Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Sleep Aids, Snooki, and Spears

Episode Date: May 10, 2023

Don’t ever get older; it’s a trap. Wells’ issue of the week is that he needs sleeping pills to sleep but they make it very difficult to wake up. Does anyone know of a sleep aid that works? Please hit us up. Despite being very sleepy, Wells has an exciting announcement: back to Paradise he goes!! Speaking of big announcements, the coronation happened, and even though we couldn’t think of a dumber thing, we talk about it. Wells is on top of his pop culture tea this week and discusses the Snookie x KhloMoney drama and the Brittany Spears thing. Your hosts chat about some fave and least fave things and Brandi talks about Gwyneth Paltrow on Call Her Daddy. Who knew Brand eye was in the Daddy Gang? We end off with a Canadian voicemail and the realization that the next time you hear Wells’ voice, he’ll be 39. It only gets better, right Wells?!  Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Your Favorite Podcast! Plus, keep up with us between episodes on our Instagram page, @yftpodcast and be sure to leave us a voicemail with your fave things at 858-630-1856!  Thanks to our awesome sponsors for making this episode possible! Check out these deals just for you, YFTers:  BetterHelp — This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/favoritething and get on your way to being your best self  Liquid I.V. — Grab your Liquid I.V. in bulk nationwide at Costco or you can get 20% off when you go to liquidiv.com and use code YFT at checkout  Article — Go to article.com/yft for $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more 

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Cause melatonin will make me fall asleep but doesn't make me stay asleep. And then like Unisom kind of gives me some weird dreams. And like NyQuil gives me like the night sweats. It might be weed. I just don't like to smoke weed. It gets so fucking weird. But it might be weed. Because CBD doesn't work.

I need a more powerful punch. So that's what's happening in my day. Because I just want to sleep through the night. Is that too much to ask? Last night, I went to bed at like 10 o'clock. Woke up at 1.30. Could not go back to sleep until like 3.30. Didn't drink, totally sober yesterday. Cool. One more curveball life throws at you is the thing that you need to do, can't do, because you're getting old.

Speaking of getting old, I'm sore. Did some upper body yesterday and some bum. You know that like roller thing where you roll forward on your knees and then you roll back and it's for your abs? That sucks. Why can't we figure out a way to work out your abs that doesn't suck ass so hard? I don't know if that's possible. Do you want a six pack? I don't know. Do I have to do that stupid fucking roll machine?

Yeah? No, not so much. I'm good. I good. Your friend will is good. Anyhow, I got a lot. Boy, oh boy, do i have a lot of things that are my favorites and i have some non-faves that might shock you but you got to keep it real

i'll keep it 100 here on the on the on the podcast i said podcast period on the podcast all right what do you say we um we call the brand i it's time to call up the brandi to see if she wants to play. That was weird. She wants to play? What's up? I'm sleepy. Dude, I was just talking to the Y of tears about this. Really?

Yeah, because, like, I need a sleep aid that works. Okay? Well, what are you trying now? Well, I've got one for you. Didn't I tell you about Unisom? Yeah, dude, it gave me the craziest fucking scary dreams the other night. And I didn't like that. It doesn't do that for me.

I just sleep great. Well, is it? Wait, you just said you needed more sleep, though. Well, I'll tell you why. I went hard in the motherfucking paint friday night and it's monday and i'm still feeling it oh you got a couple day hang yeah those are the worst yeah but i feel like that's what happens when you're 35 yes and drink too much tequila i blame trace cyrus my brother is a bad bad influence he's an instigator. Okay. So what happened? What did you guys do?

Well, I played a show here in Nashville Friday night. It was like a rooftop hotel situation. And I always invite Trace to come out to things because he lives here. And I never really get to see him because he's a hermit and doesn't like to leave the house, which same. So I always invite him, but like never really know if he's going to show up or not or when he's going to show up or anything. But he did show up and I somehow got him to come up on stage with me and we played Shake It and he like sang his little shake parts and, you know, did his little like MC thing. It was so fun. The crowd loved it. And then I guess he was like feeling, you know, high on the hog after that and was like shots, shots, shots, shots,

shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots. And like handing out tequila shots and buying me margaritas after I'd already had like four. And he's just such a bad influence. Well, that's still fun, though. You got to hang out with your bro. Yeah, he's fun. Your bro Cephas. Yeah.

I'm tired. I'm sorry. I didn't even drink. I'm not drinking really this month. And thinking like that would help my sleeping. No, it hasn't. It's made it worse. I took like a melatonin, which makes me fall asleep, but doesn't keep me asleep.

I think weed is going to be the answer. I mean, Tish Cyrus says it is, you know. I know. I just, I get so fucking weird. Really? Yeah, and I don't want the last thing, like right before I go to bed, to be like, okay, bye.

Fucking awkward. Well, maybe you need a different type of weed. Everyone says this. Guess what? I come from a bygone era of all the weed fucking is weed, and it makes me stoned. Yeah. People are like, oh, this is a potty hat.

Oh, this is a head hat. Oh, this is a diva. Oh, this is a teva. Oh, this is indica. Fuck you, man. It's weed. And it makes me fucking baked. Dude, edibles cannot be trusted. I know, but sometimes I don't smoke weed ever.

I just don't like to smoke things. It's not really my thing. But every now and then I'll do an edible and those just knock me right out. I go right to sleep. I got it. I got to figure it out. Maybe the YFTers have something for me. You know, they do come in clutch with the recommendations. They do. They absolutely do. I did find out that there's two types of Unisom. Oh, really? So maybe you need to try the other kind. What's the other one about? It's weird because it's actually kind of sketch because they don't really like advertise that it's two different ingredients ingredients active ingredients whatever but there are the liquid gels are one type of sleep aid okay i don't have that and like

i always think like the liquid is better for you because i always think it hits you faster i mean it could be really that's there's no scientific fact there. That's just what my brain associates with the liquid gel. You just don't eat. Soft gel. Yeah. So I always take those and that's what works for me. But my. Do you take two?

No one. It says in the package, why are the ones that dissolve in your mouth? And it says two. Okay. So that's the other kind. Yeah. And I think those are stronger. Oh.

Than the soft gel. So maybe give the liquid gel a try. And just one? Yes. Okay. I don't know if I want to have another scary night of dreamings, though. I don't...

That hasn't ever happened to me. They're scared. Little boy was scared. Give the liquid gel a try. That's all I'm saying. All right. I'm down. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk on drugs.

Yeah. Well, I was talking about drugs, too. You actually kind of brought it up. Yeah, it's my fault. I did it. I did this. Don't do drugs, kid. Stay in school. Yeah. Well, I was talking about drugs too. You actually kind of brought it up. Yeah, it's my fault. I did it. I did this. Don't do drugs, kids. Stay in school.

No, but also if you need to sleep, sleep, figure it out because sleep is important. It is. Very. Okay, do you want to start the show? Yeah. Starting early.

We're only five minutes in and we're starting the damn show. It's a week preamble. Very weak. I'll tell you why. I'm groggy. I didn't get any sleep last night. Yikes. I also have a lot of stuff. Oh, good, good, good, good. Yeah, because we know you're not coming with anything, really.

I got a couple of things. You got some things? I got a couple of things. Okay. Neither things that you've watched, I guarantee, but I do have a couple of things. God, do I have a great one for you. I'm so excited to talk about it. I think it's you. I think so too. Go for it. Yeah. Bros and hoes, you're listening to your favorite thing podcast with...

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Code YOURFAVORITETHING. Do it. I might cut this, but we'll see. I think I can make the announcement. I leave for paradise in T minus 22 days or so. Okay. All right. Yeah. Love that for you. Yeah. You know, it's weird because there's a writer strike. I know. I feel weird about this because I work in the part of television that doesn't need writers, right? Like unscripted is unscripted. But my wife works in unscripted, but then she really mainly works in scripted.

And so I don't love it for her. Also, I think without good writing, you got nothing. Like successions suck if like they didn't have the writers or like, you know, Game of Thrones or anything. So it's a weird thing.

I want to stand in solidarity with these writers because of my wife and everything. And also, I'm just a lover of good media. But then there's a part of me that's like, well, maybe I can get a longer season. Yes. I don't know if we're going to have rookie feds being able to take up the time slot after we're done with Paradise this year. Who knows how long this thing's going to last. You're right. But I tell you this, this is the time to strike for an unscripted show.

We got to come up with a good one together. Yeah, well, we did, sort of. I know. We got to call Alon. I know. He's a busy boy right now. Yeah, well, you know, this is gold. Our idea is gold.

TV gold. Gold, Jerry, gold. I don't know if there's anything else to say other than I gotta go do the show, so... So you gotta go. So I gotta go. We'll still do this show. I'll just be in Mexico, I assume, like we've done in the past. Oh, man.

I'll just be in Mexico. I know. I know. I always say I'm gonna come visit you. Yeah, you should. But honestly, I'm so busy, I probably won't. But, you know. Hey, my wife has always said she's going to come visit me. You know how many times she's come to visit me on set? One time?

Zero times. Oh, I thought she came one time. Zero times. Well. So this year she's like, because this is the last year on my contract. Like, who knows what. Who knows. We can rewrite contracts and stuff,

but, like, there was a part of me where I was like, babe, this is the last opportunity you got. To see your boy in action. Yeah, we can go in the Boom Boom room one night, pound it out. Don't know why you do that when you have a perfectly nice hotel room. Because then we'll get, like, a nice sex tape out of it, you know? And it'll be, like, like directed and it'll be good. Okay.

But speaking of, I'm going to start. Watch a documentary last night that blew my mind. It's called Sins of Our Mother. Have you watched this? No, but it sounds juicy. Okay. It's been on Netflix since 2022, which doesn't make any sense to me because like it's- Well, that was last year. I know, but it's like, it's so good.

Here's the tag. When Lori Vallow's kids vanished, the search for them unearthed the trail of suspicious deaths, a new husband who shared her doomsday views, and murder, sins of our mother. There's this lady named Lori Vallow, who's very pretty. She was like trying to be like Mrs. Arizona or something. So she's like a beauty pageant, but a missus, she had kids and stuff.

She was on Wheel of Fortune, okay? But here's the thing. She was LDS. She was on Wheel of Fortune, okay? But here's the thing. She was LDS. She was Mormon. Ooh. Keeps getting juicier. Everyone just ends up dead around this woman. Like, so many deaths.

And then the last two are, like, so heartbreaking. You're like, Jesus Christ, you're monsters. But this woman, first of all, she's Mormon. Then she starts thinking that like God's talking to her and the angel Moroni is talking to her. No, you're schizophrenic. So she starts believing all these crazy things. And then she starts believing that like people are zombies.

Oh. And there's like a light and dark scale like if you're like an like an l3 you're like you're like part of the light side but if you're like a d4 you're on the verge of being a zombie once you're a zombie your soul has left your body and that person needs to be murdered she marries this guy who's like my wife's a zombie oh guess what happens to his wife everyone that they don't like turns into a zombie and they all think that like the apocalypse is coming and they're like getting ready for like christ's second coming and they're like doomsday preppers but like i love a doomsday prepper storyline it's fucking insane dude sins of our mother

needs to be watched by everybody. And here's my other thing. This is what I was saying to Sarah. I would like one, just one documentary about the Mormon church that isn't fucking insane. Okay. Can I have one where it's just like, they're normal? Because there isn't any, because there aren't any. You guys are insane. It's bonkertown. It's a bit bunker, yeah. I know what some of the Mormons are going to say. Well, they were like crazy. They're like, don't care.

She was LDS. Thinking zombies are walking around. Yeah. So many people are dead after this. You go in there and you're like, okay, there's a lot of people alive. At the end, you're like, no one's left. You got to watch. And there's a son, this poor son.

My mom's fucking crazy. When did this happen? They go to court during COVID because they're all wearing masks. But it could have happened a long time ago. By the time it gets to court, I feel, right? No, it happens fast. I would say like 2014 it starts. Okay, so pretty fast. I would say like 2014 it starts.

Okay, so pretty recent. Yeah. Like it ends with their murder trials haven't started yet. Sins of Our Mother on Netflix is absolutely bonkers. And you Mormons with your soaking and your armpit fucking and zombies and L3s and D4s. What is happening over there? The angel might run high. We never talked about the soaking bit on jury duty. Oh, I know.

It was so good. I know. I feel like they still have her on us. For sure. It's a good bit. You definitely listened to this podcast. I mean, it was a good bit, you know? Anyways, go watch Sins of Our Mother.

You will, you will, you's a good bit, you know? Anyways, go watch Sins of Our Mother. You will, you love a documentary. I just texted Miley to tell her about it because she loves a documentary. Oh my God. She loves a juicy, you know. You tell her that Adam Wells sent this one over. LDS doc. So good.

Adam Wells. There's a new Bridgerton. Oh, there is? Prequel. Oh, cool. Yeah. Didn't even know, did you? No, of course not. But I bet you Sarah does. Well, I was Yeah. Didn't even know, did you? No, of course not.

But I bet you Sarah does. Well, I was going to say, for sure, Sarah will love this. And I wouldn't be surprised if she's already started watching it. It's called Queen Charlotte. And it's like, they tag it like, Queen Charlotte, a Bridgerton story. And it's kind of this prequel storyline about Queen Charlotte's backstory. Because she's been in the past two seasons. But you don't really know a whole lot. You like bits and pieces about her backstory but you don't

know a ton so this like explains it all when I was scrolling through Netflix trying to find something to watch I was like uh I don't know prequels are so hit or miss like I don't really know if I'm gonna like this one as much as the others like I had low expectations and I was like I'll just watch an episode and like you know answer some emails or whatever. Oh my God. Hooked from five minutes in. Hooked, line and sinker. Watched all six episodes in a row. Binged it.

Done with it. It was so fucking good. Shonda Rhimes is a genius. Her storytelling, the way she hooks you. I mean, the female audience is just what she targets and knows best, but she hooks you. Hook, line, and sinker. And it's just so good. The cast is amazing. And I don't know. Again, I don't know why I had such low expectations for this one. I think just because it's a quote unquote spinoff and the spinoffs are just usually not as good as the OG. This one was as good. It's phenomenal. Honestly, I would maybe rewatch it. I loved it. Betrothed against her will to King George,

young Charlotte arrives in London on her wedding day and faces scrutiny from the monarch's cunning mother. Queen Charlotte, a Bridgerton story from the mind of Shonda Rhimes on Netflix starting May 4th. Thanks for that. Yeah, so Queen Charlotte, she's like 17 in this, right? So it's when she gets like betrothed or whatever it's called, like promised to the king, you know, to wed or whatnot.

And the first couple episodes are just so good. She and King George just have this like, ah, like amazing love story. Like you just totally are like so obsessed with him, so obsessed with her, like rooting for them. And then a few episodes in, you kind of like start to figure out the things they've hinted about in these, in these first two seasons of Bridgerton, you know, like there's always been hints that like Queen Charlotte has had this like really tough life and tough marriage and been through, you know, all the things. And that's why she has this like tough exterior and she's such a hard ass and everything. And so you start to see like what that's all about. And man, like you really

feel for her by the end. And I think it'll totally change everybody's perception of her once you see this. And they do a lot of flash forwards right to present day. And so the OG, a lot of OG characters are in this prequel like Queen Charlotte and Daphne's mom. I think her name's Violet. She's in it. Also, the Countess. She's in it. So you still see a lot of characters we love from Bridgerton in this.

But man, it's just so good. Play by different people younger? No, like the older characters are in it as well. Because they do flash-forwards of present day. Yeah, and then they mix it in really, really well, which is really cool. Nice. Especially the first few episodes. Like the steamy sex scenes we love in Bridgerton. Got them.

Buckle up. So good. Yeah. Speaking of the king and queen, the coronation of King Charles over in England has happened. I can't think of a dumber thing that we do as a modern society than that. If I was a British person, I'd be like, we spend a lot of money on these fucking idiots. It just looks so expensive. It is.

And my favorite thing about this whole thing, obviously Harry was there but didn't talk to anybody. This is all it is. It's just gossip. I'm shocked Harry was there, right? Are we shocked? Yeah, I don't know. So here's what it is. It's just gossip. I'm sure Carrie was there, right? Are we shocked? Yeah, I don't know. So here's what it is. People love it because it's gossip about a family.

And everyone loves to gossip. Like, oh, my God, did you hear what the Johnsons are doing? Like, oh, my God. The estranged son came back to Thanksgiving and got drunk and ruined the turkey. Effectively what it is. Like, this whole thing is just familial theater for all of us. For sure. But my favorite thing about the whole thing is that Meghan Markle wasn't there.

But everyone thinks Meghan Markle was there, dressed up like this old white fucking Mr. Magoo looking dude in like prosthetics. And it's just some fucking old guy and it has a mustache or something. But everyone thinks that that's her. And that's where we are as a society where like that's they're like, but all she was really there dressed up. Google Meghan Markle lookalike at the coronation or whatever. Oh, my God. This is so dumb.

Did you see? Is it like an old guy? Yeah. Why would she do this? She didn't do it, of course. But people are so stupid that they want to be. There's just no way in any universe that this would be possible. And this poor old guy is probably like.

It says who he is. The man pictured is Sir Carl Jenkins. Yeah. I love it, though. A legendary composer whose work was played during the ceremony. I feel bad for him. Yeah. He's like a he's like an actually talented person yeah people like stick to gossiping about the kardashians yeah

oh my god speaking of the kardashians yes i've got something for you oh good good. So I think it was Snooki was doing an interview with Khloe. Okay. And Snooki was like, I've met you before. That doesn't surprise me. Texted me and she was like, oh, come over. You know, it's fine. I was like, oh, okay. I'm going to go to the Kardashians house.

I was obsessed with you at the time. And I was like, oh, Kim, like you're cool. But like, I really want to meet Khloe. Came over and she brought me to you. And she was like, she tapped you on the shoulder. She goes, Chloe, look who's here. And you looked at me up and down. I swear to God.

Like, I'm not lying. You looked at me up and down and you go, what the f*** is she doing here? Are you kidding me, Kim? Shut the f*** up. I swear to God. Why would I look at you? No, you wouldn't. Chloe.

And I didn't want to insult her because it was at her house. It's my wedding anniversary. So did you key her car? No, I just left. I was like, oh, God. Well was at her house. It's my wedding anniversary. Did you key her car? No, I just left. I was like, oh, my God. Well, you should have. I was so upset. Was your car keyed afterwards?

No, but it should have been. No, I would never do that. First of all, I don't know why Khloe Money came out at that moment. Khloe Money is my alter ego. She's here today. I hear you. Right. But maybe I was jealous if you were getting more attention.

I literally have no idea why. Nobody was looking at me. today. But maybe I was jealous if you were getting more attention. I literally have no idea what. Nobody is looking at me. First of all, I love that Snooki has been making reality TV longer than Chloe and is like, I give zero fucks about fucking up your shit. There is this world of like, okay, guess who can also make TV? Snooki can. My second favorite thing about this is Chloe does the thing that a lot of people do that really, really rubs me the wrong way. And they say, my alter ego Khloe money came out. So then you can blame it on this other thing. But let me tell you something, Khloe Kardashian,

still you, you're still you everywhere you go. Just because you're an asshole doesn't mean it's not still you. I love it so much. And I'm not like a big Jersey Shore fan or Snooki fan for that matter. But I love Snooki for doing that. It was just. I mean, she called her ass out. It is impressive. And I love RuPaul being like, did you key her car afterwards?

You should have. Yikes. But also, if I've learned anything from doing a lot of reality tv it's you shouldn't fuck with other reality tv stars because they don't have anything else other than causing drama that's their shtick and chloe should know better than that yeah also the the jersey store people are powerful man like they've been around forever that's very true anyways i love that i was it's funny because i always thought she chloe was the nice one but guess what not and you know what's weird about that story is that she's that says

kim takes her was like oh my god look who it is and like kim's being nice of whom i would think kim was mean got it hilarious isn't that great yeah Yeah, it's, it's, I couldn't believe that. That's crazy. Yeah. Honestly. And you know, it's funny. Like Chloe just kind of like, wasn't really that shocked that she, about what she said. She was like, oh yeah, my alter ego.

Like if somebody told me that I had said that to them, I would be mortified. I would be like, I am so fucking sorry. And on TV. Yeah. And she just like, didn't even flinch. She was like, I am so fucking sorry. And on TV. Yeah. And she just like didn't even flinch. She was like, oh, yeah. I've been a bitch for a long time. What can I say?

Wild. Just Chloe Money being Chloe Money. The other bit of pop culture right now, I was thinking about this. Okay. And then we can get back into our favorite things. But this is still one of my favorite things. Okay. I'm going through like all my bits early, but whatever know go for it no rules here this is like showing up on my tiktok a lot the britney spears thing i don't know if

you're totally caught up on it but um so here's what happened a lot of people on the internet banded together to free Britney from this conservatorship that they felt was not right. And they felt that she should be free from the shackles of her parents and her dad and this medication. And they formed this grassroots movement to free Britney, which they do. Amazing. Even I was like, yeah, free her, man. She should be able to use her own money. That was my whole thing. It was the money thing.

Not the psychotic medication thing. She should probably do that. But this grassroots movement does it. When she is unchained from the medication and the people trying to help her not lose her mind, she starts going online and people are like, oh my God, she's having like a breakdown. Like they're shocked that when you stop going on medication and people that were there to help you aren't there to help you anymore, that she has like kind of gone off the deep end. The people on the internet who banded together to save this woman from this conservatorship, they now think it's not her being nutty because she's not on medication anymore.

It's like AI and a body double and like all these other crazy things. And not just what it is, which is, like all these other crazy things and not just what it is, which is maybe she should be on medication. Maybe, you know, maybe we didn't know the whole story, you know? Yeah.

And you thought you were doing good for the world and for Britney Spears, but really you weren't helping anybody. And just everyone stop on the internet, please. Just stop. Everyone stop. Except for Snooki.

Keep going. Keep going. Keep telling you. Here's the thing. Everyone's so worried about Britney and like whatever. Everyone needs to worry about themselves. Yeah. Like we're a disaster. So bad. As a human race,

you know? So bad. Like let's just focus on ourselves. Yeah. And also. Except Snooki. Except Snooki. I,

all right, let's go back into favorite things. Favorite things, favorite things. You got, you got anything else? Well, something else you haven't seen.

Okay. They just released the last episodes of Firefly lane season two oh yeah did you ever watch that show no i watched the show firefly which was great with nathan villian huh yeah i can't picture you watching this show it's very female you know very female um targeted i don't want to say too much because i feel like there's not a lot you can say that doesn't give away what happens. But like, holy shit, like, I don't cry, but I did tear up at the end. It's just so good. Sad moments, happy moments.

I mean, Katherine Heigl is amazing. I don't know the girl's name that plays Kate, but they're both just absolutely incredible. Sarah Chalk. She was in How I Met Your Mother. Yeah. What's her name? Sarah Chalk. Yeah, I think so. Right? Wasn't she? And she was also in like Roseanne. in How I Met Your Mother. Yeah, what's her name? Sarah Chalk. Yeah, I think so.

Right, wasn't she? And she was also in like Roseanne. Oh, I never saw that. Oh, she was in Scrubs. She was in Scrubs and she was in Roseanne. Yeah. You never saw Scrubs? Uh-uh.

That's a great show. Great show? Oh, she was also in How I Met Your Mother. I was right about that. Yeah, yeah. Phenomenal. Such a good show. It was adapted from a book, which, you know, we love that.

Is this also Shonda Rhimes do you only watch Shonda Rhimes things it's not Shonda Rhimes that's surprising because Katherine Heigl's in it it's adapted from a Kristen Hanna book I don't know who produced the show I wouldn't shock me if it was I wouldn't be raised her stuff's a little edgier I don't know it's phenomenal if you've never seen it I highly recommend there's just kind of something for everybody and everyone can relate to it in some way and And it's about a lot of things, but it's really just truly at its core about these just two best friends, these girls that they grew up together, their best friends since they were 15. And it's really just about their lifelong story of doing

life together. And it's just so fucking good. So highly recommend. Cute. Loved it. Sad it's over, but great way to great way to cap it off i think two seasons was perfect sometimes i think people go on too long too many seasons yeah you know like it leaves you wanting more but like doesn't at the same time like two was good we were talking about that we went on a picnic yesterday with uh our good friends trevor and alex and we were talking about well we were talking about how like sarah's show modern family might have been the last show that went as long as it did, like those 11 seasons. And Trevor had a good point of like the problem with going forever is you have to continually make your characters dumber and dumber for storyline to be able to continue on.

And his example of this was Succession where he was like you know in the beginning the kids were really smart like she had like worked for cnn and was like you know this and now on this last season you're like what the fuck is wrong with shiv like she's making a lot of bad moves like she's they've gotten so dumb i am caught up on succession by the way i am not when it comes to mattson this whole mattson storyline one of my thoughts is that this is all a play, like this bag of blood stuff and like the inflated numbers in India. Like this is all Madsen's mastermind to fuck the kids over because he doesn't like them. He's having the gossip be bad about him to fuck the kids over. But then maybe not.

But my thought is that this might just be one big negotiation tactic, ploy to fuck up these kids. But if not, Roman's getting way too emotional. Shiv is, well, I think she chose the wrong horse with Madsen. Her relationship with Tom, especially in this last episode, is just very, very sad. And I'm wondering now if the whole arc of the show is it comes full circle. It comes back to that first episode where Ken is like, I'm taking over,

my dad's dead, and then unravels, unravels, unravels, and then we're back to the top. Because if Ken is right about Madsen and this India numbers stuff and the bag of blood stuff, the flip to go bot to fuck the Viking and take Gojo is pretty genius. The only person who I think is now smart on this show is Kendall,

who's been the dumbass the entire time. Yeah. Okay. Have you started watching Love and death i was i just pulled it up i haven't but because i've been busy in a fucking bridgerton you know uh black hole but i've been so excited about this show for so long i can't wait to start it did you watch candy on hulu no i didn't but that was with like jessica beal it's the same story yeah like a lot of people on tiktok are putting like scenes right you know oh i know back to back

yeah and they're so similar but i watched an interview that elizabeth olsen did where some asshole prick asked her like so did jessica beal give you any advice on the role and she was like it's actually a funny story. We started filming before them, but they finished before us or something. So the Hulu show came out first, but they actually started filming the HBO show first. So she really stuck it to them. So it sounds almost like they were filming around the same time, which means there would have been no way for them to have talked to each other each other any footage from each other's show. And they are eerily similar.

It's really interesting. Well, I didn't watch the Hulu one, but I am watching the HBO Max one. Two church-going couples enjoy small-town family life in Texas until somebody picks up an axe. Love and death based on a true story. David E. Kelly is doing this one, so you know it's pretty good. I'm all caught up. Elizabeth Olsen is very, very good, but that shouldn't shock anyone.

Jesse Plemons is very, very good. That's Kirsten Dunst's husband. How crazy that they got married, by the way. I know. I don't know how long that's been a thing, but I just found that out, and I was like, holy shit. Oh, for a long time.

That's so crazy. Patrick Fugit is in it. He was in Almost Famous as like the young boy. And yes, Kristen Ritter, of whom I used to have a crush on back in the day. She's great in it. Anyways, the show is so good. I will say this.

It's so good now that I'm caught up, but the first couple episodes drag on for me because it's like, okay, I get it. They're having an affair. Let's get to the part where someone gets murdered. The way that they go about having an affair is bonkers to me because I guess I can understand having an affair. You go to Vegas and you get fucked up on the dance floor and you hook up with somebody and it's a heat of passion thing. A small town affair, like it takes planning and it shows them do the planning, which is really crazy.

Going through the pros and cons and like making rules. And it's so weird to think about like, oh my God, you have to think about all this stuff. And still they get caught, you know? Like they think it through and still, of course, you're gonna get fucking caught. Moral of the story is don't just fucking leave somebody if you don't want to be with them anymore. But the show is very good.

And now I'm so annoyed because we're all caught up. I'm like, I didn't know what happens now. Yes, Love and Death on HBO Max. Very good. And I feel like a lot of YFTers will like that. I totally blanked on talking about it. And I'm annoyed I did because I really, really loved it. But Taron Egerton in Tetris is—

Oh, I never got to watch that. It's so good. So freaking good. And I watched it like a month ago. Yeah. The story of how the world's most popular video game found its way to players around the globe. around the globe. Businessman Hank Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pajanov joined forces in the USSR,

risking it all to bring Tetris to the masses. Tetris on Apple TV. It's a movie. It's such an interesting story. This guy, this coder in Soviet Russia, you know, communist Russia, like makes this game and like it kind of gets stolen from Western countries and starts being distributed. of effectively intellectual property of a Soviet countryman because of its communist run country, it should be,

that money should be for everybody. Then they're like trying to steal the game back. You know, you have all these like, is it KGB, like Gestapo in Russia? Like these guys are like threatening Taron Egerton's character because he comes over there, which you're not supposed to do and like tries to like get contracts signed character because he comes over there, which you're really not supposed to do,

and like tries to like get contracts signed. This guy, Hank Rogers, who's like not giving up, and he like forms his bond with the guy who made the game, Alexei, and their like interesting relationship, and you're not sure how it's gonna go. The movie is so good. So good, go watch Tetris.

I do really wanna see it. Yeah, it's crazy too. Like I don't know how much of it's true. So the movie is so good. So good. Go watch Tetris. I do really want to see it. Yeah. It's crazy too. Like, I don't know how much of it's true. I think a lot of it's probably pretty true. And I love the ending. And I hope that part's true because it made me feel so good.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I'll watch that this week. Yeah. I do have some least favorite things. Oh. Okay. And I hate to do Lee's favorite things. Oh. Okay. And I hate to do this.

Oh boy. But I finally got around to watching Avatar, Way of the Water. What do you mean? Did you see it? Yes. In December. Horrible film. What do you mean?

I loved it. So bad. No, I know. I disagree. It was so good. Like they don't even, it takes forever to explain why they're killing these beautiful, majestic whales.

It's the saddest fucking thing ever. For the fountain of youth. Come on, man. People would really do that. We probably are doing that. Like humans suck. I would really do that. We probably are doing that. Like, humans suck. I know, but like. All humans care about is like looking young forever.

It's bullshit. We would literally kill everything on earth to look young forever and it's fucked. I know. That's what I didn't like about it. It's like sad. But it's true. I know. But it's just so.

The little Tarzan boy. I hated his character. What are we doing with this kid? boy? I hated his character. What are we doing with this kid? Spider? I agree with that. That could have not happened. And also, it made no sense. Spider was one of the alien, the blue creatures. He was with them. And then all of a

sudden, because it's like an avatar of his dad who is a fucking monster, steals him and he becomes part of the bad who is a fucking monster like steals him and he like becomes part of the bad guys like for a second then he like comes back like it like was just made no sense and then like the killing of the whales thing like it was confusing as well and i don't know i i hate it i'm sorry i know that you liked it i just didn't like it i loved it i i did hate the spider storyline i wish they had not done that i I think I said that when I watched it,

that I could have done without that. But the rest of it was so good. And the other one that I couldn't stand, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Quantumania. I didn't see that yet. Let's hear it. First of all, I don't know how I feel about Jonathan Majors anymore, you know? And it sucks because, like, I think Marvel's kind of pot committed to this character of Kane the Conqueror.

I don't even know how to verbalize it other than, like, it just seemed like it went on and on and on and on. And I was like, fuck, this movie needs to end. And I love Paul Rudd. I do, too. So much. And I used to have a huge crush on Evang to end. And I love Paul Rudd. I do too. So much. And I used to have a huge crush on Evangeline Lilly. And who doesn't like Michael Douglas? And of course, you know, Grease 2, Michelle Pfeiffer.

Love her. But I just didn't like the movie at all. So I'd skip that one unless you need to know the storyline. But not good. Just not good. Bill Murray's in it for some reason. You're like, Bill, what are you doing, dude? Be a bigger character.

Isn't there a Guardians of the Galaxy about to come out? Yes, we're going tonight. Oh, tonight! Oh, nice! It came out this last week. That's what I thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And everyone says it's the best movie. I can't wait. I think something happens to Rocket, which makes me very sad.

Oh, no. I think Rocket might die. I don't want it to. But everyone is, which makes me very sad. Oh, no. I know. I think Rocket might die. I don't want to do that. But everyone is like, it's so sad. You're crying the entire time. And James Gunn's a fucking genius. Of course we knew.

I'm very excited for that. Okay. Love that. I'm not 100% sure it's out yet. But if it's not out yet, it will be coming out soon. Gwyneth Paltrow was on Call Her Daddy podcast. Oh, yeah. I know.

Did you see clips of that i just saw like the the headline that was like her daughter apple or whatever her name is being like you know my mom's on call her daddy this is not good you know whatever first of all alex cooper i mean i love her she's amazing but man she gets a fucking great guest lineup she can get anybody she wants at this point it's too good uh well deserved though she's great but i was cracking up gwyneth was like unintentionally dragging ben affleck at like every turn did you hear any of that no they were like playing all these silly games and like just talking about all her exes and everything and i just feel like at every turn she would like like accidentally like drag Ben.

And it's just too good. And they're laughing about it. I loved it. I need to listen to the whole thing. I've just seen clips. But if you like Call Her Daddy, Alex Cooper, or Gwyneth, I would listen to it. I think it's going to be good. Well, I'll defend Ben Affleck.

I heard a story recently going back to the air thing of why Ben Affleck's a good guy. So the guy who wrote the spec script for air wasn't an established writer, but he had the idea, wrote a spec script, sent it to the powers that be. Jason Bateman all got together and were like, this is great. And then they wrote the actual script vis-a-vis this spec script that they got. And obviously with like Michael Jordan's input, like the whole thing changed, the storylines, everything changed and all this stuff. And it kind of came down to the end where, and I think this probably happens a lot, where you can kind of cut someone out like this and especially if you're not a well-known

script writer or writer and I apparently Ben Affleck was like Matt and I got fucked so many times back in our career that we would never do that to somebody else and they let him stay like be credited and be paid as the lead writer the head writer even though like he really just wrote the spec script and then they kind of did the rest. And I think that's pretty great. That is great. I don't think she was ever trashing him or anything. But there was a lot of Brad or Ben and it was always Brad, Brad,

Brad, Brad. It was just funny. What is this? Hold on a second. First saved message. Hey, bud. I'm over at my buddy Gary's house right now because his cat Mittens finally passed away. So he buried her in the backyard

and gave her a good scent enough. While we're doing that, Gary pulls out a big bag of mushrooms and one thing led to another and I am fucking flying, eh? Whoo! You know when Musk wants to go to Mars? One thing led to another, and I am fucking flying, eh? Whoo. You know when Musk wants to go to Mars? Well, strap a fucking rocket to me, because I'm five minutes away.

Anyways, just calling to talk to someone, because Gary's inside waiting for the pizza guy and left me alone staring at this bonfire. Reminds me of the time when you were little and we're trying to watch wrestlemania on scramble tv because let me tell you staring at a fire is like watching scramble tv into another dimension it is wild speaking of wild you should have seen my phone when i tried to call you hey looked? Looked like it was melting in my hand. How do you see me to call you? Which, for a split second, I legitimately thought there was an actual small woman living in my phone,

which is a whole level of f***ing panic I've never had before. Anyways, I see Gary coming over with the pizza, so... Talk to you later, bud. Thanks for chatting. Ciao. Where did you find that i think you wiped your sense of me is so too good oh my god i know i think it's probably not real um and i don't even care it's so yeah i wish it was though i know it's so fucking canadian accents like that are so crazy it's like how do you guys sound that way to me I feel like it's the complete opposite of the spectrum of like a super southern yeah

American it's like you're a little bit hillbilly but you live up north so your accent's different but it's kind of the same it's too funny that really got me, though. That was good. Scrap a rocket to me because I'm farthest away. That was my favorite part. I like the end where he's like, thanks for chatting. Like he was there. It is funny. That is so fucking funny. Oh, man.

Mushrooms are great. They are really funny. Oh, man. Mushrooms are great. They are really funny. Oh, man. All right. Well, do you have anything else? Rustin Kelly finally dropped an entire album. I have yet to listen to it. His new record's called The Weakness.

Yeah, I truly haven't listened to the whole thing, so you can just pick whatever. Okay, well, this is the title track, so we can just do this. I wonder who that one's about. Couldn't tell you. Couldn't tell you. Don't have any idea. I do love Rustin Kelly. He's great. This Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweat song I saw,

I don't even know if it's new, but I just love Nathaniel Rayliff. Carry it together, maybe find some time to just sit down Keep on telling me to do-do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do-do-do Nathaniel Raitler for the Night Sweat's Mellow Out song. You got anything else? The song's not super new, but she just put out a video for it. I never really listened to much of Suki Waterhouse's music until I watched Daisy Jones,

but she just put out a music video for her latest song. It's called To Love, and I actually really like it. Is she the one that's dating Robert Pattinson? Yes, they are so fucking cute together. I could die. You want to go out on it? Yeah. Okay.

You got anything coming up, or what's going on? There's a teeny, teeny, tiny chance I'm going to Cannes Film Festival. Oh, cool. Still waiting to hear, so I don't want to get too excited. In France? What? Like to work? Yeah, for work. So TBD and then coming out to LA

in a couple weeks. Cool. When? For something cool. May 20th. Be there for like a few days. Okay, cool. We could do a couple weeks. Cool. When? For something cool. May 20th. Be there for like a few days. Okay, cool. We could do a live show. I was going to say,

will you be gone yet or no? Nope. Great. I'll be back. Great. Love that. Yeah. Oh, Tizzle's birthday is this weekend.

Is it? Yeah, on Saturday. Make sure you wish her a happy B-Day. My birthday is next week. So many fucking May birthdays. Yeah, that's because we're the best. And yours is like a week afterwards, right?

Yeah, but you're a Taurus, right? Yeah, I'm a Taurus. Yeah, I thought so. You're like right on that cusp. No, I think the 20th is the cusp. Yeah, you're pretty close, though. Yeah, I'm 16th. Yeah.

Yeah. We're both kind of straddling it, to be honest. My moon is Taurus, so, you know, I got a lot of Taurus love. Okay. So what are you, then? I'm a Gemini. I'm a Gemini. Gemini.

Anyways. All right. Well, I guess, yeah, next time you guys hear my voice, I will be 39 years old. Damn. It's fucked up, isn't it? Well, actually, you won't be because when they hear it, we will have recorded prior to your birthday, so you will have still been... Yeah.

I think we're going to record on my birthday, actually. Oh, oh, oh. How fun! Because I'm driving back on Monday and Tuesday's my birthday, so. Oh, so a little B-Day episode? It'll be a happy birthday episode. I love that. Yeah. I get to hang out with you on my birthday. Oh, so a little B-Day episode? It'll be a happy birthday episode. I love that. Yeah.

I get to hang out with you on your birthday. Have fun. I know. Cool, cool. All right. Well, YFTers, we love you. Love y'all. And we'll see you next week.

See you then. If I make it to 39. Jesus. I'm getting out of there. I feel like it might be time to pop out a kid here soon. Yeah, you know, probably soon. You know? You know? This podcast has been brought to you by Podcast Nation.