. I'm really trying to think of what the last. Do we get a belt sponsor for my guy? Come on. Dude, let's get some leather up in here.

And there's those cool belts that have like hidden knives and shit where they're like, you can wear this in an airport and still fucking kill somebody. What the fuck? Like a Batman utility belt? Oh, yeah. That's kind of hard for. I didn't know. cool belts like that, but I'm assuming...

I feel like weapon belts is a whole like prep, prepper... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. When you're like strolling on some website and then there's just an ad for like weapon belts? Weapon belts. I don't think I get those.

I've yet to see those. But I don't doubt that they're a real thing. Yeah, I could see them being real. That seems pretty... But I feel like I would have ran into one at a Renaissance fair and I have not, so... Now, you think? You just went to a Renaissance fair.

Fair not too long ago, are they like, are they pretending that they're fully in the Renaissance? Like how far in the Renaissance are they? And, I mean, is it...

Have rent fare's been Coachellified? That's what I'm trying to say. Yeah. Is it like, absolutely, it's like, it's the Renaissance, but the beer's cold, right? Yeah, no, no, no, no.

The Renfair Hot hot, hot. There's ice. There's a corn dog. They're deep frying their corn dogs. Yeah, there's always been that. But more than ever, it's... Adam, you're ruining it.

It's been so hijacked by... Well, here we go again. Social media and all that. It's just not pure in the same way. There's like a lot of people that... That take it like very tongue and cheek. Like, there's a ton of Shrex now and Lord Farquas and all that kind of stuff. And they're just not taking it seriously.

it used to me. Oh, dude, you have to take it serious. Tell me, tell me more about the Shrek stuff here. Why is it just a Shrek crossover and not every other? Because Shrek takes place in like medieval times, castles and stuff like that. So there's a lot of stuff. Are there a lot of like Robin Hoods? There's some, or like chick Robin Hoods with the tithies out and the arrows going through. Wait, I mean. Like, why, why just Shrek? Wait, chick Robin Hoods with the arrows going through the titty? Jesus, that was that your pitch? That's kind of a hard, that's kind of a stick. That's kind of sick, dude.

Yeah, I would be sick because- I would too. Yeah, that's disgusting. Objectifying it. Yeah, Adam wants them out and no arrows going through. There's no arrows. They should be out, but no arrows. No, no, there's arrows.

She's got two quivers and the arrows are pointing to them. Hello. And the arrows are neon lights, neon light arrows. I guess I just want to know. Are there really a lot of Shrex, or did you just see a Shrek and you're saying there's a lot of Shrek? No, there's a lot of Shreks. Like, there's packs of Shrek. Why?

Because they're ogres and it's like funny. Is this because of Adam dressing up like Shrek? It's kind of like, it's just like Shrek is kind of a movement. Shrek has become something more than just a movie. There's like Shrek parties. There are. Dude, I'm telling you. I'm not.

I mean, I was dressed as, uh, as Shrek in the semi-exam. criminal hit film. Just said that. The Outlaws. Yes. On Netflix. Adam was looking off. On Netflix.

Adam's looking off yonder. I think the other thing about Shrek is like you can do a like a low budget. Like you see most people do it in a low budget form. And it's just kind of like funny. It's like it's like nailed it. But you're dressing as Shrek. So it's just. But it's not going to get funnier than when Adam did it.

That's right. Absolutely not. In the seminal hit film, the El Loss. So do you tell them that? Do you tap them and go, hey, I know what you're doing. Not even close. Apparently, there's Shrek raves that they're doing now?

Yes, man. I'm telling you, Shrek is a fucking thing, dude. Okay. I don't know anything anymore. Sure. Sorry. You're out in the cold, man. I don't bring anything.

The Shrek rave looks kind of fun, too. People get fucking loose. And imagine, dude, but to your point, people want to go out and about, and they want to get dressed up like Shrek, and they want to go to a rave. And they don't necessarily always want to sit at home having a robot chorg on their dang. Holy shit. You know, they don't always want that. They want to get out and about with the other Shrecks. As long as there's a thirst to be Shrek.

Cut to 20 years from now. You haven't left the crib. Well, of course you're going to want to go home at the end of the night and get a robot blowjob. But all day, every day. It's a wake and gag. you're yeah okay hello I'm a time travel are all of these dates different Shrek raves are you guys seeing how many

Shrek raves there are that's right There's all over the world Dozens Winnipeg July 3rd Are they official is someone making money Somebody's cashing in Is DreamWorks cashing in on this Oh that's a great question

I think it's not sanctioned I think you can get away with it if it's live Durs, check it out. October 9th, Oslo, Norway, Vulcan Arena, Shrek rave is coming to Oslo. Well, as long as you say, Oslo. Oslo?

Oslo? Is that how... It's Oslo. Oh, so, so... Oh, Blake, you're oh, so slow. Oh, so slow. Very good. Oh, slow. Oh, slow.

Ders, have you been to Oslo? I have. That's sad, dude. I went a couple years ago. It's Oslo, right? Oslo. what they had, a bunch of license plates with my name on it from last week. I think we talked about that. Son of a bitch. Well, there's two Shrek raves. Back-to-back nights. That's how big it is out in Oslo.

Why did you skip right past Palmdale and Hollywood on July 17th? Where are you going to be? Dude, should we pull up? At the palladium. The palladium. The Palladium Shrek rave is about to go off, dude. Wow. So are people, I mean, this is just a, this turns into a fuckfest, right? It's just Shrek's fucking donkeys. Blake Anderson, ladies. Four quads. Yeah, that's what it's all about for Blake. What do you think they're praying? They're fucking all four quads.

I think everything always does for someone. Like when you go to Comic Con and there's just like a furry walking with Sailor Moon. Right. And then like, you know, Donatello from the Ninja Turtles. They're all going home and these three are fucking each other's brains out. Loose.

Smush. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. It's the culture. Some weird shit is going down. Anytime anyone gets dressed up. Anytime you put science. If it's not just regular going out clothes, right.

If you're doing anything extra, it's to either fuck someone's brains out or get your brains fucked out. Yeah. If there's any amount of doing any amount of anything extra. Allegedly. Sure. If you're painting your body in any way. Does this go for like just people dressing? up normally.

If it's too much, if it's too much. Okay. We got to have Adam run for president. Just so someone can be in charge who's like, and I'll decide what's too much. If it's too much, I'm the best, I'm the greatest. I think if there's any form of painting. I mean, you're not wrong. You're not wrong.

When you see people walking around with the titties out at Comic-Con, I'm always like, yeah, or the rent fare. You're going to break these little guys' brains walking around like this. Yep, you're going to be fizzled out. Or just even like my gym is directly across the street from Nobu. Okay. So it's from... You need to see Adam?

Go get him. I'm not at the Nobu. I'm across the street. And you, from like the upstairs cardio equipment, it overlooks the valet where you pull up right in front of Nobu. And the amount of like extra flaw. bossing people do to just go out. I'm like, the only reason to do that is to fuck or get fucked. Perfect.

There's no other reason. Not the brains out? Do we leave the brains out? I think you couldn't clip that. Todd, make sure to clip when I said the brains out earlier and splice it into that. Thank you. But Nobu is an extremely, like, is an expensive restaurant. Like, these are people going there for, like, anniversaries or their...

It's a nice restaurant, but it's also become kind of... But yeah, anniversaries. So you're going to want to fuck brains out. Yeah. It's like a fancy cheesecake factory at this point. Yeah. Well, what's the average price of a dish at Nobu? Todd.

But what is your point? What is your point? It's expensive. You're going to... That's not going to an expensive restaurant to not fuck, dude. That's right, dude. That's what I'm saying. You're absolutely right.

Yes. But you can. You can because Chloe and I will go sometimes. We're not fucking. You know, we will go and we'll just go in like a, I'll wear a t-shirt and jeans and shit. Well, you're an actor. You're an actor. Okay.

Well, that's elite. That's elite. That's elite. You're an elite. You're a Hollywood elite. But for the average Joe. Nobu prides itself on being a place that's like kind of slick and sleek and like you dress up to go there because it's nobu. Okay.

Well, maybe no boo was a bad example. But I'm just because I see it so often of just, like people, like wearing the craziest women wearing the craziest outfits. And guys just looking like they are like car salesman. Right. You know what I mean? Dude, this is all those women have. They don't do anything.

They dress up to go out. Or no, just guys looking like they're Dallas rains. Like every guy pulls up looks like he is Dallas Raines. If you don't know who Dallas Raines is. Looks like a weatherman. Have you seen him lately? He is on fire. Los Angeles's weatherman.

Los Angeles weatherman. His name is Dallas Raines, and he's exactly what you think he would look like. Like silver hair that swooped back with the biggest, fakedest teeth you've ever seen. Always tan as hell. So tan.

And he's always dressed like he's about to fuck someone's brains out. He looks like a hot-ass cryptkeeper. I just watched the other day, and he's starting to look like a weathered man. Oh. He's not looking. Okay. The roast of Dallas rains. He's always looked good, but just recently, I was like, I don't know.

I think the rains need to be passed. Okay. Yes, points. Lord, take the reins. Lord, take the rain. I think he is a legend. Yes. But I think the time has come.

I think we need to see a new Dallas rains type guy for a new generation. It's like LeBron. LeBron, you did it. You're a legend. Maybe it's time. Maybe it's time. Pass the torch. Or take the.

And I'm not saying it is. I'm saying maybe it's time. It's really hard to get rid of your local news people because you really grow comfortable with them. And seeing them leave, I feel like a piece of your heart goes with them. Sure. Listen. And you're there for heart-wrenching knockouts. The world's biggest stage. And breathtaking triumph.

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Listen to Drink Chams from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Well, I remember my dad was friendly I won't say friends but friendly with the Omaha weatherman

Jim Flowers And he always had a flower What do they call that? A brooch? A boot near? Like you would have when you went to like prom or whatever When you go to prom or whatever Sorry burped

When you go to prom or whatever My dad would see him You didn't go You didn't get invited. Or whatever. Get invited. Or whatever. When you go to prom,

I'm going to. Usually the guy would invite the girl, Blake. Mommy, bro. Mommy? Okay. I see that. You were too scared, so finally a girl was like,

Blake, do you just, would you like to go to prom? Thank you. Thank you for asking. We're cousins, though. I am laughing, but that is what happened. But go ahead.

He's coat checking. What, you were too, you were too nervous to ask the girl? I didn't want to go. Okay. I didn't want to go. Rebel. I think I just tagged along with a girl who wanted to go.

Why? Because your friends were having a mean game of Dungeons and Dragons in someone's basement. Well, for sure, half of my dude crew was not in attendance at the prom. Absolutely not. I'm convinced if you didn't want to go. Kyle was going to. Kyle was going. Kyle was on the court or whatever, wasn't it?

Oh, yeah. I was on the court, dog. Nice. If you didn't want to go to prom or homecoming, that's just because. you didn't have anyone that you weren't going to harden your hair and wear your shiny shirts and try to fuck someone's hands out Well, for sure, I'm not going because I didn't

feel like there was a huge chance of me getting laid off of going to prom. But that's not even why you go. It's high school. You don't go to fuck your brains at or have your brains fucked up. That's not really why you're going. Then why are you going to prom? I'm not going to dance.

I don't like that. those kind of events. It's about sneaking alcohol. You go to dinner. Yes. And then you go in a limo, split between 40 people all fucking shoved in there. Someone's got a backpack full of snapple and vodka. And by the way, the girls are dressed prettier than they've ever been dressed.

Sure, sure. Yeah. They're covered in glitter. It's pretty exciting. It's like we're going to know boo. Yes. There will be the three guys who know how to break dance in your high school. There will be a circle around them.

They will be doing all the moves that they've been doing since sixth grade. Well, now you're losing me. They will play Black Street. No. See, Blake, this is when you're losing me again. I know you, Blake. I guarantee you you would, you like this stuff. I know you do.

No, man. You're pretending like you don't because you weren't invited. There's not why. I win. And guys get to dress up. You know, I know Kyle dressed like the dude who tried to shoot up. the White House the other day. They showed a picture him on the internet.

He's in like a black shirt, black tie with like, or black suit, black shirt with like a red tie. Just like full on like 90s California prom outfit. And I seen Kyle wearing that fit, hardcore. Yeah, for sure. You would get your hair as hard as you possibly can.

I liked all that stuff. I liked to go into prom and homecoming and, you know, the older you got, the less cool it was. By senior year, like the last dance, you're like, well, we got to do this again. But it's mostly about just like... Do you guys have prom as a freshman though? Yeah, I guess maybe I guess...

Did you guys have junior prom? Yes. Junior and senior. Oh, we just had prom. Ooh. For everybody, for freshmen and sophomores as well? No, just prom for seniors. Oh, there was no junior prom.

No junior prom. Oh, the juniors and seniors got to go. Yeah. And by the way, I'm a fucking loser. Yeah. Okay, let's hear it. That's right. Gotcha, bitch.

Let's hear it. You went to none? My girlfriend. Emma. Now wife. It was a senior. I came back from college. Oh.

That's life. And went to prom. Yeah, that is some... Dude, when the dude was coming back. But it's, what, a year? Just one year, right? Yeah. Okay.

Well, one year... But I'd seen the world, dude. I'd been all the way to Wisconsin. Yes. But what are you going to do? You're going to just let your girl... Exactly. Either she has to not go, or she's going to, what, go

stag. And by the way, it's not like I didn't know a ton of people. Yeah, you know all those people. Like, one grade, one grade is fine. When you're going, when it's like, you've been out of school for more than one year. The healing has more guns. If you've been out of school for several years. Because whenever I walk into a room, I go, they're going to know. I don't think these people know that I went to prom after I came back from college, but they can probably feel it and sense it. They just know that guy. And so the fact that you've, I said this Adam, thank you very much. I think you're fine.

What is so bad about going to prom, like, stag or whatever? How come you can't just roll up solo-dolo? Like, nothing. You could go. But I will say that... Just go and have fun, Blake. I think once upon a time, I think once upon a time, there is an element of, like, can you just link up with a person?

Yes. I think that is what it is. Don't be a bitch and just ask someone. Just ask someone. Just ask somebody, and by the way, if they say no. And when they say no, Blake, you ask someone else. Brutal. Oh, my God.

You ask someone else's little sister. Understood. And on to my next target. And I think it in 2026, I bet that's probably changed. I bet going as like a group is probably like the thing. But there is something to going, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to ask this person. We're going to go together.

We're going to have a time together. and it doesn't have to be fucking our brains out but let's just have a good time. It's not about fucking brains out. Yeah, of course. And that's kind of it. Could be. Just the tradition of like,

all right, I'm going to be a gentleman tonight. Let me fuck your brains out. I agree. I definitely see the value in it now. Like, getting the courage to ask somebody dressing up, like, it's good for...

And like getting them a booting ear. It's just another social experiment. That's all it is. So did you not go, Blake? Or you did? I went to both my senior and junior prom. Okay. Those other grades?

Yes, because I went to Claire and I went with Elise. I don't remember her name. Okay, forgot her name. Very cool. It was one of my friends' sisters. Okay. Okay. Yeah.

Huh. Yeah. And that's because that friend's mom was just like, just go with Blake. And he doesn't have any go with. I can't remember. Honestly, I'm like really racking my brain on how I ended up hitting her as my date. But I don't recall asking her.

I think it was forced upon me. And Blake, was her name Elise? Because it was like a temporary thing, like Elise. Like, you know. I don't know. Blake, I don't know. Come on. I don't know.

Prom was fun. By the way, you get to prom and all the girls just go hang out with each other. Anyway. Yeah, everybody leaves. And then the dudes are sitting there being like, I'm not drunk anymore. I'm not drunk anymore. This is the worst. Yes.

See, you're, you, you, did both you guys get fucked up to go? Yeah. I was too scared to do that at that point. Yes. Well, we drank before. I wouldn't say we were fucked up. Right. But like, yeah, you got, you got a little drunk.

You had to get in and the parents were like screening. They're like smelling breath has your, like, yes. I remember them making it pretty hard to show up. Spread your wallet. And then. And then if you went in to the bathroom with any amount of group, yeah, then teachers are like,

they're going in, they're looking. But I remember people like hiding, like flasks in their shoes. Yeah. Isn't that the whole, that's the fun of it, right?

Yes. It's the cat and mouse. It's the tail is all this time. But remember, I remember that it's saying, like, if they catch you drinking, like,

at the prom, you like won't graduate. Like, that's it. You don't get to walk, I think. what we had. Yeah.

Which kind of would be a bummer, right? And I was like, bitch. Yeah, I think that would be a bummer for like your parents. For you, I think it'd be like, what, who could? I like, I'm trying to remember, because I saw a video of like now, like, the thing is, like, AI is saying like kids' names. Oh, yeah. And they're like, butchering their names.

Oh, that's cool. They're like, do the AI is just like fucking up someone's name? Right. It's like when there used to be the E.T. ride at Universal Studios and it'd be like goodbye, but like, I couldn't say your Yeah, I sure probably like that. Oh, I guess it's like that. Any of my, any of

of T.I. Nation who remembers the E.T. ride. It was amazing. He couldn't say your name very well at the end. Well, he's E.T. I don't think he's had any words. Yeah. Fucking very well. He did. He did on this ride. He would say

goodbye to everybody. You'd be goodbye. Ayah, Dub. It was fucking. cool, dude. That right. That is sick. That's just an accent and honestly, a little racist, what you're doing right now. That's just how aliens speak. Offended? Sorry, I know my apology.

Yeah, he's an extraterrestrial. He certainly is. He's an extra. So the principal isn't reading names anymore? AI is doing it? Yeah, AI is doing it. And so I was just thinking about to like, here we go. To like, when I walked and I'm like, I don't remember

really walking. I remember them being worried that I was going to do something like cause a scene. And I didn't. And I remember I auditioned to give the speech. I wrote like a really hard felt what I thought was a great speech. That was funny.

And I auditioned for it. And it crushed in the room of like the hundred people that are there, all the teachers, administration to see who gets to give the speech. Because it's the valedictorian and then they have one other kid. And this guy.

And I did not get it because they thought I was going to fuck it up. Or say something, you know, to get a rise of people. You are so dumb. No, no, no, no. But so I was like, I don't even remember walking across the stage. I remember the party the night before. Yeah, I don't remember. But I don't remember the walk.

I remember shaking the principal's hand and gone that you didn't think this was going to happen. I'm a dumb ass. Is that right? Did you actually? No. No, I don't remember. Did the principal? I think he might have said it to me.

Bet's you didn't think this was going to happen. Yeah. I kind of remember it. But it is interesting that it isn't something like a real solid memory. But like now kids do fucking wild that shit. Like they'll do a backflip or they like rock. They dunk on the fucking teacher. Oh yeah.

Yeah. Like what are you doing? Just fucking dunking on your teacher? They'll do like the. I mean, that's pretty. And every teacher has to be like, well, okay. If I see you on the streets, I'm going to kill you. I can beat your ass now.

You're not my student anymore. Yep, that's right. That's right. Or they'll be like, dudes will, like, do rock paper scissors with, like, their mom back home or something. Like, somehow it's being. With their mom back home? What is that? I don't know.

Maybe that's college. There were so many Shreks, Adam. There's some. No, for some reason. Wait, wait. What is, we're talking about walking during graduation. So what does that have to do? The graduation is being aired, like maybe it's on public access.

I don't know. I feel like I've seen this. Public access. You mean YouTube? Yeah. I don't know. I've seen this several times now where people will like get their diploma and then, then like throw a rock paper scissors with somebody who's at home watching the graduation.

How do they know who's? They don't. People are filming it at home and they're like, oh, you fucking. It's fucking, I don't know, man. I have no idea what you're talking about. And neither does our list. or viewers. You lose.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. What is that? Isn't it like Billy Madison where it's like no one understands what you're talking about, kill yourself? Yeah. People are stupider for listening to you. Yeah.

Yeah. Adam's not saying that. He's just quoting the movie. That's all. Absolutely. Just saying that. Wasn't that in the movie? I'll see myself out.

All right. Yeah. Ew. Yeah, I don't really remember walking this stage either. I think I was pretty damn nervous, though. Why? I don't know why. I don't know.

It just was like a big moment. That's probably the biggest moment of your life at that point. Someone was behind Blake going, every time he took a step. What was the biggest moment of your life? I feel like that was for me. Last week's episode. I don't know.

I had already done stand-up in comedy clubs at that point. I was already like trying to do stuff. Yeah. Adam was selling water beds over the phone. But this is a way bigger audience. It's not an audience. You're literally just walking in a group. What do you mean?

You don't, you're not, I mean, I try to give a speech. They wouldn't allow it to happen. Blake walked like this. Yeah, where you, did you do a performance at your graduation? They literally call your name. You go up, you grab the diploma, you shake a hand. I know, but that's your moment. That's your moment in front of like 2,000 people.

And you were nervous to, you were nervous to walk. That's your moment? Yeah, it's your moment. They call your name. If you trip. You're sweet. Like, your moment was the four years before that. Yeah, you're sweet.

little baby boy. The fact that you were nervous, the fact that you chose a career in entertainment and you were nervous to walk across stage and just take a... You didn't have butterflies in your stomach when you were graduating high school. You had no sort of like... He had fucking Yeager Meister in his stomach, bro. I feel like I am not in the minority here.

I feel like everybody, like that is a... Okay, yes, I don't think you're in the minority, but you are a professional community. comedian, sure, and an actor. And you know what? But you were going to have a career in it to have butterflies to walk across the stage and take a diploma

that to me seems crazy considering the field that you win into. Let me ask you this, Blake, to defend you, not that you need it. Thank you. You need something. Listen, do you consider yourself like an entertainer or like a creator who likes to make

stuff as opposed to somebody who's like, I like to do this to entertain people or do you just like to do this to put a thing out and then if people like it great. I think it has gone through waves, but at that time in high school, like I was doing the school plays and improv and all that. I was entertaining people. But did you do it to entertain people or did you do it because you were like, that felt cool and good to be this other person and then yeah, sure, go out and bow, but like, I don't need to bow at the end of the thing. this doesn't do anything for me. No.

I think for sure, in high school, I was doing it to entertain people, 100%. And so this was the large audience you had. I think it was just, and it wasn't me being funny. It was just like a very, like their family had flown in from places. Like it was just like people were there to see me be.

Yes. And I agree that it graduated from high school is a big deal, I guess. I mean, the whole time for high school, I was like, obviously I was going to graduate from high school. Like it was never in question.

People at my high school go absolutely apes shit. Yeah. Was it because a lot of kids wouldn't graduate or like... Basically. Yeah. Okay. Well, if that's the case. But also people are just proud and they're proud and loud.

Yeah, man. I get college, I would think it's more of a thing because you really, really had to work for it. I feel like my high school, if you weren't graduating, like you really fucked up somewhere along the way. I would say my experience was college was less so because it's kind of like, well, yeah, I went to college, I'm going to graduate. Yeah, I paid for it.

And I spoke at Wisconsin, and I had to be like, hey, I know like some of you guys don't give a fuck about this, but the person next to you might really care. So like, let's give a genuine applaud for everybody who gives a shit today. Because some of these kids are like, yeah, dude, I went to college. That's what you're supposed to do. You graduate and then you just go work in Chicago

or New York and you make money. this is just part of it. Other people are like, this is like a huge step for me and my family and all that kind of thing. It's a real mixed bag. But also, to me, college is a much larger deal. One, it costs a lot of money.

And the classes are harder. And you do have to really apply yourself. High school was such a fucking breeze. But the people in college are generally privileged people who've come from families that went to college, generally. Right. You know, that's all.

Yes. A lot of people don't go to college. Most of my family, most of my friends going back home, like high school is it. That's it. You're done with your education. You don't walk. You don't learn a fucking thing. You don't learn nothing.

Unless they listen to the pod. Then they're learning every week. Peter North Pole. So I don't know. I think that for a lot of people, that is their one moment of glory. I guess in, yes. I'm saying I understand four people. I have friends that you tell them to tell a story at a dinner table

when there's like eight people out to dinner and they get butterflies and are nervous and can't do it. But for someone who picked a career in an entertainment, who I knew you when you were literally you graduated two months before is when I met you for the first time. And I'm like, that kid to me didn't seem like the kid that would be nervous to walk on stage and take a... You've changed.

I think it's just because it was such a foreign environment. I'm like being acknowledged for education. It's like I'm not going up there. I didn't have like something funny I was going to do. I was just kind of even though I... Yeah, being sincere, the sincerity of it. That's what it is. The sincerity of like, oh, this is a real milestone in my real life.

Yeah, I don't, I still, to the, To this day, I don't love being sincere. I'm doing all this stuff for children's hospitals, right? So I'm now the ambassador for Children's Miracle. Oh, these kids are dying. Children's Miracle Network hospitals. And I am giving all these talks about my experience when I was hit by the cement truck and the trials and tribulations that I had to go through.

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Will you come speak at, like, where'd you go Clayton Valley? Mm-hmm. Will you go, will you speak in front of Clayton Valley's, like, drama class? Like, would that be a nightmare for you or something? You're just like, I don't want to tell these kids how to do it. I don't know, like, if my journey is the one or what. Here's the thing. I think like a theater class, a little drama. And be funny. Be funny. A drama class, yeah, I could do that all day. But if they were like, hey, come to like the auditorium and like speak in front of the whole school about like life after life after high school.

But then I would be like, what do you mean? We gave the commencement speech at Orange Coast Community College. Yeah, we did. We did. We literally did that. And DERS did that at Wisconsin. We've done. what you're currently saying you wouldn't do. I guess I kind of, I guess I was kind of blackout. This is interesting. Now, this is important. Yeah.

No, that was really, that was, that was fun. I'm proud that we, that I mustered up the courage to do that. And it was fun. And I think I did okay, but I, yeah. It was also nice. I think Ders, Durs has done very good because you've done it, what, twice now? I did Wisconsin. than I did my high school ETH.

Yeah, so you've done it twice, and I thought you did a great job. I think for Blake and myself, it was nice to have each other there. Like, I've done a ton of stand-up, but you're right, the sincerity of it, I'm not comfortable doing. Yeah, you don't have that shield.

And just to have you, so then we could kind of make fun of each other a little bit in certain moments, and undercut each other. I don't know what's weird. Blake's like, I don't remember making fun of you. Yeah, I was pretty sincere. But I think also you see me and you walk out to do the speech.

They're like, oh, this is going to be dumb and funny or whatever. Maybe when you see Anders come out, it's a little more mysterious. Do this again, please. He put his hands together. Intelligent. Maybe he's going to say something that might really resonate. No, I just told them not to do cocaine. Well, that's huge.

That's a good advice. That was sincere. I was like, don't do it. Just don't do it. Yeah. And if you already have, knock it off. Yeah, knock it off. Just chug energy drinks.

The joke was that I see some of you guys nodding that you already have parents. I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to the kids. So it was a don't do cocaine kids and also your parents have done cocaine. So it was kind of a fun little twist. Oh, but. Oh, your speech sounds cool. Fuck, I got to rewatch it.

I don't remember this cocaine runner. I was a little shocked. I was a little shocked. Because they read it and he was like the cocaine bit. And I was like, thank you. And the white rappers, we see. still got them. Who read it? The principal? The dean of students was like, we got all these white rappers, light them up. And I was like, I'm on it. I got to watch this speech. It's about cocaine and white

rappers. On you too somewhere. Yeah. That's fucking cool, dude. Dang, I feel like me and Adam's tradition, unlike any other. I think Adam and I, we covered kind of similar territory. White rappers and cocaine? Yeah, yeah. We wrapped and did cocaine on stage and you're like, this is cool, dude. And they're like, this checks out. This is the graduating class of 2018 or whatever. Go wave. Is it? Do they say go wave or something? I think it's like, I don't know. I don't know. I got to go back. Go pirates. Dude, all I remember about like the graduation for these kids was that, and I feel like I've covered this, but like when they were like, who had a 3.5 GPA? Almost everybody stood up. And then

they were like, who had a 4.0? More people stood up. And then when it was like, who had a 4.5? as many people has had a three five stood up. And I was just like, what the fuck is happening? I'm very curious if it's just like, because I've noticed like with, you know, L.A. school district, like, fucking school's hell of easy now. Go off track. Teachers do not give a fuck if you do your shit or not.

Well, it used to be our grading, I remember to get an A, it was 93% and over. That was an A. 93. Is that what you said? 93. 93% to 100. Now it's like 90 to 100.

So you have an extra 3% to fuck around. You're in there. I could use that. I could use another 4 inches. In all facets of life. You need another 4 inches. Yeah. And I do think they like have, not that I didn't have teachers be like, yo, during lunch, come to this study session so we can fucking help.

you but I think like that stuff's a whole other level now where it's like they'll they got you if you're slipping you can redo that assignment and turn it back in like they must yeah I'm tripping shit is hell like I'm like they're not even reading books anymore it's like I'm like what book are you reading it's like we're not yeah it's like what the fuck dude and who are you asking all these Shrecks I don't even think my eldest has written a book report yet really sixth grade, no book report. Really? Not one that's like three pages long or whatever.

I remember writing like long-ass book report, 10 pages, all this shit. They're not making kids do that anymore. Well, this is where it gets tricky because we're like, they're not learning. And then what parents are doing. And I know people from my high school that are fucking idiots. Just bona fide boneheads. like total morons. I'm not a smart person.

I'm not a smart person. I would not say I'm totally a dumb ass. You are so dumb. I was infinitely more intelligent than a lot of these people. Right. That's cool. They're homeschooling, their children now. You're a stupid dumb ass.

And they're online talking about how they're not learning anything in school. So I took the bull by the horn and we're teaching them at home the way they should be taught. And I'm like, no, don't. Oh, God. Let go of the bull.

A huge part of school is being around other kids. Like you're learning outside of the curriculum. Okay, and I will take it back. I know Nuechek is homeschooling his children. So this is not about him. They're fine. They're fine. No, and it also depends at what age you're homeschooling.

Like, at some point, you've got to let your kids get out into the world and be amongst other kids because they're going to teach you how to your peers will. All my friends were smarter than me. So they want to homeschool fine. But I know I should never homeschool. No, you should. And how do other people who have my intelligence level, how do they not know?

What is the, what is the like differentiator there where you're like, I'm going to do it? Well, I actually was just talking. Someone said something. It was when I was big slick, and I was drinking at the time, so I don't quite. remember who said it. Fucking thing sucks. But they were saying something about how smart you were.

Right. And I'm like, no, no, no. Yeah, that's what I'm trying to remember now. Maybe it's one of the impractical. They're talking about you. They're saying how you. How smart you. Anders was. You. Oh, they were asking about Anders. Yeah, they, I don't know. I was saying about how dumb the three of us are. They're like, well, honor seems pretty

smart. And I'm like, no, no, no. Wow. He's an idiot. They didn't come to my No, they did not. They were like, yeah. Again, again, Adam was drinking. Who the fuck was this? I think it was one of the impractical jokers. And they were like, he is so...

I don't know with those guys. Yeah. They're like, he's a really smart guy. I'm like, he is very dumb, but also very smart. But he has to learn you, talking about you, Anders. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You have to learn in the way that you learn. Absolutely.

Right. So if a teacher is trying to explain something, you can't get on their page. No. Right. They have to get on your page and teach the way that you will, which I'm sure was impossible as a teacher to try to teach you anything. Bless their heart. It's not exactly how you can learn it. Then you won't learn it that way.

That's true. But you are a very smart person, but. I'm like, what are they basing this off of? That's my favorite thing is that I'm like, they're like, smart guy. I don't I don't I don't know what I think you put on airs

I think you put on some airs I think it's the I think it's monsters of monarch you play like a scientist Cryptozoologists Yeah it has to be It has to be They must be hooked

Yeah that's what it does It has to be Which is weird checks out I feel like you I feel like you And I think I I said this to them

And I'm like It's the polos It's the fact When we were younger Yeah And we were wearing like t-shirts and jeans and look like some dumpy 20-year-olds, you were wearing like khakis and polos and look like you belong to a country club, which just makes you seem smarter, even though

obviously there's idiots who belong to country clubs. Right. Yes. I also think that the backdrop is always me and Adam. So you are being put in front of us and we are like a cool, like. That's right. That's right. We've covered this.

We lift you up, brother. I think it was Isaac, when Isaac first started representing us, and he'd be like, hey, like, I need you to get the guys. And I'm like, what? And he's like, well, you know, you're like the responsible one. I'm like, I don't know if you've met us. All together. And like, you understand the inner workings.

It's a miracle that anything gets done. Yeah. Like, we all have to be like, yes, Wednesday, for sure. Wednesday we're going to get together and it still might not even happen. Well, that's why Comedy Central was genius in giving us Kevinette and it was smart to have that

because imagine if we were just raising each other, we'd be a little Lord of the Flies, man. Great movie. I watched the show. Watch the new show. I didn't love it. Is it a show? Yeah, it's a show. Lord of the Flies. It's a few episodes. I think it's four or six episodes. Something like that.

I could see that being pretty cool. Apparently, he was the guy that did adolescence. What is his name? Please look that up. The actor who wrote and directed

adolescence that Netflix show that was very intense and very cool. Not that dark. This was his new project, right? I don't know. I just watched it

because I liked the OG Lord of the Flies movie. I used to watch that shit all the time. I don't remember that, actually. I only read the book. I don't recall the film. It was cool. I didn't.

Famously, I don't read. You didn't read Lord of the Flies? I mean, we had to, but I didn't. That book was good. Sure. Yeah, I know, but that book was actually kind of sick. I know. I just, it's too many words. Yeah, I think that's the difference between Durs and myself when it came to like schooling is I just did.

I think Ders is probably smarter than me. But in his specific way that he has to learn and do the things, but I would just do the things. They're like, hey, you've got to do this. homework. That's all school is. And then I was like, okay, and then I just did the homework, and then I was able to get good grades. And then you just kind of know

the stuff on the test because you did the homework. And you're like, school's easy. If you just do it, it's just annoying. You just have to turn in the work. You turn in the work. Do I tell you guys this? What's that? I think maybe I told you guys that I got a

neighbor who went to Harvard and he went to Stanford. She went to Harvard. He went to Stanford to bright people. And I was explaining how like, you know, I just had to remind my oldest kid. How we make money? Yeah, no. They're like, how we live on the same block? And how we make money? How we're neighbors? Yeah. But so like my oldest kid's very bright and he's fine. But also like can space out about stuff. He'll do like three assignments and be like, I forgot to turn him in. And I'm like, you've done them and you've done them well. Just stand that shit in, bro. turn them in.

The responsibility part is just doing that. And I was like, you know, I just had a little talk with him about how it's like, look, man, if you listen in class, then you can do the homework. And if you do the homework, that's probably going to be what's on the test, so you'll be able to do well on the test. Right. They're all connected. And they looked at me like I was insane.

And they were like, why did you even think you had to tell them that? And I go, well, when I was a kid, I didn't think about that. that. I just wouldn't listen in class. And then I'd get the homework and I'd be like, well, I don't know how to do that because I didn't listen. And then I'd get to the test and I'd go, this might as well be Japanese. I'm like, I don't even know like what these equations are. No, I hear that. I bet you were so difficult in.

Dude. I mean, I was difficult because I just had. I was mostly chill about it except for a couple teachers who were kind of annoying and wanted to help me. I was like, okay. You took a stance against him. You didn't get Fs though. Like failing high school is. is legit fucking hard.

I probably got four Fs in high school. You gotta try to fail that shit. That's like, they make it pretty hard. No, I just didn't do anything. And I was busy. I was swimming. I was busy. I was like, this is gonna be,

this is my thing. I got this. This is getting me into college. I'm a professional swimmer and I'm gonna be a millionaire. So I don't need to learn business. I don't need to learn math. You weren't getting in trouble at home?

Yeah, of course. What the fuck you're doing, bro? Why are you getting Fs? Yeah. That's unacceptable. Were your parents getting good grades? Sorry, were your brothers getting good grades? Yeah, my older brother was very smart.

My middle brother worked harder. It wasn't like as, I think, just like, didn't test as well, I think, right? But did all the work and had good grades. And then I was just like a lost cause. But like, yeah, my parents, I was grounded. My entire, like, senior year, I was just grounded. They were just trying to keep me off the streets. And grounded meant you had to stay in your room or what?

No, it just couldn't like go out on the weekends because they were like, you got to get above, you need all A's and Bs to be not grounded. And I was like, what are we even talking about? I guess I live here now. And this was before the internet, right? So like, what were you even doing? I was just watching movies. Writing movies or watching movies and being like, all right, well, here we go.

But no, dude, it was like, I would finally. get like a good report back from teachers that I could like show them and be like look I'm on the right track and they're like all right you can go out I'd be out till like three or four in the morning and they go oh my god you can't be out till four in the morning

and I'd be like well I haven't been out in six weeks I'm catching up so when you went out in high school four in the morning was it was it were you guys going to Chicago because Blake and I lived very similar I mean besides that I mean, we live very similar, like, suburban high school experiences. When I went to Clayton Valley, Concord, when I went to Concord for the first time,

and they, Blake kept telling me he lives in the Bay Area and Oakland, basically it's Oakland. And then I got there, and it was exactly like my hometown. Right. Yeah, it's a suburb. And I'm like, this is just a suburb. Yeah. I mean, there's a P.F. Chang's, there's a P.F. Chang's, there's a P.F. Chang's, there's a... Wait a minute. We don't have a P.F. Changs, bro.

Whatever. You know, fast food, like, just dumb fast food restaurants on every... Were you going to Chicago? Like, were you going out downtown Chicago? So, on the north side, you're kind of far from downtown, but you would go out in what's... Rogers Park is, like, the first neighborhood. And you would go to, like, the DePaul bars. which are like DePaul's like the Blue Damans. So you were going to bars in high school. So cool. Like later in high school.

By the time you got like a decent ID, right? And definitely in college before you were 21. I had a fake ID. It was like a dry, we lived in like a dry town. There was like one bar. Evanston famously is a dry town. No belt, dry town. Literally it is famously.

That's crazy. Yeah, I was not. I mean, even when I was like 20, two and three. And would go to a bar. They're like, bullshit. Take a fucking walk, child. And I'm like, I really am.

I really am. I'm 22 years old. By the way, not to like, this was not every weekend. This was like we would go sometimes, right? Yeah. Usually it was just like someone's house. Right.

We were drinking in like just driveways or garages. On a golf course, you know, we're like no one can hear you. like the public golf course it kind of wove through town. We drink in the park. Yeah.

We had a beach. You could just drink at the beach. It was a lot of drinking in, like out of the back of someone's trunk at Taco Bell. Yeah. Taco Bell parking lot is just a meat of. Taco Bell parking lot was a main hub of activity.

Clayton Valley Bowl. Dude, and now you drive past like a Taco Bell parking lot and it just looks like a business park. Go off. It just looks like a, business center. Like the Taco Bell, I'm like, they're on the Wi-Fi?

What are we saying? They're beautiful. It doesn't seem like a place teenagers are like, are going to like get their Baja blasts and their cinnamon twists. Oh, they're not out anymore. Nah, man. They don't, they're at home giving their dick suck by a fucking skunk robot. By robots.

Any takebacks, any apologies, any epic slams? I'd like to apologize to everybody. for taking that walk, the E.T. ride, very specific. But anybody who did go on the E.T. Right. Totally fine, Blake. You don't have to apologize for that? You don't have to apologize for that, buddy.

You're racist. It's fine. Yeah. It finally came out. It finally came out. You think aliens are less than human. Yep. No, man, E.T. Come on. You know. And now what, should E.T know perfect English?

Oh, fuck. But when I said earlier, when I said earlier, The people get their dick sucked by, this is what's happening. And he has that chain on his neck, and then you gave him. Be good. Okay. Yeah, what is that chain? Is that like a lady's necklace, or what is that?

I think I got this at, like, Clare's a long time ago. Is it the keys of an old typewriter? And that's who you took to prom? Claire? Yeah. Ballet! Wow, bro. Give it to him.

Yes, points. Be good. Dursing take back to Paul. Apic Slamson. Hey, let me just apologize to all those teachers who tried and failed. It's not you, it's me. But at the same time, I don't think you understood. I was going to be a pro-swinner.

Yeah. He didn't know. No boo now. Give me a break. Hey, shout out to the Evanston ETHS boys' track team, state champion, set some records. Oh, wow. Shout out. Track stars, track stars.

Hey, this is for them. Yes, points. Points to them. The track team. These kids are fast, brother. By everything that I said this pod. Okay, cool. And I apologize for maybe going in a little too hard on Blake, but...

Yeah. Thanks. But this is what we have to do. We got to push. Apologies with the big butt set there. We got to push the envelope, you know? If he says there's a bunch of Shrex, I want to know how many. Hey, and by the way, should we hit up the Palladium,

Shrek style? Should we go to it, the Shrek rave? Live from the Shrek rave? I'm not interested, but... Yeah, maybe not. But... I kind of doubt it. I think you'll be into this.

I can't remember what date it is, but maybe Todd can pull it up. It's in a while. Weird Al. Weird Al is playing, I think, Honda Center. Okay. Oh, come on down. I've seen Weird Al like three times. It's always a great show.

The Honda Center is... That's some people. That's wild. Oh, yeah. And my kids are fully into Weird Al right now. They're on a fucking run. Hey, come on down. You guys could stay at the crib.

Come on down. Let's make a whole weekend of it. Let's do this. Let's do it. Weird Al is the best gateway into music. It's like, I just love Weird Al. He does so. Dude, that's where Let's Get Weird got started. Exactly.

We started chanting, Let's Get Weird at a Weird Al concert at the Orange County Fair. Yes, the poodle hat tour. And we got the whole crowd to chant, let's get weird. And then a few years later, when we sold the show, we brought that. into the writer's room and away we go. Dude, he's been doing this for fucking almost 40 years.

Yeah, he's the best. And he's selling out, I assume he'll sell out Honda Center. That's the first, another level. Who else is doing this? I mean, probably like Billy Elish. Yeah, like a ton of pop stars and rocks. Billy Elish has been doing it for 10 years.

Oh, okay, yeah. You guys are under, you guys are unreal. What are you doing right now? 40 years later. You're saying people who are still, I mean, there's a lot of rock stars that are selling out. You two. Green Day. You guys are naming the 0.1%.

Yes, I understand what you're trying to say. Green Day and are the Rolling Stones and Beatles of our era. You're right. You're right. Weird Al. It's crazy that Weird Al is doing it. He's a parody artist. He's a parody artist. It's crazy.

It's nuts. It's fucking awesome. It's wild. And there's a reason because he's great. And he's dialed in. and he genuinely is a great guy. You know, weirdly, it's him and Rick Flair that send me gifts and notes and cards for my birthday every year. Really?

Those two guys. Yeah, I think I've told you guys this before. We've got to get them together. It's very strange, but I'll get like a personalized video from Weird Al. Wow. Just sending it to me, like texting it to me because I have his number. Yeah. And I have a number.

I know him. It's not like a cameo. And Rick Flair will like send me like, he sent me shoes one year. Rick Flair's shoes. Wow. He's sick. Yeah. I don't understand it. I'm like this is a cool. That's a huge flex. This is the coolest one to punch of my childhood.

But, um, that's really shit. Yeah. Well, shout out to Weird out. No flowers. That's another episode of. Shout out. Not flowers. No flowers.

Not doing flowers. This is a shout out. Weird Al. He's the best. A truly, a genuinely great, great dude. Points. We're giving points. Tons of points.

Throw him some point. Hell yeah. The food owl? The food album. That was my first Weird Al album. No, I thought I said the food owl. And I was like, yeah, weird owl, the food owl. I don't know what we're on.

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