We're Here to Help - 162: Very Hilaria & Send in the Clown

Episode Date: April 14, 2025

Gareth and Jake help a caller discourage her mother-in-law from speaking Spanish on a family trip to Spain. Later, things take a turn when a caller tries to get her husband on board with her alter-ego, Bobo the Clown. Plus, a second follow-up from Ep. 86 "Seeing Past the Piggies."See caller images here!Want to call in? Email your question to [e-mail]: https://patreon.com/heretohelppodMERCH: heretohelppod.comINSTAGRAM: @HereToHelpPodIf you’re enjoying the show, make sure to rate We’re Here to Help 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts.Advertise on We’re Here to Help via Gumball.fm See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a HeadGum help. And we are back. We are back. Gareth is running something special. That's a lot of pressure because... Well, I was going to have today Eric Edelstein on. Yours is better, okay? Yours is better. No, we didn't because Nat Attack and I were texting. And she said Gareth has something.

But then what else happened in that text, Nat? Gareth just stopped responding to me and disappeared. And I said, it happens all the time. Lies. Lies. I'm looking at 100%. Here is the last. Well, he responded later, like hours later. Hours later, the night before the recording.

She's got to produce it. Excuse me. Excuse me. You think she got typed up 2 a.m.? Excuse me. The last text, good night, see you tomorrow. Okay? From Nat.

Good nights. So who left who hanging? By the way, no, that's not leaving you hanging, that's saying good night. What time was that, by the way? That was at 11 30 p.m. That's Leah. Yeah, because you kept me on the hook. 11 30 is so late. I was a comedian.

Some woman with children and a full-time job. This is just wow. All right, you know, this is a pretty good intro. Well, here's what I wanted to do, Jake. By the way, by the way, Jake, this is from when you, okay, first, ah-ha-ha! I had it all set up and ready to go.

We had it all prepped, produced, as they call it in the business. And then somebody, somebody didn't show up to the recording. Now, you might say, ah, I told you guys I couldn't, but Natalie, Nat Attack, what were we saying? He hearted, why is everyone looking at me like this? He hearted. I don't know what you're saying.

Because he hearted a text. Remember the recording where I had this, I had my guest all set up to come on. Natalie, do you honestly, God, understand what's happening here? Because this feels like a guy's going crazy and I'm honestly worried and I'm wondering if things are different post ayahuasca and I'm everyone turn off your video so I could talk without the judging eyes

Sherlock you're a man who solves crimes Yeah, anything Gareth just said was that English come on Sherlock Well, what I know is that we we really thought you were gonna be there at the last report I get that you were But what I know is that we really thought you were gonna be there at the last recording that you were. Cook Sherlock. But I don't know whose fault that is. Might be Nat's fault. But the wires got crossed.

Oh, okay. Might be Nat's fault. Oh, I understand. I was supposed, oh, now I get it. I got confused. So on that day that you missed, I had a guest lined up, someone to validate a conversation we had. So we had a conversation about bowling. You know, we were talking about our best bowling scores.

You got some geek from Milwaukee who you had to school with who wants to get free tickets to you to see you live and take a selfie with you. Jake. Can I keep talking? And you're like, dude, I'll give you a shirt. Just back me up. And they're like, no way, I'm around Gareth Reynolds?

Wow, can I get a selfie? Jake, first of give you a shirt. Just back me up. And they're like, no way. I'm around Gareth Reynolds? Wow. Can I get a selfie? Jake. First of all, that happens. If it ain't Pete Weber, I ain't interested. Hey, I talked about a 212 that I bowled and you, oh no, no, you didn't. No, you didn't. I did.

I bowled a 212 and I remember it. Are all your things just about you. Yes, the whole intro quiet Quiet and so I was bowling with a friend of mine when the 212 happened So I contacted the friend and I said hey you remember when I got that not attack We ain't doing four minutes of this voicemail call. It's not a boy. He was on video He just had a surgery He just had hip surgery and I wanted it to validate if you talked about your best bits from when you were younger He's talking about the 212 now. Let's go come on now quiet Jake here. We go Billy boy

Hey, hey your internet is pretty good It is well. You know that's a compliment good and bad days Isn't that how we talk in the where you live you sort of walk down the street and say to people like your Internet's good. And you're like, morning. Well, Bill, I'm not going to produce your year, Gareth. Jump ahead a little. All right. Jake's judging me. Oh, and crutches.

There's a lot going on. Oh, yeah. Yeah. This is your buddy. So you guys are the same. Yes, we're supposed to be here so that I could gloat about the two twelve. Oh, and he missed the request the request never missed a recording before So now we're doing an intro Where I'm still talking about it and I want you to come back Natalie What everyone already knows which is all right? Well, let it go now a 212

All right, well, let it go now. A 212. Yes, did happen. It happened. I agree. We're there. Oh, well, this is a really reliable source. Who's this guy? It's my buddy Bill. Oh, Bill says it's true.

I didn't pay much attention when we bowled, but I remember because he talked about it. Yeah, that makes he doesn't remember. He just remembers you talking about it. These kinks out right here This doesn't hold up in court. You're my ball back into talk Yeah, and you're I'll tell you your corroboration game so far as I see this bill. We can stop it Did you see me in Syracuse ever? What'd you think of the show?

All right. So look what I wanted to tell you was that his corroboration was not good and You missed it. And I tried to work out the kinks with him. He admitted he was on a lot of pills from hip surgery, but this is all he remembered was that I talked about it a lot. Yes, of course. But it happened.

But it happened. Gareth, Gareth, first of all, this isn't a reveal. It's not not a reveal. This is just another chance to have another fan on. Not a fan, that's my friend Bill Byer. He's a great man. The whole thing, you know what the whole call was, you know what the whole call was, Gareth?

A guy your age, you guys look the same age. Cause you guys grew up together. We did. So if you didn't dye your beard ginger red. Dye my beard? Who would choose this color for dye? You, it looks good with your skin tone. And guess what?

It's not your real skin tone because you have a lot of base on. You are. This is now your... You keep getting more cocky Johnson. You keep pushing the bounds. Three pounds of foundation with a ginger painted beard. You're Liberaceing me and the audience won't accept it. The audience won't take it. All right, no, no, we have a line Jake

We do this for 20 years, please start wearing makeup on an audio only show Do you remember the carrot do you remember Steve Bergen Hoops for the PR day? Oh my. Oh my. Tell the story and then we'll get out of here. Jump in, jump in during it. Well, okay, so this is for your show, this is our show. Our show, our show, yes.

Which was on Netflix. It was. It still is forever. Yeah, it is. It was, it's a funny show. It was about a. Animated show, Ben Hoffman wrote it. Yeah, it is it was a it's a funny show It was a show Ben Hoffman wrote it. Yeah, Ben Hoffman It was about a foul-mouthed basketball coach played by Jake Berg was one of the team members on it. So we probably had about six team members on the team who were kids and

And there was a PR day. There was a day where every and again, we should just point out audio only Why don't you pick up from there? So Gareth was one of our, had writers, EPs on it, and they were doing a day where we were all doing press. So the press was really just talking about the show. It was just for Netflix. They weren't doing a big hard push on it. So everybody just went in, did the day.

We were all there together doing bits. It was fun. We're all going, I can't remember who all was, but everybody who was involved in the show came through. Yeah. And then towards the end, something happened. I don't remember how it was revealed. I think we were all talking afterwards about like,

that was fun. And it was good to see everybody. And I'm sure you and I were together yes yes and then realized that Steve Berg's skin was we didn't know we didn't even realize all of it Jake Jake Jake really has just he's got that Terminator on didn't happen and Jake starts squinting and Columbo in Berg and he goes, Berggy, are you wearing makeup? And Berg's like, well yeah.

A little touch up, I'm sure. Yeah, they offered me a little makeup and I said yes. Yeah, he goes to me like, but you're filming the cameras. We went around and asked everyone else if they wanted makeup, if they had any. And everyone was like, yeah, I was offered. I said, no, what are you talking about? Berg was the only one who took the makeup they added as a

courtesy as a courtesy they went by and goes did anybody want to be touched up and have makeup done nobody said yes because it's not for anyone it's just do you want someone to put makeup on your face? And he was, he looked like George Hamilton. He like had a good amount on, he was kind of cakey and powdery. He had a new handkerchief, so his sweat didn't mess with his makeup. You know, you could tell, it's like,

on camera you can't tell. When in person you're like, oh, what's going on? Like if you ever see a newscaster doing the news, you're like, whoa. The best. Berg had this orangey hue And he and you could tell he was so embarrassed cuz Jake's doing what he does Everyone said no

Weird why you guys didn't you seem weird when you were the only one they were doing it to the Jackson relax I'm so sorry. Okay. I'm handsome. I don't look like a rat. Sorry. Everyone's all over me and they want to work with me Sorry that lady. They're interested in watching my clips. Sorry Everybody Gareth and I and Morgan all did high strangeness. So go check out anywhere. You get a podcast high strangeness Check out what Berg is doing over there. It's really fun. If you're interested in the strange He is as good of a host as he gets I loved talking with him on his I Expected him to be it to be way more all over the place

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Hello, hi welcome to the show. How's it going? Hello? Good. How are you? Good. Where you calling from? I Am calling from the western suburbs of Chicago. Chicago. Chi-town. There we go. And can we get whatever name you're going to use, real or fake? Yes, Olivia. Olivia, all right, thank you. Rough age?

27. And are you from Chicago originally or you moved there? Is that a relocation zone? A relocation, yeah. We're enjoying it so far, but we moved here from Florida, so a little colder. Okay. All right. And who's we, you and your significant other?

Yeah, me and my husband. Okay, husband. Great. All right. 27, married, commitment early. Good job. That's a good sign feeling pretty good Chicago Olivia what is going on? Okay, so first I guess I wanted to say I am a huge New girl fans like have probably watched every single season over 30 times

So I feel like I just have to give that to you all. Thank you. Great show. Well, we appreciate it. Yes, it is the best. Everybody appreciates it except for LaMourne. Because I was actually just with him the other night. We were celebrating Tess Sanchez's new book. We all got together. It was really nice. It was Damon, Max, LaMourne, and I.

It was so nice to see everybody. And Lamorne literally said, oh, I didn't know you guys were gonna be here. I thought the Fargo cast was gonna be here. I can't be seen taking photos with you guys. And literally Max was like, this was about my wife and celebrating her. And he goes, nah, nah, nah, it's all about me.

And he left. Go ahead, Olivia. Wow. Piece of shit. He's a piece of shit. Then there was kids outside from a- No, Jake, come on. Orphanage. Oh my Lord, what'd he do?

Well, Max, Damon and I were out there giving them food, talking to them advice. Lamarne came and took the food and ate it himself. He ate the orphan grub? Go ahead, Olivia. He's a piece of shit. He's a piece of shit. Sorry, Olivia. You can still watch the show.

Just skip some of the scenes that he's favorite. When he's on, I ask you to fast forward. I actually think there's an app where you can watch the show without Lamorne. If there's any app developers who could cut a scene from New Gro, but blur him out, and put Garrett's voice over I'm available to do the real eyes and we will post we will post it will become the Wednesday show About you What do we got what's the situation today?

so I Am myself and my husband are going to So I am myself and my husband are going to Spain in May with my dad, his wife and my brother, my sister and her boyfriend. And I, I know, keep going. My dad's wife is very nice. We like her a lot. However, there have been other states just within the United States where if she sees, so for example, we were in Colorado at a hotel and we saw, we had leftover cookies because she had bought like 50 cookies for five people because again,

she's very nice, but too many cookies. So they saw some of the cleaning staff and the cleaning staff but too many cookies. So he saw some of the cleaning staff and the cleaning staff looked to be Hispanic. And so what she likes to do is try to relate to everyone. However, it can come off as a little rude. It's kind of what some people on the show might be going for a little bit, just trying to relate. It's a problem with me too. So Olivia, keep going, but I think I can hear the problem even through some terrible Spanish. I'm sorry. Yes. Yeah.

So she's... People walk up. Okay. They'll walk up and be like, oh my. And then kind of try to... What's the problem? It's kind of annoying. It's kind of strange because the person's not fluent and it's kind of trying to like...

It's like... How do you say annoying? Yeah, see the fact that you don't know how to say annoying makes the whole... Honestly, it's kind of... I'm hilarious Baldwin. Yes, it's very hilarious. Exactly, Jake. Exactly. How do you say cucumber?. How you say cucumber? How you say, hey, cucumber?

Cucumber, I'm from Boston. How do you say cucumber? I was born in Massachusetts. Incredible character. Okay, so mother-in-law jumps into a little hilarious Baldwin, when she's around whatever culture she's around. And who also does, this is my brother, Dan.

Keep going. Well. I love it. Yeah. But, so we kind of realized that, okay, this is actually probably going to be a problem when we go to Spain and she is going to want to try to, you know, relate to people and their language,

but she does not know it. So my husband has actually preemptively tried to curb this problem and he's taking Spanish lessons. But I don't think that that's going to that will help like him be able to, you know, ask questions and communicate, but it won't necessarily stop her from trying to do that. And so I want to, I, how do we stop her from going and doing this and being kind of like, you know, the annoying American that goes to Spain and puts that look on the whole group? Hmm. Well, it's a great problem. I, I think we got, what I would suggest is some version of,

you have to make her see this is a faux pas. She, you know, like I don't like, your husband learning it is great, and it might be good for him to overly communicate, and that kind of shames her rudimentary Spanish into silence, but it's probably not gonna work enough. I think you probably wanna have something,

some sort of media, dare I say a podcast clip or something, where the people are talking about how frowned upon that is in other countries, or maybe just specific to Spain right now because they're about to go and maybe you send it to your dad and your dad is gonna share it with her. Jake? I mean I think it's very smart I'm wondering where Olivia is because I'm still trying to figure out que es un problema con madre de la... It's annoying it's like because can I answer Olivia? This is why because it's then the spokesperson of the group. See it makes the person see

It's like when you go out to dinner Stop talking your bad Spanish. It's like when you go out to dinner and someone's like annoying to the waiter Ay, canama. And you're like, okay. Well now like the word annoying table because of Gus. No no no, tengo mucho hombre. What do you mean mucho hombre? Many Many brothers? What are you saying? I have...I'm hungry. I don't think that's what you said. I have... I have a lot of hunger.

Hunger is hunger. I have a lot of hunger. I need to use the bathroom. I need to use the bathroom. I need to use the bathroom. You could say bathroom but just it's weird We're gonna see is don't dance that must serve a gras. Yes is fine It's going you're just approaching randos and like initiating it. It's weird. So Olivia. I am your mother-in-law

No shit Really? You didn't you just figure? Whoa, I know. Whoa. I thought, she thought she heard clothes was a Spanish speaker. So Olivia, the problem for you is you're looking to shame

Momino? I don't know if necessarily shame. Just, I think that she feels like she is doing this to be nice to people and I don't think that it comes across as Nice would you like a pod class clip to send to your dad that you say hey? Just heard this from a wildly popular podcast the number one podcast in America

It's called we're here to help and they did a conversation in one of their intros and we could do a fake intro about how we just went to one of us when we saw this I think that could work would that do you think that but then does she think that we know that it's a problem right like no we say we can do it in a way where it's kind of just generally about Are you saying here? Here's the problem if you connect it to our show then eventually this episode is going to come out Was that to fear Olivia? No, they're not gonna listen right. Oh really? All right, it's that if I send her or I send my dad a podcast, right? And I say, like what I say, hey, like we noticed that,

you know, Lisa says she sends still say stuff to people. Here's what you say. No, Olivia, I got the answer. I got the answer. You send this audio clip, no visual, it's just audio to everybody and said, just heard this clip, no visual, it's just audio, to everybody and said, just heard this clip, took it from Instagram, don't know the show, but it's a heads up about Spain.

It's not just to Mother-in-Law, it's to everybody. It's Piggly and Mo. And we just went to Spain. We love the trip. We talked to a lot of the people there. It's so fun, we make it a little about how great Spain is, but then we talk, okay. Here we go, we're gonna give you the clip right now, okay? We talk to a lot of the people there. So fun. We make it a little about how great Spain is. Let's start. But then we talk.

Okay. Here we go. We're going to give you the clip right now. Okay? Okay. All right. Here we go. In three.

Wait, who's Pigly and who's Moe? Hey, I'm Pigly. Who cares? I look like a pig. No, I'm Pigly. Yeah, Moe from The Three Stooges. Come on. Dust off the old character.

Here we go. Three, two, one. Ah, and we just had such... I wanted to bring up the trip to Spain. We're trying to talk a little bit more about our personal lives. So we were in Spain for about two weeks. But there was a big problem. Well, first of all, what a trip. I mean, Spain, the rumors are true.

Spain is beautiful. The food is unbelievable. And we've got to give a shout out to Booking.com. Oh, Booking.com. Yeah. Again, our sponsor. Helping makers whole plan happen. Piggly and Moe, we love them.

The one thing we noticed, okay, as you know, we were trying to get our Spanish as good as possible, but we didn't have time. We're very busy with the success of the Piggly and Moe show. Well, because what's the app we use? Well, obviously we use Babble. We love Babble. So Babble is a wonderful sponsor. Wonderful, and we use Babel. We love Babel. So Babel is a wonderful sponsor.

Wonderful. And we would recommend. It's faster than going to a university. All right. But we're not in the ad part right now, Mo. So let's stick to what we came here to talk about. You're right, baby. Well, please. And we really tried to relate to the Spanish people when we were over there.

And we had so much fun. Spanish people when we were over there. And we had so much fun. I only wish we got two bedrooms. We were approaching people with an hola, a como esta, muy bien. Muy bien. Yo tengo mucho hambre para Igli. I think it was, I think the problem was,

we noticed pretty quickly, that they didn't like the fact that we were just trying to quickly relate to them on this level. And we found it was better when interacting with even people at restaurants who were serving us to just speak a little bit of English. Let's start again. This is exactly right though.

Let's go harsh. Okay, all right. In's go harsh. Okay. All right in three two one Hey, mr Pigly yes mo, uh, we're back for break. Uh, we're again start again and we're right in the middle of it Okay, great. I agree. I know that's why I love empanadas. Yes, but the the issue Okay, yeah, mo specifically go ahead mo and I I think it's everywhere But the issue with Spain specifically, and I think it's everywhere. I wonder, but it's definitely in Spain.

And it's with the locals. So this is a warning to anyone traveling. Yes, absolutely. You'll have a good time, keep your wallet in your front pocket, but the best thing when, well, go ahead, Mo, go ahead. Thank you. If entering Spain as a tourist, do not attempt to practice your Spanish. Do not use an accent. If you are fluid, wonderful. If you are not, they know you are a tourist

and it offends the people of Spain. Pick a lane. What we found was pick a lane. If you're not fluent, just sit on the sidelines. You can get far enough ahead. The last thing you want to do is be that ugly American pretending that you're Spanish because you know three words. The eye rolling was endless. Oh, and another thing that I was thinking about with the, and we cut somewhere right in there. Great. Olivia, what do you think of that,

a harsh cut in and a harsh cut out? I like that, and I think that would work. I think that they would, I think she would catch on for sure. I do too. And it goes to everybody in a text chain. I that is the key I think that it has to go to everyone that's going on the trip so that it's like a PSA to the whole group. To the whole God. Dare I say on the email you can kind of point it in the direction of your

husband. So you kind of make it seem like you're doing this to throw a little shade in your husband's direction, but the real culprit is going to pick up on the general thrust of the argument as well. What do you think of that? And then it's keeping embarrassment away from mom-in-law. Yes, so you say whatever your husband's name is, hey guys, was just listening to my favorite podcast

and they actually talked about their trip to Spain and it reminded me of someone, Grant, LOL, but give a listen, they really enjoyed their trip. So excited. I think that's great. What do you think, Olivia? Yeah, I think that will definitely work. Me too. Do you have a text group where everybody's on?

I do. Yeah. Can you send us a screen grab of the responses and we'll block out all the names? For sure. I can definitely do that. And maybe we tee up your husband to be the first to reply after you send it to say, Oh, fine. I get you. I won't be practicing my Spanish on the locals, L-O-A. Note taken. Note taken, Olivia. Okay, yes, I like that too. I can definitely do that. Well, let me just say this preemptively,

but you can ring the bell right now. I mean, I hate to get cocky, but unfortunately, Olivia, we're giving it a ring-y ding-ding-ding. Yeah, well, follow up with us, but simply to celebrate. No, obviously. Just call up and go remind us who it are and then we'll go I hope you had a wonderful trip to Spain This call was we we solved the problem so quickly But it really has highlighted the issue with kind of Lamorne and his treatment of the new girl fans and the orphans outside

Yeah, so Olivia. Thank you follow up with us. We'll get you this clip right away and then Maybe follow with us when you're in Spain. Definitely. Yeah, I'm curious to see if she really does take the note when she yeah Actually, let's follow up post to Spain Yeah, okay Cuz I don't really know if it's a better Screen grab and then I'll also let you know how it goes. Awesome. You're the best. Thanks, Olivia.

Hello. Hello. How are you? Good. A little nervous. Why are you nervous? I don't know. It just hit me. It's just a radio show on the internet. I know. That no one will find out my secret.

Oh, we'll keep it really. We'll we'll camouflage you. So how about this? Let me give you a name. Veronica. OK. OK. Veronica, how about this? You're from San Francisco. OK. Veronica. I'm close to San Francisco. You are. OK, Veronica, don't give a one on your secrets. Remember you close to San Francisco. You are?

Okay. Veronica, don't give away your secrets. Remember what you just said to me? Yes, correct. So, Veronica, San Francisco, not close to it. Now, tell me this. If you're in the goddamn jungle, Veronica, you're being chased by something. It's scary and exciting.

You turn a corner, there's a cave. You run in the cave. The cave is dark. You realize you're trapped. But wait, there's something in the cave. Can you see it, Veronica? Yes. What is it that you're seeing in the cave?

It's a boa constrictor. Ooh, in the cave. Wait, is it supposed to be saving me? Yeah, I think- Veronica. She's in the cave. Wait, and it's supposed to be saving me? Yeah, I think it's Veronica. She's in the cave. Are you looking for the animal or what's in the cave? Now, Veronica, what's chasing you? OK.

I was thinking a cougar. A cougar's chasing you? By the way, Veronica, you just told me everything you need to know, because what Gareth thought is the thing was saving me. What you think is they're coming after you at all sides. Well, she was confused, too. I don't think you really, what you think, is there coming after you at all sides? Well, she was confused too. I don't think you really know what you're doing.

No, no, no, no, this is a very psychological study. I don't think this has ever been said by anyone with any hint of professionalism. Doctors do this. Absolutely not. If a doctor heard what you just did, they would be like, I need to help this guy. Veronica, thank you for letting me fully understand

your psyche. Veronica, what? Yeah, of course. Veronica, what's going on? He's your favorite color. What's going on? What can we help you with? Okay. So a couple of years ago, I was messing around with some new makeup and I thought I looked

clownish so I went with it and added a red smile and some pigtails. And I came out to my kids as Bobo the Clown. And I started acting. I don't do this stuff. My husband's a fun one. So I started acting like a clown and trying to juggle and doing all this clown stuff. And my kids loved it more than I thought they would. Yeah. So I was, I don't know how to juggle.

So now they always talk about Bobo. They always want Bobo around. That day I noticed my husband was avoiding me and not making any eye contact, acting like a weirdo. So I started messing with him and taking off his glasses and all that stuff. And the kids thought it was hilarious. So later my husband said,

he's glad the kids love Bobo, but he hates Bobo. And he said he doesn't have a... Yeah, he's used to getting all the praise. You already said he's the phobo. I get that, yeah. Yeah. So he says he doesn't have a phobia, but the way he acts seems like a phobia.

Like he doesn't look at me, no eye contact. You think he's afraid of Bobo? I think he is, because he doesn't look at me. He acts scared, but he says he's not scared. He just says he hates clowns. So my question is, how can I get him to clown around with me or at least interact with Bobo because Bobo is running out of ideas and bits to entertain my kids. Interesting call.

This is high level. How old are your kids? Forty- They're four and eight. Okay. So they're right in the heart of Bobo time. This is high level. How old are your kids? 41. They're four and eight. Four and eight, okay. Okay, so they're right in the heart of bobo time. Yeah, so they're gonna get over it soon, but.

And Veronica, how many times has bobo been to your house? Well, maybe eight times. She'll come for holidays, or they want her to come for their birthdays Really with other friends. They're not embarrassed by that. No, no This then nobody knows about bobo. It's just between my family. I got you and they wanted for like the holidays But just for the family Yeah, they're always asking for her to come out and come play and all that. Okay before we do anything else Veronica Yeah and come play and all that stuff. Okay, before we do anything else, Veronica,

Gareth and I are gonna close our eyes a little bit. Can you do a little bit, can you bring Bobo on the call a little bit and give us a little taste of the performance? We have a visual aid also. I don't know if you want that now or later. But hold on, Veronica, are we allowed to post this on Instagram? I don't, they said they would blur it a little,

but I feel like it takes away from, because it's just makeup and you're in close. But hold on, before Gareth and I see it, I only want to see it if our audience can see it, because if we see it and they don't, there's gonna be a jump, so. Yeah. But I don't want you, Veronica, to feel like we are,

I don't want you to get caught if you don't want to get caught she doesn't want to post it So no post Veronica or post Well, if you could figure out like a way the little blamey player that I've little cuz I did the background a little bit Why don't we look at it Jake and see if it's possible? Yeah, let's just say to our audience Look, we might have to just describe this one because yes Or we might have to put like a little Like one of those like black bars over her eyes. Yeah, we could black bar the Bobo eyes Okay, let's see the and get ready Veronica because I'm gonna need Bobo on this call at some point Yeah, but don't start getting nervous. You gotta just start dipping in but yeah, yeah, but yeah exactly right start dipping in

Okay. Oh Okay much different than what I expected What did you think? I got a Oh, okay. Much different than what I expected. What did you think, Jake? I gotta say, Veronica, way cuter than I expected. I agree. I was picturing like actual full-on clown. I gotta tell you, the reason your husband doesn't like it is because he's got a lot of mixed feelings. I think you're right.

He's like, I don't think Bobo belongs with the children. Yeah, no, it's Bobo is very, it's like a half human clown hybrid. Yes, exactly right. It's so simple and like the kids loved it and it wasn't, it's not very elaborate or anything. Yeah, but it's a, you know what it is? It looks like, it looks like if like Heath Ledger's Joker had a girlfriend. Interesting, very much. It's very Marvel. It's very Marvel.

Just to describe it, it's your brunette and you've got your hair and pigtails. You've got the obvious big red clown nose and you've just kind of given yourself an exaggerated lipstick smile and a heavy eyeshadow. A heavy eyeshadow is right. Yeah it's very glittery too. I definitely think we could black bar out the eyes and share this is my opinion. You know who you look like in terms of the aesthetic? This feels like I'm at Comiccon. What was the movie with?

Margot Robbie, oh I could see you if you were in like little hot pants and a t-shirt Walking around comic-con as that kind of clown. That's what I didn't expect I thought it was gonna be more like cookie from the old bozo show totally I was is gonna be more like Cookie from the old Bozo show. Totally, I was picturing, I pictured full clown. I thought old school 30s hobo, me too, 30s hobo, sad clown, but I thought it was gonna be makeshift.

So the four-year-old and the eight-year-old like this version, your husband is not interested in it. Which is very surprising. I agree. I don't think this is a fear of clowns at all. Because it's not the kind of clown that's scary. It's not full clown. Yeah. That's why I'm so... yeah.

You should be confused. Yeah, it's strange. I don't know. But there's stuff we don't know, Gareth. Okay, alright. Keep going then. And I'll tell you what we don't know is we don't know how Bobo sounds. Bobo sounds like a mix. I've tried to do a crown voice, but it's not.

Veronica, Veronica, Veronica, Veronica. I think you misheard me. I was not talking to Veronica. Okay. I would like to meet somebody, please. Ladies and gentlemen, please bring to the stage your favorite and our favorite ladies and gentlemen. Do do do do. We present to you Bobo. your favorite and our favorite ladies and gentlemen.

We present to you Bobo. Hello, kids. Hello, Bobo. Hi, what are you doing? We're doing a podcast, Bobo. What are you doing? I need some help with my I can't do the Gareth you're a little kid that's all I got yeah Gareth what's going on okay it is going to be a kid you're gonna be Bobo let's see what we got we got to get

to know Bobo a little bit ladies and gentlemen please come to the stage boys and girls just one boy who's nearly 50 with a painted ginger beard That's not true What a weird intro why would he make the intro about me? Here's my problem Veronica and this is why it's hard to help here. The look is not old hobo. So the look is Comic-Con Marvel clown lady. DC, I should point out.

DC, sorry. Whatever it is. Who cares? But Gareth, you're totally right. But you and I don't give a shit. Just to get ahead of the comments. Thank you. You're right. DC.

So it's got a different vibe than I would have thought. I have no sense of who Bobo the clown is because all I've heard is hi, I'm Bobo. And then it stops. So I don't know what the performance is. So to pitch on the husband, we're pitching in the dark. Can I explain what I do? Sure. Okay. Wake me up when this is over. I'm sorry. I'm just joking. I'm being mean. Go ahead. Um,

so I come out and I just juggle. I jump around. You said you can't juggle. Whatever. She tries to juggle. Well, no, I think I pretend juggleuggle. You throw balls up in the air. When you say you jump around, what do you mean? Just up and down? Yeah, dancing, falling. I'm going to tell you a quick story about how I relate to you here. And this is where I'm trying to get to. This is a true story. When I was 20 years old, I was living in East Harlem and I really wanted to be a professional actor and I didn't have any money. And my sister went to Prague and got these beautiful old masks Because she was used to be a claymation and a puppeteer

So claymation purrs the artist so I had a mask of an old man I had a mask of a clown whatever and one day I was sitting there and money was getting tight and I thought You know what I'll do. I'll just busk. I Was like I'm just gonna go to Times Square in the subway I'm gonna go to 42nd and 7th and I'm just gonna go to Times Square in the subway. I'm gonna go to 42nd and 7th, and I'm just gonna get in a corner, and I'm just gonna start doing a performance, and people are just gonna throw money at me.

And so I grabbed the clown mask, I put it in a bag, I grabbed an umbrella simply because that's nearby, and I had a sports jacket. And as I was taking the subway down from Spanish Harlem to Times Square, I was thinking, I don't have an act, but something's gonna happen. So I get to 42nd Street, I was thinking, I don't have an act, but something's gonna happen. So I get to 42nd Street, I see a little area, I put my little clown mask on, I open my umbrella when people start walking by, I just start doing like the mime wave, like, ooh, ooh,

and no one's stopping, I have a little hat out for change, no one's throwing money out, and then two women who were probably in their 60s who were working women, who had like the bags with them of their supplies, one of them goes, what the hell you doing, you're scaring everybody. And I just waved back and she goes, you're scaring everybody, you ain't doing anything. And because I didn't have an act,

I just did the umbrella a little bit. And she said, cool it. And she was so angry that more and more people started to come around on her side. So all of a sudden, there were about 15 people behind her as she was screaming at me. And I start doing the mime in a box routine, but I wasn't trained at any of this. So my box had a bunch of different levels to it. So she keeps yelling, cool it. The train pulls in the doors open,

I rush in the train, mask on. She follows me, heckling me on the train, midway through my train ride. Now it's not even my train home, it's just a train. I finally just take the mask off and I go, I was trying to do a show. Right? And she goes, well, that mask scares people. And I'm like, I'm sorry, I made no money. It was a total disaster. So the reason I tell that story is I didn't have a clown. So therefore I didn't have a show. I need to know if we've got a cloud like it, how are we going to pitch to the husband without knowing who so Bobo can't really juggle, jumps around, looks kinda DC.

But my question is kinda, he might not like it cause he'll go, she's not even a clown. I don't, he might be judging his kid's taste. Your point here, Jake, is you don't know. I need more info. We could pitch in the dark, Gareth, but then what we'd be pitching is we gotta find out if he's scared

About I'm not even positive Like I have no gut feeling of what the husband feels one of two things Well, I think he either does have some kind of phobia of this which is kind of weird to me Yeah, agreed. I the other one I would think is that he's a little jealous You know what he's so yes, I think you're right. You know what he's so yes I think you're right you know what I'm thinking Veronica? Yeah. Either we got to get to know Bobo or we got to do another call with your husband. Oh um is that uh-oh? Well okay no no I don't I I think he is scared because he does not look at me and no eye contact so So when I'm-

So, I have a- There might be something else cooking here, Veronica. I don't think there's anything, or potentially there's nothing wrong. I think we're too in the dark a little bit and I think we gotta talk to, I think we gotta talk to husband. Veronica, what is your comfortability level with that?

Are you, do you feel like he's open to that? I think he is. Okay. This is perfect. Is he around right now? Oof. Do you want me to try right now? Yeah, why not?

Okay, fine. And Veronica, what's your real name? We'll beep it out, obviously. It's S***. Oh, you're my first real life S***. You really need to do an intro mode. Oh, great, now I'm starting to get to know her. Okay. Hello?

Hi. Hey, really quick question. Can we get your name please really fast, sir? Sorry, this is all for fun. Okay. Hey, this is Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds from the podcast We're Here to Help. This is all for fun. Okay, uh Hey This is jake johnson and gareth reynolds from the podcast. We're here to help and we have your lovely wife on the line Oh, she's running

She's what? Okay, no, no, I didn't use my real name. No, we're gonna block that out Okay, so all of that will be blocked out. Your real name will be blocked out. So now sir, we need the truth from you. 100% and we will get to the end of this. Do not worry about... We're calling her Veronica, by the way, so we don't have to keep doing the beeps. Your lovely wife is Veronica. You can be Vic. So, what do you honestly think about BowBow the Clown? the beeps, your lovely wife is Veronica, you can be Vic.

So what do you honestly think about Bobo the Clown? Don't like it. I don't like Bobo the Clown. Like, be as detailed and real as you can. This is important for us. Then you can energy that moment of time gives off. It's just like creeping away. And like whenever she comes in, for example, she had a, I think she was bowed with a clown the other night and I forgot.

And so I was with the kids in my room, or in their room, and she's knocking on the door. I thought it was just my wife. I was like, hang on, we're opening the door. And then she comes by me and she's knocking on the door like differently and I feel different energy. And so I'm like, anyways, I'm like, ah crap, it's a Bobo.

And I'm like, ah, my heart drops. And I'm like, ah man, here it goes. And that's just what I feel. Like whenever she comes in the room, I avoid eye contact with her. I just say, my food, it's weird. I don't know why I feel that way. You just want it over.

Yes. I know the kids love it. And they're laughing and it's dumb funny, but I just don't want to interact with Bubba. I don't know what it is. Well, it sounds like, uh, because when we heard the profile of you, we thought maybe there was some jealousy, but you- I don't think so, though. No, I don't think there's any of that. I think it's just purely, you don't like when Bobo makes you a part of the Bobo comedy.

You also don't like Bobo. I don't know. I guess, I just don't like Bobo. I just don't like clowns. Like, you can clown and have fun, but like, when I interact with't know. I guess I just don't like bobo. I just don't like clowns. Like I, you can clown and have fun, but like when I interact with you or if I'm looking at you, it just makes me feel weird. It's like, hey Vic, I got a question for you. You afraid of clowns? No, but the more this whole conversation goes on, the more I'm like, am I scared of clowns? Hey Vic, I got a question for you.

I don't think so. You afraid of snakes? Yes. You afraid of snakes? No. What are you afraid of? No. Vic, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Vic, you're not afraid of snakes, you're not afraid of clowns. What are you afraid of? What am I afraid of? You think nothing. I don't know. I can't think of anything really. Okay, I've got a pitch. Okay, I've got a pitch too. Go.

Veronica, you're allowed to do bobo whenever Vic isn't around. I like that one. I like giving him a heads up. And if you're gonna do it, like for the birthday thing, guess what, Vic? You got 30 minutes to go upstairs and play on your phone. But he's part of my bits, right? Because I don't know, I'm running out of things to do to make him laugh, so when they see he's uncomfortable,

I get to mess with him. Okay, let me pitch in that direction, because I think what we're saying is true. Veronica, the problem is... This is the same. This is the hat call, Gareth. What do you mean? This is the fedora. This is the fedora.

This is absolutely the third act reveal. She's the butt of... Vic is the butt of Bobo's roasting. The thing is, you've madeick in the world of Bobo. His foil. Yeah, he's the foil. So that's why, this is like why Vick doesn't love it because he is Bobo's father.

He's the father father. Here would be my pitch, maybe in the middle to solve this whenever Bobo is coming to town Vic also leaves town and Vic you can come up with a kind of character like the clown cowboy or something like that or the clown foil or the clown foil and you're at the clown's car It's a great pitch, Gary And you kind of now are able in Pretend Town to have some pushback over the antics of Bobo.

But, yeah. Yeah, I like that. Vic, your whole thing is you as a character, where if it's Bobo, you just throw on some fedora and a fake mustache, you're the sheriff. Yeah, I hate Bobo. But, well, remember, this is for the kids. So all you gotta do is cross your arms

and shake your head like, no, I don't like it. It gives you a little bit of a spine in Pretend Land where you can sort of have a level of pushback. So it's still Bobo's world, but Vic now has a character to kind of push himself through. What do you think of that, Vic? What do we both think of that? Yeah.

I like that idea. Vic? That's good. I like it. It's like gives me, like you said, power. Okay. So Vic, what's your character all about? Hmm. What do you say? I have a bowler hat and a mustache? Sure, if you want. If want to like a constable constable Mm-hmm. I have to get like bobo back to the circus or

You're the circus mate you're the ringmaster. Oh That's a good one I like that You know what's gonna happen with you two? I think Jake, don't even say it. No. No. Yes it is. Don't, stop.

Gareth texted me. Stop. Shut up, Jake. Gareth texted me. No. Clown hot, question mark. Cause what this is gonna turn into is a weird sex game. I don't think so because he said he wouldn't even do bobo. He would never do bobo?

What does that mean? So Veronica, you asked, would you ever do bobo? Yeah, because I was like, well, it would make this better. You offered- Hold on, hold on. Veronica, how did you offer that? What happened there? Because he was so scared, I was like, well, what if we just like fold around as Bobo?

And he was like, no, I couldn't even get there. Vic, why not? Buddy boy. You scared of clowns? Scared of clowns? Clown bang? I just don't like clowns. This character... I don't know why I can't... I don't like the word afraid. Yeah. Dislike is a strong word and I dislike clowns. I'm gonna

tell you this, this call has been emotional for me because at first, Veronica, I thought, I honestly thought you were the weird one. Then I thought, now I think Vic's the weird one. You can't have sex with your lovely wife when she's dressed as a clown because you can't see that just your wife with a tiny bit of makeup. I now think you're the weird one.

Me? Yeah. Why? I mean think you're the weird one. Me? Yeah. Why? I mean, you could understand not clown bang. I understand it. You do? Yeah. Gareth, you would bang a turtle if it asked you to.

I have banged a turtle. Uh, well, okay, but wait. I think, so what do we think? We're on the solution. The Ringmaster Vic, the clown Bobo has escaped. Do we feel good about that? Everyone feels good? So when Veronica, you're planning the Bobo appearance, you just need to give Vic a little bit of a heads up. You could still have your fun with Vic, but now he's the ringmaster with some authority in pretend land.

Okay. I'm going to do another in pretend land. Okay. How does that sound? I'm going to do another pitch really fast. Go. Hey, Vic. Yes. I'm asking you to have sex with Bobo. Okay, I'm going to- Stop, Gary.

Vic? Yeah? Veronica, if you're comfortable with this, I would like you to dress as Bobo and have, however you guys do, whatever your games are, mess around, whatever you guys do, whatever you two, whatever you two. She's a clown, game, get in the hat on a hat.

Whatever you two lovely people like to do. What? He doesn't want to do it. What do you mean? Well, guess what? Sometimes you make sacrifices for your family. That's what being a father is all about. Vic knows it.

I can't believe, I can't believe. Vic, Vic, I would like you to have sex with Bobo Veronica. I would like you to stay in character during it And after that, oh, yeah, Vic. I know you're afraid but you can get past it. You gotta go through it You know what? There's a great self-help book say face the fear and do it anyway Feel the fear and do it anyway So you're afraid my man So fear fear do it anyway, and then afterwards while you're laying, my man. So fear the fear, do it anyway. And then afterwards, while you're laying there with Bobo...

He's got to do postcoital chat? Yes, that's why you call into a podcast. We're here to help. I don't think that's why I either called in. He didn't even call in. So Vic, here's what I would like you to do afterwards. I would like you to then create a Ringmaster character. Why does he have to have Bobo's sex to do them?

We've already solved the I we because he's gonna be half in half out and he's being weird. That's what sex is so Vic we're getting off track Oh are we what do you think? About cuz here's what I want to do. I want, I want Bobo and your ring master to be a ton of fun for the kids and have you guys both feel part of this because that's a great family memory.

But I think you got a little weird thing you got to get over. And I think one roll in the hay with Bobo, you're going to see a different side of Bobo and go, I like that son of a bitch. Oh look, we've got two pitches. So the one is that you are the rig master with the thing we pitched. And then Jake's version in order to face your fear, you're going to need to do it with Bobo.

There's two people on the call. This is a marriage. You guys get to pick. Surely one of those two should work for you. This is a marriage. You guys get to pick. Surely one of those two should work for you. Maybe let's start with Veronica. Okay. Veronica, what do you think of those?

What are you comfortable with? And then we'll go to Vic next. I like the whole ringmaster idea, but Vic will definitely clown around with Bobo. I could see it in, he doesn't look at me. Yeah. But would you be willing to clown around with Vic? I would do it. Yeah, Bobo's offered it. Yeah would Bobo enjoy it Yes Is this something that Bobo wants

But I think it'd be kind of funny at the same time that's what we all want from Yeah, well, that's what I provide with sex, but I don't really want, but I think it would be kind of funny at the same time. Well, that's what we all want from sex. Yeah. Well, that's what I provide with sex, but I don't want it. Laughed. They go, that was funny. I go, yeah, totally. I'm laughing so hard while I'm covered in sweat. Glad we're laughing.

So, Vic, the floor is yours, my king. What are you gonna do? The ring layer is feelable. I feel comfortable doing that. I don't want you comfortable, baby, but I want you to get through the fear. Okay, Jake, let him answer. I agree. Go ahead, Vic.

I'll attempt. I'll do it. I'll get it can. Go ahead, Vic. Oh, oh, oh, I'll attempt. I'll do it. I'll get it done. Yes! Ring the bell! I'll do it. We can't ring the bell!

Ring the bell! This is highly unorthodox. Send in the clowns. Send in the clowns. Make it singular. Title. Title. So, will you two lovers please follow up with us?

Yes. And then will you also send us the photo when you have become the ringmaster? Yeah, and nothing before. OK. No matter if you get an email from the quote unquote show saying they quote unquote need this for the quote unquote show. At 3am with typos.

Ignore that email. And then three sent from the show with nothing in them and the fourth one, sorry. Spelled with a Z. Disregard. And then from Natalie at 9am going, what's happening here? Sorry, just catching up on these. Not sure who sent these, getting to the bottom of it. Please, please ignore.

Guys, thank you for the call. Please follow up. Thanks, guys. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Producer Jesse here. This next call is a second follow-up. If you want to listen to the original call as well as the first follow-up, check out episode 159, Florigen Story.

Hello. Howdy. How you doing? Howdy, that's familiar. Howdy Just take over tell us who you are. We know this is a follow-up Let's cut through all of the fat on this one. Get right to the meat. Who are you? What was the call? What'd we say? Where were you at? Incredible this is jake. This is your friggin follow- from Arkansas. I'm Beverly. Um, who called about the toe worker last year. Are you Parmesan? Hey guys. I feel like I'm meeting a celebrity. Can I get a photo?

Oh my God. I'm meeting a celebrity. Can I get a photo? Oh my God. Yeah, I'm a big fan. Beverly. Right back at you. I mean, the merch, my dude. So fun.

Exactly. We have Parmesan merch because of yours. There are people all over the world wearing hats that say Parmesan. I have people come up to me after shows and give me Parmesan. And they're like we just had my parmesan and like this and then someone behind them is like what's going on?

So yeah. All right. So Arkansas, walk us through what your problem was, what the pitch you decided to do and where we're at. Right. Absolutely. So the initial problem was that I had a co-worker who I shared a cubicle with who would remove her shoes every day after her lunchtime walk for shoes and socks. Feels important. And we had quite a few like stellar pitches from you guys,

right, to try and problem solve this. And what were the pitches that were interesting to you? Because you've thought about this. Well, there's the infamous Parmesan the four of course. This is our third time chatting. Okay so remind me of the second follow-up really fast. So I don't remember what you originally did. Right yeah so the second follow-up you guys were essentially like I think you just need to talk to your supervisor because all of the things that I tried.

Until remind us again, I'm sorry, Beverly remind us again what you tried. Right. Okay. So, um, we tried the critter thing, right? The spiders and she was like, oh yeah, we have spiders in here. Like just wasn't phase. Um, we tried the like smelly thing and that's whenever she was like, oh, I don't really have a sense of smell, right?

Like, and, um, and then we tried the thing too, where I was like trying to get, just get curious about it. Like the why behind the what, right? I was like, have we had any incidents while we're barefoot? Like what's going on here, Diamond, right? And he was like, that's when she introduced to me her like lifestyle. Okay, so the like going barefoot lifestyle and how it like strengthens her legs to like, have shoes

that don't have soles or to just like not wear shoes at all. Is this ringing a bell? I don't know. I know. So like last year, I remember your first call. I don't remember this. I don't remember this but okay, so you exhausted all those. Okay, keep going. I Right. I got that all those and when it came down to like the lifestyle choice, it felt very much like Okay, so this just isn't like a weird habit Yeah, this is tough to be able to just isn't like a weird habit. Yeah, this is tough. To be able to wiggle her toes

because we're strengthening her feet and her legs or whatever. And so that's when it got to the point where you guys were just like, oh, okay, yeah, I feel like maybe we just, maybe Bev, you should just go talk to your supervisor. No, I got a new pitch. I think we made a mistake there.

I was gonna say, it seems like we got a little lazy there. I think you got amichon on the floor and I don't mean that as a joke. Yeah, what did what did you tell your supervisor? Okay, so yeah, I like I don't know at the end of my last call with you guys I had like said that you were on speakerphone with my supervisor and I was walking into his office Yes, I remember this and I think I kind of scared you a little bit. I remember this now, 100%. It's all coming back. Yeah.

Yes. Okay. Well, glad we didn't burn a bridge. Um, so yeah, I talked, I actually did end up talking to my supervisor that day and I just kind of laid it out and he said that he didn't want to talk to her about her feet And that I just worked from home for the rest of the day But I didn't have to be around them like a punishment You what

Was it like a punishment like he was like look go home or was he like no I get it No, he was just like well I don't really want to talk to her about her feet. And if you don't want to be around her feet, then just go home. What the fuck for sorry. Yeah. So for the rest of the day or like work from home going forward. It was like work from home for the rest of the day.

And he was going to talk to another supervisor to figure out what to do. Okay. So then what happened? So then I left that job you guys. Okay, so then what happened? So then I left that job, you guys. Oh, cause of what? Feet? Actually something a little more serious happened about a month after that.

And this supervisor also showed his stellar leadership skills again. And I realized that this was not a place I wanted to work at anymore. Okay, so I would say, first all put the bell away Gareth. Yeah. Second of all, I really hope we weren't part of you losing your job. No, she left.

No, not at all. Okay, okay, okay. Not at all. I left on my own accord. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'm not trying to make it weird here The supervisor was kind of shady, but are you happier at your new? position oh

We love turning the page. Yes, my dude I think I'm sorry so I started my own business where I knew that I would see no feet anywhere There's like no chance. So bad. So what kind of business do you do? Can we advertise it on the show? That's so kind. I'm, I'm a, I bake cookies. I'm making cookies. Hold on. We're going to be ringing the hell of this bell. Is there a website that people, do you ship the cookies or is it just local? Right now it's just local. I'd love to ship. Maybe I can send you guys and let me know. Let me know how they taste Like a vegan right are we a vegan

How about this Beverly how can we Help you. Do you want to experiment with shipping not to us? Look at us're two heavy guys who like to eat already, but maybe there's- 28. I'm a worm. Maybe there is, maybe, do you have a website we could go on Squarespace, you could start one?

Yeah, or promote the business, yeah. Let's get you some cookies out of here. Do you have a website? We could go on Squarespace. You could start one. Yeah. We have a sponsor. Or promote the business. Yeah. Let's get you some cookies out of here. This is actually a really good idea. Right? Yeah. I would like to... I'm in the beginning phases, of course. I have an Instagram. I can send that, I guess, your way and work on getting this Squarespace like first place would be really helpful And getting the web site. Well, let's do this. Let's do this. Why don't you do the Squarespace?

Then okay see how easy it is Then as a gag we could maybe have you back in while we're doing a Squarespace ad and we'll mention Your website even in the ad so that it Squarespace ad and we'll mention your website even in the ad so that it constantly runs, but we will be promoting your website. So you want to see how easy Squarespace is? We've got a caller who called in because there were feed. We said, farmer's on the floor. She left, started her own business, created a website.

You can buy cookies and she ships it domestically. There we go. And Gareth and I will do a hard trade. It writes itself. We will, then we'll see what you do and we'll have a follow up with you about how the business is going. So go to Squarespace, use our promo code, do that. And then honestly, because you'll be starting a website that you'll be selling merch on,

we'll see how easy Squarespace is. Excuse me, quiet everyone while the bell gets rung. The bell totally gets rung, my dude. Good, so Beverly, are you happy with this? I'm so happy. It's lovely to hear y'all's voices again. I hope you're doing well. Yeah, we're doing great.

You too, Beverly. One quick question before we go, and Beverly, we'll do a fun whole commercial for you in the next follow-up Which I think will be not only fun for us But I think the audience and I think it'll be fun for people to buy it especially the donut guy. Oh, yeah Parmesan what's the name of your business and if we can pitch on that really quickly? Okay. Yeah. What's the name of your cookie business?

My business name is Middle Child Cookies and the tagline is cookies that deserve attention. The tag is real good. Cookies that middle child. Thank you. I'm a middle child myself. I don't know where y'all fall in the birth order. A couple of baby boys. It's a complicated family myself. I don't know where y'all fall in the birth order. It's a couple of baby boys. It's a complicated family I live in. Yeah.

Got a few. Amazing. Yeah. So I actually really like your title. I like your tagline. I'm looking, is there a way we could throw on the website a little love to Parmesan the floor? And so just so people from the, we're here to help crowd can see a thing.

Yeah. Parmesan, your floor, not your cookies. Parmesan, your floor, not your cookies. Yeah, that's good. I mean, what else do you got? Okay. Gareth, you're better at these. Hold on.

I'm looking up her cookies here right now. It's metal child cookies on Instagram. Yeah, I got you right here. Cookies that deserve attention. Yeah, okay Um, oh my god, you got some views to your pal my dude. Thank you They have a viral podcast reposted me the other day Chelsea Lynn. I don't know if you guys are Media and she's the best. She's so funny. Yeah But yeah, it's been really fun. It's been really like

interesting I think Um, but yeah, it's been really fun. It's been really like, uh, interesting. I think to tie it back to like community, I think here to help is like a really strong community. Um, so like in my cookies and I use local ingredients and like community is important to me. So is there like a, I don't know. Um, or is that too cheesy? No, you know what you just said it with the cheesy garrison say and so I think we've got something these cookies are all about community It might sound cheesy I Would say something to the effect of like, I know it sounds cheesy, something along the lines of, I don't want to Parmesan your floor or sound cheesy, but these cookies are all

about community. Ooh, I love that. That's really cute. I like it. All right. There we go. Let's leave on a win. Let's leave on a win. Yeah, we're ringing the bell.

Ringing the bell. Maybe again. No, not wrong. Why not? Not a limit. So let's follow up with us. Maybe talk to Sherlock. Sherlock is Jesse or Nat Attack, whoever you're emailing with.

And then let's get you back on. It'd be really fun to have you on and do a Squarespace as well with the title with the thing where you explain how easy it is. I Love that idea. Thank you guys. I didn't know how this call is gonna go today, but honestly, this is the best case scenario I love it middle child cookies Okay, that deserve attention now we're talking what. What a turnaround from the bear feet to this. Let me say this to you, Garrett, and to you Nat Attack, to you Sherlock, and to you Beverly, and to our audience. Yeah, all ears.

You call into this fucking show because you got a coworker where your feet are out and they're disgusting, and the audience might make fun of us for pitches like Parmesan the Floor. But there's a method to the madness. And the madness is we want you to quit, become an entrepreneur, just like we talk about on Shark Tank, and Beverly, I want one dollar on every cookie sold. I missed a wonderful baby. And then we're going back to DC. You so are.

And we're taking back to the. Oh, I would take a back a white house Beverly we look forward to the next install, but thank you very much Hey, thanks guys. Have a lovely day Bye awesome. All right. Bye my dude. Bye buddy. Bye. The best. The best. If you want to watch video episodes of We're Here to Help, you can go to our Patreon at patreon.com slash here to help pod to see our entire catalog. We're Here to Help is produced by Rabbit Grimm Productions, executive producers Rob Hollis, Jeff Porter and Natalie Hollis, associate producer Jesse Thurston, editing, mix and master by Chris Fowler. Theme song by Oliver Raleigh, the cover artwork is by James Fostike, animations by Andrew Strelicki and if you'd like to see Gareth do stand up on the road, go to garethrentolds.com. by Oliver Raleigh, the cover artwork is by James Fostike, animations by Andrew Strlecki,

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