We're Here to Help - 166: No Shoes, No Shirt, Teeth In & Unwrapping Whoppers (with Steve Berg)

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

Jake and Gareth call in the Big Gun (Steve Berg) to help a hotel restaurant manager encourage an employee to wear her dentures. Later, the guys help a Chicago caller who has a trough in the b...athroom of his office building.See caller images here!Want to call in? Email your question to helpfulpod@gmail.com.PATREON: 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.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:02:26 We're here to help. Hi everybody. All right, we're back. Well, Jake, now come on. Now shut up. Listen to me. Okay, so you know you're a, any bit of difference, you immediately go... I comment.
Starting point is 00:02:49 Hey, did you do something to your nose? I remember when I went to New York to shoot my first pilot. Do you remember that? Years ago, we threw a party. It was very stupid because then it got passed on. Then we were like, ah, it was stupid stupid because then it got passed on them. We're like, ah stupid remind me of this party though It was I think it was like it was downtown somewhere It was like the hotel Figaro's Evans idea Evan really wanted to throw like this party to celebrate us going to New York
Starting point is 00:03:16 So whatever we go to New York six months make a pilot. That's right middle of the road gets passed on But before I got passed and I came back and you were a hundred percent I'd done something to my ego your teeth and I'm going what do you like I don't know what you're talking you're going you did something to your teeth and I'm going dude you right now okay yeah new haircut I got a haircut yeah and a shave a shave! I shaved the beard. You look... 10 years younger. Well, it's not what my kids say.
Starting point is 00:03:51 You look like a meme of you that people send me. You know what? My daughter said, Why'd you do it? It looks terrible. This is not a joke, Gareth. My other daughter, Elizabeth, was homesick. Yeah. And when I got back, she literally, and this is not a joke, Gareth. My other daughter, Elizabeth, was homesick. Yeah. And when I got back, she literally, this is not a joke, gagged.
Starting point is 00:04:10 They don't like you, uh... Kids don't like when their parents change. I really don't like when people change. My dad shaved his beard once, and I thought he was a different guy. I was very sure that. But I'm similar to kids on that. That's why I always comment on stuff.
Starting point is 00:04:23 I don't like change. But really quickly I want to bring something up with you that I think I'd like to get your take on and guess what? We're not a topical show, but this one could be topical Sanders Shador Sanders To the fifth round getting drafted by Cleveland and that kid not getting drafted. For those who don't follow sports, Neon Deon Sanders, look good, dress good, play good, pay good.
Starting point is 00:04:50 We all know Deon. He's got sons. He coaches them in college. His one son is a top-rated quarterback. No team in the old stuffy NFL drafted this fucking kid to the fifth round. Well, here's what's funny about you, Jake. It's disgusting. No team in the old stuffy NFL drafted this fucking kid. We know how you feel. Well here's what's funny about you Jake.
Starting point is 00:05:08 It's disgusting. Here's what's funny about you Jake. Yeah. When we used to play sports, you often framed yourself as Deon. Did I? Yes, you called yourself Pac-Man, but you also referred to yourself as Prime Time. So you have an affinity for flair. Definitely more Pac-Man.
Starting point is 00:05:27 Yeah, you need it. You were a over 30 year old guy playing with a frisbee in Griffith Park. Definitely more of a Pac-Man is quite a quote for what was going on back there. And your nickname there, do you remember the nickname We Got You from those frizzball days that stuck in my phone until this podcast? Well, uh... Oldsmobile? 87 Oldsmobile.
Starting point is 00:05:55 And so Gareth, for years on my phone... Because I got there, but it was not pretty to watch. Well, because you would do things where the field we played on had all these dips and dives in it and Gareth would be running and his foot would go in a hole and your leg would do this motion where when you would fall, I would be sure that was it. That you're going too fast. You were just too eager to get the ball. You'd now have destroyed your leg. The whole vibe. No health insurance, by the way. No health insurance. Then you would get up, you would do like a really internalized walk it off, like self-talk,
Starting point is 00:06:32 but you wouldn't be cussing at others. And then you would get back in the game, and I was like, you're like somebody's 1987 Oldsman build that I grew up going in where you'd go, how many miles is it? And they'd go 240 240 and then you would take A road trip in it and it would be fine. Yeah. Yeah, it'd be scary, but it'd be fun It'd be scary. There'd be moments where you'd be like, what's that sound and the guy would like don't know don't know
Starting point is 00:06:54 I just started clicking but like drive through now it clicks Yeah, and then eventually it stopped clicking I hit the side it stopped clicking you were 87 in my phone and now it's Garfy. You know, I think we've talked about Berg's tennis abilities on the show before, but Berg, the last time I played tennis Berg basically blew my ankle out by painting the lines. He's phenomenal. It's like a joke if you were to be like, oh, Steve Berg is unbelievably good at tennis. You know, the time we played, I beat him. Yes, I know. Keep going.
Starting point is 00:07:26 Pac-Man, prime time. But back to Sanders. Hold on, we'll get back to him. But he blew my ankle out. I woke, I like opened my eyes and a bunch of probably 15 year old girls and Berg are over me like, ah, and I was like, I could still play. And everyone was like, stay down.
Starting point is 00:07:43 Stop it. Stay, and I was like, I could finish.. And everyone was like, stay down! Stay down! What is your problem, dude? Chill. I don't know enough, but I did read a couple days before the draft that one guy said his interview was the worst interview he'd
Starting point is 00:07:58 ever seen a player take in the NFL. So I don't know what that means. I mean, I saw that he built himself a little thrown for draft night Yeah, but look who his dad is. I also think this is a fucking good quarterback. He could play the game. I also think it's like There are so many guys where you're like yes guys like an asshole or whatever you know what I mean? They get drafted. It's like it's not it was a guy Mike Green who got drafted by the Ravens And I only know this because because at first I was like
Starting point is 00:08:27 Oh, he could be a good bear. I read about the draft about a week before I don't watch college football So I like to read about it at the end. It's fun Yeah, I was like, ooh Mike Green would be good and then he started slipping and I was like, oh, why is he slipping? And I read I'm like, oh, he's been accused of sexual assault two different times He got drafted in the second round, but Sanders threw himself a draft day party. And the Browns signed Deshaun Watson, who had 28 sexual assaults. I mean, the issue with Sanders is that like, what do you think it is? You just think it's purely that he's Neon Deon. I think what it is is Neon Deon, dress good, play good, pay good, is trying to change the
Starting point is 00:09:07 power dynamics and the players have the power. And Dion was talking during his thing about like where he's going to go and he's like, he's not just going to go to any organization. And it was this idea that players were going to control what team they went to a little bit more, a little bit more like the NBA. Right. And I think the NFL got together and said, we can't have this happen. Because now if he's a fifth round draft pick, as opposed to a first round, his money is so different that other kids who are right now getting an NIL deal where they're making $3 million
Starting point is 00:09:43 to play in Nebraska and their attitude's getting big, they'll go like, yeah, I'm not messing around with the NFL. Those guys are stuffy old men and they will punish you even if it hurts their team because it helps the overall business. And so I think he was a lesson. I think the tie-dye makes you look even younger.
Starting point is 00:10:02 The tie-dye makes you look like I could sell you a dime bag at a concert. By the way, because I used to wear tie-dye makes you look even younger the tie-dye makes you look like I could sell you a dime bag at a concert By the way, because I used to wear tie-dyes when I'd buy dime bags at concerts Really quite a look change You're not wrong. I actually think that's that I had not even really thought about that. I still Just think that even 31 teams saying oh, yeah, we got to send a message one to be like yeah We do but we also have a little bit. You're the Pittsburgh Steelers, right? Yeah, that's the one that I thought was gonna take him Oh, how about this? You're the Cowboys you need a backup to DAC
Starting point is 00:10:35 You need a new DAC may so I mean all these teams and they go none of them are doing it This feels to me like Conspiracy if this is a bit this was bit, a few little conversations and word spread of, guys, the college football is changing. These kids are starting to get paid. The attitudes are changing. They will ruin our billion dollar business. We need to set a message now, this is our league
Starting point is 00:11:00 and we're allowing you to play in it. Well, I'll tell you what, I think you probably think this as well, that, I mean, this is, you talk about self-motivating. Oh, these kids got it. Now, I've become the biggest fan of his. His clip when he got drafted, he and his brother and his friends,
Starting point is 00:11:21 they're all dancing and celebrating. Yeah. Now, mind you, I'm getting to Mandy Pat they're all dancing and celebrating. Yeah. Now mind you, I'm getting to Mandy Patinkin's age and spirit. Ah! Gareth, I got emotional. Wait a minute. That's what I'm turning into is Mandy Patinkin.
Starting point is 00:11:35 Saying you have an inside Patinkin is really- I do. You're Patinkin on the inside. Yes. I cry all the time. Oh I'm sitting there last time you cried 40 minutes ago why the clip of a shit or that? Probably last night why watching something here in a song Wow
Starting point is 00:12:02 Interpreting can you have an inner that is, feels a little incongruent with the Neon Dion Time Time Pac-Man. Well guess what, I'm a Gemini baby, two phases, let's get into the show. Okay everybody. So here's what we gotta set up. The first call really fast, Steve Berg is on, there was a mishap with my schedule, but I joined that one a little late. Yep. Natatak asked us to set that up. She said it was too weird without the intro. And lastly, in our follow-up, we have Stone with us.
Starting point is 00:12:34 Yeah, so, yeah. I mean, do we need to, I feel like people know, yeah. But the only reason that he's on there, we do his follow-up that I think is gonna come later. And at the end of it, it was so fun that we just said, hey, you wanna just hang out with us? And so we're playing them out of order, but we did his follow-up, so that's coming up,
Starting point is 00:12:55 I think next week. Yep. And then Gareth got to know Stone a little bit, and obviously those two gentlemen connected right away. It's hard to not connect with Stone. This is the greatest. And so the way we do this show is when we hard to not connect with Stone. This is the greatest. And so the way we do this show is when we record, we're on Zoom.
Starting point is 00:13:08 He must love football. For sure, or not. He could be either way. Well, it's the feet that I'm pointing at. Right. Yeah, but so he joins us. And the way we do it is we'll do like six calls in a row and we'll do like a bunch of follow-ups in a row.
Starting point is 00:13:24 And so we just said, honestly, I think for me, I didn't want him to go because I like his vibe so much. So he just pops into follow-ups that he knew nothing about. So it's a little weird, but I think you'll enjoy it. It's our version of when Johnny Carson would ask a comedian onto the couch. If you do a follow-up and we ask you to hang around for a call, we're getting a, we're having feelings for you.
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Starting point is 00:18:01 Find exactly what you're booking for on booking.com Booking dot. Yeah There we go. There we go, babe. Hey, look at me. Hey babe a perfect. Thank you for doing this. How's my hair? You look phenomenal. Obviously you're in space and it looks pretty good for someone floating and by the way Can I just point out before we even yeah, you got a well on my thing? I'm my thing it covers the whole thing but uh okay yeah on zoom is heavily ruining the effect you guys have inferior technology stop no we'll crop you into a little square so it'll cover you anyways yeah I put you in a Martian I moved it I moved it all right let's get down to business so Steve here's what happened so we had a
Starting point is 00:18:42 session ready to go today with Jake, our amigo, Jake Johnson, from We're Here to Help. I wasn't sure if it was a beauty. No, that would be, I'm not even gonna dip into that. But so we were having a session. Jake apparently was busy today. Okay. We saw a thumbs up on a text, he hearted a thing,
Starting point is 00:19:02 he said no to an invite. There's some, we're not sure where this stood. But we thought we were recording today, so we got all geared up. I obviously put on my Sunday's best. I made sure my frame was great. And then it turns out he's not doing the show today. He's busy.
Starting point is 00:19:17 So we've pivoted. So because we had some callers, we just did one and we're bringing you in for this one, so we're gonna jump in. Yeah. You know the show. Yeah. Is there anything in the oven right now? No, there's nothing in the oven,
Starting point is 00:19:32 but you can go ahead and say you want to bring in the big gun when referring to me. Do I have to to get you to do it? Yeah, I don't feel like I won't be at my best unless you come with a big gun. Okay. Go ahead. All right. No, no, I'll do it when we have the call I'm not just gonna say it right now to you I'd like to hear it. I think Natalie wouldn't mind you'll hear it on the call. You're getting a little practice Yeah, right now to tack that attack. Why is it that when we need the help you're quiet and when we don't you're just just
Starting point is 00:20:00 This is the Nattie. You know, we call her that now the net attack. I like it as a ring All right, I'll practice real quick and then we got to get it You're just, this is the Nat Attack. You know we call her that now? The Nat Attack? I like it. It has a ring to it. All right, I'll practice real quick and then we gotta get into it. Yeah. All right, caller, blah, blah, blah, blah. Oh, cool, okay. Well, you know, Jay couldn't make it today
Starting point is 00:20:11 so we thought we'd bring in the big gun, Steve Berg. The Norwegian nightmare. My God. All right, am I gonna have to get a pen? All right, can we bring in the caller quickly before he starts adding more credits? Hello? Hi. Hi, how are ya? All right, can we bring in the caller quickly before he starts adding more credits? Hello.
Starting point is 00:20:26 Hi. Hi, how are you? I'm doing well, thank you. Good. Well, welcome to the show. We're here to help. I'm going to give you an update real quick. Because of some schedule stuff, Jake is not going to be on today with you.
Starting point is 00:20:42 Please, can I do your intro? And then you can do that. Sorry, sorry. Okay, so we had to think quickly, and I wanted to bring in someone who's been on the show before, who is definitely a player in the We're Here to Help universe. Fan favorite, fan favorite. So I thought, would you stop talking while I'm doing the intro to you? So we thought we'd bring in the big gun, the Norwegian nightmare, fan favorite Steve Berg
Starting point is 00:21:13 is joining us today. Wow. Yeah, so this is pretty big. So can we get your name, your approximate age and where you're calling from, please? My name is Tammy. I'm in my late 30s and I'm from California. Name your approximate age and where you're calling from, please. My name is Tammy. I'm in my late 30s and I'm from California. Great.
Starting point is 00:21:30 Where in California? Northern California. NorCal. Oh, that's the place to be. Also, I just want to say I've never met a Tammy I didn't like. Stop. Yeah. Would you stop?
Starting point is 00:21:42 It's a fun name. Would you just stop? I'm just being honest. She's on our side. We're on her side. We don't need to butter her up like a chicken in the oven you forgot about. I'm a biscuit butterer, man. You got to butter a biscuit sometimes.
Starting point is 00:21:53 All right. All right, Tammy. Well, Tammy, we're excited to help you. We've got Steve here. What's going on? What can we help you with? Okay. So I run breakfast at a hotel.
Starting point is 00:22:06 Okay. I was promoted to manager about a month and a half ago. Okay. But a couple of months before that, I had a coworker stop wearing her dentures. Oh, no way. Oh my God, fuck. You can count how many teeth she has.
Starting point is 00:22:26 It's zero. Okay? Oh, so she is gums only. Yes. Oh, my God. Now that I'm in a position where I can say or do something, I don't really know how to go about that. Wow. I don't really know how to go about that. Obviously it's awkward, but also she's like super,
Starting point is 00:22:47 super resentful that she got passed up for manager. I'm not trying to make like a weird power move. I just want her to put her teeth back in. Tammy, please. Okay, first of all, let me say this. You have called the right show with this right this is right in the wheelhouse Let's give her a name. Even if it's fake. Should we just call her grace maybe? Sure. Okay, we're gonna call her grace cuz she's gumless
Starting point is 00:23:17 What capacity is she like what's her exact job her position? So if the breakfast attendants she's not in the kitchen much, so she's very much out in the buffet area like stocking. Is she interacting? She's interacting with people? Yeah, it's very customer facing. What's the age on her? She's in her late 40s. Oh wow. She looks much older than that. Well, I mean literally no teeth does age you. Yeah Yeah, it gives you that sort of yeah, like boxcar hobo energy Does she play a harmonica no What's her overall deal she's got one she's got one set
Starting point is 00:24:05 did this Occur when you around the same time where you got the position that she wanted Hmm is this in your face? No, it was it was a mouth protest. It was a couple of months before that. Yeah. Oh, okay, so Yeah, okay, so that that that that alleviates that concern for me that she's doing this to like, you know, mess with you. But that would be crazy too. If I were to try- She does other things to do that.
Starting point is 00:24:33 If I were to try to nail down your main issue with this decision she's made, what would it be? Um, probably just, you know, what our guests might be thinking or assuming about her. Have you ever seen a guest be a little weirded out? I mean, I would, again, I mean, like I've stayed in some real dingy spots, so I've seen some stuff, but you know, it's like the person who approaches you at the buffet, it's kind of the kitchen liaison a little bit. You don't want them to look like they're going to take you on a haunted tour of an abandoned mine. Right. You know, we're like a three star hotel. So, you know, we're not like a little dingy
Starting point is 00:25:24 motel or anything. Has anyone above you, has anyone above you in the hotel mentioned this to you? Like that they've noticed this? He knows that all like me and all of our coworkers kind of are concerned about it, but he hasn't really done anything about it. Okay, go ahead, Steve. Do you have anything else? I mean, it's-
Starting point is 00:25:49 I got one idea. You got a pitch? Let's go. I got a pitch. So you could try this. You could say, hey, we're doing like a staff picture day. Like you go with like a high school yearbook thing and see if, and you could basically be like, you know, you could just pull, put
Starting point is 00:26:06 a backdrop down, have someone take it with their iPhone. And if she shows up with her dentures, you'd be like, oh, wow, you look so great. You could like over compliment her. And if she shows up without the dentures, that means she's like, no, I'm not wearing, I'm not wearing dentures anymore. This is me. Because I mean, if she's going to have have a photograph taken you know, most people's inclination is to Gussy them so up and make themselves look as good as they can
Starting point is 00:26:33 Yeah I that that's a very good pitch and it opens up a little bit of a door in my Is she on social media? Do you know? She probably has like Facebook or something It would be interesting to go through and see if recent postings have teeth in like is she It's a very strange. It seems really weird. Look, here's what we need We need to a get answers on whether or not this is a choice or not.
Starting point is 00:27:06 Like, cause if it's economic, I mean, you know, what are you gonna do? You can't be like, well, at this hotel, we have tea. I feel like you kind of just got to figure it out, you know? So I feel like you kind of got to let that part go. Then I kind of like leaning into Steve's pitch. And the truth is, if you were to say, like someone from the hotel is gonna start like on the hotel social media or something like that,
Starting point is 00:27:31 be a little more active around the hotel and take some more pictures and do a couple videos. That's a way to maybe start doing it. And it's even a way for you to maybe ask a question and just say, hey, look, I'm not trying like we're going to take a picture, all of us, we're going to do individual pictures. They say they might post it on the social media so people feel like the staff is more of a family.
Starting point is 00:27:55 Are you going to wear your teeth? Are you done wearing your dentures? It just, you know, we're just curious. Hi. Tammy, I've got big news. Hey, Jakey Jake. Hey, Carroth and Stephen. Jake Johnson has joined. Hey, buddy. You know we're just curious hi Tammy I've got big news Hey, buddy Your name's Tammy
Starting point is 00:28:15 Sorry, I was doing a Taco Bell commercial I love Taco Bell you're gonna like these spots because Taco Bell's more than a taco place now Steve. It's a taco place It's also a chicken place. That's also a taco place Jake first of all, you're now encroaching on the shows. You know what I mean? You're right. You're right. You're right Drop the Taco Bell energy By the way Jake, you are coming in the hottest I've ever seen you. Here's our deal with Tammy So Tammy is she's got a high rep position at a hotel. She's kind of running the breakfast area.
Starting point is 00:28:49 She just got promoted to manager of the hotel. Yeah, and one of her coworkers who is a little jealous that she got the job has decided to not wear her dentures anymore. She's in her forties. But how does that make sense? Why would her jealous coworker not wear her dentures anymore. She's in her 40s and now... How does that make sense? Why would her jealous co-worker not wear dentures? Well, Steve's putting a little mustard on it. She stopped wearing her dentures before Tammy's promotion, so we don't think this is a mouth protest. Go ahead, Steve.
Starting point is 00:29:18 We thought it was a mouth protest for a second, but... The thing is, we feel like you're eating breakfast and stuff like that. She's in her 40s too, and she does have dentures. And the dentures, according to Tammy, are a pretty big improvement around the breakfast area, the eating area. So Tammy's one of the great show guys. It's great. It's great. How do we get...
Starting point is 00:29:42 I mean, we're biased. It is the best. By the way, the pockets of inaccuracy or missing that Steve has are just awesome. It's the game of telephone, I'm sure. Tammy, I got to hear from you soon. I'm cutting to the chase. Time is money, babe. Jake, a couple things. The main thing is that we're calling this woman Grace.
Starting point is 00:30:00 She's in her 40s, so this is not like her... We don't know how she got to the denture game Yeah, but since she stopped wearing them Tammy's worry is really only that when grace approaches guests at the buffet area It's weird. She looks weird. It's a gaunt look. It's not the same Would you like another sausage link and you're like, oh, I'm good. Not if that's what's gonna happen to me slink and you're like oh I'm good not if that's what's gonna happen to me so that's very true honestly for the person there to be like your liaison like frozen yogurt would you like would you like to pay any homemade lemonade I made pass anything making that goes in my mouth,
Starting point is 00:30:45 I'm not putting in my mouth. We also have yogurt. Yeah, so Tammy, Tammy, is all this accurate and where are you at with the pitches? It's all very accurate. And I'm leaning towards more of a compliment round. We've got more pitches coming It's the easiest it's the less it's the least drastic because the picture day thing is you'll have to convince the other co-workers
Starting point is 00:31:18 What you ever do with those pictures you weirdo, you know, but Tammy walk me through the compliment as the way you see it, how it leads her to wearing dentures on a regular old Tuesday. I think she would just respond well to that. And how would that compliment go? If you're you and you're giving the compliment to Tammy, how would you do it? How does that feel? Yeah, I guess I would have to make something up about an ant bath. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:31:56 But Jake, we have a sag after actor on the call. I know, but. One who hasn't worked today, we might want to just employ his skills real quick. I know.... One who hasn't worked today, we might want to just employ his skills real quick. I know, but I think we could get there, but here's where I'm kind of getting to before we get there, because I think this is a good pitch. I'm just wondering if there's more meat on the bone before, because I don't know if you got a lady who started taking her dentures off at work and she works, let's just call it a food court. Hmm. I love a food court. This is my two favorite words. It's not a food court though.
Starting point is 00:32:28 It's a hotel buffet area. My mind is now. But I'm saying it to Steve. You're in Taco Bell zone. Yeah, I am. But I'm saying it to Steve because I'm thinking he knows malls, he knows food court,
Starting point is 00:32:36 he knows there's like Boardwalk fries. I like Liv and Moth. Yeah, exactly. So if all of a sudden someone's working there and Tammy, they have no teeth teeth do they do customer service? Yeah, she's mostly She doesn't really stay in the kitchen much. She's out there She's the face of the buffet so
Starting point is 00:33:00 And you're but by the way, that's the truth. Yeah. Yes. There that person who's kind of like oh we're gonna bring more cornflakes, you know, whatever Like this. Hey, where's the roast beef and they go the roast beef over here and you go no cheese Yeah, so Tammy she's front of house and your manager. Do you what kind of authority do you have? Um Could you put a mandate here's where i'm getting that tammy. Uh-huh. No shirts. No shoes. No service No, sure. No shirts, no shoes, no service. No shirts, no shoes, teeth required. Well, I don't think it's specifically lined out
Starting point is 00:33:39 in our handbook, because I have gone through that. Well, but here's what I'm saying. There's always adjustments with new leadership, like the Yankees, for example. Of all the baseball teams in the league, they say no facial hair. It's arbitrary, but that's what it is there. You could say hair must be in ponytails or up, shirts must be tucked in, teeth must be present.
Starting point is 00:33:59 We're a tooth place. We're just one of these teeth places. Open wounds on face must have a bandage. Yeah. Pimples must be covered with bandage. Scars covered, shirts buttoned. Yes, cuts on hand. Shoes on.
Starting point is 00:34:14 Must have gloves. Nails must be clean. Teeth must be in. So there's nine and you're saying, we're doing this because we are changing the face of the buffet. We are trying to up sales. We're trying to... You're the buffets. And so part of it, you're not just saying, hey, everybody, put your teeth in. You're making 12
Starting point is 00:34:35 weird rules, but all of those are about, if you're presenting roast beef to somebody, the person serving it's got to look a little delicious. the person serving it's gotta look a little delicious. The marriage to the roast beef and what you just said is amazing. Am I wrong? No, you're not wrong. Tammy, why do you, what do we call it, Hergay? Why do you think in your heart of hearts, grace isn't, you guys picked grace for this?
Starting point is 00:35:00 I don't want to, we don't want to get into the process of how we landed on grace. Grace? Grace? We don't want to get into the process of how we landed on grace grace great garrison I didn't let for the first jake you weren't here. I agree. I wanted to feel the power and I and I thought i'm just gonna name and I said grace grace like to have grace Look, I picture I was this before we knew it. First of all, it was I was too early. It was early. It was early and I didn't know her age. I was picturing a seven year old. I would have made her Julia. No, no, you should have let the big gun choose a name. Oh, by the way, he insisted I introduced him. He insisted I introduced him as the big gun and the Norwegian nightmare. Yeah. Pretty good, right? I like the big gun. I like the big guy.
Starting point is 00:35:47 You got a new nickname. Thank you. So, hey, Tammy, why, what's your guess of why Grace or Julia isn't wearing these dentures? You think it's financial? It could be. You know, before she stopped wearing them all together, there were like, some days she'd
Starting point is 00:36:12 start the day off with them and then she'd take them out. It might be uncomfortable. It's uncomfortable. She's changing it for you. Yeah. Because look, if it's, if it don't fit well in the mouth, if she doesn't have the money, I mean, there is also a world we could create a go fund me our audience really quickly with us thrown in we could get that we can get this Julia some very comfy dumb we can
Starting point is 00:36:37 hit the mouth I agree Tammy will you talk for a little bit because Big Gun, the Garf Man, and Mr. Taco Bell have been talking a lot? Um, just knowing how she responds to positive feedback, I think the compliment is a much easier and safer route to go and to start, you know, digging into maybe why she stopped wearing them. How are you? Yeah, so Tammy, you're Tammy, Steve, you are Grace, Gareth, of course, you're somebody who works in the food court. I'll just be a person who's rapping. Jake, I just like to come in for a minute.
Starting point is 00:37:17 I got it. You know what I mean? Okay, so I'm gonna be, okay, shall we start? Can we get an action? Tammy, you know what you're doing here, right? Don't say it would go something like this. When I say action, you're talking to Grace. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:37:31 Well, they're both little customers. Here, we'll just start, we'll just start. All right, I'll bring more sausages out in five minutes. Excuse me, miss, I am a person who stays at a hotel. I stay in a lot of hotels. Is there an area, where are the pancakes and where is the syrup? Okay, the pancakes are right over there and the self--made do-it-yourself waffles right over there
Starting point is 00:37:47 But be careful with the waffle iron because if you leave it to shut it's gonna burn the waffles and I'm gonna walk away And not be back You'll be back Maybe hey Tammy. How you doing? Do you have good weekend? Yeah, I had a great weekend how was your weekend weekend? Boring. Didn't do much. I watched the Phillies game. I worked on my macrame. Heesh. I bought the MLB package so I feel like I gotta get the most out of it.
Starting point is 00:38:20 Hey, I found the waffles. Miss, if you could lock it up and let her talk a little bit, I'll be over here. Yeah, okay. You know how it feels, Garrett? Yeah. Yeah. Welcome to my job on the show. A new path of empathy has opened up inside of me. I'm gonna go get the syrup. I'm glad you took ayahuasca, buddy. Grace, something on your mind, you're looking at me.
Starting point is 00:38:40 I'm sorry, Tammy. Well, my problem is, I don't know how to get to that point where I'm just like already complimenting her. So Tammy, Tammy, Tammy, we're going to start over and you're going to start. And your intention here is to find a way. And your whole goal of this is you have to compliment when she had dentures in, correct? Because we're not starting with them. So just try and see what what happens and if it goes shitty, then we'll try again. This is a fucking workspace Yeah, I'm gonna try new character to so this will be but we're gonna start on action with Tammy talking. Yeah, big gun Yeah, I got it. Got it. Got it copy copy that and quiet on set and
Starting point is 00:39:22 Action waffles Cut that oh great Hey, Tammy Gosh like I really really have no idea like how to get it in there. Let's do this Gareth You're Tammy okay here. We go Steve. You're great. I don't even need to warm right great. We still rolling Yeah, action okay, Tammy got that five bucks. You owe Tammy. Okay, here we go. Steve, you're Grace. I don't even need to warm up. Great, great, great. And we still rolling? Yeah, action. Okay. Tammy, you got that five bucks you owe me?
Starting point is 00:39:49 Yeah, I do. I'll get it to you in a little bit. I don't even remember why I owed you that and I kind of don't even want to know. Hey, I just wanted to ask you something real quick. And this is truly, if I'm being invasive, tell me this is a personal question, whatever. You've stopped wearing your dentures, right? Yeah, they're uncomfortable. It's just causing too much irritation in my gums.
Starting point is 00:40:12 Oh, so that's why leading up to you not wearing them at all. Well, I, here's my only thing and I really like, you still have them and they're still intact and everything? Yeah, I need to clean them. Well, that's just because you're a human as well. But I was wondering- You should do that with everything you own, Chris. Yeah, just kind of, you know, sanitizing's great. But I was just gonna say or suggest maybe,
Starting point is 00:40:40 when the buffet is really going, it might be nice if you just wore them in. It just kind of gives an appearance that's a little more sanitary, which I think is maybe just helpful for the job you have. I really, I'm not trying to be like a mean boss or anything. I just think it does help the general aesthetic of the area. Can I jump in and try one?
Starting point is 00:41:02 I'm not loving this. No, but I think it's, I'm just not liking what's gonna happen between Tammy and Grace in that. Go, go, all right, go. Okay, now give me an action when you're ready, Gareth. All right, still rolling, quiet, tag, action. Hey, Grace, can I have a word? Sure, yeah, let me just put down the sausage carafe.
Starting point is 00:41:22 Okay. Yeah, I'm good. Okay, question that's kind of personal. sausage crap. Okay. Yeah, I'm good. Okay. Um, question that's kind of personal. Um, my mother is having teeth issues and I remember you used to have dentures. Yeah, I still have them. Oh, why don't you wear them? Because I'm trying to get her to get hers, but she says she won't wear them.
Starting point is 00:41:42 But it's this whole thing and you're the only, I hope this isn't uncomfortable, but you're the only person I know who has them. And when you had them, they looked so good. I thought they were real. Thank you, thank you. Well, I mean, I said they just cause irritation and I'll wear them if I'm getting gussied up or going out to the casino to do some, play some slots.
Starting point is 00:41:58 But I just feel like at work, I'm on my feet, I'm working hard, I'm sweating, I'm carrying big trays of food. I just, I need one less irritation. Do you know the goal of. I'm working hard. I'm sweating. I'm carrying big trays of food I just you know, I need one less irritation. You know the goal of this Steve. Yeah What what's the goal of what we're doing here Steve to be honest and try to roll play? character that's impossible Okay, I'll let a softer grace just pick it up in the middle now No, you know
Starting point is 00:42:27 Well, I got to get back to the casino, get all gaffied up. I'll never wear those because they hurt my teeth. And that's Alan lost a finger. Yeah. So Tammy, when you hear something like that as a way to go in of, well, when you warm, they looked so good. So I was thinking of my mom or the idea of, uh, is there a chance you could wear them back to work because it's more presentable? What are you thinking in that zone? Um, yeah, I really liked where you were going with the mom thing.
Starting point is 00:42:54 Okay. So Tammy, let's do this for a second. That's you and me play your Tammy. I'm grace. Okay. And who is grace? Give me a little bit of a info on her. Cause all I'm hearing is she's not. Does she get gussied up to go to the casino and hold a bunch of weird sausages?
Starting point is 00:43:10 Guarantee it. Does she have a carafe of sausages? Who is Grace? Who's Grace? I mean, she's 40, so she's a little bit younger than Gareth, but what else do we know about her? First of all, 40s. Okay, keep going.
Starting point is 00:43:23 What? What? She's pretty quirky. Quirky, okay. Yeah. I don't want to hear anymore of them to get recast. Wait, but real quick. Tami, how close
Starting point is 00:43:38 was Steve's Tami? Um, not very close. Okay, great. Jake, do it. You know what, I have a new idea, Tammy, and I need you, sometimes when people call in,
Starting point is 00:43:52 you need to help us help you, okay, Tammy? So we have steamrolled, and that's just part of it, and I'm sorry, but now Tammy, we can't be insecure, I'm not sure, Tammy, it's time for you to grab the goddamn reins, okay? So Tammy, you're Tammy and you're Grace and you can do it. So let's start on action. You are both go.
Starting point is 00:44:16 I'm both? Tammy, stop asking the question. Well, you didn't say action. You said on action and then you said go. So you're both, I wanna hear what happens when you compliment Grace, do your best version of Grace and see what happens, okay? Step into the goddamn magic, Tammy,
Starting point is 00:44:31 because you can do it on action. I don't want any more questions. And I know that if you go, did you mean this? You're just stalling. And action. Well, hey, Grace. My mom's been having some dental issues and it looks like she might be looking into some dentures.
Starting point is 00:44:51 Now, I know that yours look really great when you wear them. Is there a reason why you're not wearing them now? Change your voice for Grace and keep going. Don't think about it, just go. Stop thinking, just start talking as Grace, go ahead. Yeah, I just stopped wearing them because they're uncomfortable. Steve was right, unfortunately. I know that you look really great when you wear them.
Starting point is 00:45:37 Maybe you can try to tough it out while we're at work. I don't know. I'm gonna jump in. Yeah, please. Tammy, are you on? You did a great job. Aren't they? You did a great job. Yeah, very good.
Starting point is 00:45:51 That was wonderful. You killed it. Are you gonna be able to actually do this? I might. Be real. Okay. Okay. I think. Like, if I can prepare, then I can do it. It's just being put on the spot.
Starting point is 00:46:06 Let me just say this Gareth, unless you've got... Yeah. Because Tammy, we can get you there, but then here's my question to you, and this is just where I feel bad. If Grace's teeth are hurting her gums... Yeah. Let's not force her to wear that ventriloquist. No, I think all of this is in an attempt to get them back in, but there's a couple roadblocks that I think all of this is an attempt to get them back in if there's a couple roadblocks I agree. I think are fair. Yeah, if they hurt if she lost them and can't afford them
Starting point is 00:46:31 Yeah, I mean, but you know simply why aren't you wearing them? I don't know. Yeah, Tammy. Let me ask you a question Just cuz this one's given me a stomachache Who gives a rat's ass if Grace doesn't have any teeth? Does it bother anyone else at the hotel? But Tammy, what's this about? So Grace doesn't have her dentures in. What, is she gumming on the meat before she serves it? Who cares?
Starting point is 00:46:58 It does bother our other coworkers. Oh, it does? Why does it bother them? It bothers them because it's kind of, it's weird. It's distracting. But you're not wrong. You know what? Life's unique.
Starting point is 00:47:17 All the different flavors are what make it beautiful. What Jake, hold on. Let's not United Colors of Benetton this too much. What I think Jake is saying, which is true, is the issue with this, is it affecting the place you're managing? She's not spitting out the food, she doesn't have teeth. Is there a difference between a guest experience whether she has her teeth in or not or are these travelers who are just trying to have
Starting point is 00:47:51 Some weird omwiches and a couple sausage links. I'm gonna be perfectly honest, Tammy if I went on booking dot yeah See what I did there. Booking.com. Perfect. And I booked a I booked you're really in the zone today. Thanks and I Went to the buffet and some lady turned to me and goes want some points toast and it didn't have any teeth There's not one part of me that's gross out of anything I'm saying you want to sit down on my table and also want to be in my next indie movie with me You got a headshot?
Starting point is 00:48:25 You want to be in the podcast? Got any dental x-rays? Yeah. So there's also thought of- I agree with you there too. So Tammy, the issue is your coworkers and you, or is it complaints from the people? And I only say this because- She doesn't like it.
Starting point is 00:48:42 That's it. So you, Tammy, you- Tammy doesn't like it. She's you Tammy. You Tammy doesn't like it She's just like you had fucking teeth put them in So this is what we're getting to the bottom of because you can like it's been a hard pitch because it's a tricky problem Tammy at the core of this and don't worry about being liked or not liked we can't live in that zone We got to live in being honest is the reason you're calling into a podcast is because you don't like seeing her gums Um you're calling into a podcast is because you don't like seeing her gums. I really do think about like the guest experience and maybe she hasn't gotten
Starting point is 00:49:13 any like formal complaints or comments about it but it does kind of reflect on everybody and you know it's it's a very customer facing thing. Okay then let's do this let's do this. What's your new position manager? Yeah. Send her an email. Hey as new manager I just think if you're gonna continue to be so front of the house which I would like you to be because I think you're great at your job. I would respectfully ask you to put your dentures in. It is nothing personal besides I think it's a better experience. I've seen you with and without and you look so much better. If there is a reason for you not wearing them, if it is financial or they have, they hurt your teeth, please let me know. But this is a business decision, not
Starting point is 00:50:04 a personal decision, and I just want to make you feel comfortable with this as well, but if it is as simple as putting them in or not putting them, the equivalent of zipping up your pants or not, I'm asking you to zip it up so I don't see the hog. The tongue being the hog in this example. I think that's the cleanest.
Starting point is 00:50:20 Oh, stop talking. Okay, so the pitch is, you write an email, and you just say, look, as I watch the experience of the guests, which is really what I'm hovering over here, I do think the version of you where you had your dentures in is more inviting to people, which is really in the hospitality business exactly what we're trying to do. As I'm trying to do my job best, I have to ask you, is there a reason you don't have your dentures in?
Starting point is 00:50:51 She and you, you know, I, is it a, is it a medical thing? Is it an economic thing? What's the justification? Because if I have my druthers, I would love for you to have them in. I just think it's a little more pleasing to the guest experience. If she comes back at you and says they hurt, it's economic. We can have a follow-up where we try to solve that problem on your behalf. But this is just, email is kind of a little more fact-finding as well as maybe it solves the issue. But that's our first protocol. It's also not uncomfortable if you like, because if you approach somebody about their
Starting point is 00:51:18 appearance in person, that could be not make her feel very good. I think the email is by far the cleanest. So Tammy, where are you at? What are you thinking here? Yeah, the email is a great idea. Are you but are you gonna actually do it? Yeah, I can do that. Okay. Why don't you open up really fast Steve? Yeah Tammy do you have something to write with or Nat attack? Could you? be the person? Stenographer. Stenographer.
Starting point is 00:51:48 Yeah. So Steve, really quickly, we want a short email conveying the situation. Yeah. Go. Hey, Grace, just checking in. So we were wondering if, I think saying we too is good, so you're spreading the blame.
Starting point is 00:52:08 Steve's stenographer. Oh, sorry. She's writing down everything. This is like talk to text, so let's lock it up. Let's start over. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's start over. Action.
Starting point is 00:52:16 Hey, G, so we were thinking that, we were just curious, where did the dentures go? Nope. Okay, Jake, may I? I mean, this is insane. I quit though, Gareth. Yeah, yeah. All right.
Starting point is 00:52:29 Hey, Grace, I just wanted to drop a line as I'm trying to get full grasp of my new role here at the hotel. Let's pause. For Nat Attack. I love full grasp. That was great. Nat, give us a... Okay.
Starting point is 00:52:44 Go ahead. Okay. I really appreciate everything you do and think you're great at your job. Pause. Nat attack. Go ahead. Go ahead. The only thing I'm struggling with a little bit right now when it comes to the guest experience
Starting point is 00:53:03 and your role. You're taking a pause or you're thinking I'm taking, I'm letting that right now. Gareth, you just do you. I'll stop you. Okay. All right. Okay. Your pauses felt dramatic. Well, to some extent, okay.
Starting point is 00:53:20 But they're not all ellipses. Yeah. Okay. I know at one point you are wearing your dentures. Pause. Okay. Good. And recently you've stopped.
Starting point is 00:53:36 I think it is better when greeting the guests. Pause. Uh-huh. Good. If you have your dentures in. Pause. Uh-huh. Go ahead. If you have your dentures in. Pause. Go ahead. I just think it's more inviting.
Starting point is 00:53:54 And I'm hoping... Pause. Hahahaha! Your... My pause picks were way better. Your pause picks were better. Hahahaha! I'm hoping that you can put them back in if that works for you.
Starting point is 00:54:06 Pause. Pfft. This is so insane. Drug with power. The pause power. The pause power. I know the pause power. It's like a wizard with a staff.
Starting point is 00:54:17 Oh man. If there is a reason why you can't. Pause. Pfft. Four words. Frenet attack. If there's a reason why you can't. Pause. Four words. For Nat Attack. There's a reason why you can't. Go ahead. Please let me know and I'm willing to have that conversation.
Starting point is 00:54:31 Okay, Tammy, that sounded great to me. What do you feel about that when you just hear it? Are you going to actually send that email? Yes, I can do that. 100% you're sending it? Yeah, I can do that. Nat Attack, can you read it back with no emotion as fast as you can, as if you were in a courtroom? That's a lot to ask. OK. Hey, Grace, just wanted to drop the line as I'm trying to get a full grasp of my role in the hotel.
Starting point is 00:54:54 I really appreciate everything you do, and I think you're great at your job. The only thing I'm struggling with a little bit right now when it comes to the guest experience and your role is your parents, when you're greeting them for the buffet. I know at one point you were wearing your dentures and recently you've stopped. I think it's better when greeting the guests if you have your dentures in. I just think it's more inviting and I'm hoping that you can put them back in if that works for you. If there is a reason why you can't, please let me know and I'm willing to have that conversation. First of all, Nat Attack, excellent job.
Starting point is 00:55:16 Great, great job. That was so good. Excellent job. Okay, can I do Steve's really quick? Yeah. Yes. Hey G. Hey G, we were just curious, where did the vending machine go?
Starting point is 00:55:28 There's something to that, Brevny. Tammy, Tammy, we'll send you this email, will you follow up with us? Yes, I will. Okay, thank you. Okay, goodbye everybody. Let us know. Keep your head up, Tammy, it's gonna work.
Starting point is 00:55:42 Okay. Thanks, Stevie. This says the author of the weirdest email. Hey, G, where you dead to? Hey, G, where you dead to? Hey, girl! Tam. Tam. Steve, thank you for joining us. That was epic.
Starting point is 00:55:56 I gotta go. I'll tell the Canadians who said hi. Bye, everybody. Great to meet you. I appreciate it. Bye. Bye, everybody. Bye, guys. I appreciate it. All right. Bye. Bye, everybody. Bye, guys.
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Starting point is 00:58:52 Yeah. Jeff from Chicago. Jeff, we're in Chicago, but? Right now I'm in the Loop, downtown. And where are you from? You're in the Chicagoland area. You're from the city. Where are you at in there? I lived in the city for a little while, but I'm originally from the Burbs.
Starting point is 00:59:13 Which Burbs? The Northwest suburbs. Which one? Right near Schaumburg. What's it called? I know Schaumburg, of course. We used to play Schaumburg as kids in sports. They got an improv out there.
Starting point is 00:59:24 They do? The Schaumburg improv? They call it the Chicago improv, and it's in Schaumburg. How about that? Love Schaumburg. We used to play Schaumburg as kids in the sports. They got an improv out there. They do? The Schaumburg Improv? Yeah, they call it the Chicago Improv and it's in Schaumburg. How about that? Is that where you go when you're in Chicago? No, not really anymore. I go to the Den. Cool. So, Jeff, Chicago, you a Cubs fan, Sox fan, Bears fan? Definitely a Cubs fan, Bears fan, both fans. I gotta tell you, I think PCA has it. Okay, Jeff.
Starting point is 00:59:52 Jeff, how old are you roughly, Jeff? Can we just get a rough edge so we can think about that? I thought I was gonna laugh. Oh, yeah, a little bit over 40. A little bit over 40. Same here, my man, just a little under. Jeff, Chicago, a little over 40. A little bit over 40. Same here, my man. Just a little under. Jeff Chicago, a little under 40.
Starting point is 01:00:08 What can we do for you today, buddy? How much makeup you wearing, Jeff? Jeff, you got any makeup on? Just a little base, a little powder, nothing wrong with that. Nobody likes a sweaty guy. Jeff, what can we do? How hard is it to paint your beard
Starting point is 01:00:16 because mine's tricky? It's not easy. People can tell. You gotta shake it out like Dan Druff. Jeff, what's going on? What can we help you with today, bud? All right, so I appreciate you guys taking the time. Sure. What's going on? What can we help you with today, bud? All right. So I appreciate you guys taking the time. So I work in a normal building. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I work in a normal building here.
Starting point is 01:00:33 Okay. And so, you know, a couple of years ago, COVID, things like that, we all started coming back into the office more often. And then, you know, it's a nice building it had been redone But what's funny is? This is kind of a weird Like I'll just describe it but It came to mind because I was listening to the max greenfield episode. You had a couple weeks ago with the rear is Yeah, exactly. And that was the first time you heard it
Starting point is 01:01:03 It was yes, isn't that interesting to the haters? Thank you so much. Jeffy. Go ahead. Thanks Jeff. Go ahead, babe so we've got a bathroom here a men's bathroom that is Essentially a trough Gross. It's kind of weird. I know what you're talking about. They used to have them at Wrigley Yep, exactly. And so it's the men's room on our floor. Really quickly, I got to interrupt Jeff. Jeff, I got to interrupt for a second. Just to tell Gareth a quick story.
Starting point is 01:01:36 When I was growing up, we used to go to Wrigley Field and there was a big trough and everyone would take peas in there. And my friend Jack Franke in seventh or eighth grade goes, you know what I love doing at Wrigley Field? And I go out and he goes, when you're just atke in seventh or eighth grade goes, you know what I love doing at Wrigley Field? And I go out and he goes, when you're dressed at the trough, you looked out, you just see all the whoppers. Go ahead, Jeff.
Starting point is 01:01:53 Well, that's really it. It's not something you should have to do here. No. Disgusting. No, no, no. You should not see a coworker's whopper. It's a bar, atper. It's a bar. It's a at best It's in a bar in the UK. They're pretty much trough only is that true? Yeah Are all troughs I would say most at least they were as of fairly recently
Starting point is 01:02:18 They're not big divider people you just get in there and it's just slop time Gross way of putting it. You're welcome. But accurate. So, okay, I think we obviously understand the trough, the no divider, it's kind of like a- But Jeff, at a place of business? It's weird. Yep, agree.
Starting point is 01:02:36 You said it's a regular old office building, so in the loop of Chicago, is it a modern looking building? Or is it a 200 year old shack? No, it's pretty modern. Yeah, what the fuck and it's well how many people can piss at once? It's like a bunch of horse lining up for yeah, that's that's the advantage to the trough It's a numbers game. You could just squeeze a bunch of water. Yeah, excuse me. Yeah spray all over each other's slacks. Yeah Yeah, hold your buddies doesn't matter Doesn't matter, there's no, there are no rules.
Starting point is 01:03:06 Agreed. So, Jeff, I think we definitely understand the trough issues. What is the direct problem you're looking for help on today? So the thing is, I think the right people here don't know. Okay. And I think someone would come in here and say right away. This is absurd You know, this is awkward. Why would you have this?
Starting point is 01:03:30 But I don't know the right way to bring it up. I'm a little confused on that Hierarchy wise how are the right people not using that bathroom? Yeah, I hear you. What do you mean exactly? Yeah, I guess I guess maybe that's a good point. No, but Jeff, you're okay. Yeah, I guess the hierarchy does use it. But I don't know that they care enough. I guess that but it's also you know, the people that you would go to, that you would have to describe this problem to. Uh huh. It's like they're not, most of them I don't, well I just don't feel comfortable. I get you. Because then. Yeah, Jeff I get it.
Starting point is 01:04:16 You're in a tough spot because you're also then dealing with real estate issues. You're dealing with moving. If they're going to change the trough, that might be new plumbing. Because the beauty of a trough is it's one big bucket, but it's one pipe into the ground. If you go to urinals, you gotta just cut into that concrete more, and that's gonna be expensive.
Starting point is 01:04:34 Then how many floors is your building, over 25? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so then you gotta- Just to be, just to clarify though, it is two urinals, but they that they're actually back-to-back Like they're actually inches apart You know, we're gonna you know, we're gonna need from you next time is a photo of this Yeah, I asked for a photo and we don't have one but we do have a diagram
Starting point is 01:05:00 So I can share that. Yeah, and. And then can we put that on our IG and the website too, obviously? But I like this detail. Trough, you're right. Urinal, astra. Astra is so old. I know exactly what you're talking about. Oh yeah. Okay, so you're facing each other.
Starting point is 01:05:18 If you're, no, no, no. Basically, there's no divider. The issue is there's no divider, basically, right? Exactly. Okay, there's no divider. The issue is there's no divider basically, right? Exactly. Okay, there's no divider. A better problem to solve, I think. Where are, Gareth, in this? So basically what we have here,
Starting point is 01:05:34 you've got a empty wall that says four feet for people who only like to listen. Then you've got a yellow box that says urinal two feet. Then in between it says ashtray one foot that says urinal two feet. Then in between it says ashtray one foot, another urinal two feet on the other side, empty wall space four feet. So if you're looking at this thing, are you standing both where the two feet are
Starting point is 01:05:55 and you're both facing the same direction? So you're meant to be pissing, facing the same way while ashing in an ashtray right in between. Exactly. You can't break eye contact with the wall because otherwise it just gets weird. Is there a mirror there? No. Thank God, no. Just like a tile wall?
Starting point is 01:06:14 Yeah. You know, the issue is that you can see. Someone can look. It's just, you don't have the privacy. I mean, this has been a problem with urinals for a while. But here's the other issue. There's no way they're going to remodel these bathrooms. So we need to, Jeff, talk to you about the specific question so that we could help because there is, with an old school bathroom like this,
Starting point is 01:06:42 you're talking an ashtray, of course it's an old building. You can't smoke inside anymore. Yes. So back in the day, when you let your whopper out of its wrapper, you would rip a cig. I mean, by the way. I used to smoke cigarettes while pissing. This harkens back to quite an era. I mean, in our lifetimes, you could smoke a cigarette while taking a piss and we did it
Starting point is 01:07:06 I used to go to a boys club and when I could call the yo and part of it was I'd have a marble right in My mouth while taking a piss inside now. Let me ask you about this. Do you remember the ice in the urinal days? Of course, they're still there Takes away the smell is that what it is? Yeah, you wanna know how I know that because for for the dink we were doing a scout in country clubs and there was a scene where we were gonna be in the bathroom and I talked to one of the guys who runs one of the country clubs and I go, why the ice?
Starting point is 01:07:33 And he goes, smell and splashage. Yeah, the technology is advanced, but I don't hate it. You think ice is an advancement in technology? No, I think we've got those little splash dividers now. Yeah, I think we've moved through it. We have. But okay, I mean look, there's a couple options, Jake. You tell me where you're at.
Starting point is 01:07:56 But I think one option is lobbying for a divider. I think the way you would do that is anonymously. But how would you even get a divider, Gareth? I think we'd have to do some kind of sign. I think we would need to do some sort of signage or something like that. It's not my favorite version, because I have another pitch.
Starting point is 01:08:16 Because I got a pitch that's pretty easy. What do you got? An anonymous note taped up on the wall, stop looking at each other's whoppers, it's weird. I like that. Something like that I was thinking, An anonymous note taped up on the wall, stop looking at each other's whoppers, it's weird. I like that. Something like that I was thinking, but here's the thing. Someone's looking at whoppers in here and everyone knows it.
Starting point is 01:08:33 And here's why, Garrett. Hold on, let me finish, let me finish. Here's why. Because then everyone's gonna go, I don't wanna be the guy looking at whoppers, I look straight ahead, and if I'm that guy who even thought to look at the ashtray, I will not be the guy who looks at whoppers.
Starting point is 01:08:54 Gareth, you're up. Well, I'm not even pushing, I love your pitch. Thank you. I just think we're getting very casual with the term whoppers. You heard it when you were a kid, it imprinted on you, but now you're really tossing it around like, it's just like a normal thing to put on a letter
Starting point is 01:09:10 in a building of work. So I like the idea, but I'm gonna need to pull the whopper bone away from you. No way. Okay, so you're- Hold on, quickly to Jeff. Can we go to Jeff for a second? I just wanna, I just, can I be clear with you?
Starting point is 01:09:24 You are, your pitch lives and dies with the Whopper. But I would like to start there and see if we can live there. Jeff, are you okay with the term Whopper for Penis? Yeah, it's fine. Yeah. Are you excited about it? Luke Warhol on it? Quit pushing.
Starting point is 01:09:42 Jeffrey? It's probably better than anything else that comes to mind. What are you going to put? Hog? Member? Member? Hog? Member?
Starting point is 01:09:53 Genitals? Ear? Gear? Gear? Yeah. Yeah. Confusing. But I like Whopper better.
Starting point is 01:10:01 Okay, so can we all- You see who's endorsing your pitch? The guy who wants to call it ear or gear. Can we all- So we're going to live with Whop The guy who wants to call it ear or gear. Can we all- So we're gonna live with Whopper. Do you like the idea, Jeff, of a sign? Yeah, I do because anonymous is what you'd like to do, but it's hard to do that.
Starting point is 01:10:16 No, it isn't. There's no cameras in a bathroom. You're still doing it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, the sign is totally anonymous. So that's why. It was always hard, you know, it was hard to think of a way to let people know. Oh yeah. Here's what you got to do. You put a sign up there and then put it up every couple days if it gets taken down and then start going, hey, you see that sign in the bathroom?
Starting point is 01:10:42 Because what we got to do is we got to get chatter. We need everybody who takes their whoppers out of the wrappers to know there's a guy looking at whoppers. And I'll tell you what you don't want to be. We have 18 titles being rattled off right now. What you do not want to be on planet Earth is a guy looking at another guy's whoppers when it's uninvited. Whoppers? How many does this guy have?
Starting point is 01:11:05 Gareth? I don't know. Cause I didn't look. It's just whoppers out of the rappers. As long as Jeff's down, you guys can keep doing this sort of weird Chicago whopper land. That's fine. Um, what do they call them?
Starting point is 01:11:18 I like. Vaginas. All right. Okay. So, and Jeff, I like the pitch. I like the pitch. I like the pitch. And I think it could be the follow-up to my pitch, which is you can do that. You can tell the boys to, you know, we've got new rules.
Starting point is 01:11:37 Welcome to West Point. Eyes ahead, whatever. Yeah. Or we can distract them. Clear eyes, full heart. Don't stare at my wopper. We can distract them with something else. Don't we can distract them with something else? Please stop You can distract them with something else what you could do is
Starting point is 01:11:52 Twice a week you could get the sports page from the paper Since your building is already living in the 80s and tape the sports page up on the wall in front of the urinal So instead of telling them to not look at the whoppers. That's old school bar by the way. Yeah, it is. I love that too. You could tape it up there. They're not going to have any interest in the whoppers.
Starting point is 01:12:15 I got a pitch on that pitch. Go. Get a photo of a whopper, a dick, put it up there and say, look at this one, stop looking at mine. Or get one of like a chimpanzee's dick and go, that's a chim's dick, stop staring at mine. You wanna look at a whopper so bad? Look here, stop looking over at mine, you weirdo.
Starting point is 01:12:35 All right, well, Jeff, look. What about the duck? Maybe a duck? A duck's dick! Oh my God, let's do Matteo's dick! Sherlock. Hey, Sherlock. What we could say is, here's do Matteo's dick. Sherlock. Hey, Sherlock. What we could say is, here's what we could do.
Starting point is 01:12:49 Off of that, we could start just having you print up interesting facts twice a week and tape those in front of the journal. I love it, way too much work. I agree. We could start, we could just start with the duct tape. Sherlock, I think nailed it. Jeff, what about this? We send you an image, you get it printed out, get a couple of them printed out of Mateo the Duck's dick.
Starting point is 01:13:13 Then put that above the ashtray on the wall so it's in between but high up, so you have to look up and go, look at Mateo's dick, not each other's. Oh, pretty good. Matteo is the guy, Gandalf's the duck, just so he doesn't get upset. No, I meant take a picture of the guy's dick.
Starting point is 01:13:31 We need to get a Matteo dick pic for this pitch to work. I've got some. His whopper. I've got some. Okay, Sherlock, don't push too far because Jake has Matteo cock pics. So let's do, look at Gandalf's dick, not each other's. Bathroom rule, if you must look at a whopper,
Starting point is 01:13:48 look at the duck's whopper, not each other's. This is a great sign. This goes for every bathroom. For everybody who's listening, who has an establishment that has bathrooms in it, you know how they say like, please don't only flush toilet paper? Get these laminated.
Starting point is 01:14:05 Don't look at each other's whoppers. Look at the duck's whopper. That's why the duck made them so big. I love them. And they get weird at the end. They made them for humans eyes. I love it. Why don't we put-
Starting point is 01:14:14 That's why they look like a corkscrew. All right, buddy. Why don't we start with something about, like we can shame the fact that there's no divider. So maybe that at some point kind of nudges anyone with power to pay the $40 to have a fucking piece of wall screwed in between these two things. Because it's, so is the ashtray part of the wall
Starting point is 01:14:39 or is it just a blank spot? Tie her up, isn't it? I think it's part, I think it's easy to get out. Oh, you do? Yeah. You could, look, it's an ash. I mean, who's, surely you can't smoke in the building. I thought it might be one of those Art Deco ones.
Starting point is 01:14:55 No, no, no, no. It's kind of one of those ones where you hit the button and it kind of like trap doors open and your butts go in there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. That's it. So maybe we start off with, since the building won't give us a urinal divider, look at this picture of Gandalf's dick,
Starting point is 01:15:15 and maybe in parentheses, a duck, instead of each other's whoppers. I think we can even go a little bit quicker. Jeff, are you liking this idea? Are you going to do it? Yeah, I like the idea of the picture, um, the sports page. It's super easy. Okay. I think that, you know, it's, it's not something you would expect to see
Starting point is 01:15:40 in an office bathroom, like the picture of the doc. you would expect to see in an office bathroom, like the picture of the doc. And so if, you know, it's, it's nice to, it's a good option. I think that would, that would call attention to it. And so I kind of like it, you know, I think it, uh, what's your gut saying, start with, you want to start with a sports page, see if it fixes the problem. And we know we got the duck stick after. Well, that's the thing.
Starting point is 01:16:07 Do you go hard to start or soft to start? Gandalf does. You start with... What the hell? He goes soft to... Gandalf goes soft to hard. Look, Jake's in Whopperland, so don't throw me to Whopperboy. And Jeffrey, for a couple guys in Chicago, we go hard to hard.
Starting point is 01:16:22 In Milwaukee, they go soft to soft. What do we even... Do you know what you're talking about right now? Whoppers. Okay, Jeff, I think what we're saying, honestly, if we were to pick out of our pitches, we would start with the Gandalf dick and a sign. I agree. Because it's just kind of a bold move,
Starting point is 01:16:42 and it actually, per Jake's pitch pitch calls attention to the problem a little bit Yeah, so it's kind of clear and what we're pitching on that is how wordy do we want it? Yeah, we want to divide because I like a really short and simple Garth Garth likes more of a little bit longer, but both well what I like about the longer is that you're sort of saying It gets the conversation, you're putting the call to action in there a little bit. I think that's smart. But then, Jeff, but here's the point, Jeff.
Starting point is 01:17:13 It doesn't matter what Gareth and I like. We're just a couple of guys from a walk in Chicago who have whoppers that we keep in our wrappers. Big ones. Sorry. I'm sorry. Has anybody ever told you you have a big whopper? I have.
Starting point is 01:17:29 I've told myself I have. As a partner ever said to you, you're a great guy, I'm having fun doing this with you. The issue is you have a big whopper. How about this? Here's what I've never heard. Whoa. Thanks for the call, Jeff.
Starting point is 01:17:47 So Jeff, the real question is, what do you wanna do? I think the sign. I think the sign with the picture. The duck thing. Yeah, and I'm trying to think of like a way to get people like, you know, kind of a call to action.
Starting point is 01:18:09 Yeah. Okay, so a call to action is good to put up a divider. So you like Gareth's kind of if-then statement on it. If you won't put up a divider, then look at a dick's duck instead of mine. How about this? Your pitch is, instead of this, your wording was something along the lines, Jake, of instead of looking at each other's whopper, or look at this picture of Gandalf, the duck's dick,
Starting point is 01:18:42 instead of looking at each other's whopper. Something like that, right? But I think that you gotta go whopper whopper. Okay, so we do two whoppers. Then let's show the picture of the Gandalf duck dick. And under it, let's hashtag put up a divider. Yes, here's what I would say on that. I love the underneath, but I don't think we need hashtag
Starting point is 01:19:00 because it's not going on Instagram, it's just in a bathroom. It's how the kids talk. You're not wrong. But what I would say then, if you must look at someone else's whopper, look at the duck's whopper, not each other's. Underneath, please put up a divider.
Starting point is 01:19:18 I think we got it. What do you think of that, Jeff? I think that's it. I think that's the winner. Okay, so Jeff, here's what we're going to assign you with because we're in a new era and what we're finding is the callers are pretty goddamn funny and pretty creative. We got something cooking with Steve Berg behind the scenes. So we're going to ask you to make that sign and the reveal is going to be when you send
Starting point is 01:19:43 the photo of us with it up But I don't want us to see how you did it Until the audience sees it too, and we'll post that on our Instagram on our website Hey really good not attack. What's going on with the guy who's putting all the images per call? You know where we're at with that We're very slowly doing it, but they are going to be back up online, here to help pods.com, caller images. So for every episode, any caller image that ever that from season one on, if you listen
Starting point is 01:20:15 to it, I love it. Yeah. So right now it's season two episodes and we're working our way backwards to season one. Perfect. I love it. Thank you. So should we maybe send Jeff the image of the Gandalf DONG? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:20:28 The Whopper, and let's start there. So we'll send you the picture of the duck dick that'll work for this sign, Jeff, and then you make the sign off of what we just said. And then do us a favor and take a photo of it in the bathroom. Yes, ugh. All right, how do you feel about that? Yeah, anything
Starting point is 01:20:49 will help. And then here's what's also going to help Jeff. After it's up and do not do it right away. Imagine you're playing a game like Survivor or the challenge. You're trying to get somebody else to bring it up to you first so that they can be the one who first notices, but you're trying to spread the word to go like, somebody goes, you see that sign and go like, what, yeah, what is that about? And then what you want is everybody's talking about this whopper nonsense.
Starting point is 01:21:19 So people are going, who's looking at whoppers? And you go, I don't know, but everybody's looking at whoppers in this building. And then you go, honestly, I don't know, but everybody's looking at fucking whoppers in this building. And then you go, honestly, I don't feel comfortable. That's why I don't even piss in there. You don't know why. Because I don't want some guy looking at my whopper. And they go, I agree.
Starting point is 01:21:34 And that's nothing to do with the size of my whopper. I got a fine whopper. No girl's ever said to me after, whoa. Thanks for the call, Jeff. Take care, Jeff. Take care. Bye. Hello. Hi.
Starting point is 01:21:54 Hi. Welcome back. We are aware you're a follow-up. We're excited to find out who you are and what your follow-up is. Let me point out you have Jake, you have Gareth. Did you We're excited to find out who you are and what your follow-up is. Let me point out, you have Jake, you have Gareth. Did you happen to listen to the last episode of the show, Per Chance?
Starting point is 01:22:11 With Justin Logg. Not yet, I didn't get a chance yet. Well, I'm gonna just- It's gonna be weird for you then. Cliff note this briefly. I just met this individual, so it shouldn't be that strange. Most people would be starstruck, or should I say stonestruck struck but we have the great stone. He's a guy
Starting point is 01:22:28 He likes feet. It's not a fetish fetish. It's a sauce. It's an appreciation But you'll understand soon enough. So you have to know he does not have a foot fetish I don't know. That's an ugly word, but he does it all but sometimes when he's in the heat of battle If you know what we're saying Pop over people pop in Not at all, but sometimes when he's in the heat of battle, if you know what we're saying, pop over. He will pop in. Yeah, but he also thinks elbows are gross. So can we get your name please?
Starting point is 01:22:52 But it's an appreciation. This is Tammy, the breakfast manager. Yeah. Keep going, Texas breakfast manager. And one of my employees stopped wearing her dentures. Yeah Yeah, so you now stone are you familiar with this first call? I'm not no Jesus Christ. I would love for the callers. Everybody's gotta catch up I would love for our callers to listen to the goddamn show that they're a part of
Starting point is 01:23:22 listen to the goddamn show that they're a part of. Everybody's gotta catch up. I know we do a lot of episodes. This call hasn't aired yet. And Stone, catch up! It hasn't aired yet, so Jesse, thank you for jumping in. Thank you for jumping in, Jesse. And let's all three, two, one, and we're back. Of course. Stone, see the reason you haven't heard this call
Starting point is 01:23:38 is because it hasn't aired yet. So the problem was basically... So basically the problem Tammy had was she is a manager at a hotel Let's let's let Tammy sure Absolutely, Tammy. Will you explain what the problem was? Will you explain what we pitched and will you explain what we did? Sure, so Yeah, I have an employee that
Starting point is 01:24:04 So, yeah, I have an employee that, before I got promoted, stopped wearing hardenshirts. So now that I'm in a position to do or say something, I wasn't really sure how to go about it. So a couple of things were pitched. We decided to go maybe an email. Before you say that, Tammy, Stone, Couple of things were pitched. We decided to go maybe Say that Tammy Do you understand the setup on this one? Oh, yeah. Oh, what would you what would you pitch here?
Starting point is 01:24:40 I'm gonna be honest speaking from the heart. I would definitely tell her to put her teeth back in because I don't think it's helping anyone that she doesn't have teeth on the job. Jake, teeth are the sauce. Okay, so we were similar on that. Tammy, what did we pitch? We had two different email options. Um, garris was really nicely, um, nicely worded and sounded great. Okay. Um, Steve Berg's pitch was a little more direct and that's kind of the route I went.
Starting point is 01:25:25 So did you sent an email? Will you read the email you sent? And that's kind of the route I went. Ooh. More direct. So explain to us. So you sent an email. Will you read the email you sent? Well, actually, I texted it because we were already texting about work stuff. Then will you read the text you sent? And we've got a screenshot of it if we want to see. Okay, great. Evidence, proof.
Starting point is 01:25:41 Yeah. Let's see. So I asked her if it was okay if I, you know, asked her a personal question, she could tell me it was none of my business. Don't read ahead, don't read ahead. Tammy just explained to us what happened. So you said, will you read it to us? What was the first thing you texted?
Starting point is 01:25:59 Yeah, I asked if I could ask a personal question and I copied and pasted exactly what Steve said. What was it? We were wondering where the dentures go. That's what you said. Hold on. You wrote what, Tammy? We were wondering where did the dentures go? I can read her exact text.
Starting point is 01:26:22 Okay. Hold on one sec. I need a little, we're getting a little chaotic here. Yeah. Let me read her exact text. That's exactly what you were saying. Okay, hold on one sec. I need a little, we're getting a little chaotic here. Yeah, let me read her text. She says, hey, can I ask you a personal question? And absolutely, feel free to tell me it's none of my business and to piss off, LOL. Then she said, yeah, sure, go for it.
Starting point is 01:26:40 We were just curious, where did the dentures go? Oh my God. Okay, and then what happened? Natalie, keep going. You're killing it. This is what I was dying for. I appreciate it. So then what happened, Natalie? Grace says, I keep forgetting them at home. Plus, I hate eating with them in. Okay, then what happened?
Starting point is 01:26:58 I clean them at night, and when I finish them in the morning, I place them back in the container and take ruckus outside. And then they get forgotten. There's some days where I'm lucky I remember to do my hair. Just saying. Great, great response. Agreed. And then she says, okay, I was a little concerned that maybe something happened to them and
Starting point is 01:27:19 was feeling bad in case you couldn't get them replaced. I'm glad it's all good. Great. bad in case you couldn't get them replaced. I'm glad it's all good." And then Grace says, Nope, just old people thinking, kicking in already. Laughing emojis, two of them. And that's the end of the conversation. That's positive. It's positive, but it's not, it's not, there's not a conclusion. But Tammy, is there a conclusion? But Tammy, is there a conclusion? Yes. So I figured, you know, if she didn't continue toward them
Starting point is 01:27:48 then it would be okay to bring it up because obviously she's okay talking about it. But I did hear over the weekend she had them in. Hey! This is a goddamn win. It's a win. Bell, bell, bell, bell. Stone, what do you think about all this?
Starting point is 01:28:05 Where are you at here, babe? Well, she sounds like a lovely woman, first off. Uh-oh, here we go. Yeah, I think just the reminder worked. That's amazing. You know where this is going. Stone, we're not going to ask about her feet, though, right? Yeah, we're not going to get a picture of those feet, nobody.
Starting point is 01:28:19 Oh, you know me. Natalie, can we send Steve the thing that the woman sent us, cut out the name I just said, but the woman who Parmesan, the Parmesan, can we just send that photo to Stone from the original email? Because it's just feeding in office. Can we just get this guy hot and bothered for a second? We have such a database now. We may as well take advantage of it.
Starting point is 01:28:43 Put this animal in the heat of battle. Right now? Microfiche it. advantage of it. Put this animal in the heat of battle. Microfetia. Yeah, sure. Eventually. Give him the codes. But so Tammy, she's wearing the teeth. Yeah, she did this weekend, so definitely a win.
Starting point is 01:28:59 A win. Oh, great. This is awesome. And I think the way, I think going the Steve route was interesting, but it really worked. You guys were jokey. It was nice. It did not give me anxiety. But yes, I thought it was sideways. So did I. It's a very direct. You know what I didn't love about it? We were wondering. Like a posse of gossips. But Tammy, let me tell you, you fucking pulled it off. You off because it was not being spirited
Starting point is 01:29:26 and you and her were laughing about it. So she knows I'm a little bit quirky. She's lucky I comb my hair, but she now knows my boss who's a cool person would prefer I do this. So I'm gonna try my best. If she slips up every once in a while, then we can give her a little grace.
Starting point is 01:29:45 Look, you give her a couple and then you go, hey. And on the third one, you could just go, like you could create a joke where you just go, teeth. Teeth. I don't mind the hair, but it's the teeth I care about. And she'll go like, tomorrow is a guarantee. And you go, I can't wait. And then you could playfully go, do me a favor.
Starting point is 01:30:01 If you forget the teeth, just go back a house, babe. Yeah. Teeth are in the front. Or go home and get them. if you forget the teeth, just go back a house, babe. Yeah. Teeth are in the front, or go home and get them. No teeth, back a house. Go home and grab them. Or just get in the back of the kitchen. Or get some work teeth. Right.
Starting point is 01:30:14 Get some work teeth. I think it's great. This is a win, Tammy. I also think Ruckus is a phenomenal dog name. Me too. But it is a win. How do you feel? Are you feeling better, Tammy? I'm feeling relieved. This is a phenomenal dog name. Me too. But it is a win. How do you feel?
Starting point is 01:30:25 Are you feeling better, Tammy? I'm feeling relieved. Yeah. You should. Thank you guys for the encouragement for sure. Well, Tammy, you did it. No, we did it. Yeah, but also, Tammy hit a home run.
Starting point is 01:30:38 And I got a question for you, Tammy, really fast. When you're in the heat of battle sexually, do feet not attached to a body ever pop in your head and turn you on? Just we need the truth now. No. Never huh? No. Now if they did, would you think you had a foot fetish? Probably? Is that something that I'm thinking about? But nothing, no shame in no shame in that thought though, if someone had it right. If they popped in, would you go like, I got a thing for feet? Probably.
Starting point is 01:31:12 And Tammy, do you think the word fetish is an ugly word? No, neither do I. Stone, do you think it's an ugly word? Uh, it's becoming destigmatized by the minute. Good. I love it. Tammy, thank you for the call. Good. I love it. Tammy, thank you for the call.
Starting point is 01:31:26 This was a huge win. We appreciate how you handled this woman with grace. You did not offend her. I think you absolutely won. May we also give the surrogate hit to Steve Berg, who Sir No D'Berger acted as. Steve's a winner on our show. Steve's a winner. Hit or hit?
Starting point is 01:31:44 Thank you so much, Tammy Thank you. Thanks Tammy. Okay stone. You're the best buddy. Thanks a bunch. I sent you an email for your enjoyment Oh, have a good afternoon Why don't you open the email? Yeah, get it in and then can can we see the photo as he sees it? Let me find it. And Stone, I want a real take on this. Oh my God. Yeah, they're pretty good feet.
Starting point is 01:32:11 I don't know. I don't know. I think I just haven't explored it enough where I know what attracts me about a foot, I guess. Yeah, but when you're looking at it, what do you feel? Probably neutrality, honestly. Nothing. Okay, so those aren't your kind of feet. Now, if they were going to be better, what would be better about them?
Starting point is 01:32:34 I think it would help if I knew the person they were attached to. So they're not just floating. You know what the problem with these are? You're not seeing the toes. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It's no toes. It's also, he needs, it's an extension of his love I think it's interesting No, Garrett, he said they could just be floating through space. They are sometimes but that's what he's with someone
Starting point is 01:32:53 I think it's a toes thing. We all need toes. It's called toe-gasming. It's fine stone. God bless Did you just end yourself with a toe-gas? Thanks a bunch stone. We appreciate it. We got to go That was the best joke of the show. Thanks buddy.. Thanks, everybody. Love 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 Strlecki.
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