Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Toronto Mike'd #63

Episode Date: January 21, 2014

Mike gets personal with Amanda about her breast enlargement surgery and imminent wedding proposal.

Welcome to the 63rd episode of Toronto Mic'd, a weekly podcast about anything and everything, often with a distinctly Toronto flavour. I'm Mike from torontomic.com. Joining me is my friend Amanda, and hosting this audio file are the good people at Core Fusion. Welcome back, Amanda. this audio file are the good people at core fusion welcome back amanda thank you thank you nice to be here again it's cold outside it's freezing when did we start calling this the polar vortex that's a new thing right i never heard polar vortex till this year yeah i haven't heard that term at all because i've been under a rock i think for a week so um i call it balls cold is that the technical term balls cold yeah it is i don't know where it came from what do you remember the episode you appeared on before like do you remember the number i believe it I'm just going to throw it out there. No, just try. I don't have no idea. 52. Okay. So anyone who wants to hear the more of my chat with Amanda previously,

it would be episode 52 in the archives. Pretty sure that's the number. But thank you for coming back. I have a lot I want to talk to you about, but can I first tell you a little story? Tell me. So I had a dentist appointment yesterday and I'm in the waiting room and I have an email from someone just says your podcast studio and it says what are your rates I'd like to record my podcast are you available Thursday night I'd like to record it at your studio sign Jonathan okay okay so I get this. I've never had anyone I didn't know record at my place before. Okay. So it's been old friends and family. And I replied gently, like, like, do I know you? What's your last name? Like, I'm trying to like vet him a bit. Like, is this guy just some stranger?

Cause I don't really want strangers coming in and recording, but so we have a little exchange. Because I don't really want strangers coming in and recording. So we have a little exchange. He tells me his last name. We go back and forth a bit. His last name is Torrens. This is Jonathan Torrens. Do you know that name at all? Do you know the name Jono?

Jonathan Torrens? Torrens, no, I don't. He's from, I know him from Street Sense. So he was on, okay, you're very young. Yeah. I just realized I have a young person in the room. You were... What decade were you born in?

In the 80s. Okay, because Monica was born in the 80s. Exactly. But she's early 80s and you're later 80s. Yeah. Well, I'm 84. Oh, you know, you're not as young as I think you are. No, I know.

My voice, my face, I look younger than I am. I've got you at like 23, but you're pushing 30. I'm pushing 30. Okay, I apologize. So Street Sense was on CBC Saturday mornings for like a decade, and it was awesome. And he was one of the primary hosts. And then he went on and he did some other cool stuff like Jono vision. Does that ring a bell?

Yes. I remember. Oh my God. And he's in a trailer park boys. Yeah. I remember that. So that's the guy. So I had no idea.

Like, and I was a big fan of him, like from street sense. And I had no idea. Like I was exchanging emails of Jonathan Torrens. And I finally said, like, you have to come on my podcast.

He says, I'd love to. So he's coming on to chat with me in that very seat you're sitting in right now. That's awesome. JonoVision. I used to watch that all the time. There you go. This story is a lot better

when you know who Jonathan Torrens is. Otherwise, it really sucks. I'm glad. Even just fake it. Like, oh, that guy. Yeah, he's awesome. No, I think most Toronians will know who he is so that's exciting that's that's random but that's great yeah and i still don't and monica

asked me the big question is how did he know about your podcast you're like how did he know to ask you if he could like rent the space on thursday night i don't know the answer yet so i'll ask him when he's sitting down you're a big deal big deal a big freaking deal the first outsider who wants to record is jono exactly i'm excited about that i before we dive into the big event of your life in 2014 which was not the great dane shitting on your living room floor yeah because i told that story i think a couple episodes ago oh man. You never saw it, right? Oh, yeah. No, I was the first person to see it. I almost stepped in it.

I was the very first. No, because I heard you stepped in it. Did any of his bowel movements end up on your foot? Like there was a little... Residue? Yeah, I guess that's what you could call it. I had a little something on my foot. And you put your foot directly into like a pail of bleach.

Yeah. Nope. Lysol wipes all the way. All right. I'm not a germaphobe or anything i would i'd be fine if you wanted to step in great dane shit that's fine oh man there's a big pile yes it was big steaming pile big steaming pile of great dane shit yeah awesome good luck it's good luck that's what howard says but something yeah because like a bird shitting on you is good luck so like a Great Dane shitting in your house is like super good luck exactly so uh something happened to you that we're gonna dive into but before that do you watch what what sports do you

follow like on television any no so you don't like you don't I guess I'm asked because last night I watched the Leaf game as I often do and we won it was exciting but meanwhile we have in australia there was a a quarter final this is a tennis match and this is like a grand slam event the australian open and there's a canadian in this quarter final she's a 19 year old from montreal named Eugenie Bouchard. And I'm like, all of a sudden I'm like super fan. I'm like,

I'm just learning about this chick. I'm Googling her. I'm learning about her. I'm like, all of a sudden I'm a diehard Eugenie Bouchard fan and I'm watching this, uh, quarter final and we're watching it, Monica and I, and I'm so into it.

Yeah. Women's tennis is awesome, but it's only awesome when like I care about somebody in it yeah no i can see that and what does she look like well she's she's she's uh how does she look like she's an attractive young woman she looks uh she's fit and the bottom line what matters to me because i could care less really what she looks like so long as she's good and And she won this match last night. So we have, for the first time in 30 years, like since Carling and Carling Bassett in 1984,

this is the first time since then that we have a Canadian in a Grand Slam semifinal. That's kind of terrible. I don't think most of us would even know that. It's pretty bad that we have this person who's representing Canada and no one has a clue that this is even going on. It's terrible. That's what Twitter's for.

How come you don't tweet? Remember, I got off that bandwagon. I didn't know it was a bandwagon. Now I feel silly. No, no, no. It's a good bandwagon. I'm bandwagon. I'll be back on eventually.

I'm still following you. I'm just waiting. Maybe 2014 will be different you know who's tweeting a lot now and I don't even know how to describe her except she's your boyfriend's daughter and she's tweeting a lot which one?

Spencer she's always been pretty into it but she is tweeting a lot more I also follow her I rarely go on to check it but yeah she's a funny little lass. Do you, on, I guess I should point out for those who don't know, I just realized there are some like new listeners in 2014,

that you are dating a solid Toronto C-list celebrity. Exactly. You know, right now you're interviewing with a solid D-list celebrity, but you're dating a C-lister. Yeah. And who are you dating? I'm dating the great Humble Howard Glassman. And he is the Humble from the Humble and Fred show.

Exactly. Humbleandfredradio.com. Humbleandfredradio.com. Somewhere here, I think. Here, actually. See how awesome I am at producing? You're listening to this city's finest podcast about the city that this man loves.

This is Toronto Mic'd. There you go. So that's him. Bam. I get to listen to that every night. Wow. He does a similar thing before bed to me. That's funny because I actually play that clip every night before I go to bed. That's how I go to sleep. So we i go to sleep so we both go to sleep similar fashion there you go um so uh on the

humble and fred podcast howard recently told a story about his daughter spencer i guess that's his youngest daughter and she is up for a role on a reboot of degrassi yes do you have any details about that because that's kind of neat i watched the first run of Degrassi. I watched it every week. Oh, yeah? No, I also used to watch it, the very first, the original. And I believe there's Degrassi next generation. And the new generation where Spike had the kid.

Yeah. I watched a lot of that, too. And Snake was the teacher. Teacher, yeah. And Joey made a cameo at some point. And Joey was like, I don't know, a used car sale event or something. Oh, yeah. So I didn't follow it that much.

But I enjoy it. It's a good show. It's a nice Canadian show. And I think a lot of the people that Spencer goes to school with aspire to be on that show as kind of a stepping stone towards a career. That school is not far from here. It's pretty close to here because it's just on Royal York. Exactly. We're like Islington here.

So do you have any inside scoop on how it's going with her and degrassi well she hasn't got a call back as of yet um but she did do very well in the audition and they uh they asked her to read twice and there was a couple other girls there but um our fingers are crossed so she should hear back by friday is do we know like is she gonna be the new spike or do we have any of that kind of insight do they like just kind of like dupe the characters or is this an all-new and all-new this this an all-new Degrassi? This is an all-new Degrassi, I believe. She's auditioning for a singing role

so that is why she and her agent had her come in for that. Well, she's a good singer. I root her well. Okay, let's talk about breasts for a moment. Boobies. I'm going to try to talk to you like I'm a doctor. I'm going to desexualize breasts and treat them as the beautiful female body part they are. There you go.

Okay. You recently, super recently, as in last week, last Monday, had a breast enlargement surgery. I did. A breast augmentation. Yes, I did. breast enlargement surgery. I did a breast augmentation. Yes, I did. My first question, I know I'm going to ask a bunch of questions and just answer as you're comfortable answering, but why were you not satisfied by your natural born boobies? Well, and just so you know, I haven't spoken openly or publicly about the subject yet. I'm actually not embarrassed at all to discuss it.

I looked, well, first off, I have to say I had very pretty small boobs. I was very happy with my body. I'm very self-confident. And I actually liked how my boobs looked. They were just super, super tiny. And picture a 12-year-old boy. Can I tell you? I have a 12-year-old boy in the family. My son turned 12 yesterday. Well, there we go. It's amazing you said 12-year-old boy.

I actually have seen a 12-year-old boy topless recently. Well, there you go. My before pictures, you can hold them up. They'd be pretty much the same. Okay. So basically, I mean, I've been with a bunch of breasts. I'm trying to picture this. So basically, there's no flesh. There was no flesh. It was like pectoral muscle and nipple. Pretty much. I mean, I've been getting in shape the last couple of years. I've always been a fit, athletic person.

I've had a little bit, I guess, what you would call an athletic, boxy shape to my body. So I do have hips and I do have a substantial butt. And then on the top, there was not much going on there, but I liked them and I've always been pretty happy with them, but I always wish that I had something to match the rest of my body. Now, every time I've seen you, you appear to have breasts. So this is a special bra. Yes. So in the last couple of years, actually probably for the last five years, I've been wearing a bra that's a double push-up bra. It's got padding that's about two inches thick.

And the little bit of boob that I did have, it pushed it right up to the top and it looked like I had a nice full C-cup breast. You know, I think I've seen cleavage. I don't, I honestly don't remember. That's how decent a human I've become. Okay. But I think I've seen you with cleavage. So it's just like an amazing, just amazing science. Yeah. Like we're not curing cancer, but we have these amazing bras that make 12 year old boys appear to have like C cups. Exactly. And it's funny because I do have a lot of girlfriends that wear these bras. And yeah, I mean, if you're dating a girl right now and you haven't seen the actual flesh, most likely, unless, you know, who knows?

I mean, some women are well endowed and they are blessed, but a lot of us are not. And until you actually see the boob, you have no idea what you're working with. That goes with hair extensions. That goes with makeup, pretty much. That's a good tip. This is a good tip for anyone who's like lusting after that girl in class or something. When that girl gets naked, you have no idea what's going on. Exactly.

No. And nothing wrong with small boob. I've been in the small city club my whole life, and I've been happy being there. What size were you? I was a double A, a 30 double A, which is probably a band size most people haven't even heard of. 30 double A, okay. Most bras start at 32 A.

So I technically could wear a training bra, which is a bra before women get boobs that they wear, usually 12- old girls was there any pressure so uh what like when you told your boyfriend that you wanted to get breast enlargement surgery like what was his reaction did he pump his fist excitedly or did he tell you what he was supposed to tell you which is baby your breasts are perfect the way they are that's of course what he said he good then he read the note i texted him. It was like Serrano de Berzini. I was giving him a line.

That's the only line you can say at that moment, right? It's true. That's the only thing you can say. And you know, he was one of those guys that said, I've always liked women with small breasts and I've always been a butt man. Boobs don't matter. By the way, this is describing me to a T as well. Really?

Yeah. I am a butt man. The breasts, you know, I'm very satisfied by Monica's breasts. They aren't as big as yours are now, but they're bigger than yours were last week. I'm very happy, but I don't need large subject ever to me. I was actually the one that brought it up to him. And I don't know, something last year just clicked and I said, you know what? I think I'd really like to do this. I think this will make me happy. And it's funny.

Once I made that decision, like once I was all in, once I'd already had the appointments, he became my biggest fan and was, you know, very excited to, to jump in and be excited with me and cheer on the boobies. So how was the surgery?

You had it Monday. So you've made this decision, you've done your consultation and everything. And then Monday you go in. So, uh, how long is it? And like,

just can you give me a quick rundown of what the heck they did to you? Yeah. So for any, for any men that are listening that, uh, their, their woman is looking to do this, it's a really easy process.

You basically, or any women that are listening, um, you go in for a, an appointment with the, a consultation with the doctor, the surgeon, and this one happened to be his wife who does all the sizing for you. You bring in pictures of what you like and what you don't like, basically your dream boobies and what would be too big. And they recommend a size based on the width of your current breasts and rib cage and things like that. And then you go for a pre-op appointment a couple weeks before the surgery.

The surgery day comes and honestly, it was a breeze. It was amazing. What size did you choose? So I chose a small to mid-C cup size. And they don't actually do sizing by like they actually completely say don't come in here with the size in mind um that's not the way it works um you're going for a look and then we suggest what will get you there so so you brought in a picture i did i brought in my dream boobies pictures is this just uh did you just like google boobies or is this somebody always had a mic did you see somebody and say that's what i want to look like how did you just like Google boobies or does this somebody always had a mic did you see somebody

and say that's what I want to look like how did you choose this picture definitely I googled a lot of pictures my entire iPhone is full of hundreds

of shots of boobs I could have lent you my collection yeah oh could you save you some time no it's pretty funny like at night I'd be

I'd be looking through I'd be wide awake not sleeping thinking about it looking through boob pictures and you'd think that would be the guy sure because you're picking your no you're picking your future breasts.

Exactly. That's a big decision. You're going to have them forever. Exactly. No, exactly. So yeah, it's actually a fun process. And if you go to the right surgeon, they make you feel comfortable. And I went in for surgery and came out with boobs.

There you go. And how, like, is this like, are we talking like a couple of hours or 30 minutes? Like, what is this? How long does the surgery take? The surgery only takes an hour. An hour. Yeah. So you're out, like you're sleeping?

Yes. You're under general anesthetic. So you are fully out and you go in, they put you to sleep. You wake up in pain. They give you Oxycontin and, sorry, Percocets, everyone. Percocets. And they send you home with your spouse and... And your perks.

Yeah, and your perks. And I actually had to take it for a day and I was fine. I took extra Tylenol for the rest of the week. You are pretty much an invalid for the whole week, though. You can't lift anything. You can't move your arms above your, above your head. Do it. Can you do it now?

Yeah, I can do it now. Okay. Cause we're eight days out now, right? Yeah. I'm fully, I can drive. Today's my first day driving. Although I did not drive here. I was dropped off by the great humble Howard.

I just wasn't comfortable driving yet because it does hurt reaching or doing a lot of things. So, and I haven't been able to pick up my dog for a week which is so sad but um no it's a good honestly if you are thinking about doing it i'm so happy so uh my big now you've eight days out i have no idea i do you know i realized when you were coming i was i've actually never in real life i mean if you exclude like movies and magazines and internet. I've never seen artificially enlarged breasts in the flesh. You want to hear something weird? Neither have I.

I've never seen them. I don't know anyone that's ever caught them. I've never been with a woman who had them. As shocking as that sounds to you. I'm not a strip club guy. I never go to strip clubs. Nobody's ever flashed me or anything.

Yeah. And yeah. So what are you asking? No, this is, that would be, if this was a video, a video cast for sure.

I'd be asking. No, I'll show Monica and she can report back to you. Would you? Of course. Can she, honestly, when you go through this process,

you're so used to taking off your top for doctors and being in front of the so you'll show monica and she can explain to me because i mean i'm very curious and it's uh i'm not i'm speaking as a doctor here this is not a sexual thing at all no no i'm thinking clinically like can you is there scarring at all still i actually i have two pieces of tape under it's i have an inframammary incision which is underneath the breast fold i was able to choose that. You can choose to go through the nipple, through the bulge, or through your armpit. And I chose underneath the breast just as a preference for me.

And I have tape over it, so I can't see my incision. I know it's about three centimeters long, and it'll take about six months for it to be done. Six months, that's my next question. Okay. And I mean, are they for your boyfriend? Are they open for business? Like, can they be touched boyfriend? Are they open for business? Like, can they be touched yet? Are they still too tender and sore?

No, they're pretty much, I'm out of commission for a good couple weeks. So I'm on my, going into my second week, we haven't had any relations, nothing. We cannot, no monkey business for a couple weeks. So you have to let them heal properly. No, that's important. That's important. Exactly. I would have recommended the exact same thing actually if i were your doctor exactly look but don't touch is this it for you with regards to a cosmetic surgery is there uh does this is this like a gateway drug now like do you perhaps in 10 years do you get like some

kind of botox thing or would you get some kind of a lift uh something is this are you open to other cosmetic surgeries in your future i say no but i am only 29 but i don't i don't think i need anything else um i've never even thought about any any other procedure but i have heard that that happens and it's just i think the first one is the hardest yeah i i'm that's why i've been resisting getting any kind of cosmetic surgery i'm afraid it'll be like a slippery slope yeah that's what people do fear and it does happen some people become obsessed with perfection and i mean the women that work there are pretty perfect looking it's pretty it's pretty funny it's i don't know if you've seen the movie nip and tuck no sorry the show um but i mean you walk

into this um surgeon's office and all the women there are just, you know, they all have fake boobs. They all have the thick lips. And, you know, I mean, that's not the look I'm... Oh, don't do the lipstick. Don't do the lipstick. No, I'm not into that. I'm not into that at all. Do you know Leah Miller? Yes. Okay, so I was talking about this on the last, I think it was the last episode I did with my buddy Elvis.

I see her promo. I saw her promos on e-network because i the red carpet for golden globes is on and i remember she was like a cutie she was a cutie on much music but she looks uh like she's done too much i work so i don't want i don't want this i don't want you end up looking like no i'm not doing anything else honestly i would not um maybe if i'm 50 and i need a little you know a little help in the face maybe botoxox. But what about you? Like, what would you do if you could do anything? Nothing. Exactly. There's nothing I would do.

Exactly. You're perfect. Wow. I have, it's important to me that I work on like the substance rather than the style. Like I do try, I am, except for today and yesterday, all last week I biked. I'm still biking every day and I'm trying to keep myself physically fixed. I want to be, I have a baby coming in April and I want to be like, you know, I realized like I'm going to be like when he's 10 years old, I'm going to be 50.

I want to make sure I'm like a spry active 50 year old to keep up because I'm keeping, I got a 12 year old now, but I'm still like in my thirties, believe it or not. Yeah. We're exactly 10 years apart. I think. That's crazy. Yeah. Uh, speaking of a difference in age, I did want to touch on something that some people might not know you are substantially younger than your boyfriend yes and now with this boob job it's so cliche so i'm uh 24 years younger than my boyfriend with fake boobs 24 yeah okay so everything's good because i know I'm fucking great friends with your boyfriend.

He's going to come by shortly for a tour of my new home here. Yes. I'm a big fan of your boyfriend, but he's still active and young and spry, so he's like a young, fit guy. He is. What happens when Amanda's,

let's say 45. Yeah. Okay. You will be super healthy, young and fit at 45. Yes, I will. For sure. Yeah. Howard will be in a wheelchair.

I know, he'll look so cute. Is this, so this is, I'm just wondering if this is, if you thought about the fact that he won't always be this, uh, active, uh, young at heart guy. For sure. Of course I have. And I mean, look at Betty White. She turned 93. He's going to look like Betty White.

That's my point. There you go. But no, but you know what? If you stay healthy, he can be active up until he's 85, 86, 87. Who knows? Okay. That gets you into like, that gets you into 60s. Exactly.

And you know, why not? Let's, let's see what happens. You know, I might fall ill or you know we might i don't know who knows no you never know i'm i'm just that's the first question i have with regards to the age i don't care what age i guess i don't care i'm seven years old in monica i know that's laughable compared to your 24 but it's like an afterthought it doesn't mean anything um and i don't know if this is too personal but but would you be willing to talk to me about what your parents think of this age difference? Like, you can just shake it off.

I don't, you don't have to tell me everything. Yeah, no, they're perfectly fine with it. They at first were not, obviously. It did take, I think, a year to two years to accept fully that this is my decision. And this is, you know, not just a phase that I'm going through. I'm in love with this man and he's going to be a part of my life for a long time. So they're completely at peace with it now. A part of your life for a long time. Is it important to Amanda that you get married at some point or

you don't care about this piece of paper? It's not that important to me, but I always did picture myself eventually being married. And, um, you know, this obviously is not a traditional relationship and by any means. So, um, but yes, I do think marriage is in our future for sure. How soon future wise? I mean, I, I won't hold you to a date, but are you like thinking like you'll be married in the next year or two? Oh yeah, for sure. So Howard and I have been together for around four years, I guess it is now. And, you know, he said by the time I'm 30, he's going to make me his wife. So, you know, big things in 2014. So, when's your 30th birthday?

This October 30th. You know I turned 40 this year and you turned 30 this year and we both have milestone birthdays. Mine's in June. I'll beat you to it. So, okay. So, if you, the night of your 30th birthday,

if he doesn't have a rock, will you marry me, baby? Will you be disappointed? Of course I will be. And he knows this? Yeah, he does. He's going to listen, so I guess he's going to know for sure.

He'll know. Every February 14th comes along, and I know that's very cliche, but when a birthday passes or Christmas passes and there's a little box underneath the tree, every woman does the same thing. What if that's the ring? You, uh, yeah, you know, I've just been there. Like I'm a divorce guy who, of course I did it at the top of the Eiffel tower. I don't expect Howard to compete with that. I just thought I'd raise the bar to piss them off a little bit. So if, uh,

you get married in the next year or so, which would be exciting, and I'm not even going to ask if I get an invitation because I know I'm going to be making a speech. That's slam dunk. I'm making a speech. Do it. I need to offend his culture. Would a baby be next in the natural order of things?

I don't think so. Maybe at this point right now we are going on the assumption that i will not be having children and that his two kids will be a part of my life and if that does happen that'll obviously have to happen the next couple of years so once we got married we'll have some serious discussions about it but no uh no definite answer well that's good uh that you you guys are on the same page. Yes, exactly. Either answer is cool as long as you're both in cahoots.

Exactly. If it makes sense for us, we'll do it. And if not, we won't. And your little guy, or girl or guy, do you know yet? Yeah, it's a boy. You know what's funny? This is like the third time I've told you the name of this guy, but I can tell by your eyes

you don't remember. I'm going to remind you. No, I do. Because I think we went to the, you and I, we had dinner in the distillery district in December. Yes. Not one-on-one, I'll point out. Other people were there.

And I told you then, and then I spent New Year's Eve with you. I'm a terrible person. And I told you then. New Year's Eve was a write-off though so um let me just think it's not jackson is it close close really jarvis henry see there you go so it's a boy i'm writing it down right now do it due in april today this morning we had an obgyn appointment and i heard the heartbeat and heard everything's good so it's like growing in fact it's bigger than

normal that's really good it's better than i guess it's all good uh just it's all good because the heartbeat's healthy and the growth is is normal when you say bigger than normal i don't know the ob-gyn measures the stomach and sort of feels it in the belly and says that the baby is bigger than it would normally be at this point in the pregnancy. And they said not to worry? No, it's just bigger than normal. But it's not like,

oh my god, we have a problem here. You're going to give birth to Andre the Giant. Oh man, that's going to be painful for little tiny Monica. Yeah, well, we'll see how it progresses. But it's yeah, it's very exciting. Like we bought our first baby thing, which is a high chair. And now, like, in fact, I was going to ask you and Howard to save a date of March 2nd.

And you'll get an email too because you don't remember anything I tell you. So there's going to be like a get-together here. It's going to be like a baby shower, but for boys and girls. What's that called? Is that a name? Is it called Jack and Jill or something?

But that's for wedding showers. Yeah, that's for wedding showers. I don't know what it's called. It's like a Jack and Jill baby shower March 2nd here. But I'll give you more details. Who doesn't love picking out little baby clothes? So you can come and yeah, that would be awesome. That'll be great.

We'll bring some spinach dip. I don't know. You know what? You can bring anything you want. Just bring you and your boyfriend and we'll have a good time. You auditioned for Big Brother. Is that what i recall in my memory bank yes back in the day i did and this is the canadian big brother yes the very first time they brought it to canada i did audition for it last year and did you uh what happened you just submitted and then you don't hear back is that what happens

exactly it's so much fun you just don't hear back so that was the very first audition i've ever done in my entire life i've never actually wanted to be on a reality show or um anything like that so this is my first time that i auditioned for it and my twin brother did it with me as well we were trying to go in as the evil twins and he actually got a call back because he was very, during the audition process, while we were waiting, he was, you know, in front of the cameras and doing backflips and, you know, making a scene, which is not my thing. But he did get a call back, but then they didn't choose him. Did that make it kind of worse that your twin brother got a call back and you didn't? Yeah, it was pretty funny because I was the one who really, really wanted him to come with me kind of just for support. You hear stories like that all the time.

Like somebody wants to audition and they make their friend come and then their friend ends up getting the gig. Like I hear these kind of stories all the time. It happens. Yeah, that's funny. Did you see any of these movies nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars? Give me a few minutes. Okay, so have you seen american hustle yes what did you think of american hustle to be honest i watched the night before um wolf of wall street and i just it didn't compare for me see i did the other order and i'm glad actually because i saw american hustle and i'm like oh that's well acted and kind of neat but a

little underwhelming and then i saw wolf of wall street and it was like there amazing that's how you do scorsese yes so american hustle that's not how you do scorsese this is how you do scorsese and i had monica had never seen goodfellas so like two weeks before i made her watch goodfellas yeah so i have goodfellas like fresh in my head And then I watch American Hustle and I'm like, that's not Goodfellas. And then Wolf of Wall Street. I'm like, there we go. Leo's great. Three hours long. I felt like it could have been six hours long.

Great movie. I loved Wolf of Wall Street. Yeah, me too. Go see it. It was awesome. But yeah, American Hustle, a little bit of a letdown after you've seen that one. Just a little slow. A little boring, boring right I fell asleep did you? I did yeah

never fell asleep during the movie well we were at home I mean I said I went too okay I was going to say the only thing I wasn't at home for in these nominations is we went to the theater

to see Gravity on Saturday night and because my brother said it's like a visual feast you need a big screen and stuff have you seen Gravity? I did but I watched it on a 50-inch. What's the size of that TV in your basement?

Oh my God, I have no idea. It's huge. It's enormous. It's the size of a wall. It's like the biggest TV I've ever seen in a house. Yeah. I couldn't even tell you. I was hoping you'd throw it at 100 inches.

Something like that. Okay, it's enormous. Yeah. The Gravity, I felt like it was a good fun popcorn film like it was an action fun action movie and it was kind of neat but not a best picture nomination like how does that get into the best picture conversation yeah no i wasn't i mean it's it is beautiful but i'm not a huge fan of movies that take place all in the same setting like you know even when it's outer space even if it's outer space i mean it's the moon it's

the earth so you hated castaway i know i i enjoyed it but i mean i mean stop talking to a volleyball let's get some action in here you know that volleyball should have been out for nomination it was really good uh okay so did you see any other ones i'm behind but have you seen what about that one with uh matthew mcconaughey the uh jared leto aids one no i haven't seen that that's the one he lost good dallas buyers club yeah yeah no i haven't seen it if you notice like he has a big cameo in wolf of wall street and he looks really like a man yeah he looks like he's underweight he looks like you i'm actually up a little bit uh thank you very much no but it looks good i'm saying like if you're used to seeing matthew mcconaughey he's because i just called him

emanciated is Is that the term? Yeah. You live with the vocabulary guy. I know. I'm constantly looking up things on Google. Do you ever play Jeopardy with him? No, I would never. I don't play Scrabble.

I play almost every night. I play Jeopardy. Do you really? For a round at 730. Yeah. And we keep score and we do it almost every night. We did it last night too. So you guys, that's good.

It's making your brain. And you don't play Scrabble? No. Oh, I love Scrabble. I love Scrabble too. Howard doesn't play board games so because he's bored by them he does he gets bored by them i've tried to introduce them i've bought the games and you can come here and play with us if you ever want to play a board game he even has kids i'm like oh awesome he has kids we're gonna get into the board games they're not interested either oh well what's your uh least favorite trait of your boyfriend

like what is it he does that drives you crazy we actually recently discussed this because we were trying to figure out okay what is it that you know annoys us about the other one and i know that in time i've heard that um nuances uh start to annoy you but the one thing that he does that does annoy me because i work from from home now once a week, is his typing. I call him Agent Scully. Oh, he's a loud typist? Oh my God.

It's like he's like pounding on the keys. I'm a bit like that too. But really? A little bit. Because we have such, our synapses are going so quickly and we have these great ideas and we got to get them out. Now, I'll hammer it out

and I'll get my yours and yours correct. Your boyfriend will hammer it out and he'll mix up his yours and yours yeah no he's a he's a very intelligent man and he's got a great vocabulary but his uh his grammar skills are just you need a cheat sheet beside the computer like for there they're there and you're you're i do but otherwise yeah i'm the same way of the loud typing i hammer those keys yeah but you're younger see his excuse is that he grew up on a typewriter honestly that's what he says he's like i used to have to i used to have to pound out the keys some validity to that there you go i'm gonna give him a pass on that so that's it there's nothing else because that's pretty pretty um no really honestly there's other than him being completely crazy i mean there's nothing else so who's crazier you or him

oh he's without a doubt oh yeah what yeah. Who would he say is crazier? Himself, for sure. He'd agree? Oh, yeah. He's an artist. We just read an article actually last week linking psychosis with artists. Those that are in the field of creating are crazy.

Oh, you know, there's a definite link between, like, for for example like a bipolar disorder and the creative mind like if you look at artists great artists genius artists that they always have there's a used to be called manic depression but now it's called bipolar disorder there's there's a they call it there's a fire that's fueled by this that lends itself to create creative outlets exactly so i believe it and, because there's a similar study that will link like the CEOs of big companies are more likely to be sociopaths. And narcissistic.

Very much so. No, exactly. And so I don't think anyone would argue with that. So he's definitely, you know, I'm a tiny bit crazy. I've got to be crazy to be with the guy, right? So, but he's a good kind of crazy. It makes him be good at what he does. And he's very good at it. And they've had some success lately. Does he go home and talk to you about his iTunes ranking? Does he tell you like,

you know, we were 12 and we disappeared for an hour, but then we showed up at eight. Like, do you get that kind of recap? You'd kill me. Yes, that's exactly my life. Because I've told him this to his face. I know this is not speaking out of school because he's mentioned this on his own podcast. But he's actually nuts when it comes to numbers.

Like, he's obsessive. He's obsessive. Like, hey, babe, what are you doing over there? You just checking out your iTunes over there? And then he'll minimize his screen. Of of course that's what he's doing from minute to minute he needs to know what ranking he is yeah it's a bizarre thing because itunes is like one little sliver of like his thing like i mean it's interesting and fun i got to 14 and i posted it on my blog but one entry about i know 14 i was very proud but i'm kind of like doing this on the

side for fun once in a while you know i don't get no sponsors it costs me money because of how nice those microphones are they're beautiful but i sure have i haven't looked like i'm in a new category now i had i left their category of comedy and i'm in a new category i looked once and it was 22nd or something yeah but i haven't looked in a long time and i don't care because itunes is just people look at through itunes and i don't even i don't i'm an android guy like there's a whole bunch of people out there who aren't going through itunes to listen i think it's because when you do something like this when you do a podcast a daily podcast there's no real way to measure your success and i think this is a very nice way of just seeing, you know, how he's doing from viewers that he has no idea that are listening. Like, it's a really nice way to kind of keep track of that for him.

Without a doubt, there's a high you get when, and this is the other disconnect, name brand. In this world of, let me try a new podcast, name brand is vital. Somebody's going to glance at a podcast name brand is vital okay somebody's gonna glance at a podcast and go oh that's ricky gervais's podcast yeah i'd like ricky i saw him in this and i know ricky let me try that out okay someone's gonna come across toronto mic and it's like unless you're from toronto and you're like dying to see what a toronto thing has you there's no name recognition that's true yeah humble and fred in the gta at least have i would argue have very similar name brand recognition to somebody like a ricky gervais you're gonna humble and fred are a known commodity in this market for 25 years or

whatever that's what i've heard it's a name brand it is a massive enormous advantage that you have a 20 something year brand uh that people will uh recognize for sure it is huge but having said that knowing you're just this gta brand and then you pass somebody like an adam carolla who you would you know has a global presence you will get a high out of that so i can see why it's exciting for howard when he climbs in the ranking and and people probably don't even know he's doing a podcast which is awesome for him because every time someone comes up to us in a grocery store or on the street and you know says oh hey you didn't recognize him they don't know he's doing that so to be in the top 10 and then you know have someone browse and see that name brand that's awesome for him i'm very proud of him. But if he were to drop, let's say tomorrow he drops out of the top 50, would he be depressed?

Yeah. That would be a sad, sad day. Of course. It's got to be a slow decline. If he just dropped, that would be it. You'd have cranky Howard at home. Exactly. I'd have to do a lot to cheer him up.

That's no good. I'm going to ask you, I know you get a go soon. You've got some kind of a follow-up for this uh breast enlargement yeah i've got a post-op appointment to see how everything's going i haven't seen the surgeon since so he gets to i get to see it's like healing right and exactly make sure they're symmetrical make sure there's no infection which grew up so but you've looked in the mirror oh yeah and you've seen that they're symmetrical they're perfect and you see it's healing okay yeah so you won't get any surprises no exactly thank to be uh your friend

on facebook i asked this question recently uh of someone else because i'm very curious of people's personal facebook rules like so i won't let you be my friend on facebook unless i i like you and i regard you you're actually friend a friend and I dig you. There's a lot of rules I have before you actually get to be my friend on Facebook, which is why I got like 50 friends on Facebook. Yeah, no, I agree with that. That's good. You're my friend on Facebook.

Yes, we are. You've met the criteria required. Phew. Do you have a rule set before someone could be your friend on Facebook or will you be friends with anyone? No, I'm just like you. I don't add coworkers. And I don't know about you, but I mean, you work from home, so it's a little bit different.

But I work in a corporate setting and I do have friend requests from pretty much everybody that I work with. And it's very awkward because you don't want to broach the subject when you see them in person. But I just let them sit there waiting. I also have a lot of Howard's podcast listeners that do try to add me. That's what I was going to ask you because I get sometimes, I get the podcast listeners who want to add me and I just say no because that's what Twitter is for. And I know you don't tweet, but that's what Twitter is for.

I tweet and followers can, and I write on the blog all the time. But Facebook is like friends and family only. Yeah, and I agree with that. And even family, I mean, I've tried to figure this out. blog all the time but facebook is like friends and family only yeah and i agree with that even family i mean i've i've tried to try to figure this out it's you know sometimes things that i i didn't want to actually tell my grandmother about um my breast augmentation because you know i didn't know if she would be okay with it and so i did keep it um a secret from her and she actually found out through howard posting about it on his Humble and Fred page

that got linked to my page. There's no secrets anymore. And so it actually made me kind of think about how I want to go about this moving forward. But I think I might even take off my family and just strictly have friends that I'm close with. I have about 250 people on my Facebook, so I do need to cut back. But I have about 50 people that are waiting to be added. That's just awkward and I'm just leaving them there. You know, it's a very cathartic experience to prune. so i do need to cut back but i don't i have about 50 people and uh they're waiting to be added that's just awkward and i'm just leaving them you know it's very cathartic experience to prune like i

spent some time pruning i had like 70 maybe and i wanted to get down to like 55 or something so you start to prune and it's very cathartic it's like yeah you know that guy i never hear from this guy like i wouldn't invite him to my wedding or to my hockey pool or to my baby showers. So he doesn't. I don't. If you're not invited to the baby shower, that's your sign maybe we're not too close. But don't you think, I don't think that's a bad thing. I think that if you set out rules and guidelines and you stick to it, then you're not going

to hurt people's feelings. If I haven't spoken to you on the actual telephone for over three months or if I haven't seen you in a month, then you're cut. And I think that if you are strict to that, I did have a coworker come up to me a couple weeks ago and asked me, hey, I tried adding you and I know Mary's your friend

because when I first started my job, one of my coworkers added me right away. And so you don't want to have that bad impression. So I added her just, okay, I don't want to tick her off. Because there's only one response to that. Yeah. You don't shit where you eat.

Exactly. You don't. Oh, her off. Because there's only one response to that. You don't shit where you eat. Exactly. Oh, I hear the door. That's like your ride is here. Oh, and I can hear his booming sexy voice. Wait, this one right here. Hold on, I have a different cut of that. You're listening to Toronto Mike. TorontoMike.com

Last question. Do you listen to the Toronto Mike podcast? Of course I do. No question. Yes. Do you listen to the Toronto Mic'd podcast? No, you just looked away. Of course I do. No, I do. No, I do. I was focused on your eyes and they darted down, which is the international sign of I'm about to lie.

That's not true. Is it really? Who was the last guest I had on my podcast? John Tory. You know what? I have a rule. You don't get to be a guest unless I'm actually interested in you. No interest in John Tory. Zero You know, I have a rule. You don't get to be a guest unless I'm actually interested in you. No interest in John Torrey. Zero.

Oh, really? No interest. Jim Richards will come on. He wants to come on. You should have him on. But he wants to do it by phone because he does not have a car. And he doesn't want to come here. He wants to do it by phone.

So I might do a phoner when I have Elvis here. I might call him up. I have some questions for Jimim richards because i quite like jim richards but a very few people i'm gonna have todd shapiro soon yeah i'm gonna have alan cross next week and i'm gonna have jono jonathan torrens that's quite the lineup it's quite the lineup but these are all people i'm sincerely interested in talking to well you should think about taking your podcast on the road maybe making a mobile podcast so that you can go to people and you don't have to come here. Jim Richards,

if he doesn't want to come here, that's his loss. So just to revisit that question, I think you're lying to me, but you do really, cause it's fine. By the way, it's fine.

It's fine. No, I listen to me. I just want you to be honest with me. I haven't. Don't lie to me. Just tell her. Rose,

I was my regular podcast. Yes. I never listened when she was not on really correct and she didn't lie to me i appreciated her honesty i'm a liar tell me the truth last chance and then we'll roll out and we'll go show uh show howard the uh the estate here um here's the thing no i do not listen often but i do listen here and there i do when you're on no i actually listened to one that when you or howard are on no i wanted to hear what um because i heard rosie was leaving and i

just i i'm like oh i wanted to see kind of what her contribution to the show was and and i wanted to see kind of uh you know so you haven't heard bingo bob no No. And I know Bingo Bob. That's sad. I should listen. 2014 is going to be a different year, I said, Mike, okay? Will you listen to this episode? No. Because your boyfriend will.

Yeah, he will. Twice. Yeah, maybe three times. And that brings us to the end of our 63rd show you can follow me on twitter at toronto mike and amanda at d manda but she rarely tweets rarely tweet but we're gonna change that we're gonna change that new twitter handle is needed i think that's what elvis just just did that he had a work handle called elvis run and i'm like dude you can't combine this shit with the work. You can't.

So he started Oshawa Elvis, and that's where he's doing all his bullshit. You start a new one and do your bullshitting there. Sounds good. See you all next week. Ciao. Ciao. Well, I want to take a streetcar downtown Read Andrew Miller and wander around