This Is Important - Ep 92: Air Conditioning Can’t Save You From This ROASTING

Episode Date: July 5, 2022

Today, this is what's important: Great advertisements, tech issues, mispronouncing words, intimacy coordinators, air conditioning, Fresh & Easy, pizza, inflation, going viral, fitness, the rat king, bowl cuts, banned styles at school, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on iHeart. I'm going to explore the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling unusual questions like, can we create new senses for humans? So join me weekly to uncover how your brain steers your behavior, your perception, and your reality. Listen to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Last season, millions tuned into the Betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception. I'm Andrea Gunning, and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal. Ashley Lytton was helping her husband set up a business Venmo account when she discovered

a terrible secret. I saw it in a folder, and I opened it. What the hell did I just see? Listen to season two of Betrayal on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Between April 1971 and September 1972, six young black girls were snatched off the streets in Washington, D.C. This child was laying on the side of the road. The person said, I murdered your daughter. The killer believed that he may have been seen. I will admit the others when you catch me if you can. Signed Freeway Phantom. Listen to Freeway Phantom 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's the most important bottom line critical thing happening on this planet. Today on This Is Important? I don't know how to tell you this, but no one wants to look at your dick. That was more like a butt cut, not like the bowl. We could rub our heads together for eons and never get connected. We're going to talk about Jizz any minute now. Buckle up. Holy hell. Oh my god. Back for more. I'm being an owl. I hear that, Kyle. Hey Blake, hit me with it. Well, I don't have that, but I have that.

Oh, I thought you wanted the actual guitar like the but we could do this. That's kind of weird. That's a very good mash. I like that. Sweet little mash up. The sports center one's pretty bad. Is there a cleaner? Maybe we can get a cleaner MP3 of that. Yeah, dude. I look. Yeah, this one's kind of like. Hit it again. I feel like that's the 2000. It's artifact-y. Yeah, there's a lot of extra. Is that like the Fall Out Boy cover of it? What's going on? A little distortion on it? No, I think that was in early 2000s when Fall Out Boy was raining the airwaves and they sort of ripped a page from Pete Wentz's playbook. Juiced it up.

How cool is it that somebody figured out sports center? The SC is in the middle that connects them to? What a light bulb moment. Must have been a good day at the office. That took a while too. I knew that. It's just such a part of my life. Right. That's a real rebrand. I like to look for those things like the, go ahead, Kyle, let's say it together, the arrow in the FedEx. Sprint, pin drop. Sprint, pin drop. No, you said spin. You said spin. No, I'm the one who fucks up words, okay? You said spin. I think I know what you're talking about, Derz, where there is like an arrow like hidden between like the X and the F or something. That isn't FedEx.

Yeah, it's like you're moving. I honestly don't know the pin in sprint though. No, I was just thinking about great moments in, in advertising history and I always think about I'm sorry. I'm not recording. I'm not currently recording. So you were doing something completely different than what like we were doing? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You just wanted to know how cool. What else is new? Hey, dude, I love the Keembler elves or we just saying stuff like that. I have to let you guys know I'm having tech issues right now. So I'm just kind of trying to walk down the path with you. Give me a hell yeah. Oh, shit.

Our tech boys having tech issues this year. Yeah, that's not good. I don't know why you always call me the tech boy. I'm not the tech boy. Sorry, tech man. No, no. Sorry, tech man. Thank you. Thank you. In our early sketch days when you weren't around, Adam would just be like, tech boy will handle that. Yeah. I don't know if you knew that. Well, you were a boy back then. You glossed them into a big, beautiful man. That's a huge thing. I don't believe that. Where's tech boy? Where the fuck is tech boy?

So I don't destroy another printer. All right. Well, hopefully my audio stream changes now. Okay. Okay, great. So that's okay. So my audio stream is coming in clear right now. What happened? Do you just stopped recording? What happened? What happened? We were on a roll. I'm so sorry to put the stutter on it. It's just called me out. I thought we'd just roll past this print pin drop, but we didn't.

I thought we could just roll right past that. Just trying to stay alive. That's the thing about us is we can't roll past anything. Nothing can be rolled past. That's something about our friendship is absolutely nothing can roll past. You can't just someone fucks up and you just sort of, we all acknowledge it, but we just kind of move on quickly. No. No, no. Everybody stop. What the fuck did you just try and say? Yeah. What did you just mess up? Usually, hey, usually it's me. So I was very excited when I heard you say something.

You said Smith. I said, Spint print drop. Yeah, like I'm like a fucking idiot. Yeah, exactly. More on duty, misspoke. What an idiot. I'm more intelligent. I'm more intelligent than you. You would suck. It's a huge like sign of immaturity, right? It's like when a kid watches an adult like fall, they're like, wait, what?

And they have to laugh. We see each other fuck up and we're like, you're stupid. Exactly. Well, it's a, yeah, but, but, but that, I don't like that explanation. Okay. Yeah. Because when people, you're wrong, you dumb bitch. Are you listening? Because watching people fall even, even when you're nine years old, you see somebody topple. And as long as they're like not, if blood isn't coming out of their ears, you're like,

that's hilarious. No matter what. Okay. Fair enough. But I guess what I'm saying is when like a kid sees a grown up flub a word, it's, it's, it's very hilarious to them. Whereas like, if you're having a conversation with two adults and one flubs a word, the other person's usually mature enough to go, all right, they just. I don't know. Yeah. No, I know.

I'm not actually huge business meetings where they completely derail what's going on. I hope the CEO of like Merrill Lynch is like, what the fuck did you just say? Okay. When Netflix is in the tank, we got to get the market on. I mean, market. Did you just say, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Market on. Yo, I'd like to get to, I'd like to get to downloads, but.

Yeah. I hope this guy isn't the CEO. He's, he's lower down the totem pole. And he's like, Hey, shut up real quick. What did you just say? Shut the fuck up. What did you just say? Market. What did Ted just say?

I said, Mark click. Mark click? We need more clicks. And I said, market. But then the CEO loves it so damn much that he's like, Hey, and now you're, you were giving you a pay bump and a comfy dump. Right. Hey, this is the show.

Okay. This is the show. Meanwhile, Hulu, Hulu's having no. Hulu, Hulu, Hulu. Shut the fuck up. Hey, shut up. What did you just say? Meanwhile, what did you just say?

Hulu's having no fun. Hulu, I do find myself making that choice to not correct those things now. In certain situations. In like professional situations. Oh, yeah. Yeah. To just let that go. It's very hard to just let that go.

I'd love to see your face. When you see it happen, you just go, you're like, yeah, yeah. Dude, I, because you do look around to see if anybody else felt it. Are we going to acknowledge this? Yeah, I got it. Okay, cool. I know. Yeah.

No, no, we should. We should definitely meet there at 5.30. Oh, yeah. You want a mite there? Yeah. So, man. I like, well, that's what's the blessing and curse of working with some of your very best friends is you do call each other out and, you know, it is a professional work setting

on the set of workaholics or game over man. But yeah, we're still going to call each other out. Yes, yes. That shit's important. Same cadence as send in. Yeah, accountability. Whether we go, hey, man, you know, you just misspoke. Hey.

You fucking idiot. Dude, hey, I understand what you were trying to say, but you didn't say that. Yeah. You said a word that doesn't exist and. And even though I know that you know that already and are feeling embarrassed, I'm going to capitalize on this and I'm going to hit you in your most. Hold the roll. Hold the roll.

Hold the roll. Hold the roll. Hold the roll quick. Actually, you know what? Roll cameras. Yeah. Roll cameras. Let's go to video village and re-watch that take.

And re-watch it. Playback. Hey, let's call in the transpo captain and all the PAs. Just get everybody in here. And I know you think this is inconsequential, but it's not. It matters. Okay. So I want you to look at every.

I want a public apology in front of everybody. Do you remember we just had an intimacy coordinator on the righteous gemstones? Oh, yeah. They're the best. And she was actually really cool. Gator done. But yeah, there you go. Do we have a intimacy coordinator?

I have a hard time seeing no word. And I think you'll notice that. Intimacy coordinator on Game Over Man? Or was that before you had to have one? Because that was before. Yeah, that was before. People that don't know on a production now you have to have, if there's any kind of like kissing or sexual thing that's happening,

they have to have an intimacy coordinator who's there to just make sure everything's cool and everyone's comfortable with the situation. Yeah, it's all above board. Nobody's being convinced to do anything that they don't want to do. Want to do. And hilarious that we didn't have one when my dick and butthole were out for like eight hours that day. I mean, I tried. I tried to coordinate some intimacy.

Loose butthole. Didn't happen. Durs kept checking in. Anders kept checking in with me. Yeah. You good? I just saw your butthole, but are you okay? The coordination on that was just me and you, right, Adam?

Isn't that right? Like it was just me and you right before we started shooting. They say, are you going to do this? Because I got a prosthetic dick for you. Yeah. If you want to do it. That was right. And you were like that.

I was the intimacy coordinator. Yes, you were. You were. Waiting till we were alone in a room. Yeah. I said, you're cool. You say, Kyle, I've made peace with showing the world my dick. Dude.

I'm ready. You tried to do a camera test though, Kyle, many times. Yeah. He kept saying, hey, come to my trailer. I want to do a quick. He kept saying I have to grab focus. You might have a grab focus really quick. Todd, we got a grab focus.

We got a focus. I love it. Oh, you really grabbed a hold of the focus there, didn't you? You know what though, Adam? This is another interesting part about it. The A side of this kind of thing is that the actor's comfortable, but the B side that I know I kind of forgot about back when I did top five and was as butt ass naked.

And you probably didn't think about was that at first, like the costume person's like, hey, let me I have your robe. And you're eventually you just go, I'm good. Like it's hot. I don't want to put it on. And you forget that like other people. It's not even for you. It's for other people.

Yes. Thanks. Yeah. I don't know how to tell you this, but no one wants to look at your dick. Exactly. I feel like if you do those type of scenes, because I've done a few of them as well, Hollywood wants it.

I want to do. Yeah. Hollywood wants to see my asshole and dick as much as possible. Take it enough. There's a market for it. You want to do it at the end of a production when you're super comfortable with everyone. Everyone knows you.

They know that you're not a creep or they're not a creep. You kind of everyone knows each other. I feel like on Game Over, man, we did it like two weeks in. So like we kind of knew each other. Right. So it can be an icebreaker. Yeah, it was supposed to be a close set because we didn't have an intimacy coordinator or anybody

really like saying, or even an actor who said, I need a close set. Right. It fell to the wayside real quick. Oh, no, dude, I was all for it. I like that the camera guys were like getting ideas for like cool shots like from seeing my dick. They're like, actually, you know what?

We could. I pitched one to Kyle and we used it. Oh, yeah. What was that? Which one? It was like at the very end of the entire scene where he like storms off. I was like, let's just go low and have him.

Oh, yeah, where the dick came. We went back for that. We went back for that shot. He came straight at the camera and we couldn't wrap focus. We had seen it a lot. We had seen it a lot. It was bouncing around all over the place. It was inside of focus.

We couldn't get it. It was kind of like we'd seen it a bunch and the scene had played out and you kind of as a viewer, like you forget about it. You accept that it's in the scene. And then I was like, I think we need to button it with like a, no, it's still there. Yeah.

It's still out. It was basically, my dick was like the jaws of the scene. Like, you know, you know that the shark's out there. Oh yeah, because we were actually like shooting it to maybe not show it, but I was so interested. I was actually going to do all that in post, like just push in a little bit. Yeah.

I just framed it at the bottom and then that was right. Like at the end, if we did show it, we needed that button, that visual button. You wanted to do like the D'Angelo music video version where it's just like, it's right there. But we all know that that's not how that movie turned out. There was nothing D'Angelo about that movie. Nothing left to the imagination.

No, that movie was put front and center. That shot defines that movie. Here's the floppy flop coming right at you. The big flop. Yeah. So how many like cinematography awards did they win for that film? Well, they didn't get focused. They couldn't grab focus.

Yeah, that's tough. Just couldn't wrangle. So that scene that was nominated for the cinematography. Cinematography. Yeah, the cinematography. Cinnamon toast crunchography. Wait, what the fuck did you just say? Wait, what did you just say?

Oh, somebody's got a sweet tooth. Dude, I thought you were a DGA, bro. Hey, ride them, Blake. Ride them. We're back. Let me have it. Let me have it. Run.

It is so hot in this fucking room. Dude, it's hot everywhere. The world is melting. Yo, God, it's so fucking hot here. It's really bad. It's really bad, man. It's really bad, man. I'm renting this house, you know,

and I can't figure out how to... The goddamn... I wish my tech boy was here because I can't... What up? The AC is set at 85 degrees. And I keep... That's hot. That's hot.

I know, dude. So I keep putting it down to like 72. And then it'll start to go there. And then it'll just start to go back up to 85 again. Is this a smart thermostat? What is it? A honey old Honeywell? No, it's a dumbass thermostat.

This thermostat is stupid as shit. I'm a dumbass. Okay. Because sometimes when you're in somebody else's house, like an Airbnb or a rental, whatever, they've already programmed it to be as like, quote, efficient as possible, meaning they don't want to pay for it.

Well, they make me pay for it. I have to pay for everything. That's the rub here, is I'm paying for it anyways. So... And there's the rub. You're paying for cable. You're paying... Dude, oh, I'm paying for it all, baby.

I don't know how I got this sweet deal. It's like, that's weird. They're getting a ton of magazine subscriptions. What the fuck is happening? Adam, you probably have to hit the button that says P-R-O-G. Tech boy. There we go. That's my tech boy.

Dig into the program. Dig into what it's set on. It'll probably give you M-T-Dub-T-H-Friday-S-S. You know what I mean? And then you go through and you probably hit the A-M and the P-M. It's got a couple different times and it'll kick that off.

And you have to choose which times you want that to be. Samsonite. Lower, baby. You know? Oh, I just came, dude. My tech boy's back, baby. Here's what I love. Kyle definitely gave you...

He gave you the answer. You don't... You didn't listen to it. You're not going to use it. No. Well, there's no program button on that device. There's a... Bullshit.

Bullshit. He immediately tuned you out. Dude, it's like... Talk, talk, talk. Dude, sorry. He turns me on and he hits the tech boy. Just like... Sorry, guys.

I just want you to know me and your mother are getting a divorce. Adam, this is serious. Adam, I need you to listen. Daddy. So, Adam, the cancer's back. That shit's important. Boom. Oh, man.

There was an earthquake. Everyone in California died except for us. Your mother's dead. No, there's police. Oh, my God. I appreciate Kyle. I hurt you. Yeah, yeah.

No, I know what you did. I did too. And how you did it? Hold down the program. There should be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Adjust it accordingly. It's like when a... It's like when an old person gives you the address to go somewhere

and then they start talking about how to get there. And you're like, I'm just going to type it in my phone. But you're like... You're like, okay, left there? Yeah. Oh, that's a shell station. Uh-huh. Okay, right on.

Yeah. Pass the denny. Hey, sorry, old man. You're obsolete. Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on iHeart. I'm a neuroscientist and an author at Stanford University. And I've spent my career exploring the three-pound universe in our heads.

On my new podcast, I'm going to explore the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling unusual questions so we can better understand our lives and our realities. Like, does time really run in slow motion when you're in a car accident? Or can we create new senses for humans? Or what does dreaming have to do with the rotation of the planet? So join me weekly to uncover how your brain steers your behavior, your perception, and your reality.

Listen to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Last season, millions tuned into the Betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception. I'm Andrea Gunning, and now we're sharing an all-new story of Betrayal. Ashley Lytton was helping her husband set up a business Venmo account when she discovered a terrible secret. I scrolled down, and that's when I saw a hidden folder, and I opened it.

What the hell did I just see? I was scared that he was coming home. What Ashley discovered that day was a secret so dark she feared for her life. She was like, oh my god, I gotta get out of the house. He's gonna find out that I've seen this, he's gonna come kill me. Listen to Season 2 of Betrayal on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Between April 1971 and September 1972, six young black girls were snatched off the streets in Washington, D.C. It took four murders before the police finally realized that one person was responsible. I will admit the others when you catch me if you can. Signed freeway fan. This child was laying on the side of the road. It appeared that she was probably either dragged out of the car or thrown out of the car.

The person said, I murdered your daughter. The killer believed that he may have been seen by the mother. That guy is, he's out of sync with even the worst people. I thought that they would catch him. I thought it was just a matter of time. Is it possible that the killer is still alive? Listen to Freeway Phantom on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Yeah, my shit is fucked up and it's really hot here as well. It's just the whole planet is 130 degrees right now. Dude, it's hot. It's so hot. It's so hot right now in my house. It's like, I'm sweating. I feel like I'm in a sauna. And so what's your AC deal? I don't have it up here. I don't have it. I mean, like a loft. Wait, what?

Yeah, I don't have AC in my office. Kyle, just get that shit. I got it the other day in my garage for no reason. Well, I mean, I just, I just haven't had, I just have. I have a thing. It's just not doing the trick. I like my webs, chilly. A fan? And you call it a thing?

Is that an air conditioning unit? Or is that a fan? Is it? You see it right there? You see it right there? Right there. AC. It's like a, in the wall, AC thing, but I don't. Okay. It's one of those long doggies.

Oh, okay. Yeah. I'm not sure. It might be a, it might be a heat only though. That might be the problem. Oh, it might be heat only. So not AC at all then. I turned it down really low. It's not doing anything. That's a heater.

Yeah. I think it is. Okay. Okay. Well, then yeah, that won't. You're right. That won't cool you down. Not even, not even a little bit. I know. And I'm hot. I'm saying I'm hot. Yeah. Blake.

Feverish. So how, what's the temperature in your home? I try to keep it at 69, but I'm 69. No points. So you finally succumbed to the fact that you have enough money to run air conditioning. Well, here's the deal. Here's the deal.

I don't think my AC unit is really working. I might have to get it replaced or something. Okay. We're getting to the bottom of it. This is good. This is home time. Here's the deal. If you're joining us now. We moved off luggage dock and we're docking home talk. I think just do the fact that I don't run it enough.

It kind of like, you know, broke it in that way. That's not how it works. Go ahead. You mean it broke it in or it broke it? Yeah. Like, you know, what did you mean right there? What the fuck did you mean right? Well, no, I think that is the kind of thing.

It's like, when you leave an old classic car for too long, they're meant to be driven. You got to drive the goddamn thing. Exactly. But he said broke it in. And AC units are exactly like a classic Camaro, baby. Yeah. But he said, but hold on.

What did I say? But what did I say? Shut the fuck up. He said broke it in. He said, I think not. Oh, shut the fuck up. What did you say? What did you say?

Oh, my God. If we could check the tapes, I guess Kyle really got me on something. What did I say? How do you look in the mirror? I'm a loser. He said, I guess not running it. I guess not running it broke it in.

Amazing. Which means it's running perfectly. Oh, my God. That is not what I meant. Dude, what an episode. And that is not what I meant. I'm glad you called him on that, dude. You're fucking done on this podcast.

Dude, I had to. I had to call him. Blake, I know it's getting hot over there now. Great, great. Goodbye. Idiot. Goodbye. Hey, you're slipping on the board, dude.

I shouldn't be doing all the board noises for you. You're a stupid dumbass. I'm a dumbass. You're an idiot. Hey, Blake, if you're getting hot, I know Kyle just put you on ice, so you better be pulling off now. I'm sweating now.

Hot ice. See, because back in the day, I would beg Kyle and Blake and Kyle's brother, Adam, and his ex-wife, Haley, I would ask them all the time to turn the AC even on. And we lived in the deep valley. There was one point that we broke a record. It was 118 degrees one day.

And we didn't turn the AC on as a challenge. And I was going, please, let's just turn it on. But we all had to agree because we were all painful. It was Earth Day. Dude, it was hashtag, don't turn your AC on challenge, dude. Yeah, pre-hashtags. It was the MySpace days of, I guess those were Facebook days. I wonder, yeah, we all had to agree on it

because it cost dough, dude. We didn't have the dough. It sucked. And I was the only one to go, I'm willing to sacrifice the extra $30 a month or whatever it would be for to be comfortable inside of my own home. Central air. Hot, hot, hot, hot.

Central air. Yeah, nice. Yeah, I can't remember if there was two. There wasn't two, right? There was one. It was just one unit. I think it was one. But which is crazy for that big of a house.

But we had a pool. That's what the pool is for. That's what it was. It was getting a pool. It was go if you're hot, get in the pool. Save money, get in the pool. If you have some money, go to Fresh and Easy and get yourself chicken dinner.

Take a look at the grocery store, bro. If you got money, go get chicken dinner for the house. Yeah, hey, hey, you got money? You got $6 in your pocket? Go copper rotisserie chicken for the house. Go get chicken for the house. What are you doing with money? Don't hold onto that money.

I would love to give flowers to Fresh and Easy, but no one knows what the fuck it is. Yeah, was Fresh and Easy California only? I don't know if it exists. I think it was British. I think it was a European grocery's mate came over here. Cheerio. They don't sell cheerio.

Very shaggy, darling. Everything was overwrapped, like an individualized. So it seemed like cool and clean, but it was so wasteful. Oh yeah, dude, so much plastic. Yes. Oh yeah. And remember, they would sell a grill pack. I think it was like $10.

And you got quite a few items, but I recall getting major. Every time I barbecued that pack. This dude teased himself up with the fucking hits. Some major. The burritos were cracking though, remember? They were $2.99 or $2.50. Oh, the burritos were off the fucking charts. Yeah, dude, the burritos.

Like, our neighborhood was being gentrified. And it was like, it put this nice Fresh and Easy. And hilarious that I don't think it worked. I think that Fresh and Easy kind of came and went and. Well, they didn't have cashiers, remember? It was like an experiment into self-checkout. Yeah, which is everywhere now. And you packed your own bags, right?

You did everything yourself, very easy to steal. But that's why they don't exist. Diarrhea. That's why they probably went on. Probably people were chilling. We're still in some hope. Oh, yeah, because like. Where do they have it?

They were still in what? They're underwearing. What are you talking about? You got me, you fucking idiots. Damn, man, what goes around comes around. Extra grill pack. You idiots. It's a real firing squad today, man.

Watch yourself, dude. It's hot. It's hot today. Kyler, are you saying that actually no one worked there except for a guard at the door? I can't. I'm fairly positive there was like three employees. Yeah, there's just a few people kind of wandering around

asking if you needed help or whatever. And they were stoned. Because I remember we went like day one. Like there was like fucking a bow on the front door. And people were so ready to help. And like the first couple days were like, oh, this is the nicest grocery store we've ever been in. Oh my god.

And we can walk there. We were like so pumped on the whole thing. We're like, oh my god. And then like three months later is a fucking piece of shit. It was like it had like maybe a six months run. It lasted more than that, dude. I remember it. Yes, that was an exaggeration.

But it went down the hill quickly. It's always like that when like a new spot pops up in your neighborhood. No matter what, you're like, you sell it to yourself so hard. Like, oh my god, this place is the fucking best, dude. And you're just kind of lying to yourself at some point. But they know, but they did. There's reminded me of the burritos. Like you're talking about the grill packs

and I'm thinking about the burritos now. Oh, you reminded me of the burritos. And they were so good. Just with the grill packs. This whole run started after I go. I would love to give my flowers to press and easy, but nobody will know what we're talking about. Sorry, everybody.

It's a grocery store. You did. Grocery talk with the boys on. This is important. There were three locations in the Southern California area. And if you weren't there, you missed that arrow. Let's talk about a local bar that nobody knows. Oh, boy.

Dude, you guys. I poppy K Rico, man. Shout out. I poppy K Rico and Van Isen. Yeah, we'll go there. Go out there for sure. Get Dr. Hoggly Woggly's, man. Pull up.

That's got to be global. No, I will. Where the fuck was that? I don't even remember. Dr. Hoggly. That was near the office, right? Yes. It was the barbecue joint in Van Isen near our office.

Here's something. Poppy K Rico was better. If he. Absolutely. Poppy K Rico had the Cubanos. Correct. Allegedly. Yeah.

Yeah. So moving to LA, you discover this pizza chain called Shakies. It's not in the Midwest as far as I know. But it's just like. It's like it's sort of trying to hang on to the old like pizza huts. Pizzerian-ness. Yes. Yeah, like come here.

Pizzeria. Where there's like a food bar and like booths and checkered tablecloths. Sit down. Have a pitcher of root beer. Right. Then in 2009 or 2010, I go to Tokyo and I'm just walking around Tokyo and I'm like, wow, look at this. We got to go to a fucking cool restaurant that we could never go to.

And I turn the corner near like the what is it like Harajuku, like shopping district. And there's a Shakies. Sounds real. Right there. And I'm like, wait a minute. What the fuck is this? Yeah. Why?

Wow. That's cool. It's not even the best representation of our pizza. Global. But global. Well, I mean, we can get into representation and talk about how Boston Pizza is the biggest pizza chain in Canada. Oh, yes, dude.

Remember that? We will cover this. Have we covered this? Wait, what is this now? Sorry. No, I would just say I'm visiting Canada. What's going on up there? Okay.

Well, when we were cruising around Vancouver, the most popular pizza chain is Boston Pizza. Right. Oh. Like it's like their sports bar pizza joint. And we were always like, what? Boston Pizza. What the fuck? Right.

Boston. Right. And that's important. And not great. Not great. Big beers. Yeah, it's also, I do remember that. And we were like, well, Boston's not even known for their pizza.

It'd be different if like New York is known for their pizza. Well, that's what I was going to. There is not a Boston, obviously. You know who has the best pizza? No, who, Blake? Tell us. Low key motherfucking Detroit, baby. Detroit has the best pizza pizza.

Well, it's a certain style of pizza. What is it? It's just like it's square cuts. Yeah, but it's a super buttery and the crust is ready. Yeah, it's great. Yeah, it's really delicious. But I also found out, you know, who else has a style of pizza? I didn't even know.

Freakin Albuquerque pizza. It's cutting circles within the circles. St. Louis, baby. St. Louis has a style. St. Louis has like a really thin like cracker crust style. Oh, really? And I love that shit. Yeah, I like thin crust.

I'm a big thin crust guy. I mean, I know people shit on Domino's, but Domino's fucking rocks. Let's get back into it. Yeah, the pizza talk. We're doing pizza talk again. That's all right. Hey, man, why the hell not, man?

Pizza, pizza, pizza. Hey, dude, pizza, pizza. Pizza, pizza, pizza. Ebs and flows, baby. It's two conversations. It's one is value. We're going to talk about jizz any minute now. We'll get back to it.

There we are. One is value. What's the most valuable pizza? Oh, we're getting back into the idiot. Oh, MVP. You want to rank MVP? Well, there's that. And then there's the best.

There's the best where it's like money is no object. I don't know if money's ever been a true object with pizza. Pizza. Oh, we're talking money is no object. Then I got to go, Papa John. Go with little Caesar. Pizza, pizza. Well, most valuable pizza is absolutely Costco.

Absolutely Costco. Costco's up there. Yeah, I'm back in that. Whole Foods isn't bad either. And it's a great deal. Their pizza is a sleeper. The walk up by a slice. Walk up by a slice.

Or you can order a whole zah, man. And it is affordable and delicious. It might be the most affordable thing in Whole Foods. My God. Oh, hold on. Maybe it's not paycheck. Which I'd love to pivot to inflation talk. Oh, and before we get into it, will you explain inflation?

Yeah, yeah. Me? Just for me. For me. And I'm not talking birthday balloons, you clown. And just for the three of us, could you really kind of just hammer down what exactly inflation is? Yeah, just set the table for the conversation.

I'm confused. Yeah. It really helps us out at Blake. Clear it up for me. Just to explain the details. Inflation, I feel like, is an economic response. It's when prices of, you know, of goods. He's actually going to do it.

And we're not going to listen. Oh, I'm listening. I'm confused. They begin to rise. Yeah. Response to what? It could be a number of things. Like, give me two things that could be that.

I mean, like, I feel like some of the inflation that we're feeling now is due to maybe conflict in other parts of the country. Or just. Which causes what? Inflation. Through the inflation question mark right there. Inflation.

Inflation? Right? I think when you say the word in the meeting of the word. I'm a dumbass. Yeah. Frog means frog, man. I like to think that if this was the president giving a speech and then one of his cabinet members

is off the side going, ah. Keeps him on their toes. If you could even make it onto the goddamn stage, Jesus Christ, you can't ride a bicycle. Oh, yeah. This is the state of the union. That's the thing people are doing a lot, not like college kids are doing that.

To their parents at Christmas dinner, their dad will be saying something, and the daughter will just go, oh, dude. They're very funny videos. And I'm proud of this new generation. Thank you for keeping this alive. Wait, I saw this. And now I just love the bower head and frayer.

Yeah. Dear Lord, thank you for this meal. It's so good having Chelsea back in the house. Oh, dad. It's been so long since we've had all of us together, especially after my father passed away, just having the children at the tape. At the tape was just really, it's really nice for me.

I like that this dad is just powering through, I think. Right there, right there, right there, right there, right there, right there, right there. This guy is great. I'm about to buzz. Sweetheart, sweetheart, close your eyes, bow your head. Oh, I want their butt fucking me. Oh, no, I'm starting to like it.

Oh, I'm starting to like this butt fucking thing. I'm loving this butt fucking. Oh, God, dad, keep going. Okay, now it got weird. You go in your room. Now it got weird. I hope you go viral, go to your room. That's, by the way, that's gotta be a whole thing.

Like if you have a kid who does something stupid, but then it goes wildly viral, and all of a sudden they're sending fucking liquid IV to your house? Yeah, you're like, you go to your room. What do you do? Go to your room and tell your viral. The dad becomes an influencer.

The dad is suddenly like really famous. He goes out, he's getting free shit all the time. He's getting free trips to Vegas. Yeah. For sure he's going to Dubai. After letting them sit in their room and think about it for an hour, then it's the little sweetheart.

Can I see the video? Did we go viral? Go to your room and edit that together. I'll be up in 20 minutes. Did we go viral? I'm going to figure out how to log on to TikTok and check this shit out. Right.

Kids are like acting a fool. Parents are wiling out, but they roll on it. And they're like, look, I know I yelled at you. I called you lazy and entitled. Did we go viral? Did we go viral? Was it funny when I slipped on the... Seemed like that would have been funny.

The dish rag in the kitchen. It was funny when you wet down the stairs during the winter. And I was walking out with trash. Hilarious. Look, I shattered a disc in my spine, dude. We go viral. Yeah. I no longer can sit upright.

But honey, did we go viral? Nicky grandma! That is it. Sweetie, can I come in? No. Sweetie, did we go viral? I'm not telling you. I'm not going to tell you.

What? Why don't you log on to your Finstown and find out yourself? I changed the password, dad. I can't figure it out. My tech boy's not here. Yeah, I don't have my tech boy. How many callbacks? Hey, hey, hey now.

Hey. Nicky grandma! All right. What happened? All right. TikTok dad. Go to your room. Come out when you're viral.

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How's your physical activity coming? My physical activity is... Oh, no. Good. Are we still pickleballing, which I know takes other people? Kyle, when you're not on calls and stuff, that's what we talk about for the first five, 10 minutes before you get there.

Or if you have to miss one, that's what we talk about is Kyle's physical activity. What do you guys think Tech Boy is doing? I Want to bring up tech boys physical activity. How do you think he's doing? Let's check it. I'm doing all right Did we go viral? Can you guys hear that? Let me turn which others are my physical activity is fine It's not it's it's all good. You know, I mean your boobs are huge I think what's happening is I'm I haven't been on the pickleball court for a while and I was running

But now my joints are really starting to hurt. I'm not gonna lie. You were running. Yeah, I was doing how much did you how? You got to ease into Physical activities at our age at our right. I know I know I hit it hard. What I'm doing is I'm a is Durs hit it on the head last time Yeah, Durs hit it. He said you got to do push-ups. You got to do the isometrics and stuff And so I'm trying to get myself animals I'm trying to get into that. Okay, because it's easier than running. It's easier on the joints. I'm doing some yoga I feel like a lot of push-ups if your goals to like you lose weight it's a push-ups isn't necessarily the best thing

And that's building strength and that will ultimately come out in the wash, you know Are you think that'll wash off you I'm taking two showers a day, okay Wash it gets my heart rate going cuz it's so hot So Kyle I've noticed you smell not bad. What's going on? Trying to lose weight. It's I've been working out Things are alright like that dude and then Adam you got no bicycle you got to get in tires You got no I got I got the I fixed the tires. We got them fixed. Thank God

And I have gone on some rides and then the peloton. What's the deal and the peloton? I have it here I have the new cord because the rats ate through if you didn't listen to the app the rats ate through my tires and my Cords of my peloton. That's life cords, but I I've Worked all this week and today was the first day for me to clean it. I have not cleaned it It's sitting in my basement Like the seat looks hairy, that's how many rat hairs were stuck to it They for sure like

And then like and then rolled themselves. They wrote on it. Yeah, they did hella classes. Yeah, they turned it on They gave me they were giving each other haircuts on your seat dude. It's I like want to just throw it away, but I'm like, it's you know, I know just Sell it Also, is it called a rat king when like there's the clump of rats altogether like a human-shaped rat king might have done a few Classes with Cody. Oh, dude. That's a feature. We just cracked it the rat king rat king Would not willard and it's just like a bunch of messy dudes that live together and Boards like all the pizza droppings in the oh my gosh, this is kind of good

To the floorboards and then these rats just go fucking wild right former rat king dude the VFX on that the suit imagine the suit I'm sorry Falls through the floorboards. Yes, the pizza droppings dude the the crumbs. I told you not to get thin crust It's slid right through The floorboards pizza pizza well, but I thought the whole thing with Rat Kings is that it was like proved as like a myth because what it is like If the general population knew the truth as a myth that Because

That's not what it is But that's not what a rat king is what a bolly king is and what they claim it is is when a bunch of rats like Well, we know it's not a humanoid no dude their tails get tied together and it forms like Because their tails are all together tied together in a ball. I'm serious look up a rat king It's when all I know they're a ball, but their tails are tied. It's just their tails I thought they're just dude. I thought it's just they're all fucking lounge. You're on top of each other being gross-ass rats Just fucking no fleas off each other. It's it's I believe it's a mound of rat I don't believe the tails have to be stuck to that's the number one thing that makes a rat king is that the tails are tied together

What the tails get tied together because they whip around they they're on top of each other one knots with one That's why it's just proven. It's not you know, mate We could rub our heads together for eons and never get connected For sure Blake if we're rubbing our hair together our hair is not gonna just tying themselves together I take it back eventually it would eventually it might actually how long would that take for us to do that If we were really close and you have a long hair We're a save it for the live podcast. We'll figure it out right if you had hair as long as a rat's tail That's where you need to start with this experiment. Hey, I believe I had a rat tail if we all grew rat

Let's all grow rat tails. Yeah, if we all had rat tails in a good Kyle. Do you have yours anymore? Rat tail. Yeah, I could I don't I just go along here, but man. I want to cut it too hot You did have one for a while. Yeah, I had one for the for the show and then I kept it Have you thought about like just going back to like way old-school Kyle and just getting like a fucking Sick buzz cut. Yeah. Oh, yeah Love to see the truth in his eyes. I think about it all the time. Yeah, I do I do I would love to see that I would love to see what else do you think about Kyle? Just just go like seven-year-old Kyle just get like the nice like fucking boy cut

Little hot boy. You would look so hot dude chill nice boy cut seven-year-old I had a bull cut. I had a bull cut at seven. No, you didn't don't lie to us Don't lie to the community at seven eight. Yeah, I had a bull cut. What do you mean? Seven years old. You had a bull cut with a rat. What is so unbelievable about that? Yeah, why are you hanging up on this? I don't I thought that was much later or maybe it came to the Midwest much later I didn't even know about Kyle's a trailblazer. Yeah, that's true. Yeah formed pickleball leagues like yes, dude had a bull cut. Yeah, that's 2000 early, you know. Yeah, I guess you're 2000 early. I did. I had a ball. I think it is a west coast thing

Okay, yeah, it must have been a west coast thing because in the Midwest that makes sense Oh, it's in like seventh grade. So we're like 14 13 a bull cut in seventh grade That was more like a butt cut and not like the bull six seventh grade 2000 and late. Okay. What's the butt cut? I was I guess I was 2000 and late on bull cuts because that's when I was rocking my dope shit Well, why didn't you cry about it? Yeah, I feel like I was jumping in maybe I was eight, you know But third grade I think I had the bull I definitely had the tail when I because I went to Korea when I was eight rat tail was like when I was seven Yeah, seven and eight. Oh, yeah, that's when I'm seven and eight

I was rocking some sidesteps and a rat tail for sure I feel like rat tails was right when a peeps like dudes were starting to get earrings as well Yes, that was kind of like they coexisted. I was wearing a necklace I was wearing a necklace like like a metal necklace when I was had the rat tail It was all about rat tails and male jewelry dude. All you west coasters are wild fucking Male jewelry at eight You're crazy, dude, and I wanted it so bad. I could not wait. It was like for the eighth birthday I got the train. You got like a gold necklace silver silver shout out David leisure who had his ears pierced in

kindergarten Wait, this man's last name was leisure. You have what is he mr. Leisure? What is it? I mean, yeah, if he's not a rapper, he doesn't have his ears pierced What what it happened to David, how's he doing? I don't know. I should reach out. Yeah, I thought I could find him on Facebook Yeah, let's have him be the with third guest on the podcast Honestly, I guarantee you there'd be some stories, but he was tight He he had his ears pierced so early that there were like no rules But then by the time you got to middle school if you had your ears pierced

I feel like I've talked about this everybody would put a broom bristle through their ear Yeah, you did. I think you did to like make sure it didn't close up Bristle, well, just put an earring in they know you cuz you couldn't wear an earring if you're a boy in school Oh, really? So they would cut the end off a room bristle and then just put that in there That's oh interesting. Just so it wouldn't it wouldn't close. That's wild that you couldn't have an earring if you were We couldn't wear hats. We couldn't do a lot of shit at our high school. We could girls wear hats Yes, and boy, it was there was a hole. I can't get into it because it was Girls could wear you can't it was all about like gang affiliation

So it was just for boys because they assumed just boys are in gangs. Oh my gosh So really you're saying it's it's us men that have been Marginalized our entire lives. Is that what you're saying? That's exactly what you've been To be to be very clear about this, I don't think I even need to say it. Yeah We couldn't wear we couldn't wear Raiders jackets or Raiders clothes. Oh, that is fucking cool No Raiders jacket was that a specific gang or was it just because the Raiders were so fucking cool We're fucking tough as shit I think it had something to do with the like NWA and like there was a bunch of gang shit in LA if you were rockin

Yes, it was just affiliated. That's what happened. Yeah, I just don't understand why that would make its way Actually, our principal was a huge Buffalo bills fan I know Imagine if you Like owned a sports team and just a gang just like a very violent gang Just like we only wear your shit and then everybody's like whoa, they can't know No, we can wear this jacket. Yeah, that probably helps you with merch, right? Cuz kids are going well, I'm fucking rocking that shit. Oh for sure. Nobody come on

Nobody's wearing Cincinnati Reds gear cuz they like the team. Sorry Cincinnati my bad or take back coming I know Also, if you had Like I think you had to just prepare yourself to like fight for it Yeah, I mean like someone's it was a sought-after item So if you're gonna get a Raiders jacket like be ready to defend yourself. They were specifically like a Raiders parka I have it in my head. I remember I mean the starter jackets Yeah starter jackets were so fucking every teams was

Specifically a parka. I remember that went down your knees. It had a snake skin belt and No, they were like they were maybe it was a starter jacket. I don't I just remember them be having whatever the The all-black Raiders full zip with the like shield here or whatever and then like right across the back And then the pullover that was like white black and gray This must have been LA Raiders. Yes, LA Raiders not Oakland. Yeah, not Oakland. I loved that I love that little inside into your mind. I have whatever Yeah, that was probably the toughest plus the Raiders are silver and black. They're like the coolest colors

It's hard to compete. Although like the Hurricanes starter jacket or the Dolphin starter jacket was like Pretty strong like I kind of feel like I don't know like now like the louder the better as far as like color schemes go But back then we were kind of like yeah, I guess following is that the fashion forecast Hey Yeah, is this your segment a and with chances of fluorescence And with that do we have any take backs giveaways apologies. I love it, baby Blake I think I know what you're gonna take back and give you're giving flowers to well, I'll take I will

Apologize to Cincinnati red fans. I took a low blow shot there You're your squad is better than my Oakland. Hey, so I'll give you that but I would love a take back to you from you guys about Rat Kings because everything I said was factual. Well, did you look it up? I will give you I will give you credit for saying the word Rat King and then words afterwards, but Yeah No, let's all give Blake flowers for talking this podcast Yeah, it reminded me of my favorite Ninja Turtle I said Rat King first. Wait, hang on. Hey Blake. Give me those flowers back real quick. Yeah

Was a quick terrific Ninja Turtles character, right? That's that's what I wanted to I think I had him actually the action He was my favorite. He was my favorite He is a great guy. Oh the fact that you the fact that Rat King was Kyle's like Like the way you just said he was my favorite. I'm like water. Did you see yourself? I fucking loved him dude. I loved everything about that toy. I loved everything Blake was Mondo gecko Adam was Raphael cool, but rude and I was not Donatello. I just want to say that. Yeah, that's right. Are you sure?

Absolutely, I just want to say that. Are you sure? Well, you're a tech boy. Donatello was a tech boy. Yeah I would like to give our flowers for for all four of us today. This is a very fun podcast We're a lot of fun callbacks this this episode guys. We came on fire today, baby. We're coming on fire We are definitely coming on fire We're coming fire Come fire come fire any sex apologies and anything else. I don't know Honduras, maybe some mean things you want to say Yeah, any any insults Any last second mean things you'd like to say about me see I apologize for saying spent print

No Somebody sent us a picture of a football player a dead ringer. Thank you A football player who looked just like Kyle hit with his helmet on so like kind of obscured, but it was it was creepy There's a lot. There's a lot of a lot of them people that look like Kyle out there And I'll give one I'll give a shout out to Blake for living out his dreams and going to the the the dubs Parade yes, and corresponding. How was that experience for you in 30 seconds or less unreal? On the next podcast you might go a little deeper. I have to die because I forgot I was gonna bring it up because I definitely saw your boy Clay Clay Thompson trip and then just oh yeah six foot eight man

This woman to the concrete dude. I saw this video laid her out So funny, and then also like was too drunk to really care Like he was just like she fell and she started to get up. He's like alright cool Just turned around that was a viral ass parade man. There were several viral moments. So far, honey Did we go viral? Did we go viral? She knows she just got laid out by clay like gosh because if you get knocked over by somebody you're pissed But if you look up, and it's the person Whenever I do a stand-up show I make sure to bulldoze people in the street

Slap Next cut he's just doing MJ dances, and then the next cut he drops the championship Yeah, he's having a night everybody Let's give flowers to clay Thompson. Oh all day. Yeah. Wow. All right, and that's another episode of Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called inner cosmos on I heart I'm going to explore the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling Unusual questions like can we create new senses for humans? So join me weekly to uncover how your brain

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