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Ria Ciuffo
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Fran Mariano
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Ria Ciuffo
What's up everyone?
Noah
It's chicks in the office with Ria and Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Friday. Happy Friday, everybody.
Ria Ciuffo
Happy Friday.
Noah
Happy Friday.
Ria Ciuffo
Happy Friday.
Noah
Yes. Happy Friday to you, Francesca. Happy and happy Friday to you, Noah. And happy Friday to all those lovely listeners out there. I'm in one of those moods where I could talk, talk, talk, talk, but it's all nonsense.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
You know what I mean? I got a lot to say with also it not being important.
Ria Ciuffo
Well, we're just chit chatting.
Noah
I'm in a chit chat mood, but I'm in a mood where like I could go on and on about nothing of importance.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Because I have my period and you know when you get your period and you're, you're feeling a little moody, but you're also feeling a little funny. That's where I'm at right now. Yeah. I feel it was one of those period weeks and I feel like the ladies can relate to this where like sometimes you get your period and it's the same old. Yeah, you're like, I got my period.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
But then there's some weeks, run of the mill period. Then there's some weeks when you get your period and you know it's coming.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh yeah. It's transformed.
Noah
It's coming with a vengeance. It's like you get that mood about two, three days before where like I was in a mood about two, three days ago where I just knew. I told everyone on my path, I.
Ria Ciuffo
Said, I am step away.
Noah
Most not even step away because it's more just like I am most definitely getting my period, you know, and a little bit early. It came a little bit early, but I knew. I knew it was coming a bit early. Just felt that. I just felt it through my soul.
Ria Ciuffo
Do you want to know what my nonsense thought of today was?
Noah
I'd love to.
Ria Ciuffo
I was in the shower this morning, and I was thinking of you. I was putting conditioner in my hair, and I. You know, my mom always taught me to use a very small amount of conditioner.
Noah
Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
And as I was lathering, I thought, how much conditioner does Ri have? She has so much hair. She probably uses so much conditioner.
Noah
No, no, no. I don't. I really don't. I use.
Ria Ciuffo
How much conditioner do you use? Give me a quarter.
Noah
I want to say about a quarter.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Size of a quarter, but I don't put it on the top of my head. I only go halfway and down. I want to say it's about a quarter.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. My mom would get, like, if I did anything more than a pea size, she'd be like, that's too much conditioner.
Noah
Growing up, less is more with conditioner.
Ria Ciuffo
I know, but I always. And I think it's just because at that point in mom life, she was like, your hair. I don't want you to have to wash your hair every day because too much conditioner gets oily and greasy. And I feel like that was a mom thing to not have to have her children have to wash their hair every single day.
Noah
Yeah. That's very smart. I will say this. You know, when I'm. This isn't interesting at all. When I'm leaving my hair. That's where we're at.
Ria Ciuffo
We're talking about conditioner.
Noah
When I'm leaving my hair naturally natural, I'm not doing a blowout or anything or whatever. I'll put a little bit more conditioner in.
Ria Ciuffo
Yes.
Noah
Because I'm not so worried about the grease so far. Whereas if I'm gonna blow out my hair or whatever, I'm more worried about the grease. I will say this week has been a big week for me with sock curls. You know the sock curl trend.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, yeah.
Noah
The sock curl trend.
Ria Ciuffo
I wanted to try, but I don't think. I don't know if it'll do anything to my hair.
Noah
You should try it, though, because I thought the same.
Ria Ciuffo
My hair's too thin. It's not thin. It's fine. It's fine.
Noah
You have to try it.
Ria Ciuffo
I keep telling myself that, because I.
Noah
Tried it, and I Love it. I did it twice this week and I ate that shit up.
Ria Ciuffo
It looks great.
Noah
I just blow out my hair, like, whatever. Like, nonsense. I didn't give a shit what it looked like.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
And then I wrapped it in the socks. I'll do a tutorial if people want.
Ria Ciuffo
I would love one for myself.
Noah
I'll just send it to you. I don't know if people even fucking.
Ria Ciuffo
No, no, they'll send it to you. And just make me a personal one.
Noah
I will. Hey, Fran, here's your sock tutorial.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
No, but I'm loving it, so maybe I'll do a little tutorial on that next time. I do it probably Sunday night into Monday. I'll probably do. I'll probably do that. Yeah. Yesterday was. We didn't have any work to do yesterday, so it was more of a personal day of doing tasks that need to get done for the wedding. And the clock is ticking. The clock is ticking. We're about 43 or 42 days away.
Ria Ciuffo
If you were to ask me what day it is today, I don't give.
Noah
A. I don't know.
Ria Ciuffo
I really think I would have been, like, February 22nd. Like, March. It's March.
Noah
March 13th.
Ria Ciuffo
It's March 14th now, if you're listening, which is crazy. I'm like, how is it already March 14th?
Noah
It's crazy. And my wedding is April 25th, and things are chill.
Ria Ciuffo
You know what? I had an epiphany the other night on my couch. I go, the wedding's so soon. Not that it's about me, but I don't have a dress.
Noah
You gotta get a dress.
Ria Ciuffo
I don't have a dress.
Dylan
I gotta get a tux.
Noah
You gotta get a tux. Everybody's gotta get ready for the shindig. No, I mean, listen, before I'm stressed, before the Bachelorette and before Turks, I felt myself getting a little bit more stressed of, like, okay, what needs to get done? Da, da, da, da, da. And then those things happened, and I feel a lot more relaxed, honestly, after vacation, which I guess is the point of vacation, I feel relaxed. And yesterday we had our flight floral sample appointment, which was beautiful. Super exciting. I mean, I'm so freaking excited, like.
Ria Ciuffo
Always great to see the flowers, seeing.
Noah
It in person, seeing the colors come to life. Oh, Is just a dream. It was magical. I can't wait. I can't wait to see the vision. I didn't send it to you purposely.
Ria Ciuffo
No, I don't want you.
Noah
Yeah, I figured. You don't want to see.
Ria Ciuffo
I don't want to see it that.
Noah
You just want to see.
Ria Ciuffo
I want to be able to walk into the room and go, right, it's gorgeous.
Noah
Exactly. Exactly. Or what? What if you think it's ugly?
Ria Ciuffo
I'll fake it.
Noah
It's okay, you can tell me. Not my fave.
Ria Ciuffo
I certainly wouldn't do that.
Noah
I know.
Ria Ciuffo
Especially on your wedding day, right?
Noah
That be odd.
Ria Ciuffo
Don't love this. Actually not a big fan of this type of flower.
Noah
Not sure why you chose those colors.
Dylan
But now we're going to be wondering, like, is that a genuine.
Ria Ciuffo
No. No.
Noah
I will be.
Ria Ciuffo
I have all the faith in the world that it's going to be gorgeous.
Noah
I have all the faith that it's going to be gorgeous. So that was fun. And it was right next door to a very famous pizza place that people talk about all the time. To Fara. To Fara Pizza. Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, I've been there.
Noah
That was my first. I've been there too. It was my first time.
Ria Ciuffo
Delish.
Noah
It was delicious. It was nice little lunch treat. Got a little facial after that. Then we went to dinner, which was random. We were at home. We said, do we want to cook? Do you want to? Then we said, why don't we just go to this place? I want to try in Jersey City. If you're ever in Jersey City, go to Quarto. It's the delicious Italian food. Everything's made fresh in house daily. It was delicious. Highly recommend. Really loved it. Sat little pasta bar, like chef table sort of thing. It was delicious. I really had myself a lovely day. Then Summer House came on, which is an important event viewing on Wednesday night.
Ria Ciuffo
Always is.
Noah
It's an important event viewing. But I will say the season is moving a bit slow because they're just kind of lumping. They're lumping a bunch of weekends. And like, they're not lumping. I mean, they're dragging out weekends for multiple episodes, which means to me that not a lot happened. And they kind of like had to drag it out, you know, the main.
Ria Ciuffo
Story, big build up to Craig showing up, you know.
Noah
Right. And they. They showed a little bit of Craig and Paige's conversation last night on the episode. And, you know, watching it, you're like, okay, well, can see why this ended.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, exactly. I think it couldn't have been more like. It's. If these conversations, the in the way they're happening on the show were airing and Craig and Paige were still together, I think we'd be like, I don't.
Noah
Know about this one. Yeah. You know, like watching being like, if.
Ria Ciuffo
They were, like, having these conversations where. Where. And they've been having the conversations, but it's just if they're still having them, and especially the one at the. At dinner in this episode, it's like, okay, you guys are on different page. You're just on different ages. You know, no pun intended.
Noah
Literally.
Ria Ciuffo
It's classic.
Noah
I'm sure that's not the first time.
Ria Ciuffo
She'S heard that one.
Noah
Yeah, you nailed that one, actually. I thought that was good. I will say now, not on this. Not on the topic of Summer House, but my deadline for my RSVPs were this week.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
And I had three people left. Okay. On my side of the family. And in general, there was only three people left. And I was sort of hounding my mom, being like, can you just get these? Like, can you just get these three answers, please? Like, please just get the answers? And my mom thought it was like this funny little game she'd play with me about it. And I. And she texted me this morning.
Ria Ciuffo
And you don't have the patience for that.
Noah
No, I'm like, I'm not trying to play a game. Like, I'm trying to get these. Well, because this is what happened.
Ria Ciuffo
And when you want an answer, you want an answer, right?
Noah
I'm not the most patient person, so I'm like, can you please just get these answers? There's only three people left. Please just get me the answers. I know you can get in contact.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. So one would hope they invited to your wedding, right?
Noah
I'm like, they're my mom's side of the fence. So I'm like, please just get in contact. And she's like, okay, so we're on the phone. I'm like, please get in contact with those people. Da, da, da. She's like, okay, so have you figured out the tables and the who's sitting where? I said no? Because I'm waiting for the answer from these three people. So if you can get those answers, let me know a little while. The conversation keeps going.
Ria Ciuffo
She goes, oh, so did you figure.
Noah
Out if, like, certain people didn't fit into certain tables? Once again, mom didn't do the tables.
Ria Ciuffo
Yet because I can't until I started.
Noah
I'm not gonna start until I have everybody's answer.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
And then. Okay. So then I start cracking up. I'm like, mom, I think you're fucking with me now with these questions. So then my dad walks into the room, and I repeat it to him, and he's like, just call them. Just call them and find Out. So. So I'm like, mom, just get it to me by Friday, okay? Like, that's all I'm asking. She texted me this morning, Thursday morning.
Ria Ciuffo
Hi.
Noah
I got an answer. I said, what is the answer? She said, I think I'm gonna let you sweat it out.
Ria Ciuffo
I wrote, you gave me a deadline to Friday. Yeah.
Noah
I wrote back the emoji where it's like someone massaging the girl's head. And then I wrote, okay, joke's over. And she wrote, I think you should call me. And I said, I don't have service right now. And she said, oh, well, I guess you're gonna have to wait.
Ria Ciuffo
And I wrote, oh, my God. I'm sure she's having a good laugh.
Noah
She was. I wrote, this is a weird game. And then my dad, I guess, took over and goes, this is dad. The answer is no. And I'm really not sure why the game. And I said, yeah, I'm not sure either. Thanks. You were gonna be my next text. I'm like, okay, got the answer. We figured it out. RSVPs are done. But my mom decided to play a little game with me about this. I'm like, this is not the time for games, woman. I try to play games about this.
Ria Ciuffo
She was just trying to have a little Chuck. You know what?
Noah
I'm glad that she was having a good time.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. She just wanted a little laugh at. Laugh at your experience.
Noah
She was. She was having a good time, man. But, yeah, that. I'm excited to get started on the. On the tables we're talking about. This can be fun. It's going to be hectic. It's going to be hard.
Ria Ciuffo
It is, yeah.
Noah
It's going to be stressful.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
But it's going to be funny.
Ria Ciuffo
At the same time, I definitely got into a couple predicament, stern conversations with. With my parents over that of, like, you know, friends, family members. Who goes where? I'm like, right. That person's not sitting at the table, Mom. It's just not gonna happen. Yeah.
Noah
Like, sometimes this is the way it has to be.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Yeah, I'm ready.
Ria Ciuffo
It all works out. But it is a fun little game.
Noah
It's a little. It is a game.
Ria Ciuffo
It's a puzzle.
Noah
It's a puzzle, but it's also work. We're tough. Conversations need to be had.
Ria Ciuffo
Absolutely.
Noah
Where it's like, this ain't happening.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
So I'm excited for that. But I will say, last night was really nice. Laying on the couch, watching Summer House. Just laying on Matt's chest and I just had this overwhelming sense of, like, calm. Yeah. I was like, you know what? I am, like, just so happy to just have my husband and just be at peace. And, like, this is our life and we are each other's people, and that's it, you know? And it's just like, ooh, like, this is safe space.
Ria Ciuffo
Warm zoo.
Noah
Yeah, it's, like, warm. I was like, this is peace. This is serenity. It's nice. And no matter what happens that day or leading up to it can get stressful. It's like, it's gonna come and go, and we're gonna make it through, and it's gonna be great regardless if there's hiccups or whatever. And as long as we have each other, you know, there's the peace. So I'm excited. I'm excited for what's to come. Even though I do bet the stress is going to ramp up a little bit now with it being about a month away. So we. We shall see. We shall see.
Ria Ciuffo
You got time. As much as it doesn't seem like you do, you know? Yeah.
Noah
Well, I started looking at the calendar, being like, huh?
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Cause we have to travel a little bit for work upcoming and stuff, so there's some things, you know, in. In between that I'm like, oh, shit.
Ria Ciuffo
You'D be shocked how much really, like, has to be done four or five days before, you know? And then that's like. And then that's it.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
And it'll be great. It's gonna be amazing.
Noah
I literally cannot wait. I'm. I'm just like, ah. And then it's summer.
Ria Ciuffo
You know what I mean?
Noah
And then it's like. And then summer's here.
Ria Ciuffo
I know this. Every. It is. Everything flew by, flying by.
Noah
It is flying by.
Ria Ciuffo
My gosh.
Noah
If you haven't made time for McDonald's breakfast this week, then what the heck are you waiting for? We've been talking about it all week long. Heck, we've even had it multiple times. So what are you waiting for? Tomorrow's the day. Wake up, get your McDonald's breakfast before the time runs out. You know, beating that buzzer before it turns to lunch is the best feeling in the entire world. You gotta get that McDonald's breakfast in. You gotta get those McGriddles. You gotta get those McMuffins, you gotta get those hash browns, maybe those hotcakes. You can even make a taco out of a big breakfast. Really, the world is your oyster when it comes to McDonald's breakfast. I know it is for Me, I throw that hash brown on a McGriddles or a McMuffin, and I feel fantastic with a high C on the side. The McDonald's breakfast is just the absolute best, and it will have you starting your day just fantastically. So don't miss out, okay? Breakfast always comes first. And make sure that it's McDonald's breakfast. Wake up. It is time for McDonald's breakfast. Huge shout out to Matt for his video that came out against Djokovic.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
He returned the serve through his legs.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Which I think everyone's shocked.
Ria Ciuffo
Well, he didn't return the serve through his legs.
Noah
He.
Ria Ciuffo
But he returned through his legs.
Noah
He returned.
Ria Ciuffo
Yes, but.
Noah
Sorry, I didn't use it.
Ria Ciuffo
No, but. But I mean, returning the returning and returning the returning. Djokovic is served through his legs.
Noah
He returned a pass. He returned a pass. Sorry, wrong phrasing. He did. He did get a point.
Ria Ciuffo
He got a point.
Noah
He got a point through his legs. So shout out.
Ria Ciuffo
It was very impressive. I don't think Novak saw that. Saw that one coming.
Noah
I don't think so.
Ria Ciuffo
I don't think Novak knew Matt had that one in his arsenal.
Noah
Yeah, but I did.
Ria Ciuffo
It was amazing.
Noah
All the faith in the world.
Ria Ciuffo
Great video.
Noah
So go watch the video on. You could watch it on YouTube or on Instagram. It's pretty sick. I know that we have a lot of tennis ladies out there that. Listen, I got a couple of nice messages. People who are big tennis fans, so I'm sure they appreciate that. Nano, obviously very excited as well. Yes. I think Nanno doesn't believe it's real.
Ria Ciuffo
Right, right, right. Is this AI?
Dylan
He, like, knows Djokovic, and.
Noah
Yes. He's a huge tennis fan.
Dylan
No. I don't know if he's like.
Noah
No, no. He knows the players. Like, he. He gets it. But I.
Dylan
He did Alcaraz. It was the same, like, reaction.
Noah
Yes. But I could imagine he thinks that this is not real.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Yeah. He's like, you sure that's him?
Noah
Right, Right. He's like somebody's pretending to be him.
Ria Ciuffo
We're into March Madness territory. We're gonna have our team soon, which is our bracket, buster, Which.
Noah
Yeah. That I leave up to you.
Ria Ciuffo
That's your territory.
Noah
I get up there, I go, Fran, you pick the team.
Ria Ciuffo
I went Wednesday night to the Big east tournament just to torture myself. But no, Joe loves the Big east tournament. Goes every year, him and all his buddies. And his dad was in town, so we went, and Georgetown played in the first game. They're down three points with 11 seconds left. Their best, arguably what should be their best player gets fouled, goes to the line for two free throws to cut it to one point. Maybe the worst free throw I've ever seen in my life. Air balled it.
Noah
Ooh.
Ria Ciuffo
Air balls it. An msg. The crowd, every. Like, everyone's on their feet. And then everyone went, oh, tough. And sat back down. It was incredibly awkward. Incredibly bad.
Noah
Embarrassing.
Ria Ciuffo
Couldn't believe it. Really, really so bad. That was my Wednesday night. But I do like watching all the tournament stuff in all the games now. You're. I'm sure it's the only thing on your tv. You got to watch all the.
Noah
Yeah, I don't really pay attention.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, yeah, no, that's. That's fair. But I'm sure it occupies the tv.
Noah
It does occupy the tv. But I just sit there on my phone, and I'm like, scroll, TikTok. And I'm like, what happened?
Ria Ciuffo
What's happening?
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Did Duke win? Okay, yeah.
Noah
Cool. Or I just yap and yap.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
You know, Amen. You know, I don't really know what's going on on tv, but that's it for me. Eventful. Eventful One.
Ria Ciuffo
I'm excited to have a weekend at home.
Noah
Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
You know?
Noah
Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
We've been moving and grooving.
Noah
We do have a weekend at home. We have our tasting Saturday.
Ria Ciuffo
Ooh, baby.
Noah
Which I'm.
Ria Ciuffo
I think this is very cool. Do you want to say what the tasting is?
Noah
Like, I'll talk about it. I mean, as it gets closer. Like, I don't. You know, if people where I'm getting married. I don't care. I'm getting married in Brooklyn. You could probably figure out where. But the place that we're getting married at, they have you come to an actual wedding. They hide, dude. They don't like, the people getting married don't know you're there. They have, like, a separate private room that they imagine. They're like the. Why.
Ria Ciuffo
Right on the side of the dance floor. We just.
Noah
They just put up a little chair. That would be absurd. But they put you in a private room that's on location that no one can see, and they give you the food as if you're at the wedding. So you get to do the tasting as it's served at a wedding. So you know what it's like at.
Ria Ciuffo
Your wedding, exactly how it's coming.
Noah
And, you know, it may not be the exact picks that you pick or whatever, but you get a feel for, like, you know, the temperature, timing, and all that. So we're super excited for that. And like, you know, you've got to wear a cocktail attire because you are at least walking into the venue or whatever. But I'm super, super pumped up for that. Gosh, like all now it's all like these fun, you know, the seating and picking the food and like, I think.
Ria Ciuffo
It'S just really cool to get to so close to your wedding too. Like, just get to go and see, right? Like dress up and like, go and like, see what a wedding looks.
Noah
Wedding at the venue. So close. Yep. Yeah. I can't wait. So excited to be so fun. But besides that, chill weekend. Very excited about it. Going to get my eyebrows done. Me too. They're fudgeing out of control. I can't. I can't with, like, one day I'm just going to shave them off.
Ria Ciuffo
They're really in control room now. Do you have them covered up?
Noah
I have them covered up a lot. I have a lot of concealer on, covering all the hairs and I've, like, brushed them. Now I'm just rambling about things that no one gives a shit about. But my eyebrows are just like, I just can't anymore.
Ria Ciuffo
I need to go like every two weeks.
Noah
Yes. And it's actually so annoying. I know it's ridiculous to complain about, but it is so annoying when one day my eyebrows are fantastic. Tomorrow when I get them done, they'll be great. I will love my eyebrows. I'll love the shape. I'll love the way my face looks. In seven days from tomorrow, I'll look at my face and go, what the fuck is happening with my eyebrows? They're going left, right, center, all different directions. They're out of control. They cannot be tamed. My eyebrow lady. So listen, I used to go to my cousin, but my cousin's. My cousin's pregnant, and she is due in April. So she was like, I'm sorry.
Ria Ciuffo
She.
Noah
She said, listen, you have to find somebody else to do your eyebrows before your wedding because I'm not gonna be able to do your eyebrows for your wedding. So you need to start going to somebody different soon. Because if you just. You have to be able to like it. You have to be like it because I'm not gonna be able to do yours for your wedding. So I started going to somebody else. She's fantastic. She's located in the city. I love her. She's great. She only does tweezing, which I told her my eyebrows ain't built for tweezing. Okay. Yeah, they need a lot. And she's fantastic with those tweezers. I doubted her, and she did it, and she was great. And now that's what I do. But it takes a lot of work, and it hurts, obviously.
Ria Ciuffo
It's a lot of twitchy.
Noah
It's a lot of tweezing a lot. And she also laminates them because with my eyebrows, she's like, it's good to laminate them. You can brush them over, you want. There's a lot of hairs, but because my hair is so coarse, those. Those brow hairs are so coarse. The lamination doesn't last as long as other people's laminations. Some. Most laminations last four weeks or more. Mine, within two weeks, these things are curling up. They're going in different directions, and it's truly so annoying, Especially when I'm getting my period and they grow more, you know, Like, I tweezed them two days ago myself.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
I looked at them this morning, and I just. I just growled at the mirror. My hormones are making these things grow out of control. I will say one thing, though. I will say one thing. And when I go to say something, I forgot there's a boy in the room, but whatever. This is for the ladies listening.
Ria Ciuffo
Plug your ears. No.
Noah
Yeah. My coochie's doing great from the sugaring.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh, really?
Noah
Yes. Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
Can we also say that?
Noah
What?
Ria Ciuffo
We have to bring up the fact.
Noah
That.
Ria Ciuffo
Dylan, when he walked out.
Noah
Oh, my God, I forgot.
Ria Ciuffo
We up the sugaring.
Noah
Dylan Efron brought up my sugaring in this podcast room.
Ria Ciuffo
To your face.
Noah
To my face.
Ria Ciuffo
He's like, I wanted to listen to a little of an episode. He's like, I didn't know about that whole sugar.
Noah
He said, I learned about sugaring.
Ria Ciuffo
We both went, oh, no.
Noah
So Dylan Efron heard me say, my coochie's a disaster.
Ria Ciuffo
He sure did.
Noah
He sure did.
Ria Ciuffo
He sure did.
Noah
I mean, he did.
Ria Ciuffo
Of all the episodes for him to go back and listen to, we have 800 of them.
Noah
800 episodes. He picked the one where I'm like, my coochie disagrees.
Ria Ciuffo
Sugaring hurts.
Noah
Now, Dylan knows that sugaring hurts. So I'm glad he was educated. But I was.
Ria Ciuffo
It does vindicate a lot of the people. I did see a lot of people being like, look, I know it hurts, but after a few times, like, the results, the results are apparently worth it.
Noah
Let me tell you, the results worth it are spectacular.
Ria Ciuffo
Wow.
Noah
And I may have to go back.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh, my God. You're gonna go back.
Noah
I don't want to go back.
Ria Ciuffo
After you ra Ranted in memes about how terrible it was.
Noah
It's terrible. It's torturous.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Yeah. God, the things we do.
Noah
The things we do for Pristine Cooch.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
I mean, for that picture perfect. It's looking.
Ria Ciuffo
Chimoma.
Noah
Yeah, it's looking. It's looking good. And it's over two weeks now.
Ria Ciuffo
I mean, I was gonna say that's actually very impressive. Cause I know your hair grows like my hair.
Noah
I know. And let me tell you. What has it been? When was my bachelorette was? February 26th.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
So, yes, it's been exactly two weeks. I might have to show you after.
Ria Ciuffo
Wow. That good?
Noah
Yeah, it's good. It's good. And I. Yeah. May have to go back. Wow. Yeah, I know. I know. Here's the thing. I don't know when I could go back.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Yeah.
Noah
Because it ain't grown anymore.
Ria Ciuffo
That's what I'm gonna say. It's. It's. At least. That's nice.
Noah
At least it's nice to know that.
Ria Ciuffo
More time.
Noah
Four weeks. You know, I think about four weeks. I'll go.
Ria Ciuffo
Right. See how it is. I mean, who knows what happens?
Noah
Who knows? I was.
Ria Ciuffo
I was.
Noah
I was looking at it in the shower like, it's never gonna go back.
Ria Ciuffo
Well, no wonder they freaking dig in there.
Noah
They really do. Anyways, let's do sometimes. Good thing. Hopefully Dylan Efron was listening to that episode. Gonna get a nice little update on the show.
Dylan
Also, for the people asking, I don't think he did see the star.
Ria Ciuffo
He did not.
Dylan
A lot of people were asking, what happened? Did he.
Ria Ciuffo
Like I was gonna say, that was for a second. When I saw that you posted that. That story, I was like, oh, we didn't even acknowledge that to him. Is it going to be weird now that he sees it on Noah's story? I hope he didn't see it.
Dylan
I'm sure he did, because it's not.
Ria Ciuffo
But isn't that, like, weirder to be like, you filmed him under his star and just. We didn't say anything.
Noah
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We.
Ria Ciuffo
Maybe because it makes it worse that we just didn't acknowledge it.
Noah
I don't think he didn't see it.
Ria Ciuffo
Is that.
Noah
I gotta be honest, I forgot about it during the whole interview.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Like, nowhere did it cross my mind to bring it up.
Ria Ciuffo
I would have only brought it up if he acknowledged it, which is why Noah posted the story. I was like, why? Why are you bringing attention to it? He didn't see it.
Noah
Yeah. Now he's funny.
Dylan
Zach's always watching.
Noah
Now he's seeing it. Did you see on watch what happens live? They did a poll of who's hotter, Zac Efron or Dylan Efron. He's so bashful.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, he's a sweetheart. I literally was. That's just what happens when you're out, you know, he's Brother Spider.
Noah
Bashful was the right. Right word. Right?
Ria Ciuffo
He is bashful.
Dylan
Who's bashful, Dylan?
Noah
Bashful is like blushes. Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Like, no. But I was like, oh, yeah, that's.
Ria Ciuffo
So Dylan win this. Did Dylan win the poll?
Noah
Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
And I was like, that's so sweet. He really doesn't believe it.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Yeah.
Noah
Well, he grew up with Zach.
Ria Ciuffo
I was gonna say he's probably goes to therapy about it.
Noah
Right, Right. That is something. He's probably.
Ria Ciuffo
It's probably something really deep. Probably something he's had to work through for sure.
Noah
But even Dorit was like. Dorit was like, no, it's Dylan.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Yeah.
Noah
And Gabby was like, it's Dylan. Not because he's in the room, but she was like, I did love Zach growing up. But.
Ria Ciuffo
But can I just say that Gabby is just. No, but I mean. No, she's. But can I just say that I have always thought this about Dylan ever since I found out Dylan existed, which was, you know, post high school musical, probably like High School Musical 3. Like. Cause Dylan is my age.
Noah
She listened to the songs first. She liked the band first.
Ria Ciuffo
I think. I know I did. We can all sing.
Noah
Fran's doing it. I listened to the band first before everybody else knew the band first.
Ria Ciuffo
Was it.
Dylan
Dylan's mine.
Ria Ciuffo
He's 33. So I remember seeing, like, a picture of Zach and Dylan together and being like, oh, my God, he's got a younger brother. That's so cute. And you know how my brain worked at that time in my life. I was like, he's younger. My chances with Dylan. My chances with Dylan were closer in age. Right. And he. He was tall in the pictures. He was tall.
Noah
He is the taller. He's tall. He's the taller brother.
Ria Ciuffo
So I was like, that's a. You know, and at that time, I was like, and he's taller.
Noah
He's the taller ball there. And. But he was just so sweet when.
Ria Ciuffo
They were talking about.
Noah
He's really sweet guy.
Ria Ciuffo
Really sweet.
Noah
And you know what? I actually. I really love that he has such a great relationship with his girlfriend he's been with for so long now. And he seems so respectful. And I love.
Ria Ciuffo
He's just. He's a doll.
Noah
He's really a doll.
Ria Ciuffo
You know who else is a dollar? Our podcast guest today.
Noah
Oh, my gosh.
Ria Ciuffo
Jack Quaid is on the show, which.
Noah
Fits right into who I was just about to bring up.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh, is it?
Noah
So, Jack Quaid on the show today. Fantastic.
Ria Ciuffo
Another absolute doll.
Noah
Doll. He walked out of the room. We said, oh, you know who would love him?
Ria Ciuffo
Kelly Keegs.
Noah
Kelly Keeks. Kelly Keek just sent me an absurd text. I literally said. I'm like, can I read this on the podcast? I'm only gonna read one part of it. Okay. She wrote, she went to the Vatican today.
Ria Ciuffo
Okay.
Noah
And she said, the Pope.
Dylan
What do you think's about to come?
Noah
What do you think is about to come out of my mouth?
Ria Ciuffo
I'm guessing maybe she said some kind of prayer at the Vatican.
Noah
No.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh, no, that's not it.
Noah
No, she said.
Dylan
Maybe she did.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, she might have.
Noah
She said. I also confirmed this with a few sources to make sure I wasn't being a pervert. Oh, the Vatican.
Ria Ciuffo
Whenever you have to start a sentence like that. Normally not good.
Noah
She wrote the Vatican. Very horny place.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh.
Noah
I said, what do you mean horny? She said, it sounds crazy unless you go there, but something about the art is horny.
Dylan
I've been there. Did not feel that way.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, yeah.
Noah
And he said. She said.
Ria Ciuffo
I thought Kelly is just horny for.
Noah
Just in general.
Dylan
In general.
Ria Ciuffo
Well, that period. Horny period or just like, I feel.
Noah
Like Kelly art makes Kelly horny. Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. She's like.
Dylan
I mean, there's naked people in the art.
Ria Ciuffo
No. And, like, rich with history.
Noah
Yes. You know, something that has a lot of history. Beautiful horny.
Ria Ciuffo
Beautiful Roman bodies being portrayed.
Noah
Yes. I think Kelly really appreciates art and history, and that just gets her going.
Ria Ciuffo
I think it does.
Noah
She said, I thought I was being weird thinking it while I was there, but then it seems the consensus is, yes, the art is horny.
Ria Ciuffo
So now I'm gonna read any photographs.
Dylan
This picture.
Ria Ciuffo
What's funny is, in what world does.
Dylan
This make you horny? Like nothing's happening.
Ria Ciuffo
Can I just say that I also really find.
Noah
When you brought that in, history make Kelly horny.
Ria Ciuffo
I thought you were gonna. I thought that text message was gonna have something to do with Jack Quaid, and, boy, did it not.
Noah
No, it's just the fact that we brought up Kelly Keats as soon. But I will say, she fucking loves Jack Wade.
Ria Ciuffo
I thought you were like, oh, yeah, I told.
Noah
No, no, I told her, but she loves. She loves Jack Wade, and she Said.
Ria Ciuffo
He was a delight.
Noah
She, you know, obviously asked if he was single, and I said, I don't think so.
Ria Ciuffo
We don't think so.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
But he is quite lovely.
Noah
What a lovely gem. Could literally talk and laugh with him for ages.
Ria Ciuffo
Very funny. Lots of giggles.
Noah
Yes, lots of giggles.
Ria Ciuffo
Love somebody we can giggle with.
Noah
Yeah. And we can Google with each other all day long and probably get into the topic. Yeah, we should get into those topics. Right? God.
Dylan
Checking your watch.
Ria Ciuffo
I checked my watch. God.
Noah
You know, when you ever just get sick is hearing yourself talking. That's me. I'm like, but yet I can't stop. Whatever.
Ria Ciuffo
Seriously.
Noah
Someone turned me off. Turn off my button. Just mute me. Anyways, I'm having a good time. If nobody else is, that's fine. I'm having a good time. I had a great time. Good. At least meets me and you.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
Knuckle punch.
Dylan
She's never gonna get into the top.
Ria Ciuffo
I am.
Noah
I am gonna get into topics because I'm excited. Yeah. To talk about them, actually. These blew me off my feet before.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, they did.
Fran Mariano
They did.
Ria Ciuffo
Some genuine reactions before.
Noah
I did have some genuine reactions to the first two. Lucy Hale and Harry Jowsey are casually dating. Why? Number two, I'm sweating.
Ria Ciuffo
I actually am sweating, too. I'm not gonna lie. I'm debating taking my sweater off.
Noah
I want to take my jacket off, but it's cool, so I don't.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
You know, and you have a pretty sweater on.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, it's a cute sweater. My pants also feel extra tight right now. You know, where I'm like, I feel.
Noah
Yeah. Megan Markle's new podcast, why She's Back.
Ria Ciuffo
Second, why Our long nightmare is over where we didn't have a Megan Markle podcast to listen to. Well, guess what, folks? She's back.
Noah
Why? What is the world without a Meghan Markle podcast?
Ria Ciuffo
Thank God we don't have to live in one.
Dylan
Mark Sparkle. That's the name of it.
Noah
Oh, my God. Welcome back. And welcome back to Markle Sparkle.
Ria Ciuffo
Coming.
Noah
To you live every Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Anyways, Kim Kardashian, this is another why. Holy.
Ria Ciuffo
Michaela.
Noah
Kim Kardashian.
Ria Ciuffo
You. You hit a hard Kim Kardashian on that one.
Noah
Kim Kardashian.
Ria Ciuffo
Kim Kardashian. Michaela came out with a new skincare line. You see that? I saw happy for her. I saw that.
Noah
Was it shocking. Wasn't a makeup line.
Ria Ciuffo
I. You know, I thought makeup.
Noah
We're talking about Michaela from TikTok, by the way.
Ria Ciuffo
I think skincare was the right way to go for her for this. And like really, she seems like she put a ton of work into it. Korean made.
Noah
Yeah. Kim Kardashian.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, Kim.
Noah
Kim talked about how Kris Humphries didn't even pay for her engagement ring. Kim Kardashian paid for most of her engagement ring and then he had the nerd to ask for it back after they got divorced. The nerve of this man. Yep. And then Nikki Glaser is hosting the Golden Globes.
Ria Ciuffo
She's back locked in. Smart. Smart move.
Noah
She should host every award show.
Ria Ciuffo
Smart move.
Noah
And we have a fantastic interview with Jack Quaid.
Ria Ciuffo
And trivia.
Noah
And trivia. A great game of trivia. So let's get into the rest of the podcast.
Ria Ciuffo
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Noah
So it seems as if Harry Dowsey and Lucy Hale are casually dating and knocked me out of my seat.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, I did not see that one coming either. I did say I had a shocking seeing our own chicks in the office Graphic of Shout Out Maddie just breaking news to me in the room. I was like oh my God Lucy Ale and Harry. You know funny enough I if I do remember correctly I remember seeing some clip of Harry on his show or something talking about casually seeing somebody who was famous or an actress or something like not naming her name. I think it was a little While ago too. And that was like, nobody really dug into it. But I actually do remember seeing a lot of like, people obviously are commenting who they thought it was and yada yada. I feel like I actually did see some comments saying they thought it was her, but maybe based on some creepy social media stalking that people did or something. I don't know how they put that together, but TMZ posted a whole article that says they are casually seeing each other. Nothing crazy, not anything serious, but they are enjoying hanging out together. That. And that was really it. And honestly, this was the clip too. Oh, it. Oh, it has it in the TMZ article. While Harry didn't name drop Lucy, he did gush on his boyfriend material podcast about how refreshing it is to date someone who supports his career. Unlike an ex who got competitive and mad whenever he landed new gigs. He added that his new flame makes him feel amazing and constantly inspires him. Definitely a step up from past drama. So that's so nice. And a source with direct knowledge says that they're just casually dating and it doesn't look like anything serious just yet. Maybe she's just having fun, you know?
Noah
Yeah. But I just like anybody who gets themselves involved with Harry Jowsey. I just roll my eyes. I just don't understand why.
Ria Ciuffo
Initial reaction.
Noah
This man is proven to be true trash. To be in a relationship with or date or. Or hook up with or anything of the sorts. And people continue to do so. And it's like, why it's. Yeah, I don't understand. I do not get it.
Ria Ciuffo
So why he has a certain genesis qua.
Noah
Does he? He's tall. I don't see the Genesee Qua with him bringing up tallness.
Ria Ciuffo
I shouldn't do that. You know, I like my short kings too.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Tom Holland. Love you.
Noah
Yeah. Shout out to all the stories. Zac Efron.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, love you too.
Noah
We love you too. Yep. No, it's just like all. Everything about him has been. That has been sucked out. Does not matter anything else. It's like he has been so many stories about him that are not great. So it's like, why would anyone be attracted to that?
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, I. You know, he has. I don't know. There's clearly there is something about him. And I will say I think it was after watching him on Perfect Match. I get it. Sort of like my brain is like. Don't know. Like there's something like cute.
Noah
Your heart is saying yes.
Ria Ciuffo
No, like there's something cute. There's something. There's something.
Noah
I think well, obviously there is something. If every girl is dating him, but I just.
Ria Ciuffo
That's what I'm saying.
Noah
Get why they put themselves in the position. No, they know how it ends up.
Ria Ciuffo
Every single one will be the one to change him.
Noah
You know, every single one has ended up the same. He gets on, he cheats on her, and then they. Whatever, he's on to the next one.
Ria Ciuffo
Maybe Lucy's the one to get to change if. I wonder, how old is Harry, Josie? I think 26.
Noah
I think he's around 27.
Ria Ciuffo
27.
Noah
Noah, can you double check?
Dylan
Oh, he's 27. That was a good call.
Ria Ciuffo
Look behind the curtain. We just had. We just paused the podcast to have Noah look up how old he is, and then we couldn't sell, and then.
Noah
That's our cell.
Ria Ciuffo
That's our cell.
Noah
I had to guess. I think he's 27.
Ria Ciuffo
He's around 27. So he's around 27. Hand up.
Noah
I thought he was, like, 30.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, well, because remember, he went on too hot to handle, like Lucy Hale. So he was really young. Lucy Hale is 35. Yes. You know, she's having some fun. She's having some fun.
Noah
You know what, Lucy? You have your fun and just know, don't get attached, and it'll be okay.
Ria Ciuffo
Right, Exactly. As long as.
Noah
If Lucy is okay with what's about to happen, then whatever, you know, unless Harry Jowsey, unless he does some big old change. That would be great if he did.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Moving on to the most important topic of the day is that Meghan Markle. Meghan Sparkle Markle is bringing her podcast back.
Ria Ciuffo
Bringing the sparkle back.
Noah
She's bringing the sparkle back to our lives. Our world. The world that we live in. Spins. Every day wouldn't be the same without Meghan Markle and her podcast and her and her riveting interviews that are definitely edited together. And she definitely doesn't actually sit in the room with people and they're edited separately. And then, honestly, she'll probably get nominated for the People's Choice Award this upcoming November. December.
Dylan
Oh, they've already locked it in.
Noah
She'll probably win it.
Dylan
She's already the one.
Noah
She'll probably pay a large lump sum to win the People's Choice Award. They'll have people named Ren.
Ria Ciuffo
They'll actually bring the People's Choice Award back.
Noah
They'll bring it back for.
Ria Ciuffo
For Merchant. I don't think they do it anymore.
Noah
They'll have chicks in the office. They'll have Shawn Johnson. They'll have Emma Chamberlain. You know, they'll have nascanny but not fat. And everyone will be nominated. It'll be great. They'll have call her Daddy and everyone will go to the award show. They'll sit up high in the bleachers so far from the actual award show happening, and everyone will get notified on their phone that actually the winner was Meghan Markle, who did eight episodes and didn't actually sit in the room with anybody. That'll be. That'll be how that award show goes. Oh, did that happen?
Ria Ciuffo
That did happen. Oh.
Noah
Hmm.
Ria Ciuffo
Well, we're ready for it to happen again because Meghan Markle is back. She's a doing a new podcast produced by Lemonada, Lemonada Media. Confessions of a Female Founder that is the name of says debuting April 8th with a guess how many episode season eight. Eight episode season.
Noah
Big number. Big whopping eight episodes of a podcast. Markle Sparkle.
Ria Ciuffo
Eight episode season. Megan's new pod will explore her journey as an entrepreneur while diving into candid conversations with fellow female founders, including some of her famous friends, about the highs and lows of building a brand she shared on Instagram. I'm so excited to share with you something else. I've been working on her new podcast. I've been having candid conversations with amazing women who have turned dreams into realities and scaled small ideas into massively successful businesses. They're opening up, sharing their tips, tricks and tumbles, and letting me pick their brains as I build out my own business. As ever, it has been absolutely eye opening, inspiring, and fun. Because what's the point of point if we can't have some fun on this wild adventure? First episode is April 8th.
Noah
Well, I'll say this, I actually think it's a fabulous idea to interview women in business who have had successful businesses and pick their brain about it. But is Meghan trying to steal all their ideas?
Dylan
Yeah, maybe she's like, doing this genuinely, like, I need help.
Ria Ciuffo
Right, right. She really does need the advice. It is interesting because, like, podcast is probably really just something she did not need to do. I find, like, she's doing all these other things. I feel like maybe because the Spotify deal was such an epic fail that she, like, wants redemption for that and this is why she's doing this now and she or she wants to have these conversations. But I. You have the TV show, right? Which is obviously more, you know, cooking, hosting, around the, around the house, all those things, homemaking, all those wonderful things. And obviously this is more like business focused. But let me tell you, I've watched a Couple episodes of the TV show. Now she's got me locked in. Locked in. There is something that is so captivating about her in a way that I'm like, are you a real person? You know, like, it's like. Because everything, especially the show, like, everything is so beautiful and put together and she looks stunning. And the set they're filming at, that's supposed to look like her house, that's not even her house looks stunning. And she's like, here's how to do a balloon arch for your child's birthday. And I'm watching, I'm locked in. I'm like, I'm never going to make my own fucking balloon. But that's why she locks me in. Because everything that she does is so unattainable for so many people. Like, it's just. It's just she lives in this reality that is just the. The 1% of the 1% of the 1% of being able to do these things and have these privileges and being like, here, Mindy Kaling, let's do little burrata crostini's for the child's birthday up. But we're going to make them look like ladybugs. And when I tell you I can't, I can't pull my eyes away from the screen and like, they're just. They're doing little. I'm like, oh, I'm finding myself. Oh, they're so cute. What am I going to make? Ladybug burrata Christini.
Noah
Yeah. Well, maybe she should instead of the podcast, just make this idea because this is a good idea. Where she should be to do it in the show. Like they have the second season be. The conversations with these women would be. Would be a good way to intertwine. Now, how did you feel about show.
Ria Ciuffo
Is what she should be doing, by the way? Like, this is what she's meant to do.
Noah
How did you feel about the conversation about her last name?
Ria Ciuffo
I actually did some digging on that because.
Noah
Cause I'm confused about it.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. So it's like. So Sussex is obviously not like a real last name that they have. They are the. Isn't it Windsor, Duke and Duchess of Sussex? No, they're. Yes, Harry. Here's the thing. It's like, it's very complicated and I. And I'm gonna absolutely butcher this explanation because I literally read a whole article about it last night. Some of the royals go by Mountbatten Windsor. Just like a combo of Queen Elizabeth. It's. And that would have been like William when the Queen died. Those things change. And the succession changes, and it moved Archie and Lilibet up the succession list, and their titles technically change. So basically it's like Meghan and Harry are just claiming Sussex as their last name, I think, for just.
Noah
So they just. They just chose just.
Ria Ciuffo
Just.
Dylan
Can I claim, like, Obama?
Ria Ciuffo
Well, they're just like, you know, they're. They're the Duke and Duchess of, like, that's what their title of Sussex. So it's like the Sussex thing. And they wanted to get. Give, you know, their kids a lot going to school, giving their kids a last name.
Noah
Right. So they're like, pass by Noah going, can I claim.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Noah was a ridiculous statement. That was a ridicul, ridiculous statement. Really? I wasn't even going to acknowledge that he said that.
Fran Mariano
You.
Noah
You drunk.
Ria Ciuffo
You're not the Duke of Obama. So it's not that crazy.
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Dylan
But they gave it up.
Noah
Like, big dreams over there.
Dylan
Yeah.
Noah
Hey.
Ria Ciuffo
Okay. I'm not gonna fault them for wanting to give their children a last name when they go into. Into normal school in California.
Noah
Yeah, they need. They need.
Ria Ciuffo
They need a last name.
Noah
They're not gonna choose Marco.
Ria Ciuffo
They're not gonna choose Marco. Meghan wants to be a Sussex. Okay.
Noah
Megan. Meghan doesn't, but she does.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Anyway, I. Look, I'm like.
Dylan
I don't know why.
Ria Ciuffo
I. I just. I really. I find her to be so fascinating. I really do. Whether it's like a love her, hate her, whatever it is. I find her to be so fascinating. And I just really think that, like, the show, it's crazy. The show. I just think she's, like, so out of touch with reality that it's so fascinating. And I kind of like. I love it for her. That's her. That's her brand. When she's, like, talking about her outfits, she's like, oh, I love a high, low pants. Zara sweater. Laura Piana. It's like, yeah, of course. Like, that's. That's the life she is supposed to live, right?
Noah
Yes. And nobody, no one should fault her.
Ria Ciuffo
For that and be like, oh, that's obnoxious. That is the life she is supposed to.
Noah
People do that about a lot of people. It's like, no, no, no. Let we. I want to watch people that are unattainable.
Ria Ciuffo
Yes.
Noah
Like, I am fascinated, interested by people and people so wealthy that they don't even live in the same stratosphere as anybody else. It's interesting. It's like, just let them live that life.
Ria Ciuffo
Exactly. Will I ever be out whispering to my bees in My garden.
Noah
No.
Dylan
Do you think she was.
Ria Ciuffo
But do I want to watch Megan do it? Yes, I do.
Noah
It doesn't mean they're relatable. Not everyone is going to be.
Dylan
She was an actress. She wasn't like. She just compl. Completely, like, switched person.
Ria Ciuffo
No, no, no. I think she always loved this stuff, but now she can do it at a whole nother level because she has the money to take it to another level.
Noah
I think we just have to accept.
Ria Ciuffo
That she had her own blog. As an actress.
Noah
As an actress, that some people just are not going to be relatable.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
But they are going to be entertaining to watch because they do not. Because they're not relatable.
Dylan
You know who.
Noah
It's a whole other world.
Dylan
King Charles. Because if you see what he said.
Ria Ciuffo
He loves Beyond Crazy in Love. Thinking of, like. Sorry. Thinking of Charles, like, in his.
Noah
We're not gonna do it bedroom.
Ria Ciuffo
Listening to Crazy in Love and, like, thinking about his relationship with Camilla.
Noah
Yeah, yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Being like, oh, you know, we were crazy in love. Your love's got me looking so crazy right now. Love Scotty, looking so crazy right now. They're probably singing that song to each other.
Dylan
Yeah. I want to include an iconic musical moment, like, she played at one of the events, like the incomparable Beyonce with her song Crazy In Love. Like, yeah, I love that for him.
Ria Ciuffo
King Charles, he's always kind of, like, been a fan of pop music.
Noah
So King Charles on his.
Dylan
He said, I would like to congratulate her for winning her first album.
Noah
Yeah. He's, like, so pumped up a Beyonce.
Dylan
He watched the Grammys.
Noah
He watched Grammys.
Ria Ciuffo
He's in the hive cheering for.
Noah
For Beyonce. Almost gave him a heart attack for sure.
Ria Ciuffo
But no, I mean, so crazy.
Noah
Right?
Dylan
The queen wouldn't never let him blast in the house. And now he's just.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. He's secretly, like, now he can listen to Crazy in Love whenever he wants. But look, I. The. The path that Meghan is, like, the show I feel like, is her. Is her niche, and it's where it should be. I'm curious to see how it did, like, numbers wise. Wise. Because I've been fascinated.
Noah
Let me just look it up.
Ria Ciuffo
But once again, like, that's a great avenue for her. I don't know about the, like, the podcast space. To me, I'm just like, do you need to be back in the podcast space? I don't know. Where's the jam? You're asking me, like, send out the jam.
Noah
Enough of the podcast. Let's get working on that jam, Megan.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
Anyways, moving on. Kim Kardashian revealed that Kris Humphries only paid for a small portion of her engagement ring while Kim paid for the rest. And then when they got divorced, Chris made Kim give it back. Now, I think that Kim should have took it as a red flag if Kris Humphries was making Kim Kardashian pay for her own engagement ring. Like, did. Was there nowhere where Kim was like, I'm not gonna pay for my own engagement ring. Like, you're gonna pay for my engagement ring.
Ria Ciuffo
And you're.
Noah
And then when you get divorced, ask for it back.
Ria Ciuffo
What's crazy is because of course, it's like Kim wants a giant engagement ring. So that's the thing. She's not gonna settle for anything else to the point where she's like, I will buy it for myself. So this was during the last episode of Keeping over the Kardashians. She was reminiscing on her past engaged rings because she was like, what will the next one be? Like, if. You know, if there is one. She really was like, what will the next one be? So they're thinking about the old ones. Her first one was a cushion cut 14 karat ring. That was when she was married to Damon Thomas, which everyone really forgets about. That was very early on.
Noah
Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
The second ring was Chris Humphrey's 18 karat emerald cut. Lorraine Schwartz. She said, I didn't keep that. I was pregnant with north, still married to him, and in order to divorce him, he said, I had to give him the ring in my divorce. So they were broken up for that long already. She was still going through, like, that contentious divorce with him all the way to the point that she had already been with Kanye long enough that she was pregnant with north, and he was like, you know what it's gonna take for me to sign the papers? Hand me over the ring.
Noah
I didn't pay for severance. It's absurd. That is absurd.
Ria Ciuffo
Absurd.
Noah
That is absurd.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Absurd.
Noah
That is. That is just absurd.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep. He contributed a fifth.
Noah
She said, that's crazy.
Ria Ciuffo
That. And then Chris Appleton was like, that's savage. She's like, yeah, certainly is. It is. Yeah. Crazy.
Noah
But I guess, like, if Kim Kardashian's like, I want a fucking absurd ring. I'm gonna buy it for myself. Like, yeah, but it's. Is Chris gonna stop her and go, like. You know what I mean? Where. Yeah, like, I.
Ria Ciuffo
If Kim. If you're Kim Kardashian and you want to spend your. You have that money and you want to spend it, fine. But for Chris to.
Noah
To add.
Ria Ciuffo
To get it back.
Noah
To get it back is the craziest part.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
You didn't pay for that, pal. Right. It's one thing for. The guys are like, oh, I bought that engagement ring. Now we're divorced. Like, it was my money I put into that. Like, I'm gonna fight for that ring back. She should have. She should have Lorraine Schwartz cut that bad boy up, give him a little, and give him one fifth of that diamond, which honestly, by the way, still would have been worth a shit ton of money. 18 karat diamond.
Noah
No, that. When you, like when you hear the story, the initial reaction. And my initial reaction was, wait, Kris Humphries didn't pay for Kim Kardashian's engagement ring? That's absurd. You know, Kim should have known. But then when you say how big the engagement ring was and how much money it was, she could have sent.
Ria Ciuffo
Him back a three and a half karat diamond.
Noah
Yeah. And Kim being like, listen, I actually want to rock a big diamond, so I'm going to pay for it. It's probably a different story. We're talking about different things here. We're talking about different people, different worlds.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
But to ask for. To make her give the ring to you that you didn't pay for is so fucking absurd. It's so scummy. He's such a scumbag. That was, like, so scummy.
Ria Ciuffo
It's. Even if you watch, you're telling me she's pregnant and you're. And you're like, yeah, I want the ring.
Noah
No, that's crazy. When I initially heard the story, I didn't. I didn't put into. Thought of how absurd the ring was.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
That Kim was like, I want this big of a ring, so I'm buying it myself.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
I was thinking, you know. Yeah, normal.
Ria Ciuffo
It was like a $2 million.
Noah
I was thinking normal engagement.
Ria Ciuffo
No, no, no, no. We're working with Kim.
Noah
Yeah, yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Right, right. But that. Yeah, that's. That's. I mean, Chris obviously had his feelings towards her and the whole family and everything that happened and whirlwind and I. Maybe that was his. I'm get my revenge. Give me that ring back.
Noah
Yeah, that's crazy.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Give me that ring I didn't pay for. Can I just. Literally, can I just have a piece of your jewelry? That's really what it is. It's like, well, I'm gonna sign these papers if you give me that necklace.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, like, that's I want your watch. Yeah, yeah, take it off.
Noah
Give me that right now. Like that's literally what that is. Because the engagement ring really didn't mean.
Ria Ciuffo
Really anything if for a 72 day marriage.
Noah
Yeah, seriously. And just big news. A big congratulations to Nikki Glazer. Uh, she's hosting the Golden Globes again next year, 2026.
Ria Ciuffo
So, so happy.
Noah
So huge renegade. Congratulations. You should host every single award show because you're the best at it.
Ria Ciuffo
Honey, lock it in early.
Noah
You are the best at it. And I'm glad that she got the deal done early. I hope she's getting that bank. I hope she's getting that money. I hope they are paying her what she is worth because she deserves it. We love you, Nikki. Keep crushing it.
Ria Ciuffo
Okay, Honestly, I loved everything about this announcement too. Like the picture. She's got golden boxing gloves on. Hosting the Golden Globes this year was without a doubt the most fun I have ever had in my career. I can't wait to do it again. And this time in front of the team from the White Lotus who will finally recognize my talent and cast me in season four as a Scandinavian Pilates instructor with a shadowy past. I love it. Perfect. Honestly, perfect right now.
Noah
Perfect casting. It's gonna be so good. Huge congratulations to her.
Ria Ciuffo
I'm pumped for her and I'm glad. Very smart of them to be like, lock it, lock it in early January. We're talking January 2026. She's got a lot of time to prep. She'll be ready to go.
Noah
She's going to be booked and busy. But knowing you have that job. Yeah, I mean, she could take a little vacation.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, yeah.
Noah
You know, she knows she has that lined up.
Ria Ciuffo
She's touring like crazy.
Noah
Is she's touring. And Haley. Shout out. Haley, our dear friend and makeup artist just did Nikki's makeup in Boston and fudgeing. Crushed it. Did and had nothing but amazing things to say about Nikki. And I think Nikki loved Haley as well. And Taryn did her hair, who did your hair for your wedding. And she is also amazing. So shout out to the team because they're fantastic.
Ria Ciuffo
We got. She's booked. March, April, May, June, July, September, October. It looks like maybe August is her time to.
Noah
Maybe she'll go on a little, chill a little bit.
Ria Ciuffo
No, she's. It's like. Actually, she's all over the world too, which is so cool. In July, she's in New Zealand, Australia for a couple dates. Really cool.
Noah
That's sick. That is just awesome. Huge congrats, Nikki. We Love you.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
So very much. And that wraps up the topics.
Ria Ciuffo
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Noah
All right, everyone, we are here with a very special guest. We are joined by Jack Quaid, whose new movie Novocaine is out today. Jack, you play a guy who cannot feel any pain.
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Noah
Do you wish that was your life in real life?
Fran Mariano
It. It's complicated. Yes. For certain things. Yes. Like I would love to never stub my toe and feel that again. Like that would be. Because that takes me out for a good five minutes. Oh, @ least of just like hitting.
Noah
Your funny bone, stubbed toe, funny bone, paper cut, paper cut.
Fran Mariano
I don't love. I don't. I feel like I don't interact. I don't have that a lot anymore. Just because I'm like just paper is not so much a part of my life as it used to be. But in school that was always like a thing. But no, I mean, like pain is also in a lot of ways a good thing because I learned through doing this movie pain is very much the body's warning system. And just because you can't feel pain doesn't mean you can't get hurt. So it's kind of like the condition he lives with, my character lives with is kind of, you know, it can be quite dangerous. It is kind of. And it's. Yeah, it's a very dangerous thing that he has to really monitor and then risk it all to save the woman he loves. But, yeah, it can be. It can be. It seems like a blessing, but it can be a curse in a lot of ways.
Noah
Right. Because we do see in the trailer for the movie, it being said to your character, like, you could still die.
Fran Mariano
Yeah. Oh, he can still die.
Noah
Yeah, that's.
Fran Mariano
That's definitely still on the table. Like, the stakes are still high. He won't feel it, but he could. Yeah, he could pass out. He could bleed out. He could. All the stuff. Yeah.
Noah
Just no warning.
Fran Mariano
Just no warning. Yeah, absolutely right. That's just no warning.
Ria Ciuffo
Hence why he doesn't eat any solid food. It was another. Yeah. Another part of this, too. I will clarify, because everybody's listening. They're like, wow, we watched the movie.
Noah
Incredible.
Fran Mariano
Oh, my gosh.
Ria Ciuffo
It was amazing. Yes. It was a lot.
Noah
A lot of fun, you know?
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, we. Sometimes we do get to watch them early, which does make us excited.
Fran Mariano
That's very cool. Thank you for seeing it. I'm really happy you enjoyed it.
Ria Ciuffo
I thought it was really, really cool. So it's like, we can talk and we know we're talking about. But for everybody listening, let's back it up for a second.
Fran Mariano
Okay, cool.
Ria Ciuffo
Explain the premise. You did a little bit, but let's.
Fran Mariano
So, movie's called Novocaine. I play Nathan Cain, a man who feels no pain. And all of that rhymes. It's great. And, yeah, he has a genetic disorder where he can't feel and physical pain. So, yeah, like I was saying before, he has to live kind of this safe, sheltered life. Like, when we first see him in the beginning of the movie, you see his apartment. Every sharp corner on the table is covered by a tennis ball. You know, he's just really. I kind of thought of him as like a balloon in a world of pins. You know, he's. He just has to be very careful. But his disability kind of keeps him at an arm's distance from the world, and he's starting to feel a little bit lonely. He's 30. He hasn't really had a romantic relationship. Relationship before. And then he meets Sherry, played by the unbelievable badass that is Amber Midthunder. And she changes his life, and they go on a date, and he falls in love. And then the next day, he works at a bank. Bank gets robbed. Sherry gets taken. And he then uses this disability as a superpower, and he kind of risks everything to save her. So it is a. It is a gnarly, batshit, insane, gory action movie. But I also think it's one of the sweeter films I've ever done. Like, it's a crazy contrast. Like, Nate as a character, I wanted to make sure he was like a cupcake of a human being. To contrast how violent this movie is.
Noah
Right? Yeah. That is really sweet. And the way that you described Nate and your character being a balloon surrounded by pins, you would almost think the opposite, though. If you were to hear somebody in real life could experience no pain, you would be like, well, they're invincible. They would not be afraid of anything. But you do have to be more cautious. And you describe the film as gory and violent. There's a lot going on. Did you feel any pain while filming it?
Fran Mariano
As of hurt, thank God. No, I didn't. Like, I never got hurt, which is so great. I also understood that irony. I'm like, oh, if I get hurt on a movie about not feeling pain, that's embarrassing.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, right?
Fran Mariano
No, because our stunt team was incredible. They treated everything very seriously, made sure everything was very safe. I did get into maybe the best shape of my life, which is all gone now. But I got into really good shape just to. Not so much to look cool, but more so to, like, every day. I was filming something insane and very physical. So I was in the gym a lot, and I felt that pain, but no injuries, nothing too crazy, which is insane because this movie is absolutely crazy.
Ria Ciuffo
Yes, it definitely is. There were a few times I was kind of watching like, this with one eye kind of peeked. Or. Not to give anything away, but there's something. There's one moment with. With fingernails.
Fran Mariano
I was about to say. That's the moment where. That's my line, too. I can't watch that. And I shot that.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Fran Mariano
It's so weird to, like, you know. Know what? Every single, like, you know, I watch them apply these prosthetics to me over hours, and I still am like, ooh.
Noah
You almost feel like you could feel it watching it. Yeah, exactly.
Fran Mariano
I even know how it all works. I'm still like, oh, God, like, watching.
Ria Ciuffo
It behind the curtain, right? Yeah, it's still like. Yeah, but. But, you know, it's not a genre that you're unfamiliar with. Gore and the.
Fran Mariano
Oh, gore, for sure. Yeah. Mostly I think I look weird in a movie if I'm dry. You know what I mean? I have to be covered in some form of goo in order for me to feel complete.
Ria Ciuffo
Now with all this.
Fran Mariano
It's gonna be great out of COVID It's gonna be awesome.
Noah
Perfect clip, though.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. That's what we'll talk for.
Noah
Sure.
Fran Mariano
Clip it. Make it a gift.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Fran Mariano
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Noah
People can lip sync. Yeah.
Fran Mariano
This is the life I signed up for, though. That's basically it. Sorry I cut you guys off.
Ria Ciuffo
No, no.
Noah
I mean, you said you've been having a blast with this press store. You walked in filled with energy. What makes this press store a little bit different?
Fran Mariano
There's just something. I mean, it's just the stuff we've been doing has been incredibly fun. I got to do something really fun at a Clippers game recently where I came in. Yeah, we came in. We did kind of a, I guess, guerrilla marketing thing where Amber Midthunder and I, we sat courtside, which just on its own. That's fucking awesome. Just to sit courtside at a Clippers game. And I'm an Angelino. I've never been to a Clippers game, so that was awesome. But the whole thing was when the camera first is on us and we're on live tv, I have, like, a sling and a cast and maybe some bruising in the face. So I'm kind of sort of in character. I'm like, half me, half Nate, and I'm not playing the pain at all. And, like, fully clapping, like. Like, there's no injury. And then throughout the course of the night, we added more and more injuries, like another cast and a neck brace and a headband with a little bit of blood and more bruising, to the point where, when the Clippers won the game, which was amazing. Go, Kawhi Leonard. I'm just, like, standing up like, yes. Like, goal. And I have, like, two casts on me, one of which says, go, Clippers. It was just. I've always wanted to market a movie in a way like that.
Noah
Right. So cool. That's so fun and interesting. Did everybody. Everybody around you ask, like, what are you promoting?
Fran Mariano
A couple people did, but it was so fun. Every time they did, I just wouldn't acknowledge it. I was just like, it's a magical night for basketball. I never actually said, like, no, I'm fine. It was great.
Noah
Look at this team.
Fran Mariano
My favorite thing on the. They had me on the. You know, they interviewed us in the middle of the court, and we're like, our sound is being projected everywhere. We're on the Jumbotron, and she asked me if I'm okay. And earlier in the night, they had had this birthday celebration for, I guess, the Clippers mascot Chuck, who's like a bird of some kind. And I was just like, I just want to say happy birthday to Chuck. Yeah, it's just Chuck, you've been here for so long putting in the time and I really am proud of Chuck. He's doing great.
Noah
That's perfect.
Ria Ciuffo
And couldn't have worked out better with the way that the game went. Like I said. Right.
Fran Mariano
It's a great game.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Fran Mariano
I was there. I was there like courtside when he, when he got shot. The game winning, last minute shot.
Noah
Unbelievable.
Ria Ciuffo
Which is. I was gonna say great for the movie, great for the film.
Fran Mariano
I was just like, at least it was an entertaining game.
Ria Ciuffo
Exactly. Those pictures don't get posted everywhere if it's.
Fran Mariano
If there's. If the Clippers lose.
Ria Ciuffo
Exactly. You're back. You're back journeying again. That's very funny. But so I was gonna say that there's a lot of obviously training that goes into it. You're fighting, you're doing all these things.
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Has that gone into your real life at all? Do you feel like you could take somebody on between your, you know, the boy's character now?
Fran Mariano
Well, the boy's character, he's usually cowering in a corner. You know, he doesn't.
Ria Ciuffo
You see that?
Fran Mariano
Yeah, of course. I see it all. He can get into it. Scrappy fight if he needs to. Definitely do. I think I could beat someone in a fight. No, I think if anyone punched me on the street, they could get away with it for sure. I'd cry immediately. That would be. I don't want to be here being like, come and take me. Come and fight me. No, I'm not. I'm not going to. I'm not going to do that.
Ria Ciuffo
The choreographed fighting is so interesting to me because, yeah, I know how to choreographed fight.
Fran Mariano
If someone lays out the moves. I can dance, essentially.
Ria Ciuffo
So much goes into it. What to like, what's the prep like? You know, Ray Nicholson plays the robber opposite you when you, you know, you're the guy you're chasing. So what are you guys talking about before a scene like that?
Fran Mariano
Ooh. I mean, Ray and I, we probably rehearsed more than in terms of the fight scenes. We did so many rehearsals for. For that. I mean, that's like the, the final fight at the end of the movie. And that was super complicated. The biggest challenge for me was just finding a way to fight like the character because, you know, if, if I get punched, my head's gonna move, but I can't wince. Like, I can't show pain, which is such a. Yeah, it's like such a thing that, I mean, not to get all, like, hoity toity about it, but I guess that's where I'm taking this.
Noah
Buckle up.
Fran Mariano
Buckle up for a hoity toit.
Noah
Sorry, I'm following you.
Fran Mariano
Here we go.
Noah
We're here, we're here.
Fran Mariano
We're in hoity toitland and I'm taking you locked in. No, I mean, I think a good a way that I figured that out was I kind of looked at silent film stars and what they would do and something Buster Keaton would do. His whole shtick was that insanity would be happening around him, and yet he remained very stoic. He almost didn't react to everything nuts that was happening around him. He was known as the great stone face. So as soon as I realized that, I was like, oh, like, I think I watched some documentary on Buster Keaton, which is really, really good and fascinating for a lot of reasons. But as soon as I realized that I could kind of use my non reaction for comedy, everything kind of fell in place. I kind of come from sketch comedy, so I'm like, oh, I understand the joke of it. So I kind of can understand the combat more and the dance more. And that really helped. But for that last scene with Ray and I. I don't want to spoil too much about it, but I can tell you one thing that was cut from that scene that I wish was still in the movie, but sadly had to be cut. I kinda get it. Originally, that scene was a little longer than it is in the final movie. And I think test audiences were like, these are two invincible beings. Why isn't one of them at least going down, you know? But there was a moment where Rey knocks out one of my teeth and I spit it back at him. I spit my tooth at him and it gets lodged in his eye. And I wanted that so bad. Oh, God, that'd be so great. And we shot it. It's on the cutting room floor somewhere. Maybe one day it'll be out there.
Noah
How do you film something like that? Like losing a fake tooth?
Fran Mariano
Well, they.
Noah
Can you give us a little movie magic?
Fran Mariano
Yeah, let's see. There was a lot of things that went into that. Well, they gave me a fake tooth to spit out. And that was actually maybe my scariest moment on set. I was like, what if I accidentally swallow a fake tooth?
Noah
What if you choke?
Fran Mariano
What if I choked on a fake? That's a very specific way to go.
Noah
Yeah, yeah. And then they end the movie with that.
Fran Mariano
Yeah, exactly.
Noah
He doesn't feel. Pa. Just chokes on the fake tooth.
Fran Mariano
He just chokes on a fake tooth. And that's it. And it's done.
Noah
What a twist.
Fran Mariano
It's a bummer ending.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Fran Mariano
Choked on a fake tooth. Okay, fine, sure. No, but that whole sequence was nuts. We had an amazing visual effects team, a prosthetics team. I have all these behind the scenes videos of. I mean, I don't know. There is a moment in the movie, maybe it's a slightly a spoiler, but there is a moment where I have to break my own thumb. And that was all done practically. Like, there's a rig where they kind of have this little robot thumb that's like right here. And I'm hiding my real thumb there, and I'm wearing this thing. And there's just this guy, Clinton. He's this South African visual effects artist who's like a mad genius. He's very soft spoken, but he's like, I'm going to make it look like your hand is broken. And he's always, like, smiling, but I love him so much. But he's essentially controlling the fake thumb. And I love how practical all of our effects are because I think it makes it way more visceral and makes you want to cringe and cover your eyes.
Noah
Right? Exactly.
Ria Ciuffo
Definitely.
Noah
What was the longest you sat in a makeup chair to get something done?
Fran Mariano
Ooh. You know, it's funny. I think three and a half hours, which isn't that long considering, you know, there's people like, like Doug Jones, you know, who, like, every day they come into work, they're like, becoming a fish man. And, like, that's insane. I think four hours, one day. I think four hours was my max. And that was all my prosthetics. The. I have tattoos in the movie, all of those. But what I got into the habit of is we found a way to, like, make it so I could watch movies. And I watched it with the whole team and everyone there was lovely. So it was great to spend time with them. But eventually we just started watching the. I was rewatching the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, which was great and definitely something I think Nathan would watch every year. We watched Mad Max, which a lot of them. Cause we shot in South Africa. A lot of those guys worked on that movie. And we would just be watching, I don't know, some cool scene with Furiosa, and they would have all these little tidbits about how they did certain things, and that was great. That was just A great way to pass the time and just look more and more fucked up.
Ria Ciuffo
It's very true. Well, that. I think everyone can get very excited to go see this movie this weekend, hopefully.
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
So they're out in theaters now, but we're so excited to have you and talk. Thank you for having me with you. And you mentioned that sketch comedy was kind of part of your life early on. Where did that love come from? Like, to jump into sketch comedy?
Noah
Ooh.
Fran Mariano
I mean, I've always loved watching sketch comedy. Like, I remember they used to have these SNL box sets of like, the Best of Chris Farley or whatever, and you just watch everyone's greatest hits. And I. I always thought that was amazing. And then when I was. I was always, like, making little movies when I was a kid, I would get like this Sony camera with like a mini DV tape, and eventually I learned iMovie HD. And I remember I had these friends in middle school and we would. We would do this thing. We would like, shoot these videos. We called them. They were essentially sketches. And we didn't really realize it, but we called it Epic Fest. And it was this thing. It was a Facebook group, you know, back when Those were. Back when Facebook wasn't a nightmare. Yeah, exactly.
Ria Ciuffo
It was a.
Fran Mariano
It was a. Back when you would write on your friends wall, hey, happy birthday.
Noah
Or like, like for two things.
Fran Mariano
Yeah, exactly. It's not just like an article your uncle has posted and everyone's getting really upset and there's a whole paragraph. It used to be a different place, but it was a Facebook group called Epic Fest and we.
Ria Ciuffo
It was epic.
Fran Mariano
It was epic.
Noah
Sick.
Fran Mariano
It was every summer, it was four of us, and we would break off into two teams of two, and over the course of one week, both teams would film like three videos. And they were like a couple minutes long each. And we never knew what the other team was going to post, but we always knew that we would post them on the same day. And then like, our whole school seemingly, or like a bunch of different people in our school were a part of the Facebook group. And at the very end of it, they all voted on which team presented the best collection of videos. And it was just the best time. And like, I've always been trying to find a way to essentially do Epic Fest as a career. That was like, kind of my secret dream. But then I got to college and there was a sketch comedy team called Hammer Cats. And I auditioned for it and I got on and like, I was a drama major. I never did a Play. Just because every month I was writing for and performing in a show. We'd go to other schools and perform. And then actually last night, I got to surprise some NYU kids at a screening.
Ria Ciuffo
So cool.
Fran Mariano
And I did a surprise Q and A. And our moderator is the current director of Hammer Cats, that college sketch group. So it was so cool to see that it's still around. Right? He's doing such a great job with it. Shout out to Matam. You're incredible. But just to see NYU kids and screen the movie for them was truly like soul healing for me. It was. It was awesome.
Noah
That is really cool. Did you love all the SNL50 stuff recently?
Fran Mariano
I really did. It was. It was. It was the kind of a embarrassment of riches. It was just like, there was so much stuff. I still haven't really seen all of it yet, but it was just. It was incredible. It was so good.
Ria Ciuffo
Did was like, acting and getting into this field kind of the only. The only thing that you like, you would assume, right?
Fran Mariano
Yeah, With. With where I come with who I come from, I guess. But. But, yes, but they pushed it on me one way or the other. Obviously, they were an example that it was possible. You know, I feel like if you say, you know, usually the average person, if they're like, mom, Dad, I want to be an actor. Your parents will look at you as if you're insane. And so mine didn't, you know, because they. They. They were probably like, oh, here we go. They were probably more like that. But I remember they put a real emphasis on just being a kid when I was a kid and not trying to, like, do anything professional. It wasn't a hard and fast rule. They were just like, have fun with your friends. And I was like, I'm gonna make Epic Fest, and then you'll see, I'll show you guys. But then I did a. Actually, no. I had a giant crush on this girl. And I remember in middle school, she asked me what I like to do for fun on the weekends. And I said, I like to watch TV and play video games. And I felt like the most boring dude on the planet. Then I found out she was doing or auditioning for the school play. And I'm like, okay, now's my shot to see if I actually like this. And I. I did it. And it was Midsummer Night's Dream. I got Nick Bottom, who's the guy who gets. Gets turned into a donkey. And I had such a blast. I met all these kids that are still my best friends. So there's this Sense of community and getting my first laugh on stage. So I really fell in love with it kind of on my own terms in a way where I'm like, I genuinely love this and want to pursue this because I love it, not for any other reason. And I'm so grateful that that's the case.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, absolutely.
Noah
You mentioned getting your first laugh on stage. What is that feeling like?
Fran Mariano
Still chasing it.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Still chasing that high.
Fran Mariano
Still chasing that high. Seriously, nothing has stopped that. I'm not joking. Nothing. It was. It was. It was awesome. Yeah. No, that was great.
Noah
It's like the moment you realize you're kind of funny in real life.
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Noah
You know, like with your friends.
Fran Mariano
You're like, oh, oh, maybe I'm. Well, because. But that's the difference, right? You can be funny with your friends, but there was something about being on stage and then, like, getting a laugh. Getting a laugh. I'm trying to get from an audience, like an intended laugh. Please give it to me. And I got it. And I was like, yes.
Noah
Yeah.
Fran Mariano
This is amazing.
Noah
Better than Epic Fest. Better than Epic Fest.
Ria Ciuffo
What was the first gig that you booked? That. That was like, okay, all right. This is a career. Like, now it's, you know, maybe moving on from Epic Fest.
Fran Mariano
Yeah. Yeah. If we.
Ria Ciuffo
If you ever could.
Fran Mariano
If we even should.
Noah
Yeah, if we must.
Fran Mariano
No, I think. I think the. Let's see. Well, my first real big movie that I booked. I remember. So I went to NYU and I would audition for things. I would go back to LA and I would. Like when spring break was happening, when people were going to Miami or whatever, I was going back to LA and I was seeing if I could get in any rooms. And, yeah, I auditioned for the Hunger Games. And I remember being on that set and I don't know if I was like, I've made it. This is a career. I think maybe I was more like, oh, my God, this is such a big movie. What if I fuck all this up? And I was so scared. But then going there and meeting all those people who were all more or less the same age, getting to watch Jennifer Lawrence put in such an iconic, incredible performance, and she was like 22 or something. It was nuts to watch. And she's so incredible and continues to be incredible, that was just life changing. Just to be there. It really did feel like summer camp. Like, when we. When we were actually there, it didn't feel like the biggest thing on the planet, even though I knew the books were very popular. So that was great. That kind of. It was my first Real experience on a set as an actor. You know, I mean, like, I visited my parents sets before, but there's something about being on a set when you're not involved with the thing where you just feel like a part of the machine that doesn't really belong. You're just kind of like, uh, okay, I don't know what to do here, but. But, you know, getting used to that rhythm as an actor was really cool. And I don't know, I miss all those guys. They were. Every single person was incredible.
Ria Ciuffo
When you booked the boys, did you have any idea, kind of like the crazy cult following that would come with it?
Fran Mariano
Absolutely not. I did not know when I first read. I remember I read the script first, and there was a. It was like, read the script. There would be a meeting with you and Eric Kripke. And I read the script. I thought it was amazing. I did not realize it was based off a comic book. I thought Eric had just written a brilliant script about America and just inserted superheroes into it. And then I met with him, kind of like a pre audition meeting, just, I think, just to get a sense of me, I think. And that went really well. I really liked him. All my friends were so stoked for me. They were like, eric Kripke is the supernatural guy.
Ria Ciuffo
He's the best.
Fran Mariano
Like, they were just like, oh, my God, no way.
Noah
That's amazing.
Fran Mariano
And then I think I auditioned for that show once with Aaron Moriarty, once just on my own, and then once with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. And that was super intimidating because they're heroes of mine. And I remember Seth Rogen actually read Butcher's lines in the scenes with me, but did not attempt to do a British accent. Just was like, oi, Hughie, we gotta get him in the booth, then we're gonna bugger off. It was just like.
Ria Ciuffo
It was.
Fran Mariano
It was so surreal. I probably almost lost the job because I was way too focused on how odd this was. But, no, I had no idea. You know, I knew I liked it. I knew we all liked what we were working on. We thought it was new and weird, but we also knew that it was a big swing. We had no clue that it would take off in the way that it did. And then I was so unbelievably happy when it did. I'm still so grateful for that show. It changed everything for me overnight. It just changed my life for the better, like, basically immediately. And that never happens. So, I mean, thank you, Eric Kripke. Thank you to the whole show, like, and now it's ending, which is so crazy. And we're shooting the last season right now. But I love that it's our intended ending. You know what I mean? Like, it's not like that's so rare in TV these days. Usually you just find out you're canceled and you're like, I guess that was the ending and that's.
Dylan
That's the deal.
Noah
But you can sort of prepare for this ending now.
Fran Mariano
Yeah. And it's also Eric's intended ending for the series, which is unbelievable. We get to go out on our own terms, see all these character arcs through. We've been at it for a couple of months now. It's so gnarly. I think it's an amazing season so far. Daveed Diggs is there this season. I won't tell you who he plays or what he does, but he's crushing it.
Ria Ciuffo
Amazing.
Fran Mariano
He's so good.
Noah
That's amazing. Sorry.
Ria Ciuffo
No, you're good.
Noah
Sort of bittersweet though, right? For a show that you love so much. Everybody loves it has such a strong fan base coming to an end. You can kind of move on to other projects. But it has to be a little bit bittersweet.
Fran Mariano
Oh, absolutely. I'm going to weep like a baby. Like, I am going to be so sad when it's over. But I read something recently about. Cause it's five seasons, but that's seven years of my life, really, that I've known everyone. And I read something recently where if you've known someone for seven years, the chances are like tripled that you'll be in each other's lives for the rest of your lives, which is amazing.
Ria Ciuffo
I've also seen that on. You know that gets turned on people's algorithm. Yes. Yeah. That shows up on the. For your page. It's like seven or eight years. I think they're like, that's. That's when people really.
Fran Mariano
That could be some utter bullshit. We don't know. But. But I remember being like, ah, yeah. Thank you. For you, Paige. Yeah, thank you so much.
Noah
I will giving you a warm hug.
Ria Ciuffo
I will keep those friends that I planning on keeping on.
Fran Mariano
I wasn't going to, but now I'm going to.
Noah
Now I guess they're stuck with me.
Fran Mariano
Yeah, exactly. But they're all just lovely people. And it's such a cliche. You hear it all the time. But we really, truly have become a family and we really, like, we just get along. We just. I don't know. Like, I grew up as an only child. Carl Urban, Laz Alonso and Tamara Capone are my older brothers that I never had. They are, in the best way, like, constantly giving me, and it is my favorite thing on the planet. And Karen is my sister that I never had who's just like, everything's fine. Yeah, it's totally cool. But they're the best. And everyone. Even the people I don't really work with too often, like the. The soups and everyone is incredible.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Like, Truly, that is like a family, and you need that. You need the people in your life that's gonna give you a little.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Like your own family would.
Fran Mariano
Yeah, no, absolutely.
Noah
Make fun of you, humble you.
Fran Mariano
That's all they do. I consider me humbled.
Noah
I am. I am.
Fran Mariano
I'm good.
Noah
Sometimes you're like, okay, okay, I got it.
Ria Ciuffo
Do you. Do you have a, like, favorite crazy storyline from your character on that show?
Fran Mariano
Oh, there's so many.
Ria Ciuffo
There's so much.
Fran Mariano
I will just never forget shooting a scene inside of a beached whale, like, that is truly. And they built. I just love in the room, everyone's like, right? Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
He's like, I remember that.
Fran Mariano
So much going on. No, they built a whale. Like, they made a whale. They put it on a beach, and there's an interior and an exterior. It was crazy that I remember that even, you know, there's a whole sequence where we're driving in a boat going into said whale. And I remember we're shooting it, and we're shooting it on Lake Ontario, pretending to be the ocean, but it's very choppy that day. And I remember Karl Urban is actually driving the boat. Like, it's just the real actors in the boat were being shot from a helicopter. It is windy, and the helicopter's making a lot of noise. Carl, you know, he drives a lot of boats, but he was like, guys, if anyone is feeling unsafe for whatever reason, the safe word is Carl. Carl. Carl. And for story reasons, I have to be at the front of the boat, which you would. If you're in rocky waters. You're never gonna be at the front of the boat.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, you don't wanna be in the.
Fran Mariano
Front, because that's the thing going up, down, up, down. And I have to be, like, the first one in the whale, so I can't move. So we start going. It is so choppy. I am getting tossed so much. I think in the. In the shot, I'm holding onto the sides and kind of, like, surfing on it because I realized if I was sitting down, the seat was kind of like, punching me in the Ass. Like, it was just. It was horrible for my back. So, you know, we're going. And I remember Laz Alonso, who plays mother's milk. He was like, dude, I thought you were, like, riding those waves. I was like, jack is strong. This is awesome. But really, no one can hear me. I'm just facing the other way, and I'm going, carl, Carl, Carl, Carl, Carl. I thought I was just gonna get catapulted out of the boat. It was insane. And I remember nothing.
Ria Ciuffo
Like, no one being able to hear your safe words.
Fran Mariano
Oh, yes, true. Like, over all that. It's his name, and he can't even hear it. And I remember. I remember we stopped, and then I turned around. Everyone could see I was really frazzled. So for some of the other shots we got, we didn't have a stunt double that day for whatever reason. But I remember there was this one random grip who kind of fit my build. And they were like, does anyone want to be the stunt double for Jack? And he was like, I'll do it. And they put a Jack Quaid wig on this man. And so fun fact about that. Anything from the back, that is this random grip.
Noah
Who.
Fran Mariano
Sir, you are a hero. That was. I don't think I'll ever forget all of that.
Noah
Oh, my God.
Ria Ciuffo
That is incredible.
Noah
What a savior.
Ria Ciuffo
Seriously, thanks for saving the day.
Noah
All he had to do was take one pop of his cigarette, and he was ready to go.
Fran Mariano
He was like, hold on.
Noah
Yeah, I'm in.
Fran Mariano
Let's go. Like, it was. It was the most badass side.
Ria Ciuffo
That is amazing.
Noah
Oh, that's too good.
Ria Ciuffo
We do have to wrap up, sadly. We're having a ton of fun here. But our last question is thanks to our wonderful sponsor at Armani Beauty. We love Armani Beauty. You mentioned all the makeup, everything that goes into your character, Nate for Novocate.
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
The tattoos are really extensive.
Fran Mariano
They are. Yes, they are.
Ria Ciuffo
Are you pro or against tattoos?
Fran Mariano
I am now pro. I've never been anti. I'd say I just never thought I was a guy who could pull off tattoos in any capacity. But then after playing this guy who is also a dude who probably should be able to pull off tattoos, and then seeing the movie and being like, I actually can. I'm not gonna do full body like him, but I definitely want to. I had to learn how to tattoo for the movie. Like, I would practice with a tattoo gun. Cause I had to work with that a little bit. And they would give me these sheets of fake skin. It's very gross, but I would like, practice by doing these smiley faces. If you came into my apartment, it looked insane.
Noah
It looked like a serial killer.
Fran Mariano
There's skin sheets and there's just smiley faces on all of them.
Ria Ciuffo
Don't worry, I'm just practicing.
Fran Mariano
Don't worry, I'm practicing. It's for a film. But I think I want to do real skin. I think I want to do like one smiley face that like, based off of one, I draw like somewhere just to.
Noah
Will you do it yourself?
Fran Mariano
There's no way I will. I can feel pain. It will affect my performance.
Noah
Coming into your part apartment, you're like, just do it yourself.
Ria Ciuffo
I'm like, oh, it's for a film.
Fran Mariano
Yes. No, that'll be. It's just this jagged, crazy looking smiley face.
Ria Ciuffo
I kind of think it's like you get the bug, right? It's like that's what people say when they start getting tattoos. You probably look at yourself in the mirror with all of Nate's tattoos. You're like, I could actually handle this guy. I think I rocked this.
Fran Mariano
Our two directors actually got matching novocaine tattoos at the end of the movie.
Ria Ciuffo
There you go. So I'm like, okay, so maybe that yield.
Noah
Give me the smiley face.
Ria Ciuffo
The smiley face will be your gateway.
Fran Mariano
Yes, Absolutely safely.
Noah
Exactly.
Fran Mariano
My gateway. Smiley faces. Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Well, everybody please head to the movie theater. You can go check out novocaine in theaters now.
Fran Mariano
Thanks, guys.
Noah
Thank you, Jack.
Fran Mariano
This was a blast.
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Ria Ciuffo
We are so excited. We'll jump right into it. Fifteen questions. If you get the question right, you get the point. If you get it wrong, the other team can steal the point. Whoever is the most points at the end wins. To determine who goes first, Noah's gonna give us a movie. We're gonna guess the Rotten Tomatoes critic score of that movie. Whoever's the closest, your team will go first, and we will alternate between teams. Everyone gets their own guess. Noah, what is today's movie?
Dylan
Today's movie is Scott Pilgrim versus the world.
Noah
I've never seen this. Jinx.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, this was a question. It was a question on the dozen, but it wasn't like it was given as an answer, but it wasn't the answer.
Noah
I do love this movie, but I don't know. I'm gonna go 63. That's literally the number I was saying about that.
Ria Ciuffo
Really?
Noah
Yes. So never mind. I'm gonna go, oh, 82o. I'm gonna say 31.
Ria Ciuffo
56.
Dylan
Rhea's one off. 83.
Ria Ciuffo
Wow. They loved it.
Noah
They did. I knew that they did. I'd never seen it, though.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Dylan
Okay, question number one to Ria and Fran.
Noah
Yes.
Dylan
Shout out Caitlyn from Auburn who plays Anne Hathaway's fiance in the movie Bride Wars.
Noah
Chris Pratt.
Ria Ciuffo
Is hers. Hers is Chris Pratt.
Noah
Yes. Yeah.
Dylan
Correct.
Ria Ciuffo
Sometimes I switch in my mind and.
Noah
She ends up with Brian Greenberg.
Ria Ciuffo
I was gonna say it's Brian Greenberg. Yeah.
Dylan
All right. One. Nothing. Re and Fran, question number two. And this is to Anai and Sarah, shout out Veronica from Charleston, who has been on Traitors, Special Forces and the Masked Singer.
Noah
That's what I was gonna say. Tom Sandoval.
Dylan
Final answer.
Noah
Final answer.
Dylan
Correct.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. He does it all.
Dylan
All right, tied up at one. Question number three to Re and Fran, shout out Sarah from Louisville, Kentucky, in SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob gets sick and has to undergo special treatment. What is the name of his illness.
Noah
Suds.
Ria Ciuffo
Suds. He got the suds. Suds. Final answer correct.
Dylan
Three. One, two, one.
Noah
God, we're flying.
Dylan
Okay. Two, one.
Ria Ciuffo
Keep up. No, we're flying.
Dylan
Rhea and Fran. And this is question number four. To Anai and Sarah, shout out Sophia from Tiverton, Rhode island. Which actor has been in all of these movies? Couples retreat. Mr. And Mrs. Smith. Zoolander.
Noah
Is it Owen Wilson? Maybe. I don't know what he. His character in Mr. And Mrs. But I trust you. No, I haven't seen it, but my first thought was.
Dylan
I can't think of anything. 15 seconds.
Noah
Go for it. Yeah, go for it. Owen Wilson.
Dylan
Incorrect. Re in front.
Ria Ciuffo
I don't really know who's in, like, the side characters in Mr. Mrs. Smith.
Noah
What about Zoolander? Because I don't know the side characters in Zoolander.
Ria Ciuffo
Vince Vaughn in Couples Retreat.
Noah
Yes.
Ria Ciuffo
Is he in the other ones?
Noah
I don't think he's in Mr. And Mrs. Smith or Zoolander.
Ria Ciuffo
I can't think of anything else.
Noah
Let me think for a second. Is it Jason Bateman.
Ria Ciuffo
Maybe?
Noah
Jason Bateman, Yeah.
Dylan
Incorrect. It is Vince Vaughn.
Ria Ciuffo
No shit.
Dylan
Yeah.
Noah
Damn.
Dylan
Is still two one. Ray and Fran. And this is question number five. To them, shout out Hallie from Clemson. Which historical figure did Justin Bieber say the following about? Blank. Was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a Belieber.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. That's Anne Frank.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
That's a tough question.
Fran Mariano
Yeah.
Noah
And Frank.
Dylan
Correct.
Noah
I was.
Dylan
And I'm sure she was.
Noah
That was. That was a tough one from Bieber.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
Yep.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Dylan
Hey.
Noah
What?
Dylan
Like.
Ria Ciuffo
No, she would be next.
Dylan
Question three, one. Okay, question number six. Donnie and Sarah shout out Holly from Dayloo. Also where Nelly lives. She says in Wedding Crashers, what song is playing in the montage where Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are sleeping with girls at all the weddings?
Noah
I'm getting it. It's like jump. Is that. Is that the name of the song? Sure. It's like the. No, it's shout. It's shout. Okay. Like, you know the. Yeah. Shout. Final answer.
Dylan
Correct.
Noah
Just watched Wedding Crashers Monday night.
Dylan
Great movie. Okay. Three, two, Rhian Fran for the dossage.
Ria Ciuffo
For Matt.
Noah
Yes. Actually, I watched and he actually did get the question, so it paid off.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Dylan
Three, two. Ran friends questions to them. Shout out Ashley from Pittsburgh in the movie Titanic. What name does Rose's rich fiance go?
Ria Ciuffo
Cal.
Noah
Yes. Yes. Yeah, yeah. Cal. Cal.
Ria Ciuffo
Final answer Correct.
Dylan
Calden Hockley.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
And he goes by Cal.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. You know what? I finished all of Paradise. So, like, I Was thinking Cal in my head, and then I was like, is that right? Or is it just. Cause I just finished Paradise.
Dylan
Okay. Four, two, ran. Fran. Question number eight to Anai and Sarah. Shout out Kelly from Atlanta and Marita from Nashville in Friends. What do Emily's British friends nickname? Ross after playing rugby with him?
Noah
This is all you. Oh, God. Is it something that's alliterative? I. You know, I didn't watch Friends. Oh, God.
Dylan
Fifteen seconds. Seconds.
Noah
Just say something.
Dylan
Five seconds.
Noah
Think of anything?
Ria Ciuffo
No.
Noah
Either. Pass.
Dylan
Three. And Friends.
Noah
The more. The more Friends questions we get, the more I go, I don't know this show at all.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. The more I ask myself, have I watched?
Noah
Have I. Have I seen Friends every night?
Ria Ciuffo
Rusty Ross. What would be a nickname for rugby?
Noah
I have no. I now think it's a thing where when you're friends, everything leaves my brain because I haven't gotten.
Ria Ciuffo
We're gonna. With butterfingers.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Final answer incorrect.
Dylan
Red Ross.
Fran Mariano
Oh.
Noah
Cause that's when he gets really angry.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, you're right. I only want.
Noah
She said.
Ria Ciuffo
Sarah said. I think it's alliterative. I said, okay.
Noah
But Red Ross was his nickname when he was younger. Emily's friends didn't come up with Red Ross. Yeah. Thank you.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh.
Noah
Oh, yeah. Emily's friends did not come up with.
Ria Ciuffo
Red Ross, but they just. Maybe they just called him that.
Noah
Red Ross was a nickname. Yeah. Ross called himself that from when he was younger.
Dylan
Did they call him that A rugby.
Noah
I don't remember.
Ria Ciuffo
You are resident friends expert. We didn't know, and. Damn.
Noah
All right, I'm glad.
Dylan
Should we.
Noah
No. And nobody. I mean, nobody got.
Ria Ciuffo
Nobody got it.
Noah
But I'm just saying that that's not a correct. Correct question.
Dylan
Okay, I'm gonna take it up with Kelly and Marita. All right, question number nine to re Infranch. How to ask you from Pittsburgh, what is the name of the grounds player on Traders?
Ria Ciuffo
Fergus. Fergus. Yeah. Final answer correct.
Dylan
When I was looking that up, I was actually surprised to find out that he's an actor and, like, has a real name.
Ria Ciuffo
That checks out.
Dylan
Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Dylan
Okay. Five, two.
Ria Ciuffo
You think he's just living at that castle by himself?
Dylan
I just thought that his name was Ferguson, like, lived in Scotland and, like, just happened. I don't know.
Noah
Ooh, what's that? It's me, Ria again, here to remind you that you don't want to miss out on McDonald's breakfast. You don't want to look at your clock and go, ah, I missed it. I missed the time again. No, you gotta make it in time for McDonald's breakfast. You gotta make it in time for those hash browns. You gotta, gotta make it in time for those hotcakes, for those McGriddles. The sausage, egg and cheese McGriddles is my favorite. A little hash brown on it, a high C on the side. Ooh, I love to get my morning started with that. And you should, too, because by now you must be craving it. I know you are, because I'm craving it as I'm talking about it. So tomorrow morning when you wake up and you know it's before the time, just get that McDonald's breakfast and treat yourself, because what time is it? It is time for McDonald's breakfast.
Dylan
Five two, ran. Fran, this question is to Anai and Sarah. I'm gonna play a movie clip, and you tell me what movie it's from.
Fran Mariano
And Linda answers the door wearing nothing but my Van Halen T shirt.
Noah
No way.
Fran Mariano
I don't know what to do. She's getting married and she's gonna ruin her life. Yeah.
Ria Ciuffo
Glenn doesn't deserve her. All he cares about, possessions. Fancy, fancy cars, CD players. Even women are possessions to him.
Fran Mariano
See, Billy Idol gets it. I don't know why she doesn't get it.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh, I hope you find her.
Noah
Great scene. That's from the Wedding Singer. Final answer correct.
Dylan
Nice. Great movie.
Ria Ciuffo
Yes.
Noah
Yeah.
Dylan
Okay, five, three. Rhea and Fran, question number 11. To them, shout out Brittany from Edwardsville, Illinois. Name the full movie title where Zac Efron stars as Ted Bundy.
Fran Mariano
Oh, God.
Noah
It'S.
Ria Ciuffo
It's got, like, 14 words. It's like, so long.
Dylan
Like 15 seconds.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, I can't. I can't even.
Noah
Un.
Ria Ciuffo
Unimaginable where, like, it's just the wrong thing.
Noah
Yeah, I'm not sure.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, I don't have a guess.
Noah
Yeah.
Dylan
Okay. Honey and Sarah, I can only think.
Noah
Of the word monster. It's like.
Fran Mariano
I don't know.
Noah
Yeah, I couldn't think of all the words. It's many words I should have.
Dylan
The question should have been like, give me only two words.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah, it's a lot of words.
Noah
Do we good? Huh?
Dylan
15 seconds.
Noah
It's not gonna come to us. No, it's not gonna come to us.
Dylan
Nothing. It's extremely wicked, shockingly evil, and vile.
Noah
Yeah. No, no, no.
Ria Ciuffo
Extremely wicked, shockingly evil, vile. Yeah. Yep.
Noah
Yeah, that wasn't gonna. Wasn't gonna happen.
Dylan
All right, it is still 5, 3, ran, friend. This question is number 12. To Anai and Sarah. Shout out Morgan in Ojai, California, in Seinfeld, what food item does George eat out of the trash can?
Noah
Potato or pizza? I wasn't going with either of those. Okay. Trust you. No. Any.
Ria Ciuffo
Or a hot dog.
Noah
Okay. I feel like it was like something like this.
Dylan
I go with 10 seconds.
Noah
Baked potato or pizza? Go with. Okay. Baked potato. Sure. Baked potato.
Dylan
Incorrect.
Ria Ciuffo
Do you remember what this is?
Noah
I think I might go pizza.
Ria Ciuffo
Okay.
Noah
I don't know, though, but I'm gonna go pizza. Final answer. Yeah.
Dylan
Incorrect. It's an eclair. Chocolatey Claire.
Ria Ciuffo
Wow. She got the shape right. She was like.
Noah
It was long.
Ria Ciuffo
Honestly, kind of looks like a potato.
Noah
Picturing him folding, you know? I don't know.
Dylan
Okay, it's still five, three, re. And, Fran, this question's to them. Three more questions left.
Ria Ciuffo
Okay.
Dylan
Shout out Hallie from Clemson again. Name the Disney Channel movie by the IMDb description. When Cletus can't play the school mascot, Pete has to secretly do the job.
Noah
Hatching Pete.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Yep.
Noah
Hatching Pete.
Dylan
Final. Yeah, correct. That seals Jason Dolly.
Ria Ciuffo
Nice. Jason Dolly.
Dylan
Six, three. We'll do the final two questions.
Ria Ciuffo
What do you think Jason Dolly's doing right now?
Noah
Probably chilling.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Dylan
Question number 14 to Anai and Sarah. Shout out Neha from Hawaii. And she says aloha in One Tree Hill. What was the title of Julian and Alex's movie?
Noah
Oh, my God. I don't know. I literally could not tell you.
Dylan
15 seconds.
Noah
It's something like. I can only think of the word angel, and I don't think that's right. I'm just trying to think of the movie posters. Yeah. Angel. Final answer.
Dylan
Incorrect to reinframe.
Noah
I don't think I remember either. I don't know this.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Oh, yeah. I don't know. Pass it.
Dylan
Seven Dreams till Tuesday.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh, y, y Y.
Noah
That's a good title.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep. Yep. I'd watch Seven Dreams till Tuesday.
Dylan
Okay, final question. Just to Ran. Fran. They're up. Six, three. Shout out Alyssa from Kansas City. In season two of the Summer I Turned Pretty, Steven and Taylor do a choreographed dance to what song?
Ria Ciuffo
I was just saying I wanted to watch this season again. What's the song? That's like.
Noah
It's tricky.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah.
Noah
Okay. It's tricky.
Ria Ciuffo
Yeah. Yeah.
Noah
All right. It's tricky.
Dylan
Incorrect.
Ria Ciuffo
I feel like that's just a song that you'd have a dance routine. Do.
Noah
See them doing the dance.
Ria Ciuffo
That's my problem too. I also see them doing the dance. There's no music. Sick, though. In my head.
Noah
I feel like 90s pop fun. Yeah. I'm, like, trying to think of the soundtrack.
Dylan
Fifteen seconds.
Noah
I don't. I can't think a song.
Dylan
Five seconds.
Fran Mariano
Jump.
Noah
Door jump.
Dylan
Incorrect. Party in the U.S.A. miley.
Ria Ciuffo
Oh, yeah. Yep. Yep.
Noah
Damn it.
Ria Ciuffo
Damn, it's tricky.
Noah
Would have been good, though.
Dylan
It's the same cor. Choreography for both.
Noah
Yeah, right? Same vibe.
Ria Ciuffo
Yep.
Noah
Damn. All right, well, we did come away with the win there.
Dylan
Six, three, Final score.
Noah
I'm happy with that.
Ria Ciuffo
A lot of people scored.
Noah
Couple question. You know, I'm. I'm a little upset with myself about a couple questions, but we move along. We won, and that's okay. We can move on from it. That was a great game, guys. A great back and forth there. Thank you guys so much for playing. Thank you for coming to our live show. We really appreciate the support, and it was so nice meeting you guys. Thank you again. And you get some merch, too. Even though, you know, you don't get a shirt that says you beat us, but you get merch.
Ria Ciuffo
So where's she gonna go with this?
Dylan
Even though you lost.
Noah
No, I'm kidding. You just email. Know your address and sizes, and we'll get that sent to you. Awesome.
Ria Ciuffo
Thank you so much. Thanks, guys. Bye.
Noah
All right, that wraps up today's episode of Chicks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We love you guys, oh, so very much. We're giving you big hugs and smooches all weekend long. We love you guys and we'll talk to you on Monday. Have a lovely weekend.
Ria Ciuffo
The quarter pounder with cheese had many great things. Maple flavored griddle cakes isn't one of them.
Fran Mariano
McDonald's breakfast comes first.
Ria Ciuffo
Ba da ba ba ba. You don't wake up dreaming of McDonald's fries. You wake up dreaming of McDonald's hash browns.
Fran Mariano
McDonald's breakfast comes first.
Podcast Summary: Chicks in the Office – Episode: Jack Quaid Interview, Lucy Hale & Harry Jowsey Dating + Beat Ria & Fran Game 165
Release Date: March 14, 2025
Host/Authors: Ria Ciuffo & Fran Mariano
Platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music (Ad-Free for Prime Members)
The episode kicks off with Ria and Fran exchanging cheerful greetings, setting a relaxed and personable tone for the listeners. They dive into casual conversation, sharing personal experiences that resonate with many:
Period Mood Discussion: Noah opens up about navigating the emotional fluctuations associated with her period, stating, “I have my period and you know when you get your period and you're feeling a little moody, but you're also feeling a little funny” (02:22).
Hair Care Banter: The hosts engage in a lighthearted debate about conditioner usage, reflecting on childhood lessons about moderation. Ria muses, “How much conditioner does Ria have? She has so much hair. She probably uses so much conditioner” (03:28), to which Noah humorously defends her own minimalistic approach.
A significant portion of the episode centers around Noah and Ria’s impending weddings, offering listeners an intimate glimpse into their planning processes:
Countdown to the Big Day: Noah shares, “The clock is ticking. We're about 43 or 42 days away” (06:10), emphasizing the looming wedding date of April 25th. Ria admits, “I don't have a dress,” highlighting the last-minute rush many couples face (06:25).
RSVP Challenges: Noah narrates her humorous yet frustrating attempts to gather RSVPs from family members, describing the situation: “I don’t have the patience for that” (11:18). The interplay between Noah and her mother adds a relatable and comedic touch to the discussion.
Emotional Reflections: Amidst the stress, Noah reflects on her relationship, expressing, “I just had this overwhelming sense of calm” (13:30), underscoring the emotional balance that exists even in hectic planning phases.
Ria and Fran shift focus to the reality TV scene, specifically discussing the latest developments in "Summer House":
Season Pacing Concerns: Noah critiques the show's pacing, remarking, “they're dragging out weekends for multiple episodes, which means to me that not a lot happened” (08:50). This highlights a common viewer frustration with reality TV plot extensions.
Character Dynamics: The conversation turns to the relationship dynamics between Craig and Paige, with Ria noting, “If these conversations... were airing and Craig and Paige were still together, I think we'd be like, I don't” (09:37). This analysis offers listeners a deeper understanding of the show's interpersonal conflicts.
The hosts navigate through various pop culture updates, infusing their discussions with humor and critical insights:
Harry Jowsey’s Dating Life: A hot topic is the casual dating status of Harry Jowsey and Lucy Hale. Noah expresses skepticism about Harry’s reputation, stating, “This man is proven to be true trash” (37:39), while Ria remains intrigued, saying, “There's clearly something about him” (38:05). Their differing perspectives provide a balanced view on celebrity relationships.
Meghan Markle’s New Podcast: Meghan Markle’s return to the podcasting world with "Confessions of a Female Founder" is thoroughly dissected:
Kim Kardashian and Engagement Rings: The hosts delve into the complexities of Kim Kardashian’s past relationships and engagement rings. Noah vehemently criticizes Kris Humphries for expecting Kim to return her engagement ring: “To ask for to make her give the ring to you that you didn't pay for is so fucking absurd” (53:24). This discussion sheds light on the extravagant and often controversial aspects of celebrity relationships.
Ria and Fran share personal grooming struggles and solutions, making the conversation relatable for many listeners:
Eyebrow Maintenance: Noah vents about her eyebrow woes, lamenting, “My eyebrows are just like I just can't anymore” (20:57). Ria empathizes, adding, “I need to go like every two weeks” (21:14), before they both discuss the challenges and routines involved in maintaining their eyebrows.
Sugaring for Hair Removal: The topic shifts to sugaring, a method of hair removal Noah discusses candidly: “My coochie is doing great from the sugaring” (23:30). They humorously recount a conversation with Dylan Efron, who learned about sugaring through their podcast, adding a playful element to their grooming talk.
A lively trivia segment follows, featuring interactions with guests Sarah and Anai. The game tests their knowledge on various pop culture topics, illustrating the hosts’ playful competitiveness:
Gameplay Mechanics: The game involves answering questions correctly to earn points, with the chance for teams to steal points if they answer incorrectly.
Sample Questions:
Movies and Actors: Questions ranged from identifying actors in specific films to recalling song titles featured in iconic movie scenes. For instance, a question about the song in "Wedding Crashers" where Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn’s characters are seen sleeping with girls was answered correctly as “Shout” (96:09).
TV Shows and Characters: Participants were quizzed on specific details from shows like "Friends" and "One Tree Hill," though some questions proved challenging even for the most attentive fans.
Engaging Interaction: The hosts maintain an energetic and humorous rapport with their guests, ensuring the segment remains entertaining. Despite a few incorrect answers, the game fosters a fun and inclusive atmosphere (101:39–108:23).
The highlight of the episode is an exclusive interview with actor Jack Quaid, focusing on his latest movie, "Novocaine":
Movie Overview: Jack discusses his role as Nathan Cain, a man who cannot feel physical pain. He explains, “Pain is very much the body's warning system” (59:10), highlighting the character’s vulnerability despite his unique condition.
Filming Experiences: Fran Mariano shares behind-the-scenes insights, recounting intense scenes and the practical effects used, such as fake injuries: “I did have, like, this little robot thumb that's like right here... making it look like your hand is broken” (68:56).
Character Development: Fran elaborates on her character's journey, balancing the action-heavy narrative with emotional depth, ensuring audiences connect with Nathan’s struggles and growth (60:57).
Impact of the Role: Fran reflects on how portraying Nathan has influenced her perspective on pain and physical endurance, adding authenticity to her performance: “I got into really good shape just to, like, every day. I was filming something insane and very physical” (62:28).
Throughout the episode, Ria and Fran intersperse product promotions seamlessly into their conversations, maintaining the podcast’s engaging flow:
Armani Beauty: Ria highlights Armani’s luminous silk concealer, sharing personal endorsements: “I have got my Armani luminous silk concealer on right now. It is a fantastic concealer” (88:35).
Planet Fitness: Noah promotes Planet Fitness memberships, emphasizing their affordability and comprehensive facilities: “Join today in club online or in the free Planet Fitness app” (35:49).
Ouai Scalp Care: Fran and Ria discuss Ouai’s scalp serum, praising its effectiveness and versatility in maintaining healthy hair: “The scalp serum is perfect. Get your hair to healthy hair goals with the scalp care that you need” (90:03).
These promotions are integrated naturally, enhancing the episode without detracting from the core content.
As the episode wraps up, Ria and Fran express their gratitude towards their listeners and guests, reinforcing the community-centric ethos of the podcast:
Acknowledgments: They extend heartfelt thanks to their guests, Sarah and Anai, and congratulate Nikki Glazer on hosting the Golden Globes (55:23–57:33), showcasing their supportive and inclusive nature.
Final Encouragement: Ria encourages listeners to catch their favorite shows and tune into the latest movies, maintaining an upbeat and positive vibe (89:58).
Noah on Wedding Planning: “I don't have the patience for that” (11:18)
Ria on Character Development in "Novocaine": “It's a very dangerous thing that he has to really monitor and then risk it all to save the woman he loves” (59:43)
Noah on Sugaring: “My coochie is doing great from the sugaring” (23:30)
Fran on First Big Movie Experience: “I think I was more like, oh, my God, this is such a big movie. What if I fuck all this up?” (72:05)
This episode of Chicks in the Office masterfully balances personal anecdotes, pop culture commentary, engaging trivia, and an insightful celebrity interview. Ria and Fran’s authentic and humorous interactions create a welcoming atmosphere, making complex topics accessible and entertaining. Whether discussing the intricacies of wedding planning, dissecting the latest reality TV developments, or delving into the nuances of Meghan Markle’s entrepreneurial ventures, the hosts provide listeners with a comprehensive and enjoyable listening experience. The inclusion of guest Jack Quaid adds depth and exclusivity, offering fans an inside look into his latest project. Overall, Episode 165 stands out as a rich tapestry of conversations, ensuring that both regular listeners and newcomers find value and entertainment in every segment.