Watch What Crappens - Top Chef: Did You Mean To Disappoint Your Mother?

Episode Date: February 24, 2018

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Our lucky little grand topper, Kelly Grant! And Lizzie Drucker, she's a fun mother f- We love you guys. Hello and welcome to the What's What Crappin's Podcast. The podcast about all that crap we just love to talk about on Yeo Bros. I am Roni Karam from the Rosepricks Bachelor podcast and Trash Talk TV.com. And here I am with my amazing in his childhood bedroom living best friendy self been mandelker of the B side blog and the banter blender hello

being howdy duty how's it going good girl I'm back home in my office chair with the screen door for cigarettes to smoke out of. How are you? Well, I'm surviving. I'm sad to report that the weather after you left dropped back down to the 30s. So I'm just here and here just shivering in my bedroom because my parents refused to raise the temperature over like 57 degrees in the house. So I'm just I'm surviving. I'm surviving. I just stayed longer because God wants to make me sweat at all times.

And suddenly turns the weather 70 in New York when I arrive. Like sweat, Ronnie sweat. Also, I had to point out I just noticed today the coffee of choice is from Duncan Donuts because America runs on Duncan, which is not a marriage medicine reference. A little call back to Duncan from season one I'm looking at my Duncan Dones cup. It says joy on it and has candy canes and pine trees Are people just not drinking Duncan Dones coffee anymore? Why do they still have their holiday cups out? What's going on in America? America does not run a it's a very small percentage that runs and be we went to a lot of Duncan Donuts in Boston Dry gross nasty shit terrible. Sorryin Donuts you have to like writ you like I have always loved you even though I know

there are better donuts I know when people do that's not everything like Dunkin Donuts I mean you might as well just eat some cardboard gal but honestly I've always did by my Dunkin Donuts but they have been declining Dunk Dunkin', get it together. It'll help you. Get it together, okay. Get it together, Dunkin' Donuts. Get it together. And I have a...

I will eat cardboard. I love chunky cheese still. Like that is cardboard pizza, and I love it. But it's not even good cardboard, you know? It's like three day old croissants that weren't even made right in the first place. Yeah, and I, listen, I'm not a food snob. I love my McDonald's.

I love my burger king. Okay. I'm not a food snob necessarily. But in this case, you know what, make your cups, catch your cups up to February. Okay. Catch your cups up to February and fix those donuts. Okay. And then we can talk and we can help.

We can help somehow, but we can do it. And the reason why we, this is very important to us is because today, we're talking about top chef. So this is a culinary-minded podcast episode. We're already in a state, all right? Yes. And I'm not a food snob, but I am a junk food snob, okay?

If you give me a Snickers that says Consuela, I know that's an old name on the Snickers roster And if it's like dry and doesn't taste right, I'm gonna call you at Snickers, okay? Because I love my junk food to be Proper shit. I don't want it to be some old shit Yeah, don't give me a high-drocks and tell me it's an Oreo, okay? Oh, yeah, yeah, that was a forgotten lyric from ironic. It's like a draw full of high Drugs when all you want is no you is that a real lyric? Oh my god. No, it's not oh

I believe anything You know so many more songs. I'm like oh my god If the lattice included a commentary on Oreos in her, in her seminal hit. Curum 2018, I believe that. Did like look, I'm driving in my car, my phones on a stand. Like, oh my God, really? That's a song. I got one hand on in Oreo and the other one is got a glass of milk. So here's what's more important than these Alannas puns, which is like my favorite thing to do is make an Alannas pun. We are wrapping up an absolutely amazing week here in, well for me in New York, Ronnie's already back in LA. We performed at the Barry Ballroom earlier this week.

So fun. Hey, if you have any like photos and you share them on social, be sure to hashtag them. share them on social, be sure to hashtag them, crap ends live, and also hashtag, www crap ends, that way we can see them, et cetera, et cetera. But also, back into shill mode, we got shows in Houston in Detroit next month. So the Houston show we're gonna be talking about dinner party from hell.

No, that's the Beverly Hills. No that. But also, right now we're talking, there's so many, people are so many great things for our shows, every single one. We always put up pictures on our Instagram. And we decided that we are going to lean into that and we're going to ask people,

we're gonna basically do a costume contest at, as you said, and and Detroit and probably every show. The way it's going to work is we're going to come up with some hashtag. And basically on the show day when you when you show up at the show, take a picture yourself, sell people with your friends, whatever, you're going to use the hashtag. And we're going to check out the hashtags backstage before the show begins and then we'll announce a winner on stage and we'll come up with some sort of prize or whatever. But we just have to be like make a deal costumes, okay?

Like, you don't have to come dress like a clown or anything. But the shirts that people make are so amazing. It's time to start recognizing that, you know? Yeah. Yeah, we had, we had, let's see, in New York, we had, we had, welcome back scumbags, we had some broken birds, we had some, some big, Lewand faces going on, we had more, more girls, more, more, more, more, more, slot, more slot. I think, oh, maybe more, more. I can't tell. I can't remember. Two girls

came dressed in like pink jackets as an ode to Lala and Ariana should like that. We love it. So and members of San Francisco, San Francisco was like a gay pride parade because we had a couple of little Delvier was like in a full, a full thing. We had COWigs. Yes. So we want to like, we want to honor all that commitment. Yeah. The crappies, Mina came in a full blonde wig. Yeah, also in Boston, we had three classic marches,

and they made us these glasses with Ramona eyes, which I still have mine, and I walk around and freak people out and go, okay, okay. Yeah, all that shit. So like, starting with the Houston show, we'll come up with a fun hashtag for it. We want, these things are fun. We want people to know.

And by the way, our San Francisco show, our next one is on Gay Pride weekend. So that's like, gay it up. Okay, we're gonna, let's do some, we'll see, we don't know what it's gonna be, but we're gonna make it like, essential and essential part of your gay pride weekend in San Francisco because that yeah, that's what.

Get gayer than going to a housewives recap show. I mean, I don't know. So, and then we're gonna gay pride after. Yeah. And possibly more classic margins will be there. Like, who knows? But to everybody who does that and puts all that effort into making those shirts

and those props, thank you so much. That makes it so much more fun. It's so awesome. It's so, it really, it really, really is. Joy, hangover, joy, hangover. I had to sleep for a day when I got home, not because I was tired. What did I do? Like, I'm living my dream.

But because I felt so much joy, I had so much serotonin produced at that show that I was exhausted. I was like, I just need to be sad for a minute. Bye, bye, you know, Thursday. Bye. It was a lot. It was a lot. It was a lot in the best way. Like it was a sensory overload.

Also, another good thing about our shows is that so many people come alone. And at first, we meet people in the VIP meet and greet and stuff. And there's people who are awkward and they're like, oh my God, I came alone. And by the end, girl, we're all the same, crap and people. We look different, we're different ages.

We make more money than each other or whatever. We're from different walks of life. But the crap and bitch is a crap and bitch, girl. You're always on a different, yes. We're all bonded. whatever, we're from different walks of life. But the crap in's bitch is a crap in's bitch girl. They all believe in a friend. Yes. We're all bonded, we're all in it together. And we're growing our crap in's army.

And it's been the past, well, the past six years honestly have been a crazy ride. But the past seven months, we've only started doing this in the past seven months. And it's just been surreal. and we are hoping to continue this surreal reality of it all. Well, you guys understand how much it means for me to get out of my house. And I understand how much it means for you to get out of your house,

especially on nights where it's like Tuesday night party at nine in a city. Part until four a.m. That's not an easy request and you guys do it right along with Yes, but yeah, so the party's going to Houston and Detroit next After that we got wow. I mean DC is gonna be madness and then we got Irvine. I mean, they just it's It's the hits keep on coming but for right now We got some top chef some good old fashioned top chef and then some crap and male bag afterwards. My first note for top chef is 18,000 wow. Whoa. Wow. Wow.

I'm still sun. Yeah, she's like me just come on the soap. Yeah, She couldn't come because she's like at home and the shower still like, she's like sitting at the bottom of her shower, her hands wrapped around her knees, crying like, I'd never knew such heights. Whoa, 18,000. Whoa, wow, wow, my God. I believe the quote was, my God, my God, the things you must have seen at that altitude,

the birds, it's like the nature specials when you see a fish in the deep and it looks like a monster. The birds must have been equally monstrous, right? Right? Tell me everything. I wish Gail was the star of the birds. Patima would be like, did you mean to eat all those birds? It's like Gail's the winner right away. Gail, don't scare away the birds. The bird just supposed to be scaring us. Gail you got the story wrong. Oh

God, can someone get the pigeon out of Gail's mouth? Thank you. Lesson heart. Miss you, Gail. So we start with everybody like, Oh my God, this is so hard. I'm on a journey. And carry it's like, it was really roughing on the bottom. But being on the bottom with my good friend, that's double awful. I'm like, please just say the F word one time in your life and just throw a play to the wall, please. I know. She's like, I'm so sad. Can you tell?

My grin is only 78% today. And Liberna Dan is like, I've really gotten my shit together. You know, maybe today is the episode that I finally find myself. I've been really, really close to finding myself. Fingers crossed. I've finally been to me.

So, but you say, but Joe Sasto's been coming on strong too. He's been really good with his, you know, with his pasta and stuff anyway. So, it's dangerous. Sasto's been coming on strong too. He's been really good with his, you know, with his pasta and stuff anyway. So he's dangerous. Sasto is dangerous. I'm like, he literally is dangerous. Do not kiss him. If you touch him on the skin, wash your hands.

I feel like he's got some kind of disease that only he's surviving. He's got Sasto. The Sasto. Yeah. The Sasto, let's Sastoise, as it's just called the Sasto. You know how certain diseases get of the,

like, oh, you got the grip. And you got the consumption, you've got the Sasto- The group. The group is a group, I think I'm a group. Oh, a group I think is French for flu. Look how educated I am. The group. But I don't even know what I'm talking about.

Me, but, yeah, Friday. Well, I was gonna say about, oh, I do have to correct speaking about how educated we are. Last week, we're like, ah, Adrian's so stupid saying like, the hell we ride. Apparently that's actually the origins

of the name, tell you ride. Tell you, tell we ride or something like that. Ugh. I don't care. It's so hard. Podcasting's hard. I don't care. Just stay in the same city. How about that? Build one kitchen. Like, I literally don't care. So hard podcasting's hard. I don't care. Just stay in the same city. How about that?

Like build one kitchen like I literally don't care where you are Carries like I'm talking next year Carries talking to Luigi and she's like, wow, what are we gonna do today? Right milk and fat Joe's like did you guys write milk? Maybe you were kicked off remember Remember when you weren't as good as we were remember remember remember her dream is doing a quick fire for Oprah Yeah, and fat Joe is like hey, you know that guy art which I mentioned last week He pretends to be nice, but really hit me in the head with pants

which I mentioned last week, he pretends to be nice, but really hit me in the head with pants. He was her chef for a while, and one day in her audience, we made biscuits, and she was like, you get a biscuit, and you get a biscuit, and you get a biscuit. And this is why Oprah will never, ever go away, okay? Yeah, exactly, exactly. And I just had visions of Joe Flam running out from backstage with biscuits and

Artsmith being on stage smiling at the He's just like smiling and waving at the audience as they get their biscuits and then he turns to Joe and just galowers at him goes Faster Biscuit man, you're not getting those biscuits out fast enough you fucking idiot that Joe You're not getting those biscuits out fast enough. You fucking idiot that Joe You know, he went back to the agents like just do like a task You like picks up a biscuit takes it by it and just like knocks all the cast iron scouts I'll be up in you call this a biscuit. I love thinking of that guy as just an angry queen like pushing around fat Joe with the Oprah show Get back stage and he knows like I'll be out in one second, Oprah.

Get this biscuit, Rob, are you are going out on the door? And Carrie's like, so do you know Oprah? Could you ask her if freestyle really means freestyle? Like, what are the rules? I just got used to points. Just clarify this with Oprah. I'm like, look, Oprah buys something and changes the rules. Here's what Weight Watchers is. Calorie counting in a way you can't understand unless you

pay. That's it. Carrie, there. You're welcome. Yeah. So then we saw a bunch of Joe Flam's childhood pictures. Pictures. So I was like, oh, he's going home because we're seeing a lot of his childhood pictures. But, you know, we'll see what happens in that front. But so then, Kerry turns to Joe Flamin goes, you're the most famous person I know. And then Joe Sasto, just they just cut to Joe Sasto, aka Luigi, aka Handlebar Massast, just like snickering in the corner. He's like, yeah, I know someone famous too.

I like to call him the world champion for a journey. That's right. I know the most famous for a journey in the world. Any questions? It's me. Also, I'm brothers with Mario. So, I don't know Mario. So I don't know. I even know Wario a little bit. He's like a person that people don't really understand, but he's pretty cool. Bowser is much nicer than people can do. I'll say yeah. Waluigi is a cool dude actually. People don't really like Waluigi. They're like what's her name is Waluigi, but like he's cool. I just been through shit. If you catch him on a good day, he has stories, man. He has stories. Good good. Well podma as Tom would say brings in real stars

Bet middler and Shelley long just kidding. It's um the whole touch your brothers She's like hey guys. It's the twins And I'm the nerd is now an alcoholic and the rebel Really looks like he's embraced math. I don't know what's going on with those guys, but they're odd twins. I think Brian Valtaggio, who is more of the stray list one, he just looks more like a dad now.

And Michael Valtaggio is just sort of strung out, looking, looks crazy, but hey, maybe he's just on like a really good diet, you know? Well, I told this story before, but it's worth a second telling. One time I was at the village idiot with my friend Trisha, and I was outside smoking, as I do everywhere, and Rebel Twin was out there, Voltage, you know.

And she goes, oh my God, I love you on top, Seth. And then she called him by the wrong name. She was like, I love you, Marcel. Or something like that. Oh, no. And Trisha, by the wrong name. She was like, I love him, or something like that. Oh no. She's just Trisha. He got so mad. And then he got in his like super fancy sports car and he looked at her and then he was

like, He's like, what I what I do. And I was like, that's not his name, stupid. That's perfect. I want it no other way. Yeah. I was like, thank you for giving me that gift tonight. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Trisha. Um, I see you really secretly recorded you and Trisha talking before we started

recording. It was really great. Well, prove me wrong. It's not. I know I can't find. Well, now I can't find the recording. So how did I leave on my amius frozen burritos up right here? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Of course, I can't find it because it's like the recording and the recording are supposed to, but like whatever, just trust that I have it somewhere. I think you named it and put it on your desktop. Try it. Okay, here. It's supposed to be in my watch or crap and folder. Let's see, I can't find it. This is not good content for the people. They just got a great story so that's true. Okay, so the nerd one is like hey, there's a hint to today's challenge if you look at the Rocky Mountains around you Carey's like Rocky Mountains

I Aethos is a baby I Know that also this could be doing cores cores. We're doing cores challenge Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain No, no and then Michael's like yeah, this challenge is gonna take a lot of balls I'll tell you it's Rocky Mountain oysters. Well, thanks Padma For ruining the game This quick fire is really going to put you to the test. Dickles get it. And carries like, huh, I can do this. I went to prom with the bowl.

So to prom with the bowl. We made a stove and the prom floor. We slow dance to the rose. Oh my God, she would too. That was our prom song. That's why I mentioned it. Ew, why? Isn't that about dying? Yeah, but when you're in teenager, that's like the most beautiful thing that you could have, you know?

No, me and Jen have to sing that at funeral. So I hate it. Okay. So Padma is like, um, I'll tell you, it's Rocky Mountain oysters in 30 minutes, create a mouthwatering dish. Good things come in pairs. Get it. Hope no ones allergic to knots. Honestly, I really hope no one's allergic to knots because Gal I guess these reactions terrible. She gets hives all over her pretty little face It's ridiculous

You have to do balls two ways because there are normally two balls in a sack Everybody got it I hope whatever you cook isn't hairy like some hairy balls. Is this joke tracking? So, L'Obernative Air and I was like, oh, bull balls, that reminds me of Codspurm. Because in Korean restaurants, that's put into soup and it's delicious and Ben's always giving me shit for not liking Korean food. Ben, this is why. It's like, hey, cod sperm is in the... Don't let Adrian be your ambassador.

He reminds you of cod sperm sacks when they're in season. I'm like, please, let's... This is already hard enough for me to watch watching these giant testicles being sliced and chopped. I was like, I was like fully crossing my legs just trying to get through it. He's already hard enough for me to watch, watching these giant testicles being sliced and chopped. I was like, I was like fully crossing my legs just trying to get through it. I don't know why. I know their bowl testicles, not me testicles, but I was having a hard time.

I'm from Texas, so you just eat anything fried. People order them and you're like, oh, that's chewy and good. What's that? And they're like Rocky Mountain oysters. And I'm like, I ate an oyster I didn't even find out until I was a teenager. I was eating bull balls. I mean, I would eat it I just don't need to nash. I just watch them being sliced, etc But carry of course carry doesn't really great good sell on them. He's like yeah, they're oh, you know

They're kind of chewy kind of soft kind of wet. I'm like well, that sounds That sounds nice, I guess. From so Padma is like in 30 minutes, create a mouthwatering dish with balls. Get it. So, oh yeah, cotsperm. Sorry, I was already there. So Kerry's like, I'm gonna do a patet. Because you know, there's kind of an off-putting texture. Yeah. And Kerry was the one who's actually worked with them before. She said she'd actually practiced in anticipation of this challenge, because Pam is like, have any of you ever worked with Rocky Mountain Oysters before? And Karen's like, I sure have. I was anticipating

it. I knew this challenge would come up. And yet, she didn't, she seemed to be a little caught off on sort of what to do Well, it wasn't her balls like her balls were cooked. Okay, it was the sauce They had to go they really had to go deep this time to find something bad But Luigi's like balls are like sweet breads and I can do sweet breads Yeah, they are there like things people don't want to think about you know, I feel like if Rocky Mountain oysters are another of the things that we all know what they are more or less, maybe not we all, but like, you know, generally people have heard of Rocky Mountain oysters,

then there surely must be some go-to dishes. And if there surely are some go-to dishes, why not just do a take on that? Like, why is this hard? If you're a chef, only time I've ever seen Rocky Mountain oysters, and I've seen them a lot, they're just fried. They're like onion rings, but nuts, you know? And if they were so good,

they wouldn't have to call them Rocky Mountain oysters, like sweetbreads, that sounds delicious. No, it's like an anal land from a penguin, you know? It's gross, they had to change the name to make it sound good. I don't an anal land from a penguin, you know, it's gross. They had to change a name to make it sound good. Oh, those are called, I think those are called soft pillows. They already have a soft pillow before. They're actually anal glands from penguins. Yeah. Delicious, amazing comfortable body pillow. It's like, you know, a dog's hernia, you know, no one wants that. It's called a star light star light nugget.

I'm really bad at making you fmissons for ugly food. No, that one was different, you know, and it's the greatest nugget that chefs and waiters have ever pulled on rich people. We're like sweet breads and it's like guts of something. It's like calling the Patagonian toothfish Chilean sea bass. It's like calling the monster of the sea. A monkfish.

I like Lisa of Andropa being like titillated by this stuff. A rocky mountain oyster is actually a testicle. Oh my I touched one of those on Ken's birthday get it What do you call a West Hollywood oyster? I Don't know I am actually very curious about the answer. A game bowl! So much easier.

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Okay, she's like five minutes left. Yeah, that was like a pile of your tent. Yes. She's like ready to do some cosplay. Some, she's ready to go to PBS and do what it was at Pioneer House. I'm ready for my reality show experience. Padma Plain and Tall just kidding. Padma Plain and Tall, not whiz glint close when you need her. A-Gale. Gale, Plain and Short, you know what I'm saying. I feel so bad for Padman this and I never feel bad for Padman because she's a sex bot.

Like, you know, I don't feel for her, but this one, she has to eat bullballs and hang out with the Voltagee brothers. That's a lot. That's a lot. You know, I saw Padman's apartment building on Wednesday. My friend, my friend lives across the street from her. And I spent like a good amount of that afternoon hoping to see her out on the sidewalk, but I didn't see her.

Did you mean to stalk me? Did you mean to let me down with your lack of appearance, Padma? You know, it's a real dick, Luigi, okay? He's like, yeah, he's like, it would nice to be able to get a quick fire win because I've never had one, but Kerry will probably win with a toast. He's like, maybe we'll see another version of a fancy toast. I'm like, shut up. You've been, you made pasta this entire season. And most of it's been dumplings. And Bruce has been doing it too. And he got heat for it, but he was, he was shielding the fact that you're also just a pasta, a pasta person. And you know what, you are a one trick pony, sir. It's a very good trick on a very

nice pony, but still a one trick pony and the same trick, same pasta trick, okay. So shut up. Fancy toast, at least it's, it's, it's cute. You still weeds from private bucks. Yeah, I'm never forget him for that. So, he's like, you know what this tastes like? Tasticles. You know, I wouldn't want to spread it on toast or anything. At least he's in on the joke, you know? Yeah, exactly.

So now it's time for the tasting, the quick fire tasting. So, Joe Sasto presents a cornflake-brated Rocky Mountain Oyster with braised Rocky Mountain Oysters underneath and then some other stuff, because there's like a million ingredients. And that fast. Yeah, it looked really good, and they seem to like it.

So like thank you, the Voltageos wanted a second. And then it's time for Adrian, LeBernard and she's like, well, what we have here today is a Rocky Mountain Dashi with some like a percolated Rocky Mountain oysters, and some pickled, something on the top of the other thing. I literally found a cod and made him sperm all over this ball, which is so crazy. And Padmins, that is very clever. Very clever. Thank you.

I literally masturbated a cod into the soup. Yeah. Yeah. Been there. Done that. Appreciate that you went there as well. Did you ever caught also right a book that got him a fatwa? No. So then Joe Flam, he serves up some Rocky Mountain, some fried Rocky Mountain oysters. And he's already been having some issues. He was like, huh, he was tasting them beforehand. He was like, yeah, these are Mountain oysters. And he's already been having some issues. He was like, huh, he was tasting them before. And he was like, yeah, these are pretty chewy. And so he serves them Padma. And she just makes this noise like, yeah, she goes,

blah, did you mean to make me, blah. I'm sorry, was this meant for Gale? I think you served me the wrong one. Gale would have been able to chew through this. So nerdy voltage, it was like, um, did you cook this before frying it? And he's like, um, no, look, here's what I like to eat. Little Debbie's chicken pizza. I'm making bulls balls at home. Who does that? Yeah. Yeah.

You're so plain, do you hear it? I did hear it, yeah. It's really loud. It's past. No, it's very faint on this end. I'm getting it now at my house. I like it. Reminds me of civilization outside of here. There's a world outside of my bedroom. So, Carrie's like, um, I'm local, I'm from here.

So you know what we like to do here locally? We'd like to make pate. And I also fried some of the bull balls and blah, blah, blah. And the dickful Tosya is like, well, we saw you grinding up the balls and we thought you were going to make meatballs, but you didn't. finding up the balls and we thought you were gonna make meatballs, but you didn't. Yeah. And Carrie goes, oh, can I ever redo and Pam goes, no. Pat must like the worst golf part, however.

No Mulligans. No Mulligans. Mulligans sound like the sort of bar that Gale would go to. You know, a place they serve chicken fingers and other assorted fried things. Lessor hearts. She finishes her appetizer and then says, I call a mulligan and they bring her another one. I'm over it.

They better make sure they clean out all their pictures because that one's going to be having a lot of Miller light tonight. So Pat and it's like, you hammered that protein and the rubble's like, ew, patet, don't wait now. So you hammered that protein and there's hardly anywhere to go from there. It's like when Gail gets to the bottom of a KFC bucket. Bless her heart. She can't be here with us today. She's a bad case of the gals. You know what I'm saying? So, LeBernadam is like, they're like, wow, nice balls. Get it.

And the nerd is like, whoa, you know, Luigi and LeBernadam were, you know, both good. And Padmigo's, this chef who won, treated the protein with elevated respect. I was like, you know what, are you going to reference the elevation because you're high or the ball to the light spect. Udmost. I think she said utmost. Yeah, she probably did. That sounds like her. That sounds like I still have a little bit of that altitude sickness that gauntlet was going so fast. I must gale right up on gale.

18,000. Why am I gone? So anyway, so the winner is Joe Sasto. And so he's happy. It's his first quick part that he's won. So he's coming on strong. It's going to be between I think he he's gonna win the whole season to be honest I do. I think I think Adrian could make it. It could be Adrian to well, the top two loading up her story. Yeah, the top two were Luigi and LeBernie Dan and he goes

Oh, I can tell by the judges comments that she's right behind me. I was like, really? Because she's literally number two and you're number one. So good reading, buddy. Yeah, exactly. Like maybe get some of that pasta dough out of your ears. So then they all hop in their BMWs and they're gonna all like head up to some place. It's like a very BMW commercial, like just like all these beautiful angles close ups on the X-5, like all that was missing was John Hamm basically. And Carrie helped, because she's like, look, we're off-roading as well. Oh, national forest access.

This is good. Look at the functionality of this wonderful car and I'm still so comfortable throughout it all. So they get to this creepy cabin and guess what it's filled with parents. Yeah, parents. How about I do you want to see who's inside, take a look inside, chefs. There's a handy cam shooting this right now. So it's a little scary, but don't be too scared, chefs. Don't worry, it's not Gale. They're like, wow. I know you're hearing what sounds like a food processor

in a garbage disposal, but it's not Gale making a smoothie. I promise. So Luigi's dad is leaving, by example. He has a mustache, but it's not curled. He's like, just listen to my mustache son Yeah, I ask Dream it to me it

I loved Adrian's mom Susan. She's like hey, it's me. It's your mother. It's your mother. Hey Adrian It's your mother Susan. Yeah, I didn't even feel homesick at all like who cares about my mom But then I saw her and I was like oh my god I'm terrified, but also homesick, but also please don't let her be here for real her mom's like hey Do not fuck this up you stupid little bitch Of course, I think the star of it all was Joe Flam's grandmother who yeah She was great for some reason she reminded me of my elementary school friend Becky Gerard. I don't know why. It's like when Becky Gerard becomes a little old lady,

that's what I think she's gonna look like. And it was so charming. I love that you were friends with an 80 year old in school. Becky Gerard was the delight. I really enjoyed her. She was just a very sweet sweet person. Just like Joe Flam's grandmother. Yeah, Fat Jigga's, oh my god, I saw my grandma. It's like your head's playing tricks on you. Mm. That crazy concept of generations. Yeah, most innocent trip ever. Yeah.

I'm tripping. Well, it's my grandma and she's smiling and hugging me. Whoa. I got to get out of this place. Well, you know, the shining can take on very strange forms. Yeah, the Mars really the twins. So, in this case, Padma's like, look, your normal parents and aunts and uncles and grandmothers

who went to school with Ben have cooked their favorite meals And Luigi's like, oh shit pigs feed is my dad's jam We thought you guys might be feeling a little homesick at this point in the competition I mean, I know some of us have been a little stomach sick after those Rocky Mountain oysters. No, I'm saying get it everyone us have been a little stomach sick after those rock mountain oysters. No, I'm saying get it everyone. I think a little word play. No.

I hope you have the balls to cook for your grandmother. It's like, okay, Padmire. It's a different segment. Give up the balls. Okay. So the parents, all these parents and grandparents, they basically all made food. It's a giant like family dinner. Padmire, you show up to meet your parents and grandparents, they basically all made food as a giant like family dinner. Paddle and they also make you show up to meet your parents in like that tight,

gorgeous rest with her boobs pushed up and you're like, you're beautiful. But this is my grandma like maybe a shawl. I don't know. Yeah, exactly. And they also downish is like, we're really thankful you took the time to cook all this it does look terrible though So I'm just gonna pass a bowl of pig's feet sounds delicious Someone saved the bones for gal Look at this a bowl of gale's feet Bless her heart. I just joke I just joke. Remember how she wore a wedding dress party dress last week?

Oh, Gail, we miss you. Oh, admins like here's the cheers to food, family, the Votaggio brothers who say nothing apparently. Marijuana, Tom's flip flops and Gail where's Gail who cares am I right someone call a 7-Eleven make sure she's okay I wouldn't want her gums have gotten attached with Slurping machine I'm sorry Gail couldn't be here but it's two for one rolled taco days at the 7-Eleven sometimes Gail goes into a 7-11 just stairs with the hot

dogs on the little spinny things. She falls into a trance and no one sees her for three days. Bless her heart. Gail, we know where you were. Your tongue is blue. Fatem is like so grandmother. What was Fat Joe like as a kid? Was he fat? And then the grandma was like, yes, and he loved pasta and everybody at home's like, we're shocked. We're shocked. Yes, what a shock. Yeah, so basically, you know, share about pasta. Get it. Like was there a joke in there? Yes. Balls, balls. Could you add balls to the end of that and editing? Get it? So Joe talks about his, how he learned to cook. And it's because his grant, he was raised by his grandparents, I think, right? And his

grandpa had a stroke when he was young. And so he forgot to cook to help out, you know. And then they show a family picture and he's so cute. I'd love that, Joe. Yeah. So I forgot he was raised by his grandparents. I was wondering where his parents were. So then Padma tells You know a little bit about pasta. Hey. Did you hear that, Voltage, your brothers? I made a pasta joke. I know one of you knows what that means. He's made it every day. At least he didn't say that Boca Tini was his spirit pasta. I mean, do you realize

what I have to put up with on this show? Do you realize? So the dad of Luigi was like, oh, he loves to cook at five years old, he'd cook. And then he cries because Luigi has a sad story too, which is legit sad, so I won't make fun of it. You do it. Yeah. Oh, I want me to make fun of it. No. So, no, basically his mom died seven years ago of long cancer, which is very sad. And it was like seeing his dad get choked up. Like I guess they were saying they they don't they haven't cooked it a lot. The mom when you just always cooked this dish or something. And he just basically is one of those moments where he was just like talking. And then almost suddenly sudden it was like boom like a motion and he's like the dad's hard crying and then Joe is explaining it is really really sad and I was like

He know Joe is kind of cute in his own Sort of hipster way, and I was like, oh, I kind of wanted to pet him a little bit straight now at that mustache while I was petting and you know Yeah, one of my upset now that mustache while I was petting and you know, make life. One of my men said, clarify. I don't hate him because he's awful. I hate his mustache. You know, and that's why you should do that to yourself. It's a very to entry.

Yeah, it was like, let me hug you and comb you. You know, but then he said, it's really hard being here with everyone's moms. And I was like, fat Joe just went before you and he was raised by his grandparents. So, so that was the meanest thing I'll say. Now I'll pass it. I'll pass it to him back to the next. Well, I'm sure your mom would be very proud and very happy to see your performance so far. Yes. I'm sure she just loves the same thing every day, right? Future, habit, right? Right. Should be proud of your obsession with pasta and tell you to come your mustache. So the picture of L'Aberna Dan is a child is the most hilarious thing I've seen all week.

She's like, yeah, that's the sound of her picture. Yeah. She's basically, yeah, I basically the whole thing is that her mom is a restaurant manager. We'll start as a waitress to work way up to a restaurant manager. And her mom did not want her to go into into into the restaurant industry. But of course, I was basically raising the non smoking section for restaurant. So, you know, there's, you know, of course I wanted to be in a chef home. I love that she specifies the non smoking section. Yeah. Like my mother was a good mother.

She left me in the non-smoking section. I was like, what's the smoking section? I know what you're thinking. Well, my mom was a back of the house chef. So I was raised in the restaurant as well. The smoking section. I was like, why am I craving cigarettes at 15? I was like, why do I need a cigarette?

Why do you think you were raised in a booth in the smoking section? So I'm with her, but you know what? She's better than me. I'm admitting it right now because she's like, I want to learn things. I want to cook. I learned line cooking and jeffery because I had to. Okay. It's the only way I could keep my lungs.

Yeah. Yeah. See, but sometimes that's all you need. Yeah. Some excuse to save your lungs. Yeah. Thank you. So we also meet

Kerry's mom who I thought was surprisingly young, even though she her hair was fully gray, she sort of looked young. Like she only looked like she was a few years older than Kerry, which was cute. She was like, Kerry is so fun. I'm making my standard beef stroking off for Kerry, which we'd have every single night. A lot. we'd have the beef stroking off. A lot. That is not an easy thing to give your kid. Yeah. Beef stroking off grows. Growls. Who does that?

I love Kerry and her mom. I love Kerry and her mom. I do too, but I feel like her mom fucked her over, you know? Yeah. All the parents kind of fucked him over, because Adrian's mom made gumbo, because then we found out that the elimination challenge is to take inspiration from the dish their family's made and take it to the next level. So Adrian,

you know, Adrian has the big uphill battle of having to make gumbo in 90 minutes, which is kind of a classic food competition challenge that happens all the time like well, I've got to make a gumbo. You know, it takes 24 hours and I got to make it in 30 minutes, you know? Yeah, I like that Padma's instructions were, okay, take your family's favorite meaningful dishes and do them again, but do them in a less average family-ish way. I rude, Padma. Do your family's dishes, but this time try to make them taste good. Thanks. Thanks. I just had to eat bulls testicles and now your grandma's

pasta. And I'm ready for some good food. Thanks so much. We don't have Gail here today. So I guess, I don't know, wrap this up. No one will finish the strogan off if it's lame and like anything that has the word off in it. Mm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm- uh, Carrie is like, oh my gosh. The dish. I'm making it so personal and local. It's a dish. Me and my dad made a lot, you know, and if I make it well, this could make his life better pants. Oh, yes. And then, uh, I liked Joe Flam's grandma who's like, oh, I feel bad. There's not much you can do with me.

Balls and Zee and ZD. Sorry. Have you watched this show, lady? Can you never gonna make you do this whole season? Should have just been called pasta wars. Who would win pasta? None of the stuff. Raquel Raquel would win because she'd finally get her pasta. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no the mom's like, okay, listen here, Bernadam. Have your thoughts been coming out of your brain into the real world? Hmm, hmm. You've been in every kitchen but your own.

Have you become yourself yet? Have you come into your own yet? Why are you under-seesening everything? I did not fund your entire culinary education for you. I'm not put salt on salmon. And Bern goes, don't let my mom smile, fool you. Okay. Like she smiles, but then she's like, get your shit together, loser. Smile, which is so true. Yeah, you can tell. I like, I like season. You can tell she's a battle ax. Hell yeah, who smiles? Yeah, I feel like she should be working

in accounting though. Like she should, I feel like she's a sort of person that you like drop off your receipts. Here are my receipts for the month and then she like, she is, as you start to walk away, she goes, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, and then she puts her glass at the tip of her nose. She looks through them and she goes, uh-huh, uh-huh, did you, did you organize these? Uh, uh, uh, did you, did you organize these? Uh, uh, no. Okay. I'm gonna give these back to you. And when you come back, make sure they're organized, make sure they're color coded. Okay. Thanks. And then she swivels to the le at some looks at her printer. She's that mom who's like, I love you so much. I mean, do better. Which is basically the same person as the woman who comes you back here receiving. Yeah, or I'm just seeing her behind the desk saying that.

Saying, uh-huh. Like, she does that thing where she like, she looks down her nose, but then her eyes look at the, when she looks at you, she doesn't raise her head. She just is, she's still like, look, her face is head facing the receipts. Her eyeballs are like looking up. So she's like looking up where it's just like, and okay, okay. The glasses are down on her nose. So she can see the numbers, but her eyes are on you, which means she sees you blurry. And she can see very clearly how stupid you are. And then when you're sitting on the office and she walks by to go to the coffee machine, she walks by with her mug and she looks at you and she smiles and she does that squint smile where her eyes squint. And and she crinkles up her cheeks a little

bit. But she doesn't actually say hi or anything she just walks by. It's her way of saying, I see that you are seeing me getting coffee, but no, that I'm working harder than you at any given moment. So don't push it. Okay, don't push it. Let me get my coffee. Enjoy not having your own parking space. Yeah. But you know, I don't hate you. Okay. Don't push it. Let me get my coffee. Enjoy not having your own parking space Yeah, but you know, I don't hate you look. I'm smiling Squint I wore a long scarf to the office today look I loved her so Luigi's dad is like I'm proud of you I'm proud of you And then Joe tells us so many sad stories.

And I was like, am I feeling things? I don't like this. Yeah, it was too much. Too much sadness. And I like Joe's grandma. She's so optimistic. I mean, Joe Flam's grandma. She's like, listen, you put good things together. It's got to be good. I was like, welcome to my kitchen. I've put a lot of good things together and and pots and pans before. And it has not always worked out so well So I appreciate your optimism, but

This is baked ziti just they're those kind of people who are like I cooked with love But you cook that because you could dump everything in a one of those metal pans from Ralph so you don't have to wash after And it's decent enough to feed a whole family. And I'm not judging you, but man, Joe has moved so far in the world, you know? Yeah. So, yes, there's more like that. Joe Sassos crying about recreating his mom's special dish because he doesn't want to recreate his mom's lasagna because that's sort of sacred.

Carri's mom didn't know who the Valtagios were, which is kind of funny also. I mean, not that she would know because God forbid they actually said anything at that dinner at that lunch table, you know. And Carries like, you know, this is going to be a story of my family. My dad loved taking his gun. We're local. And he would go look for game and he would find Buffalo and kill them. Then he would drag them home and my mom would be like, what are you doing with that? So this hint of acid is for my mom being mad at my dad. And then

the Buffalo is for my dad. And then the two-e part, the crispy part on top is for that tree I used to talk to. And then I'm like, stop with your story, stop. Yeah. And I decided for the sauce, I'm like stop with your story stop. Yeah And I've decided for the sauce. I'm actually just gonna keep it as a plain creme fresh to remind people of the wintery snow that I made an oven out of and cooked a cheesecake in I Hate I hate that the sauce got her So annoying the hardest thing to recreate be fucking stroganoff the grossest thing ever Why is it not that it's hard? It's not that it's hard. It's that it's gross. It's like hard to make it classy, you know. I like it at the pompous grill. You ever go to the pompous grill? Some place called the pompous grill will serve be stroganoff with a wink. You know what I mean? Well, it's like a Brazilian place and they do, they do like a beef stroking off.

I haven't been there in years. They do a beef stroking off that I remember being quite lovely. Well, it is lovely. And it was lovely and Zach White elementary where I used to eat it all the time. It's just seeing on top chef, like elevating that. It's not easy. And she did it and Tom was like there was no enough sauce Well guess what Joe Sasto is gonna do a rolled pasta With like stuff in it. So guess what another pasta with stuff in it from Joe Sasto Although it's actually really novel idea because the pasta is a little is onion, but the rolling of it is like the pig's feet so cool And Joe was like the pig's feet. So cool. Um, and Joe from the rolling pig's feet.

Because the pig's feet was like rolled and stuff. Did you see it there with the pigs feet were had to be like wrapped in. There's like a spiral thing around the pig's feet. Well, in his dish, but in his dad's dish, it was his dad's dish. Oh, there was. There was stuff around it. It's just like a big giant dish of like wings, but made out of pig's feet. No, there was stuff like sort of like rolled around it Yeah, okay, and either way even though even if there weren't the role sort of makes it look a little bit more like a a pig's foot Yeah, okay

You know, I'm gonna give it I'm gonna give it to him because he had a sad episode. I mean I'm gonna give him benefit of the doubt, okay? He cried So yeah, so now we get more stories about how, you know, like his mom had a cold that wouldn't go away and she was diagnosed and then two months later she died and it was just, it was sad. It was sad. It's very, very, very sad. Fuck cancer. And all our listeners were going through cancer treatments, hang in there. Yeah. Hey, PSA, fuck you, cancer. Yeah. Fuck you, cancer.

We need more happiness in our lives. We need like, you know what we need in our lives? We need things like, like, like, like, non-cancer. Yeah. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Fuck you, cancer, okay? So poor Luigi is like, now I'm making my past away mother's dish.

And if I get sent home with this, it's like double pain, you know? Yeah. So let me see where it's going to be. So now is the next day. Next day, next day. I'm looking. It's the damn gal. So the next day, it Next day. Next day. I'm looking.

It's the damn gal. So the next day, it's time to start the cooking. The chefs have an hour and a half except for Joe Sassos. He's got two hours because he won the quick fire. So Eliza Gavin from Top Chef Seattle is like, hey, I was on Top Chef Seattle. No one remembers me. Here's my restaurant. Go cooking it.

Did you remember her? Barely. I didn't at all. What'd she do? I just like, I don't remember what she did. I just barely remembered her. Yeah, me too. Well, not at all actually. So yeah, she's like, welcome to my restaurant. What the hell? Okay, how fun. And I was like, did they pay you for this? Is this free? I was wondering different things. She didn't even get to sit at, you didn't even get to

eat the food. I don't think, I don't think she even got to sit at the table to Taste it and be like so what I can really taste here is how good my kitchen is isn't that right everyone everyone? No, no Like please go sit with gal down at the hotel. Thank you Let's see what the Madeline hmm so Smiles has decided to make the beef stroganoff as a raviolo, which I think is a smart idea. She's going to use buffalo.

La Bernadana is like, oh my god, my room needs more time. Yeah. And Luigi tells her what would your mom say about that? Because he can already see her mom clearly, you know. He's like, watch out for your mom. See you. Terrifying. Yeah.

And you can totally see Susan just sitting there with her arms crossed. Being like, I mean, I brought you this far and this is what you're going to serve to me. This shit gumbo really. I worked myself up from the hostess. I raised you in the non smoking section. I could have raised you in the smoking. I could have put you in smoking. So yeah, and Joe Flam is cooking his pot, he's doing this tomato thing where he's cooking the pasta and the tomato water and all this stuff. And we know Kerry is doing because her pasta

dough is not working. And she is, this is like ultimate pasta season and she's got chunky pasta coming through. She's flustered. She's just not on her game. But you never know with her because she's always like, oh my God, what is this toast? Isn't toast enough? What if this isn't working? That's not working.

And then she wins, you know? Yeah, that's true. It's true. So, so they're cooking and everything. And now everyone starts to arrive. And Joe Flam's grandma shows up and a cute little outfit. She's so adorable. I love that woman.

Yes, she really is. And they all sit down and Padma's like, it's really good having you part of this challenge. I heard you guys really worked hard yesterday. It's like Gail trying to figure out her microwave timer. I'm blessed. It's like Gail trying to figure out her microwave timer. I'm blessed. It's like Gail trying to get into a pair of jeans. It's like Gail trying to operate a Casio keyboard.

It's like blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, but it's like give it up, Gail. You know, Marda Argeridge. Am I right, everyone? Am I right? So when they start bringing out their dishes, Luigi's like, oh my God, my roles aren't holding together. I'm going to caramelize the top, which I thought, ha ha, you're going to go home. And some was like, you're caramelized in the tops.

And he's like, yeah, and I thought this is the end of him, you know, because the chefs will call you out on a bad synabon, okay? Yeah. Like they will. Yeah, but they didn't really the parents all came and when Luigi came out with his dish his dad just looked at it like that ain't my dish. Yeah, dear you betray this family Luigi. Yeah, yeah, which was hilarious. Yeah, but everyone liked it and they're like oh it has every component of a lasagna. I'm like, lasagna is like pasta cheese and meat. What sort of bar are we hitting here?

Yeah, every component, but the dad smiles and he goes, Hey, we got a new lasagna dish for the holidays. I'm talking about the one I made yesterday. It was so damn good. We'll call it Top Chef Lasagna and this is fine. I was like, are you sure dad because people are really going to miss that big bowl of feet? Okay. So Kerry serves her Georginaff Rebjolo with Buffalo sausage and mushroom duck salad and they all they actually all really love it. And I think at this point, they're not, I mean, the judges aren't really being critical, they're not being, they're not nipping because all the parents are there. So as far as we know, we're like, Oh, okay, so that one, well, carries pulled it off. Well, Tom did say, I just, you know, I wish there was like, you know, crème fraiche,

mixed with the, yeah, you know, the butt stuff, the sauce, the sauce, you know. So then Adrian comes out with her, she was, this is my dish on a plate. I was like, oh, she's going home. That's like the curse. When someone says my dish on a plate, that means it's all over, right? Am I heart in a plate? My dish on a plate. The my heart in a plate.

What a silly mess up. This is my dish on a serving dish on a tray of a plate. Okay. So they're all, and then she goes to hug her mom's shoes and she's like, Oh, you're all sweaty. I loved her mom's not even veiled hatred. I love her mom. Yeah. And she made La Bernadette who works her ass off. So nice work. So yeah, wait, I was about to say something for Carrie because oh, I'm sorry. No, I'm sorry because I didn't scroll down but I'm sorry. No, I'm hungry and I'm being crazy. We'll go through quick. I'll talk.

No, you don't have to be spit up. I'm just really all this talk of food is like making making me hungry and as there's all to me being hungry, I'm like to range at the moment. It's not even important. I don't know why I'm saying it. But when Carrie presented her dish, she's like, every ingredient is a piece of me. I'm like, your pasta is dry. Like, that's not a good thing to say. And then the Voltaggio is like, you know, the egg on top reminds me of an egg noodle. He's very literal. He's, He's very literal. And the pasta on the bottom also reminds me of an egg noodle. The plate reminds me of the plate. I'm just going to say the meat on the inside. It kind of reminds me of the butcher, right? I'm getting paid for this, right?

So then Adrian's gumbo, which is actually I I think, the biggest question mark, you know, because how can she do this epic gumbo in such a short amount of time? And it sound like she had a really good idea of cooking all the ingredients separately, so they shine, so it's gonna be sort of deconstructed. So she serves it and they love it. And Tom's like, well, yeah, I feel like it was just so well seasoned. You know, like one extra grain of salt. It would have been too much, but she got it right on the red line.

I'm like, oh my god, her salt story has come full circle. She made it. Someone finally got the good end of the one grain of salt. Yeah, because you know, remember Kacy last season. Oh man, they're like, oh, I just need to like, two more grains of salt, like was it? Two more grains, two less. I give up, you throw me under a guilt blanket.

Yeah, she was fear like her parting monologue was like, oh, well I guess it's about a grain. That's what made me lose one grain of salt. I'm sure Tom's like, well, I'll take this criticism with a grain of salt if you will. Huh, literally take the grain of salt I need to see what I did to your podma Padma no grain of salt So who's food are you on now? Let me scramble. Oh fat Joe. Flams I love him. Okay. Yeah, me too. Also, I like how he causes pasta little bitches.

Yes, and I love that I misspelled his name because I usually say fat Joe and I said fat hoe. I wrote fat hoe you little bitches. I was like, oh no, I hope Ben knows what's happening right now. Yeah, that's a little bit just he's like, he was like cooking his pasta. He's like, I'm right, you little bitches. They said it's sort of in a gay way. So it sounded not a let not massage and it's like it just sort of sound like, yeah, I asked Queen. I love him. I hope he wins.

So work and feel agonolotti with Pomodor paste. And the rebel is like, you know, I'm curious about your meat filling, which I never know what he's thinking when he talks, because he speaks like a villain. Yeah. Yeah. Well, he also is, yeah, both brothers are just like very monotone and have no personality. Let's be honest, they can cook really well, but they have no personality. Mm-mm. I haveone and have no personality. Let's be honest, they can cook really well, but they have no personality.

I have tattoos and he doesn't. You know what, you're right. I apologize. I got a neck tattoo and I was mean to rob it on my season. Remember Robin? I think her name was Robin. She was like a caterer on like the Las Vegas season. And they all hated her because she's just like a caterer And they're of course doing like high-concept stuff and they were like, oh, I can't believe Robyn got through again.

Uh, I don't remember her, but I respect her because I respect cater cooks, okay? I was I was rooting for Robyn hard to core that season. Everyone hated her, everyone. Fatho, you little bitches. So the grandma was like, I'm so happy. And Tom's like, you know, there were layers of steps to accomplish, but it doesn't feel that way. It feels simple and great. So I think they all did great, right? They all did great.

And Padma was like, I want to thank all of you for being here. It was so wonderful. Not only to get to know you But to taste your food and understand where your children your grandchildren are coming from now Does anyone want to take this doggy bag of skittles to gale? I Just wanted to say that I can't believe we've cast all these people who like baked ziti that I can't believe we've cast all these people who like baked zee-dee. Now I've got an Uber coming. I think the rest of you guys have to figure it out on your own.

It's a gone love here. 18,000 feet. Gail just pops up from under the table. Oh my god. I got. Gail, what are you doing down there? I thought I felt something at my feet. Sorry, I kicked you so many times. Felt delicious. So in the stew room, the chefs are like, let's do wine bombs. And Carrie's like, I can't do it. I have to throw it away. I also noticed that I can't believe it took me all season

to realize this. That Carrie has the same laugh as Ina Garten. She's like a young Ina Garten laugh. I wanted to say I had the best food of the season, but there is one winner. food of the season, but there is one winner. And it is Francis McDormand from three billboards and a pasta dish. And graduation. Did you mean to buy so many billboards? So then Padma's like, I just want to be clear. There are no bottoms here today. I was like, that seems a little presumptuous. Yeah, no kidding.

You've got Luigi there. He literally has a handlebar mustache. So now they are like, their criticisms are so mild. At times I was just, I just, I just wish, Carrie, you mix some brazing liquid with that crème fraiche. So it would have just really been like really lovely. Yeah. I think Graham is like, yeah, Fat Joe, the problem that your Parmesan crisp was just a little

too thick. A little too thick about Parmesan crisp. Whatever weight watchers, he's like, that was more points than it needed to be. A Parmesan crisp, who doesn't love that Graham shut up? You loved it. And then they all start repeating the same thing because all the dishes were good, you know. So everybody's like, whoa, Parmesan crisp.

Oh my God, Parmesan crisp. Parmesan crisp. Parmesan crisp. It's chewy. Did you mean to make such a thick Parmesan crisp? So let's see. There's a commercial for what? Oh, for what? No, there was a commercial for Clorox with Nora Don.

And I was like, how is this happening right now? Sorry. I actually saw that. And I thought, wow, what perfect casting. Yeah, no, this is like what she was meant for. But at the same time, I always want I always want to nor done to do more More a don if you will I think she can't because she's like that in real life like yeah You didn't put chlorox in this toilet. They're like who wants to work with her, you know

She did have an arc on sisters, so there was that I know well. There's another example She tried to get in with the seal award Susie Kurtz Posse But I was left behind where are they? Where they exactly so have Miss like Bernadette you win for dealing with your mother now like I say to Gail step to the side Now, like I say to Gail, step to the side. So she's like Luigi, it was fine, the okay for you to do pasta. Was that fun? Ha ha ha.

Joe Flam, your pasta was nice. You can step to the side too. By the way, bulls testicles. Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha. Tom's like, this is tough. There was like, you think Parmesan, but there was also not enough sauce with cream fresh. What do we do?

What do we do? What do we do? Hey, chefs, look, this challenge was all about family and food and memories You know and someone's gonna go home and it's gonna hurt more than usual because you didn't only disappoint us You disappointed the people who raised you Goodbye toast lady Good luck to you Carrie. See you never haha Please back up your toaster and go and carry it's like, oh my god, I'm local.

I'm not disappointed that I lost not disappointed at all. I never thought I'd come this far. I mean, I thought I might come this far. I mean, I hope I didn't think I mean, I'm local. I'm not upset at all. I'm not. I'm taking this toaster. I was in a rodeo. Well, good luck to you too, Padma. I enjoy your cheesecake that come from snow ovens. Guess you won't be having one of those again, because I'm the only one who knows how to do that. I eat.

I'm mad. I had pictures of my winner. So whatever. Well, now I'm rooting for LeBernand Dan. Me too. And Fat Joe. And Fat Joe. Joe Sastell asked, he's probably going to win, but LeBernand Dan first for me. I won't be mad if he wins. Like he's nice and he works hard. Nice. And he's really good. I just like LeBernand Dan. Yeah. Because we also called it from the beginning.

We said that she's can go the super far Cold it Cold everybody that sand and now it's time for some mailbag We ready we have a brand new mailbag that we just opened up. So let's get right into it. Felicia or Felicia Hansen says Ben and Ronnie, please do a scene with Padma shopping for dresses at Ross with Gale. Please go having on the flower dress references you guys are the best. Well, that's convenience as we just did like an hour of Padma. So we are all in we're we're in full Padma zone. Gale.

Look at that dress on the floor. It's so you. Gale, could you please stop wearing those Adidas gym shorts like a dress? It's not working for you. Gale. No, Gale. Gale, I don't know if you noticed, but I totally punked you in the opening of the show, and wore a flower dress that wins every single episode. Good luck, Gail. Gail, I'm afraid that Kool-Aunt situation isn't working for you.

Maybe stay away from Garfield patterns. Bless your heart. There is something weird this year about Gail that she suddenly stopped wearing patterns. I'm not understanding it, but I'm so happy to see that she's still wearing not great clothes, you know? And she's gorgeous and then and tiny and can wear anything.

She just doesn't know how. I just feel like even if she wears something really great at the top of the episode there's always that shot of Padmah and that like blue and white cab cow girl roughly you dress with her legs thinking out she's like here I am dressed hot Gail do you like this Gail look you see my leg Gail do you see my pro you see my leg, Gail. Do you see my pro, you see my silhouette, Gail? Gail. Look, I'm Gail, but hot. Yeah, Trisha watched with me last night and she was like, why that weird dress? And I said, it's all a diss to Gail.

Yeah, it's all to, it's all to like turn Gail, topsy, Gail, topsy, turbby. Gail finally feels like she figured it out and Pam is like, guess what? Flower patterns are in now, Gail. I guess you're just behind the curve. Sorry about that. Here, have an iPhone case. I found it here at this Ross place. Whoops, it's an iPhone 4. Well, Gail, I'm afraid you're, I'm afraid your iPhone 5 doesn't fit in the newer iPhone everything case. Oh,

Gail, I'm sorry you couldn't find a dress that looks good on you. But here are some spark plugs. I found the men's section. Enjoy Gail. Gail, I thought we're supposed to be shopping for dresses and not perusing the chocolate covered almonds. Gail, Gail, Gail, in choice, nose hair trimmer. I found in the men's section, Gail. No, Gail, I don't want a Rachel Ray roasting pan. You can put that back. Gail, no, I don't, I don't need a margarita glass that has a pelican on a gail. No. Hey, Gail, I found a portable iPhone charger for you. Sorry, it's for the iPhone 5S. Is that too advanced for your model? I'm afraid it is.

Oh, yes, Gail. That's some thingy. Sorry, Gail. Oh, yes, Gail. That is very lovely. But I think I'll let you keep the poster that says Paris J'a'em. Gail, you found a painting that says Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris in five different languages. Oh, two bads you'll never go there while you're in love. That, that, that, Gail, that porcelain chef is adorable, but I'm afraid I can't accept it. You keep it

Gail did you already feel the chef with your own cookies gal? I'm afraid that a flur de l'e doesn't really work for me gal But but I'm sure it looks good and whatever rented apartment urine Oh gal I would buy you something if only they sold Florida lose. Oh, poor Gail. Oh, Gail, it's so adorable. You're trying to find good shoes here at Ross. No, I'm afraid they don't carry my brands here. They will, bitch. They will. So fun, abusing Gail through Padma. Also also so fun walking through raw stress for less with you Ben and Padma and gal Yeah, that was it. That was a fun experience. Let's do one more question and we'll call it a day call it a week Michael horn are adorable Michael horn. We love Michael horn. He's so sweet and lovely

Michael horn Michael horn not to be confused with bugles Gale, you can't eat Michael. He's not a Bougal. He's a horn. Hornet, who's aren't actually Hornet, Gale. Let it go. He says, hey guys, so y'all have actually inspired me to start my own podcast about reality TV.

I recorded a few, yeah, do it. I recorded a few episodes talking with some of my friends about shows like Big Brother, Survivor House, et cetera. And it's been really episodes talking with some of my friends about shows like Big Brother, Survivor House, etc. And it's been really fun. What advice would you give to someone like me who's just starting out? Feel free to do it in the impression of your choosing. Well, like what's about like you need some advice and some business advice like I got on my business. It's like I'm a summit. You guys say you have my summit. Here's my advice. I think, and this is what I've always told people about podcasting and blogging. Consistency is key.

If you're going to be doing a show, put it out at a regular schedule. It could be once every two weeks, once a month, whatever, but because once you get that schedule up, you're creating a pattern of behavior. If you stop, you're going to see your numbers go down. I say consistency, and then also just Get it out just record it if it's a bad episode Just you'll have another one to come like not all of our episodes are good this episode. I was like Starving and half lunatic. I don't know how this episode sounded, but I know we have a new one on Monday

So hey, they can't all be winners But push the content down sometimes you go to work tired like anybody else, but we still laughed, you know, like we had fun. So just make sure you're doing something that you like doing. Ben and I have both been blogging and podcasting for a zillion years. I personally had never made any money off of it. So it became a shock years and years later when I could pay rent, you know Yeah, and that's the best part. I didn't do it because I had to I did it because it was only place I could be myself and like say things and like have people get it and like it Yeah, I firmly believe that if you have something I I don't even wanna say interesting to say,

I don't even wanna pat myself on the back for that, but I feel like if you have something to say, if you have truly something to say, and you express it and express it consistently, you will find an audience, and it's important to also make find ways that people can learn about you in those early days. Reach out to someone and say, hey, this is, I thought you might like this

podcast to check it out or whatever. You have to sort of do some sort of networking a little bit. But with blogging or podcasting, just have fun with it, turn it out, and don't slack off. Don't do like two or three, and then take like five episodes off. You know, look at the banter blender. I mean, I haven't done that in forever. And so it has terrible numbers, because I am in consistent with it. But that's

fine because I'm not looking to have take over the world with the banter blender. But with us, we've been turning it out and we turned out we've always been good with our, with our schedule. And, you know, and we've, as a result, this podcast has grown and become like a beast in the best possible way. Being myself has gotten me fired from every job in life and gotten me kicked out of parties, bars and restaurants, you know? But being myself with Ben has helped me, you know? And it's fun, and I want to come to work. So just be yourself. Somebody out there is going to get it. You don't need a million people. We don't have the highest ratings in the world. You have fairly low ratings like in the scheme of things. But we, you know, we just do, you just need a few people down and you don't need to be. And also don't give up. And don't give up,

which sounds like such a trite advice, but we've been doing this for six years, okay. And it wasn't really until probably year four or five where things started to really be like, whoa, we, we, we, we, we, we, we can start to live off this. We can be professional podcasts. It takes a long time, especially if you're like us, we're still pretty much like an independent podcast. We're not on a network that we, where we can just get plugged into and just like get all the benefits of, of the cross promotion, where we suddenly get like plugged into and just like get all the benefits of the cross promotion

where we suddenly get like a big splashy feature. I mean, we're on an advertising network, but we're not on like a production network. We don't have people that, that producers that come in and make it sound all nice and then can get the word out and then all of a sudden we're at South by Southwest. And we don't have any like, we're not celebrities, you know, we don't have any of those things where just and we don't care Because we just a part that's It's just they're just hands But they're just hands okay, it's like having YouTube channel anybody can do it

I've seen some of the crappiest YouTube channels ever and they have like a million There's no understanding it and there's no rules to follow just do it. You know, I will top you on the cheese advice. Just do it like Mikey said. Just yeah. Do it darling. You're hilarious. Yeah.

We've read your comments for years. You're really funny. Just to your thing, baby. And it's funny. I get impatient. I'm like, I want this podcast to be bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger. And it's funny, I get impatient. I'm like, I want this podcast to be bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger. I'm always like, gotta, like, how can we make this odd?

How can we like, be like huge, but the truth is, I have to listen to my own advice and be patient and just do it, have fun with it, be consistent, and you know, and and soon you it will take some time, but you'll see the results. It's like, what's like planting partially. And you know, even if you don't, who cares if you're having fun, you don't care, okay? Yeah. I don't want to do anything ever. Like most days, I don't want to sit here and do this, but every time we do, I laugh and have fun. That's all I care about, you know? Just have fun in your life. Link. And the other thing, by the way, that I want to say is, if it's sort of

dovetails with just do the episode, don't overly fixate on what the voice is, okay, because you're not gonna have your voice for a year. It takes a year, I think it takes a year to get your voice. You're just not gonna have it. And recently, I have some friends which are running up a podcast and they had all these conversations about what's our voice can be,

what's this gonna be, I'm like, stop having to just record you record and You know if you look at listen to our app our first episodes It's not any podcast first episodes. It's wildly different to what we what we've turned into so don't worry about what your voice is Just when you have a good thing lean into it have fun with it and see where it takes you I've met so many people here that We get along so well, and we're like, let's start a new project,

and we sit down to like plan stuff and like kind of write it out. And then I fall asleep and I never do it, because the most fun part of this is just talking and being yourself, you know? And yes, some people will hear you and say, you're a stupid, judgy, faggot, or whatever or whatever and then some will say that's fun, you know, so I wouldn't trade it for the woo Yeah, good luck Michael horn and and everyone know you're gonna be great babe

You're gonna be a star make sure you let everyone know what you're new once you're ready once you're ready to reveal it to the world Let us know what your podcast is. Yeah, I'm posted. Well, hopefully we'll get you a little, a little, a little boost or something. Yeah, I'm posting it on our groups, what you're already on, we'll post it on our Facebook, like, dag is out podcast, um, Ben and Lee do a great show, like, you know, we're all in the same world, you know, so we'll help you. And that's the other thing, you know, like, blinded people and it's not really brain surgery, you know, just like, yeah, I did people and it's not really brain surgery, you know, just like, yeah, I'm gonna have fun.

Exactly. And what's interesting and different about podcasts versus other forms of media is that podcasts really benefit from like a rising tide, a rising tide lifts all the boats. So, you know, it's not competition. It's not a situation of competition, like with TV, if you're watching this and you're not watching that, but with podcasts, I mean, yes, it's getting more cluttered, but it's not quite like that. It's usually like, there's room for everyone and everyone can help everyone rise up. And, you know, we have part ofhole talking about this so long, but it is nice to be able to tell people. We've done the same thing forever. The only reason we found any kind of modicum of success is because of other podcasters helping us and having us on, you know, and we try and do that with other podcasters because there's a zillion podcasts like you can't really compete with like we're not going to go

compete with that murder show, you know, yeah, because my favorite murder murder that's them that's there like everyone's trying to come up with a new version of that. Don't do that. Yeah, be yourself, you know, yeah, well, unless you want unless that's something that interests you of true crime, if you're like thoroughly fascinated with with true crime then start a true crime podcast and just Feel yourself don't try and copy another yeah, you know, yeah Don't jump into it to be like oh, I want to jump on the true crime bandwagon. Here's my angle on it You know, it's like you could do it but but do it cuz do it because it's something that's on your mind

Not because you want to rise the top of the podcast world. My best lesson in the past years with you, Ben, has been success isn't money because we still like rich. It's not like we're writing that. And we live in LA where success is pretty listed out like it's organized. Yeah. Like here's the steps. I haven't done anything that would be considered successful But I get to sit in my kitchen talking to band laughing about stupid shit. So

I still feel massively unsuccessful. It's not funny because I judge my success on my riding career So I'm often like I gotta do more. I'm like one of my like Man that pilot didn't sell or this one didn't sell. I need to be like, I'm like, I'm not a success. In my mind, I'm not a success until I've sold a script. I know, hilarious, because we are considered to be very successful podcasters at this point. And it's like, I just don't see myself like that. I know a lot of you do digit writers and actors

over the years who've become famous and they're famous and running shows, huge shows. And they don't feel successful because they read comments on the internet that calls them idiots or whatever. And I don't think anybody who wants to do a good job ever can feel successful because then you just start sucking and thinking

you're great, which is scary. Well, because I've got like, I've got like shallow, petty, you know, benchmarks of success. So like, for instance, I see friends going to, you know, the Emmy awards or going to Golden Globes or things like that. And they're in their tuxedo going to an award show and they're nominated for things. And maybe they might win or maybe not. And I'm like, I'm like, here's a, here's a picture that I took from like around a planter

of like half of, of Stasi's butt or something. That's my benchmark of success. That got 100 likes. I feel like I want to have a Tuxedo success moment, but I'm not maybe someday Ronnie. Some people have to experience that. We're different in that way because we're in a that we're in a different we're in a different lane And I will I have a hard time with that But also look I think I'm like George Clooney because I'm so hot just kidding But whenever George Clooney is at an award show he looks so mad and miserable

He's like I had to get up. I had to put on a suit It's like he's at the top and I would feel like that. I'd be like, I don't want to count calories and wear a suit and have to sit here for five hours with a bunch of idiots. Yeah. You know, so we're different in that way because I'm in my kitchen. Yeah, I'm in my childhood bedroom. But I will say this to you, Mr. Van, what? You strike lightning every time you do something. So I'm not worried about you finding what you are going to be like truly successful that you consider, you know, true wins because you may team. Thank you.

You make what you're crap. And it's like you do, you kind of win. Like even you make a video on an airplane about a screaming baby and it's on CNN, you know, you have that. You're a very, you're a very kind. No, I'm not. You know, I'm not. But that's the truth. Like you're,

do you like when you really warm, you know, yes, yeah. Well, thank you. I, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't think that's like anything that I've intrinsically done. I just, I don't know. I don't know. It's weird. I literally is though. You see, it's not even like a feelings conversation. It's like the Wikipedia page list of facts. And it's, it's, I feel like if you really, when you really get into your zone and you're totally yourself and you're riding and you're

like loving every second, you're going to sell everything, you know? Well, I hope so. Thank you, Ronnie. And you know, at the, this is the biggest, this is the biggest, this is the biggest oil I've struck was watch or crap ends and I couldn't have done it without you. I mean, I mean, I mean, look at this, I mean, like nobody and the world doesn't give you, it's, you don't get what you want, you get what you need. And this is what I mean like nobody and the world doesn't give you it's you don't get what you want You get what you need and this is what I need it. I've never been confident in just being myself, you know And this has given me that and so now I feel like everything is possible So now I'm thinking well, what do I want and at the end of the day?

I want to sit in my kitchen and laugh my ass off like I'm doing with you, you know So I feel like I already won. So I also know that you're going to win at whatever you truly want because you always do. And on there for you, just make sure your first sitcom is called Rondle. Rondle. It's called Rondle. I mean, your life, it would be perfect for a sitcom. I mean, I don't know. Right now, right now, my focus is on the podcast. I mean, it'd be nice to sell a script, but it's the podcast. podcast the podcast is everything and it's kind of awesome I mean because you know Then I do have those moments of like damn we're like a podcast that we go on tour

We like I'm still like I keep on saying the Barry bottom Barry bottom, but that's a big deal It's a it's our bank jail. So it's all kind of it's all kind of crazy It's just hard to process it all and it's been it's all kind of, it's all kind of crazy. It's just hard to process it all and it's been cool. And it's been cool that like our careers have been like propped up on the shoulders of our listeners, right? Like this was fully a grassroots success. Like a hundred percent, like a hundred percent grassroots. And it's such a tiny space, which is what I love.

Yeah. And we have like major competitors now. We have major, that's funny, I'm saying competitors when I said podcasting isn't about competition. I don't see it as competition, but you know, people see it as competition, and they shouldn't, but we, the fact that we were hanging in there

when like now Andy Cohen has jumped into the space, you know, we got bitch sash. And in an ideal world for me, we'd be doing crossovers left and right. Like a bitch sash, water crap ends, crossovers would be amazing. Bitch sash, watch what happens, you know, all this stuff. It would be like just like amazing, amazing banter. And it's just it's cool that we are in the mix for that. Like that like we haven't been like made a relevant by all these like much bigger

podcasts. That's my favorite part that everybody else like when bitch such came out and member I was like oh no what do we do because Casey and Danielle I know them from UCB they're hilarious and they are really hardworking. Happy endings is like one of my top three team shows of all time. One of the sketch shows I first saw at UCB when Casey moved into town with her partner, June, called Road Hard and Put Away Wet was so brilliant and so inspiring. And when I saw her become famous and write her own movies with June, and then she moved into this space and I was like, oh shit, we're gonna lose everything, you know? And it's not about winning or losing, you know?

Exactly, we don't go to target and people know who we are. We're there in entertainment weekly on their first episode because they're hard working. But they're also fun and hard. I was watching the stars, they deserve it, you know? They created those housewives of Orlando. Hotlanz, hotlanz, hotlanz, hotlanz, hotlanz. They've created stuff there in a different lane.

So of course, we know people that, but part of me, like, what if we went on all those shows? Like, what if we were going on talking head shows and interview shows and stuff? Of course, that would be great, but your goal is to be a writer and a creator and Michael is to be an actor. Michael isn't to be Andy Cohen. No, I'm not missing him, but I always don't want to be a host, you know? No, but in my mind, I'm always thinking about how can we grow this podcast? That's, it's like, I can't help it. I can't help out like, we could do this. We could do this. We could do this. And I see opportunities and I just always want to go after them.

Like I can't help, but like, like, oh, they're doing something on TV. Well, we should do something on TV too. Like it's not a myth, not a thing of like, oh, I want to be famous and be a talking head because I've actually done that sort of stuff and it was really cool. And I don't mind doing it again, but like my goal is not to be a talking head in life, but I am just always, I get like really driven when it comes to things like podcasting whatever. So it's like once the idea was dangled in front of us that we should be touring, it's like now we're going for touring. Well, it's not like it was just my idea, but like I tend to become very much like, where do we go next? Where do we go next? Where do we go next? Because I just am like, but remember how that happens. I just want to seize it all, you know?

Remember how that happened? Some flake from some shading network we were at had contacts at the improv in L.A. And so we did that and it was amazing and fun because we hadn't done a live show in a long time. And he said, well, I have a contact at Gotham. Okay, you want to do it. We're like, yeah, every part of growth in this show has been kind of random. It's like somebody tweets at us. It's all about personal connections, honestly. Yeah, and friends.

And it's not, I feel like the stuff I've done to really actually make an effort never works. The only effort I make is to show up. I'm a photographer. Take my notes and do mine to hop and not be a flake, you know, and not fuck it all because I'm insecure and fuck everything up on purpose. Well, it's also really good perspective to remember. At the end of the day, like, just show up, get on the microphone and talk shit about these people and have a fun time and like laugh and, you know, read all the comments on Facebook and sometimes

it's like, that's all you need to do. And that's, and it's like, sort of like what you said. We can try to do things and position things and try to get articles written and try to get pressed to grow the show and you go on and try to, you're trying to, like, hockin' all these tickets and doing what promotions you get, whatever you can. But sometimes, all is just,

the most effective thing is just to show up and do another episode and hope that one person tells another person, hey, I really like this podcast, you should listen to it, because then that person might go on and tell two people, and then those two people might go and tell one or two more people. It's like, that's all we've done. That's everything that's happened to us has been

from people tweeting us. Like gossip it. We just need gossipy people. Gossipy gossipy. Other like-minded people too. You know, all the podcast that we've met, I've become really good friends with most of them like Annabelle, Julie and Brandy, Mauls, like all these people were all in the same lane and it's so nice to have office friends and all those people have helped us, you know, because they were

bigger than us. And now Taylor Strucker, we just had a Taylor Strucker show, which we didn't, I think we forgot to mention that on our bonus episode, but Taylor seemed really cool. Taylor was so nice. Oh my God. See, you meet work friends and then everybody helps each other. And then some rando from some huge radio, like Jenny McCarthy will be like, I'm desperate for some gay to like fill in six in the morning for five seconds. Right. And we know one of her friends who happen, but then if I like sit down and I'm like,

I'm gonna make these videos for advertising for this and that. No, it's, it's almost like you make the effort and the world is like, no, but you just show up and do your thing. And the world is like, okay, here's this. And that's all you got until I give you something else. And I know. But I'm, but I'm the sort of personality that's like, I get that, but I can't not make the effort. I always have to make the effort.

Because why else like, well, if you didn't, if you didn't make that effort, we wouldn't be making money. If we would probably not even have this podcast at all, like you're the one who was like, we should do this Patreon, we should tour, we should do this. I'm like, I don't wanna leave my house. I don't wanna ask for money. This is all stupid. I never thought it was possible to do this as a job.

And I thought you were Kuku. I just kept doing it because it was fun. So thank God you think like that. You've given me a life. Oh, well thank you Ronnie. And thank you very much. This is like this is like a, it's like our little self-congratulatory moment here at the end.

But it's true. We never talk about, you know, we've never talked about it in real life. And, you know, that's what the crap is mail back is here for too. You know, it's the crap is mail back is turned to this place where people say, like, okay, here's a weird scenario, but it really was originally designed for people to ask questions like this, to be like, what do you think about podcasting? What did it do? And so it's actually really nice to get a question like that of,

hey, can we get some advice from you guys? Because for a moment, we can just stop having to come up with a joke on the fly, which of course is our favorite thing to do, but it's nice to be able to shut off that part of the brain for a second, just talk normally. You know, just be free. Yes, we find it. Kasey's podcast.

And I was like, you have to keep talking to me. I'll make it a Roseprix bonus because we were having so much fun. Yeah. So Kate is my favorite kind of person because she's hilarious and she's extremely insecure. Like she doesn't even know what she has. know like it's hilarious to me she's like I have this little tiny podcast this and that so I asked her her numbers Ben she's like two to three times our numbers oh it's like babe you are crazy

it's like it's people never feel like it's enough you know yeah and I was like I never talk about our numbers but but trust it's a third of years Okay, I didn't bless you that big. Yeah, she's huge and she's doing so great But she's in this space where she thinks someone's gonna walk up and hand us a medal That's not how it works, you know, like we don't get any recognition from why me why should we we call the muscles every day But like we don't we get pushed back. We don't get to go do big things or no one's really treating us like we're famous And we're not we're podcasters and that's the joy of it, you know, yeah Like we have a pretty small podcast like after I talked to her

I was like damn girl. We have a pretty small podcast But we have the people that let us be ourselves and we let them be their cells and we're all happy in this time You little bubble, you know, I actually don't think we're a pretty small podcast I mean where our product our podcast has gotten large for sure, but One of those moments where yeah, the thing is, our podcast is large, but then you sometimes you forget like how much larger it can still get. And that's the sort of stuff that makes me be like, well, can we do the grow? Oh, we do to grow it. It's like when I see that there's like more to do, more ways to grow, that's when my brain starts spinning and my brain like does not shut off. And then when I try to sit down and do my writing,

I can't, because I'm just constantly thinking about different things we could do for the podcast, or different ways we could expand it, or grow it, or build it, or make it more attractive to people, or make other people learn about it, or want to subscribe, all that stuff. I'm kind of afraid of getting it to be too big, because some of the shit that comes out of my mouth

that I get away with, if people, if to be too big because some of the shit that comes out of my mouth that I get away with if People you know if you get too big people will come after you so hard online and I will cry, okay? I will get called out all the time and I will saw I almost like that people are like he's an asshole and he's an asshole I love and then who who else listens you know if we there are and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we, and we again and I'm like, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. All true. And then they move on, you know, but if you're like famous and you're on a network or something, they're like, I had to listen to this because it was on anyway, you know, and then they're meaner. Here, they're like, I hate them. That guy's mean and judgmental. And then they leave. Well, I say cross that bridge when we come to it. Yes, and I will cross it on your back. Okay.

You will make me a cross it. I'm going to cross the bridge over to the kitchen because I am so hungry. I'm going nuts right now. So this has all been very lovely and a lovely part of it. Sorry for that long-ass, you know, self-indulgent answer, but it was good to talk to you about it being. And yes, and I hope everyone enjoyed the insight you got from our, what it's like to be a

podcast or sometimes, this is what it's like, Michael, this is where you're going to be at in two years. So, rules, if you want to do it, do it, email us, I'll send you instructions, okay? Yes, absolutely. So, you guys have a wonderful weekend, we'll send you instructions, okay? Yes, absolutely. So you guys have a wonderful weekend. We'll be back on Monday to talk some real houses of Atlanta and the show will go on. Bye, everyone. Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Watcher Crappens Add Free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today. Or you can listen Add Free with Wondry Plus in Apple Podcasts before you go tell us about yourself by completing a short survey at Wondry.com slash survey. by completing a short survey at 1dry.com slash survey.