Adopt a 14-year-old & Work With Your Friends w/ KidSuper

Summary

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Canal Street Dreams

Episode: "Adopt a 14-year-old & Work With Your Friends w/ KidSuper"

Host: Eddie Huang & Natashia Perrotti

Guest: KidSuper (Colm Dillane)

Date: January 6, 2026

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Overview

This lively, unfiltered episode of Canal Street Dreams blends candid reflections on parenting, creative hustle, and the realities of being multidisciplinary in today’s artistic landscape. Eddie and Natashia dive into their own family stories and welcome KidSuper (Colm Dillane) for a deep, freewheeling conversation about the chaos and magic of working with friends, the evolution of streetwear culture, and how finishing what you start is the ultimate creative superpower. The episode is packed with warmth, nostalgia, and laughs, offering a look inside the minds at the intersection of street style, art, parenting, and community.

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Main Themes and Purposes

• The joys and pitfalls of creative careers built with friends
• Navigating family and parenting in creative life
• Discussing the multi-hyphenate (multidisciplinary) approach in the modern creative world
• Nostalgia for vintage New York and the golden age of streetwear
• Reflections on generational shifts, technology (AI), and the future of creativity

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. NY vs. LA Parenting and Holiday Vibes

• Comparing elaborate LA family experiences to more relaxed, community-driven NYC traditions.
• The commercialization of holidays and family activities, from high-production Santa photo shoots in LA to the more DIY charm in NYC.
• The chaos of extended family Christmas gatherings and the importance of tradition, food, and making space for everyone’s rituals—sports, smoking, or otherwise.

Notable Quote – Natashia:

“In LA, while it appears to be for the kids, it’s almost always for the parents. In New York…I find that most things just aren’t for the parents…But the kids always have fun.” (03:34)

Memorable Moment:
The hosts describe the ordeal at “The Grove” and the associated stress and endless credit card swipes compared to the simplicity and authenticity of their NYC Santa experience. (00:18–02:24)

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2. Family Dynamics and the Evolution of Traditions

• Blending Greek-American and Asian-American family traditions for Christmas.
• Hazing rituals around holiday drinking and their impact (“Let's ruin alcohol for you so you know how to drink…”), showing how family shapes social habits.
• Cousin traditions—cousins’ walks and making new rituals.

Notable Quote – Natashia:

“We always take, like, a cousin's walk where everybody gets, like, incredibly high and just, like, comes back for dinner.” (07:26)

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3. Bringing In KidSuper: Life As a Multi-Hyphenate

• How KidSuper’s creative journey has always blurred disciplines—from streetwear to short films—and his take on how those lines have shifted over the years.
• The challenge of being a “multi-hyphenate”: The importance of being genuinely skilled in more than one area before claiming the title.
• The shift from siloed artistic identities to multidisciplinary approaches, and the skepticism that sometimes comes from gatekeepers.

Notable Quote – KidSuper:

“You don’t really tell that many people your other hyphenates until you’re good at them. It’s weird to be like, ‘Yeah, I’m an aspiring multi-hyphenate…’” (15:01)

Memorable Exchange:
KidSuper and Eddie riff on how, when young, people had to pick one creative box: fashion, writer, or musician, but now everyone is expected to be multi-talented. (13:26–16:02)

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4. Finishing What You Start and Gaining Respect

• The creative world values those who execute—just dreaming isn’t enough.
• Both Eddie and KidSuper recall stories of being doubted, then coming back months later after delivering on promises and earning genuine respect.
• Confidence to start is important, but completion is crucial for reputation and trust within the creative community.

Notable Quote – KidSuper:

"One of my greatest skills is just finishing things and being…the person that gets the…like the book across the table." (16:41)

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5. Working With Friends: Strengths and Struggles

• The myth that “outsiders” or “professionals” will solve more than loyal friends.
• The evolving relationship between personal and professional connections—how real friendship can be an asset if accountability and growth are expected.
• The magic and mess of collaborative chaos vs. over-organization.

Notable Quotes:
KidSuper:

“I always thought the grass was always greener in terms of…intelligence…But actually my friends are just as smart.” (21:00)
“If you have a friend that starts working for you, it’s not up to you to mature, it’s up to them.” (22:25) [Eddie originally said this on a previous episode.]

Eddie:

“My love for you as a friend is separate from you stepping into this role. Like, you still got to jump over the jump, man.” (23:02)

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6. The Joy and Chaos of Creative Projects with Friends

• Collaborating with friends transforms work into a memorable, communal experience.
• The chaos of involvement—everyone has their own role, and sometimes missing the “mess” that makes it feel real.
• Example: Painting a mural in Germany with five friends, each improvising and rising to the challenge. The true joy comes from overcoming together.

Notable Story:
KidSuper details how a supposedly simple mural project in Hamburg turned chaotic and epic, culminating in an improvised team effort and a raucous celebration. (25:37–28:52)

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7. On Siblings, Only Children, and Unconventional Parenting

• The role and longing for siblings, and how cousins/community can fill those gaps.
• The idea (half-joking, half-serious) of adopting an older kid or “having siblings” as adults—awkwardness of being an uncle or godparent as an only child.
• Reflections on birth order and family roles; Eddie on his brothers’ varied talents and achievements.

Notable Quotes:
KidSuper:

“I don’t have any siblings. I’m basically just trying to have siblings.” (31:39)
Natashia:
“Kids are supposed to be chaos, and we just beat it out of them throughout their whole lives…Now I try to embrace it for him…” (29:40)

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8. Rapid Fire Segments: Childhood Films & Streetwear Brands

• KidSuper’s childhood favorite Disney film: Lady and the Tramp (“If you asked me as a kid, that would be my, like, number one movie, bro.” [40:18])
• Affection for animation’s golden era (All Dogs Go to Heaven, Oliver & Company, Land Before Time) and why CGI films didn’t quite hit the same.
• Deep dive into NY streetwear legacy brands—10 Deep, Mishka, A Life, Reason, and more—and nostalgia for the DIY phase of streetwear.
• How those brands shaped not just clothing, but whole subcultures and communities.

Notable Quote – KidSuper:

“I would sit there and be like, [A New York Thing] is the greatest name of all time. The greatest logo…we have to come up with a name better than anything.” (44:57)

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9. The Decline of Subcultures & Rise of the Commercial Franchise

• Observations on how the streetwear scene shifted from hyper-local subcultures to global, commercial franchises.
• Importance of niche, community-based brands and how the mainstream has diluted discovery.

Notable Quotes:
KidSuper:

“These brands really stood for, like, a very specific niche interest…now it’s dying for sure.” (48:31)
"Now you could go to one, two places [for sneakers]...Everything’s franchise." (49:15)
Eddie:
“Niche culture, subculture used to exist. I don’t think it exists that much.” (50:52)

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10. Generational Change & The Impact of AI on Creativity

• Millennials aging into “mature era” as Gen Z comes up; embracing a shift to more thoughtful, grown-up themes in their own work.
• Excitement—and a tinge of anxiety—about what the youth will do with advanced tools like AI.
• No matter the technological hurdle, the belief that “cream rises to the top.”

Notable Quotes:
Eddie:

“I actually think this…Gen Z is about to, like, do ill, and I just want to be, like, a fan and observer because…it’s kind of like, we’re done, you know, Millennials. Good job, everybody. Chill out.” (54:46)
KidSuper:
“The only thing that I’m worried about with the young people is just the AI access…We kind of good at AI, imagine if that’s, like, all you know.” (55:55–56:18)

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11. Parenting Philosophy: Discipline & Shared Priorities

• Striking a balance between discipline and allowing for fun/mischief.
• The importance of parents and children being aligned on what really matters (e.g., grades, passions) as opposed to arbitrary rules.
• Anecdotes of letting things slide that are harmless, while insisting on accountability where it counts.

Notable Quote – KidSuper:

“My parents…the thing that I thought that they did incredibly well was that I always felt like we were on the same priorities…You can be harsh on your kid if the kid realizes that you’re on the same team and the priorities are correct.” (60:58–61:57)

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• "In LA, while it appears to be for the kids, it's almost always for the parents. In New York…I find that most things just aren't for the parents…But the kids always have fun." — Natashia (03:34)
• "One of my greatest skills is just finishing things and being…the person that gets the…like the book across the table." — KidSuper (16:41)
• "If you have a friend that starts working for you, it's not up to you to mature, it's up to them." — (Eddie originally; quoted by KidSuper) (22:25)
• "I just love the idea of finding out about things through brands. And now it's more like you're finding out a brand through things." — KidSuper (49:55)
• "I actually think this…Gen Z is about to, like, do ill, and I just want to be, like, a fan and observer." — Eddie (54:46)
• “My parents…the thing that I thought that they did incredibly well was that I always felt like we were on the same priorities…You can be harsh on your kid if the kid realizes that you’re on the same team and the priorities are correct.” — KidSuper (60:58–61:57)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:18–02:24 – Discussion of LA vs. NYC Santa experiences
• 07:26 – Cousin walks and family rituals
• 13:26–16:02 – Multidisciplinary creatives in today’s era
• 16:41 – Importance of finishing projects for creative trust
• 21:00–23:02 – Working with friends, loyalty, and accountability in business
• 25:37–28:52 – Hamburg mural story and power of chaos with friends
• 29:40 – Kids as chaos agents & embracing unpredictability
• 40:18–42:27 – Rapid-fire on childhood films (Lady and the Tramp, etc.)
• 44:57 – Streetwear nostalgia and brand obsession
• 48:31–50:52 – Death (and impact) of subculture/local scenes
• 54:46–56:18 – Thoughts on legacy, aging, and the creative potential of Gen Z with AI
• 60:58–61:57 – Final parenting reflection: aligning on priorities

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Conclusion

This episode is a fast-paced, insightful mix of parental wisdom, creative hustle, streetwear nostalgia, and irreverent banter. KidSuper, Eddie, and Natashia muse on what it takes to “make it” creatively, why finishing matters, and the enduring magic of making things with friends—even when messy. Through comic tales and heartfelt advice, they highlight the importance of loyalty, chaos, curiosity, and adaptability—for artists, parents, and anyone chasing their Canal Street dreams.

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Transcript

[Eddie]

Welcome back Canal Street Dreams. We were supposed to have a guest today. The guest has not arrived yet. They have car trouble. So we're gonna go ahead give you a one on one pod. If they come in halfway, they come in. But if not, we have plenty to talk about.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, we have a lot to talk about.

[Eddie]

Yes. How did you feel about the Santa photos yesterday?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I thought they were good. I think it's so funny having the experience in New York versus having the experience in L. A where at the Grove they have like the red carpet, like 4K incredible cameras in your face. They're getting every angle. There's like somebody filming it up here. You get the video footage, you get all of the. You get.

[Eddie]

Santa has a house.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Santa has a house. You can get ornaments, you can get like whatever your budget is. You can really, I think spend up to like a thousand dollars getting every single type of photo. And then we pulled up to the Santa last night and it was like, give some lady your iPhone, she's taking the pictures for you. And then you just like get the on.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. When at the Grove, you're like, oh wait, like I am in, like I'm in the North Pole. Like these people may actually work for Santa. But then they just keep hitting you for things like your, like my credit card is just out the entire time.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You don't even know where it is. You're just like somebody is swiping it again and again and again. They're like, do you want the ornament pack? You should really get. Everybody should get a hat.

[Eddie]

You're just tapping, you're tapping, you're tapping.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

But yesterday, Rick Caruso is just like you from behind the entire time.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You're unlubed in your ass. It's crazy.

[Eddie]

Very rough.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Hurts.

[Eddie]

It's like not well, it hurts. You get out of Santa's house and you're just like, what happened to me?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

And then you go to the Cheesecake Factory where you think you'll have an affordable meal and somehow it's 500 at the cheesecake Factory. It's like everything there.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

And then you have diarrhea. Yeah. Everything there is just like meant to ruin your life. But it looks so good and it's.

[Eddie]

Like the supposed to want and all those things and like Cheesecake Factory diarrhea is very real. But yesterday I actually really enjoyed yesterday more. I was very worried that you were going to be upset that the photos were not high quality. Cuz there was like they were kind of backlit, you know?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah. I mean, we all look like backlit.

[Eddie]

Everybody kind of looks like. But I have to say, I really enjoyed the experience. It felt very vintage. Like going to the mall with your family and just doing it and like things in New York there. There's just certain things that have stayed the same. And I appreciated it.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I genuinely. Listen, I loved it. I thought it was great. Yeah, I liked how anti of a production it was. It was just very much like we pulled up, we got our photo, we left, it was fine.

[Eddie]

It's actually all about the kids. It was really cool because it's. The kids get to talk to Santa, they do their thing. Because even at the Grove one, it's like the Santa doesn't really talk. It doesn't feel like. The kids, I feel almost are like, I'm in a thing at the mall. They're like, oh. He was like raptor.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Totally. He, like chatted with him and Santa really was like, he was. Would continue chatting with him, but I kind of was just like, okay, like, let's give someone else a chance. He really was getting into it with him, though. He started naming dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus. And Santa was like, no, yeah, I want a Scorpius rex.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but he was a good Santa.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

He was a good Santa, I will say, like, he was a little talkative.

[Eddie]

To people's wives, but good Santa, you know?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, I think that Santa at the Grove was like hitting on me. Yeah, he was like straight up trying to touch me. And I was like, enough.

[Eddie]

But they need Santa's to watch those sexual harassment videos before they do it, you know? You know, like some jobs, you got.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

To watch a sexual whatever at this point. Whatever. Let's just let them do what they want to do. But I will say, in la, this is. This could apply to most things in la, while it appears to be for the kids, it's almost always for the parents. And in New York, I find that most things just aren't for the parents. Like, nothing is aesthetically that pleasing. Nothing is like over the top done. But the kids always have fun.

[Eddie]

It's comfortable.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

And in la, I'm like, every thing that I would go to, I'm like, wow, this looks incredible. But it's like impossible for my kid to have fun here. And here I'm like, whatever you need to look great.

[Eddie]

Huge line. You had to reserve it in L. A. And everyone's pushing you along, like charging you. There's like stress. This was all. It was just like, yeah, let's go to mall, go talk to Us go tell Santa what you want, bro.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, I was very into that, and I do think that he was a bit. This is our first. No, our third Santa visit. So we did it when he was, like, four months, and then a little over a year, and now he's 2.

[Eddie]

And this time he could actually tell him what he wanted, which was very cool to see.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, it's very cool.

[Eddie]

Little homies kind of big now.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, he's growing up. He's a big boy.

[Eddie]

Yeah. It trips me out every day. Like, he. He can have full conversations now.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Totally.

[Eddie]

You know, he knows what he wants. He orders us around the house. It. It's interesting. Yes, it's cool. Like, it's getting cooler and cooler. Like, people always say, like, whatever age your kid is, is your favorite age, and I genuinely feel that now.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I agree. I think every little phase that he goes through, I'm like, wow, this is the best one. Like, this is awesome. This is so much fun. And then we. It changes, and then I'm again, like, wowed and kind of enamored by it and just, like, very into what he's doing.

[Eddie]

I'm. I'm excited to go to Boston to do Christmas with your fam. Because I, I. We've never done Christmas with your fam.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, we've never done it. Yeah, it's a lot of fun. I think now, like, everyone's kind of grown up, so it's a little bit different. Like, my cousins and, like, our generation, we're all grown up and, like, have kids now and then are even some of my, like, cousins that have kids, their kids are a little bit older, so Senna, I think, is one of the youngest that will be there. But it's always fun. There's just a lot of excitement. There's a lot of people. It's kind of like one of those classic Christmases, like, very Home alone. There's just like, a million people in one house, and everybody's kind of like, where's this? And it's very, like, half Greek. Like, the food is, like, half Greek, half American. So it's. That's, you know, it's just, like. It's all thrown together and, like, the most perfectly imperfect situation.

[Eddie]

I love that. That. That's. That is the type of Christmas I enjoy and I grew up with. It's like, when we lived in D.C. there were tons of cousins and aunts and uncles, and, like, that's really fun.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And then we moved to Florida, and we were the only family there from our family, and it Was just, like, very flat. Like, Christmas was flat for many years. So I'm excited to go be part of it. Does your family know my tradition is to watch the Knicks on Christmas?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, I don't think. I mean, honestly, like, I never really know what the men are doing. Like, I think that they'll be fine with that because I think maybe they're just, like, watching Greek television that, like, they're just, like, killing time doing anyway, so I think they'll be fine to watch the Knicks.

[Eddie]

They're probably watching the Celtics on Christmas, too.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, no, no. We're not like, a sports. Like, not. There's no.

[Eddie]

Jonathan is a sports dude.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, but, like, it's Christmas. Like, my family is very much, like, they, like, honor. Like, it's not gonna, like. Like, no one's gonna make the day about sports because.

[Eddie]

Cool.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Cool.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

They're like, this is Christmas.

[Eddie]

As long as they know. My. My personal tradition is to watch.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

There's multiple televisions they'll be able to support. There's a basement with, like, a. Like a. A vibe down there. Like, you could go down there and watch sports with the boys. Like, we. You could be in the living room watching sports. Like, they'll support your situation.

[Eddie]

Amazing.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

For sure. That's the cool thing about, like, Christmas, where there's just a million people. Everybody has their own vibe and their own zone. We always take, like, a cousin's walk where everybody gets, like, incredibly high and just, like, comes back for dinner. We, like, randomly have to go to Starbucks, you know, and then. And they're like, okay, we'll see you guys in 20 minutes. And everybody comes back, like, can't open their eyes.

[Eddie]

Oh, my God.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

It's just like, Nick's like.

[Eddie]

You know what I mean? Like, I feel like the dude cousins are going to get, like, super lit, like, stoned, because there's a lot. There's a few stoners in the family.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah. I would say mostly everybody is, like, smoking weed.

[Eddie]

Oh, good.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Outside of the. The parents, like, I don't think any of, like, my mom. Yeah, everybody smoke. Everybody's smoking something, whether it's a Sig or. Or some weed or, like. Yeah. My family is not big drinkers.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Like, they're into smoking things.

[Eddie]

What's that? Is it Uzi? Is that the. The Greek liquor?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

That Uzo? But yeah, my family really likes Metaxa. And so it's like, just a different type, but same, like, same vibe. Nobody really drinks on Christmas anymore. Like, we used to have this punch that was, like, out all day and Available when I was growing up. So when I was, like, probably into, like, high school, the punch bowl was a thing where, like, it would be just like, it was. It was a Long island iced tea, essentially. And people would get up. And especially on Christmas Eve, there was, like, a hazing that would happen where if you were, like, around 14 or 15, you were the target that year, and you were about to get so drunk that you'd be throwing up. And, like, it would be because, like, our uncles would get you drunk. Like, they'd be like, here, you're going to get the drunkest you ever got. And with us, we're going to ruin alcohol for you. So, like, when you go out in the world, you know how to drink. Like, you're never going to do this again. Like, you're never going to get so drunk that you're vomiting again.

[Eddie]

That's like the Simpsons episode where they had Bart just, like, smoke the carton of cigarettes.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, it's exactly that. Like, it happened to me one year. I was just like, my face was red and I was like, what is this? And they were like, you're drunk, you're wasted.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

It happened to Jonathan one year because they had the royal roast beef holiday party on Christmas Eve. So on Christmas Eve, somebody was getting up and then that you would spend Christmas, everybody would be like, it was you.

[Eddie]

What was the royal roast beef holiday party like?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Just like, it was like a holiday party at a very small restaurant with a bunch of cooks and, like, people who ran a restaurant that, like, weren't from this country. So if you could imagine, like, it was just like a bunch of immigrants getting together and getting incredibly up at a roast beef restaurant, which is essentially like, imagine your local McDonald's, but it's, like, ran by, like, Greek immigrants. And, like, that's the vibe.

[Eddie]

Yeah. No, my thing. I'm. I'm excited because, like, I may treat myself to smoking weed with cousin Nick again. You should issue for me is that, like, every time I break the seal and smoke with cousin Nick, then I smoke for, like, five months afterwards.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And I'm just like, I think I will on Christmas and treat myself.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

But then just, like, not purchase any new weed.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I think what we should do is we should maybe bring a bunch of weed as a gift for Nick. And then we all, like, you guys smoke it. I don't smoke weed.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

And you guys smoke it, and then it's just like, you have it now.

[Eddie]

That would be good.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

This is for you to take. So then, like, we don't even have it.

[Eddie]

And you know what? I will get the good weed from the serve. I mean, I'm going to be to. To the dispensaries that have weed.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I'm going to be cigarettes. Welcome.

[Eddie]

Welcome back.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Hello.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Come on in, man.

[Eddie]

Good to see you.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Welcome, welcome. Love it.

[Eddie]

Love it, man.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

How's everything?

[Eddie]

Amazing. Yeah. We haven't seen you since 2023.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Well, we were talking about the last time we saw you. I was pregnant and now our kid is like talking, which is crazy.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's wild. Yeah, That's a really good visual demonstration of how long it's been. Yeah, yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Now he's like running. He's like at school today, which is great.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

How old is the kid?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

He's two. He's a little over two. Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

What's his name?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Senna.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Senna.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like the race course.

[Eddie]

Definitely.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, for sure.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I didn't want to be wrong for your entire inspiration.

[Eddie]

That was definitely the inspiration.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, that's the dude.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's funny.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

For sure.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Wow. The cheetah print or the leopard print pool table.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I feel like you fit in here. You fit.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You feel like when we were walking, I was like, this feels like a fun movie. So.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Do they let you do this till what time?

[Eddie]

Well, we, we get like a two hour block. I mean, I'm the chef here, so it's cool. But you know, I just have to get back in the kitchen and do stuff. So we, you know, we block off like two and a half hours for.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

The pod because now I'm thinking like, what could I shoot here as like a fun little skit?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Looks like an amazing set design.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I mean, you've been making a lot of like little films and things for the brand.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, that's that. I think it was always kind of the goal a little bit was try, I mean, as you as well, but try to figure out how to like take what we were doing and apply it into like the film TV space. Because I mean, the kid super world kind of lived in that like surrealist version of New York that we all love. And so, yeah, that was. And now it's funny because, you know, I do a lot of stuff in the kids super world where I'm like, this is such a silly, stupid idea. And they're like, wow, what great marketing idea. You're like, oh, I was just trying to like make this funny video with my friends. And now you see a lot of brands trying to do it as well. So the short film stuff that we were always Doing now, You know, other brands are coming, so the competition's raised. But it is funny to think about some of the, like, childhood box checking things that I was trying to do that now people are like, wow, what a great marketing idea.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I mean, I remember the era we were growing up. It was like, what are you going to be? You going to be a designer, you're going to be a singer, you can be a writer. It was very, like, siloed. But I feel like everyone understands, like the benefit of being multidisciplinary now.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. But then you. I, my. I. I feel the same way as someone who always. People always call me the multi. Whatever. Hyphen is shitty to say out loud. Like, I hate being like, I'm kind.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Of good at everything.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like, you know, I do this, this, and then when you meet multi hyphen, it's like the model/dj/d. You're like, I'm gonna shoot myself.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it's not like, you know, like, we got in trouble even though I'm.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

All of those, you know, model. No, I'm just kidding.

[Eddie]

Yeah, no, it's DJ Barbara, Creative director, fashion designer.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You know, that's also where it's always funny, where it's like a lot of, like, hard things and then it's like creative director or just like, creative.

[Eddie]

Yes. Yeah, that's. That's funny. That's. That's funny. But no, I mean, I, I definitely came up as a multi hyphen and people like, you were a lawyer, you.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You sold weed.

[Eddie]

Oh, my goodness. And I'm like, they were all kind of.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I like those, I like how different those are.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Drug dealer.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Eddie]

But no, it would, it would bother me a little bit because I was always like, I want it. I just want to be good at the things I'm doing. But once I felt like, you know, I have accomplished the things I wanted to accomplish in each of those fields. Now I don't mind when people are multi hyphenate because I'm like, no, I did good. I did good. You know. No, I think that's for you.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's how you like, that's the only way it can be, like, acceptable is if you're good at all the different things. And I think my thought is like, you don't really tell that many people your other hyphenates until you're good at them. It's weird to be like, yeah, I'm an aspiring multi hyphenate is always tough, but I don't know I think nowadays, I think people also, we have access to like every part of a human, which I think before you'd only see like Russell Crowe act. But little did we know he came to America as a musician. So like, he's an amazing singer and musician. But we don't see that. We just see Gladiator. So I think people were. Are more multi hyphenate than we realized and that's why we were so like, this guy must be this or this person must be that. And I think deep down more people are like good at stuff than we think. Yeah.

[Eddie]

And no, there are more people that are good stuff. And it has created a false illusion. Like I was in a meeting that was very funny like a year ago with a brand and we were like doing some literary things and one of their like creative director people was like, you know, I decided today before this meeting, I want to be a writer. I think I'm going to write for this publication as well. And I was like, you, like you decided today? Yeah, you know, like I was a server and a manager and now a creative director in the food space. And I think, you know, writer is the next thing I'm going to do. And I was like, you decided today? I was just like, my man, I'm not editing this piece. I'm not reading it, I'm not touching it. I'm not editing this piece. You need to practice.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. I think also people want to get behind people that you're confident that they'll work hard or finish the project. And that's where like, you know, some people ask me what's my greatest skill? And I think one of my greatest skills is just finishing things and being like the person that gets the. Yeah, like the book across the table or whatever that saying is. But yeah, I really respect someone who's like, you know, if someone says I'm gonna do something and then the next day doesn't, it's like, the boy who cried wolf, you're not gonna call on him again. But it was funny. I just had some like a gallerist come by the building and real like capital A art people definitely don't love to hear, like, he's a fashion designer, he's a da da da da. And now I want to showcase his art at my, like, esteemed gallery. That doesn't help.

[Eddie]

Yeah, they're gonna want to throw you down the stairs.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, exactly. And so me like breaking into, you know, the cat, you know, the. They always say, like the capital F fashion world, which I was able to break in, which was pre is pretty cool because in our, in my mind it was the most like el gatekeeping walled up industry. And it actually was quite open minded, which I think is, is a cool thing. And maybe another story, but this gallerist came in probably six months ago and I was telling them like, look, I'm going to do this, I'm going to do this, I'm going to do all this stuff, blah, blah. And I think he was sitting there like, oh my God, what an annoying person. But six months later he came and I had done all of it and he was like, his perspective of me completely changed and he was like, wow, now I see it all so clearly. I initially just like was saying like, you know, this guy's talking out of his ass, blah, blah. And the fact that you were able to accomplish all of the things that you were saying, even though they might have been in different mediums was like super impressive. And then I was like, finally. I was like, you think this multi hyphenate stuff's easy? Like, no, you do have to be.

[Eddie]

20, twice as good. And I think the thing people want to see when you're entering like a new industry like art, right, Is like, you got to respect the people already there. It's like, don't displace, don't be a gentrifier in here. And then you do kind of have to be twice as good, right? And one of the chefs I respect the most is Tom Colicchio. And I remember when like Boogie, my first movie was coming out, he hit me up and was just like, Eddie, when I met you, I thought you were the most annoying, loudest kid. And you told me all these things you were going to do. And I got to say, you, you actually did it. And I was like, thanks, Tom. Like, it meant a lot to me because like, Tom is an incredible chef. Like if you look at his restaurants, like how on point and tight they are, and then he's had like a 20 year career in television to hear from, I was like, whoa, word. You like respect me. He's like, I respect you, man. It was, it was cool, but it takes a long time.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And just like, yeah, like, even if stuff is, I think, like good or bad or whatever, just the, like actually finishing, actually stepping up to the plate, actually like, you know, to finish any project, big or small, you have to galvanize like hundreds of people. And just even to be able to do that shows that enough people kind of believe in you, which means you've proven yourself Enough times to, like, your friend group. I always tell, like, young designers that are like, look, they always ask me for advice, and I was like, be the person that always, like, finishes and always shows up, and then when things are going to need to be done, you're going to be the guy that they call. And like, that is a little bit of advice where I'm always thinking in my past, like, why were people so willing to trust me a little bit? It was like, oh, I was the guy who said he was going to do something and did it.

[Eddie]

Yeah. And you do have that thing. Like, I think there are a lot of artists and designers we know where they're very original. The designs are fantastic, the esthetic stuff comes easy to them. But to, like, ascend in a field and a business, you do have to have, like, leadership and accountability. And I think that's the thing that people always do say about you is like, yo, he is a good person to work with. He's a good person to learn from.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, I think. And that was when I was obviously now, like, obviously, I started Kid super with a bunch of my friends. And I remember, like, maybe a couple years ago being like, I can't work with my. You know, like, everyone always says, like, the worst thing you can do is be business partners with your friends. And I remember be like, okay, I need to, like, get in. In all these people that aren't my friends that know all the answers, that. And then, you know, you do that and you realize, like, oh, being like a good person that's, like, loyal and that you trust is actually way more valuable than you thought. And maybe this is like a realization I had. Like, I always thought the grass was always greener in terms of, like, intelligence or knowing the answers in terms of my friend group, because I. I knew how much we knew. Right. We didn't. None of us really worked at a brand. None of us had that much experience. So I was always thinking someone was going to come in and know everything and be able to solve everything. And now I'm like, coming to the realization, like, wait, are my friends smart? And like, that's like kind of a funny thing to think about where you're like, oh, I was thinking someone was going to come in. But actually my friends are just as smart. Not, you know, not everyone. And there's always mistakes and problems. But that was kind of a funny realization recently.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I really think working with friends, case by case basis, where I talked about it last, it's.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And it's funny. I bring it up often when I'm thinking about it. I know this was, like, a couple of years ago, but we had brought it up, and you said something that I really loved was like, if you have a friend that starts working for you, it's not up to you to, like, mature. It's like, up to them. And because I was always, you know, trying to figure out, like, how do I, like, become a boss, but not a boss, but not ruin it, but not da da. And your thing was like, no, your person has to step up and be accountable. And that was a big. I remember. I mean, like, I think about it constantly. And you said it to me, like, you know, over a couple years ago on our podcast.

[Eddie]

It's dope. And I'm still doing. I'm still learning that thing in the kitchen here where it's like, you can love someone, but they do have to step into that role and take on the responsibility, and you can't do it for them. When you start to do it for them, that actually creates the worst situation because they feel guilty. They start to resent you. You start to resent them, and it's a mess. And I've just learned, like, yo, I. My love for you as a friend is separate from you stepping into this role. Like, you still got to jump over the jump, man.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. And. And that's. That's, like, a beautiful thing when it works.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And then not a great thing when it doesn't work.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

When it doesn't work, you're like, why don't I even go down this road?

[Eddie]

It's the worst when it doesn't, but it's the best when it does. And it's like, honestly, it's like, love. Like, working with your friends. It can be the greatest. One of. One of the greatest feelings in the world when it hits and everyone is, like, doing their shit.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Because then you have people to celebrate with. Like, that shit means a lot.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I have. So, like, in my. When we do these fashion shows, we have, like, a studio space where you set up and you have the fittings, and you have all the people come in. And I always have, like, all my friends come that, like, help and don't help and whatever. And the other. We. We hired a new stylist for it that's, like, came with five assists that we had never had a stylist that had assistants. Like, we were like, oh, whoa, this is what this is. And, like, he had. Everything was super, super organized. And because the most. The people that had styled for us were like, Kind of their first time styling a Runway show, so they were as green as we were. So anyways, he had it all set up. And, like, my friends that usually come are always doing something because we're so like, hey, you pick up all this or you do this or, like, hey, man, what do you think about this look? And they were so prepared that, like, I found all my friends kind of, like, sitting, being like, we have nothing to do. And then I was like, this. I was like, what's weird about this? And I kind of weirdly missed the chaos of everyone chiming in. And it was funny the. The stylist, because we're using them again. But he called me yesterday and he was like, is there a way to, like, not have your friends, like, all around, because it's, like, distracting? And. And I was like, what are you talking about? That was the most undistracted. Like, that was the chilliest thing ever. I was like, I was actually going to call you and say, like, hey, can you include them more and make it, like, a little bit more messy? He was like, it was so chaotic. I was like. I actually felt like we were missing the chaos. So.

[Eddie]

So what are you going to do now?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I like the chaos. Yeah. There's something magical about the chaos. Obviously, not everyone's used to it, and it can rub some people the wrong ways, but there is something. Something fun about, you know, when everyone's involved, you at the end, you're like, it's like, we beat them together and stuff like that. I had. I had to paint a mural for a soccer team in Germany the other day, and I was like, I need five assistants. And I thought the mural was going to be, like, you know, that big of a wall. And so they're like, five assistants confirmed. And so I. I text my five best friends and I'm like, you guys want to come to Hamburg for a day? I got to paint this mural. But, like, they're putting us up and we'll see Hamburg and blah, blah. They're like, oh, yeah, amazing. And then I have one of my friends, I was like, okay, you'll be like, the manager of this. And he is hilariously demanding. So he's there, like, how much per diem do we have a day for the hotels? Like that. And he's, like, texted us on the side, like, we got this, we got this. And we're all giggling. We get there, and the wall is giant, like, 10 times bigger than I thought the mural was gonna have to be. And I have five of, like, My best friends. So I'm looking like, oh, my God. Like, we really did need five painting assistants. And so we're looking at the wall. I'm like, fuck, this is gonna be so hard. And so we, like, look around. It's like, one of my friends can paint. Like, thank God. And then the other five were like, all right, we'll build the scaffold. Because, like, we thought. We thought it was going to be, like, so simple.

[Eddie]

We're like, that's like the reverse Derek Zoolander. When he's like, what is this, a school for ants?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You're like, it was exactly like that. So, like, two of my friends build a scaffolding out of, like, found shit. Another friend figures out how to, like, go buy a projector so we can, like, project the thing. The one who can paint is, like, doing all the outlines with the spray paint. We're looking there, like, should we spray paint this or should we paint this? We don't even know, like, what art form to use. And then we end up doing it and, like, accomplishing but, like, staying the whole night. There's one where we, like, we had a bucket of paint on the top of the scaffolding that we forgot. Then we moved the scaffolding.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

The paint, like, splatters everywhere.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

We're, like, cleaning the floor. And then the next night, we, like, celebrate because we had accomplished it. And we're in Hamburg and, like, we're partying and we're going to all these weird places. And, like, just now, as Ty was, like, these, like, trips we have where there's a mission and, like, an obstacle that we have to overcome are the, like, better than any vacation because you, like, feel like you earned it. And, like, we're not, like, huge party guys, like, five days in a row, but, like, one huge party where, like, we will go crazy. And so, like, it just feels amazing. So I think there's, like, a weird. I don't know how to, like, sell this as a tourism thing, but, like, the idea of going, like, accomplishing something. And then, like, I think we talked about it before.

[Eddie]

It's just like, you need a Kid super travel show where each episode is, like, a gig because it's like, there is this, like, childlike chaos that all of your work springs from. That's like, the Goonies. You're the Goonies fashion brand. And it's just like, I think if you ever got rid of that chaos, I don't know what Kid super would be. Yeah, it is who you are and what it is.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Even Now I keep being. Trying to be more planned, but the problem is when I'm more planned, I just add something to it, to the point where I'm never planned. I'm like, yeah, like, we have a fashion show coming up in.

[Eddie]

Chaos ignites something in you, and then it comes out. And.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, I just don't know what it would be like to not be so chaotic and. But it is. It is a blast.

[Eddie]

This is literally our relationship.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, truly, because I'm so. I think I just. I, like, had so much chaos my life that, like, once I had a child, I was like, peace. Like, I just need peace. Like, the kid is chaos. And this is such a fun thing because, like, kids are supposed to be chaos. And, like, we just beat it out of them throughout their whole lives. We're, like, just beating the shit out of the chaos out of them. So now I try to really embrace it for him, but I'm like, as the adults, we need to be peaceful. And he is an agent of chaos as well. Like, literally just like, any time there's just like, we'll have two days where, like, nothing has happened. And I wake up on the third day and I'm like, some. This is about to be the worst days of our lives. I'm about, like.

[Eddie]

It's just.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I was like, today, if there's two consecutive days, something's gonna happen.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Well, the thing that I always.

[Eddie]

I'm so sorry.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

The thing that I feel that's that now I'm coming to terms with her. Like, people are having kids on purpose. I'm like, I, like, can't believe in my mind as a kid, I always thought parents knew things. And now I'm figuring out, like, so many of my friends who have nothing figured out are now parents.

[Eddie]

Parents are just your homies.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I know.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Now I'm like, what? You're. We're allowed. I've been like, the fact that there's no, like, just driver's test that you need to pass to become a parent.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, there should be.

[Eddie]

I feel like you having a kid would be the best thing I want.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

To skip to, like. And I was thinking, like, how. I don't know if it's possible, but, like, to adopt like a just 14 year old.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Help me pay my mortgage. Just.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

All of a sudden it's like, yeah, dude, this is my son. He may or may not be 14.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You could totally.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, that'd be awesome. This is like kind of a friend, kind of a son, kind of a. Yeah, yeah. Brother.

[Eddie]

Yeah. No, There's.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I don't have any siblings. I'm basically just trying to have siblings.

[Eddie]

Yeah, she's single.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I have no siblings either. I know. It's, like, not great.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Some people always have to pee really quick.

[Eddie]

You guys talk.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Only child, but are you going to have. Is.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

We want to. I think I want to have just one more.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. Well, if you were an only child.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You know that it wasn't the best. Unless you loved it.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

No, I don't think. I think when I was a kid, it was tight because I just didn't, like. It was. I didn't, like, have a dad either, so I just had a mom, which was cool because it was just like, me and my mom, and she was kind of my friend. It was like the situation that you're describing, Like, I was always kind of a mini adult, and then we just, like, did shit together, which was cool. And my mom's just a very fun person. She's not like, a very, like. Yeah, she's like, let's have fun. Like, oh, cool. You're, like, doing shrooms. Like, that sounds awesome. Here's what you should do.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like, but were you lonely?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I wasn't because I had a million cousins, and, like, we all lived. I, like, lived with my cousins at one point, so I never felt lonely. But now that I'm older, I wish that I had siblings. And I wish. I mean, I technically do. I have three half brothers, but they're so much older than me. We never lived in the same house. Like, we don't.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

They're like, uncles.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah. They're like. I'm like, even if we were hanging out today, we couldn't, like, reminisce on, like, what vacation we went on or whatever. And now I'm like, oh, like, he'll tell me about, like, ski trips he did with his brothers and how, like, this guy did that. Like, Emory did this and Evan did that. I'm like, oh, I would love that.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Very fun.

[Eddie]

Dude, it's the best. Having siblings is like, every day a kid super production. Like, yo, we're going to build this fort, and we're going to take out Megatron and we're going to get Shredder.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like, what is the age difference between your siblings?

[Eddie]

Three and three and then, like, two and a half. So it's like me and the middle brother, Emery, are three years. Then the youngest brother were, like, five and a half.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You're the oldest.

[Eddie]

I'm the oldest.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I don't know that people always analyze the child. The child's Order.

[Eddie]

It's real. Birth order is a very real thing. And, like, when your parents reinforce it, it's, like, unnecessary. Like, I feel bad for my middle brother because he actually is a real leader. Like, my middle brother was meant to lead. I'm kind of like an accidental leader. I'm like, I guess. I guess I'll lead. I guess I'll do. I guess I'll show you guys what to do. But I'm very cool with, like, giving other people power. My middle brother, though, like, likes to be in charge, and he probably should.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Have been in charge of the. Of the three of you. Yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

But my problem is I'm definitely like a peanut gallery dude. So when he be in charge, I like poking in and making fun and he gets upset. So. But no, my middle brother was actually very alpha guy.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Okay. That's. That's. I just also would love, like, brothers are kind of. Or siblings are just like another version of you. And, like, I just would love to see that pan out. Yeah, it is crazy where I'm like, oh, whoa.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, how did the genetics mix that time?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, but I. Yeah, I didn't. I don't have siblings, so I was like. As a kid, like, didn't. I would sleep over people's house like, six of the seven days of a week and just like, never be home like that because I'd be like, oh, sorry, I gotta go. Like, once I. Because I had moved a lot as a kid, and once I lived for, like five years as a kid in Wisconsin, and that was like, pretty much freedom. You could like, walk out your house and go into someone's house and all that stuff. And so, yeah, I would sleep over, like, four times a week.

[Eddie]

That sounds fun, though.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, that's my friend had. He was like, you. 333 every three years. He had siblings. And so it was like, yeah, I'm just one of the siblings. But I never understood, like, you know, it's funny because I always talk to him, my parents. I'm like, why don't I have siblings? And they're like, well, you know, we have siblings and it's not that great. That's always like a funny thing where it's like, grass is always green. Yeah. I also think, like, all the other cool thing about siblings is, like, his interests become your interest a little bit, and now you know about whatever he's doing over there, which is cool.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he was my. Like, we would play all those video games together, like Starcraft Warcraft, dawn of War. He was Just always smarter and better than me. So I would, like, take out whoever else for him or, like, be the, like, human shield, and then he'd win the game. Like, he was always just smarter.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, yeah. That. Of the rank in the brothers, are you? Who's the most intelligent?

[Eddie]

I would say I'm the second most. The other one's really nice. The other one's really sweet, you know?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's always funny.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he's very sweet.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's what people want to be described as. Yeah.

[Eddie]

But when he did take the gifted test, he scored the highest. He had the most, like, raw potential. But I think he, like, didn't read a book till he was, like, 12 or 13, and he was straight up, like, Floyd May. We were like, can you read one page of the Harry Potter book? He's like, shut the fuck up, man.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But then he scored the highest of the test.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he had the most raw genetic intelligence diligence on those things. I had the lowest. I was the lowest. I was the lowest.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's funny. That's funny.

[Eddie]

Yeah. But the middle one was always, like, very, very smart.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Okay.

[Eddie]

It was just, like, clear. He was the smartest one.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah. He won, like, a Scientology award for, like, his science. He wrote this, like, science fiction novel. How old were you guys? He was, like, 12.

[Eddie]

He was. No, he. He might have been 21, but he.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Won, like, the difference between 12 at 21.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Sold it to me.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Like, he was like a child. He was like.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

He wrote it as a child.

[Eddie]

He won. This is, like, a prestigious science fiction, like, writing award. L. Ron Hubbard puts it out, and he won, like, the 25th anniversary L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award for this story he told about how, in an alternate universe, future people needed super processors from frogs. These frogs would spit out the material to make basically what we now know as semiconductors. But he predicted the whole shit and created a fictional world. Like, he's ill. Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Like.

[Eddie]

Like, honestly, it's crazy that the smartest person I know is literally my brother.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, that's cool to say.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Like, he's so successful because he's that smart and, like, so hidden because he's that smart. Yeah, he just, like, at all. He's like, yes, I need to take this. And, like, do you? Dude failed Iron Man.

[Eddie]

He failed multiple classes, strolled in and won a National Merit final. Like, he was a National Merit finalist. Almost didn't graduate high school, and then, like, was working just Barnes and Noble, and then, like, you know, he ended up winning that writing award, but then chose not to, like, they offered him, like, this big deal from GameStop to, like, write the whole franchise. And he's like, no, I'm good. And then went with me to China and now is, like, big bank, you know? So it's crazy. He's at a crazy path now.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You have to, like, bring the book out of retirement.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Dude. He's tried.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I sent it to our agents. Like, we both actually have the same age. I've sent it before, and I sent it before all this AI stuff and no one saw. I think they would see it now because it's like, he was 20 years ahead.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Crazy.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah. They should definitely have a second kid.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, yeah. Have a three.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll make you one, too.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

No, get to it. Get to it right now.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Maybe we can get, like, a bogo deal.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I want one. Like, they got to be, like, 14, though. Yeah, like a little bit.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

That's tight.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Honestly, like, I want them to be 90, like, sustainable.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

On their own.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

So I'm not. I know. I could just be like, a fun uncle.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Uncle.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

You don't got to change.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's another thing that sucks when you're.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You can't be.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I can't be an uncle, Really? I mean, I could marry into an uncle, but I can't be like, a uncle. Uncle.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah. You'd have to, like. Well, whoever you marry could, like. Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like uncle in law.

[Eddie]

Uncle in law.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. That sucks.

[Eddie]

It's another hyphen. Yeah. You don't need more hyphens.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

No.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You don't want that.

[Eddie]

You're even hyphenated as an uncle.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You could be our kid's uncle.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I'm in. Oh, yeah. Godfather.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah. Godfather is a good one.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

True. I haven't been given that yet, you know.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Well, if we have three, if we start married.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Or I have to Nick Cannon it.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

All of a sudden, I've got seven children.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Antonio Cromartie, which is not bad.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Like, he feels like he has a good deal. He just kind of, like, pops in and he's like.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Well, also, some of the kids are Mariah Carey's kids. Yeah. That's all. That's like.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You're doing that.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's good.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I like those.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, I like those.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Speaking of kids. And also because you love film and thing is, kid, I have rapid fire questions for you.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Oh, let's go.

[Eddie]

All right. Rapid fire. Inspirational children's films. Lady and the Tramp or Beauty and the Beast?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Lady and the Tramp. Is one of my all time faves, Lady. Like, if you asked me as a kid, that would be my, like, number one movie, bro.

[Eddie]

That's crazy because I guessed. I was just like, I feel like he would like that film.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Unreal. Lady in the Tramp asked me, like, sub 12. That's my number one movie.

[Eddie]

Lady and the Tramper, 101 Dalmatians.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Oh, it's going to be really hard to beat lady and the Tramp. We started, like, with a.

[Eddie]

Okay, we started with number one.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But I do love, like, I wasn't so into 100 Dalmatians as a kid, but now I realize it's kind of like a fashion movie.

[Eddie]

It is.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

To make a coat. Like, straight up.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

It's all about. I didn't realize this is such a fashion forward film.

[Eddie]

The jazz is incredible.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I'm going to lady in the Tramp still.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Okay. Lady and the Tramp or Jungle Book.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Ooh, Jungle Book's good, but okay. I just. I really wish we didn't start with lady in the gym. It's like one of those.

[Eddie]

I'm going to try to beat it. Monsters. Incorrect.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Oh.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Lady and Tramp by the problem is Monsters, Inc. Came out when I was, like, a little bit older. Yeah. I saw lady and the Tramp at like five.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Where I was like, there's a couple. I don't know if you have them. Okay.

[Eddie]

Keep going inside out.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

No, not even close.

[Eddie]

Wow. Okay, the next one. I feel like rat tattooy.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

No. Anyone can cook.

[Eddie]

No.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Anything modern. I'm. I'm okay.

[Eddie]

The Grinch?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

No, but I was.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

What about Lion King?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Lion King's a close one. Okay. Oliver's in company. Have you ever seen that?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

What about James?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Okay.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

What about, like, All Dogs Go to Heaven?

[Eddie]

Oh, that one's good.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Those are the ones.

[Eddie]

That one's good.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I feel like.

[Eddie]

I feel like Land before Time.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Land before time. Which one is that?

[Eddie]

The dinosaurs with Little foot.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I don't know if I'm James and the Giant peach. Oh, I feel like that would be your.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I loved that movie.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That movie is great. I feel like the. I consider those two tiers of animation where, like, the Monsters, Inc. Is like. Yeah, cgi. So I just think those are different.

[Eddie]

Yes. Damn. We really just came out the gate with the number one rapid fire.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I like Beyond Love, ladies and trip. And then the spaghetti scene.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I didn't even know I was a romantic until I saw that. I was like, maybe girls don't have cooties. Yeah, maybe.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I Do want to eat spaghetti?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But yeah, I also like the, like the ruffian trying to break it into the.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like that story of the main character.

[Eddie]

Fievel Goes West. You like Fievel goes West?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That's a real dog.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's like the little mouse guy.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I know this.

[Eddie]

All right, then I'm going to ask you Rapid fire. This is your personal favorite early streetwear brands. I'm, like, curious.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

This is good to see.

[Eddie]

What are your favorite? 10 deep or hundreds?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Oh, I. My very easy answer for me is 10 deep. Because I'm a.

[Eddie]

Do you pick, like, your favorite one again? Okay. Deep or diamond?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I'm just a New York kid. Ten deep was more for that than diamond was always bigger. West coast.

[Eddie]

10 deep or SSUR? Sir.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Oh, sir was scary when I was a kid.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I was like.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I was like. I didn't know what they were doing.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And I was like. And I would always hear like. Like demon stuff or like, they're into dark.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

So, yeah, I was more of a 10 deeper.

[Eddie]

Okay, okay. 10 deeper. A life.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Maybe A life.

[Eddie]

Okay, okay. A life or Mishka.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Mishka was big for me. I felt I was, like, waiting for Mishka. Mishka aesthetically, wasn't that big for me, but just like, everything they were doing was big.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

The one I was. I wasn't really wearing a lot of these brands, but I was obsessed with them. But I got. I got. I have more in my mind.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Okay. Mishka. This. This is a low key one, but I feel like, you know, Mishka or Reason.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

So Reason supposedly went to my high school as well. Brooklyn Tech.

[Eddie]

Oh, word.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

One of the founders, they were kind.

[Eddie]

Of my favorite because they had the dipset.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Okay. Yeah. Which they made like a trillion dollars off of it at that time. Yeah. But they. I think he went to Brooklyn Tech. One of the founders, but I'm more Mishka.

[Eddie]

Okay. Mishka or Mighty Healthy?

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Mighty Healthy was amazing. I don't know the story, though. I remember being like, what is Mighty Healthy?

[Eddie]

What's the Ghostface song? Mighty Healthy. But.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, but no. Who created Mighty Healthy?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I. I think it was a couple Filipino dudes.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Okay.

[Eddie]

You know, but that's. That's all I know. Because they were OGs. They were like, a little older, but I was like, yo, that's just hard. I remember that ghost face.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

More Mishka.

[Eddie]

Okay. Mishka or undefeated Mishka. Mishka or Recon Mishka. Mishka or a new York thing.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Now there I was waiting.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

A New York thing. I would sit there and be like, this is the greatest name of all time. The greatest logo. Anything to a New York thing. I would. I was obsessed with the name. And I remember sitting in high school being like, we have to come up with a name better than anything.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And it's the greatest name.

[Eddie]

Yeah. A Ron Aaron's has always kind of been my favorite.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. That was the best name ever.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And the logo and the hat and everything.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Iconic. Iconic. All right. Anything or. This was my personal favorite. They were only around for a couple of years. Lamar and Dolly.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Oh, anything. I didn't know. I thought you were going to go with, like, there is a couple of brands, like Peg Leg. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember being like, what was. They were also kind of like a little bit more or less street. Street wear and more like, whatever they were doing. Clientele, which was like, a store. I don't know. Yeah. I don't know if it was a brand. Only New York, which is, like, a little bit younger.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But came out really hot when I was in high school, and it felt attainable.

[Eddie]

I love those dudes. They had the office up in Harlem.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Micah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And I remember looking at them being like, that's not so far. Where some of the brands, like, felt already too established to even, like, aspire to. Where I was like, only looks like, oh, man. I could follow their steps. So I used to study them a lot. It's funny to say, like, yeah, no, we all did.

[Eddie]

It was like, you'd look at these brands and look at what everybody was doing.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But then Mishka. The reason was when I opened my first store, it was right next to Mishka. And Mishka used to be in kind of like a random neighborhood.

[Eddie]

Yeah. And I remember Williamsburg, Right.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

It was like, south. South Williamsburg, right under the train. And I remember being like, it's so cool that they, like, picked a location that demanded you to go. Like, it wasn't like, foot traffic where you'd, like, step or, like, stumble upon it. And then I remember, because our store was right next to it on Thanksgiving night or during. For Black Friday, they'd have sales at midnight, starting that midnight. And it would be, like, progressively, like, 80% and 70%, depending on the hour. And so there'd be a line down the block at midnight on Thanksgiving. And I remember sitting with my friends being like, that's a real brand. I was like, if you can get people to show up at midnight on Thanksgiving to line up for your clothes. Like, there's something real there. And so a couple of years ago, like, two years ago, I. For Black Friday, I was like, we got to do what Mishka did to see if people come up, show up. And I remember, like, me and my friends, I'm like, no one's really going to show up. Like, what? That. That, like, lining up era is gone. It's not the same anymore. And so I brought, like, none of my, like, no staff. It was just me and my friends. So, like, we'll see who comes. And, like, there is a line down the block. And I remember being like, we fudgeing.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Did it.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like, kids super is real. And so. Yeah, shout out to Mishka.

[Eddie]

Yeah, no, that. That era. I wanted to ask you about it because you can see the inspiration in your work. And it's just like, that era where every single neighborhood had a kid that was printing up shirts, trying to do a brand represent. It was like, that was the most fun era to live in New York.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, I also think it was. What I found really, really cool about that era is you could get obsessed with the brand and through that brand, find out about musicians, find out about art, find out about the neighborhood. The neighborhood. And so, like, these brands really stood for, like, a very specific niche interest.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like, the guys who created Mishka were, like, nerdy comic book guys. Like, the graphic style was because that's what they were into. And so you'd get into that style, and then you'd be like, oh, there's comedy comic, and then there's this illustrator. And I loved that. And I think now it's dying for sure. Because, like, what I mean, for Kid super, if you're into Kid super, you'll find out about, you know, the soccer is huge for me, Art's big for me, and film is big for me, but it's not. It's still not as niche as it was back then. And I keep telling, like, different brands, like Nike or Adidas or whatever, because I remember there used to be so many stores that you could go to buy sneakers.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Sneakers.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And there used to be, like, Dave's Quality Meat, which was a huge one for me because, one, I love the name, and two, it was, like, kind of hard to find. And so I remember going to all these different a life, obviously, and different places where you could buy, like, really cool sneakers. And now you could go to one, two places.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's the same. It's franchise.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

It's franchise.

[Eddie]

Everything's franchise. And I remember even, like, the Lola brand who I loved. It's the homies, like James and Sean and PJ from, like, the Hamptons. Lola was just their skate park. So that was the name of it. Like, Lola was the brand. And, like, people were repping themselves and where they were from and the community and the shit they were into. And, like, I really miss that.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I just love the idea of finding out about things through brands. And now it's more like you're finding out a brand through things. Like, I remember the Dinosaur Junior, Nike sbs. Yeah. And I remember thinking, oh, that's a cool name for a colorway. Like, it's called Dinosaur. Cause it's purple and silver. And I remember, like, what is Dinosaur Junior? And then, like, researching and finding out about what Dinosaur junior. And you remember the Uncles. And I thought the Uncles was just the name. But then you find out they're like a band and all this stuff now. Collaborations, it's like. And it's Billie Eilish.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And you're like, that's not the point. We know Billie Eilish also. We're not fighting. You're using them to. To make, like, promote you. Where I think net, like, big brands have the power to, like, do really good product with kind of niche things to kind of help those streetwear work.

[Eddie]

Because there was a subculture that the big brands like Bloomingdale's, Macy, these people, they had no idea what the hell these things were. And there was a space for retail and people designing clothes for people in the niche culture. Because niche culture subculture used to exist. And I don't think it exists that much.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

It's hard now when we're all on the same Instagrams, we're all on the same Pinterest boards. We're all looking at, like. I. Like, if you travel right now, you still see the same brands. And it's kind of. I mean, obviously, like you said, even.

[Eddie]

With streetwear back in the day, like, if you were in New York, you weren't wearing the Hundreds or diamond. We wore our own. And, you know, they would wear New York a little bit, but we would never wear the LA joints.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

No, no, I didn't even. Yeah, it wasn't even a thing. Oh, I remember I loved Johnny Cupcakes.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Oh, from Boston.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, yeah. Johnny Cupcakes again. It felt like little superhero characters.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And that's why it was so fun. You're like, who the hell is Johnny Cupcakes?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

How is he? And then I remember thinking, like, all these Brands were giant point in my head. Yeah, like, totally. And I remember being like, how are they even operating? Like, this must be such a crazy thing.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's like three dudes drinking Bushmills.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Exactly. Like, there was fresh jive. That's a. A West coast brand as well. And I remember being like, they're so mysterious, and they must be, like, the coolest or, like, whatever. And then now we're all just, like, uncs hanging out.

[Eddie]

And it's like, yeah, that guy had that brand and just uncs in the bar.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I'll meet someone. And they were like, like, yeah, I started. Like, I was part of the. And I'm like, that was the coolest thing ever. And you fear, like, some of the guys behind the brands are really, like, shy, nerdy guys, which is also kind of funny to like, because you think, like, this guy must be the coolest human ever because he started such a cool clothing brand. And then, you know, they're. They're just good at graphic design or, like, really into, like, comic books.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You're like, oh, wow.

[Eddie]

Adobe Acrobat.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. Yeah. I was like. But no, I think. Think. I mean, there's a lot of young brands now that are doing cool stuff. The only thing is, like, the competition's so crazy and that, like, to. To really. It's so hard to, like, break out but also be successful enough to, like, tell a story without being, like, so commercially driven. Like, the. The idea of having, like, this very distinct, distinct vision and then also, like, successful enough to, like, continue is very difficult.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I definitely think that when we were coming up, it was. It was cool to, like, rep a brand or be a fan of a brand, and you support it. You didn't overthink it. Now people are like, oh, should I follow that person? Should I like that? Oh, what am I giving them by supporting. And it's like this weird transactional thing that's not guttural anymore. And I'm just like, if I like something, I'm going to support it. And I think that's the way, like, cool. Cool.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I think even, like, someone from some. Someone came over yesterday and he was saying, like, yeah, I never wore kid super. Like, I liked it, but I didn't know, like, who you were. And if I like, if. And he was like, you're. You were awesome hang. He's like, now I want to wear it. And it's kind of a funny world where, like, it's really funny. You have to, like, really be the person which. Which not everybody Is. But, yeah, I mean, I think for every. You know, it. I think for every time you're like, this generation sucks. And the old generation was good. I think there's positives here now as well, where it's like the idea of using a brand that you have to, like, open opportunities that you never thought you could, like, because of Kid Super. And what I have now, like, the. The abilities to, like, contact different people or work on different projects or be into different rooms, like, was never.

[Eddie]

You know, I actually think this. This generation Gen Z is about to, like, do ill. And I just want to be, like, a fan and observer because it's like our generation, it's kind of like, we're done, you know, Millennials. Good job, everybody. Good job. You know, chill out.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, I don't feel that way, but I always. I. I think that there's also just, like, there's people that have your generation mature work. Yeah, different. Yeah, yeah, different.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I got mature era. Yeah, Daddy era.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I'm making more mature. Like, I wrote a novel and I'm, like, more thoughtful. I think there was a time where I always. I was like, youth cultural, and, like, I want to be part of it. And I started to, like, feel slightly distant from youth culture around, like, 38, 39, naturally. And then was like, I don't. You know, I still want. And then around, like, 40, and we had the kid, I was like, you know what? I'm just gonna start writing and making work about mature themes, like things that are prevalent in my life, because that. The youth cultural stuff, that's not what I'm living anymore, but that's me. And I had to just be real. So I'm excited to see what younger people are doing because, like, I'm not. I'm not in it anymore.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

The only thing that I'm worried about with the young people is just the AI access.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like, we're. Every day I'm seeing something where I'm like, no way. That's AI. And, you know, now we have, like. You think we're. We kind of good at AI? Imagine if that's like, all, you know. No, you're gonna become, like, an absolute wizard at AI.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

So then you're. We're gonna be able. I remember I just saw, like, a video today, and I had to scroll to the comments to see if it was AI or not.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And, like, all the comments were like, I think this is AI.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I think that's gonna be a challenge.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And it was a very, like, like, it was Like a cell phone video of a lion or like a jaguar in a flood jumping on top of an elephant to survive. And I'm like, wow, what a beautiful point of human. Not humanity, but, like, the world. And like, wow, when all of it goes wrong. The jaguar. The elephant's willing to, like, save the jaguar.

[Eddie]

But it was AI.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That was AI. I'm like, who the.

[Eddie]

You may need to know off drip that that is AI, bro.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like, who the fuck program this? Like, because, like, why such a specific prompt? That also, it's like shaky hand camera. Like, everything was like. And I was like, man, this is such, like, sweet, clickable content.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

That, like, I was like, man, they even went AI for that.

[Eddie]

But see, that's why I don't. I don't even. I don't worry about the younger generation because I'm just like, they will figure it out. They got different challenges and they will figure it out. Just like we figured shit out. Just like our parents didn't worry about us.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

We had, like, shady chat rooms. And. And, like, if I like, looking back, I'm like, that was.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

AI is crazy.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

It is, but I just think, like, what you're saying, like, the. The youth of the time will adapt to it in a way that, like, they will be okay.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I love how we keep talking about youth as his, like, distant friend. I feel I'm 33, 34.

[Eddie]

Oh, you're young, bro. That's why you're. You're still in it. You're still in it.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You're good.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

How old are you?

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

31.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, she's in it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, she's in it. I'm UN status. I'm 43.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I'm like, your reverse numbers are my reverse number.

[Eddie]

Definitely unk, which I like. I like it.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah. Well, now you have a kid and stuff.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but it's so different when you.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Have a kid too, because I'm 31. But, like, I, like, people will be like, oh, did you hear about this thing? And I'm like, no, I haven't left my house in three months. Like, I have no idea.

[Eddie]

Crazy.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah, 43. But mentally, like, 33.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

You tell you a lot about a dinosaur. That's all I got.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

And then you're about to have three more, at least.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah. And then I have to worry about them trying to kill each other. You know what I mean? So I have other. I have other. They're gonna try to kill each other with AI. So that's gonna be my.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

My dark, dark, dark, dark world. But I think the cool Thing also now is like, to make stuff has become way more possible.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But at the same time, now everyone's making stuff, so you gotta be really good. I do think cream rises to the top in every scenario, though.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, I agree.

[Eddie]

I agree. I'm not worried. I'm excited. I'm excited. But when I see Chris get up, that means we're almost out of time here.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But you have some trigger.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

When he goes to check this camera, I know we have, like, three minutes, which he did. So, bro, thank you for coming back on the show. This is awesome as always, man.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

You got. You have to come to the building in Williamsburg.

[Eddie]

I'd love to. We live here now, so.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Easy. I just put a soccer field on the roof.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Move.

[Eddie]

Just go bring the kid.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, we have, like, a little soccer league where they, like, train kids. Oh, what?

[Eddie]

No, we're bringing.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

We're coming.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I just don't know how old. He's 2.

[Eddie]

2.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

He's 2.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But he like, you gotta start now.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, he did soccer, I think.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I think being a really, like, demanding and, like, strict parent is good. That's my last take.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah, I agree. I didn't have that and I'm like, kind of insane.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, but if you did, you'd be, like, unreal at piano.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I know.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

It would be so good.

[Eddie]

It's about entering the now. Like, I'd say two, three, like, you start to introduce more discipline.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I think when he's three, like, she will allow me to introduce more discipline.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Yeah, Let him, like, just be like, hey, you have to be good at this. And then he will get good at that.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

So we put him in soccer and he just started, like, running away. But he really likes playing soccer on his own. And the psychology is like, if you put them in team sports too early, they rebel and then they don't want to do it.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Like the kid you're trading.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

Yeah. Like, I know. I'm like, so into it, but. So I was like, okay, we're gonna wait until he's like 4 or 5 so he can really, like, integrate into a team. Because when they're this young, they just parallel play. They actually don't like kids their own age. They like older kids. And like, when they see a kid their own age, they're like, nah. Yeah, Very interesting.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I'm more like, get back in there. Yeah, that's why I need a 14 year old.

[Eddie]

Yeah. No, we were like, the parent. Parent thing this morning and like, like, he took like a Lego piece and like, slammed it near A kid, I was like, hey. And then I noticed, like, oh, wait, my voice is, like, louder than other parents here. I need to relax.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I'm like, we don't do that.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

I actually think this is my last thought of parenting, because my parents and I. I'm not a parent, and I know nothing about it. But my parents. The thing that I thought that they did incredibly well was that I always felt like we were on the same priorities. So, like, if I got on a table and, like, got coach completely naked in public, they would giggle and laugh and thought it was hilarious. But if I got a B and test or, like, did something poorly on soccer, they would be super harsh on me. But as a kid, I understood it. I was like, oh, I get why being bad at soccer or school would be negative to me. And then I get why being naked on a table is funny. But I think some parents would be, like, so mad at the kid for doing the table thing and then be like, it's okay that. That you got to see. But I think as a kid, that's, like, really hard to understand because you're like, why would this not. And then you start rejecting what they're saying. Yes, But I think you can be harsh on your kid if the kid realizes that you're on the same team and the priorities are correct.

[Eddie]

That is true, because my parents messed up a lot, but that they did really care about grades, and I'm glad they did.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

But also, if they were, like, kind of lenient with stuff that you thought wasn't that serious, then you can be like, oh, we're all on the same team. Like, I understand getting on the table can be kind of bad, but it's not worth screaming at a kid about.

[Eddie]

Yes. Right.

[Kid Super (Artist/Designer Guest)]

Because then he's like, what the fuck? Everyone's laughing. I thought this was fun. Yeah. And so my parents were really lenient in some things and really harsh on this certain things. But as a kid, I agreed with those reactions, and I think that's the best thing. Call them. The parents Signing out.

[Eddie]

I love it. I love it.

[Partner of Eddie / Parent]

I can't wait for you to adopt.