Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: Get The Hell Outta My Way!
Date: December 5, 2025
Host: Armstrong & Getty (with Katie and Michael)

Overview

In this episode of “One More Thing,” Armstrong & Getty dive into two main themes: the value of playing music in school bands (even if you’re not musically inclined) and the challenges of modern etiquette in public spaces, with a hilarious (and frustrating) tale of a TikTok dancer clogging up a grocery aisle. The crew riff on generational differences, brain science, and the oddities of life in the age of social media, all in their trademark candid and conversational style.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Value of School Band and Playing Music

[00:47 – 03:55]

• Host's Question: Armstrong reflects on his own love of playing instruments, his son’s lackluster enthusiasm for tuba, and wonders about the real benefits of school band—especially for kids without musical talent or passion.

  • “What do you think the advantage is of having kids being banned? … I play a musical instrument every single day. … What's in it for kids who … don't really have a talent for it and they're not really into it, but they do it anyway?” [01:09 – 01:40]

• Joe Getty cites brain science:

  • “Science is rock solid that it’s great for your brain. Helps you with your math skills.” [01:40 – 01:44]
  • “It gets all sorts of different parts of your brain working together in a way that's really helpful.” [01:46 – 01:50]

• Social and Cultural Angles:

  • Katie jokes: “The chicks think it’s hot when they get older.” [02:12]
  • Armstrong tells his son Henry to stick with music: “Dude, this is going to be the best thing you’ve ever done if you keep up with this.” [02:15 – 02:28]
  • Joe quotes Mellencamp: “Cut out all of that macho shit and learn how to play guitar.” [02:36]

• Personal habits:

  • Armstrong: “I can't not not play something I need to every day or it makes me very unhappy. It's just I'm driven to it...” [03:03]
  • Playing music as an escape: “I found I can't think about anything else when I'm practicing music, so it just automatically makes me not think about anything.” [03:03]
  • Joe finds playing guitar therapeutic during tedious news watching: “It obliterates everything else, which is what's so healthy about it.” [03:22 – 03:41]
  • John Mayer’s “guitar while watching TV” technique gets a shout: [03:41]

2. The Modern Plague: Public TikTok Dancers

[03:55 – 10:09]

• Katie’s Grocery Store Rant:

  • She hates the grocery store, wants to get in and out, but encounters a woman "probably late 20s" filming a TikTok dance in the middle of the coffee aisle.
  • “She had a camera set up on a shopping cart and was doing a TikTok dance and no one was telling her to move.” [05:01]

• Reactions & Discussion:

  • Joe: “Wow. Oh my God. Shame I wasn’t there.” [05:30]
  • The group wonders why no one says anything, speculates people are just bewildered:
    • “I can see how a lot of kindly older people would think, I need to stay out of their way. They're doing something.” [06:30]
    • “There were three people just waiting for her to wrap it up.” [06:38]

• On standing up to rudeness:

  • Joe gets philosophical:
    • “What is required of good people for evil to triumph? Their silence. That's all that's required. What would you let the evil of TikTok dancing clog the grocery aisles of our society? Say something.” [06:46]
  • Katie reflects on why she didn’t act:
    • “I think it was because my brain didn't really understand what was happening.” [07:56]

• Generational and Social Commentary:

  • The group explores why people don’t intervene and the lack of social "scripts" for odd public behavior:
    • Armstrong: “If you try to go down a grocery aisle and somebody’s doing a TikTok dance, you don’t really have a script for that. You got to entirely ad lib the whole thing.” [08:04 – 08:37]

• Performance Art and Absurdity:

  • Armstrong shares seeing a guy do splits and eat a hard-boiled egg in public, feeling thrown off by the unexpected performance art:
    • “I do not have a script for somebody doing the splits, getting lower and lower, pulling a full hard boiled egg out of their backpack and then eating it in front of me. I didn't know what to do.” [08:46]

• Regrets & Next Time:

  • Katie jokes she’d deal with it differently now:
    • “Well, now that I’m seasoned, I’ll just knock her out next time.” [08:41]
  • Getty suggests she join the dance if it happens again. [09:56]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Playing Music for its Own Sake:
  • “I can't not not play something I need to every day or it makes me very unhappy.” – Armstrong [03:03]
• On What Stops People From Confronting Annoying Public Behavior:
  • “You don’t really have a script for that. You got to entirely ad lib the whole thing.” – Armstrong [08:04 – 08:37]
• On Modern Etiquette Drift:
  • “What is required of good people for evil to triumph? Their silence. That's all that's required. … Would you let the evil of TikTok dancing clog the grocery aisles of our society?” – Getty [06:46]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:47 – 03:55]: Value of being in band/musical upbringing
• [03:55 – 05:30]: Annoyances of dog behavior and segue to story
• [05:30 – 07:25]: Katie’s TikTok grocery store saga
• [07:25 – 08:37]: Why people freeze in bizarre situations; lack of “social script”
• [08:37 – 08:46]: Jokes about handling the situation next time
• [08:46 – 09:44]: Anecdote — performance art and seeing egg-eating guy
• [09:56 – 10:09]: Wrap-up, dancing suggestions

Episode Tone & Style

The tone is classic Armstrong & Getty: lighthearted, irreverent, and conversational, swinging between thoughtful reflection and comedic banter. Their signature style—mixing playful ribbing, pop-culture references, and just enough philosophy—shines throughout.

Useful for anyone who craves relatable, funny insights into daily life, culture clashes, and the strange new etiquette demanded by the age of TikTok.