Bad Friends – "Yellow Peril & Cave Butter"

Hosts: Bobby Lee & Andrew Santino
Release Date: October 13, 2025

Overview

In this lively episode, Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino dive deep into the quirks of movie theater snacks, the art of sneaking food into cinemas, and their dreams of gourmet popcorn. They touch on aging pets, gym struggles, growing up with or without privilege, and the realities of chasing fame. The conversation is as unpredictable and hilarious as ever, peppered with memorable tangents and quick-witted banter.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Aging Pets and Mortality

Timestamps: 01:16 – 03:12

• Andrew opens up about caring for his aging dog who now needs to be carried up hills, leading to a heartfelt (yet comedic) lament about dogs getting old.
• Bobby shares his own struggles with his blind, deaf dog Remy, revealing plans to hold off euthanasia until after Christmas:

  "We’re doing Christmas, we'll put him down maybe in January." (Bobby, 02:45)

• The segment turns existential, with both hosts musing about loss, mortality, and even considering full-body health scans.

2. Dealing with Fame and Public Spaces

Timestamps: 04:02 – 05:19

• Andrew teases Bobby for supposedly hating fame but always going to crowded theaters like The Grove, while Andrew seeks out quieter venues.
• Both vent about tired pre-movie ads, especially the drawn-out Nicole Kidman video and the excessive Coca-Cola commercials.

3. Movie Theater Snack Culture: Obsessions & Innovations

Timestamps: 08:23 – 16:14

• Discussion shifts to movie concessions, criticizing the "butter-like oil" used on popcorn:

  "How do you get the butter at the bottom of the bucket?" (Bobby, 09:46)

• Andrew details his “psychopath” strategy:

  "I squirt a cup of butter... and I sip the butter." (Andrew, 09:51)

• They brainstorm elevating cinema snacks: Indian (multicolored) corn, "cave butter" (after discussing crown finish cave-aged butter at David Chang’s Majordomo), and custom mix-ins (M&Ms, candied nuts).
• They imagine a premium popcorn experience akin to "a yogurt chop," layering high-end fixes and even hiding a "good luck blueberry" in each bucket.

4. Price Gouging and Sneaking Food into Theaters

Timestamps: 19:21 – 22:28

• Bobby reacts to $30 price tags for simple movie snacks, and both laugh about the creative ways people sneak everything from coffee to 40oz beers into theaters:

  "The only reason I [don’t sneak food] now is because I just… don’t feel like bringing shit in." (Andrew, 20:18)

• Bobby reminisces about "cupping" drinks the way he hid cigarettes in high school, and Andrew invites fans to share their wildest theater-smuggling stories.

5. Wild Movie Theater Stories

Timestamps: 22:00 – 23:00

• Bobby admits to once peeing on the floor during Evil Dead as a kid to spite his cousin (who didn’t want to watch Empire Strikes Back). Andrew is astonished but not surprised:

  "It was normal back in the '80s." (Bobby, 22:26)

6. Dangerous Vacations & Panic Attacks

Timestamps: 28:50 – 32:38

• The hosts discuss a viral video of a woman dying during parasailing after unclipping her harness mid-air due to a panic attack.
• Spirals into a broader critique of unsafe tourist attractions and Bobby’s dark waterpark fantasy:

  "I have a morbid fantasy of creating a water park… but everyone dies on each ride." (Bobby, 31:09)

7. LA vs. Elsewhere & 'Fantasy' Upbringings

Timestamps: 42:04 – 44:57

• Bobby expresses envy of LA natives like Charlie Sheen and Keanu Reeves, dreaming of an alternate life among Malibu’s Hollywood kids, but Andrew reassures him:

  "You were born to be Bobby Lee. ...You were going to be you." (Andrew, 44:49)

8. Stand-Up, Spite, and the "You'll See" Mentality

Timestamps: 49:53 – 51:12

• Bobby reveals plans for his Hulu special, aiming to meet only the bare minimum required:

  "I'm doing least possible." (Bobby, 50:17)

• He shares his lifelong drive:

  "My whole life has been... 'You can't do it. It's not gonna happen.' And I always do it, and I always prevail..." (Bobby, 51:02)

9. Fitness, Insecurity, and Body Types

Timestamps: 51:41 – 56:22

• Bobby discusses his struggle to use gym machines and his obsession with fitness as part of a personal reinvention attempt, while Andrew encourages practical, at-home training:

  "My thinness isn’t good...I still look fat." (Bobby, 54:25)

• They joke about being "desserts": flan (Bobby), baguette (Andreas).

10. Language, Identity, and Pop Culture

Timestamps: 47:52 – 49:53

• A playful look at the origins of the “Fu Manchu” mustache, the legacy of "Yellow Peril," and Bobby floating "Yellow Peril" as a possible special name.
• Debate over Bad Bunny as a Super Bowl performer and the prevalence of Spanish in the U.S.

11. Sex, Awkwardness, and Old School Internet

Timestamps: 60:20 – 61:48

• The crew riff on sexual "moves" like "fire and ice" and "blumpkin," landing on awkward hilarity over the absurdity of it all.
• Nostalgia for classic viral gross-out videos like “cake farts” and “two girls one cup.”

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On facing pet loss:

  "We're doing Christmas. We'll put him down maybe in January." — Bobby Lee (02:40)

• On handling popcorn butter:

  "I squirt a cup of butter… I eat the popcorn and I sip the butter." — Andrew Santino (09:52)

• On movie theater prices:

  "We got a large popcorn…a Diet Coke. Thirty bucks." — Bobby Lee (19:37)

• On LA Upbringings:

  "You were born to be Bobby Lee. No matter where you were placed… you were going to be you." — Andrew Santino (44:49)

• On gym confusion:

  "I didn't know how any of the machines worked either. …You don't even know how to get in them. It's like a pole away, and you don't know how to put the stick in." — Bobby Lee (52:16)

• On the 'you’ll see' attitude:

  "My whole life has been... 'You can't do it. It's not gonna happen.' And I always do it, and I always prevail..." — Bobby Lee (51:02)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Pet Mortality & Full Body Scans: 01:16 – 03:12
• Popcorn Butter & Snack Innovations: 08:23 – 16:14
• Sneaking Food into Theaters: 19:21 – 22:28
• Dream Movie Theater (Indian Corn & Cave Butter): 15:13 – 16:02, 59:13 – 59:53
• Dangerous Amusement Parks & Parasailing Stories: 28:50 – 32:38
• Alternative Life/Fantasy Childhoods: 42:04 – 44:57
• Fitness & Gym Insecurity: 51:41 – 56:22
• Language, Identity, and 'Yellow Peril': 47:52 – 49:53

Tone and Style

The episode is high-energy, irreverent, and filled with the kind of rapid-fire exchanges that define Bad Friends. Both hosts oscillate between sincere vulnerability and wild, unexpected humor, using each tangent as an opportunity for jokes, honest admissions, and self-deprecation. The language is raw, honest, and always leaning into the absurd.

For New Listeners

This episode is a quintessential Bad Friends ride: you’ll bounce between movie theater memories, culinary inventions, intimate self-reflection, and bizarrely candid life advice. Expect plenty of shout-outs to LA culture, cinema snacks, and the kind of friendship where mockery and affection are indistinguishable.

Closing

The show wraps with Bobby and Andrew dreaming up the most extravagant (and possibly overpriced) popcorn and movie theater combo ever, closing on notes of playful banter about fitness and—of course—the bond that’s made them "bad friends."

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